How Can You Be Real?

from Oh Ho by Joey Hines

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lyrics

I've been trying to forget
Everything before the day we met
You've been treating me so well
Can't believe how fast I fell

You are everything I've been
Forcing myself not to hope for so I don't get my heart broken
And you are more than I have ever dreamt
Half-remembered pages of my diary and treasured letters never sent
How can you be real
How can you be real

I like your quiet and calming air
I like the way you do your hair
I like the way it feels to say your name
Tell me, shall we play a game

You are everything I've been
Forcing myself not to hope for so I don't get my heart broken
And you are more than I had ever dreamt
Half-remembered pages of my diary and treasured letters never sent to me
How can you be real
How can you be real
How can you be real
How can you be real

Do you feel the way I feel
There's nothing left to reveal
This is me, this is my heart
It is time for us to start
Will you remain or depart

'Cause you are everything I've been
Forcing myself not to hope for so I don't get my heart broken
And you are more than I had ever dreamt
Half-remembered pages of my diary, yeah, treasured letters never sent
How can you be real
How can you be real

How can you be real
I don't understand
How can you be real
Like heaven in my hands
How can you be real
You're like a fantasy
How can you be real
It doesn't make sense to me
How can you be real
It's not that you seem fake, it's just
How can you be real
Are you pulling my leg

I've been trying to forget

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from Oh Ho, released June 25, 2016

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Joey Hines Las Vegas, Nevada

Joey Hines is a Las Vegas-based singer-songwriter. Equally inspired by history's great songwriters and the unconventional perspectives of outsider musicians, Hines blends a knack for memorable melodies with an imaginative and heartfelt lyrical style. Listeners might be reminded of the unfiltered emotion of Daniel Johnston and the eloquent rhymes of The Magnetic Fields. ... more

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