Name: How I Lost It All
Duration: P00H02M55S
Description: This is an original lyric by A. F. Moritz, written as a popular song and not previously published as a poem in a journal or collection.

How I Lost It All

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This is an original lyric by A. F. Moritz, written as a popular song and not previously published as a poem in a journal or collection.

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When we started out, love,
It was a very dark time,
And you went with me all the way,
In those mean streets,
Without a dime.
We were young—
We would have whatever we desired.
I remember—how tight you held my hand
As I stared up at those white towers
The morning set on fire.

Refrain
They never told me that climbing the heights
Was the way to the hardest fall.
I left you behind me,
I thought you would find me,
You would always be there at my call.
And that’s the story
Of all my glory—
The tale of HOW I LOST IT ALL

And now I have it—
The eighty-third floor.
I look down on the city like a toy.
The clouds rush by my window
And people
Blow like scraps in the storm.
And are you down there, too?
Which one is you—
Around which corner, into which door
Do you vanish with all my joy?

Refrain

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from How I Lost It All, released April 15, 2022
Music by Blaise Moritz, Lyrics by A. F. Moritz
Recorded in Toronto, November 23, 2018
by Jon Mychal at The Sonic Spa

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The New Birds of America is Blaise Moritz and sometimes others.

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