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Sunday Habit

from The Songster by Brooks Long

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She drags herself out of bed
Washs up and combs her hair
Heads out the door

Just in time for 8 o'clock mass
Holy water and the sign of the cross
Burns incense

She kneels down
Kneels down and bows her head
Close her eyes as tight as she can
Don't know why she does it
It's just a sunday habit

As her eyes are closed, she thinks of him
The friend she knew way back when
She was happy

She walks to the parking lot
Gets in the car and turns the key
Turns the station

Tears fall down
Tears fall down the sides of her cheek
While her husband is still asleep
She don't know why she cries
It's just a sunday habit

He rolls himself out of bed
Yawns a bit and scratches his head
Fumbles downstairs

He shakes his head 'cause it is clear
He's in the same rut he was last year
Picks up the paper

He looks down
Looks down and sees the same
Same things happen every day
He don't know why he reads it
It's just a sunday habit

He grabs a beer as she comes in
"Hi, honey" doesn't work for him
So she is silent

He says, "Remember back when you were thin?"
She fixes eggs and he digs in
Doesn't taste too good

Hand strikes down
Hand strikes down and bruises her face
All because of runny eggs
He don't know why he does it
It's just a sunday habit

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from The Songster, released October 27, 2011
Written, Arranged and Performed by Brooks Long
Recorded by Bill Mueller
Mastered by Mat Leffler-Schulman at Mobtown Studios

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