(I'd Do) Better Beside You

from The Best Ain't Happened Yet by Ryan Gaio

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When the day's end is drawing near
When I crawl, I will crawl here
Cause I'd do better beside you
To twist and turn the gears
Yeah, I'd do better beside you
To hold with all my fears

Send the sons and daughters home
Sell off everything we own
Cause I'd do better beside you
To plaster broken bones
Yeah, I'd do better beside you
To grasp at when I groan

And all the times the words caught in my throat
All the lines I scratched from what I wrote
All the bodies buried in the walls
I will find them all

If the frost should fail to freeze
If the blood drips down my knees
Well, I'd do better beside you
To hang our framed degrees
Yeah, I'd do better beside you
To stage our mysteries

And all the times the words caught in my throat
All the lines I scratched from what I wrote
All the bodies buried in the walls
I will find them all

When the day's end has passed us by
When the stars fall from the sky
Well, I'd do better beside you
To comfort and to try
Yeah, I'd do better beside you
To triump and to try

And all the times the words caught in my throat
All the lines I scratched from what I wrote
All the bodies buried in the walls
I will find them all

I'd do better beside you
I'd do better beside you
I'd do better beside you

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from The Best Ain't Happened Yet, released March 16, 2023
Produced by Al Grantham & Kaleb Hikele
Engineered by Kaleb Hikele & David Kierstead
Mixed by Kaleb Hikele
Mastered by Tom Murray

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Ryan Gaio Toronto, Ontario

Ryan Gaio was born n raised in Niagara-on-the-Lake, where he spent his days helping out on the family fruit farm and his nights listening to the oldies station on AM radio. And it shows.

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