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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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15. |
Used to Be Demo
03:56
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I just keep getting older, watch the time go by
I don’t want to remember what I used to be like
And I wouldn’t go back, rather run and hide
Just melt me down and cast me aside
There was nothing else to do
But sit around and think of you
Went looking for answers unsure what I’d find
Nothing lasts forever, just moments framed in time
Save my hands from failing, you can keep my mind
When they come to get me, I’ll be screaming the whole time
That there was nothing else to do
But sit around and think of you
There was nothing else to do
But sit around and drink to you
Bought a beautiful garden won’t go outside
I just stare out the window at the people passing by
Pour over the pieces of my broken life
I glue it back together and it looks the same each time
Cause there was nothing else to do
But sit on the floor and drink to you
And there is nothing left to do
But sit around and get over you
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16. |
I Want to Be Happy Demo
02:30
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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, I walk around
Yell at my guitar: “would you just make some sound?”
Ya I’m happy. 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
And 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, even if I tried
Maybe I wouldn’t be happy, even if I tried
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17. |
A Quiet Year Demo
02:44
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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 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 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
So let's have a quiet year
Ok?
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18. |
Mistakes Demo
03:12
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All the time it takes
I stare at the sky
It's no wonder I
Can't seem to escape
It's my alibi
My one reason why
I put the couch in the kitchen
It makes me laugh out loud
Is there something I'm missing
Something to talk about
All of my mistakes
All of my mistakes
I hear a car in the distance
It makes me laugh each time
As if the future is written
I'm here waiting for a sign with
All of my mistakes
All of my mistakes
Just tell me all if forgiven
You know, I go back in time
With ruthless precision
To relive this fall divine and
All of my mistakes
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19. |
Ashes Demo
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
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 my 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
Just watch the ashes
The ashes
You don't have to say it's over
Ashes to ashes
Watch em as they fall and fall
Just watch the ashes
Jus watch the ashes fall
You don't have to say it's over
Ashes to ashes
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20. |
Proud Moms Demo
02:26
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I read the news today, oh boy
A cloud of smoke hung in the air
As they rolled you down the stairs
What were you even doing there
I’ll never forget your face
As they carried you away
Nobody won the day you died
They stormed the capitol today
It went nothing like you thought it would
There was nothing brave, there was nothing good
All the things you think you’re fighting for
Well they’re dying just outside that door
There aren’t enough votes you could find
Just when you think it can’t get worse
They make a move that could reverse
Everything you thought you knew
About how free you are
Just when you think it can’t get worse
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I get a feeling when the rain falls
It’s an emptiness like when they breached the walls
Of the capitol
Gets me thinking how’d we get this far
From who we think we are
Maybe we were just the lucky ones
The last to know the way the world was
Maybe we were just the fortunate sons
Waiting to see what the world becomes
Everyday something else seems to break
Everything that you thought you knew starts to fade
Like tattered flag
Are we really better than this
Or is this just how the world really is
And we were just the lucky ones
The last to see the way the world was
Maybe we are just the fortunate sons
Are we are ready to decide what the world will become
We have always been the lucky ones
The first to see a world that was overcome
By the poor huddled masses, the old and the young
You can still change what this world becomes
Are you ready to change what this world becomes
Get ready to change what this world
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22. |
Gas Station Demo
02:35
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There’s a little town at the end of a dead end road
Thinks that it’s the biggest city anybody ever knowed
All the tiny townsfolk talk about how big it growed
Once there was an old stop sign
Now a great big flashing light
And if you can time it right
You’ll drive right by
No one’s ever left so no one’s ever yet to be told
It’s just a tiny town at the end of a dead end road
Marvel at it’s one gas station, a true sight to behold
You’d think it was all swarmed with trees
Isolated and discreet
That big old tiny town that no one leaves
Everybody says there’s “nowhere like it!”
And then they never have to look around
But the greatest place that ever was or will be
Was really just a medium size town
Think it’s any wonder there’s no up and coming star
Before or after all the cover bands at that one bar
Maybe if the talent pool in this place was so great
Somebody might use that as their one chance to escape
But no one’s ever left so no one’s ever yet to be told
It’s just a tiny town at the end of a dead end road
Marvel at the hometown heroes, a true sight to behold
You’d think it was deserted island
The way the tourists drive right by them
The big old tiny town I'll never leave
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23. |
Walk Away Demo
02:56
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Can you just tell her it’s over
Or you know whatever that you want
I want you to come over
Either that or cut me off and walk
I just want to know if any of it was real
Did you think I wouldn’t notice
Something’s changed in the way that you feel
Just let me walk away
Walk away
Oh just me walk out under a streetlight
Ask some random car why I didn’t see right
From the very start it could never be like it is on TV
Walk away from me
Can you just tell me you love me
And you always knew right from the start
You just couldn’t believe me
Cause you know I’d break anybody’s heart
I don’t want to know
What is the deal?
Are you some kind of Republican?
Do you own a copy of the art of the deal?
Then you better walk away
Walk away
Or just drop out underneath a streetlight
Asking people what they did to see right through all the smoking mirrors
So they get to be right where they belong
Tell me I'm wrong
Walk away
Walk away
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24. |
Days Go By Demo
03:23
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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 an 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 the 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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25. |
Drink to You Demo
03:24
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I just keep getting older, watch the time go by
I don’t want to remember what I used to be like
And I wouldn’t go back, rather run and hide
Just melt me down and cast me aside
There was nothing else to do
But sit around and think of you
Went looking for answers unsure what I’d find
Nothing lasts forever, just moments framed in time
Save my hands from failing, you can keep my mind
When they come to get me, I’ll be screaming the whole time
That there was nothing else to do
But sit around and think of you
There was nothing else to do
But sit around and drink to you
Bought a beautiful garden won’t go outside
I just stare out the window at the people passing by
Pour over the pieces of my broken life
I glue it back together and it looks the same each time
Cause there was nothing else to do
But sit on the floor and drink to you
And there is nothing left to do
But sit around and get over you
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26. |
Ever Know Demo
02:35
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I’m sick of trying to figure out
What everyone is talking about
I can’t hear it when they move their mouths
Everything stops and then the noise gets loud
I want you to be happy
And I wanted you to know
That I will always love you
More than you could ever know
Don’t want to wake up every night
Thinking about all of the pain outside
We are all falling apart despite
Everyone who is so convinced they’re right
I don’t know how this could happen
But I wanted you to know
That I will always love you more than you could ever know
There’s a world that is changing so fast
Right before our eyes
If we don't get it together
I’m sick of trying to figure out
What every one is going on about
I can't stand it when they move their mouths
Everything stops
I wanted to be happy
And I wanted you to know
That I will always love you
More than you could ever know
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27. |
Signs of Life Demo
03:23
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Are you ready?
Counting down
Back from twenty
Til you’re off the ground
Where you're heading
There's no one else around
Watch the ending
So far from the clouds
I can go back in time
Check the readout
Look for signs
Signs of life
Can you hear me
I’m reaching out
I was dreaming
Could swear you wrote it down
You were screaming screaming
But I’m here right now
As you’re leaving
You stopped to turn around
Cause I can go back in time
Check the readout
Look for signs
Of life
I can go anywhere
Doin spinouts
In the air
I can tell you how to get there
Folding space and time
I rewind all day and all night
Just to see if you’re alright
Folding space and time
I rewind all day and all night
Just to see if you’re alright
I can go back in time
Check the readout
Look for signs
Of life
I can go anywhere
Doin spinouts
In the air
I can tell you how to get there
I can tell you how to get there
I can tell you how to get there
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28. |
Take Back Everything
03:00
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You make me feel like I’m stupid
And I don’t know what I’m doing
You make me feel like a disaster
Go ahead and ask her
If she minds you running around tonight
Aren’t we all just trying to get it right
And you can always trade up cause you look good enough
Ya you look so good tonight
Tell me I was worth your time
And you take back everything
I waited up for you every night
I shoulda known when you didn’t write
Back til she woulda been gone that you knew it was wrong
But I just let it go on and on
I guess I always knew all along
You knew you could always trade up cause you look good enough
Ya you looked so good that night
Tell me it was worth your time
Didn't even say goodbye
You make me feel like I’m stupid
And I don’t know what I’m doing
You make me feel like a disaster
Go ahead and ask her
If she minds you running around tonight
Aren’t we all just trying to get it right
You can always trade up cause you look that good
You look that good tonight
Tell me I was worth your time
And you take back everything
I waited up for you night and day
I'm running out of things I can say
And you know you can always trade up cause you look good enough
Ya you look so good tonight
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29. |
Carried Away Demo
03:07
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What if we are not soldiers
What if there are no gods
To keep it together
And get you what you want
What if there are no reasons
For all of this hate
If there is no heaven
When you get carried away
I look for the answers
For somewhere to go
Can you still remember
How to get back home
Or are you so far gone
That you don’t wanna say
If it will be worth it or not
When you get carried away
If there is no destination
It’s never too late
When they come to carry you away
In all of the weight we are facing
You can start again
When they come to carry you away
It can’t be for nothing
There’s gotta be something more
Otherwise why are we running
I can’t fight anymore
Can somebody tell me
It was all a mistake
And you’ll be there waiting
When they get carried away
If there is no destination
It’s never too late
When they come to carry you away
In all of the hate we are facing
You can start again
When they come to carry you away
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30. |
One Wish Away Demo
03:23
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I stay up
Watching all the stars that are in the sky
I used up
All of my luck but I’ll be alright
Cause if I can catch one star as it's shooting through the sky
I just need to make one wish that will bring you back tonight
Out in space
Comets could be satellites
Wishes can be erased
If you’re not sure that you get it right
All it takes is one wrong move and there’s nothing I can do
Nothing else will bring you back and there’s no way to get through
I miss you
And I’m sorry
I’m be right here
Until morning
I wait up
Counting all the stars that are in the sky
If I've used up all of my I'll be here all night
Cause I can catch one star as it's shooting through the sky
I just need to make one wish that will bring you back tonight
I miss you
And I’m sorry
I’m be right here
Until morning
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31. |
Eugene Goodman Demo
02:30
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Hands up
Get down
Fall back
Breathe out
One single minute
One single minute
Push back
Turn left
Shots fired
You’re next
One single minute
One single minute
Gotta buy a little time
Gotta buy some time
Fall back
Breathe out
Hands up
Get down
One single minute
One single minute
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32. |
Mean to Me Demo
03:17
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Get up
Get out of bed
Figure out
What you’re doing
The hourglass
Is running out
All it ever does
It let you down
What if everything that you thought was wrong
Would you feel the same or be better off
You’re the only one who doesn’t see
What you mean to me
It doesn’t change
Anything
If what you say
Ain’t what you mean
Get your act
Together now
There’s no one left
To bail you out
Tell me who it is that you feel like calling
When everything’s a wreck and the sky is falling
You’re the only one who doesn’t see
What you mean to me
You’re the only one who will ever be
This mean to me
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33. |
Some Time Demo
03:25
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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 in to 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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34. |
Some People Demo
03:17
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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 office/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 tell you to move
About once a day
Underneath their breath
You can hear them say
Some people
You just can’t save
Some people
You just can’t save
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35. |
Elijah Demo
03:39
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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
But 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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36. |
Losing You Demo
03:12
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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
I’m still trying to get home
Sometimes it’s all like a movie
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
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37. |
Toxic Positivity Demo
01:50
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I remember thinking: “It’ll all be fine!”
...And then nazis breached the security line
At the Capitol and somehow, they all got inside
Cops stood back, they just walked right by
We can all agree it was the year from hell
But 2021, from what I can tell
Isn’t looking like it will be better yet
And we could all be infected... so don’t hold your breathe
Things can’t get worse
Oh yes, they can
Things can always get worse
Don’t tempt me, Baggins
2020 was the worst... or so you’d think
Until this year stood up and said “Hold my drink”
There’s a vaccination but no one can get it yet
And who really wants to mingle now that we got a domestic terrorist threat
So put away your toxic positivity
This liberal snowflake is trying to get you to see
Nothing’s going back to the way it was
And we can’t have nice things because
Things can’t get worse
Oh yeah... they can
Things can always get worse
Don’t tempt me Baggins
Things can’t get worse
Oh yeah they can!
Things will always get worse
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38. |
Let Me Go Demo
03:53
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There is 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
Oh 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
Oh 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
Mary, I still remember
Mary, I still remember
Oh 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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39. |
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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40. |
Lead Shot Shells Demo
02:32
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Leaves of grass
Creeds on crowded shelves
Folded maps
Letters and wishing wells
This is a call to arms
Batten down the hatches
Sound the alarm
Waking up
Sirens and lead shot shells
All your luck
Pooled in a holding cell
On a scale you never felt before
Out on the frontlines
Did you keep the door
Make no mistake
We are at war
What are you fighting for
Make no mistake
We are at war
A caveat
A warning to lesser men
That time forget
Raise up your arms again
This is a call to arms
Batten down the hatches
Sound the alarms
Make no mistake
We are at war
What are you fighting for
Make no mistake
We are at war
What are you fighting for
Make no mistake
We are at war
What are you fighting for
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41. |
American Way Demo
02:48
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There is nothing left to say
The cut and run of real estate
Every time I carve out space
Folding verse for you to take
When you’re looking for answers
Tell me what does it matter
If you got there on your own
With a pile of sticks and stones
Look what we built
It’s a house on a hill
Of cheap refrain
Rented a room
Now it’s going up in flames
Look what you did
I got nothing left to give
You know what they say
It’s the American Way
Nothing is as nothing seems
If you find the grace between
How it sounds and what you mean
Write and tell me how it reads
When you’re looking for answers
Tell me what does it matter
If you did it all alone
Ripping off a pile of bones
Look what we built
It’s a house on a hill
Of cheap refrain
Rented a room
Now it’s going up in flames
Look what you did
I got nothing left to give
You know what they say
It’s the American Way
It’s the American Way
It’s the American Way
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42. |
Goodbye, Brooklyn
03:01
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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’m 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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43. |
Geothermal Demo
02:35
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I don’t wanna give up
I don’t want to talk about how I failed
All these starts and stops
Can somebody iron out the details
It’s not like I’m going nowhere
It’s like I’m already there
I don’t wanna go through
All the trouble of asking how you feel
If you got something to say it’s your responsibility to reveal
If you wanna talk about it
It’s like I already said
Tell me what I’m doing wrong
This is not ok
Gotta make a break
I don’t care if I die alone
Rather waste away than try to explain
It’s not worth the turmoil
It’s not worth the pain
To go from geothermal to standing in the rain
Again and again and again and again and again
I don’t wanna stay over
Just so I can wakeup on the floor
Cause you’re living in a dream where you confuse me with that girl from before
Would you even act like that
In front of any of your friends
Tell me what I’m doing wrong
This is not ok
Gotta make a break
I don’t care if I die alone
Rather waste away than try to explain
It’s not worth the turmoil
It’s not worth the pain
To go from geothermal to standing in the rain
Again and again and again and again and again
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44. |
So Far Demo
02:18
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How did we get so far I heard them say
How did we fall so far so far away
Why we gotta hurt each other
Fighting in the streets for nothing
You don’t know problems
Like you don’t know mercy
Why we gotta hurt each other
How did we get so far I heard them say
How did we fall this far this far away
Stranded at the airport
What were you even there for
How the tables have turned
How did we get so far I heard them say
How did we get so far so far away
How did we fall get so far I heard them say
Eugene Goodman walked on by
Those very doors that saved their lives
How did they get there?
How did they get inside?
I don’t wanna know but I heard some cops resigned
How did we get so far so far away
How did we fall so far I heard them say
How did we get so far so far away
How did we fall so far I heard them say
How did we get so far?
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45. |
Stay Demo
02:44
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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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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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