These Arms

These Arms
Dwight Yoakam
These arms
That hang here by my side
These arms
That ache to open wide
All useless arms
With nothing left to do
Since these arms
Stopped holding you
Oh these arms
Are worthless now to me
They let you go
So how good could they be
Just foolish arms
For which I have no need
A pair of arms that grew weak and set love free
Reaching out to embrace
A vacant memory
Finding just the empty space around what's left of me
Two arms that failed completely
Arms both scarred so deeply
Keep paying love's costs with each tragic sway
Trying meekly to assist
My struggle with the truth
Unable to resist
What tears still make us view
Two arms that failed completely
Arms both scarred so deeply
Keep paying love's costs with each tragic sway
Ohhh
These arms
That hang here by my side
Oh these arms
That ache to open wide
Useless arms
With nothing left to do
Since these arms stopped holding you
Oh since these arms stopped holding you
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