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The promises we've broken
Are the ones we barely spoke,
The ones we whispered into coffee mugs
When no one else was home.
The streets are as bare as the trees.
Center city won't bear us fruit.
It's just an ocean,
It ain't wide enough for you.

It's just an ocean darling,
It's just an ocean darling.
It ain't wide enough for you,
It ain't wide enough for us two.

You were broke, your love was twisted.
I thought I could bend it back in shape,
Be the strong man in your circus,
Be your sympathetic rake.
We stretched our hearts too thin.
We had no chance of keeping pure.
It's just the west coast,
It ain't far enough that's for sure.

It's just the west coast darling.
It's just the west coast darling.
It ain't far enough that's for sure.
I draw my line in the sand and you draw yours.
It's just the west coast darling.
It's just the west coast darling.
It ain't far enough that's for sure.
I draw my line in the sand and you draw yours.

I keep you at your distance,
I keep thoughts of you at bay
With a self effacing punch line
And a hand across my face.
I share my bed with lies that are soft, comfortable, and true.
I barely trust them, but I trust them
Twice as far as I'd trust you.

It's just an ocean darling.
It's just an ocean darling.
It ain't wide enough for you.
It ain't wide enough for us two.
It's just an ocean darling.
It's just an ocean darling.
It ain't wide enough for you.
It ain't wide enough for us two.

The promises we've broken
Are the ones that we ignored,
Whispered briefly to the morning
Kicking down the new day's door.
We got scared of asking ourselves
Why we never asked for more.
It's just the west coast.
It ain't far enough that's for sure.

It's just the west coast darling.
It's just the west coast darling.
It ain't far enough that's for sure.
I draw my line in the sand and you draw yours.
It's just an ocean darling.
It's just an ocean darling.
It ain't wide enough for you.
It ain't wide enough for us two.

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from Patient Barney Penrose, released March 3, 2013

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Patient Barney Penrose Richmond, Virginia

"As a lyricist, Patient Barney Penrose shares a vividness with Matt Berninger of The National, expressing himself with melancholic, literate concision. These are lyrics that read well without a melody. An extension of an obvious literary talent, they embellish his dulcet arrangements."

Julian Belvedere, HY.GEN.IC London
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