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Leaving You (Was Like Quitting My Day Job)

from Heartwood by The Boxcar Lilies

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I found your note tucked in my mailbox today
The words that you wrote didn’t quite fill half the page
You’re sorry for what…you don’t quite understand
Well I hope my reply comes as no surprise

‘Cause leaving you was just like quitting my day job
And like hitting it big in Vegas
Or watching out my front window
As Ed McMahon shuffles on up to my doorstep
And I feel that great big check in my hand

The day that I left, we hadn’t a word left to say
Betrayed and bereft, half hoping you’d ask me to stay
I somehow made it clear to the end of the drive
And I hopped in that cab and never looked back.

‘Cause leaving you was just like quitting my day job
And like hitting it big in Vegas
Or watching out my front window
As Ed McMahon shuffles on up to my doorstep
And I feel that great big check in my hand

Oh one last thing my darling
Take it from me
It’s true what they say honey
The best things in this life are free

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from Heartwood, released January 11, 2011
7. LEAVING YOU (WAS LIKE QUITTING MY DAY JOB)
(Jenny Goodspeed)
Jenny Goodspeed – vocals, acoustic guitar, concert ukulele
Stephanie Marshall – vocals
Katie Clarke – vocals
Dave Chalfant – acoustic bass
Jim Henry – Dobro

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The Boxcar Lilies Greenfield, Massachusetts

Combining spine-tingling harmony and exceptional songwriting, The Boxcar Lilies have made a name for themselves with their signature mix of folk, country, blues, and bluegrass-tinged Americana music.

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