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Homecoming
03:04
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Yeah, it's raining in Memphis
Think I'll watch the cars crash
And bide my time
Now the room is full of echoes
And she looks to tomorrow
The future's bright
It's still raining in Memphis
Another 20 hours and she'll be home
All the pieces seem to fit now
Years and years of waiting
Thru telephone
All of your life's been routine
Shake it up like a green tambourine
But all the answers are evident
It's not some happy accident
And all the years of watching by the side
Are over when my baby comes home
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Daddy Issues
03:41
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Oh hello
I guess you're the next one in line
Good luck man, I wish you both the best
Just watch out
She's always by the borderline
She crosses plenty; I'm here to attest
I you take the time to get to know her
Don't be shocked - be wary, brother
The girl's got claws
Her heart don't thaw
Take the time and be forgotten
A lasting thing with her's uncommon
The girl's got claws
Her heart don't thaw
Baby's got some daddy issues
When you sleep
She'll leave the house so late at night
To fuck some guy who treats her like a whore
Yeah it's true
She's really not that great a liar
Sleeps for 20 hours, cheats for four
Don't you tell yourself you will be the one
Cause I can tell you that's a steaming load
When she cuts and slashes wrists to get you back
You'd better ramble on right down the road
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Nothing's Good Enough
02:58
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When I was a boy I used to think that life could never change
I never saw beyond the yard, and that may seem kind of strange
But I have never been too sure of things
I guess my roots are just too weak
And I never think of branching out - I am the slimmest tree
I never see beyond the yard, only pain eventually
And I speak with no authority
It's just the lies within my head
And I'm not sure who I am
But I know what I would like to be, but you can't see
The efforts and the tears and nothing's good enough
You like it rough
And I'm afraid that never will be me
It's plain to me
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4. |
Come Due
03:14
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And when I look into to your eyes I see the sun
Rising up over the ocean
Two golden rings in blue
And it was always you, so says the balladeer
Though we had to fight it for many years
Now payment has come due
What the hell you doin' over there?
There's ice and snow and I'm so sick of solitaire
The distance seeks to make us lonely wolves
But carry me inside your heart and you'll be sure
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Better Than Illuminated
03:14
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I'm not posting this goofy rubbish
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Somebody Else's Problem
03:21
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I tried it your way, tried to play your little game
All I ever got was hurt
I guess you're toxic, and I made my peace with that
You never liked introverts
So live your life out loud and follow your own beaten path
Sayonara, see you later, auf weidersein
You can stay in my past
You're somebody else's problem now
Somebody else can figure you out
You're somebody else's problem now
Yeah, I don't miss it - all the drama, all the lies
All the little half-truths
I'm not a junkie for the telephone or you
And your life soaked in booze
And if that makes me the asshole, that's a chance I can take
But I'm not worried, not gonna get bogged down
I've made a lot of mistakes
But you're somebody else's problem now
Somebody else can figure you out
You're somebody else's problem now
You never notice anything that's going on
Close your eyes, hide the truth
The television casts a glow of deepest blue
"Hands up sir, please don't shoot"
Cause you don't think it's real if it didn't happen to you
And every night when you lay down your little head
You never take in the view
It's somebody else's problem now
Somebody else can figure it out
It's somebody else's problem now
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Mice & Men
03:36
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So it stands
The best-laid plans
Can fall apart before you even raise your glass
Mice and men
Don't make amends
Some things you want will always be beyond your grasp
It's verified
It's suicide
It only hurts if you slow down and feel the pain
Another year
Will disappear
It'll roll on by just like a downtown train
You can't go home, you have to make your home
It makes no difference where you are
Don't fall apart tonight
Don't fall apart tonight
Stunted life
It cannot thrive
Sometimes shaking up can shake you to the core
Another line
Could buy some time
But it doesn't really matter anymore
And so it stands
The best-laid plans
They fell apart before you even raised your glass
Mice and men
Don't make amends
Some things you want will always be beyond your grasp
Can't go home
You gotta make your home
You gotta the situation work for you
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Nervous & Jaded
03:23
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It's 5am and I can't sleep
Rolling in these sticky sheets
So nervous and jaded
And my thoughts begin to drift
Pondering this cursed rift
So nervous and jaded
What has happened to us?
And do you think about me too?
I remember we were once so close
It didn't have to be this way
These weary eyes are blurred by tears
The winds of time push through the years
A whirlwind of confusion
Out of sight and out of mind
We leave each other far behind
In this maze packed with millions
Another tear falls on the page
I write this letter to assuage
The pain of love faded
But I know there can be no balm
No drug will ever bring me calm
So nervous and jaded
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Out in the World
04:25
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Take your time and don't be afraid
There ain't no hurry to go join the charade
All these words don't matter a bit
I know you'll roll your eyes and tell me to quit
Take my hand
Understand
And follow me into the light
The more you learn the more you don't know
I know it's silly but that's the way that it goes
And when you fall and bust up your face
Maybe that's how you learn life ain't a race
Take my hand
Understand
And follow me back to the light
And when you call
I can hear the words on the wind as clear as a bell
And when you call
I can hear you out in the world
And if you fall
I will move the sun just to catch you, high water or hell
And when you call
I can hear you out in the world
Yeah, I can hear you out there in the world
In fifteen years you won't be so near
Maybe we'll reminisce and grab a few beers
And I'll still tell you this anyway
Please just take your time and don't be afraid
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10. |
Tomorrow
02:39
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Robert M. Jones North Little Rock, Arkansas
I write songs about the things that happen when I'm not sleeping.
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