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I awaken feeling like a desert rose And we’re waiting on something that no one knows I had it but I lost it Found and I caught it Our dreams have all been burning Like the liars and their burdens We’re just up in arms Let’s take the long way home Sing me every song you know We are risin’ feeling like a restless wind And we’re begging for somewhere that someone’s been The walls have all been fallin’ Our knees are bruised from crawlin’ Taking, but not giving The howling hounds are stealing We’re just up in arms, again Let’s take the long way home Sing me every song you know Let’s take the long way home

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I don’t need direction anymore My bags are pack they’re waiting at my door The foggy cities lifted from my eyes All in all I’ve learned the road keeps pressing on Ain’t no time for mothers and fathers and friends Aint no time for love were leaving The time to abandon has already come Me and the producer were going down to Nashville tonight Me and the producer were gonna cut a record tonight Me and the producer were going down to Nashville tonight Me and the producer were going down to Nashville tonight Me and the producer were gonna cut a record tonight Me and the producer were going down to Nashville tonight

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You and I were long before our time We couldn't think to run without the fear Of falling behind Now I'm caught up in dramatics The cynics and fanatics that Walk a straight line And the earth, it might as well be flat When the sun won't shine I said I'd call just as I got home But there's no need to wait up Or answer the phone if you're gone So why can't I feel all this love That I'm made of When I know my heart is still beating I'm at a loss, but I swear I'm not losing - I'm holding on I'm holding on to you You and I were long before our time We couldn't think to run without the fear Of falling behind But it's a postcard summer A song for another And you were just too busy When I was undercover for you So why can't I feel all this love That I'm made of When I know my heart is still beating I'm at a loss, but I swear I'm not losing - I'm holding on I'm holding on to you I'm breathing fine without you Won't hide all my laugh lines I know my dreams will wake up And I'll do all I can do Make it up to you

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See  you  on  the  far  corner  of  Bryant  park Over  pristine  grass In  an  underground  bar See  you  by  the  subway Meet  you  after  dark In  the  new  york  city  rain New  york  city  rain Scared  to  be  someone Was  scared  to  even  dance But  these  streets  and  avenues Got  me  waiting  for  a  chance To  jive  with  you  till  sundown And  rumba  till  the  dawn In  the  new  york  city  rain New  york  city  rain New  york  city  rain Want  to  take  a  piece  of  you And  glue  it  in  a  book But  we’ll  never  see  the  music  in  those  pictures  that  you  took Helium  Balloon: All  around  me       Lovers,  haters Couch  potatoes Kids  out  to  war     If  you  listen To  the  rhythm   You  will  Aind  what  you’re  looking Find  what  you’re  looking  for We  got  tailored  suits  and  skintight  jeans Girls  with  lashes,  boys  with  weaves   Bleached  white  teeth  and  drama  queens Someone  for  everyone Someone  to  live  for   Someone  to  die  for And  when  you  Aind  the  one Your  rocket  to  the  moon Your  helium  balloon   Then  don’t  let  go. Don’t  let  go? All  around  me Imitators Innovators I  want  to  work  you  over And  feel  your  every  move In  the  new  york  city  rain New  york  city  rain New  york  city  rain Back  down  to  ground  you  can  feel  it  on  the  street it  is  written  in  the  lines  on  all  the  faces  that  you  meet lets  stay  young  forever and  never  fall  asleep   In  the  new  york  city  rain New  york  city  rain New  york

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I wish I could turn my brain off And we could float down stream But I know, nothing in your life Is ever as it seems Nothing feels real When you’re living in your families fear The places you go and the people you meet They won’t trump your anxiety And know what we’re done It’s plain to see That you never were A’ll I’d ever need All I’d ever want darling All I’d ever need I wish I could turn my brain off And we could float down stream But you are a preacher’s daughter And he don’t want me in your promised land And now that we’re done It’s plain ton see That you never were my baby All I’d ever need All I’d ever want darling All I’d ever need But you’re too far Baby you’re too far out of reach

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I go out walking after midnight Out in the moonlight just like we used to do I'm always walking after midnight, After midnight searching for you I walk for miles along the highway Well, that's just my way of saying, I love you I'm always walking, always walking After midnight searching for you See a weeping willow crying on her pillow Maybe she's crying for me And as the skies turn gloomy winds whisper to me I'm lonesome I’m lonesome as I can be I go out walking after midnight Out in the moonlight, just hoping you may be Somewhere walking, somewhere walking After midnight searching for me

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on a bullet train all the way from tokyowe all know it's a long long ride homesomeone split the tracks waiting arrivalyou're not looking back there at alland there's one one way to the station house from herebut i know youd love to rest your weary eyesthe time and date on the ticket marks the moment youll arrivesince you're untimely departurelet the coal fuel the firekeep those wheels rolling until dawnfrom a boxcar room in the middle of the roomi'll be seeing you on the newsyoull be wishing that you stayedyou're a good old boy from close to my hometownsome folks dont take kindly to your kind out herethere's three sidestreets on the way that i suggest you takeotherwise you'll be sleeping on concrete tonightlet the alcohol fuel the firekeep the night rocking until dawnfrom a jail cell view an empty roomyou'll be looking at yourself nowyou'll be looking backyou'll be wishing that you stayed oh Tanqueray

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See where they sift on weekends / At a diner on the northside of town / She walks the floor / Those nights until four / Serving coffee, the bar's closed down / They start filing in at 2:30 AM / They stumble and fumble about / Seems out of place / A sad smile on her face / Cause on the inside she just wants to shout / The truckers in the diner all know her by name / Say since you've got sober this town ain't the same / Katharine don't fall off that wagon / Dragging your burden around / Sooner or later its bound to get better again / It can't get worse than it is for you now / She clocks out and walks home the long way / Stopping off at the all night five ten / Cigarettes, lottery tickets / Thinking someday my luck will come in / She comes home to a messy apartment / And a tall stack of overdue bills / She opens up the medicine cabinet / Takes a hard look at new sleeping pills / Looks in the mirror / And then looks away / And then hears herself say / Katharine don't fall of that wagon / Dragging your burden around / Sooner or later its bound to get better / It can't get no worse for you now / Katharine is 11 months sober / She's got sponsors and meetings and steps / She walks the line one day a time / She cries when she's all by herself / Thinks back to 11 months prior / Waking up behind the wheel of a car / Keys in her hand / She tried but she can't recall / Getting home from the bar / That day was a special occasion / Her only daughter was set to be wed / She talk a few shots / Got drunk and forgot / Spent the afternoon passed out in bed/ Mother and daughter haven't spoke since that day / She looks at that phone and wonders / What would I say /Katharine don't fall of that wagon / Dragging your burden around / Sooner or later its bound to get better / It can't get no worse for you now

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No matter what I do, I know you’re keeping tabs Everything I say goes into that mental notebook you have And I don’t think it’s fair, but I don’t have a choice Oh, it’s just the way my cards keep fallin’ And if I were to go, I know you’d be upset But everything I am can be purchased or created again And I don’t think it’s fair, I’m so easily replaced But it’s just the way I’ve been evolving (chorus) Give me ten million more years I’ll grow scales and claws and steel jaws Watch my weak heart disappear We’ll go excavating for my fossil tears Take it down a notch, with you it’s hard to breath Every time we talk I’m always disagreeing to agree And I don’t think it’s fair, but that’s the way it is Oh, it’s just the way my cards keep fallin’ If I were to go, I know you’d be upset I know how I made you feel in bed and you’d want it again And I don’t think it’s fair, but that’s the way we live Oh it’s just the way I’ve been evolving

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Paint me a picture And sign with your name It’ll pay off my mortgage one day You might not see it I know what you’re worth And I pray to god you never change Write me a poem Of something you love With the big words you learned back in school I promise I’ll read it But not that I’ll get it See, I’m a bit simpler than you (chorus) Oh, the way you make me smile Put your suitcases down won’t you stay for a while? And I’ll do my best to make this real I’m trying, I swear, but it’s hardest to feel Down by the river I swallowed my heart and the space made it easier to breathe Now when I miss you My stomach goes wild Oh, the pain brings me down to my knees So, maybe it’s best if We leave this for now Put aside like an old recipe We might still crave it Of course I still crave it We’re just not what we used to be (chorus) Please don’t leave, you’re the only one I need

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Two thousand miles Across the sky I had no idea What was waiting on the other side From a place I’d never been Came a face I’d never seen Now I’m caught in the middle of the mystery’s teeth Wondering what tomorrow will bring Waking up on the floor Pressed against the door Was the woman of desire Putting flames in the fire Of the black hole in my soul She gave me those Minneapolis blues O, those Minneapolis blues She asked if I could hang around she was singing I asked if I could roll a smoke or two She took off all her clothes as we were kissing With every new lover she got a tattoo And I got those Minneapolis blues She sang me her favorite song I tried to sing along But the clock in the kitchen read 7 to 11 And she said it’s time to go So I flew back to LA And tried to push her from my brain She will reappear every time I hear that God melody It give me those Minneapolis blues

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I've put my weight against the weather, I laid my hands upon the wheel. But they're only holy harlots, so I try not to feel the winds blow, the winds blow. And the weeds turn to the city, and my mind turns back and sees you climbing into my bed with the dirt brushed off your feet. Winds do howl, winds do howl. Ooh, ooh. And if the heart's a lonely hunter, then the eyes are lying thieves that keep me from your fingers, climbing up my sleeves. Winds do howl, winds do howl. And your naked shoulders tell me that I'm awfully close to sin. Praise the good Lord that your hover doesn't know where you have been. Winds do howl, winds do howl. Ooh, ooh. And there were roots down in the river, back when I was just a boy. And there was something pure within me that just ain't pure no more. Winds have howled, red winds have howled. Ooh, ooh.

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It's a long ways that's holding me down And I'm holding on to you But the onliest way for me to be all day Is alone with the loneliest tune And the rain's been falling down Ain't we all fallen, too? And the prettiest of girls in this whole fallen world Left to pine with the grittiest of blues So me and the boys we'll start making some noise and together we can make it all pretty We will stomp where we stand with our bottles in hand Make the best of this god-awful city Somewhere, someone once told me That alone is only letting go and the surest of things that this crazy life brings is a comfort in the lowest of lows So me and the boys we'll start making some noise and together we can make it all pretty We will stomp where we stand with our bottles in hand Make the best of this god-awful city So me and the boys we'll start making some noise and together we can make it all pretty We will stomp where we stand with our bottles in hand Make the best of this god-awful city So me and the boys we'll start making some noise and together we can make it all pretty We can stomp where we stand with our brothers in hand Make the best of this god-awful city

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Doctor's not gonna cure our ills Preacher's not gonna bend out wills Mother's not gonna set us still for long Father told me he's got a plan If that don't work, we'll burn the land I wish I gave a damn, but I don't So if you're gonna leave, don't go far These distances can break my heart Don't you worry one second more I told you once and once before I whispered through your bedroom door, it's alright So if you're gonna cry, cry in my arms You can't be loved and not be harmed I tell you so you aren't alarmed when you are So if you're gonna leave, don't go far These distances can break my heart Doctor's not gonna cure our ills Preacher's not gonna bend out wills Mother's not gonna set us still for long Father told me he's got a plan If that don't work, we'll burn the land I wish I gave a damn, but I don't So if you're gonna leave, don't go far These distances can break my heart credits

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You saw me in my grave clothes The first day we met For forty days I trembled For forty more I wept We carved our letters on an oak tree And around those letters carved a heart And around that tree we built a white picket fence Outside the fence we kept the dark Now fences don't keep out the darkness And darkness can't discern the thief The thief who'd sneak into our garden And chop down our oak tree When I hear that oak tree fallin' I'll come lookin' for that man As you stand there cold and crying With the axe blade in your hand

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Birds sing baby in the summertime and when the winter comes baby will I still call you mine So best to leave this all in the stars

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Yes sir I went down down down to the devil's nest on the river banks to pay my respects no no no I did not linger long just long enough to sing this song goodbye, goodnight I'm leaving you for a better life goodbye, don't cry I'm leaving you for a better life So I ran back back back into my mother's arms to tell her how I had turned it around all this talk of the Holy Ghost where he lives but mamma, where did he go Goodbye, goodnight he'll still be here in the morning light goodnight, close your eyes he'll still be here in the morning light all you haters are gonna learn how to love and all you lovers are gonna hold them up all beware the snake and the wolf creepin' around they're gonna get what is yours So I went back back back to the river banks to dip my head and say my thanks all the sinners in their winter coats grabbing out for that holy ghost have said Goodbye, goodnight we'll see you in the afterlife goodbye, don't cry he's coming back when the time is right

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Gray storm clouds are rushing over Thunder clapped so loud that grown men run for cover Wet raindrops pepper windshields holding down your hat while dust kicked up on the playground but it's just the sound of another heart achin' the pressure that's involved when the fever is breakin' Just these teardrops I can't help from falling and holdin' my breath wondering if I should call him tonight Now my best friend investing interest advising quite politely over lunch where he can stick it but I don't even listen too busy mourning us you know I just can't help but miss him when it's just the sound of logic and reason and practicality's got nothing to do with my feelings tonight When Gray storm clouds are rushing over Thunder clapped so loud that grown men run for cover Wet raindrops pepper windshields holding down your hat the dust kicked up on the playground but it's just the sound of my little heart breakin' my loving days are numbered if you are away and it's hard to imagine my life without you even though I'm sure that I was never right for you at all credits

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Someday our bodies will rest in a big brown box and itch for heaven like the chicken pox and float up like smoke or like fog When we get up there will everyone know that we were good, happy, fortunate souls while we were still walking down here there's a silver lining on a dark gray cloud if you come up here we can figure it out together my hand in your hand and if the only thing you recognize is the sound of my voice in the middle of the night then listen; I'll tell you the truth Someday I'm gonna be older someday I'm gonna die someday our bodies will fall and before then someday I'll be your bride Oh it's hard enough just waiting Heaven's closer than I thought but then again we are still just here, hearts beating won't do the hardest thing go back where we were

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You should see the looks on their faces when I show them I’m not real when I tell them how these bones were made in some artist’s studio when I tell them how my heart was found at the bottom of the sea and they took all my broken pieces out and started rebuilding me So maybe you can see me for what I am just another robot with no plans and I’m sorry if you took this the wrong way but I can never stay You should see the looks on their faces when I show them how I breathe when I tell them how these lungs were made in some lonely factory when I tell them how they turned me on waited for the sparks to fly and I think i felt a rush of blood as I was opening my eyes (chorus first half) (chorus second half) Cause I can’t risk being torn apart again it happened once it was to hard so, I’m sorry if you took this the wrong way but I can never stay We are all, are tiny little flowers floating in all the lovely winds and we are all, are gonna disappear soon so let’s all enjoy it while we can (repeat x2) (full chorus) No, I can never, never stay You know I can never, never stay