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Some people say the world's a strange and evil place
And all the shadows fall across your face Because the world's a strange and evil place Then others say because the sun shines every day That we should live life come what may Because the sun shines every day But I gotta say That I just can't put you down And all the girls think I'm insane You know I can't put you down And my dad can't recall my name But I just can't put you down And my friends won't call back at all But I just can't put you down Some people say If you feed a dog a bloody bone He's your best friend for your life If you feed a dog a bloody bone Patch up your dreams With all the gold that falls at your feet Stick your finger in a dike All the gold falls at your feet And I want to say You know I just can't put you down And all the women think that I'm insane You know I just can't put you down And my Mom won't call back at all You know I just can't put you down I rub my wounds with alcohol You know I just can't put you down I just can't put you down There ain't a pill that'll cure that pain But I just can't put you down Some people say That money can buy anything All the drugs to cure the pain Money can buy anything Then some people want All the sin and pleasure in this world They don't care about the price They pay for all the sin and pleasure in this world But I've gotta say You know I just can't put you down I don't care how far I fall You know I just can't put you down And I don't care if they call back at all I just can't put you down All the women can forget my name You know I just can't put you down You know I just can't put you down You know I just can't put you down You know I just can't put you down |
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Some people say the world's a strange and evil place
And all the shadows fall across your face Because the world's a strange and evil place Then others say because the sun shines every day That we should live life come what may Because the sun shines every day But I gotta say That I just can't put you down And all the girls think I'm insane You know I can't put you down And my dad can't recall my name But I just can't put you down And my friends won't call back at all But I just can't put you down Some people say If you feed a dog a bloody bone He's your best friend for your life If you feed a dog a bloody bone Patch up your dreams With all the gold that falls at your feet Stick your finger in a dike All the gold falls at your feet And I want to say You know I just can't put you down And all the women think that I'm insane You know I just can't put you down And my Mom won't call back at all You know I just can't put you down I rub my wounds with alcohol You know I just can't put you down I just can't put you down There ain't a pill that'll cure that pain But I just can't put you down Some people say That money can buy anything All the drugs to cure the pain Money can buy anything Then some people want All the sin and pleasure in this world They don't care about the price They pay for all the sin and pleasure in this world But I've gotta say You know I just can't put you down I don't care how far I fall You know I just can't put you down And I don't care if they call back at all I just can't put you down All the women can forget my name You know I just can't put you down You know I just can't put you down You know I just can't put you down You know I just can't put you down |
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Sometimes my friend she knocks
Sometimes she just crashes in She'll tell a joke or two then she waits Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry I don't hear a thing Sometimes she just gets bored and leaves Hey you, won't you come and sit with me I never promised anything, I just need for you To slip away with me I try to read between the lines, she won't say a thing I climb the walls for a better view I turn my head and call her name, she won't look my way I climb the walls for a better view Hey you, won't you come and drink with me I haven't broken anything I just need for you To slip away with me Sometimes my friend she knocks Sometimes she just stumbles in She'll tell a joke or two then she waits Sometimes we laugh sometimes we try we don't feel a thing I climb the walls for a better view Hey you, won't you come hold on to me It's not the answer to anything I just need for you To slip away with me |
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I'm glad you didn't stick
To my fingers like a tremble A wasted fortune spent On things we never felt inside I count the footsteps That take me away from you Because I stayed too long Inside this crooked frame I'm glad you didn't spend the night like you had promised I'd have to stretch the truth to say that I was sorry And now I laugh out loud at things that aren't that funny Because I stayed too long inside this crooked frame I could burn my clothes and I would be alright I could burn the photographs and be alright I could burn the postcards, I would be alright I could smile for the first time without thinking of you I'm glad you didn't stick to my fingers like honey I'd have to stretch the truth to say that you were pretty And now I laugh out loud at things that aren't quite funny Because I stayed too long inside your crooked frame |
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I'm glad you didn't stick
To my fingers like a tremble A wasted fortune spent On things we never felt inside I count the footsteps That take me away from you Because I stayed too long Inside this crooked frame I'm glad you didn't spend the night like you had promised I'd have to stretch the truth to say that I was sorry And now I laugh out loud at things that aren't that funny Because I stayed too long inside this crooked frame I could burn my clothes and I would be alright I could burn the photographs and be alright I could burn the postcards, I would be alright I could smile for the first time without thinking of you I'm glad you didn't stick to my fingers like honey I'd have to stretch the truth to say that you were pretty And now I laugh out loud at things that aren't quite funny Because I stayed too long inside your crooked frame |
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Feel the fire burning from the other side
Flames scream hear the children cry You see the wicked prowl across the border They say death's the only peace the poor understand Run for cover, run for cover the storm is breaking Father, son, Mother, daughter Their earth is shaking Run to the river, The water is cool Run to the river the water will heal your wounds Say what you will With these hands Say what you will I'll say it with these hands There's danger on the highway, It's in the shadows Darker, Darker, Darker, I see the light It's moving faster, howling like the wind blows Time comes when you longer fear the night |
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Sometimes I come home,
I don't expect too much The lights are off now It's only two How I wish my breath It didn't hurt so much Then you'd be up babe It's only two Why don't you sleep? You look as though you need it The barricades and reasons They mean nothing to me Now they mean nothing to me Well all my friends they laughed, They laughed at all my jokes I got one more story, It's only two How I wish my tough Could erase the past They you'd be up babe It's only two Why don't you drink You look as though you need one The barricades and reasons They mean nothing to me, No, they mean nothing to me If these were different times Then you'd be up, And we'd trade stories It's only two Why don't we pretend? I's all we have between us The barricades and reasons They mean nothing to me, now Why don't you sleep? You look as though we need it The barricades and reasons They mean nothing to me, Now they mean nothing to me |
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When I turn twenty-one I'm gonna make a change
Turn my back on what I was And make you proud of what I'm not If it's my life why tear it down And make me feel this way I do my best with what I've got Why do you tear it down? Mama's not talkin' now Dad, he's fallen off the track Sister's on a rampage And brother, he's planning his silent attack My family's up and moved away They couldn't stand the heat Why build a house just to burn it down Another love-torn mystery You take a nickel and a spoon And a crooked lover's tune Might not add up to much Just a nickel and a spoon |
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Sometimes my friend she knocks
Sometimes she just crashes in She'll tell a joke or two then she waits Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry I don't hear a thing Sometimes she just gets bored and leaves Hey you, won't you come and sit with me I never promised anything, I just need for you To slip away with me I try to read between the lines, she won't say a thing I climb the walls for a better view I turn my head and call her name, she won't look my way I climb the walls for a better view Hey you, won't you come and drink with me I haven't broken anything I just need for you To slip away with me Sometimes my friend she knocks Sometimes she just stumbles in She'll tell a joke or two then she waits Sometimes we laugh sometimes we try we don't feel a thing I climb the walls for a better view Hey you, won't you come hold on to me It's not the answer to anything I just need for you To slip away with me |
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Sometimes I come home,
I don't expect too much The lights are off now It's only two How I wish my breath It didn't hurt so much Then you'd be up babe It's only two Why don't you sleep? You look as though you need it The barricades and reasons They mean nothing to me Now they mean nothing to me Well all my friends they laughed, They laughed at all my jokes I got one more story, It's only two How I wish my tough Could erase the past They you'd be up babe It's only two Why don't you drink You look as though you need one The barricades and reasons They mean nothing to me, No, they mean nothing to me If these were different times Then you'd be up, And we'd trade stories It's only two Why don't we pretend? I's all we have between us The barricades and reasons They mean nothing to me, now Why don't you sleep? You look as though we need it The barricades and reasons They mean nothing to me, Now they mean nothing to me |
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Line up your little bottles
In a tight little row Then try to sip some courage Through a rusted straw You're convinced she wants you, And you will have your way, Then why did you ignore her? While the Diva sat upon your knee You're not a man, you're just a fool The odds are good You ain't got what it takes You're wrapped in so much pain And we should pity that Why don't you write her a poem, Or better yet a song or two I'm sure she'll be quite taken Paint a monument upon her back That you can see as she walks away An impression that you can't forget An unexpected visit means more to you than her The years have played some cruel tricks it seems She's not reacting like you thought she would Oh wasted, wasted, wasted You're acting like a fool The floor belongs to you, it's yours That's an image that she can't forget |
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It's been a wild ride and I can't sleep
You want to step inside for, for just a peek You say you've paid your price Well I've paid mine And it's not pretty here, once you've stepped inside Sometimes, Sometimes Inside, Inside Sometimes it hurts, sometimes inside I heard Spyboy crying from across the trees He said don't give 'em much When you're stretched out across the breeze It's like a circus here step up and take your shot But there's no winners here When you're stretched across the breeze It's been a scary ride and I need some sleep You want to peek inside, well just take a peek I wish you were here, sleep by my side But there's no winners here When you're stretched across the trees |
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Outside the gate there lived a man
A man with a forgotten name Who tried to feel most everything But where he ended up was wrapped in shame It's how you shape the day to day Not what you hide behind We are born with this sin he said And with this sin we must surely die And we don't see him anymore He's lost his way now that's for sure She doesn't recognize him But she knew him very well The tattered suit, the leather boots The ringing of the bells She said, "It's what you give" And what you take and what you leave behind That marks the measure of your life She said she knew him very well There was a man who lived outside the gate And guilty was his name He tried to love most everything But where he ended up was wrapped in shame It's who he loved and what he took And who he left behind That marked the measure of his life You know that Guilty was his name |
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Some people say the world's a strange and evil place
And all the shadows fall across your face Because the world's a strange and evil place Then others say because the sun shines every day That we should live life come what may Because the sun shines every day But I gotta say That I just can't put you down And all the girls think I'm insane You know I can't put you down And my dad can't recall my name But I just can't put you down And my friends won't call back at all But I just can't put you down Some people say If you feed a dog a bloody bone He's your best friend for your life If you feed a dog a bloody bone Patch up your dreams With all the gold that falls at your feet Stick your finger in a dike All the gold falls at your feet And I want to say You know I just can't put you down And all the women think that I'm insane You know I just can't put you down And my Mom won't call back at all You know I just can't put you down I rub my wounds with alcohol You know I just can't put you down I just can't put you down There ain't a pill that'll cure that pain But I just can't put you down Some people say That money can buy anything All the drugs to cure the pain Money can buy anything Then some people want All the sin and pleasure in this world They don't care about the price They pay for all the sin and pleasure in this world But I've gotta say You know I just can't put you down I don't care how far I fall You know I just can't put you down And I don't care if they call back at all I just can't put you down All the women can forget my name You know I just can't put you down You know I just can't put you down You know I just can't put you down You know I just can't put you down |
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Take this old and very tired skin
Wrap up a newborn baby and keep her warm Take this old and very tarnished ring, slip it on your finger And make it shine My feet hurt from walking around this room My head hurts from thinking about you Take this old and warn out violin and hold it in your arms And make it sing Foorsteps come and footsteps go Some of them are new and some are old Read a story frojm this weathered book Weave a happy ending with your hair |
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I'm glad you didn't stick
To my fingers like a tremble A wasted fortune spent On things we never felt inside I count the footsteps That take me away from you Because I stayed too long Inside this crooked frame I'm glad you didn't spend the night like you had promised I'd have to stretch the truth to say that I was sorry And now I laugh out loud at things that aren't that funny Because I stayed too long inside this crooked frame I could burn my clothes and I would be alright I could burn the photographs and be alright I could burn the postcards, I would be alright I could smile for the first time without thinking of you I'm glad you didn't stick to my fingers like honey I'd have to stretch the truth to say that you were pretty And now I laugh out loud at things that aren't quite funny Because I stayed too long inside your crooked frame |
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She wasn't young she wasn't old
She was simply the most beautiful woman he had ever seen The captain's hands They never held another woman again He was always seen carrying a bag A bag of bones, a dusty beer And the faded outline of a tatooed tear And the faded outline of a tatooed tear Sometimes the moonlight spills across the ocean And it reminds him of his lover's hair But then sometimes The ocean surrounds him Wraps her arms around him And tries to drag him down Amongst the treasures that still remain there When the night is full You can hear him sing This song Gone gone those days are gone They're bound to time and they keep draggin on I gave you my best and now that's gone And what I got left you couldn't lean on Gone gone those days are gone Gone gone gone And so on... |
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Sometimes I come home,
I don't expect too much The lights are off now It's only two How I wish my breath It didn't hurt so much Then you'd be up babe It's only two Why don't you sleep? You look as though you need it The barricades and reasons They mean nothing to me Now they mean nothing to me Well all my friends they laughed, They laughed at all my jokes I got one more story, It's only two How I wish my tough Could erase the past They you'd be up babe It's only two Why don't you drink You look as though you need one The barricades and reasons They mean nothing to me, No, they mean nothing to me If these were different times Then you'd be up, And we'd trade stories It's only two Why don't we pretend? I's all we have between us The barricades and reasons They mean nothing to me, now Why don't you sleep? You look as though we need it The barricades and reasons They mean nothing to me, Now they mean nothing to me |
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