The Night Gamble

from Hoard by Toby Jackson

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I thought about putting a saxophone on this. But I can't play it. Nor do I own one. So I went with more guitar.

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It’s not that she’s tired of waking up,
When the terrors from the night before come creeping through the open door,
No, it’s not a pretence or pretend,
It’s not a floodgate breached by the first person to cross her gaze.

Natalie’s sure that she’s the one,
Though she doesn’t like Scorsese films and rarely cries and hated Rome,
There’s just something in her wavy hair,
And in her smiling lullabies, and in the air and in the skies,

And in those three sublime passionate nights,
Where she whispered I was in love,
Can’t tell you why or when it was,
But it was and so it goes,

And who am I to judge or argue?
This is your story and your song;
I only hope that the night gamble comes good and pays off.

Natalie’s lost in a moment.
She often wonders why she cries and why still can’t sleep at night.
It’s not like still doesn’t feel wanted,
And when she holds her close she feels so warm, and when they’re lost at dark, she is reborn,

“Is this love?” she shouts in silence,
“It doesn’t feel like a fairy-tale, though I don’t suppose I thought it would,
It doesn’t play out like a Disney film, and I don’t think I could live without you,
So what is it that does not feel right? Why can I still not sleep at night?

Am I just used to lying with you?
Am I bullied into being true?
Or am I held to you for fear of solitude?
Was I born to hide? Have I ever loved you?”

And I’m not one to judge or argue,
I’m not one to curse a confused soul,
I only know that the night gamble has swallowed you whole.

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from Hoard, released January 7, 2015

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Toby Jackson is a singer-songwriter in York, but also Cambridge.

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