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All Is Lost

from After All This Time by John Elliott

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lyrics

it's been a long time now since we where young and proud
since we were running around this city
and all the open roads have now been closed
the stupid shame of all that pity
i don't need to ask again or even know
why said you'd had enough and had to go

i'll just take it slow, take it slow
give myself another minute
let it go, let it go
all is lost and all's forgiven

i'll let you stand alone and i'll let you be
i'll be the only friend who tells you what it needs to be
let your hair hang down, let a long breath out
and don't worry about the reasons why you're here
if there's one thing i imagine it's that we'll never be that lost
i've got real love inside me and i've got all the time i want
i've got real love inside me and i've got all the time i want

recall the softer days
the endless nights, the long lit haze
remember when we didn't know a thing
it was just easier that time, it was just easier that time
it was just easier that time, it was just easier that time
you don't anything about me
give me your word, i'll give you mine
i've got real love inside me and i've got nothing but my time
i've got real love inside me and i've got nothing but my time

time is not enough to tell me why it didn't work it out
no one owes me anything and i don't owe anyone anything

my dentist takes beautiful pictures of wildlife, specifically birds, beautiful photography, and he sends them into magazines and competitions, he says, "it's important to me. relevancy is
important to me,” and he never wins so whenever i go visit him he shows me his beautiful photography and then he cleans my teeth and i am affected by the beautiful photography and i
besides me…

and i think about relevancy
and i think about relevancy
and i think about relevancy

i know that i am gonna die soon, relatively
and i hope when i do someone thinks of me like i think of my dentist's photography

back where i started, back where i fell
back where i told the truth and lied as well
i'm sorry now, i'm sorry now, i'm sorry now, i'm sorry now
from here on out i will be steady
from here on out i will be kind
i've got real love inside me and i've got nothing but my time
i've got real love inside me and i've got nothing but my time

i'll just take it slow, take it slow
give myself another minute
let it go, let it go
all is lost and all's forgiven
take it slow, take it slow
give yourself another minute
let it go, let it go
all is lost and all's forgiven

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from After All This Time, released January 27, 2023

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John Elliott San Francisco, California

“John Elliott is the Andy Kaufman of folk music.”

“Post Seinfeld, Post 9/11 Eyebrow Rock.”

“Well crafted and artful songs by a potentially disturbed individual.”

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