All The Best Things

from All The Best Things by NJ Gardner

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lyrics

All the best things

She had a place at the end of the street
was told to be out by the end of next week
this day had been coming for a long time

Landlord said I’m sorry I know you tried
Here’s a tissue come on dry your eyes
If there was any other way but my hands are tied

She had a father living somewhere in America
They hadn’t spoken in years, he was dead to her
She packed up her things and left her key on the side

Walked towards the station, hair wet in the rain
No money for a ticket she pretended to wait for a train
Oh how the hours they passed by.

It was getting dark so she rolled out a sleeping bag
A stranger gave her some blankets that he had
Said here take these I know there’s a cold breeze and you gotta try and stay warm

She lie awake dreaming of a romance
Somewhere like Barcelona or the south of France
And they would meet by chance at a little market stall

Down on the beach they’d draw their names in the sand
He’d say Honey let me be your man
She’d stare into his eyes, he’d never tell her lies
They would live forever in paradise

She was woken up by the drunks heading home
Cold wind caused an aching in her bones
The sky was getting bright
Early morning light
She’d made it through the first night

All the best things in life are free
but sometimes they’re hard to see
sometimes they’re hard to see

All the best things in life are free
But no one told you they might be
No one told you they might be

Oh catch me I’m falling, all the ghosts of my past they are calling
Oh catch me I’m falling, all the ghosts of my past they are calling

credits

from All The Best Things, released July 4, 2019
Written and performed by NJ Gardner

Hannah Davey - Female vocals and 'Cello
Chris Heaven - Bass guitar
Hannah Green - Violins

Cover Art by Chris Halls (crfhalls.com)

All tracks produced by Gregory Wilson-Copp
at Sound Shack Studios, Cheltenham.

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NJ Gardner is an English singer songwriter based in Stroud, UK. He teaches guitar and has been on a mission to write 100 songs in a year...

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