About Tom

Your mom called

Said she had news from your Aunt Vere

About a high school friend of yours

A little rumor that you’d wanna hear… about Tom

Well, first – my Aunt Vere, she ain’t my aunt

Just our neighbor since the start of time

And second, rumors are so second-hand

And third, Tom was not quite a friend of mine

It’s little wonder why I left the town I’m from

This town where everybody here knows everybody

But no one really knows what’s going on

We only ever spoke that one night

But we talked about everything

And Tom told me how his parents fight

And how it’s all because of him…

How it’s all about Tom

I said, “Tom, the circles people spin in

They got their center of gravity

And you’ve got your whole life beginning

Don’t spend it here, spend it happy, Tom”

Well, Tom and me never spoke again

We just smiled every time we’d meet

A silent promise that some day

We’d leave them little wonder why we leave

And that smile was all I’d need…

Amber Martin – All Vocals

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