I Tried To Leave You
Whiskey
Half a bottle of whiskey down
Maybe I'll call her now
And throw her world into a spin
Try to get back in her life again
I'm just a man, a low-down man
With a whiskey bottle in both hands
And liquored up, through I may be
There is still some loving inside of me
But I don't know if I'm coming or going
I just keep the whiskey flowing
She'll pick up the phone and she'll start to cry
'Cause I can't stop asking her why
She don't love me anymore
I blame her for all the closed doors
I'm just a man, a low-down man
With a whiskey bottle in both hands
And liquored up, through I may be
There is still some loving inside of me
But I don't know if I'm coming or going
I just keep the whiskey flowing
Happy Ever After
This morn I woke in my
Hat and my coat and I
Picked up the phone to call you
But I hung up soon
Before you even knew
Thinking someone else could be beside you
You can run, you can hide
You can save it all inside
Sooner than later it'll find you
Yes and maybe it has
Somewhere in the past
But somehow it still slipped by you
Oh it slipped by you
Oh it slipped by you
Well it's not your fault
I pushed you to walk
Straight into the forest of disaster
With a blindfold on
Singing you a song of
Innocence and happy ever after
Well I run and I hide
And I save it all inside
But I know that soon it'll find me
Yes and maybe it has
Somewhere in the past
But somehow it still slipped by me
Oh it slipped by me
Oh it slipped by me
Gasoline
Well I've seen you at Sarah's hardware store
Buying long matches, two feet or more so
You don't have to get too close to
The thing that might bite and burn you, dear
Well I've seen you at Mary's nursery
Picking up all her sticks and trees and
Hauling it home in Abby's trailer
Building a fire we would savor, dear
Oh you're so good with gasoline
I've never seen a lie burn so clean
Now that I've gone up in flames
You've found a new friend, ohhh
You said you worked for city safety,
Putting out fires when things get nasty and
Scooping up girls, young and helpless,
Laying then down in smoking dress oh dear
Well I've seen you drive the big red truck just
Barrel thorugh 'cause it's all luck that
You don't get stopped at any red lights
There's no red tape in your sights oh dear
Oh you're so good with gasoline
I've never seen a lie burn so clean
Now that I've gone up in flames
You've found a new friend, ohhh
You've found a new friend
What happens when wind starts blowing?
Flame spreads and all are knowing of
House calls and late night fire fighting
And your face gets pasted on the
Front page as local con and
Lands on the front steps of the city
Well you thought fire could keep you sitting pretty
Fire & Undertow
Afraid of catching on fire
It pulls the blood down from my head
And stil I am just an animal
And all of my parts must be fed
Funny how the lines so easily fill
When you're living with a muddy head,
Slide down the hill
Afraid of undertow
It turns my heart, my head and everything I think I know
The waves carry it away
I'm lost at sea and I have no oar to row
And there's no way to know baby,
The motion of the sea
You say you'll catch me when I fall
Maybe baby I just need to hit the ground
And if you love me too hard
I may end up making the same, old sound
Just don't be afraid, baby
Afraid of losing me
Bobby, Baby
There's a bump on the hill, where your body lies
There's a stone in the ground, reads "this man did try"
If you look to the east, you see your estate
Weathered and hollowed out by your mistakes
Oh Bobby, baby, we all know the truth
You were looking for love in all the bad that you'd do
Bobby, baby, we all know the deal
Your row was hard and long and straight up a hill
Your mother was gone, your daddy did wrong
Your brother died by his own hand
Your wife tried so long, but you she disowned
Your daughter was lost with your land, with your land
Every once in awhile, I still can see
Your blue eyes searching a way to be free
And I go to your grave, bottle in hand
And pour out your freedom right there in the sand
Good Hearted Man
There's a lot of talk I'm hearing everywhere I go
I keep learning things about myself I didn't know
They greet me with green eyes and smiles,
Their talking shit don't show
But set foot in a new direction, they will go so low
You can think what you want but I'm a good-hearted man
Don't you listen to their words, they don't know who I am
Oh and let me rectify, lord I know that I still can
You can think what you want but I'm a good-hearted man
Everybody fucks around
Everybody makes choices that ain't sound
But I mean you no harm
I'm just killing time
I'm just following the breeze that blows this heart of mine
Paper Anchor
What did you expect, loving me so hard?
Your life a wreck when I cut the chord
So let go your ropes and your tethers, let go your ties
They're just direct lines to happy lies
'Cause I find my home in the arms of strangers
I find love in the way of danger
A drunk man's daughter and a child of anger
A dead man's haunted, a paper anchor
It's a mistake to love me, darling, you've always known
The axe does fall when hips get sewn
But I'll keep my teeth in your neck if you can hang on
I'll suck the life out 'til it's all gone
I Tried To Leave You
I tried to leave you, I don't deny
I closed the book on us, at least a hundred times
I'd wake up every morning by your side
The years go by, you lose your pride
The baby's crying, so you do not go outside
And all your work it's right before your eyes
Goodnight, my darling, I hope you're satisfied
The bed is kind of narrow, but my arms are open wide
And here's a man still working for your smile
For The Ride
There rolls a train that's come to carry me back home
To face a sentence I've evaded for so long
I've been on a journey to lose myself in pain
Tumbled headfirst, steadfirst, but I feel the same
Ahhhhhh... It's not all for nothing, it's only for the ride
Like hollow words that come so fast and do no work
I been shooting at the moon but he don't hurt
Put me in a box and toss me over the
Maybe the fish can make something more of this
Ahhhhhh... It's not all for nothing, it's only for the ride
There's no use pretending
My freedom I'm defending
Oh from miserable, inexcitable... love
Ahhhhhh... It's not all for nothing, it's only for the ride
You & Me Alone
Rain falls down, down on our shoulders
We sit hand in hand
Bright light flashes in the sky
Silence fills the land
Alone, you and me all alone
Finally, you and me, in the rain, alone
I may love you more than ever now
Dripping and glistening
Storms are swirling round our heads
But we're not listening
Though we absolutely could die here and now
I'm alright getting struck by lightning
Kiss my lips ka-pow
Flash floods may wash away the city
The town would watch us drown in love, so pretty
'Cause what could be a better way to die,
Just you and I, holding hands up in the sky
I may love you more than ever now
Dripping and glistening
Storms are swirling round our heads
But we're not listening
And though we absolutely could die here and now
I'm already getting struck by lightning
Kiss my lips ka-pow
Alone, you and me, finally, in the rain, alone
Date: 2016-01-05; view: 637
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