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This is the eleventh of my proposed 262 song-a-weeks. Wish me luck! And thanks for listening. If you'd like to see the video, it's here: youtu.be/16SAYS5Z2QU

lyrics

I am closing the doors of my heart
Where they used to be all open wide
I've been letting the wind, the leaves, the rain,
and the whole wide world inside.

I am closing the doors of my heart
for I think I have let too much in
I have been trying to fill it with all the wrong things
and it's daunting to clean up, but I must begin

And there was a time when I needed a window wide open to let in the breeze
it was stuffy
it was airless
and boy it got crowded in here
and I'm sure that for some folks an overstuffed heart
is the cure for a heart ill at ease
but for me it's a symptom of hoarding and hiding and acting out of fear.

I am patching the holes in my heart,
I am spackling and painting the halls
where in great desperation and greater despair
I punched open big holes in the walls

I'm closing
I'm closing
I'm closing
there will be no more dog and pony show
I'm closing
I'm closing
I'm closing
there will be no more fake and phony show
I'm closing
I'm closing
I'm closing
I am through with sinking down so low
I'm closing
I'm closing
I'm closing
it's last call, get your things, and go.

I am closing the doors of my heart
and that might sound quite dismal to you,
but it's far from depressing to make these repairs,
and I'm far from dejected or blue,
I am closing the doors of my heart
and exploring the world within,
in the company of the great love of my life,
and my life is far better than it's ever been.

I'm closing
I'm closing
I'm closing
I'm no longer one big open book
I'm closing
I'm closing
I'm closing
the hookup phone is off the hook
I'm closing
I am closing this deal today
I'm closing
I am ready to walk away
I'm closing
I don't care what my old friends say
my heart is done being so exposed
I'm closing
all the walls have been closing in
I'm closing
I've been spreading myself too thin
I'm closing
I am through with what might have been
and the doors of my heart are closed.

credits

from making an omelet (262 songs, volume 1), track released October 18, 2016
all singing and instrumenting and producering by Brendan Milburn
lovely heart-wood-door cover image by Gazrock aka Никита on Pixabay - thank you for this wonderful cc image.
The song is copyright (c) 2016 by Brendan Milburn, published by WB Music Corp. All rights reserved, but if you wanna use this for something reach out to me and and let's work something out.

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Brendan Milburn Seattle, Washington

Brendan Milburn is a music teacher and a dad. In his former life he wrote musicals, songs for animated movies, shows for theme parks and cruise lines. He used to play in a band called GrooveLily. Now he has chickens, cats, and kids, and he is making a song a week. ... more

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