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It's Just The Way Your Eyes Look

from You Are The Song I Heard In My Dream (2015) [LP] by Jim Byron

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Well, it isn't the way the sky wanders in a spiral every night that makes me wonder where we're going to end up.
And it's not the way the sun arches across the sky that makes me think you might be the center of something great.
And it's not in my imagination that I realize that what you do to me, nobody else could in quite the same way.
And it isn't the way time seems to take its time when it wants to, then, at whim, while standing still, gets too far ahead for anyone to ever catch up that astounds me.

It's just the way your eyes look
That does it.

It's just the way your eyes look
That does it.

It's just the way your eyes look
That does it.

It's just the way your eyes look
That does it.

And it's not the way to wind seems to blow so free when I know, really, it's no rebel at all but bitterly obedient to the law of nature.
And it's not the way the earth seems to crumble at my feet despite the fact that, while great in its weakness, it holds us all away from oblivion.
And it's not the way the oceans rise and fall like empires, yet, through the course of eons, never ever conquered [sic].
And it's not the statues that crumble in time stand so proud of their eternality which they profoundly overestimate that amazes me.

It's just the way your eyes look
That does it.

It's just the way your eyes look
That does it.

It's just the way your eyes look
That does it.

It's just the way your eyes look.

You can walk away until your feet are sore;
But that don't mean you're right.
Are you true to your heart?

You can say exactly what comes to your mind;
But that don't mean you're honest.
Are you listening to your feelings?

And it's not the way you seem to already know what I'm going to say that makes me want to say it.
And it's not the way the city lights up at night like galaxy rained down and flooded the earth that makes me want to dim the lights.
And it's not the way you listen to my every word as if I have something important to say that makes me want to say something meaningful.
And it's not the way your breath aligns with mine
That takes mine away.

It's just the way your eyes look
That does it.

It's just the way your eyes look
That does it.

It's just the way your eyes look
That does it.

It's just the way your eyes look.

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from You Are The Song I Heard In My Dream (2015) [LP], released December 29, 2015

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Jim Byron Minneapolis, Minnesota

U.S. alternative musician, songwriter, and producer. Has released over 30 albums since moving to Minneapolis in 2015. Genre- fluid. Mentored by two poet laureates of major cities: Jack Hirschman of San Francisco, and the late Barry Spacks of Santa Barbara. Also mentored by the mythic Baby Gramps, who once toured as Bob Dylan's personal backstage entertainment. ... more

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