I Heard What You Said (I Just Wasn't Listening)
by Ed Woltil
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lyrics
I found myself navigating a sidewalk
in an urban space
No memory how I came to be
here in this foreign place
The crowd divides
and surges around me
and I’m not lost
but no one has found me
I’m just behind
and I’m losing ground
here in this human race.
And everyone’s frowning a lot
Everyone seems lost in thought
that’s the impression I got
but something’s missing
So if I seem cloaked in dread
thunderclouds pecking my head
Baby, I heard what you said
I just wasn’t listening
I stroll around a small seaside town
on the New England coast
Colonial paint, impossibly quaint
the houses humbly boast
Children splashing
in their beach togs
Seagulls laughing
His and her dogs
and I’m just passing
through like the fog,
an uninvited ghost.
And everyone here sports a smile
they’ve been perfecting awhile
everyone wears the right style
not one stitch missing
So if I’m losing the thread
thoughts all unravelling instead
Baby, I heard what you said
I just wasn’t listening
All the people and places
they leave their traces
but there’s something behind their faces
like so much sifting sand
through the hands of history
but you just can’t divine the mystery…
Are you listening?
Maybe I expect too much
Maybe it’s me and I’m losing touch
I need a push or I need a crutch
to help me get unstuck
And everyone’s frowning a lot
Everyone seems lost in thought
that’s the impression I got
but something’s missing
So if I seem cloaked in dread
thunderclouds pecking my head
Baby, I heard what you said
I just wasn’t listening
in an urban space
No memory how I came to be
here in this foreign place
The crowd divides
and surges around me
and I’m not lost
but no one has found me
I’m just behind
and I’m losing ground
here in this human race.
And everyone’s frowning a lot
Everyone seems lost in thought
that’s the impression I got
but something’s missing
So if I seem cloaked in dread
thunderclouds pecking my head
Baby, I heard what you said
I just wasn’t listening
I stroll around a small seaside town
on the New England coast
Colonial paint, impossibly quaint
the houses humbly boast
Children splashing
in their beach togs
Seagulls laughing
His and her dogs
and I’m just passing
through like the fog,
an uninvited ghost.
And everyone here sports a smile
they’ve been perfecting awhile
everyone wears the right style
not one stitch missing
So if I’m losing the thread
thoughts all unravelling instead
Baby, I heard what you said
I just wasn’t listening
All the people and places
they leave their traces
but there’s something behind their faces
like so much sifting sand
through the hands of history
but you just can’t divine the mystery…
Are you listening?
Maybe I expect too much
Maybe it’s me and I’m losing touch
I need a push or I need a crutch
to help me get unstuck
And everyone’s frowning a lot
Everyone seems lost in thought
that’s the impression I got
but something’s missing
So if I seem cloaked in dread
thunderclouds pecking my head
Baby, I heard what you said
I just wasn’t listening
credits
released November 5, 2021
Mixed by Ed Woltil & Brian Merrill
Mastered by Brian Merrill, Studio B, St. Petersburg, FL
Mixed by Ed Woltil & Brian Merrill
Mastered by Brian Merrill, Studio B, St. Petersburg, FL
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