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Cheap Cabs, Fast Trains
04:17
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Shes got a weird rule
That we can’t date
And we can’t talk
Every day
But she calls me
When she’s lonely
Sometimes
Shes got a quick way
Of thinking
Long list of reasons
Different reasons
Why I can’t stay
For too long
Before too long
It’s Tuesday night she’s slipping again
Ask if we can play pretend just one more time
If it’s all I get then it’s what I’ll take
Knowing better won’t get in the way
It should all be fine
Cause it’s Tuesday night
And she’s on my mind
Always on my mind
I need a long trip on a fast train
To the east coast maybe LA
Maybe some where in between
Find some room to breathe
I need more than a quick trip in a cheap cab
In the front seat, wanting you back
Take a deep breaths
See the phone light
And I why
Yeah I know why
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Head West
03:00
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Think I’ll head west for a little while
Try to find something to replace your smile
As the place of peace that I go in my head
Probably gonna take just a little time
Before I can close my eyes
And not think about my side of your bed
Thought that I was through with all my running
Felt like it was time to settle down
Usually I think that I can kinda see it coming
But I didn’t see it coming right now
You should keep all the things
Along with all the memories
The black and whites in picture frames
Don’t quite make me feel the same
You take the highs and I’ll take the lows
Bury them deep in my soul
And I won’t speak their name
I won’t speak their name
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A Little Bit of Joy
04:08
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Self doubt and cheap cocaine
Blurry nights and road dog days
Ain’t quite what I thought growing up would be
Keep my mattress on the floor
It’s not used what it’s meant for
I stare at the ceiling more than I ever sleep
Everybody thinks you’re always good always 10 feet tall
only feel it bout a quarter of the time, wake up and then it’s gone
It’s two parts lonely 1 part sad and a bunch of getting by
But there’s a little bit of joy sprinkled in sometimes keeping me alive
Two kids that I miss real bad
Chasing dreams don’t make good dads
And don’t forget about that promise to the lord
I keep saying 3 more years
And I can get us out of here
I’ll make it better than it ever was before
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Honey I ain’t the laundry
You can’t just do me
And then leave me
Im tired of the bullshit questions everybodies asking
If I wanted to see you naked
I could just call you
And you’d fake it
Leavin me banging my head against the wall wishin i would go blind
I’m strung out like a kite
Honey I don’t wanna fuss and fight
Let’s leave it till the morning
and I’d rather die than air it out
Tell me what’s the point
And yelling words that got no weight
The hell we even talking about
Don’t say a word and I’ll shut my mouth
Don’t say a word and I’ll shut my mouth
Funny thing about screaming
it don’t lead to leaving
Just need to be louder than the other
For once in your life can you just be quiet
Facts and truths are treason
i ain’t a demon
But I know the meanin of “break for a while”
means that I can’t change your mind
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Not With You
03:59
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Out of sight
Out of mind
Most the time
With most things
But not with you
Well If I could fly
Through the night
To love someone
I would try
But not with you
Cause we took a couple wrong turns
Wish that we could unlearn
What it put us through
But your still on my mind
And I think it should be fine
But truth
Is I wanna be in love so bad
But not with you
Gave it time
Salt and lime
Did the wrong thing
Once or twice
But not with you
If it wasn’t us
But some one else
Might be enough
To subject myself
To lovin you
But not with you
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6. |
Happy Meal Mondays
03:33
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Well I ask them what they want for dinner
same answer ever time
Just trying to break the silence on that 13 mile drive
From their moms house where we all slept to my new place in town
A couple bedrooms by the train tracks
It’ll do for now
We drive right past my moms place and sometimes we stop in
If her truck is in the drive way and I need some help again
I cry a little in her bathroom while she swings them in the yard
Pull myself together before we put them in car
Well I ask them what they want for dinner
same answer every time
Chicken nuggets and A small fry
Juice box sippin with a toy inside
best couple hours of my week these days
Happy meal Monday at dads place
Some times if there’s a good day
We might take it to the park
Do some climbing and some sliding
Till it starts getting dark
grab a quick bite head to my house and go to bed after their bath
Cause There’s school in the morning then their momma gets them back
Well I ask em what they want for dinner
same answer every time
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Bluebirds
04:43
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There’s bakers dozen blue birds sitting on the line
I’m looking their way and they’re lookin mine
And some thing about the look in their eye
Tells me everything is gonna be fine fine fine
There’s a 4 leaf clover coming the cracks
Ain’t be a thing in the world that would hold it back
Poking through the concrete in the nick of time
Tells me everything is gonna be fine fine fine
It ain’t the best
But its good enough
stars start to align a little
And change my luck
There’s more of this hill
Still to climb
That’d be fine fine fine
Well there’s a dark cloud rollin comin cross the sky
Give me 6 days of wet for 6 months of dry
Let the thunder crash all damn night
That’d be fine fine fine fine fine
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