1. |
Closer to Nothing
03:52
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Time has a way, folds into days, for our taken,
With less than thought, the future is lost and forsaken
Our language of tears, defining our fears
Yeah history’s clear,
We’re much closer to nothing - again
One life and a try, we live and we die, never knowing.
The reason to be, the truth there to see, it’s plainly
showing
Our language of tears, defining our fears
Yeah here’s to be clear,
We’re much closer to nothing - again
Lost is the cost of the lies that we’re spinning
How can we lose, still conclude that we’re winning
Our language of tears, defining our fears
Yeah history’s clear,
We’re much closer to nothing - again
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2. |
Fading Away
03:47
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Where were you Tuesday,
When I needed a ride,
Clearly you’re able to hide,
Able to fly - away
Looked for you when I arrived,
But you continued to slide,
Slide further inside, then you fade away
Fading away, fading away
Remember the times,
When we didn’t mind,
If words didn’t rhyme
We sang ‘em anyway
Getting harder to find,
Places left behind,
Where peace of mind,
We lived it every day
Fading away, fading away
Racing through life,
Like there’s a finish line,
We’re anxious to find
Throw the race give first place away
No, no, no fading away, fading away
No fading away, fading away
No, no, no fading away, fading away
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3. |
She Brings It Up
04:29
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Calm and collected my mind’s disconnect trouble hides one thought away
Since she can’t leave it be it’ll be my misery
When her demons start ruling the day
You know that chip on her shoulder,
Man it’s more like a boulder that’s rolling me into the ground,
Contrition’s I make, my sorrow’s don’t take so it’s best not to make a sound
She’s driving right over, she’s driving right over,
She’s driving right over me
She’s driving right over, she’s driving right over,
She’s driving right over me
Well I put it to rest, just like an unwelcome guest,
And sorry’s a meaningless word,
But I begged for amends but she’s big on revenge
And she won’t leave the past undisturbed
She brings it up to bring me down,
Brings it up to bring me down.
Brings it up to bring me down,
She brings it up to bring me down
I long for embrace, seaside walks and fine lace,
The laughs and slow kisses alone with the misses,
Good times and a bottle of wine, Sitting close and feeling fine,
My world spins for her and me but she’s stuck on ancient history
She brings it up to bring me down,
Brings it up to bring me down.
Brings it up to bring me down,
She brings it up to bring me down
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4. |
She's Getting Small
03:41
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I heard those voices that kept saying,
You should‘ve known the game she’s playing
I had no clue what she was after,
A stepping stone to my disaster
But look at her now,
Shrinking like a violet underneath a plow,
Yeah look at her now,
She’s so god damn tiny I can hardly even see her,
She a relic in the window of a miniature museum
She’s getting small,
And I’m feeling schadenfreude and I can’t say I regret it
She’s getting small,
She found out life’s a movie that you’re not allowed to
edit
With every dream she had forsaken,
And every lie that she was making,
She had no use for friends or lovers
Unless they added to her cover
She’s getting small,
And I’m feeling schadenfreude and I can’t say I regret it
She’s getting small,
She found out life’s a movie that you’re not allowed to
edit
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5. |
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I get this whole world so angry at me sometimes,
I don’t even have to try it happens automatically,
I get this whole world so angry at me sometimes,
Not even certain why – wish it didn’t matter to me
I wish it didn’t matter to me
It happens too often, happened twice today
Things I thought were funny didn’t come out that way
I’m laughing, she’s crying, no I Didn’t mean it that way
Chorus
You know it can get worse, I can have some beer in me,
Too late for good intentions when your lips are the enemy
I’m laughing she’s crying, no I didn’t mean it that way
Chorus
It happens, too often, showed it’s ugly face again today,
Things that I thought were honest, didn’t come out that way,
I’m laughing, now I’m crying, I don’t trust a word that I say
I get this whole world so angry at me sometimes,
I get this whole world so angry at me sometimes,
I get this whole world so angry at me sometimes,
I get this whole world so angry at me, at me
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6. |
Until
03:53
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I was indifferent, and sadly out of tune,
Not knowing tomorrow, was running out of room
I’m feeling it now, I don’t know just how, I’ll ever get through,
I’m outta my mind, just spending my time here thinking of you
Until the next day doesn’t pass,
Until the last step on my path…
The years that we covered, would always bring her back,
Until she discovered, that my world was flat,
I’m feeling it now, I don’t know just how, I’ll ever get through,
I’m outta my mind, just spending my time here thinking of you
Until the next day doesn’t pass,
Until the last step on my path…
Until the next day doesn’t pass,
Until the last step on my path…
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7. |
Life Ain't So Bad
03:30
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Life Ain’t So Bad
You think you’re walking on water,
Think you’re skating on some real thin ice,
Say you’re thinking ‘bout leaving,
Think you ought’a think about thinking twice
Review this situation one more time
Life ain’t so bad,
Dream on those good times that we had,
Life ain’t so bad
Cutting to close to the cotton,
Don’t recall driving the gin,
And I can’t remember whose shoes,
I’m supposed to walk that mile in,
Review this situation one more time
Life ain’t so bad,
Dream on those good times that we had,
Life ain’t so bad
The systems broke, a cloud of smoke, Screening better views,
Half filled cup is filling up, with better news
Take another drink of water,
Take another drink of the spice of life
Save some for your sons and daughters
Ain’t we funny when we act polite
Review this situation one more time
Life ain’t so bad,
Dream on those good times that we had,
Life ain’t so bad
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8. |
Man on a String
04:05
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Man on a String
I’m waiting at the end of the line,
For a love I struggle hard to define
She keeps me there perpetually,
I should know better but it’s so hard to leave,
Why is it so hard to see, what I’m seeing,
I’m just a man on a string, she’s deceiving
Everyday I say that’s it,
She stops by and I know I can’t quit,
Thinking for a moment she’s mine,
I should know better and just make up my mind
Why is it so hard to see, what I’m seeing,
I’m just a man on a string, she’s deceiving
Why do I stay, why don’t I go?
Why do I love when there’s nothing to show?
I should move on, yeah I should move out,
So why do I have this lingering doubt?
Cause it sure ain’t love
Her eyes are as blue as the sea
And they beguile me with catastrophe,
When I think I can’t go on,
She lures me in with her siren song
Why is it so hard to see, what I’m seeing,
I’m just a man on a string, she’s deceiving
Why do I stay, why don’t I go?
Why do I love when there’s nothing to show?
I should move on, yeah I should move out,
So why do I have this lingering doubt?
Cause it sure ain’t love
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9. |
Wouldn't You Know
04:49
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Wouldn’t You Know
I remember your eyes looking into mine,
Asking only for a little of my time
You told me what you thought was missing from your life
Strange to think back now,
Money isn’t everything you said it was true,
But the man you spend your time with shouldn’t think so too,
Your daughter needs a father so you’ll be his wife,
Strange to think back now,
Wouldn’t you know, another man broke your heart,
You had your doubts from the start
All that give and take you felt you knew so well,
Has settled cold in your living hell
But nothing’s really changed as far as I can tell
Just turned one more time around
Now I bet you never thought I take so cold a stand,
You figured me to understand,
Guess that tells us both a bit about this man,
Sorry to let you down
Wouldn’t you know, another man broke your heart,
You had your doubts from the start
Nothing to show but bits of your token pride,
Take what’s left – run and hide
Solo
Wouldn’t you know, another man broke your heart,
You had your doubts from the start
Nothing to show but bits of your token pride,
Take what’s left – run and hide – run and hide…
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10. |
Headin' South
04:13
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Headin’ South
You know so much about everything,
Smart as you can be,
You got a point that you’re trying to make,
Guess it’s important for me to agree
Now this is right up my alley,
Should appeal to me,
You said I should identify,
Since you know that much about me
Then you said all the things that you said needed saying
Said all the things that I need to hear
Said it once, said it twice, said it loud and clear
Clear as a bell
Clear from here to Idaho, I don’t know,
Is that a long way to hear a bell
Unless it’s Alex Graham or Ma Belle,
Michelle my bell,
What the hell am I talking about,
See sometimes no one can tell
Then you tell me all the things that you said needed telling,
Tell me all the things that I need to know,
You know my tell and you’re spelling it out,
For those that need a show
Next time we meet you’ll have to excuse,
When I walk away,
Assume it’s something important,
That keeps me from hearing what you have to say
But I’ve heard all the things I believe needed hearing,
Heard every other word from your mouth,
Heard it loud, heard it clear,
But I heard the sound of a train headin’ south,
Headin’ out of here, headin’ south….
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11. |
World Won't Get it Right
03:35
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World Won’t Get It Right
I’m down and out,
Lost in a maze of endless doubt,
Last in line, Machiavelli by design
Then from bad to worse,
Slow dancing with this curse,
That’s when the world won’t get it right
Dreams are lost,
And I trembler at the cost,
Wrong is right,
And there’s just no end in sight
Then from bad to worse,
Slow dancing with this curse
That’s when the world won’t get it right
Fortune falls, with our backs against the wall,
Filled with woe, trepidation taking hold,
When I’m down and out, just wandering about,
Nowhere to go, and nothing left to show,
That’s when the world won’t get it right
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12. |
Which Way Do I Go
04:25
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Which Way Do I Go
Calling up all the friends I used to run with, wondering where they all disappeared
Sitting by the phone waiting for nothing, confirmed the worst of my fears
She said that she needs a replacement, though her reasons, she didn’t make clear,
She said I could sleep in her basement, she wouldn’t put me out this time of year
Which way do I go, which way do I go, which way do I go from here
Which way do I go, which way do I go, which way do I go from here
Chief Monk Boudreaux and Quarter Moon Tobias played in the Quarter last night,
It changed my mind about holding the potato, got home into a terrible fight,
She said I was way too complacent, All I cared about was whiskey and beer,
My steps I began retracing, thinking maybe she was on to something here
Which way do I go, which way do I go, which way do I go from here
Which way do I go, which way do I go, which way do I go from here
How many times, did I think about the times I was lying by your side,
Honeymoon locked in a room on the cliffs of the gorge, you were gorgeous too
Haven’t we chosen streets that were golden so much of the time?
She things I’m small potatoes now I’ve got the time… to prove her right
Full moon rising, river cresting, caught between the wax and the wane,
Music of the night might make you feel all right
But baby now tell me who’ll stop the rain
Water fills up in our basement, water continues to rise,
Take what you need just in case man, it’s only you that can help you survive,
Which way do I go, which way do I go, which way do I go from here
Which way do I go, which way do I go, which way do I go from here
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13. |
Bitter Betty
03:06
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Bitter Betty
Bitter Betty’s angry all the time
She’ll fly off any handle she can find,
Man that girl is way way out of line.
She is fighting with her neighbors, what a fuss
That’s what Webster calls, cantankerous
Not even Betty Crocker had such a crust,
Solo
She’s smoking like a gun that’s done it’s deed
A wake of victims left in misery
She’d bring the Dali Lama to his knees.
Solo
Bitty Betty’s got no better side
Children, cats and dogs will run and hide
If she smiles it’s only a disguise,
Bitter Betty’s not the loving kind
She’s meaner than the Bride of Frankenstein
Bitter Betty’s angry all the time
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14. |
A Little of This
05:02
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A Little of This
I got the run around,
Treated like a heel without a soul,
Yeah, I’m feeling down,
And her reason left me feeling cold,
It’s a Little of this, and a little of that
Got the news today,
Doctor said my health was in decline,
How it got that way,
He handed me that same old worn out line,
It’s a Little of this, and a little of that
Drop it now, just let it go
Don’t act like, you even know
It’s a Little of this, and a little of that
Now my time has come,
Standing at those bit ol’ pearly gates,
The things I’ve sad and done,
It’s looking like I got a long, long wait,
It’s a Little of this, and a little of that
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