I Built Rome in a Day

from Things Changed by Chad Pelley

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Every road I’ve ever known,
would never take me home.
And every word I ever wrote
was never set in stone.
‘Cause I’m not ready to go, no, I’m not ready to go.

Her two eyes are wishing wells,
and I’ve been going broke.
All I want’s a fortune told,
that I will never know.
‘Cause I’m not ready to go, no, I’m not ready to go.

I hung a wish on every star,
I think I shot too far.
Now the sky is full of things I want,
shinning down on me
‘Cause I’m not ready to go, no, I’m not ready to go.

All I want’s a wall to write on
a promise I won’t break myself
I’ve been hunting nothing so long
the target is taking shots at me.
Wind me up and spin me ‘round
and take me home and hold me down.

I don’t know what you’ve been told,
but I’ve been fed a lie
I wash it down with cheap red wine,
in vino veritas
‘Cause I’m not ready to go, no, I’m not ready to go.

I hate this this town, I love this town,
I got nowhere to be
Montreal or Italy might be the place for me.
But I'm not ready to go, no, I'm not ready to go.

Every song I never write will always sound the same.
Every Book I never write, Will call me by my name.
But I'm not ready to go, no, I'm not ready to go.

It’s in my bone, to need you more
than a heart could need a home
Your two eyes are wishing wells
and I’ve been going broke
‘Cause I’m not ready to go, no, I’m not ready to go.

I begged and then I chose
I scare the crow myself
Absence makes me fond, and my glitter’s only half gold.
I played the part in Rome
I’ve grabbed a bull by horns
I cry just like a sheep, then I kill the wolf when it comes.
... I built Rome in a day , and I stole that page from your book.

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from Things Changed, released March 1, 2013

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Chad Pelley St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Chad Pelley is an author who'd rather write songs than stories.

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