How to Love and How to Be Let Down

by Joey Hines

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It's quiet in the house and I'm feeling lightheaded
And I'm second-guessing myself but I won't say I regret it
And I miss you since you left me but you were always gonna do it
Ever since the day I met you, all along I knew it
I ran straight to the thing that's worst for me
I'm out of control and that's a first for me
Yeah you were my sky and my ground
Yeah baby you, ooh just by being around
You taught me how to love and how to be let down

I like your pretty smile, I like the way you look
And when I want to surprise you, you just read me like a book
And I'm not trying to be hopeless but I cut up all your heartbeats
And arranged them in a picture so they'd always be a part of me
I wanna hold the hand that hurts me so
That my vow becomes the only words I know
Oh you were the toast of the town
Yeah baby you were there with me when I found out
How to love and how to be let down

I drive for seven miles and I pull off near the mountain
And I let myself experience everything in moderation
And I'll come to rationalize it but now is not that hour
It's a kind of understanding that's not yet within my power
There's a burnt out star I still can see
It won't be long before it's history
And if you walk on my burial mound
Yeah baby you can hear a familiar sound
I'll tell you how to love and how to be let down
And how to be let down

credits

released May 19, 2021
Chris Dunn - piano
Joey Hines - bass, drum programming, guitar, & vocals

Recorded at Blue Lily Studio.
Produced by Nico Rivers at Gypsy Bones Studio.
Cover photo by Carl Terreros.
Music & lyrics by Joey Hines.

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Joey Hines Las Vegas, Nevada

Joey Hines is a Las Vegas-based singer-songwriter. Inspired by classic alternative & indie artists, as well as the unconventional perspectives of outsider musicians, Hines blends a knack for memorable melodies with an imaginative & heartfelt lyrical style. Listeners might be reminded of the unfiltered emotion of Daniel Johnston & the eloquent rhymes of The Magnetic Fields. ... more

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