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A Man Like That
04:20
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She was a natural for the Nashville sound
He was a little too L.A.
He moved down into that Tennessee town
And for a while, he would stay
We all could see it wasn’t going to last
That kind of man will not stay true
Discontented with the line he’d cast,
He cut her loose and put her through
Your love is a suicide bomb,
Shrapnel flies from heart to heart
You strapped her arms around your waist,
You put her on, and you blew her apart
Her songs are quiet, but they always see
And in his leaving, he disclosed
The truth about him: that he wants to be
The kind of man no one can know
Your love is a suicide bomb,
You’re not content to go out alone
Detonating in a city street
But leaving wreckage in your home, wreckage in your home
Your love is a suicide bomb,
You’re not content to go out alone
Detonating where your family sleeps
And leaving wreckage in your home
Your love is a suicide bomb,
But it’s all a grand display
Your took yourself out, but her love goes on
And she’s still singing her quiet songs today
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Out of Ohio
03:33
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Hey there, mister trooper man
Don't you slow me down
I hadn't planned on stopping,
For at least another couple of towns
And by the end of the day, I mean to make my way out of Ohio
I saw a billboard sign back there
Told me hell is reall
believe it man, in fact I've seen it:
It's called Highway 71
And I've been on this empty road for hours now
Baking in midwestern sun
I don't need to drive to California
I'd settle for the Indiana line
But if I'm gonna find myself
I'm gonna have to look someplace else
I need to get out of Ohio
I was barely 17
Had a daddy who got drunk and mean
And Mama couldn't help me, no no no
Lord knows she had problems of her own
But I did the thing that she could never do:
I got the hell out of Ohio
I didn't wanna settle for the middle;
I had to go beyond the boundary signs
But if I'm gonna find myself
I'm gonna have to look somewhere else
Where I color outside the lines of Ohio
So please don't call me back
I don't think would come
I have made my peace outside the lines of Ohio
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Fly
03:58
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Spent your whole life waiting for the next big thing
I always look too far ahead
Checking time until the days have no start or end
I hope it won't be long before you
Fly, and I'll fly with you
And I'll stay just below you when you get tired
I can think of no greater thing
Than to watch you take the sky
Cause I know it won't be long before you fly
I'll fly with you
As the years go on find I'm looking back
Homesick for the time that's passed
I would pay out any price to have it both ways
I wish that you could wait a little more before you
Fly, and I'll fly with you
And I'll stay just below you when you get tired
I can think of no greater thing
Than to watch you take the sky
Cause I know it won't be long before you fly
I'll fly with you
Now I know gotta keep this time
Before it gets away
Cause I know it won't be long
Before you fly
I'll fly with you
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Darlin’
Let’s get outside walking
We need to keep talking
I’m hoping maybe then
The thousand little moments that we’ve both forgotten
Might save us right now
Now I know we’ve had it rough, and sorry’s not good enough
When I can’t be bothered to try and change my ways
I won’t apologize without remorse
Forgiveness is not something you can force
Honey
He don’t laugh too much, does he? (Oh)
But something is funny
You’re both laughing at the shore now, when it used to be you and me
(Well, it used to be me)
And all of those days we spent splitting the cost of rent,
And fighting about who gets to go and who has to stay
I can’t see any progress we have made
Feels like washing windows in the rain
Don’t apologize without remorse
Forgiveness is not something you can force
Don’t apologize without remorse
Forgiveness is not something you can force
You have to let the poison run its course
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5. |
Anita
03:08
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Anita bought a trailer down in Mayville
Where granddad lived the year before he’d gone
Spent that first year staring out her window
She didn’t put in roses, cause she wouldn’t be there long
Living in a home that’s just a hallway
That’s no way to spend the prime of life
She was still there when her hair had gone gray
Never took a husband, never took a wife
Oh Anita, you can hope that there is someone
Someone who will tend your flower bed
But if you keep on putting in those onions
The bitterness will get you in the end
Anita spent her weekends chopping wood
She had to feed that old potbelly stove
’Cause loneliness can hide behind the sofa
And too much quiet starts to make the bedroom air feel cold
Oh Anita, you can hope that there is someone
Someone who will warm you in your bed
But if you keep on pushing them away
Loneliness will get you in the end
Anita didn’t go to church on Sundays
Maybe she found God in her backyard
Or maybe she’d been let down just one too many times
By men who told her that the soil of her heart was hard
Oh Anita, don’t you give up on it yet
Plant the garden that you want to tend
It might be years before you see the blossoms,
But there will be some color in the end
Oh Anita, don’t you give up on it now
Spring is coming right around the bend
You’ll get your fingers dirty in the garden
But loneliness won’t get you in the end
If you get your fingers dirty in the garden
Then you can bet that loneliness won’t get you in the end
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Sweet Tea
04:13
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You’re a piece of cherry pie
Out to cool on the windowsill
Can I get a little cream on the side?
You’re a glass of Pennsylvania rye
Done up nice and neat
Think I’ll take a little taste on the sly
I like to have my cake and eat it too
Don’t think I’m asking too much
Just a little sugar in my tea
You’re a long sleeve button down shirt
In the heat of the day
Gonna roll those cuffs up for relief
I like to have my cake and eat it too
Don’t think I’m asking too much
Just a little sugar in my tea
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7. |
The Fisherman
06:31
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I wish I’d never thrown my line into that glassy sea
I never would have left the shore had I known what was in store for me
I tied on the biggest fish; I cried out, Oh my Lord
It was a fight I could not win, and I wound up overboard
I thought I could get away from the problems of the land
I would sail out past the break, shake off every demand
But I was wrong to think a man could ever become free
Well, I disturbed the surface, and I woke that scaly beast
Looking back, I have to think that this was no mistake
No accidental wandering, this was my planned escape
Maybe I have told the truth, and I fell in over my head
Or maybe I had lost my youth and jumped off that boat and said...
I tried to flee, but you followed me
In the heart of the sea, you swallowed me
You dragged me down into the deep
And cast me out on solid ground
I woke up with burning cheeks in the middle of the next day
Walked a mile on wicked streets, but I never found my way
My watery prayers were answered, but my deepest dreams had died
Now I expect I’ll never see the Spanish countryside
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8. |
You Should Know Better
05:09
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I know the world is bruised and bleeding
And we all want someone to blame
But I won’t let it drag you under
And I won’t forget your name
I’ve been doing my part
To make it better
I can’t see why you will not try
To work with me
I know there’s people out to get ya
And they’ll have to come through me
But you’re not the only one who has ever suffered
So come on please, don’t fight with me
You’ve got to do your part
Let’s work together
Cause you’re the only one who can ever get it done
So don’t surrender
To the hate that’s in your heart, cause it’ll rip your life apart
You should know better
You
You should know
You of all people
You should know better
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9. |
Tomorrow and Yesterday
05:27
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It’s cold now in the daytime, and the sun is sitting lower
It seems to me that life used to pass by a little slower
But who can say what time it is when you’re neither here nor there?
If I set my watch back one more hour, will it make this moment disappear?
Suddenly I’m aching from the chill that’s in the air
The summer solstice snuck up out of nowhere
And the seasons change, reminding me that everything will die
Recently I realized that I never learned to say goodbye
But there are only two days that you can’t change
If you want to write a story, you gotta turn the page
Stay here in the moment; push away
From tomorrow and yesterday
I wish I could remember every woman that I’ve kissed
I wish I had a second chance at every shot I missed
’Cause every door you go through is a thousand doors you won’t
Well, I stood there on the threshold, and I spent my whole life stuck at home
But there are only two days that you can’t fix
You’re living on the one day that you exist
Stay here in the moment, and you can get away
From tomorrow and yesterday, tomorrow and yesterday
One last dance, one last song, then I’ll be moving along
One last bite, one last taste, I leave nothing to waste
Lose track of time, lose a whole day, as April turns into May
I just want one more minute thinking about tomorrow and yesterday
Tomorrow and yesterday, tomorrow and yesterday, tomorrow and yesterday
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Austin Hollow Rochester, New York
Alt-Americana supergroup from Rochester, NY.
2% country,
98% rock and roll.
Simple songs.
Good and loud.
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