Grateful

from A Light Below the Door (2011) by Anthony Toner

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If you'd like to know about the inspiration behind this song, there's a blog post that I published shortly after the album came out: anthonytoner.net/anthonys-blog/2011/5/23/10-days-10-songs-grateful.html

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Grateful

You don’t mind drinking, but you hate the coming round -
and you don’t mind flying, but you hate the coming down,
you’re glad to land anywhere that ain’t too hard.
Your broken heart’s the perfect crime, and you go looking for clues.
But you turn up nothing and it gives you the blues,
you should know – you catch yourself red-handed every time.

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I know the story of love,
and as for eating humble pie, I’ve had a plateful.
If there’s a light below the door,
you should open it for sure…
And if it’s luck that saves your ass,
just be grateful.

Your friends mean well, but there’s always a price,
you get to pay for all this free advice,
it’s your heart, and nobody knows it more than you.
They get a secret little kick from your hard time –
they like reading the cards on the roadside shrines,
and they say, ‘there but for the Grace of God…’

CHORUS

Stand tall and hold your hand in mine

CHORUS

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from A Light Below the Door (2011), released September 14, 2021
featuring EIlidh Patterson on harmonies

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Anthony Toner Belfast, UK

An independent singer songwriter and guitarist, based in Belfast.

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