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Well...
01:21
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Well...
You've gone and done it this time
Broken her heart right in two
She will come around sometime
For now, what the hell are you gonna do?
Do what you always have done
Write her a love song
If your heart is in the right place
You probably can't think of much to say
Everything you sing will sound cliche
No matter how hard you might try
Nothing is going to sound right
When you write her a love song
Take a cue from the road
Take her everywhere you go
Don't you ever think that I don't know
What's in store.
That's what these songs are for.
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2. |
New Year Girl
03:33
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Snow can keep me in but the world can't keep me out
Past my dreams before but can't do without
I don't know where I've been these past few months or so
But my New Years Girl tells me where to go
Wind can be awful loud but it can't drown me out
Every song I sing is my own anthem now
I wish I changed my mind before I changed my heart
Like my New Years Girl told me from the start
She said
If I was a liar, you knew me too well
All the sounds that settled are the sounds you tried to quell
If I was a thief, I wouldn't steal from you
My New Years Girl is a lot like you
Cold can quickly turn the faint of heart
From a man in love to one it tore apart
I tried to save myself before the world broke through
My New Years Girl tried to save me too
She said
Don't you hold yourself in such high regard
The world will pull you down when you try too hard
If I was your lover, I wouldn't leave you be
My New Years Girl will never leave me
She writes books about kings and queens
I write songs that don't mean a thing
I wish I learned what her stories did mean
My New Years Girl remains a mystery to me
She said
If I was a liar, you knew me too well
All this time you wasted could have brought you back from hell
If I was a thief, I wouldn't steal from you
My New Years Girl is a lot like you.
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3. |
French Vanilla
05:08
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Bonnie don't like the world she's in
Or the way her age turns on her skin
She's having thoughts about packing up
And leaving the world she's so used to coming home to
Jackie don't like the way he smells
Or the things his mind does to himself
He goes back and forth through his life
Going home with her, but once again alone
It's only in the price it takes
It's only in the cost it makes
It's only in the seeds you sow
It's always in you
I'm not gonna pay my dues
Bonnie walks alone every night
With her hands in her pockets to keep out the bite
Of the cold and the harshness of the city itself
With its lights that turn on every night
Jackie walks along a lonely street
Thinking about the girl he'd like to meet
With her hands in her pockets while his love sits at home
Where he only feels alone
It's only in the price it takes
It's only in the cost it makes
It's only in the seeds you sow
It's always in you
I'm not gonna pay my dues
Bonnie takes hers with cream, no sugar
And maybe a hint of french vanilla
Jackie likes his exactly the same
So he says, "You've got good taste there, my friend"
So they sit and talk for maybe an hour
In the farthest booth of a run down diner
Explaining how they both seemingly lost their way
In a simple twist of fate
At 4a.m the waitress yells
"You can't stay here, we're about to close"
And so, they part ways
And Jackie says
I don't feel so alone in this place
All it took was a fresh face
Now I'm stricken with a sickness I can't control
A momentary hope in my soul
It's only in the price it takes
It's only in the cost it makes
It's only in the seeds you sow
It's always in you
I'm not gonna pay my dues
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4. |
Whiskey Hill
03:32
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I took a walk last night
To catch a girl who dreams with me
I’ve never done her right
But still she waits, and she waits for me
She said don’t leave this Whiskey Hill
Before my heart can burst
She said Don’t leave me all alone
Because I don’t know where I come from
She’s always changing to me
In my mind and in the flesh
Whichever version I see
Constantly outdoes the rest
Under stars, she can see
The future isn’t always laid out best
But regardless of me
She’ll always be my princess
She said don’t leave this Whiskey Hill
Before my heart can burst
She said Don’t leave me all alone
Because I don’t know where I come from
I can’t seem to keep her against the world
Every time she dreams I see my girl
She said don’t leave this Whiskey Hill
Before my heart can burst
She said Don’t leave me all alone
Because I don’t know where I come from
She said don’t fight my battles for me
You’ve got yours, my dear
She said we’ve come so far from home
But Whiskey Hill is where I come from
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5. |
You Make Me Smile
03:54
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My baby's got something in the way she's moving
She always keeps her eyes closed
My baby knows that I'm dreaming of her
I always keep my eyes closed
I'm not much with words these days
But I could always write you a song
I don't try to get my way
But I did when you came along
He knows that I'm thinking of him
I can see it in the pearls of his eyes
I know that he knows I am always
Looking in the pearls of his eyes
I'm not much with words these days
But I could always write you a song
I don't try to get my way
But I did when you came along
I think that I've never seen anything
Like the colors in your eyes
I want to paint my whole wide world
With the colors that are in your eyes
I'm not much with words these days
But I could always write you a song
I don't try to get my way
But I did when you came along
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7. |
When The Riot Goes Down
04:05
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I know it's cold outside
I know it's freezing in your mind
If you ever need someone, I'll be there
I know you sat alone
When the summer had gone
Because winter never really was your season
When the riot goes down, we'll be inside
So you had a rough night
You sure put up one hell of a fight
If we go down, we'll go down swinging
It's much harder to breathe
When you're down on your knees
Because everything looks much worse from six feet under
When the riot goes down, we'll be inside
No ones gonna know the price we paid
They're all gonna see the way we lost control
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8. |
Pride In Our Band
03:06
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its the hardest thing to say
i miss you for the things you taught me every single day
and the memories you made, the family you create
of strangers every year who come together just to play
on those nights, under those lights
when one more time meant plenty more
and twenty seconds meant three or four
and we wouldn’t have it any other way
and now that you’re gone
your memory marches on
because we sing, we dance
we take pride in our band
and we learned that all from you
i take your lessons with you every day
find inspiration in the words you used to say
and wherever it is you are
i hope that you know how many lvies you changed with your precence alone
and now that you’re gone
your memory marches on
because we sing, we dance
we take pride in our band
and we learned that all from you
my eyes will always be with pride
for all you left behind and all you did to me
and for you leading your life your own way
and now that you’re gone
your memory marches on
because we sing, we dance
we take pride in our band
and we learned that all from you
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9. |
Blue
03:47
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nothings really coming out the way you ever wanted
you just stay the same while the world keeps moving past you
you better sink or swim, you better hold it in
as everything goes back to just a shade of blue
now you’re sitting back, writing love songs to the skyline
tracing pyramids, shaping your life out in the clouds
you better reconnect, you better find what fits
as everything goes back to just a shade of blue
through a looking glass, your perception is all distorted
making paths where paths will never be
you better take your time, you better fall in line
as everything goes back to just a shade of blue
so you sit, writing love songs to no one
as the sunset fades, and her shadow disappears
you better sing that song, you know ill sing along
as everything goes back to just a shade of blue
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10. |
The Great Hypocrisy
03:01
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Why’s my bed so cold? Where’s my mockingbird?
Something seems like its just out of place
I’m not sad just yet. The worlds kept me from that
But something feels like its so out of place
Antes up, my bets not good enough
Marie, don’t leave me just now
My hearts a burning bridge just waiting to come down
I’m away from you, you’re away from me
Please don’t leave me, Marie
This is where it ends. I can’t just pretend
There’s no such thing as taking someones place
It’s the hardest thing. Not caving in
When you’re so sad and I can’t do a thing
My best friend, this can’t be the end
Marie, don’t leave me just now
My hearts a burning bridge just waiting to come down
I’m away from you, you’re away from me
Please don’t leave me, Marie
If we could just get back to November
Take a break, forget September
If we could just make it all like new
Marie, don’t leave me just now
We spent way too long just to turn around
I’m away from you, you’re away from me
Please don’t leave me
Marie, don’t leave me just now
My hearts a burning bridge just waiting to come down
I’m away from you, you’re away from me
Please don’t leave me, Marie
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12. |
The Past Three Years
03:10
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I don't know where to start
The past three years just broke my heart
Life came fast and won’t let me rest
But she’s a reason to start
What do you do when you find
Three girls are on your mind?
An angel, a muse, and the girl who left you
It all seems like a waste of time
It’s the start of my day
Seeing her beautiful face
She don’t know I care because she can’t read my mind
But she’ll find out sometime
The other is miles away
I can’t help but smile when I see her face
We were in love and then she left my life
But who knows what happens with time
I had settled back home
But felt so damn alone
So I moved towards love and a promise of hope
But that love just left me alone
That hope is the start of my life
A promise to do something right
So I spend every day just trying to relate
In a world that can’t do nothing right
It’s not a whole but a part
The past three years were a gift and a start
Everyday I wait just to hear
From the girls that I hold dear
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