Back to Scratch

Down on my luck once more

Out on a limb

Over the things I thought I knew for sure and you

Yeah, you were fundamentally

Too flawed to give what you receive

And you believed that I was yours to keep

Then I tell myself

Hold on, slow down

Girl, is this me going back to scratch again

And oh you'll know it at the dead of night

You're back to scratch, right back to scratch

Here in the heavy days

Love on a whim

It's only a thing I'm sure

His daunting gaze will fade

Then I am left

On my lonesome

And, I'm not as young as I'd like

My heart is slipping through my fingers

So the hope of love still lingers

I just pray that he will find me now today

And now wait a minute

Hold on, slow down

Girl, is this me going back to scratch again

And oh you'll know it at the dead of night

You're back to scratch, right back to scratch

Now he's gone

I guess I'll carry on

There's nothing else that I can do

Suns will rise and set and rains will fall

But when they fall on me

They won't on you

I can't hold on to this love

I'm going back to scratch again

And here I'm lying in this lonely night

I'm back to scratch again, again, again, again

And I can't hold on to this love

I'm going back to scratch again

And here I'm lying in this lonely night

I'm back to scratch

Right back to scratch