Chasing shadows off the doorway
It was night terrors in your arms
I awoke with a yell and you asked if I was okay
I said there was no reason to be alarmed
Now there's a raccoon turf fight in the backyard
And their battle cries are keeping us awake
We started laughing trying to figure out what they are
Trying to say
Well, I'm gonna take a guess
That they'll take what they can get
Now I've forgotten about God for a long time
Or should I say that She has forgotten me
Every day I am the asshole in the spotlight
So your shadow is comforting
That night you said you should've started running
Well, me, I didn't have the good sense
Or maybe I would've seen this coming
Well, I'm not giving up yet
No, I'll take what I can get
Drinking all night at the hotel
Two days straight without sleep
And gee your laughter was seductive
Your eyes glazed in a minor key
Now it's been so long since I had a place to call home
I've been wandering for a dumb decade
My values were abruptly disowned
I was a writer with not much left to say
And I've not recovered yet
But I'll take what I can get
You've been injured by the evils of the business
Thinking maybe you don't have the stomach for it yet
You surrender by such greed and ugliness
That shit is hard to forget
I'd heard you were a talented performer
You said you'd heard my songs on the internet
Saying my words made you wanna cash in and surrender
It was such a strange compliment
But I'll take what I can get
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Lyrics submitted by Katrina Callaway.