Name: Old and Empty Heart
Duration: P00H03M15S
Description: Life is a series of peaks and valleys. This is a valley song. It was a hard time, but I got a couple of songs out of it. I guess that made it worthwhile. Thanks to Gene and Betty, every time I listen to this song, I feel as if I’m hearing it for the first time.

Old and Empty Heart

from 'Bout Time by Chris Huff

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Life is a series of peaks and valleys. This is a valley song. It was a hard time, but I got a couple of songs out of it. I guess that made it worthwhile. Thanks to Gene and Betty, every time I listen to this song, I feel as if I’m hearing it for the first time.

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I don’t know why I never asked, I guess it wasn’t right / Now I ask myself that question as I lay awake at night / The answer comes resounding through the windows and the door / My heart is not a rookie; it’s played this game before / You walked away in silence without so much as goodbye / When I asked you what was going on, all I heard were lies / I watched you learn a dance that I had never seen you do / And when the music finally finished, we were finished, too / (Chorus) And I listened to the echo of your footsteps in the hall / Saw the empty space your pictures left upon my wall / I sometimes hear you walking, now that we’re apart / Down the corridors of an old and empty heart / I don’t know why I never asked, I guess it wasn’t right / I only hope you’ll understand when you think about those nights / That bridges burned are never crossed once they’re left behind / To return to where you came from can be a foolish waste of time /

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from 'Bout Time, released May 30, 2020
Gene Elders, fiddle; Betty Elders, vocals; Chris Huff, vocals & guitar

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Chris Huff Los Angeles, California

Chris Huff, plays original songs influenced by the likes of Guy Clark, John Prine, and Townes Van Zandt. Chris cut his musical teeth on the Austin bar circuit, opening for Butch Hancock, Bill & Bonnie Hearne, Shake Russell, Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, Junior Brown, and others. He was selected twice to play in the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Concerts and is currently based in Los Angeles. ... more

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