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Better By Now
03:48
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Ain’t it funny /
How all the stars are out tonight /
Shining down like kerosene lights /
Sending sailors safely home and sinners to bed /
And driving the monsters out from inside your head /
But I really ought to know better by now /
I really ought to know better by now /
I really ought to know better by now /
But damn it I don’t /
Yeah baby I don’t /
Ain’t it funny /
How I can’t even say her name /
And I would if I could but I can’t it only brings me pain /
‘Cause you’re not bad you’re just bad for me /
You left me begging at your door like a dog looking for something to eat /
I really ought to know better by now /
I really ought to know better by now /
I really ought to know better by now /
But damn it I don’t /
Damn it I don’t /
Damn it I don’t /
Yeah baby I don’t /
You said I’d always be your home /
You said you’d never go /
You said I’d always be your home /
You said you’d never go /
I really ought to know better by now /
I really ought to know better by now /
I really ought to know better by now /
But damn it I don’t /
Yeah baby I don’t
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2. |
Fare Thee Well
03:15
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I’ve heard stories from the north
Oh whisky words from the night I was born
And when I was young was when I learned
Oh to live is to love but to love is to burn
So don’t you blame yourself for what others do to you dear
You better know where you stand if you’re coming around here
Cause you cut the ties so I hopped the track
And though you might call me I ain’t never coming back
Fare thee well
True love of mine
Though I let you go
Hope you’ll always know
You’re the love of my life
Remember me well
True love of mine
But if she calls don’t send her my way
Because I’m headed for the highway
And I’m almost out of sight
And I don’t want to know what comes after you’re gone
‘Cause that thought holds me and it haunts me keeps me rambling on
And I know there selling something that will make it alright
But I’ll stick to highways and railcars and singing all night
So fare thee well
True love of mine
Though I let you go
Hope you’ll always know
You’re the love of my life
And remember me well
Oh true love of mine
But if she calls don’t send her my way
Cause I’m headed for the highway
And I’m almost out of sight
Fare thee well
True love of mine
Though I let you go
Hope you’ll always know
You’re the love of my life
And remember me well
Oh true love of mine
But if she calls don’t send her my way
‘Cause I’m headed for the highway
And I’m almost out of sight
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3. |
Pretty Girls
04:40
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Oh wild rose
Won’t you stay here for a while
Teach me how to be child as I grow old
And old photograph
Oh you just don’t look like me
And I know you stole my soul won’t you give it back
There’s just something about midnight that keeps me up
Something about highways after dusk
And something about pretty girls and falling in love
And oh
Oh oh
oh oh
And oh
Oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh big sky
I can see for a thousand miles
But sometimes I swear I’m blind
And train whistle blows
Calling the next town but if it’s my stop oh God only knows
There’s just something about midnight that keeps me up
Something about highways after dusk
And something about pretty girls and falling in love
And I’m burning between ghost towns
There’s ten thousand miles between
It’s only that distance that’s keeping her from me
And I’m burning on the south train
But I’m running out of steam
So old photograph
Oh you just don’t look like me
And I know you stole my soul won’t you give it back
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4. |
'Til I Die
03:50
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So cry me a river that will keep me afloat
As I row out to sea on this boat with no oars
And out of the harbor I’ll make my way
To where the water turns black on this boat with no name
To where the water turns black
Cause I can hear her voice calling out
Though she’s already gone
And though she’s six feet in the ground
I will keep loving her on
Til I die
Li li li li li li li
Til I die
Li li li li li li li
For I did love her for many a years
But she’s since in the ground and I’ve shed all my tears
So there’s nothing left on this rock for me
So I think I’ll get lost in a storm on the sea
Yeah I think I’ll get lost
Cause I can hear her voice calling out
Though she’s already gone
And though she’s six feet in the ground
I will keep loving her on
Til I die
Li li li li li li li
Til I die
Li li li li li li li
Til I die
La li li li li li li
Til I die
La li li li li li li
Til I die
La li li li li li li
Cause I can hear her voice calling out
Though she’s already gone
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$7
03:51
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I met a girl in Cleveland
She taught me everything I needed to know
But she took all my money
She left me alone
So I moved onto Mississippi
And I, I tried to sell my soul
But the devil wouldn’t have me
He said take the train home
I’m broke honey
Oh I’m breaking down
Like that old Ford truck that I left just outside of town
And I’m broken honey
I’ve got no money to my name
I just need seven more dollars to ride that train
I’ll always need seven more dollars to ride that train
So I moved onto Nashville
They said they’d make me a star
They bought me brand new clothes and they taught me
To play the guitar
But I just couldn’t sing
The words that they wrote
Because those stories didn’t feel like me
And the words died in my throat
So I’m broke honey
Oh I’m breaking down
Like that old Ford truck that I left just outside of town
And I’m broken honey
I’ve got no money to my name
I just need seven more dollars to ride that train
I just need seven more dollars to ride that train
I’m broke honey
Oh I’m breaking down
Like that old Ford truck that I left just outside of town
And I’m broke honey
I’ve got no money to my name
I just need seven more dollars to catch that train
I’ll always need seven more dollars to catch that train
I’ll always need seven more dollars to ride that train
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6. |
Lazy Old Moon
01:21
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And oh lazy old moon
Won’t you light up my way home
And oh sweet love of mine
And oh sweet love of mine
Won’t you be there waiting when I open the door
For I’ve gone away
And oh I’ve gone away
To fight in another man’s war
But oh lazy old moon
And oh lazy old moon
Won’t you bring me home safe to her
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7. |
Home
03:18
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And I don’t want to go home
Oh I don’t want to go home right now
And I don’t want to go home
Oh I don’t want to go home right now
You’re just scared that’s all said Anastasia
You could learn to love like the rest of us if you wanted to
I took another sip of my half stale whisky thinking
Damn it I should be drinking something stronger
And anyway she said
It’s not like you can get some sort of doctor’s note for a broken heart
It won’t show up on your ultrasound screaming ouch somebody hurt me
And even if it did stop your complaining it’s an honor to feel like that
Because if it doesn’t hurt when everything’s said and done and over with
what was the fucking point
And I don’t want to go home
Oh I don’t want to go home right now
And I don’t want to go home
Oh I don’t want to go home right now
You see when I was a little kid my brother and I
We used to pretend we were from some other planet
Like we were moon children destined for greatness
Maybe greatness wasn’t as great as we thought
Maybe the best I could ever hope for was to be from Earth
It gives us enough sun in the summertime to keep us happy
And snow in the winter to keep us humble
And remind us we’re not the biggest kid on the block
No matter which block were from because there’s a lot of blocks
And I don’t want to go home
Oh I don’t want to go home right now
And I don’t want to go home
Oh I don’t want to go home right now
And I don’t want to go home
Oh I don’t want to go home right now
And I don’t want to go home
Oh I don’t want to go home right now
We all seem to remember who our first kiss last dance was with
And all the middle in between fades into the side-lines back of my mind
As I grow old and tired and time draws its lines on my skin
It’s like a road map to all the places I’ve been
And the cars that crashed in the middle of the night
Cause alcohol was winning the fight
School yard fist fights black eyes
The times I said I love you and nobody replied
Stop you’re complaining said Anastasia it’s supposed to feel like that
Because if it doesn’t hurt when everything’s said and done and over with what was the fucking point
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8. |
Rockabye
05:07
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So come
Won’t you stay
And try to make this place feel like home
‘Cause I haven’t felt at home in days
But i’m okay
Cause there’s a priest he’s coming Monday
Says he’s going to make me right as the rain
It’s coming down
Cause it’s been storming here forever
Oh they’ve flooded the whole damn town
Where I was born
But I left that place so quickly
So now I’m lit up by a city I don’t know
So rockabye oh you moonlight lady
Don’t you cry oh my sweet baby
Cause the morning train it’s going to come
Oh and I’ll be coming home on it maybe
So rockabye oh you moonlight lady
California, LA
And oh you know I’ll always love you
But you know that I can never stay
Asleep
Because I’m haunted by a monster
Oh I’m haunted by my image in my dreams
But I can fly
Oh up above this world’s so silly
Wave to the man in the moon as he’s passing me by
Either way
I heard from someone you’re still pretty
Did you know I think of you time and time again
So rockabye oh you moonlight lady
Don’t you cry oh my sweet baby
Cause the morning train it’s going to come
And I’ll be coming home on it maybe
So rockabye oh you moonlight lady
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9. |
Mercy
04:44
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You can run for the hills
You can run for the hills
But I’ll catch you
You can’t run from me
I’m going to bring you back in chains
I’m going to bring you back in chains
And hang you from the hanging tree
Cause you can run boy
But you can’t run from me
And he cried mercy mercy
let me go
And he cried mercy mercy
save my soul
But my gun went bang bang bang
And he hit the floor
I think he’s there still
‘Cause you can run boy
But you can’t outrun the devil
They say you’ve killed ten men
They say you’ve killed ten men
But I don’t
I don’t give a damn
And I hear you’re mean as hell
I hear you’re mean as hell
But I’m sure you’ve heard
I’m pretty mean as well
Cause you can run boy
But you can’t outrun the devil
And he cried mercy mercy
let me go
And he cried mercy mercy
save my soul
But my gun went bang bang bang
And he hit the floor
I think he’s there still
Cause you can run boy
But you can’t outrun the devil
Yeah when the sun breaks the sky
When the sun breaks the sky
You’ll draw your final breath
Cause you can run boy
But you can’t outrun death
Yeah you can run boy
But you can’t outrun death
And he cried mercy mercy
let me go
And he cried mercy mercy
save my soul
But my gun went bang bang bang
And he hit the floor
I think he’s there still
Cause you can run boy
But you can’t outrun the devil
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10. |
She Was A Singer
03:30
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She was a singer
In one of those old timey rock and roll bands
Yeah they’d play every Tuesday night at the town hall dance
And I’d go just to see her
And hear those songs that she sang
And feel the silence fill up the room as the last notes rang
And I can hear her singing
Ohhh
It’s like she’s singing to me
Ohhh
And I can hear her singing
Ohhh
And I wish you could see her
In that white lace dress
Her hair hanging down
The wind had blown it into a mess
Oh and I can still see her
Though my memory just ain’t the best
Oh I should have stayed sober so I could hold her picture in my head
But I can hear her singing
Ohhh
It’s like she’s singing to me
Ohhh
And I can hear her singing
Ohhh
Oh and you would have loved her
Yeah she would have made you smile
And Lord know is this world I could use that every once in a while
And she would have loved you
Cause you’re just like her
Both half-crazy and just searching for a cure
And I can hear her singing
Ohhh
It’s like she’s singing to me
Ohhh
And I can hear her singing
Ohhh
It’s like she’s singing to me
Ohhh
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11. |
Saints & Sinners
05:16
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Your entire body shakes when you laugh
Like you’re on a tightrope line
And I know that you love me
I don’t think that’s a lie
Won’t you just say it or meet me with a smile tonight
I’ve got no secrets that lead to gold
I’ve got no rivers full of souls
But I want to love before I’m grow old
And they call us saints and sinners
We’re just looking for ourselves
You won’t find it in that bottle full of answers
That I found on the drug store shelf
I said I’m not scared of dying
Oh I’m scared of everything else
And they call us saints and sinners
And I fear I’m nothing else
And I fear I’m nothing else
And I heard you’ve been looking for me
So I left my home down by the sea
Cause over prairies I would go
Over mountains capped in snow
So wherever you are is my home
And they call us saints and sinners
We’re just looking for ourselves
You won’t find it in that bottle full of answers
That I found on the drug store shelf
I said I’m not scared of dying
Oh I’m scared of everything else
And they call us saints and sinners
And I fear I’m nothing else
And I fear I’m nothing else
I’ve got no secrets that lead to gold
I’ve got no rivers full of souls
But I want to love before I’m old
So over prairies I would go
Over mountains capped in snow
So wherever you are is my home
Cause mountains crumble into stone
And stone to sand don’t you know
And on the wind it’s blown
And they call us saints and sinners
We’re just looking for ourselves
You won’t find it in that bottle full of answers
That I found on the drug store shelf
I said I’m not scared of dying
Oh I’m scared of everything else
And they call us saints and sinners
And I fear I’m nothing else
And I fear I’m nothing else
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