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Main Thing

I don’t know what you’re looking for
Besides, you’re a little late
But don’t mind my asking
What’d you come for anyway?
I’ve got my own suspicions
Besides, that’s my natural state
Let’s just say that I remember
What you were like before you ran away
Well I don’t know what you want now
But I surely know how it feels
Staring down at this hole in the ground
There’s little else more real
Wouldn’t you agree?
You know he never did stop hurting
And what you did is not a law book crime
But heartaches do add slowly
And they always carry weight with time!

But the main thing was the silence
He wasn’t looking for that kind of island
Congratulations, what can follow
But the main thing
You took tomorrow

Well, there’s nothing here no portions,
Some old things, new shoes
You know he just never did have much luck
Oh yeah, and then there was you
You got a lotta nerve coming back here
Folks wondering you been, why you left and what for
And I know you know he really loved you
You were life to him. More!
Well I guess you did have your reasons
And maybe it doesn’t matter anymore
Maybe you write your books of pages
And leave your key in the door
But I guess that’s the story
As for me, after this, I am not going to stay
And maybe it really doesn’t even really matter
c’est la vie
Kind of like your rose there
Laying on his grave

But the main thing was the silence
And not knowing where to follow
All the long tears, calling for you
But the main thing
You took tomorrow
That’s the main thing


(D G A#G A#D) C harp capo 2

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from Celebration What For, released November 2, 2004
Tin Ostres - drums, percussion
Sven Buic - double bass
TLH - percussion, keyboards

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Terry Lee Hale Marseille, France

Currently a resident in Marseille, Hale has been releasing albums for more than three decades. Hale’s work is stubborn and transcendent of genres and deeply evocative in a way that only a true original can be.

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