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When It's Time to Move On

from Tumbling After by Jessica Smucker

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When it’s time to move on there’s no moon in the sky.
The darkness is full of the how and the why.
We wrestle our angels, don’t want to be wise.
We try to ignore all the obvious signs
but here it comes again.

I’ve been embracing the kind of denial
that knows what it is but holds on for awhile.
The sooner I know this, the sooner I’ll leave you
but I don’t have the time or the courage to grieve you.

Here it comes again
oh, the bittersweet end.

I look up at the stars. Nothing catches my eye.
You’re in my heart but you’re not in my sky.
When the clouds move in, it’s our final refrain.
I know where you’re going after the rain.

When it’s time to move on, I keep holding my breath.
I plug up my ears like I’m practicing death.
I hold your hand tighter, I fight for you harder.
I’m thirsty and you were my last sip of water.

Here it comes again
oh, the bittersweet end.
Here it comes again.

I look up at the stars. Nothing catches my eye.
You’re in my heart but you’re not in my sky.
When the clouds move in, it’s our final refrain.
I’ll be alone here after the rain.

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from Tumbling After, released September 25, 2014
music and lyrics by Jessica Smucker

Jessica Smucker: vocals, piano
Mike Bitts: bass
Paul Murr: drums
Chad Kinsey: electric & 9-string guitars
Corty Byron & Patrick Kirchner: electric guitars
Leo DiSanto: acoustic guitar
Todd Fulginiti: trumpet, flugelhorn

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Jessica Smucker Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Jessica has performed all over the Eastern U.S. and has won several national songwriting contests including the Connecticut Folk Festival and SolarFest. She has opened for notable acts like Cheryl Wheeler and Bill Staines, and shared festival stages with Patty Larkin, Dar Williams and Antje Duvekot. Her third full-length album, Lucid Stories, Tentative Lies, is due out in September 2020. ... more

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