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Candle
02:35
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You tell me this don't feel like it's your city
Your daddy came here 40 years ago
And if they take it back, well you've got your bags all packed
And you'll drive but you're just not sure where you'll go
Keep that candle burning, oh late into the night
Baby, keep that candle burning, oh we could use the light
There's a million miles of darkness between our fragile lights
So we'll just keep those candles burning down the line
23 years living in the sunlight
Now they tell you, 'Step into the shade
Batten down the hatches and we'll ride this whole thing out'
Ah, but you know there's no freedom where there's chains
Keep that candle burning, oh late into the night
Baby, keep that candle burning, oh we could use the light
Don't waste your time in counting if we've got more dark than light
Because a candle always overcomes the night
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2. |
Fool's Gold
03:22
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By the time we got the kids to bed you were shaking in your boots
You said you had something to talk about, honey have you heard the news?
Twenty thousand if you roll it right, that old river's bout to burst
Baby don't go, it's nothing but a fool's gold
It took six months to get you there, couple more to get the news
And you're living in a paper tent, I'm here holding up this roof
Every day it takes another man, all with fever in their eyes
Baby come home, the dirt is telling cheap lies
And you dig like a dog all day, don't you think we're animals living this way?
Get your fill and you get out quick,
but it's been three long winters and no sign of you quitting
By the time we got the flowers there, you were dug into the ground
And the dirt you sought your treasure in is where my soul can now be found
Should have figured you were headed for where the streets are lined with gold
Baby go home, I made my peace years ago
Baby go home, there's nothing here but fool's gold
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3. |
Coming Along
03:10
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I've been packing my bags for far too long
Just waiting to see if you were coming along
You've been giving me the classic runaround now baby, tell me
You were never gonna leave this town
So I fill up with gas and I'm on my way
That wind is cold but it feels like change
No, I can't build a life on all your good intentions baby
You're bluffing I'm tearing it down
When I've had just about enough
This road keeps rolling on
When I'm at the end of my luck
I'll sing the same old song, the same old song, come on sing it with me
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Well I made it here, north of LA
You're probably dreaming about these crashing waves
Bet you're wishing you had more than good intentions baby,
These waves aren't the only thing that are rollin away
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Gates
02:49
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Maybe I'll try to knock 'em down
Maybe I'll pass quietly I'll never make a sound
Maybe I'll try to talk my way
Maybe I'll be crying while they're trying to find my name
Those pearly gates are ever waiting
I followed carefully I guess
The fire of revival burning bright inside my chest
You were attracted to the madness
Me, I got drawn into the great deceiver's web
If I make it to the gates of that white city
I'll do my best to make amends and make you see
I'm sure the optimism up there's good and plenty,
But you should have never tried to count someone like me
I keep a record of my sins
Damage collaterally, tear through like the wind
I feel the rising in my blood
Relive the nights, but never undo what I've done
Those pearly gates are ever waiting
If I make it to the gates I have some things I wanna say
The human heart was such a foolish thing to make
You should have known it wouldn't work
You should have known how much it'd hurt
You can't just lock the doors and tell us to keep praying
If I make it to the gates I wonder what the hell you'll say
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5. |
Canon
02:48
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I wanna wrap you all around me
I wanna live inside your head
I wanna gather up your language
Every damn word that you’ve ever said
I wish you were a book that I could read, I wouldn’t even know what it means
I’d memorize you, wear your pages clean, quote you like the scriptures in my sleep
I’d canonize you oh, oh, I’d canonize you oh, oh
I’d canonize you oh, oh, I’d print you like a masterpiece
All that you say it has a rhythm
I’m keeping notes and keeping time
Honey your tone’s downright artistic
Lost in the cavern of your mind
We will not lose one word
We will make your voice heard
Carefully transcribe it
Crawl down deep inside it
Add it to the archive
Take it out at midnight
Wrap it up and bind it
Find ourselves inside it
We'll canonize you oh, oh
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Smoke
03:24
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You kinda hit me like a shot of whiskey,
Sort of slow then unbelievably warm
I guess I thought that with the strength of the bottle,
it would leave something lasting at the bottom
Even thunder leaves a mark, even rain will do its part
to leave a record of the places it has been
But you're just smoke, na na na na na na
You're just smoke, na na na na na na
You came and went, like a fire that was burning up the grass
But nothing's left, not an ember not a scaring the land
You did your best to leave your mark on me,
I swear to god I'm trying just to see it
But you are nothing but a hint upon the breeze
Baby don't get me wrong, I can still sing along
To every song you ever wrote in my arms
If I could have one more thing, I'd ask for a pleasant dream
'cause every time I reach for those memories
They're just smoke
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7. |
Good Heart
02:46
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You said, "I don't know when this burning in my head is gonna stop
Take it slow and we can burn off all the memories I've still got
I know they talk but in that sharp night what's a simple boy to do?
You see I've got a good heart
You know I had a rough start
But heaven help me please don't leave me this way"
Steady as a drum, you bring the whiskey bring the chaos bring the fire
Play that tune, you'll have 'em dancing to a waltz but you're a liar
In that groove you are conducting all the voices of the choir
Honey, everybody knows
That you got a good heart
We know you had a rough start
Just try to step it back when it's coming over you
We all got a long road
You're not sure that you'll finish though
I can see the light but yours is on the move
You said "Maybe I'll go to Kansas, I'll sow my sins in rows in the earth"
Well maybe you should have done her right, guess we're all a little hurt
But you got a good heart
Yeah you got a good heart
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Ease Back
04:30
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I'm so damn cold I can't feel you anymore
And I'm so damn tired, feels like my tired is sore
I'm so damn worn, we've been workin to the bone
But you call my name boy and it gets me to shore
It's been some winter and there was black ice on the rocks
And the cold was a killer, we couldn't even warm our hearts
And time was frozen so we skated on by
Like that moment was the rest of our lives
So honey, ease it on back I'll throw you a line
And let your voice ring out through frozen air and stately white pines
It must be nice to have no wrongs left to right
But you can ease back baby I'm here
You can ease your way past the fear
I can't remember when this river still ran fast
Gets harder to see her putting the choice in your hands
And I know it's simple - someone new would be nice
But you've been swinging for the rest of your life
We'll keep track of setting suns
But not the wicked things we've done
We'll watch our children get older
Make bets we could never, I said never afford
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9. |
Livin' Left
02:47
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Got a lot of miles now you've been running with a rowdy crowd
And they say, let's build this house and burn it down
I've seen the way you look at them these days, like a hand you'll never win, so pick up your chips get up and cash 'em in
You've got some good livin' left
You've got some light inside your chest
You've got some good livin' left
Six years of second best to that need to wander in his head
You couldn't get your heart back when he left
You could probably pay the rent and still settle him with the government
But you've had enough of paying all his debts
There's no wasted time
There's no wasted time
There's no wasted time
You've got your demons and I've got mine
You've got your burdens and I've got mine
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Shame
03:08
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Mile one, I seem to think
That I can get through anything
You need a friend
Someone true
And I still believe in you
But you're getting harder to carry in my wreck of a heart
So do you see a place where we can stop?
I know I said I'd stick with you but I can't be held responsible for this
I didn't know the risk
But it's a shame, shame, shame
To leave you this way
Mile ten
I move my feet
But you sure are getting heavy
I know you said you'd never leave
I guess that's true as anything
I have lost my sense of time
Trying to keep you in my mind
If I don't have you in my load, honey
I just don't know where you will go
You're getting harder to carry in my wreck of a heart
So do you see a place where we can stop?
I know I said I'd stick with you but I didn't think I'd have to choose between you and everything
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