Patty Griffin - I Write The Book

I'm over here and it's cold
I write the recipe for growing old
Growing old, mean and alone
C'mon baby, pick up the phone

This pain in my heart
Has been with me through the ages
And I walk it around like a very old friend
It goes everywhere I go
It's been everywhere I've been
There's something shiny in my pocket
It's the key to my heart
Why don't you unlock it

I write the book on loneliness
I write the poem on pain
I'm the obituary in the newspaper
Lying out in the pouring rain

It used to be good between us
I don't know how to explain
We used to be Adonis and Venus
Now we're the water flowing down the drain

Don't wanna be bad
Don't wanna lie
Don't wanna make you mad
And I don't wanna die
Knowing we're apart for the rest of our lives
Cuts through me like a knife
I been eating your crops like a big old locust
Now I'm gonna be a little more in focus

I write the book on loneliness
I write the poem on pain
I'm the obituary in the newspaper
Lying out in the pouring rain

I write the book on loneliness
I write the poem on pain
I'm the obituary in the newspaper
Lying out in the pouring rain

I write the book

And the obit....oh
And the obit....oh
And the obituary baby

Whoa, oh oh, oh, oh ah
I write the book

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One of the six songs from the Pattys first official release a cassette that was sold at her early gigs in and around Boston, MA. They were recorded in 1991 at a small studio in a barn behind the house she lived in Arlington, MA.
When she began cutting tracks with producer Nile Rogers in early 1992, the tape was made unavailable.

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[jmakosk]

Actually this song was off a demo she used to hand out at her concerts back before she was signed. She never released this on any production album. It was back in her "indie" days. Lol. Look it up if you don't believe me....it wasn't even on her living with ghosts album. :-( Too bad...its definitely my favorite Patty song except maybe Up to the Mountain but that's a different kind of song altogether. I've heard there's another version of this song on a compilation album from back in the 90s.

[BGirlJessi]

@Diiana1295 Flaming Red cd

[Diiana1295]

hello

can anybody tell me please were can i find the song "ONE BIG LOVE"

of patty griffin please i need help (:

[sakebleugirl]

So awesome! Wish she played some of these old goodies at her shows!

[bertclark]

oh man this is awesome. thanks for posting.