Your Last Straw (Cowan & Shad)

It's obvious to me that you've been crying once again

And I know that you won't welcome any questions

Still I feel like such a fool sitting silent as I watch

You drive your life in all the wrong directions

I know it's not for me to say my role here is to witness

Just a sounding board to bounce your stories from

But I'm absorbing every story one by one

Sometimes hearts are lost in wishes for forever

And dreams are traded for the luck of the draw

I can't take your first steps, still I'll walk beside you

But I don't know how              

I don't know how to help you find your last straw

You tell me how he treats you like the child he thinks you are

Deep inside you think you always have deserved this

You're wishing for the courage you don't even know you own

From time to time I point it out, but you don't notice

I'd give anything to chase away the cloud of doubt you live in

Show survival as the expertise you've earned

And help you build back all the bridges that you've burned

Sometimes hearts are lost in wishes for forever

And dreams are traded for the luck of the draw

I can't take your first steps, still I’ll walk beside you

But I don't know how              

I don't know how to help you find your last straw

No I don't know how               

I don't know how to help you find your last straw

©2025 by Lance Cowan (BMI), Rees Shad (SESAC), & Shadville Music

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