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Drag City
03:52
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DRAG CITY
on god, driving along
in the backseat of my big brothers car
i saw a picture of bonnie, he was on drag city
well, hey bonnie, that's where i want to be
there's a road up ahead,
and nobody's on it
and i'm scared to take that road
if i'm being honest
on god's shoulder, at the side of the road
stop this car, look around
i went down to the river to put my feet in the water
why am i running? am i blue? who did i bother?
there's a road up ahead,
and nobody's on it
and i'm scared to take that road
i'm just being honest
are you honest, when no one's looking?
do you do what you should?
are you grateful? do you treat people
like good people would?
day of reckon, ya it's coming
introducing: second coming
if your pack is heavy you can hand it off
cause you've always got a friend in sweet jesus
and you can't change the past,
but you can own it
can you tell when you look at me:
it's a lot i'm holding
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Hotel Motel
02:33
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HOTEL MOTEL
there's a place, and there is a car
and i really wanna go but that place is pretty far
i can't even drive but i'm driving myself crazy
staying in a city that doesn't even like me
if you notice that i'm losing myself
won't you help me pick it up when i drop it
when i walk there are pieces falling off like feathers from a bird
so don't put them in your pocket,
i'm at yr mercy don't write me off
you've got your own thing going on lately, don't you?
and you want me to go out walking on my own
buddy, if you said you were ready to go
i'd be standing at the door with the bags under my eyes
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Pocket of Seas
03:53
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POCKET OF SEAS
every note that you carry, like a pocket of sea
rivers and mountains run through melodies
when you talk to me, i mute the tv
cause what's on don't matter, you're the special to me
had a vision of you in your evening gown
dancing in the kitchen while the sun went down
then the dog starts barking, and i yell shut up
and turn it up louder, cause this is our song
dance lalapalooza, don't forget what you've got
i know that i couldn't have, believe me i tried
we left time burning in a pot on the stove,
and forgot all about it while it burnt a hole
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Jericho
04:34
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JERICHO
you had the greatest disappearing act
since the carnival left town,
but i don't even need to see you though,
i already know how it goes
stood up in front of a crowd,
fell down like jericho
but all you wanted was a one trick pony
to jump through hoops, it's all for you
was i the sideshow to your magic show?
i already know, i already know
stood up in front of a crowd,
fell down like jericho
i found out that it wasn't real
i'm not gonna stay for the second act
when i get up to leave and pass you by
put away your teeth, don't smile
i'll pretend i don't see you, walk on by
you a metal belly trick with rings of fire
explode, you the fourth of july
sparkle up there in front of our eyes
burn out across the sky
put the light up on your disguise
stood up in front of a crowd,
fell down like jericho
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Boxing Jim
02:30
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BOXING JIM
judy, i'm scary
so don't cross me
we're not talking lately,
you're out with your friends,
and i'm walking by with elliott
through sidewalk scenes again
everytime i crawl past them now
i feel like a black cat
& i know, i know
i can't change that right now,
someday i'll know how
and give it back everywhere i can
rudy, i get angry
and call you the wrong names
i'm not good at love,
i never said i was a saint
but you want me to do better
you didn't ask me to grow wings
then i called you by that moniker
while you packed up all your things
& i know, i know
i can't change that right now,
someday i'll know how
to give it back everywhere i can
& give it back everywhere i can
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To the Race
02:55
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TO THE RACE
thursday, get paid
pay my brother back
i don't care i'll make it back
on saturdays track
some say knock 'em dead,
others say break a leg
what difference does it make?
i gamble it away
are you counting on me,
and betting i might win?
if i bring home the money,
can i take you home again?
got all twisted up
and came up short as hell
spent our anniversary
on a single bed motel
visions of you
run like ghosts through this town
i thought i saw you
with your hand on someone new
hanging off the guardrail
with a blank look on your mouth
you're out of pocket,
shot your own best interest down
because that's your past life
now you're somebody else
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7. |
Terminal Love
04:06
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TERMINAL LOVE
good times got away, stay a little longer
it's not a dream, i won't wake up
when the morning calls, and a bluebird falls
landing on our window frame
are those tears in your eyes, little bird?
or is it rain? ... falling
i waited for the train at union station
holding out for something, thinking maybe you'd make it
a terminal love, i'm dumb out of of patience
i need a window seat when i'm passing you by
looking out the window, waving goodbye
one last look at the rain on yr face
from yr eyes ... falling
one wrong step multiplies
picking up speed, look at your eyes,
... falling
... ... falling
... ... ... ... falling
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Atlas
02:23
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ATLAS
george, it's yr birthday tomorrow
part your hair, wear a long jacket
walk out to harmony, wave at the traffic
you've got your medicine, the bluebells are flowering
it's all possibilities waiting to happen
i know the world on yr shoulder
like atlas is bringing you down
but you should stay around
george, there could be a funeral tomorrow
you never know when they'll close the chapter
so write your story, say sorry to matthew
you've got to dig to bury those hatchets
cause he's got a son on the way, it's just before day
i know the world on yr shoulder
like atlas is bringing you down
but you should stay around
george, don't care if the world stares
there is malice in their eye sockets,
and rocks in their pockets weighing them down,
they are dragging you down
and nothing is certain but you should stay around
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ON THE WAY TO KINGDOM COME
on the way to kingdom come
more & more i comprehend
he knows where i’m coming from
and will hold me thru the end
i can hear the summer bugs buzzing
singing “time’s the revelator”
busy people making noise
like an old refrigerator
should i get up to join them?
heavy worries on my mind
everything is timber
burn my name in the fire
it hurts me, it does
but my love burns brighter
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Funeral
03:33
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FUNERAL
you put the “fun” in funeral
the “i” in idaho
you light it up, push down the clutch
you’ve got away with words
you left me with a lot to think about
as you’re heading out the door
my better ways, packed up the bags
and got away with the birds
(i fell down on yr birthday,
i won’t get back up til may)
you put the “fun” in funeral
fill me up with gasoline
you’ve got the charm
to make you a star, or a star on tv
you’ve got the looks to make you a star
on the cover of a magazine
you’ve got eyes that cut like glass
like two blue diamond windows
you’ve got a smile big as a mile
it takes me from there to there
you’ve got a lot of soul, it’s all so beautiful
you’ve got the spirit on your side
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