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What a Shame

from Alone for a While by Holly Frost

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Have you ever been told that a heart’s grown cold,
and it came as a big surprise?
All at once what was all hellos and hugs,
become the sounds of all sad goodbyes,
And you wallow and pine for all the lost time,
and expect all the tears you’ll shed,
And you babble and whine at the midnight chime,
and these are the words it says?:

“What a shame - you thought you might just fit.
Yet what remains? Did you learn anything from it?
You showed the hand you were dealt.
The deep admiration you felt was the bet,
and you lost the game,
But at least you played.
What a shame!

What a shame!
You thought you knew the stakes,
and what could replace his tender warm embrace?
Just when you thought you’d found light
in the dead of the night,
you awake to find that’s not the case,
At least you got a taste -
but what a shame...

Tick, tock, now you’re sleepy,
quite alright to go ahead and dream.
Rest now, for you’re weepy,
and this darkness will be gone
in the bright of the dawn.

What a shame...
you thought he’d be The One.
We all make mistakes,
but now it’s said and done.
You took the hit from the toss,
but in the end it’s his loss,
for you really are quite first-rate -
Yes, it could have been great.
What a shame!
Yet another smothered flame,
what a shame!”

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from Alone for a While, released August 6, 2021
written by Holly Frost

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Holly Frost Austin, Texas

Holly Frost is a singer-songwriter paying tribute to music from the past through unique renditions of classic songs as well as tin-pan-alley-inspired original compositions. Her eclectic musical background and charming voice blend jazz, folk, cabaret, and thoughtful pop in a way you've never heard before. ... more

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