When the Work is Done

from Claro by Gabriel James

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When the Work is Done

Floating away on a riverboat
Tied to the shore
Should’ve walked away so many times before

Waving away the Eastbound train
There’s always a next one
I planned to be so much further from where I’m from

It’s like you said
The sun always sets on the feeling of the afternoon
When the work is done
And all I’m left with is you

Throwing away all the things you loved
Exposing the hardwood
There’s solace in the calluses, and it feels good

It’s like you said
The sun always sets on the feeling of the afternoon
When the work is done
And all you’re left with is you

The price of me and the cost of you
The energy to see it through
You have to wonder...Where’s the value in
Struggling to struggle out
Making never work for now
Do you think

It’s like you said
The sun always sets on the feeling of the afternoon
When the work is done
And all you’re left with is you

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from Claro, released May 1, 2011
©2011 Gabriel James

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