1. |
All Wires West
04:38
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Turn the headlights on
That damn transmission’s gone
But we’re gonna get so far away from here
This tired town
Grown up, so different now
I’m heading west without no tears
And as the road lines start to blur
We keep on moving on
Because their ain’t no going home
Calling all wires west
Out in the darkness
Sending all my best
Out on all wires west now
Girls in cheap perfume
Dive bars and hotel rooms
Hitting each and every truck stop on the way
Turn the house lights down
Pack up and leave this town
And get miles and miles away
By the time I’m missing home
We’re halfway on our way
But every time I hit that stage
Calling all wires west
Out in the darkness
These sins that I confess
Out on all wires west now
**
Calling all wires west
Out in the darkness
Sending all my best
Out on all wires west now
Calling all wires west
Out in the darkness
These sins that I confess
Out on all wires west now
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2. |
Love Like Marie
03:29
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Greener eyes
Two times said goodbye
And it took
More than a man to save this world
Smiles and tears
Fifteen loving years
And I’ve been sitting here
Thinking about a girl
Beauty in full bloom
Met your eyes across the room
I was defied to define this fire
You lit in my soul
Months went slipping by
I had your face stuck in my mind
And when November stole a kiss
I knew it’d never get old
Is that so wrong?
Now I finally wrote you this song
Ain’t no love like Marie
Would a better man be better at telling her so?
Am I everything you hoped I could be
‘Cause you were coming up strong
And I was moving along
Now the years gone by
They simply fan the flames
There ain’t no star in my sky
That could outshine your name
And I’m fumbling over words
Mostly drunk and half-asleep
This river runs wide
But I still don’t know how deep
Know how deep
And I got this promise to keep
Ain’t no love like Marie
Would a better man be better at telling her so?
Am I everything you hoped I could be
‘Cause you were coming up strong
And I was moving along
**
Ain’t no love like Marie
Would a better man be better at telling her so?
Am I everything you hoped I could be
‘Cause you were coming up strong
And I was moving along
Now I finally wrote you this song
Is that so wrong?
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3. |
The Firefighters' Union
04:42
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Danny was just seventeen
(When) he joined the fire brigade
Half his life he gave to the fight
That lesser men had made
Raised him up a family
A wife and three young kids
And when his youngest was just a boy
The fires they did him in
Here’s one to the firefighters’ union
They step in to battle down the flames
The bravest souls become the coals
On which their war was waged
But the war will always
Outlive their names
Christopher was a strong man
(He) stepped up to the blaze
And fought alongside the boldest men
The lord had ever made
‘Til he ran into an apartment fire
Made it two stories high
When the floor gave out from under his feet
Well, that’s how heroes die
Here’s one to the firefighters’ union
They step in to battle down the flames
The bravest souls become the coals
On which their war was waged
But the war will always
Outlive their names
So come on meet me down at the bar
And order up a drink
And take a shot to the friends we’ve lost
To make our sorrows sink
Bow your head to the wall
We stand and we fall
And we say our prayers in fear
And if we want to honor their memories
Well we can send them up this cheer
Yeah we can send them up this beer!
Here’s one to the firefighters’ union
They step in to battle down the flames
The bravest souls become the coals
On which their war was waged
But the war will always
Outlive their names
Here’s one to the firefighters’ union
They perish by the flame or by the fall
And old age take the rest
The brightest, best
They answer up that call
But the fire, she will outlive us all
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4. |
Killin' Kind
03:27
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Now that it’s all over
I hang my head and cry
‘Cause the love we had
Was the killin’ kind
Used to be great
Used to be-autiful, babe
The music that we made
It’s quiet now
I could never change
I know that now, seems so strange
The promises we made
They’re all broken now
Now that it’s all over
I hang my head and cry
‘Cause the love we had
Was the killin’ kind
Now it’s gone away
I can’t go, it hurts to stay
But don’t look at me, babe
I’m turning ‘round
I could never change
I know that now, seem so insane
The promises we made
These hearts are broken now
Now that it’s all over
Hang my head and cry
‘Cause the love we had
IT WAS KILLIN’
**
Now that it’s all over
Hang my head and cry
So we must admit
It was the killin’ kind
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5. |
Sleepless
04:45
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I won’t stand in line
Bitter hearts and tears I’ve cried tonight
I won’t be here all this time
I won’t come around
Witness slow death in this town tonight
This is where I draw the line
And I wait all along the frontline
For you to come back home
This porch gets so lonely sometimes
And I wait alone to see daylight
Suffer through this sleepless night
Here I am with heart in hand, but you
You just come home anytime
If you could only listen
You’d see what this has been missing and I
I won’t hold your hand this time
I won’t come around
Witness slow death in this town tonight
This is where I draw the line
And I wait all along the frontline
For you to come back home
This porch gets so lonely sometimes
And I wait alone to see daylight
Suffer through this sleepless night
Here I am with heart in hand, but you
You just come home anytime
**
And I wait alone to see daylight
Suffer through this sleepless night
Here I am with heart in hand
Here I am with heart in hand
And I wait alone to see daylight
Suffer through this sleepless night
Here I am with heart in hand, but you
You just come home anytime
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6. |
Bethesda
04:39
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Here sits a hospital bed
A once-empty canvas painted in you
And while all of your colors run out
Your lips turn their last shade of blue
Where are those simple times?
The simple life we used to live?
Where every dream I’ve ever had
Was of what our new life could give
So what am I supposed to dream now?
You’re leaving me cold
‘Cause ever since Texas
I put all my life into you
Remember California
How we lived when our love was still new
Now there’s a half-written verse
‘Cause I knew the melody, but you knew the words
And when I’m all alone in our bed
All I can do is hum this tune in my head
About the sickness that struck you and took you from me
In the depths of the Mediterranean Sea
And well, honey how can I sing out?
Your harmony’s gone
‘Cause ever since Texas
I put all my life into you
Remember California
How we lived when our love was still new
So our love will stay young when this story’s told
How I held your hand ‘til your body got cold
When I sit our two youngest down on our bed
Will they understand when I tell them
That ever since Texas
I put all my life into you
Remember California
How your love just kept pulling me through
And now we got Virginia
And we’re five now when we were once two
But if I leave Bethesda alone
Honey, I just don’t know what I’ll do
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7. |
The Golden State
04:25
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Driving wheels, riding brakes
All of my friends, they pulled up stakes
Made their way across this land
Somewhere out in the desert, man
They moved to California
They moved far out West
And they always told me
It’s all for the best
It’s all for the best
They blame it on jobs and family
To me it’s just manifest destiny
And all that’s left is their silhouettes
Chasing the sun down to where it sets
Way out in California
Out to the Golden State
And I can’t help thinking
Maybe that’s my fate
They moved to San Francisco
The desert and L.A.
Someday soon now, baby
I’m gonna make my way
I’m gonna live in California
I’m gonna brave the Pacific coast
Momma, don’t say I didn’t warn ya’
I’m gonna make my way
They moved to California
Out to the Golden State
And I can’t help thinking
When’s my turn, ‘cause that’s my fate, ya’ see
They moved to San Diego
Moved back to Monterey
Someday soon now, baby
I’m gonna make my way
I’m gonna live in California
I’m gonna brave the Pacific coast
Momma, don’t say I didn’t warn ya’
Consider me a ghost
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8. |
Transcontinental
04:20
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Rails stretching out across this earth
Wonders of nature transected by wonders of man
More than a hundred ways to go
And every one of them is just another way back home
I’m so sick of burying friends
Funeral pyre frequent flyer
Seems like it never ends
‘Cause it’s a wedding then a requiem
A birth and then a wake
And honey, I don’t know just how much more of this I can take
‘Cause there’s no fun in getting old
(there’s no fun in getting old)
There’s no sense in growing up
(there’s no sense in growing up)
You gotta make your own way, girl
‘Cause there’s no prize for showing up
Come the morning, I’ll be leaving
Through the fog on a train
First train to anything but here
‘Cause I ain’t the first soul
To hop that old transcontinental
Let me make this one thing clear:
Where I gotta go
Honey, you can’t follow me
You can keep on breaking my skin
There may come a time that it won’t grow back again
And pretty soon your memories will be all that’s left of me
‘Cause I feel no more at home than the first day I got free
‘Cause there’s no fun in getting old
(there’s no fun in getting old)
Don’t get lost in growing up
(don’t get lost in growing up)
You gotta make your own way, girl
‘Cause there’s no prize for showing up
Come the morning, I’ll be leaving
Through the fog on a train
First train to anything but here
‘Cause I ain’t the first soul
To hop that old transcontinental
Let me make this one thing clear:
Where I gotta go
Honey, that’s just where I’ll be
Come the morning, I’ll be leaving
Through the fog on a train
First train to anything but here
‘Cause I ain’t the first soul
To hop that old transcontinental
Man, I’m out of here
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9. |
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She woke up in Dallas not quite alone
In a fancy hotel 450 miles from home
Slowly got dressed as the sun hit the street
Another day, another job, ends another week
Mascara, black dress, last night’s champagne
Took a train back to Memphis, to do it all again
Men with big cars, stars out on the road
With a ticket stub for yesterday and the money she owed
Open that door, struck out on her own
She’s just so damn beautiful, she walks alone
Faces change, broken hearts stay the same
She’s the queen of Memphis
But no one knows her real name
She gave up that ghost so long ago
That’s the price, now, for fortune and fame
Now she heads to the bar to drown in some drink
Quick trip to the bathroom, pulls a line off the tank
She can’t grow old, her fortune’s in her youth
Says an old woman sitting all alone in a booth
If it weren’t for those eyes and that wavy black hair
She’d be working in this bar making fifteen a year
She get’s a drink, how could anyone think
She’s the queen of Memphis
But no one knows her real name
Said she don’t know just how long she can go
Now she’s just so damn sick of this game
Don’t give up so soon
‘Cause if you can’t stand the sun
Girl, you’ll always have the moon
Hope in the bottle, faith in the blade
Doubt in every choice you made
She’s the queen of Memphis
But no one knows her real name
She gave up that ghost so long ago
That’s the price, now, for fortune and fame
Yeah (queen)
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10. |
Settling
02:55
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There’s cracks in the plaster
Running up the wall
And honey, it seems none of our pictures
Want to hang straight anymore
There always seems a creaking board
Underneath my feet
And I won’t be the ghost
Living on your street
This house
This house is settling
Settling down
This house
This house is settling
But how long ‘til it gives into the ground?
What do you think we’ll see
When we rip up that floor
‘Cause this once-indelible structure
Ain’t the rock it was before
But seasons change
Can we rebuild this home we used to love?
‘Cause honey, this can’t be the place
That we’ve been dreaming of
This house
This house is settling
Settling down
This house
This house is settling
But we can still turn this around
**
This house
This house is settling
Settling down
This house
This house is settling
This house
This house is settling
Settling down
This house
This house is settling
But how long ‘til it gives into the ground?
But how long ‘til it gives into the ground?
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11. |
Bethesda (acoustic demo)
04:38
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Here sits a hospital bed
A once-empty canvas painted in you
And while all of your colors run out
Your lips turn their last shade of blue
Where are those simple times?
The simple life we used to live?
Where every dream I’ve ever had
Was of what our new life could give
So what am I supposed to dream now?
You’re leaving me cold
‘Cause ever since Texas
I put all my life into you
Remember California
How we lived when our love was still new
Now there’s a half-written verse
‘Cause I knew the melody, but you knew the words
And when I’m all alone in our bed
All I can do is hum this tune in my head
About the sickness that struck you and took you from me
In the depths of the Mediterranean Sea
And well, honey how can I sing out?
Your harmony’s gone
‘Cause ever since Texas
I put all my life into you
Remember California
How we lived when our love was still new
So our love will stay young when this story’s told
How I held your hand ‘til your body got cold
When I sit our two youngest down on our bed
Will they understand when I tell them
That ever since Texas
I put all my life into you
Remember California
How your love just kept pulling me through
And now we got Virginia
And we’re five now when we were once two
But if I leave Bethesda alone
Honey, I just don’t know what I’ll do
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