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Like A Child
05:00
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I could stay for a while
Like a child - afraid of the dark
I could hide, I could cover my eyes and tremble
But I’ll stay unaware and unwatch the world unravel
Hide behind my hands, But I can’t help that spaces between my fingertips
Don’t let the light in Dont’ let the light in
i can’t be, don’t want to see my place in all of this
i’d rather stay curled up with my blanket
dear god who opened the shades
my eyes are burning from the light coming through
who let the light in, who let the light
I could stay for a while
Like a child - afraid of the dark
I could hide, I could cover my eyes and tremble
I’ll stay unaware and unwatch the world unravel
Waitin’ for the light to come
Dear God, let the light in
Wait for the light to come in
Let the light in on me
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2. |
Bank
03:54
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Steppin’ out of my grave, no more need to fear
No more need to be brave, it’s only up from here
Run down a dream, falling face first
Catching up to the train, it’s already left my station
Down this road, for the last time
Sifting through my obsessions
Down the road without a dime
No more quiet confessions
On a Greyhound bus line, on a freeway streamlined
I’m neither there or here
In a jet plane cruising, in a cockpit flying
In a parachute falling
Ground race up on you (the future does it too)
Don’t dare look behind (shadows creeping in my mind)
Remember lies I told, Convinced myself they’re true,
All the time I stole from you
Steppin’ out of my grave, no more need to fear
No more need to be brave, it’s only up from here
Run down a dream, falling face first
Catching up to the train, it’s already left my station
Down this road, for the last time (the last time)
Sifting through my obsessions (losing my possessions)
Down the road without a dime
No more quiet confessions
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3. |
My Home
03:43
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My home doesn’t feel like my own
And my friends I don’t think I know
I just met you but I think I’d like to go for a ride
So take me for a ride, dear God take me anywhere that isn’t here
My hands they don’t feel like mine
All covered up in cuts and bruises
And I’m tired of all the self abusin’
Probably from all the boozin’
So take me for a ride, dear God take me for a ride-anywhere that isn’t here
My mind has lost track of time
And my thoughts have been run-in wild
I think that I gotta hell I think I need to get out of this town
So take me for a ride, dear God take me for a ride
Take me for a ride, dear God take me for a ride-anywhere, anywhere
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4. |
Never Dry Up
04:36
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Can you forgive me my thousands of faults
Will you remember my love
Is it that easy, is it really that hard
To open myself to your love
I’ll give it a shot, I’ll give it my all
I’ll paint you a picture of what’s in my heart
Take me as your lover, take me as your friend
Just take me as the man that I am
Love me, don’t leave me
Fill Up my cup
Drink me up slowly
I’ll never dry up
Headed home no, back out east
We’ll have to see how it goes
Will it end badly, will there be love
Or just another story told
That is the question maybe the answer
To always look for love
In her eyes, your eyes
And straight to my heart
Love me, don’t leave me
Fill Up my cup
Drink me up slowly
I’ll never dry up
Love me, don’t leave me
Fill Up my cup
Drink me up slowly
I’ll never dry up
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5. |
Killing Time
04:19
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Killing time not wishing it away
Pushing string I’ll waste away today
Be with me, please plant your feet and stay
I’ll fill you up if you’ll show me the way
Endless worry clutters up my heart
Aching memories tearing us apart
An Empty suitcase traveling no more
A sand-less hourglass counting time no more
Why can’t I come down, back down to you
Like hot air rising, just like a bird that flew
Up to rooftops to look down and see
The one who matters, the one I want to be with
Shake my dust off and come inside to hear
Take the rust off and polish off my fears
All the remnants of tired wasted years
Let my anger roll away as tears
Why can’t I come down, back down to you
Like hot air rising, just like a bird that flew
Up to rooftops to look down and see
The one who matters, the one I want to be with
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6. |
Swallow Me
06:34
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Drowning in your sea
Water’s getting deep
The life is leaving me
Float away in the deep
Just like counting sheep
This cavern is my dream
Take me from this skin
Swallow me from within
It’s deeper - than most will go
Towards the light below
I am pulled in tow
But you’re stronger, yes you’re stronger
So swallow me
Meet me in this water
Swallow me
Wash away this sorrow
Float away in the deep
As I’m drowning in your sea
This whirlpool, pull me in
Setting time aside
Take me for a ride
I’m begging - you to please
So swallow me
Meet me in this water
Swallow me
Wash away this sorrow
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7. |
Screenplay
05:27
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I’d never wish for times of sadness
But I’ll hold you when they come
All of the days of earthly madness
I can be there til they’re done
I write a better screen play
for the silver screen ahead
I’ll write you songs to fill the soundtrack
And the getaway scenes to
Keep the world off our backs
I’d write a script Where all the daylight hours
pass us by in the company of two
I’d cast one as me
And one as you
let the letters fill up the words
words fill up these lines
lines to fill up the page
Your smile is my only gauge
I would beat up all the bad guys
Or anyone that talks down to you
I will be your Johnny
And you sweet one
Will be my June
I’d never wish for times of sadness
But I’ll hold you when they come
All of the days of earthly madness
I can be there til they’re done
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Emotion Devotion & Debt are all of the sum of my parts
But you make me want to be more than a lover
Fill up my desires refined
But oh, I don’t know how
But oh, I don’t know how
Emotion Devotion and debt are all of the sum of my parts
And this world is lacking, the sidewalk is cracking
And me, I got lost long ago
So why run to catch up
And why should I run away now
Emotion, devotion & debt Are all of the sum of my parts
I’m not the center and you’re not the sinner
Who should I call out to now
But oh, I don’t know how, But oh, I don’t know how
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9. |
Reckless Abandon
04:36
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Haunted by memories
My heart skips a beat
Should I dig deeper and see what it means
Small doses and glimpses laid at my feet
All the uncertainty is deep in my genes
Feeling the time rolling on
I get what I get, now that you’re gone
This heart in my chest, explodes like a bomb
The ache in my soul carries a song (sung no more)
I do not give license, To do what you do
Nor did I ask you to drink what you drink
Reckless abandon the bird she flew
Without any warning, what can I think?
But time’s rolling on
I get what I get, now that you’re gone
This heart in my chest, explodes like a bomb
The ache in my soul carries a song (sung no more)
Playing the music, writing the songs
I’m moving forward, The band playing on
Reckless abandon the bird she flew
My punishment for loving you
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10. |
Drinking Alone
03:36
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I was drinking alone but I was thinking of you
Lonely as the sky is blue
It's a kind of normal thing
To sit alone and drink
Lament on everything that went wrong
Baby spent too much time
Holding on, Holding on
I was thinking alone
Bet I was thinking of you
Just like I always seem to do
Just can't help myself
Can't think of nothing else
Since I met you baby you
You've been taking up
My precious time
And I don't mind
I was dreaming alone
Bet I was dreaming of you
Probably wishing You were dreaming of me too
And I was your princess
You wore my nightdress
And I slowly took it off of you
Just like you , Just like you wanted me to
It’s that kind of love
Just cant get enough of
Scratchin’ at the sheets
Bitin’ on my lips
Pullin’ at my hair
Cause baby i know you ain’t comin’ over
Fuck it more for me
So I’ll be drinking alone
But I’ll be thinking of you
As I’ll be throwing out your shoes
Onto the front lawn
Just to go out at dawn
And pick ‘em up all over again
Just like you would have wanted me to
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11. |
Place of Grace
03:16
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On a windswept road
On a rocky beach with you
With the heavy load
I just can't see
your point of view
I've tried my way
I slipped and fell again
But it's a brand new day
I'll walk with you my friend
You light the way home
Beneath the sun
the sky, the moon
You light the way home
And in Your Grace,
I find my place
In a time long gone
I was a castaway
A fallen star
I led myself astray
So long I looked
So long I felt afraid
But then my eyes
They opened up to you
You light the way home
Beneath the sun
the sky, the moon
You light the way home
And in Your Grace,
I find my place
You light the way home
Beneath the sun
the sky, the moon
You light the way home
And in Your Grace,
I find my place
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12. |
Getaway
06:00
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Leave your shoes by there door or bring them in if you want to
Drag the dirt on the floor and drag your footprints through the carpet
And I’ll be in the bath, I’ll be in the bath waiting for you
And I’ll be in the bath
I’ll be in the bath waiting for you
Call me up if you want, Or you don’t have to call at all
Call me up if you want, just leave your pride by the door
Bring it in if you need to, Bring it in if you need to
Yeah, Bring it in if you need to
Bring it in if you need to
And if you wait for the morning, I’ll be in the kitchen making coffee
Wait for the morning, I’ll be in the kitchen making coffee
Wait for the morning, I’ll be in the kitchen making coffee
Yeah I got your shoes
If you meet me by the back door
If you meet me by the back door
Yeah meet me by the backdoor
I got you shoes in my hands
I’ve already planned your escape
I’ve already planned your getaway
All you gotta do is meet me by the back door
Meet me by the back door
Meet me by the back door
Meet me by the back door
Yeah I’ll be smoking cigarettes before and after you leave
It’s almost like you never arrived
I’ll be smoking cigarettes, I’ll be smoking cigarettes
Yeah I’ll be smoking cigarettes looking for the ghost of your footprints
I’ll be in the back
Yeah meet me by the back
Yeah I’ll be in the back waiting for you
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13. |
Best Laid Plans
02:55
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There’s an absence in the right seat of my car
And a sadness when I know Ive gone too far
I can drive the car all night
Just thinking about that fight
And I’m all alone with me in this car
It’s been 24 hour since I’ve seen your pretty face
And a couple of extra minutes just in case
Now I’m wondering what to do
With all the time not spent with you
In the 24 hours since I’ve seen your pretty face
But the road is curving back towards you now
And my mind tailgates my heart when it comes to loving you
So I’ll stay behind the wheel
And find someway to deal
And find a way to follow through for you
The secret to the secret is unknown
My best laid plans always leave me all alone
So I’m giving up the reigns
To free me of this pain
I’ll turn this car around and head to you
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