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ohio to michigan
03:12
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once upon a time this dirt road was an island
sequestered off its life to all time and space
and all the people comfortable in their unknowing
we’re all too comfortable not knowing
you and me got everything, everything we need
rose comes to my door selling jesus
like clockwork every month on monday afternoons
gives me pamphlets and tells me to pray
says this god of hers gonna save me someday
you and me got everything, everything we need
this ain’t no life for the faint of hearted
this is a lesson, a lesson in letting go
we are busting out of this here stereo
we come from somewhere
living off each others dreams
with our blood carrying our memories
from ohio to michigan
and the miles and miles of compromises
this ain’t no life for the faint of hearted
this is a lesson, a lesson in letting go
we are busting out of this here stereo
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puppeteer
03:38
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this crazy’s creeping in
its wrapping slowly limb by limb
string so thin its diggin diggin diggin in
i can’t remember ever wanting just to disappear
oh my puppeteer
it’s got me bending at the knees
dancing in circles
359 degrees of second chances
i'm pulling harder at the strings
oh how high they go
i don’t know i don’t know
if im losing control losing or letting go, letting go
it’s plain to see the surprise in all your eyes
imagine how i don’t recognize mine
im squinting watching the mirror
spiral into spot light
i don’t know i don’t know
if im losing control losing or letting go, letting go
feet cant find the ground, head is whipping around
it's shaking side to side saying
you don’t know, you don’t know, you don’t know
i don’t know i don’t know
if im losing control losing or letting go, letting go
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onefourthree
03:09
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onefourthree
i got boxes filled with pieces of heartache
late night, left em out on the curbside
trash man hauled all my exes away
i got one heart, its beating for you babe
100,000 times a day
we got, one heart stronger from breaking
four chambers beating and beating
three words keeping this beating heart from breaking
you’ve got a love ready for travel
bags packed ill pick you up on the roadside
hop in i’ll sleep while you drive
i got one heart, its beating for you babe
100,000 times a day
we got, one heart stronger from breaking
four chambers beating and beating
three words keeping this beating heart from breaking
two hearts take a ride to the seaside
to see a sight never seen by these eyes
to a house whose light blinks blinks blinks
onefourthree… put your ear to my chest
feel the beat steady beat steady beat steady
we got, one heart stronger from breaking
four chambers beating and beating
three words keeping this beating heart from breaking
onefourthree…
put your ear to my chest
feel the beat steady beat steady beat steady
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blank pages
03:17
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blank pages
i owe you a phone call
that doesn’t seem so hard
but these feelings are not small
they’re tuggin pushin on my heart
but i miss you
i could write you a letter
spell it out piece by piece
cause it always always goes better
when you can’t talk back to me
but i miss you
and the road keeps rolling by
pop songs and neon signs
and this story keeps aging
leaving nothing but blank pages
i miss you
i do
i could write some kind of friendly little love song
sing the words i fail to speak
glue some pictures on a small brown paper package
and address it to you
from me
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5. |
hiding out
03:18
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hiding out
hiding out
hiding out
close the shutters, pull your blinds down low
put yourself to bed, face down on your pillow
cause your hiding out
hiding out
didn’t go into work today
stayed out drinking late
whiskey, beer, a shot or two
cant remember, how bout you?
hiding out
how bout you?
hiding out
how bout you?
the air’s too cold
and the roads are all filled up with snow
its been a long long long long
the longest of winters
hiding out
hiding out
don’t play hide and seek when all you’ve got are enemies
don’t play hide and seek when all you’ve got are enemies
hiding out
hiding out
so they don’t find us out.
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away, awake.
04:32
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i may not keep the garden growing
so many seasons bought and sewn
it’ll always be there in the morning
that’s what I’m told
so many lanes and trains and airplanes
so many miles i call home
they’ll always be there in the morning
that’s what I’m told
and i’m away, i’m away …
we’ve got it good in all the good ways
no real reason to complain
still we brave so many dark days
with nothing and no one to blame
and we’re away, we’re away…
we’re away, we’re away…
our home is the light shining through the curtain
pulling in to pull it open
and your arms length is the open window
this is what i know
now
im awake, im awake, im awake
im awake, im awake, im awake
open my eyes to the brighter side
let the sky define my size
im awake, im awake, im awake
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mighty shove
04:23
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i walk with a strut, i walk with a stride, unreachable
said you better shut up, just hold that inside
i live my life in a hurry, but don’t you worry
i can hold my breath in every sense
people say i’m a fast talker, a strong walker
but don’t negotiate with love cause
you’ll always overbid and kids,
it’s a mighty, mighty shove
i don’t lose my breath
to smoky regret
i haven’t learned it all yet
stomach sucked tucked under my ribs
i know how to howl and its louder than this
this is where i’m weak when push comes to shove
i made the ocean leak and i floated above
i don’t lose my breath
to smoky regret
i haven’t learned it all yet
we’re a lesson learned yet forgotten and burned
when will we learn, when will we learn
our demons and dreams held by single seams
and finally
we were brave enough to leave
i don’t lose my breath
to smoky regret
i haven’t learned it all yet
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island
03:08
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when i was four i thought you were a cowboy
california was a sunset and grandma was an island
everyday you spent dancing the 2 step
lassoing cacti and roaming the horizon
then late one night, out on the pacific
off in the distance was her..
some how you knew she needed you
you would need her too
then i got believing you were a railroad conductor
running freight up and down the coast
spend your nights under the moonlight
iron against steel, fire burning bright
then late one night, out on the ocean
all by her lonesome was her.
some how you knew she needed you
you would need her too
as i got older, you did too
you were always there for her and her for you
here we are on the edge of this ocean
and everyone’s hoping you’re here too
late one night, out on the ocean
no longer by your lonesome was you
some how you knew we needed you
you would need us to.
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happiest we've ever been
03:52
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i met you on thursday, friday we’re in love
saturday your wearing a tool belt fixing up our house, our house
i carefully mapped it out,
this cat free life we’ll have together
we’ll be the happiest we’ve ever been
playing music with our friends
and kids? we’ll adopt them.
i’ve got my sights set on you
and our roomy u-haul too
i’ve been counting the time
till i make your wardrobe mine
two weeks in we’re already
a big gay happy family
nesting in our one bedroom
rainbow clad efficiency
conveniently just above
your ex’s parents house
then begin the weeks and weeks
of processing and dissecting
everyone we’ve ever met and
everyone we’ll ever meet
and now you want a cat
i wont be having that.
i’ve got my sights set on you
your ex and your cat too
i’ve been trying to find
a good way to say goodbye.
cause its easy, easy
to love someone you don’t know
its easy, easy to love someone
when you’re always, always leaving
i’m always, always leaving
i’ve got my sights set on me
and all i need to be
i’ve been trying to find
the pieces i left behind
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no telling
03:28
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sometimes i wake up in the middle of night
start making a list of all the things i like about you
its just the moonlight
and the sound of your breathing
going round and round and round
and i know you’re gonna be here tomorrow
but for right now let’s pretend you gotta go
cause i’ve been waiting for you just to come on to
we’re gonna break some rules
we’re gonna stay up til the morning
and im sorry i know you gotta get up early
but im not sorry that its not yet time for working
cause i’ve been waiting for you just to come on to
we’re gonna break some rules
we’re gonna stay up til the morning
i’ve been dreamin about ya
you got me up on my feet
you got me chasing you down
you got me running in my sleep
will you be waiting for me
when i finally make it to ya
cause there’s no telling about it
there’s no telling what we’ll do
cause i’ve been waiting for you just to come on to
we’re gonna break some rules
we’re gonna stay up til the morning
sometimes i wake up in the middle of night
its just the moonlight
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