this shirt-faye marie ellis

[ti:This Shirt] [ar:Faye Marie] [al:Truth] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]this shirt - faye marie ellis [00:12.64]This shirt is old and faded [00:14.54] [00:15.35]All the color's washed away [00:17.59] [00:18.23]I've had it now for more damn years [00:21.10]Than i can count anyway [00:22.83] [00:24.16]I wear it beneath my jacket [00:26.30] [00:26.99]With the collar turned up high [00:29.27] [00:29.96]So old i should replace it [00:32.91]But i'm not about to try [00:36.27] [00:41.90]This shirt's got silver buttons [00:44.12] [00:44.65]And a place upon the sleeve [00:47.43]Where i used to set my heart up [00:49.85]Right there anyone could see [00:52.78] [00:53.41]This shirt is the one i wore to every boring high school dance [00:58.41] [00:59.24]Where the boys ignored the girls [01:01.36] [01:02.04]And we all pretended to like the band [01:05.73] [01:11.09]This shirt was a pillow for my head [01:13.24] [01:13.89]On a train through italy [01:15.60] [01:16.78]This shirt was a blanket beneath the love [01:19.67]We made in argeles [01:21.84] [01:22.68]This shirt was lost for three whole days [01:25.65]In a town near buffalo [01:27.43] [01:28.58]'Till i found the locker key [01:30.98]In a downtown trailways bus depot [01:34.88] [01:46.21]This shirt was the one i lent you [01:48.38] [01:48.95]And when you gave it back [01:50.99] [01:51.82]There was a rip inside the sleeve [01:54.07] [01:54.84]Where you rolled your cigarettes [01:56.76] [01:57.80]It was the place i put my heart [02:00.63]Now look at where you put a tear [02:03.65]I forgave your thoughtlessness [02:05.69] [02:06.38]But not the boy who put it there [02:08.55] [02:09.53]This shirt was the place your cat [02:11.67]Decided to give birth to five [02:14.50] [02:15.57]And we stayed up all night watching [02:17.79]And we wept when the last one died [02:21.18]This shirt is just an old faded piece of cotton [02:25.60] [02:26.75]Shining like the memories [02:28.78] [02:29.35]Inside those silver buttons [02:33.54] [02:44.81]This shirt is a grand old relic [02:46.99] [02:47.61]With a grand old history [02:49.31] [02:50.51]I wear it now for sunday chores [02:53.16]Cleaning house and raking leaves [02:55.59] [02:56.32]I wear it beneath my jacket [02:58.41] [02:59.27]With the collar turned up high [03:02.23]So old i should replace it [03:05.15]But i'm not about to try