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: 754