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Something Else More
04:35
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There once was a way
To tell it to your face
There once was a way
down the hall
Now all I know
Is that which I can't replace
Is what I can't get rid of at all
You can't have everything that you want
Even with a set heart and an open door
Come all ye in vain who didn't give up
There's still time to embrace something else more
I once had a farm
It once had a view
Once upon a time in another life
Everything to give
Is what I wanted for you
A child and for you to be my wife
There are dark clouds rolling
Across the heavens
Over nevermore fields of gold
When I am gone
I may be forsaken
You can read into what I have left in stone
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Road To Ruin
04:56
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Don't know how many times I've driven to the landfill
With my truck so full it's hard to get up that hill
And as I crest the top and come to that hole
How I wish I could leave the things that clutter the soul
All the things people say keep you moving
On the road to ruin
My streets have melted from bridges I've burned but the river is still icebound
And I'm sitting here wondering why I'm writing you a letter from the next town
I got half a mind to walk that river down to you
The other half is wondering where this world is going to
Both sides agree it's our own chosing
Being on the road to ruin
The sky was blue but your eyes were red
And I was going to call you at least that's what I think I said
If you take my hand and we go down the road
We could make it a highway
Don't know how many times I've walked in to the mountains
More than a dozen, hundred, more than a thousand and counting
And as I walk the ridge along the great divide
Down one side tumble my troubles down the other goes my pride
Up here I finally realize the illusion
Being on the road to ruin
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3. |
Tune
04:06
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Never cared for the spotlight
I only wanted the light
Never cared for a good night
Cause any night will do
Never cared to know if every dog had its day
Who doesn't already know what a dog wants anyway
I'm in tune with you
Never cared for a greenback dollar
Although I like that song
Never cared for any collar
Except for the blue one
Never saw the point in guarding too much
Even the most confident still blush
I never cared for any song
That didn't have a little soul
Never cared to save my own
Without rock and roll
And I never changed a thing when I got next you
Even when these strings are gone it will still ring true
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4. |
Birdman of Alcatraz
02:38
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Close your eyes my love
I will lull you to sleep
I'm going to, I'm going to fly
To them golden shores
On them white wings
I'm going to, I'm going to fly
See that fallen tear
See that water dry
I'm going to, I'm going to fly
I'll be gone by morn
I have no alibi
I'm going to, I'm going to fly
When you rise and shine
See that morning light
I'm going to, I'm going to fly
Hear that work bell ring
Hear that caged bird sing
I'm going to, I'm going to fly
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5. |
Reversing Falls
04:10
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The watermark is rising
Above my lines
I'm writing songs on guitars
That are not mine
No, they're not mine
Got your song in my head
Keeping me sane
I'd like to know too
What's behind that name
What's behind that face
If we keep on moving will we still be
Out to sea
Out to sea
If we keep on guessing will you still be
Around me
Around me
No, I can't keep standing tall
Reversing falls
Gotta change direction
For a truer sound
Sleeplessly heading north
Just to go south
Just to go south
Through all our motions
Entirely our own
Giving every ocean
Little paths of stone
Little pasts of stone
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Loosestrife
02:47
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7. |
Small Town
03:47
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I like small towns the way they are
The way they give you back the night
Where if you don't have enough change
The clerk at the counter says, "that's alright"
Do you remember when we were young
We never watched any television
Down any street we could watch the sun as it set
We never had to look both ways
Oh, and how
Small town___ I come from a
Small town___ I come from a
Place where you throw wells in wishes
And maybe your name
Where if you don't hand it down this year
You don't throw it away
Today I was lost in the Home Depot
Everyone sent me to one that didn't know
Where I could find it___
Oh, and how
Small town___ I come from a
Small town___ I come from a
Place that's held together by
More than roads
Where you're never in a hurry to get anything
Only to get back home
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