Hoping it Will (Thinking it Won't)

from Junebug by Jon Charles Dwyer

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I lay my body down to rest in the evening
before the stars ever come awake.
And I rise in the morning time
Fore the light ever knows my name.

Down at the Gas-Up I have bought another habit
I swore I'd kicked a month ago.
And all the folks out front ain't even been to sleep yet.
When the sun comes up we'll turn to stone.

Cause it seems that the more I see,
The less I let myself believe
That anything good stays put.
Im hoping it will and thinking it won't.
Just hoping it will and thinking it won't.

There's a mountaintop I see from my porch seat.
I climb its back every god damn day.
Hoping for a tune to reach out of the tree tops.
Maybe clear my eyes of the lowland haze.
Down in the valley I can hear the sirens whine on,
Running down a cause they still can't prove.
Later on today I'll hear the same sad news:
The largest gun has the loudest truth.
Don't know how to talk but they know how to shoot.

It seems that the more I see,
The less I let myself believe
That anything good stays put.
Im hoping it will and thinking it won't.
Just hoping it will and thinking it won't.

It seems that the more I find,
The more I think we're the losing kind.
And I want something to change my mind.
I'm hoping it will and thinking it won't.
Just hoping it will, thinking it won't.

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from Junebug, track released January 29, 2021
Pedal Steel: Rebecca Branson Jones

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Jon Charles Dwyer Asheville, North Carolina

Jon Charles Dwyer's songs embody the spirit of the Appalachian mountains he is married to: all poverty stricken loss and desire set against the backdrop of the most beautiful springtime of love and fresh hope tumbling over those hills and down to the valleys below. ... more

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