1. |
Walk The World
03:42
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Well I've been drifting on the tide for oh so long
And now I think I've given up looking for my home
Time for me to wait to grow so old
And I've been missing you by my side, I miss your laugh
But the days I'm thinking about well they are stuck in the past
And oh I try but I would never be able to get them to come back to me
So I'll just sit under this tree and wait till I get old
And the rain doesn't bother me tonight
I don't have a reason in the world that I would need to be dry
Except that I feel like I could melt into the floor
I'm gonna walk the world while I've got my youth
Until my feet fall off and then I'll grow my roots
And if they never do then you can come and walk with me too
And if I die please don't be sad
I told you that my souls just passing through
And if my bones turned to gold would you melt me down?
Would you save me, or leave me as a puddle on the ground?
But if my blood turned to chocolate would you stick around?
If I looked real nice would you parade me round town?
Because you take, you take
And here I'm trying to make it on my own dime
I should be happy that you're done with me
But you're always on my mind
Well I've been drifting on the tide for a year or more
And now I think I've given up looking for the shore
I'll grow my hair until I disappear
Smoke is rising up in the air and it carries me too
Up to the stars in the clouds burning holes right through the sky
And I never will know why
If my bones turned to gold would you melt me down?
Would you save me, or leave me as a puddle on the ground?
But if my blood turned to chocolate would you stick around?
If I looked real nice would you parade me round town?
Because you take, you take
And here I'm trying to make it on my own dime
I should be happy that you're done with me
But you're always on my mind
I'm gonna walk the world while I've got my youth
Until my feet fall off and then I'll grow my roots
And if they never do then you can come and walk with me too
I'm gonna walk the world while I've got my youth
Until my feet fall off and then I'll grow my roots
And if they never do then you can come and walk with me too
I'm gonna walk the world till my body breaks down
Till I learn how to love and I forget how to frown
And if I ever do then you can come and love with me too
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2. |
El Camino
02:07
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I wanna be in that el camino woah, woah
Driving down highway-something looking straight into the sun
I wanna head for that grande rio
And you can find me driving headlong into paraiso
And I’ve spent a long time
Looking out that broken window
So open up now sunrise
Give me some time, I’ll be up and outside
I don’t know where I’m heading
But I’m heading out now
And if I get lucky then I will get the fuck out
And I’ve spent my whole life
Walkin on that thin line
Between giving up living up and
Giving up on staying safe all the time
And I don’t know what I’m doing each day
Grabbing for everything I can reach
The clock ticks and we’re running out of now
And all I can think about is how
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3. |
Open Roads
02:42
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We got open roads we got a dollar
Got an undercover brother makin money so we holler
Say "Come on man, I'll pay you back soon!
But I don't have no scratch this fine afternoon"
All of my salt is going over my shoulder
And I flip my first smoke thinking, hoping I could hold her
Cuz man I know I could treat her right
As these long summer days turn to long summer nights
Now rock it back to the summer 08
I was feelin fine I was feelin great
And my one track mind is skipping to track 9
As I roll down my window and follow that skyline
Oh lord we gonna have ourselves a good time
The sun is down and the fire is heating up fine
It's poppin and it's cracklin
Gonna grab a cold beverage
For everybody packin into the van tonight
We gonna hit the road with no plan tonight
When everyone you know is so damn polite
You've gotta feel blessed knowing your friends are mine
And mine are the best so
So girl, come, just grab me by my soul
Make me good, make me right, make me smile, make me whole
All of my worries are mixin with my fun man
Life is life, it’s simple, said and done man
Got people lying there paying for a sun tan
Bottling up water, that’s free!!
I got a couple friends who can’t pay their rent
You could help em out maybe even put a dent
In the bill that they pay every month as a tenant
Come on, if nothing else, could you spare a couple cents?
And I’ll repay the favor if I ever get the money
I’ll make sure I never skip a day of playing up that lottery
I’m saving up for something but I don’t know what it is dude
I do know we don’t need about half the shit we think we do
But I’m beginning to believe that I do need you
And I don’t care if you deceive me, I know you
The kind of girl that'd never leave me, yes it’s true
Maybe you’re just inside my songs, but I’ll find you
So girl, come, just grab me by my soul
Make me good, make me right, make me smile, make me whole
So girl come and grab me by my soul
Just pull me off of my feet
I’m having trouble feelin this rhythm
I need you to help me feel that beat
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4. |
Cold Coffee
03:44
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My coffee’s cold
I’m running out of clothes to wear today
You got my phone number
From a friend of a friend of a friend who I’ll never meet
And the sun’s gone away
But I know that the weekend is a week away
And we loooove every day
We hate when the calendars say it’s too late
2008 found us on the interstate
With a thousand miles to go
Now that I’m back and I see that all the cracks
In the road are the same as all
Of the cracks out west
So maybe the world’s continuous and we’re all the same
I looked hard to find but never saw a state line out there
And I love all the air that I breathe
Girl I’ll show you all the hope that I’ve got up my sleeve
So think about it cuz I know that the world’s almost through
I’ll be waiting with the whole wide world with a bottle or two
Seven degree weather kept me in my room
Kept me cold kept me down down low
With nothing here but my hopes and my fears
As I thought of how my life might go
Picked up a pen and every emotion that had ever filled my veins
Poured out and then I mapped out the route of where I’m going
And where I’ve been
I took my mind decided it was fine
And I threw away all my books
I took my heart decided it was art
And I met every single look
That I got when I said that all these ideas inside my head
Need to find a home
I’ll burn out and I’ll die
But maybe I can stir a little up before I go
And I love all the air that I breathe
Girl I’ll show you all the hope that I’ve got up my sleeve
So think about it cuz I know that the world’s almost through
I’ll be waiting with the whole wide world with a bottle or two
Now, you can kill me with a smile on my face
You can do me like I know you can do
But girl you leave me with a whole lot of loving
Leave me whole lot left to do
So if you take it all away
Please leave me cuz I love you somethin terrible babe
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5. |
Fine
02:20
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You blow my mind, you know you make me feel so high
And all I want to do is get right next to you and I'll be fine
You blow my mind, you know you do it every time
And all I want to do is get you into my room and we'll be fine
You caught my eye and you won't let it go
I can't deny and I should let you know that I
I lost my breath I lost my balance I lost my mind
When I saw your brown hair in the crowd
I'm thinking my oh my, my day's been made already
And I haven't even really ever said hello
So hello, so hello
Hey alright, there's never ever gonna be
Another you here with another me
And now we're using up time
I never got time to tell you what I think of you
I really don't think you know me, and maybe you never will
I am just a gentleman with an evening to kill
So don't proceed to show me you don't know who I am
It's not at all complicated no, no, just let me take you by the hand
You blow my mind, you know you make me feel so high
And all I want to do is get right next to you and I'll be fine
You blow my mind, you know you do it every time
And all I want to do is get you into my room and we'll be fine
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6. |
Soul Got Room To Fly
01:59
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Girl I wake up in the afternoon, you’re gone
And everything is thrown against the wall
Guess it was something I said
Maybe it was something that shoudla stayed in my head
Oh my lord I guess I’ll pack my bags
And go down far away to where I can’t make you mad
Cuz all I ever do when I love somebody is..
Ohh the sun is shining in my eyes yeah
Pullin me up up up, bout time my soul got room to fly
By myself or with you by my side I will ride
Ohh the moon is shining in the night sky
Pullin me over to the side of the road to where I lie
On the roof of my ride to watch the sun rise
Hey I see you called me up last night
You must've had a couple drinks in you right?
Because I know you’re not that crazy
You know damn well that your best bet is to stay away from me
But if you come back you better know you never left my mind
But I finally broke I think I left all of my hope behind
I better pack my shit up and get out of your, and get out of your..
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I stopped looking for love today
I’m outta luck and I don’t got no more words to say
I guess that’s just the way I’m a stay
Yeah I’m not the kind of guy to write it all down
My plan was out the door the second you said "let’s hit the town"
That whiskey’s got me spinning around
Maybe I'm a just sell my soul to the night
My wallet’s empty tell me brother can you give me a light
Cuz it’s been a long night and a long life
Hear me brother give me cover or just give me a light
My mama taught me all that I need to know
Taught me how to say “oh well” and let it all go
But girl you still got a couple of my things and I need them so
All my life oh come on baby throw me a line
You tangle me up and leave me hangin out here oh my
Big ol catfish gonna come out here and eat me alive
Girl you found your way back into my mind
But that’s alright cuz uh well I don’t mind
Yeah missing you is the best thing I could find
Said is it love? well I don’t know but I’ve been missin you all the time
I lay myself down to go to bed
But girl you know you won’t leave my head
What’ve I got that you want outta me?
Because I miss you so bad and I need some sleep so
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8. |
Still Frame
02:48
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Never really wanted to stay here
But it's so much easier to run in place
Than to face your greatest fears
I finally feel like I've regained control
And she said something like
"You can't trust anybody
they're all gonna let you down in the end"
I guess that's true but I still think that
I will do the best that I can do
So I can be happy with what the mirror's showing me
Do the same and I can't complain
Life has got these twists and turns
You play it safe then you won't get burned
That's what I thought too
But sometimes trouble comes looking for you
And I want less talk and I want more action
Planning it out is only a fraction of the plan
I can't abandon this when we're all so close to happiness
Find myself again in the same place
With my hands in my pockets and I'm thinking again
There's no smile on my face
I thought I'd finally regained control
But I guess that's easier said than done
I got a feeling other people here are running my life
And not the way I want it to be run
I don't know but I've been told that
You want nothing to do with me or my friends
And I don't think that that makes sense
They're pushing me towards a person I never wanted to be
I'm leaving that behind and finally finding me
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9. |
Fishin
03:56
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I had a note in my pocket woulda given it to you
But I didn’t know that you were into me at all
And now I think I bit a bit off more than I can chew
Cuz I’m crazy bout you but you don’t care for me at all
And everybody’s telling me what I already know
That it’s much too late so I’m bout to take it slow
Just sit down under this tree and count my toes
And everybody knows that it’s much too late
To make a couple calls and go out to eat so
I'm a just sit right here and take it slow
I took a long long walk to the end of my street
And I saw a couple things that I never seen before
The sun rose purple when I wasn’t lookin up
And the sky was a beautiful thing to see that day
It was a little too cold for me to jump in the river
But I needed to wash myself right down cuz I’m a sinner and
I try so hard but I keep making these same mistakes
I swear that I only want what’s best for you
But I keep thinking about myself and you know it’s true
I try to do good but sometimes I don’t got what it takes
Sometimes the fishin’s so fine, feels so right
You’re gonna see your family soon
Sometimes you’re the worm on the line sayin
"Come on man, I got a family too!"
Sometimes you find somethin, life’s going your way
Then somebody comes a long and turns you into fillet
Man fishin’s got a lot to say about
The reasons that I just can’t seem to smile today
I had to look to my left just to see if you was coming
Cuz I don’t want you to see me sitting here like this
I break out my harp to try to play myself something
But I’ve played all the songs I know, man I’m a mess
But I keep my chin up in the sky so I can see
The sun setting and rising and reminding me
That ain’t nobody else slow down, I gotta move on
Takin it slow was a friend of mine
But now I got ta pack it up so I changed my mind
I left it all under that tree and just moved along
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10. |
Holding My Head High
04:43
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Holding my head high is taking its toll
When everyone around me’s got no soul
And making this long drive is making me crazy
Just the way I’ve gotta sing this song alone
It’s hard to wake up when you got no time
To make it up before the sun gets too high
To even keep it out with the blinds
Holding my heart near is making me
Cold to the world, I hear ya,my love
But holding it right out is not work
You see I’ve got too much doubt in this cold world
And not enough faith in love
And it's hard to make up when you don't know why
You're even fighting in the first place
I know I, well maybe I'm just losing my mind
Now I’m soaking up the sun on my skin
Hoping my lovin is making up for my sins
Opening up my world with a brand new day
And I’ll say, I’ll say, I’ll say it again
Holding my breath tight is making me choke
My lungs are full of words I spoke
That I’m wishing that you never heard
And thinking it’s alright is okay
Until you’re gone and there’s not a damn thing left to say
What’s said and done is said and done
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11. |
Bonsai
01:56
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When you go I’ll be there, I’ll be there
When you go I'll be there, I'll be there
Girl I had my footing on the ground I
Had it all figured out then you came by
And now I try to make you to
Take me now as you wanted me to cuz I
A metaphor for you never ever knew why
I never knew why
And now your smile is sticking in my mind’s eye
Beauty like a butterfly on a bonsai
And I’ma sigh, I had you by my side
But I scare you off and you run and hide now
But I gotta make my last stand I’m thinking and man
I’m nic’n bad and I’m smoking this last cigarette
Coping through a cancer
I said that I love you and I’m waiting for that answer
You answer my “I love you” with a simple “I can’t”
So maybe I should just move on
Everybody’s trying to cheer me up
But you know what my mind’s still on
Every second every minute every day no matter what
I try to think about I know you might not care
But I know when you go, I’m gonna be there
Maybe I'ma lose my mind
Maybe you’ll throw it right out the door
Maybe I'ma reach my time soon
Maybe I was never really meant for more
Maybe this is all I have
Maybe you’ll feel it in your gut
Maybe then you’ll believe me
When I say that I love you and I fucked up
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12. |
Hitching a Ride
02:01
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Hitching a ride but nobody’s going my way
Are all of them liars or is today not my day today?
If todays not my day then that wouldn’t surprise me
This week wasn’t mine, nor the months stacked behind me
I’m giving my future a skeptical stare
And I’m hitching a ride anywhere
Looking for coins just to buy food for me and a friend
Are all of them hiding or is today not my day again?
Trampled and beaten down into the pavement
We’re grasping for past presidents - our enslavement
I don’t have a dime and I’m not sure I care
And I’m hitching a ride anywhere
Falling asleep under powerlines far from the road
Shivering under the stars as the air turns so cold
Why would I drop all I have to be something
That begs to be more, but turns into nothing?
My lifes in my hands and I start to get scared
And I’m hitching a ride anywhere
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13. |
Interstate
02:28
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Four lanes and headlights blinding me
My skateboard's laying in the backseat
I forgot my glasses so I can't read these goddamn signs
Singing along to the cd and I laugh
Because I realize I don't even know about half of the words
Think I missed my exit, I'll take the next one
I know that I'll find my way back home
And I know that I'll find my way back home
So take, take what you want
My heart just isn't in it this time
Couldn't hurt me if you tired, I mean it
Fake, fake all you want
This isn't fooling me, not this time
I can't believe that I was so blind not to see
Not to see what was distracting me
November came and went
With football games and time well spent
Everyone is chasing love or chasing lust, I'm not quite sure
Maybe I'm just not meant to live the way they do
And I hate this game so I'm pretty sure I'm through
Don't know what the hell I'm supposed to do
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14. |
Shoreline
03:19
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My mind is tripping into next week
My feet are glued to my legs and they
Connect my ambitions to my actions
Allow tomorrow to come today
And these days like water in between cupped hands
Trickling to the ground
I take a sip and I'm scribbling down a plan
Before the morning comes around
And I have always marveled at
The unfailing consistency of change
The only thing we're sure about
Is that nothing will ever be the same
You try to stand your ground
But the undertow pulls you off your feet
You swallow sand and ocean water
At the place where earth and forever meet
My eyes are swallowing your features
It's hard to realize that this may be
The one and only overlap that
Our lives will ever have time to see
And if I never see your face again
Should I disregard what I miss?
Or should I love every second that we linger
Never speaking but just knowing that you exist
And I have always marveled at
The ever incessant rate of time
The grains are falling one by one
But the future surprises every mind
We look behind us down the shore
But we can't see our starting point
Our footsteps melt away before us
Forever victim to the tide
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15. |
According to Plan
03:12
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How can things go according to plan
when the plan was to not plan at all?
I’ve missed my chance. Was it worth it at all?
Shut my eyes and remember the summer
of stripping down and jumping right in.
If you flail long enough, you’ll learn to swim
And my halo is crumbling in your eyes
But my soul is doing fine
Slowly hear the sound of disappointment
It’s flavoring each of your words
If this is a home then I’ll walk the earth
But at this hour their worn out opinions
are tucked away behind eyelids closed
The night is space to breathe and room to grow
And my bank account trickles away
as I count all the things that I’ve tried
Just a few lonely bills, asleep side by side
And between us we had enough money
to get us to Florida and back
And to prove we were wrong, it became an act
I’ve had enough of talking up plans
That just melt back to words and slip through our hands
So I’ll turn my ideas into tangible things
That will stand in the past and remember my name
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16. |
Waiting
03:14
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I took a cab down the road
The lights were off, that place was closed
So now I'm left to walk alone
Neon signs, dull and cold
Darkened stores where no one goes
Even when the signs are on
And I've been patient, I've been kind
To every stranger that I meet
But no new faces say hello to me
So maybe I'm just wasting time
Looking people in the eye
Cuz now I walk an empty street
So what's the point in growing old
Where are these people that I'm told
I will learn to love in time
The life I thought that I would have
Turned out never came to pass
And while I wait I wonder why
I'm waiting for my life to happen to me
While I sit back and hate the fact that
Nothing is happening. And maybe it'll never change
Or maybe there's not a reason in the world
That the world that I've made can't burn away
This brittle effigy will crack and let me free
Maybe there's a reason
That when we wake up in our beds
Our dreams and our nightmares dissipate
And maybe all the things that I
Thought and hoped were best for me
Instead are merely worlds that I've created in my head
And nothing more
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17. |
Ghosts
04:20
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A dream I've forgotten is caught in the air
But all of my senses remain unaware
As I watch my convictions turn into fears
Cuz I carve them from futures that never appear
And I'll sing my song, sing it loud
I'll hang my head under the clouds
And I'll make my friends out of my foes
Like I hide myself under my clothes
The embers before me are fading and dull
And the night slides around me and into my skull
I can feel that my conscience is shedding its skin
And the ghosts of my actions are crawling right in
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