3rd Place
“Angeline”
Luke Brindley
Reston, Virginia
Wars and rumors of wars
And they ain’t go away
There’s a hurricane gathering off the coast
Make landfall on Monday
In a basement apartment on Montague Place
We’re trying to love the way we should
And hold this family together
We’ll hold this family together
Angeline
I wanna do right by you
Angeline
No man works harder than I do
Still I’m scared of losing what’s mine
Angeline
Photographs on the dresser
Remind me of better times
We held the babies in our arms
In our hearts – a dream that would never die
Now my heart breaks to see you on your knees tonight
Praying for peace to come
You should be far away from here little one
You think I’m the best you could have done?
Chorus
Now what if they told us ’bout when we were older?
We never would have believed
We were young, we were fearless, we were free
And nothing could have stopped us or come between you and me
So tonight we’re leaving
Gonna take a bus up north
I’m so tired of trying
To prove what I am worth
Past these houses I could never give you
Out of this town where we never belong
Back to where it all began
Back to you, me, and a song
Angeline
I wanna do right by you
Angeline
No man works harder than I do
I’ll never lose what’s mine
Angeline
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