1. |
David
03:39
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i keep kicking at the curb with my worn out shoes
i keep running into strangers that say i know you
i don't want to be a proud man, i just want to be a man
a little less like my father and more like my dad
i want to hunt like david
i want to kill me a giant man
i want to slay my demons
but i've got lots of them, i've got lots of them
i try to keep my conscience clean
i try to keep myself out of your bad dreams
i try to wash my hands for you every night
lest you find my strangling fingers wrapped around tight
i want to hunt like david
i want to kill me a giant man
i want to slay my demons
but i've got lots of them, i've got lots of them
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2. |
Fire
04:47
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i was born in a lighthouse
where my mother lay
and she wont wake for no shouting
i was raised by the water
by the crippling waves
and the gulls gave me my singing voice
when the devil came to visit me
he said son i am your enemy
fear me
but it came to my surprise
i was drawn by the fire
i set off west in the springtime
before the flowers had bloomed
and the frost and ice followed me
i met a lot of fine women
with the small of their backs
shining like the crescent moon
when the finest came to visit me
she said son i am your enemy
fear me
but it came as no surprise
i was drawn by the fire
hey
i am looking for freedom
in the wild eyes of the dancing girls
hey
i am looking for freedom
in the open arms of america
i was told to find jesus
in a stained glass church
where the light shines red like blood
but the eyes of his children
were so bitterly burned
that i could not stand to look at them
when he finally came to visit me
he was dressed in the rags of poverty
and it came as no surpass
it came as no surprise
hey
i am looking for freedom
in the wild eyes of the dancing girls
hey
i am looking for freedom
in the open arms of america
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3. |
Nashville
03:37
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packed up my piano and a suitcase full of clothes
and i went looking for a better place to hide
ride across the border in a broken down sedan
with a bottle and a rifle on my mind
on and on and on and on the miles stretch for hours
the radio keeps spitting out the tunes
every other song is just another tired rhythm
another tired lover's tune
it's a long, long way back to nashville
where i come from, where i been
it's a long, long way back to nashville
but i promise i will see you again
through the ice and fog this morning the sun is coming up
i'm standing on the shores of the hudson bay
over glass fired violet, silence, silence
calling up the day
and every man is an island, an island
in his own special way
there's a white ghost out on the water, the water
with one good song and nothing else to say
it's a long, long way back to nashville
where i come from, where i been
it's a long, long way back to nashville
but i promise i will see you again
in heaven
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4. |
San Antonio Fading
04:12
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oh my darling
this is getting harder
the world is growing smaller
everyday
oh my darling
your memory slowly fading
i know i keep complaining
but i'm not as strong as i was
when we were younger
back in texas
when our love was new
but it's not that the love is missing
it's just not around
it's just flowing under
like rivers underground
and if i say i love you
like you know i do
would you say you love me to
if you do, i'll keep on loving you
oh my darling
can you even remember
all the time we've spent together
all the life that we have shared
we were married
down by san antonio
on the shores of corpus christi
we spoke our vows
when we were younger
back in texas
when our love was new
but it's not that the love is missing
it's just not around
it's just flowing under
like rivers underground
and if i say i love you
like you know i do
would you say you love me to
if you do, i'll keep on loving you
oh my darling
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5. |
Honest Songs
02:58
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As we gather round the table
To say a prayer for those we love
All the words that will spoken
they will never be enough
to encompass all the feelings
that our brittle hearts can bear
all the storms that rage inside us
fill our organs up with air
and the sound it makes
is an honest song
our hearts sing an honest song
All the time spend catching raindrops
all the time we spent in bed
all the hours we have wasted
we will never see again
so be good with what your given
for its all you have to give
we are only passing shadows
in a might wind
and the sound it makes
is an honest song
our hearts sing an honest song
so tho I tremble in the darkness
in the cold and freezing snow
I am grateful for winter
because the winter comes to show
that our troubles never over
and work our work is never done
but with the turning of the season
we will always see the sun
and the sound it makes
is an honest song
our hearts sing an honest song
may our hearts sing an honest song
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6. |
Garden
03:42
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banks coming down
they're taking all our hard earned pay
lord giveth, but he taketh away
i pay our debts
but works getting hard to find
these are hard times
i built this house
with my own two hands
now their gonna take it and five acres of land
and all of our children
are growing up way too fast
in these hard times
but wait, oh wait
see how the morning breaks
it's the simplest of love songs, but it's all our hearts can take
and though we lose our stake
heaven is where we make it
even in the smallest places, can a garden grow
i took this job
in part as a sacrifice
for my unborn children and my beautiful wife
i always worked hard
on all of these sad estates
with no hard times
but wait, oh wait
see how the morning breaks
it's the simplest of love songs, but it's all our hearts can take
and though we lose our stake
heaven is where we make it
even in the smallest places, can a garden grow
even in the smallest places, can a garden grow
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7. |
Family
03:34
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say something awful
as if fucking the world is your right
and i watch you stumble
drunk out into the night
to cat call ladies
you're thirsty for blood, you're picking a fight
and i wanted to ask you
man, what do you do in the daylight
so bum me a cigarette, buy me a beer
till i'm happy to be here, happy to be here
with all of my family, hookers in heels
and the men who watch them like hungry black eels
run into me sunday
tell me you had one hell of a time
and through the haze and the gun smoke, i'm forced to believe
you're probably right
someone lies bleeding
someone got violent and did not think twice
and i watched you my brother, making a fool of the moon tonight
so bum me a cigarette, buy me a beer
till i'm happy to be here, happy to be here
with all of my family, hookers in heels
and the men who watch them like hungry black eels
am i just a spark
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