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I'm Leaving This Place
02:34
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I thought I saw you on a city street
Saw your picture in a magazine
Those words you said still seem to rip through me
I'm leavin' this place
Was working hard for your company
But you sailed on almost endlessly
And I awoke on a cold, dead beach
I'm leavin' this place
Now I'm out wandering and walking around
Couldn't cut it in this same old town
Seems everybody's tryin' to burn me down
I'm leavin' this place
Memories in a garbage bin
Of Golden Skies and long lost friends
Look at me now I guess nobody wins
I'm leavin' this place
I'm in n' out then I'm filled with sin
And lingerin' shame Lord what's happenin'?
Was it you or I who took the other in?
I'm leavin' this place
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Well, don't you shed no tears in my absence
There's been enough
To hold you over
I just gotta run
See what livin's out there
Could be none
It could be none
But if I fail
To bring back answers
Comin' up empty
A big zeroo hooooooooo
And if I fall just short of heaven
Won't you banish my soul to New Mexico?
When your mind
Begins to wanderin'
'Cross that endless skyway
Just brace your hands
And grab ahold
O them bolts a'lightnin'
Sail on through
To where I am
It ain't too far
Through mails or memory
Through tracks of longing
Through tears of pain
That mornin' wind
Don't fail to wake me
And it makes me hapy
To put it plain
Your love is strong
Though I've not loved you
I do not need to
You make life move
Through chains of hope
And tired wonderin'
For fleeting answers you need not prove
So, don't you shed no tears in my absence
There's been enough
To hold you over
I just gotta run
See what livin's out there
Could be none
It could be none
But if I fail
To bring back answers
Comin' up empty
A big zeroo hooooooooo
And if I fall just short of heaven
Won't you banish my soul to New Mexico?
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3. |
It's The Time
04:12
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Though them bitter goodbyes do break me
And them lonesome sunsets do bring me despair
Your lingerin' light walks on inside me
Fills the emptiness I've long wished to repair
It's the time
That really gets me
It's the time
That really gets me
That I'll spend spinnin' through the air
Wonderin' how? and where?
Oh, but I could get there
Oh, but I could get there!
Unspoken words
They may haunt me
The way I'm binded to my thoughts
While yours fly free
Your lingerin' love walks on beside me
Shackled to the past as I may be
It's the time
That really gets me
It's the time
That really gets me
That I'll spend spinnin' through the air
Wonderin' how? and where?
Oh, but I could get there
Oh, but I could get there!
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4. |
Down At Delilah
01:55
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All the moonlight you've wasted
Tryin' to find your way home
Is now turning to silver
And left you on your own
I know the world it weighs heavy
I doubt that much will change
I'm going down to Delilah
To wash my worries away
You know, she sharpens my tounge, Lord
And she blow-dries my eyes
I think she worships the devil
But I pay it no mind
She can't keep you from leavin'
Though, try as you might
When you're down at Delilah's
You don't want to say "goodnight"
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5. |
The Ballad Of Casey Todd
04:17
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I left my wife
And moved to Denver
Trying to find me a home
I fell and faltered
Towards California
Where the days roll by nice and slow
I lost some teeth in Albuquerque
Oh, Lord, I don't know what's come over me
I fell in love
And love fell on me
Not with no tangible thing
I feel I was born to sing and stumble
And run along behind my dreams
Feel I was born to know the cool wind
To close my eyes as it rolls over me
I slept for long
Dreamt of Los Angeles
I heard there's people made of clay
Awoke, on all sides was sprawling cement
Enough to drive a man insane
I stopped a singer on the sidewalk
Just so I could hear my own self talk
I left my wife
And moved to Denver
Trying to find me a home
I fell and faltered
Towards California
Where the days roll by nice and slow
I lost some teeth in Albuquerque
Oh, Lord, I don't know what's come over me
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My body longed for the summer
but my memory must have been skewed
for now that I'm in it
I hear the sun's cruel, sharp whisperin'
And my body is no more
All that i knew was in shambles
My vision was shadows
My friends were the moon
When the sky turned it's back to the ocean
All the stars they sent symbols
Down into my room
And my body longed for the summer
but my memory must have been skewed
for now that I'm in it
I hear the sun's cruel sharp whisperin'
And my body is no more
The markers on the highway
They remind me
All the miles are thinnin' the distance behind me
And though I feel that the past should surrender
I remember a past when skies golden would blind me
And my body longed for the summer
but my memory must have been skewed
for now that I'm in it
I hear the sun's cruel sharp whisper'
And my body is no more
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7. |
Oklahoma
02:09
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Well if only I could just feel you
I could find you again
But your signal is growin' weaker
And I don't know where to begin
Well, you know I'd sure like to call you
When I try I just can't get through
And I understand you leavin'
I've done my fair share of leavin' too
I don't mind it if you've forgetten
How to use your limbs or be a dude
In the grass in Oklahoma when you passed
I died right next to you
Should the seasons now betray you
If I could hold your body bare
Oh, but silence is all I know now
You only speak to me when I'm there
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8. |
My Heart Is On The Road
02:30
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Baby did you hear me
callin' your name?
I don't blame you
There's no one to blame
If I could hear you
You'd probably be sayin'
That our paths are still crossed
But it just ain't the same
Darlin' did you hear me
Whisperin' deep?
Restlessness unending
My arms fall asleep
And off in you daydreams
I'm sure that you've seen
That the end was unravelling
And you chose to believe
So I took to the city
And you floated up north
Searchin' the forest for some sort of self worth
Sometimes you call me
Sometimes you don't
But this city's a burden
My heart's on the road
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I see no reason that this fate should fall upon her
We spent some time
In the cool sunshine
Wrapped up in eachother
Just trying to have you understand
Life sometimes just ain't bright
In time you'll start to sort it out
And then shall make it right
Blurry lines and empty shadows
'Cross your ceiling and your floor
We've all been there
Just can't take me more
Are you sleepin'?
Are you listenin'?
Is anybody home?
These walls take in my pacing thoughts
Those things I'll never own
Well babe you gotta know those ears
Just don't deserve your touch
The mountain tops and summer nights
You mean to me that much
Do you wish for some embracin?
Wire on which to walk?
Or some crude drawn illustrations that'd teach you how to talk?
Crosswords with no key
Where do you wish to be?
Ain't nothin' in life free
'Least that's what they're sellin' me
Is it age that brings you darkness?
And do I create my own light?
Or a filter filled with restless words
And ideas you can't fight?
Is it age that makes you crazy?
Or is it something that you've seen?
And could I feel even half that much
If you showed me what it means?
The answer comes so vague
Sometimes bright until it burns
To a question asked
Under circumstance
The answer I've not learned
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10. |
Long Arms Of Regret
02:53
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Sometimes your fear serves to stifle
Sometimes it leads you to shelter
The long arms of regret have put you out of touch
I love you too much
I know it feels you've betrayed me
It's alright
I've factored that in
The solace of nightfall now serves as your crutch
I love you too much
The winds to the north, heavy blowin'
And fell short much like we did
The last of our winter is still caving in
It's time to start again
Sometimes your fear serves to stifle
Sometimes it leads you to shelter
The long arms of regret have put you out of touch
I love you too much
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11. |
Pressing Onward
04:50
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I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
Spoke to her savior
Says he forgave her
I'm still of concern
Some lessons hard learned
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
Spoke to your mother
She hates my innards
Says I ain't secure
And I know she's sure
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
Goodbye I'm leavin'
It's adios then
No time for toasts, friends
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
I saw some clear skies
I saw the sun rise
Over watermelon eyes
And, just like the bird flies
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
All money well spent
Cheap wine and cigarettes
Same clothes and no rent
Lord, I'm just hellbent
On pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
No sign of success
Long miles, slim rest
I'm runnin' short of breaths
All's well and all the best
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
I'm pressing onward
Ever onward
Ever onward
I'm ever onward
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