Keep You Up My Sleeve

from When I Go by Riley Catherall

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Please don’t read me your stories at midnight
Please don’t jump at a knock at the door
Please don’t tell me I’m once in a lifetime
I don’t belong in that book in your drawer

Please don’t bring me to lunch with your mother
Cause she won’t like the clothes that I wear
Please don’t tell her that I am your lover
If you don’t even love me yet

You’re just something that I can’t hold onto
You’re just something that floats on the breeze
Give me something that I can hold on to
Give me something I can keep up my sleeve

Please don’t tell me you’re dreaming of children
Please don’t ask for a house on the hill
Please don’t tell me your father’s a Christian
And don’t just make me a story you sell

But if this all fell to pieces tomorrow
If it all flew away on the breeze
And if I wind up in pieces tomorrow
Could I still keep you up my sleeve
Up my sleeve

Please don’t tell me you’re longing for quiet
Please don’t say that it’s God in your ear
Please don’t make me into some kind of liar
When I tell you he aint really here

He’s just something that I can’t hold on to
Just a voice that you’ve heard on the breeze
But if he’s something for you to hold on to
Leave me something to keep up my sleeve

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from When I Go, released July 23, 2021

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Riley Catherall Melbourne, Australia

Riley Catherall is a Singer-Songwriter based in Melbourne whose graceful trajectory into the Australian Alt-Country Music world has not gone unnoticed. Riley has built a credible status as a one of the country’s most promising songwriters through his poetic sincerity and alluring live shows. ... more

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