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A Thousand Words
02:20
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a thousand words a page
every page a mile on my way
a thousand words a page
every page a mile on my way
i’m gonna go, i won’t be slow
yea, i’m gonna go, i won’t be slow
a thousand words on page take me half the way
i don’t try to stay alive
i don’t try, i just get by
a thousand words on a page take me half the way
there’s something you don’t know
there’s always something you don’t know
and i don’t wanna lie
i don’t wanna lie, and i don’t, and i don’t
a thousand words a page
every page a mile on my way
a thousand words a page
every page a mile on my way
there are things you don’t know
there are things you don’t know
there are always things that you don’t know.
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we were in a city that i think i’d never been to
at a table, at a restaurant, by a dark wall, by a window
we were in our coats and scarves,
so it might’ve been in winter but
it might’ve just been cold,
and i can’t remember snow, so i guess that
all that matters is we were having a nice dinner
i remember motion and waves of disbelief
crashing on the shores of love,
sinking in the sands of grief
i remember motion and waves of disbelief
crashing on the shores of love,
sinking in the sands of grief
but i don’t know why I do
sadness comes in many shapes
this i know but can’t escape
why it had to take your shape
my mind could not accomodate.
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got down on our knees and we ran
ran straight to that praying sound
come around, we’d say, was another way to say
come straight to that praying sound
the streets these days are paved with question marks
the river’s a curious brown
when the roads don’t know
where they’ve been or where to go
they follow that praying sound
don’t forget
don’t forget what keeps you around
don’t forget
don’t forget what keeps you around
remember why you came to town
well, my sister had a thought that my mother once forgot when my father wouldn’t write it down
and i couldn’t help ‘em, cause i don’t really listen
to much but that praying sound
don’t forget
don’t forget what keeps you around
don’t forget
don’t forget what keeps you around
remember why you came to town
stand upon your prayers and sing
climb upon your loneliest frown
raise your lowest thought to a place where you are not and look up to that praying sound
don’t forget
don’t forget what keeps you around
don’t forget
don’t forget what keeps you around
remember why you came to town.
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window met the fading sun
warm refractions bent and burned
the heat across my soft pink face
does its’ best to take your place
the room by now is half alone
the covers still undone
the heat in rays fills empty space
does its’ best to take your place
i had no plans to wish you gone
no relief when you proved me wrong
I loved to dance with you the most
but i can’t dance just with your ghost
now music is supposed to heal
to act as heat, to mend and seal
but music is my open wound
the hurt that makes me think of you
i cannot stand to see you gone
the heat, the sound, they matter none
i loved to dance with you the most
but i can’t dance just with your ghost
ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.
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I ain’t gonna drink no more
I ain’t gonna drink no more
when i get to the golden gate,
I wanna go through the door
when I was just a little girl,
Jesus called my name
i haven’t heard from him since,
but I love him just the same
so, I ain’t gonna drink no more
I ain’t gonna drink no more
when I get to the golden gate,
I wanna go through the door
when I was just a little girl,
the devil called my name
we danced all night ‘till the sun came up
but it hasn’t been the same
so I ain’t gonna drink no more
I ain’t gonna drink no more
when I get to the golden gate,
I wanna go through the door
i said I ain’t gonna drink no more
I ain’t gonna drink no more
When i get to the golden gate,
i wanna go through the door
i said when I get to the golden gate,
I’m gonna go through the door.
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Cold Cold Year
02:06
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we were doing nothing
we were doing nothing
we were doing nothing
was a cold, cold year
we were doing nothing
we were doing nothing
we were doing nothing
was a cold, cold year
there was a time when that was clear
we were women with men
we were women with men
we were the master and margarita
we were women with men
we were women with men
we were the master and margarita
and now i know that that’s not so.
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Under The Weather
02:58
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rather than cry when I mean to weep
rather than sing when it’s better to speak
rather than wade when the water’s too deep
i will be right here awake or asleep
rather than sing when i mean to speak
rather than cry when it’s better to weep
rather than wade when the water’s too deep
i will be right here awake or asleep
we have been under the weather
we have laid in peace and it’s better
we have been alone together
ah ah ah ah
we have been under
we have laid in peace and it’s better
we have been alone together
ah ah ah ah
rather than cry when i mean to weep
rather than sing when it’s better to speak
rather than wade when the water’s too deep
i will be right here awake or asleep
we have been under the weather
we have laid in peace and it’s better
we have been alone together
ah ah ah ah
sometimes we are under the weather
sometimes we lay in peace and it’s better
sometimes we’re alone together
ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ahhhh.
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Going To Jail Blues
03:04
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I ain’t a prosecutor, but I got a moral code
well if i defend you, it’s partly cause I like nice clothes
I ain’t saying your guilty and you gotta pay
but sometimes the guilty gotta pay
it’s too overwhelming sometimes to seek the truth
it’s easier sometimes to seek a truth you can use
no matter the deal, sometimes you always refuse
and now you got the going to jail blues
it’s a lifetime of action, a lifetime of waiting
there’s waiting in action, and action in delay
we draw a line between the act and consequence
we draw another line between result and aftermath
I ain’t saying you deserve a harsh sentence
but sometimes the guilty gotta pay
it’s too overwhelming sometimes to seek the truth
it’s easier sometimes to seek a truth you can use
no matter the deal, sometimes you always refuse
and now you got the going to jail blues
and now you got the going to jail blues.
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i took a walk down to your old house
just to see what it is you used to be about
i walked down your streets and i looked at your trees
and i saw the people, the places you used to be
i saw the ghosts of your history looking down at me,
looking at your tree
and i think i know, yea i think i know how it feels
tell me you don’t
tell me you won’t
tell me you won’t tell me lies
tell me you don’t
tell me you won’t
tell me you won’t tell me lies.
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Not Much For Chit Chat
04:48
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i don’t wanna talk about the weather
no, i don’t wanna talk about that
i’m not much for conversation
no, i’m not much for chit chat
i don’t wanna talk about the war
the one now or the one before
i can’t help it if i’m bored
but i don’t wanna talk about the war
pour me a drink if you must go on like that
don’t wanna be mean, but i’m not
and i can’t stand
i’m not much for chit chat
don’t wanna talk about the weather
no, i don’t wanna talk about that
i’m not much for conversation
no, i’m not much for chit chat.
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