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Cheating My Way Back To You

from The Moment Before Waking by Conrad y Skordalia

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Tonight we’re closer on our barstools
Our eyes in the mirror almost meet
But it’s been such a while, since we even shared a smile
It’ll be with separate strangers that we leave.

We couldn’t keep ourselves from roaming
We took our turns at which of us would cry
Then suddenly we found, with all that sleeping around,
Separate homes in the blinking of an eye.

Now my arms are reaching, for someone new
Each night to someone else I’ll be untrue
I know you do the same, it’s our lonely barroom game
And I’m cheating my way back to you.

I hardly remember how it started
I can’t say which of us was the first to stray
I just remember the pain of watching you kiss in the rain
After you I’m loving purely out of shame.

Now my arms are reaching, for someone new
Each night to someone else I’ll be untrue
I know you do the same, it’s our lonely barroom game
And I’m cheating my way back to you.

The odds are getting better every evening
As we move down the bar from different ends
It’s just a matter of time, till each of us’ll find
Next in line is going to be you and me again.

And then my arms will be reaching
like you’re someone new
Each night to you, my darling, I’ll be untrue
I know you’ll do the same, it’s our mixed-up barroom game
And I’m cheating my way back to you
Yes I’m cheating my way back to you.

© 2012 by Rebecca Weiner Tompkins

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from The Moment Before Waking, released December 4, 2021
© 2012 by Rebecca Weiner Tompkins

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Conrad y Skordalia Nashville, Tennessee

David Conrad and Rebecca Weiner Tompkins began performing as Conrad y Skordalia in 2012 in New York City. Their first record, A Silo Filled With Birds, was released in 2016. Their music incorporates rock, country/folk and soul, with traces of traditional Celtic music and modern classical.
They have been based in Nashville since 2017, and perform regularly in the area both as duo and full band.
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