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You'll never be prepared for what this world is gonna do to you
No matter how hard that you try
When the apple doesn't fall out of your eye
You'll never be prepared for what this world is gonna do to you
Hold up!
Wait a minute!
I need to know if you're really in it
Are you in it for real?
That just how I feel
You'll never be prepared for what this world is gonna do to you
No moment is so big or small
When the old backroads laugh in your hall
You'll never be prepared for what this world is gonna do to you
At all
Norm had secret cancer
And he was unrequited
And I thought some day I might get to shake his hand
But I understand "never meet your heroes"
You'll never be prepared for what this world is gonna do to you
We all have our personal hell
When the cages of light hang out of reach as well
You'll never be prepared for what this world is gonna do to you
And you never can tell
You'll never be prepared for what this world is gonna do to you
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Papa passed Wednesday afternoon
Maybe 2pm
He came to me last night in a dream
And showed me where it spread
He shrugged and said "Well, whatcha gonna do?
When you're through, you're through"
It's been hard on everyone
It's been hard on everyone
It's been hard on everyone
It's been hard on everyone
Molly's got anxiety
The laundry's piling up
The dishes in the sink soaked in stress
Each plate and bowl and cup
She used to dream dreams of adventure
Now she's not so sure
It's been hard on everyone
It's been hard on everyone
It's been hard on everyone
It's been hard on everyone
Geoffrey used to write for a magazine
Until he got laid off
Somewhere sky is blue and pastures green
And winter snow is soft
But even snow, when under pressure
Just gets harder
It's been hard on everyone
It's been hard on everyone
It's been hard on everyone
It's been hard on everyone
It's been hard on everyone
It's been hard on everyone
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3. |
The One Who Got Away
02:35
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Coasting down the mountain past the runaway truck ramps
Wonderin' if they ever get used
Heading up to Bristol to record a record
Of my soul just singin' the blues
My heart stopped talkin' on the Ohio side
If you love her then let her leave
I don't gamble like my buddies do
I got no cards hidden up my sleeve
It's a wide open country
And she's the one who got away
Searching Black Mountain for a little compassion
Seems like this town goes to sleep around 10
I don't know what I am hoping to find
But it might not be a friend
It's alright to get a little drunk
Just before the show
I've been walking a thin thin line
Going where the lonely go
It's a wide open country
And she's the one who got away
Tennessee, Virginia, Carolina too
Please don't follow me
The most beautiful brown eyes I have ever seen
Gazing through my memory
God be willing, the creek don't rise
I guess Virginia is for lovers too
I got to get back to Cleveland town
I got some work that I got to do
It's a wide open country
And she's the one who got away
She's the one who got away
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The Year Ahead
04:16
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This fall, I'll keep an open heart
Janey wants a free ride - that's a start
Gonna spend all my money like quality time
Dent my dollar 'til it's my last dime
I'm gonna love you
Come the new year, I'll be somewhere warm
I don't mean I will avoid the storm
Might go back down to Tahlequah
Give my thoughts some time to thaw
I'm gonna love you
Life is strange and we don't keep anything
Janey, she can change, just like that
So pay attention where you drop your hat
More matriarch than bird of prey
She don't know it, she just is that way
In the spring, I'll have a wild thing
A new collection of the sing song sing
Gonna rub my stomach and scratch my head
Or maybe watch a video instead...
I'm gonna love you
Summertime, I'll be burning oil
Keep it running 'til I find my foil
Gonna howl all evening 'til I lose my bark
Like the rest, stranded in the park
I'm gonna love you
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Disappear
03:18
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I don't wanna run away and hide
I don't wanna run away and hide
But I would rather disappear
Than have to see you by his side
It don't matter how much more I care
It don't matter what it's like out there
I could stand here all night
You won't come down those stairs
I shake my head, I hold my heart in, hold my heart in hand
I shake my head, I hold my heart in hand
Couldn't make it much more clear that I'm your man
Man
I'm all empty, all run out of tears
I'm all empty, all run out of tears
Can't see to find a single thing left between my ears
I shake my head, I hold my heart in hand
I shake my head, I hold my heart in hand
Couldn't make it much more clear that I'm your man
Man
Man
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6. |
Too Good to Be True
01:57
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Someone's knocking on my door
I know what they're knocking for
If it seems too good to be true
It probably is
She says she's into 'funny stuff'
I know when enough is enough
If it seems too good to be true
It probably is
I'm not joking around
So you can't paint me up like a clown
If I had any sense, I'd cross you off my list
But I'm lonely
Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo
No one really knows you for real
So I'm not about to shake on no deal
If it seems too good to be true
It probably is
I keep thinking 'bout the back of your throat
It used to be all that you wrote
If it seems too good to be true
It probably is
If it seems too good to be true
It probably is
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7. |
Poisonous
05:10
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It must be omicron
I know it is
Lost my senses
It must be omicron
I know it is
Odysseus wept
Feeling like a Sentinelese
So isolated
Don't come near me
I'm poisonous
with 3 shots in my arm
Feeling like a Sentinelese
So isolated
For days and weeks on end
Feeling like a Sentinelese
Don't come near me
I'm death waiting
I'm poisonous
with 3 shots in my arm
I'm poisonous
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8. |
Reverse Haiku
02:53
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I've got to allow myself some time alone
Because otherwise it cuts down to bone
I know I've got reasons
To feel some shame
But I no longer do
I'm not the same
It's a lot of good people
It's a lot of good people
It's a lot of good people
Who don't understand
It's cold in the dead of night
I've got to allow myself some room to grow
I've got to calm on down, or else kill my flow
We're missing some seasons
It's just like rain
When it should be snow
It's not the same
It's a lot of good people
It's a lot of good people
It's a lot of good people
Who don't understand
It's cold in the dead of night
It's a lot of good people
It's a lot of good people
It's a lot of good people
Who don't understand
It's just cold in the dead of night
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9. |
In Reality
02:48
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In reality
There's nothing much more sad than drinking
To have to so slowly topple my temple to earth
The thought of facing your quieting eyes sober
Makes for too hard a world when my body's made of thin glass
Comedy must be violent
We have to learn to laugh
In reality
Laughter is always a guardrail
Where fear wants you standing at least 50 yards from the edge
To understand fear, we all must look deep in the valley
Or evil will reach down inside you, and pull itself out
Comedy must be violent
We have to learn to laugh
We have to learn to laugh
Isn't that sad?
In reality
Holding the door for your neighbor
Won't gain you more favor than stealing their internet
The patience to tolerate blatant inconsideration
Makes for too long a life, when we've just got time for the one
Comedy must be violent
We have to learn to laugh
We have to learn to laugh
We have to learn to laugh
We have to learn to laugh
Isn't that sad?
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10. |
Collecting Dust
02:55
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Same old lust again
Dirty little feeling
Come inside,
You love to watch the rain begin
Collecting dust again
Collecting dust again
Collecting dust again
Silent footsteps
Anonymous highways
Lightning strikes,
But once or twice between the eyes
Cupboard's out of lightbulbs
Nothing's open right now
She's having a hard time
Finding the floor in front of her
Collecting dust again
Collecting dust again
Collecting dust again
Collecting dust again
Even if one is you
And two is me
Collecting dust again
It's all we've ever been
You can lie to my face
If it makes you feel good
Collecting dust again
Collecting dust again
Collecting dust again
Collecting dust again
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Oh, Hannah, Hannah, Hannah
You got me moving like a rolling train
Oh, Hannah, Hannah, Hannah
You got me rolling like a rolling train
I think of you through Lousiana
Up to the tippy-top of Maine
You never notice when I walk on by
All I could hope to do is catch your eye
I must caught you at a bad time
I know I got no money
Please don't make me cry
Oh, Hannah, Hannah, Hannah
You got me moving like a rolling train
Oh, Hannah, Hannah, Hannah
You got me rolling like a rolling train
I think of you through Lousiana
Up to the tippy-top of Maine
mmmm
You never love me like I wish you would
Part of me doesn't even think you could
Can you convict me of a thought crime?
Look, I know I got no money
Please, don't make me cry
Oh, Hannah, Hannah, Hannah
You got me moving like a rolling train
Oh, Hannah, Hannah, Hannah
You got me rolling like a rolling train
I think of you through Lousiana
Up to the tippy-top of Maine
Oh, Hannah, Hannah, Hannah!
Oh, Hannah, Hannah, Hannah!
Oh, Hannah, Hannah, Hannah!
Oh, Hannah, Hannah, Hannah!
I know I got no money
Please! Don't make me cry!
Cry, cry...
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12. |
Roll Another J
05:56
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Roll another J
Roll another J
Roll another J
For the road
Life has its own funny manner
Of letting you know what's coming down
Nobody needs to know
What you refuse to show
It's ok
Roll another J
Roll another J
Roll another J
For the road
Did I lose something recently?
Or were you there to keep it safe?
A couple hazy days, and I'll be on my way
Let me retrace my steps
I saw an oil painting of an angel
Stopped me dead in my tracks
And I lost of time, but that's all I lost
Is track
Of time
Roll another J
Roll another J
Roll another J
For the road
Is it symbolic of something?
My stomach and my hair, and what used to be there
And what's there now
The same golden flakes of sun fall on half the world at a time
On the villains and thieves
And preachers and leaves
And we're all all of those things
Takin' shifts on the teeter-totter
So grab a blanket if you're cold
Ambition is the enemy of comfort
And we're all gettin' old
We're all gettin' old
Roll another J
Roll another J
Roll another J
For the road
Roll another J
Roll another J
Roll another J
Roll another J
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13. |
Keeping Me Honest
02:36
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Who's in love now? (Talking about my baby)
Push come to shove now (Talking about my baby)
There's a lot of good reasons to love you
A lot of good reasons to lie
You've been keeping me honest
You've been treating me right
So far, so good
So good
Devil wants a pendant (Talking about my baby)
Your belief suspended (Talking about my baby)
God is on the wire (Talking about my baby)
You got to tell him your desire (Talking about my baby)
There's nothing but heaven above now
I'm so taken that I could cry
You've been keeping me honest
You've been treating me right
So far, so good
So good
Keeping me honest
Keeping me honest
Keeping me honest
Keeping me honest
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Road to Salvation
02:37
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Porchsteps
03:33
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Lost a piece of the puzzle today
Always knew it was never gonna stay
And there are other things that could fill that space
But it would never looks the same
Still need you
Long lost sister, you hold me there
I will hold you here as one more soul to bear
And those Porchsteps
Leading up to your home
Now there’s no light on
Yeah, those Porchsteps
We used to hang out on
They just drop off
Lord knows
I still need you
In the middle of the night
You’ll be running out of light
Somewhere 3 hours behind
Getting so hard to find
That’s when I miss that
Burning soul
And those Porchsteps
We used to hang out on
They just drop off
Lord knows
I still need you
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I wish you'd stop me from dreaming
I wish you'd make me feel pain
I wish you'd give up the reasons
Before they rattle your brain
'cause I know you wanted better for yourself
Wanted better
Wanted better
I like the way you move your hips
Gettin' dizzy round and round
You solar eclipse
I keep my eyes upon the ground
I like it when you talk big
About the whole thing's rigged
I wish you'd stop me from dreaming
I wish you'd make me feel pain
I wish you'd give up the reasons
Before they rattle your brain
'cause I know you wanted better for your
know you wanted better for yourself
Wanted better
Wanted better
I've seen you out on the floor at Corky's
Singin' to your heart's content
But your heart leaves in an instant
It's like your body is collecting rent
I wish you'd stop me from dreaming
I wish you'd make me feel pain
I wish you'd give up the reasons
Before they rattle your brain
'cause I know you wanted better for your
know you wanted better for your
know you wanted better for yourself
Wanted better
Wanted better
Wanted bet
Stop, stop
Stop me from dreaming
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19. |
I Love the Nighttime
02:42
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I love the nighttime
When I can swim in my own madness until the dawn
'Til it's all gone
I love the nighttime
Woowoo woo
I sit in darkness
And just wait for something worse to come along
And I'm not wrong
I love the nighttime
Woowoo woo
The moon is split in two
When I'm thinking over you
How I couldn't be the friend that you needed
Because I loved the nighttime
And I love the nighttime
I keep howling at the moon
Maybe in the morning
When they world is waking up and I'm dreaming on
You'll hear this song
I love the nighttime
Woowoo woo
Woowoo woo
Woowoo woo
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20. |
Planets Don't Touch
03:19
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I love you like the sea loves the river
I love you like the stars love the sky
When the moon is full, or the moon is a sliver
My heart is open to you
If you look out your window
And feel like you’re lost
Know that I’m thinking of you
But the planets don’t touch
So I understand
The planets don’t touch like we do
I find you in the shadow of a daydream
I find you where you’ve always been
Deep in my soul, where the light meets the morning
The center of the picture frame
Days pass, and weeks pass,
And months turn to years
Know that I’m thinking of you
But the planets don’t touch
So I understand
The planets don’t touch like we do
The planets don’t touch
So I understand
The planets don’t touch like we do
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21. |
You Can't Break My Heart
03:19
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You can’t break my heart
You can’t break my heart
Lies that I tell you prop myself up
You can’t break my heart
You can’t let me down
You can’t let me down
You don’t owe a thing, still hurts like hell
You can’t let me down
And I know you know
I’m just a kid melting like candy in the sun
And I wanna be strong
But it just takes forever to find someone
You can’t cloud my mind
You can’t cloud my mind
If I drink myself blind just to forget
That you can’t cloud my mind
And I know you know
I’m just a kid melting like candy in the sun
And I wanna be strong
But it just takes forever to find someone
Yes it does
It’s five o’clock
And I’m still up
I’m in a cult of love
If I place you above
The way the rain comes down
It’s the way the rain comes down
The way the rain comes down
It’s the way the rain comes down - that’s how I love you
And I know you know
I know you know
That it just takes forever
It just takes forever
It just takes forever to find someone
It just takes forever to find someone
It just takes forever
Yeah
It just takes forever to find someone
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22. |
Be My Girl
03:02
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I can't stop thinking about you
I want to tell the whole world
I try to keep it to myself
Want you to be my girl
Want you to be my girl
This city makes it so hard to find you
I keep myself occupied
You know that I would be fine without you
But I still
Want you to be my girl
Want you to be my girl
Cause it's a rush to the head
It's a rush to the head
You put my heart in your pocket
You know you could make me cry
The thing is I've seen enough to take it
And I know we could make it
Want you to be my girl
Want you to be my girl
Ah yeah yeah yeah
Be my girl
Yeah, be my girl
It's a rush to the head
Be my girl
Be my girl
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23. |
For the Love of You
02:59
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You wouldn't leave me so alone
You would pick up your telephone
If you knew how much I cried
Ooh ooh ooh
For the love of you
You wouldn't treat me so cold
You wouldn't care for words you've been told
If you knew how much I cried
Ooh ooh ooh
For the love of you
I would run for miles on broken glass
I'd sit in coach to give you first class
If you knew how much I cried
Ooh ooh ooh
For the love of you
For the love of you
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You Don't Hear Her
03:46
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You don’t hear her
You don’t hear her
You don’t hear her
The hardest sound
You don’t hear her
You don’t hear her
You don’t hear her
We don’t need you around
It’s a shameful hour in the garden
It’s a shameful hour in the street
It’s a shameful hour in the courthouse
Where the greedy greaseballs meet
You picked the wrong day to pick a fight
You picked the wrong day to pick a fight
So shut up and listen
For once in your life
You don’t hear her
You don’t hear her
You don’t hear her
Shaking the ground
You don’t hear her
You don’t hear her
You don’t hear her
We don’t need you around
It’s a cold, dark night for the heartstring
It’s a cold, dark night for the brain
It’s a cold, dark night for the country
United by this pain
We gotta teach those boys how to act
We gotta teach those boys how to act
We gotta teach those boys how to act
We gotta teach those boys
You picked the wrong day to pick a fight
You picked the wrong day to pick a fight
So shut up and listen
For once in your life
Shut up and listen
For once in your life
You don’t hear her
You don’t hear her
You don’t hear her
Then what have we found
You don’t hear her
You don’t hear her
If you don’t hear her
We don’t need you around
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25. |
Twin Flames
03:24
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The devil's highchair, a child's nightmare
Kisses on a flowerbed
Runners and chasers and crime scene casers
And nails inside my head
I got a message from outer space that said
"What's going on down in this place?"
A stranger reached down his judging hand
I said "Who are you trying to reprimand?"
He said "Twin flames."
Blood diamond, white sand
Sun pressed between the palms of our hands
I find you, you hide
There were a couple moments I wondered why I ever tried
I met a woman from Galilee who said
"Don't you even look at me."
I asked her what the problem was
She said "I don't know man. Just because,
Twin flames."
Twin flames
Twin flames
Distant warning, early morning
Weld, melt, cauterize
It's dark and stormy, you've nothing for me
I beg you to revise
For twin flame
Twin flame
Twin flame
For twin flame
Twin flame
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26. |
Come On Sugar
03:20
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Come on sugar
Sweeten my tea
Sweeten my coffee
You're sweetening me
Come on sugar
Sweeten my tea
Sweeten my coffee
You're sweetening me
You don't have to pretend
In fact, be careful with that
If you need a friend
You know where I'm at
All you are is sweet
All you are is sweet
Come on sugar
I know I cut you out
Your love is so strong
And I'm just full of doubt
Come on sugar
Sweeten my tea
Sweeten my coffee
You're sweetening me
Yes you are
You don't have to pretend
You must be careful with that
If you need a friend
You know where I'm at
All you are is sweet
All you are is sweet
Hold on to that feeling
Hold on to that feeling
Don't let it slip away
This morning, this evening
I don't know what happened, mama
I just can't seem to get enough
And I know you know what I'm saying
What I'm talking about
You don't have to pretend
If you need a friend
You know where I'm at
All you are is sweet
All you are is sweet
Sweet, sweet, sweet
And I've thought a lot about it
Come on sugar
Come on sugar
Come on sugar
Come on sugar
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27. |
My Whole Life Changed
02:48
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My whole life changed when I met you
Streetlights rang and nighthawks sang
I'm lying
And this bar feels like home in your eyes
Eyes
My whole life changed when I met you
My whole life changed when I met you
Set my love nerves off with something soft
I'm done crying
Now there's not a cloud in the sky
My whole life changed when I met you
It's a chemical reaction
That slows us up and speeds us down
This sense of urgency
Clouding my judgment and worrying me
I wanna see you tonight
My whole life changed when I met you
You bent my mind and made me blind
I'm such a fool
And now I'm lost at sea, and all I've got is time
All I've got
My whole life changed when I met you
My whole life changed when I met you
My whole life changed when I met you
Wa wa wa wa waaaaaa
My whole life changed when I met you
Woowoo woowoo wooo
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