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jerry leger - isabella lyrics

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let’s drink to isabella in a room full of repairs
cover the bruises and scratches from the wild and restless years
by the time those gl-sses reach our lips she’ll be wondering why we’re here
confusion lurks through her mind like the light shines through her hair

she says i’m beautiful and wonderful in a fragile voice [well-aged?]
lived and learned every word on every worn out page
i was once the one you worried about, i was once that girl you craved
now i’m standing here all by myself and i don’t need to be saved

life’s long dirty roll of me had broke this heart in two
i smiled and frowned up and down the town and i heart my eyes were true
i found the places where you meet but people never leave too soon
they’ll wait till you’re weak and sick in your sleep in the cold, cold room

i was young when i left home, i wrestled with the winds
panicked in the nighttime glare, i prayed i’d find a friend
just to take me out of this life, out of those puddles of rain
i trusted anyone in any old slum who remembered my name

then i fell for a cold-hearted stranger in may of ’59
he pounded on my frail emotions, oh, he battered up my mind
but i left him stronger than before in a pale blue summer dress
and a coat for the cold summer nights with the [?] canadian crest

and i paid for a few whole dollars just to get me on that northern bus
and i traveled as long as i could through the greens and rocky rust
and i fell asleep for a long, long time, just hoping for something else
i’d rather be a bum than a slave in some rich man’s rattling house

i lived from couch to couch, floor to covered porch
oh, i built my life back up, i knew what i was looking for
some peace and quiet from living in a certain way
not saying much and giving just enough and taking it day by day

[instrumental]

happy birthday isabella, my sister of the west
i never meant to criticize you, just to give you all my best
i know you’re happy, i know you’re free
midnight gives you its glare
i could learn through your twists and turns and tell you when i’m getting there

- jerry leger lyrics

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