Alfred C. Martino: Singer/Songwriter/Novelist
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      • When I Hear You Call My Name
      • You're Like A Permanent Flu
      • We'll Fly Together
      • My Die-For Girl
      • Partial To Roses
      • Kiss Like A Whisper
      • Hitman
      • Darla Jean Fontaine
      • Wake No More
      • Dashboard Blue
      • You Used To Be Mine
      • Forgotten Man's Manifesto
      • Camille
      • Jesus In the Sun
      • Curse At The Sky
      • Hollywood Girl
      • What’s It Like (To Be In Love)?
      • A Rainbow Ain't Nothin' But Colored Light
      • Keep Breathing
    • Instrumental Versions >
      • A Rainbow Ain't Nothin' But Colored Light (Instrumental Version)
      • Camille (Instrumental Version)
      • Celestial Crossing (Instrumental)
      • Darla Jean Fontaine (Instrumental Version)
      • Dashboard Blue (Instrumental Version)
      • Hitman (Instrumental Version)
      • Hollywood Girl (Instrumental Version)
      • Jesus In the Sun (Instrumental Version))
      • Keep Breathing (Instrumental Version)
      • Kiss Like A Whisper (Instrumental Version)
      • My Die-For Girl (Instrumental Version)
      • Partial To Roses (Instrumental Version)
      • Wake No More (Instrumental Version)
      • We'll Fly Together (Instrumental Version)
      • What’s It Like To Be In Love? (Instrumental Version)
      • You're Like A Permanent Flu
      • You Used To be Mine (Instrumental Version)
    • Lyrics >
      • Die With My Boots On
      • The Day Ends Darkly
      • Manor Of My Mind
      • 'Til I Crumble Into Dust
      • Dolores Sang Farewell
      • I'm Your Babe, Not Your Baby
      • Calling My Name
      • Girl Warrior
  • Performances
  • Novels
    • Pinned
    • Over the End Line
    • Perfected by Girls
  • Short Stories
    • A Cowboy's Journey
    • A Day At The Beach
    • Breathing In Rio
    • Grad School Daydreams
    • I Have Never Been Murdered
    • Mother, Interrupter
    • Quiet Desperation
    • Requiem For An Athlete
    • The Athlete
    • The Day Ends Darkly, A Musical Tale From the American West
    • The Boy And Girl: A Parable
    • The Date
    • Waiting For A Friend
    • Where Am I?
  • Plays & More
    • Plays >
      • Waiting For A Friend
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      • AVP Beach Volleyball Tournaments
      • CIF Girls Soccer State Final
      • El Segundo's Local Economy
      • El Segundo: Sportstown, USA
      • Jill Barad: CEO, Mattel
      • Mira Costa Football
      • Olympic Trials Runner
      • Pro Beach Volleyball Player Laurie Ruser
    • Essays & Letters >
      • Duke Magazine
      • Hoboken Progress
      • Library Journal
    • Poetry
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You Used To Be Mine   
   
You used to be mine
You'd smile and turn away
Say things were fine
That it was all in my mind
 
I used to be yours
I'd smile and turn away
Heard all the right words
Honesty, I would've preferred

More times than I care to admit
Then I'd ever confess to the truth
Take a deep breath and hold it
What happened to us? Please own it

You float from our bed
I sigh, you've gone away
Lingering inside my head
Not sure what was said

You and another guy
I glance but turn away
From a cruel rain I fly
Into a pale blue sky

Strange place on a sign
I stop and stare ahead
Down a road all mine
I'll follow the fading line

More times than I care to admit
Then I'd ever confess to the truth
Take a deep breath and hold it
What happened to us? Please own it

You used to be mine
You'd smile and turn away
Guess nothin’ was fine
Yeah, you used to be mine

(Yeah, you used to be mine)
(And I used to be yours)
​(Damn, you used to be mine)


Yeah, you used to be mine
Yeah, you used to be mine
Yeah, you used to be mine
You used to be mine
You used to be mine


2025  Alfred C. Martino

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