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1. |
Losing You
03:48
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It’s impossible to pinpoint the minute
When everything fell apart
There’s a timeline and somewhere within it
We were a work of art
Just like when a building’s abandoned
You laid out your best plans
Then drove me back to the airport
I was holding your hand
And now I don’t know
What I’m supposed to do
Am I letting go
Or am I losing you
Sometimes the days feel like weather
And I’m still trying to get home
Sometimes it’s all like a movie
That I don’t wanna watch alone
And now I don’t know
What I’m supposed to do
Am I letting go
Or am I losing you
And now I don’t know
What I was trying to do
Am I letting go
Or am I losing you
Letting go
Losing you
Letting go
Losing you
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Ashes
03:08
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Most of my life
I’ve been chasing something
Now I’m chasing a reason to stay
All through the night
I hold on to what I have
It doesn’t feel the same
It’s an impossible situation and I don’t blame them for leaving
When everybody’s a world on fire there’s nothing to admire or breath in
But the ashes
Just the ashes
Most of the time
I hear echos calling me
Of all that you used to say
But no one talks like you and no one listens
Nobody knows my name
It’s a forgivable offense just meant to impress and affect one’s ego
But I don’t want to burn up on the lips or in these eyes of all of these people
Just watch the ashes
The ashes
Watch em as they fall and and fall
Watch em as they fall and and fall
You don't have to say it's over
Ashes to ashes
Ashes to ashes
You don't have to say it's over now
You don't have to say it's over
Ashes to ashes
Ashes to ashes
You don't have to say it's over now
Ashes to ashes
Ashes to ashes
You don't have to say it's over
Ashes to ashes
Ashes to ashes
Watch em as they fall and and fall
You don't have to say it's over
You don't have to say it's over
You don't have to say it's over
Ashes to ashes
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3. |
Elijah
03:37
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I walk all night
Under the pines
Search for the light
Look for a sign
Forever fumbling through the night
The everglades shrouding me despite
All of my sins for they
Know for whom they should pray
They won’t come looking for me
The seasons have turned and the breeze
It calls out my name
Elijah
It should have been you
All of my faults beseech
A clearing just out of reach
Destined to walk these woods
As if repentance could
Obligate looking for me
The dirt on my hands
Won’t come clean
But I know the truth
Elijah
It should have been you
Elijah
It was always you
Elijah
I know the truth
They won’t know where to find me
The dust in the halls
The mist in the creek
For I know the truth
Elijah
I’m coming for you
Elijah
And I’m waiting for you
Elijah
It should have been you
Elijah
I know the truth
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4. |
Days Go By
03:21
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Does the time go by like it does for me
The weather and the parting seas
Do do you think about how we used to be
Or does it just go by
Does the sound of rain keep you up at night
Do you wish upon that old street light
Does your mother say just give it some time
Or does she just go by
Me, I’m just doing calculations
You know how I love a problem I can fix
But you can’t do nothing about this weather
Just like I cannot do nothing about this
Do the days fold up in a great big mess
Do you try to start just to second guess
Tell me what was it that you meant
Cause I just forget
I was doing calculations
You always said I love a problem I can fix
But I can’t do nothing about this weather
Just like we can’t stay together for the kids
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5. |
Some People
03:18
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When you were a young kid
Trying to make your way
They knew where they could find you
By the interstate
Under an overpass
You’d sit and wait
But the world moved on
Didn’t they
Your only possessions
In a garbage bag
Something new disappeared
With every new day
One shirt on your back
They wouldn’t dare take
Somebody tried to once
But you were still awake
That’s why they say
Some people
You just can’t save
When you turned 18
They asked: “Where will you stay?”
You’d been kicked out before
But never that way
Already in college
Cause you’d skipped a grade
To the welfare lineup
It’s all the same
That’s why they say
Some people
You just can’t save
Some people
Just take and take
Now this is your corner
It’s where you stay
No one knows where to find you
They can’t take that away
Cops come and tell you to move
About once a day
Underneath their breath
You can hear them say
Some people
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6. |
Let Me Go
03:52
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There’s a distant horizon
Through the mist in the trees
And it whispers my name
Each night and each day
And I carry that burden with me
In the fields I remember
When these hands were clean
Then I lower my gaze and just get through the day
For I know it should have been me
Let me go
Back to the river I know
Let me go
Do you still remember
That it wasn’t me
Who was charged with the task
Of all you had asked
And who dragged you and our child to sea
On a day in December
I knew you were gone
But I’ve felt you my dear with each look in the mirror
And you leave me in peace with each dawn
Let me go
Back to the river I know
Let me go
Let me go
It should have been me I know
Let me go
Mary, I still remember
Mary, I still remember
Let me go
Back to the river I know
Let me go
Oh let me go
It should have been me I know
Let me go
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7. |
Some Time
03:31
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Tears in your eyes
Told me that you’d be ok
Girl I know a liar
I wasn’t born yesterday
You can take all night
Staring into the black
I won’t ask you why
I’ll just keep coming back
It’s gonna take some time
To heal
We don’t have to speak
You don’t even have to say
If you need a friend
Cause I’ll be here either way
And if you need a change
If you say it’s time to go
I’ll be right behind you
I just wanted you to know
Even if it takes some time
Even if it takes some time
Even if it takes some time
To heal
Even if it takes some time
It’s gonna take some time
It’s gonna take some time
And that is alright
It's gonna be okay
Don't ask me how I know
I'm telling you right now
I'm never gonna let you go
We don't have to talk
Or you know we can talk all night
It's whatever you want
Cause I'm not gonna leave your side
Even if it takes some time
It's gonna take some time
It's gonna take some time
And that's alright
It's gonna take some time
It's gonna take some time
Take some time
And that's alright
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8. |
I Want to Be Happy
02:35
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I wake up, I look outside
Nothing’s going to change my mind
I’m going to be happy for my whole life
I make a list of things to do
And then I just don’t follow through
I want to be happy
I guess I’m alright
Then the phone rings and it’s more bad news
I try to think of something I could do
Fold my clothes, walk around
Yell at my guitar: “Would you just make some sound?”
Yeah I’m happy
But I might be out of my mind.
Put on my shoes, and grab my coat
But there’s nowhere left that I can go
Now it’s happening and I’m not alright
Then the phone rings and it’s more bad news
Try to think of something that I could do
Is it my frame of mind, is it my point of view
I can’t feel anything, there’s nothing I can do
I sit back down, I stand back
By now, you’ve probably heard enough
I want to be happy
I swear I tried
I want to be happy
For the rest of life
Maybe I’ll never be happy
Even if I try
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9. |
A Quiet Year
02:45
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I'm always running out of time
But that's all any of us got
What did I do with mine
Nothing that I really want
It feels like nobody listens
They just want to talk talk talk over me
I see a change in the distance
Something left still to perceive
Let's have a quiet year
Spend a lot of time indoors
Let's have a quiet year
Don't act like you did before
Hunker down, ante up
Finally go through all your old stuff
And let's have a quiet year
I'm always cutting people off
But that's not who I want to be
I don't know to stop
And so I sit here silently
You learn way more when you listen
You don't have to talk talk talk to agree
Embark upon a new mission
Notice all the forests made out of trees
And have a quiet year
Spend a lot of time outside
Let's have a quiet year
Start with sorting out your mind
Throw it down, step it up
A lifetime sometimes isn't enough
Write it down, set it off
Time may be all any of us got
Let's have a quiet year
Ok?
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10. |
Goodbye, Brooklyn
03:00
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2am on the boulevard
Maybe you could catch a cab if you didn’t try so hard
End up walking
Starts to rain
I am never coming back to Brooklyn again
You make it up the stairs
Without your keys
But not without the management giving you the third degree
The phone is ringing before you get inside
I might never make it out of Brooklyn alive
Sounded like a gunshot from behind the wall
Grab a single suitcase and you’re back down the hall
Thinking Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Where did we go wrong
The driver doesn’t ask you where you wanna go
With everybody watching he’s on a need to know
Heading for the airport
With the only things you own
Thinking Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
I should have known
Sounded like a gunshot from the car behind
Forget about the suitcase and the other guy
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Goodbye
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11. |
Stay
03:13
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If you don’t hear me did I speak
Am I alive without if you’re not listening
For all the noise out on the street
It gets so quiet here when I can’t sleep
Even in darkness I am not afraid
Because you stay
It feels like I could disappear
I keep making sure that you’re still here
Even as I’m breaking down
I send you all the pieces that I found
I don’t feel like a relic
At the end of the day
Because you stay
I’m still a little bit jaded
You said it’s ok
You even like me better that way
Because you stay
I might be ok
Because you stay
It might be okay
If you ever feel this way
I want you to know
I will stay
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12. |
Waste My Time
03:59
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In my mind
I can do anything
But I never really do
The more things change
The more I’d trade everything
Just to see you
I can’t think about it
I can barely breathe
And I wait up for a sign
That you forgive me
Am I just wasting time
Another day
I try to keep on moving
But everything’s breaking down
I can’t think about it
I can barely breathe
And I’m waiting for a sign
Can you forgive me
Or am I just wasting time
Waste my time
Come on and waste my time
Come back and waste my time
Waste my time
Come back and waste my time
I can’t think about it
I can barely breathe
And I’m waiting for a sign
Say you’ll forgive me
Or am I wasting time
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13. |
Someday
03:02
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Someday
I’ll have a big old garden
I’ll grow whatever I want to grow
One day
I’ll go wherever I want to go
Don’t ask me where now
Cause I don’t know
If we make it out alive
I won’t waste any more time
Someday
Can I have one more Sunday
With you
Someday
Can I have one more Sunday
With you
And something to do
Somewhere
There’s a world we were meant to know
I swear I’ll get it right this time
One day
It won’t feel so out of control
We’ll take a deep breath and walk outside
If we make it out alive
I won’t waste any more time
Someday
Can I have one more Sunday
With you
Someday
Cause I have one more Sunday
With you
And something to do
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14. |
Timelines
04:02
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All the medicine I don't take
All the choices I'm scared to make
Every moment I walked away
Going over everything I didn't say
There will always be a great big world
Full of possibilities yet to unfurl
So many options
So many paths
There's a future where you left who you were in the past
And it's just another timeline
So afraid you won't get it right
It wears you down until you're paralyzed
It's just another timeline
There's a brave new world outside
Everytime that you close your eyes
And it's just another timeline
What if it's never been too late
For you to let it go
For you to start again
Nothing's ever been built to last
Right now is where you leave who you were in the past
And it's just another timelines
Just another timeline
All the medicine you don't take
All the choices we never made
It was just another timeline
Every moment I walked away
Going over everything I didn't say
It was just another timeline
What if it's never been too late
For me to let it go
For me to start again
Nothing's ever been built to last
Right now is where I leave who I was in the past
And it's just another timeline
Just another timeline
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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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