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Promise Land
05:09
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I wish I didn’t know
Where you really go
(I) pretend you left a note
Lipstick and perfume makes it glow
You said it was the first time
Let it be the last
I know nothing is forever
Just didn’t think it’d end so fast
And I thought maybe West Virginia
Could be our promised land
Cross the Ohio into Canaan
But nothing ever goes to plan
Now I’m waiting by the phone
Whisky burning on my tongue
One more drink and you’ll be gone
I guess this means we’re moving on
Moving on until the next time
Always living for the past
Maybe everything’s forever
We the live the roles that we’ve been cast
But we thought maybe West Virginia
Would be the promised land
Cross the Ohio into Canaan
But nothing ever goes to plan
The promise was broken
On the day it was made
By the glimmer of hope that
We might really change
Thought maybe a fresh start
Would let us be remade
Then we got to the mountains
And it was all the same
Just the same as it was last time
Always begging for a king
Tell me it would make a difference
And I’d give you a ring
And then maybe West Virginia
Would be the promised land
Cross the Ohio into Canaan
Pretend to change as if we can
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2. |
Drift
05:27
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Just when I think it can't get any worse
She proves me wrong
Said we need a doctor, not a hearse
Honey, c'mon
We used to see only the beauty marks
But now they're gone
Hidden in plain sight beneath the dark
Where did it go so wrong?
Is it too late? Did we drift so far?
That we can't see anything, but what's keeping us apart?
Are we too afraid? Are we too scarred?
That we can't see anything, but what's keeping us apart?
What if I said I would not let it die?
I wouldn’t let it go?
Just tell me how and I swear I will try
That’s all I know
Is it too late? Did we drift so far?
That we can't see anything, but what's keeping us apart?
Are we too afraid? Are we too scarred?
That we can't see anything, but what's keeping us apart?
You say you don’t like politics
But that’s all I know
If we can’t talk about the worst of it
How can there be hope?
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3. |
My Mind's Made Up
04:52
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I’m heading down south, ‘cause it’s way too cold up here
Headed down south, I can’t take another year
Oh, but you told me
I needed somebody
Who knew how to hold me
Somebody who knows me
But now I’m headed down south, ‘cause it’s way too cold up here
My mind’s made up, you can’t turn me back no how
I’ve packed up the truck, and I’m ready to go right now
Oh, but you told me
I needed somebody
Who knew how to hold me
Somebody who knows me
But my mind’s made up, you can’t turn me back no how
Don’t you give me that look
I ain’t got no time
To be wavering and playing at changing my mind
I’ve got my mind made up
Well I guess one last drink can’t hurt before I go
I’d say I take it black, but I know you already know
Oh and you told me
I needed somebody
Who knew how to hold me
Somebody who knows me
I guess one last drink can’t hurt before I go
Just don’t give me that look
I ain’t got no time
To be wavering and playing at changing my mind
‘Cause it’s that wicked little look
The corners of your eyes
That make me soft, make me weak, so I don’t know what’s right
but I got my mind made up
I got my mind made up
I got my mind made up
I guess I’ll hang around, but I’ll probably go next year
Having a real hard time recalling why I wanted outta here
Oh ‘cause you told me
I needed somebody
Who knew how to hold me
Somebody who knows me
I guess I’ll hang around, but I’ll probably go next year.
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4. |
A Nighttime Prayer
04:51
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Every night when
You go to sleep,
The pictures in your heart
Rise up from the deep.
Sometimes they’re troubled
They bring you grief
I pray those dark ones
Always be brief
Sleep, sleep
Until the morning
Sleep
It’ll do you good
Sleep, sleep
You will be protected
Here in this place
You are never alone
You dream of monsters
May they make you laugh
Worries of hunger
What use is that?
Don’t waste these seconds
They never last
Just dream of songbirds, you become one
And fly to the moon and back
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5. |
When She Came Home
04:53
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The morning when she came home
The smell was the tell that told the tale of a hell to come
What had she done?
He knew before her key was in the door
She stumbled in, fell crying to the floor
Knew this would be the end
His heart was broken yet again
Story always ended right before it began
And then she ran
Back to the arms of the darkness she was made of
Hidden from her love in the center of the storm
There was no hope as far as she could see
But he did not agree
He found her passed out at the bar
Carried her home past the wreckage of her car
Like so many times before
Praying to God all the while
Help me to love, help me forgive, help me restore her smile
Every single time she goes
Back to the arms of the darkness she was made of
Hidden from her love in the center of the storm
There was no hope as far as she could see
But he did not agree
Back to the arms of the darkness she was made of
Hidden from her love in the center of the storm
There was no hope as far as she could see
There was no hope
There was no hope - as far as she could see
There was no hope - as far as she could see
But he did not agree
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6. |
Until Next Spring
05:54
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Summertime is falling all around me
I watch what’s mine
Fall around me
I’m curling up where they can’t find me
And hiding out until next spring
All the color’s fading now
All it took was one good storm
I’ve got little hope of making it
I’m just trying to stay warm
Cause she asked for way to much
I’d all ready given up
I know changes come with casualties
I just never thought I’d be one
Summertime is falling all around me
I watch what’s mine
Fall around me
I’m curling up where they can’t find me
And hiding out until next spring
So ’til the buds are bustin’ out
The breeze smells of further south
I’ll be locked away in my hiding place
Just waiting this winter out
Summertime is falling all around me
I watch what’s mine
Fall around me
I’m curling up where they can’t find me
And hiding out until next spring
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