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Perspective (2013)

by Billy the Kid

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I like books where you can rip out the pages From what I've learned, life always rearranges and lets you down Don't let it get you down In this world, it is worth waiting Sometimes I think you don't know what you're saying Get me out Get me out of this town And these American Cities And these American streets And these American boys with their Southern charms when they talk to me And my Canadian ways Believing what they say I'm gonna check my head before I ever get back again I was up in arms, you were a write-off Maybe you should just take the night off I don't where it is that you go And now I'm out of options and I'm stranded And you've been drinking ever since we landed If I'd known I would have just gone home In these American Cities These American streets These American boys with their Southern charms when they talk to me My Canadian ways Believing what they say I'm gonna check my head before I ever get back again Between the James and the boarded up dreams Of a city decidedly lost I was split, cut, divided in two Void of a reason and waiting for you Void of a reason and waiting for you Void of a reason and waiting for you And these American Cities And these American streets And these American boys with their Southern charms when they talk to me My Canadian ways Believing what they say I'm gonna check my head before I ever get I'm gonna check my head before I ever get Gonna check my head before I ever get back again
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Boxcars 03:34
I ducked out out of the county fair and I drove out to the Old State Line I was waiting for something real Everybody said: "In good time" Take me out to the boulevards I grew up on the avenues Show me something that ain't worth nothing And why it means the world to you And the cop car are playing our song Meet me down at the railroad station It doesn't matter what side you're on Taking chances and jumping boxcars Getting lost a little until we're gone And the cop cars are playing our song Wake me up when you hear them coming Pull me close when my dreams get loud Always on empty and always running How we ever gonna make it out Up in arms now and out of ammo Are we just caught up in the getaway? Counting comets and jumping boxcars Two kids just trying to find their way And the cop cards are playing our song Meet me down at the railroad station It doesn't matter which side you're on Taking chances and jumping boxcars Getting lost a little until we're gone And the cop cars are playing our song Meet me down at the railroad station It doesn't matter which side you're on Taking chances and jumping boxcars Getting lost a little until we're gone Meet me down at the railroad station It doesn't matter which side you're on Taking chances and jumping boxcars Getting lost a little until we're gone And the cop cars are playing our song And the cop cars are playing our song And the cop cars are playing our song
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Georgia 03:21
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Here we go again I'm on the corner in the pouring rain It always kills the way you use me up and I come back cause I can't get enough I kind of feel like I am going insane Stuck between where you don't mean what you say and I go away Looking out a window trying not to crack You said some things, wish you could take them back Standing in a doorway and I gotta go Cause I'm a long long way from home Can anybody pick me up I'm out of money and I've had enough I tried to call you but the line cut off I haven't paid it in awhile, it's my fault I always feel like I'm just one step away From the end of it all and my big break It could be any day Looking out a window trying not to crack You said some things, wish you could take them back Standing in a doorway and I gotta go Cause I'm a long long way from home We're halfway between the end and something that I cannot place Get out of here while you can Too soon to reset and erase Looking out a window trying not to crack You said some things, wish you could take them back Standing in a doorway and I gotta go Cause I'm a long long way from home Looking out a window trying not to crack You said some things, wish you could take them back Standing in a doorway and I gotta go Cause I'm a long long way from home Cause I'm a long long way from home
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Where I come from treats me fine Cityscapes and neon lights Subway cars and all night dives Oh where I come from treats me fine Why I left I still don't know I just packed my bags and walked out the door I guess I'm still looking for a place called home Oh why I left, I still don't know Have you ever seen a West Texas sunrise You ever been lost in the Northwest pines Have you ever heard a Dixie brass band play the Basin Street Blues on a New Orleans night I've had lovers and I've had friends Some I may not see again Cause I broke some ties I just can't mend Oh I've had lovers and I've had friends When I'm leaving I just can't say It might be tomorrow Might have been today Oh but darling know that you're not to blame Oh when I'm leaving I just can't say You ever seen a West Texas sunrise You ever been lost in the Northwest pines Have you ever heard a Dixie brass band play the Basin Street Blues on a New Orleans night Have you ever seen a West Texas sunrise Have you ever been lost in the Northwest pines Have you ever heard a Dixie brass band play the Basin Street Blues on a New Orleans night Play the Basin Street Blues on a New Orleans night Play the Basin Street Blues on a New Orleans night
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released February 8, 2013

Recorded by Jesse Gander. This EP was never mixed. Sorry Jesse. Billy played everything. Yes even drums.

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Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid played her first show at 14 years old and released her first album at 20. She has gone on to release more than 12 albums and has worked with music greats like Garth Hudson (the Band/Bob Dylan), Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs) and Atom Willard (Alkaline Trio). Her songs have appeared in A&E’s Biography, America’s Got Talent and American Idol. ... more

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