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Irretrievable Beauty

by Chris Robley

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The 2nd single from Robley's upcoming EP is a drunken waltz, with a little mud caked on the boots and pant cuffs. Some things can't come back. Especially things that never were. Oh well. So long.

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Our love got stretched so thin and wide
that it almost wasn't there,
but some things are best left untried.
If there's choice then there's choosing;
and either way we're lost
'cause all love's a kind of losing...

Irretrievable beauty,
remember me
how I was when you knew me at first —
how I used to be
so honest, young, and free.

Across that heartbroken divide,
you stand over there
and I'll watch you waving goodbye
to what you won't allow.
I'd let you take it all
if only to feel better now.

Irretrievable beauty,
remember me
how I was when you knew me at first —
how I used to be
so honest, young, and free.

So thank you for shaking me loose,
and I'm happy I could help you.
It's better to feel useful than used.
And thanks too for the laughs
and the secret little thrills
that nearly tore us both in half.

Irretrievable beauty,
remember me
how I was when you knew me at first —
how I used to be
so honest, young, and free.
So honest, young, and free.
How I used to be.

credits

released October 27, 2017
Engineered by Jeff Stuart Saltzman at Secret Society and Mysterious Beard in Portland, Oregon.

Chris Robley - vocals, guitars
Arthur Parker - bass, piano
Daniel Adlaf - organ
John Stewart - drums

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Chris Robley Lewiston, Maine

"Chris Robley is at the top of his game with his new work." - KCRW

Maine-based singer/songwriter and award-winning poet Chris Robley (formerly from Portland, Oregon) performs orchestral indie-pop and fractured folk reminiscent of John Lennon, John Vanderslice, Harry Nilsson, and Joe Henry.

His poetry has appeared in POETRY Magazine, Prairie Schooner, and many other journals.
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