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Be Like John Wayne

Written April 14, 2017


It's easy to fall in love
Even easier to break apart
I've been trying for six long years
To mend this broken heart

You used to talk to me so sweet
My biggest fan in the bleacher seats
From the rose bush to the baseball bat
Why'd you have to go and be like that

Why don't you just be like John Wayne
Why'd you go and have to die
Why don't you just be like John Wayne
Even he cried sometimes

Life never looked so bleak
Than the day you left me
It's easy to forgive sometimes
But this ain't one of those times

Sticks and stones may break my bones
Glass houses are all I've known
From the salt shaker to the baseball bat
Why'd you have to go and be like that

Why don't you just be like John Wayne
Why'd you go and have to die
Why don't you just be like John Wayne
Even he cried sometimes

Copyright © Brandon Carter | Year Posted 2022

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Date: 7/21/2022 5:49:00 PM

This is a heartbreaking piece—and brilliantly penned… well done! Always, Laura
Date: 7/10/2022 1:52:00 PM

a very interesting title for this one. The message of lost love is well expressed,

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