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Waterline
05:43
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I see your stone still sits out back behind the shed
one of these days they say they'll lay you down with the rest of the dead
your stone sits out between the shed and the waterline
one of these days they say they'll carry you up the mountain side
but you can't hold a breath you ain't got,
for your women to forgive you before they join you in the family lot.
ain't you one less mouth to feed, one less babe for Gran to tuck on in?
aint you one less beer to hide, one more for her to partake in?
you wore your daughters down, your boy he up and ran off young
they wear your shadow round and will until the day is done.
no amount of sun or rain would do, in your mind there would be nothing left
you brought that sorrow home when scarcity meant certain death
punish not with fists or chains, harm not where the lord can see
just let them children know there aint no safe place to be.
all those years of holding breath, now the breeze come through
and all of them tears we wept to cleanse us all of you
all those years of holding breath, now the breeze come through
all the god damn tears we wept to cleanse us all of you.
got rid of all your guns, your chevy she just gave away
and she ain't waitin up for you to come home and claim the day
she let her hair down and wears that soft old shirt you couldnt stand,
let the trees grow tall and the deer graze on her land.
but you can't hold a breath you ain't got
for your your women to forgive you before they join you in the family lot.
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2. |
Manifest Blues
04:06
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Every single thing you did they do
right or left hand lay down the same bruise
mama what's left? i'll make it i'll choose
run around loop around, manifest blues.
bubblegum wreck hold that engine down
comin apart as we blow through town
angels don't cross where the pain got made
let me go down to release the shame
coppermouth widen spout softer lies
get you all alone with them sulphur eyes
thought i was flesh thought she was like me
but i was made of metal cut from a thin sheet
call you come back you've been loose too long
my love is tired but my body's strong
angels do cross where the pain got made
let me go down
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Strain to See
04:35
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i know the lord got mercy / that is plane to see
when i wake up in the morning / that woman is layin right next me
that woman is layin down next to me
well i seen that woman scrubbin her skin down in the sand
down by the bank of that cold blue river
scared shes gonna slip right through my hands
i know the lord got mercy / i know the lord got wrath
i won't take for granted what you give me lord
don't you take my sweetheart back
don't you take my baby back
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at night when the sun goes down that when the hunger sets in
and i know there ain't a crumb around to put between those achin ribs
well you know she don't drink whiskey
my baby girl don't drink gin
i can feel her looking right at me lord with her tobacco yellow grin
i know that i done wrong / i ain't gotta strain to see
i won't do you no more harm now lord
don't you take this one from me/ don't take that girl from me
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well theres a darkness in these woods
atleast thats how the story goes
they say you better hold onto your fears, child
if you got dreams of growing old
listen to the crickets chirpin
listen to that old toad croak
when you hear the valley go silent listen to the chill down in your bones
theres a darkness in this world
i ain't gotta strain to see
i can feel it lookin right at me
lord don't you take this one from me
lord don't you take that girl from me
lord don't you take my girl from me
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Atlantic
05:08
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I asked the atlantic when my time is gonna come
i asked the atlantic when our time is gonna come
i asked the atlantic for to call my baby home
she said honey now
your time ain't come and gone
i know that she loved me like the moon pulls in the tide
i carry round her photograph 'cause it makes for shorter nights
and when i held her face between my palms i could see the water rise
and i saw that she loved me like the moon pulls in the tide
theres a curse on the town where i come from
and that plague has taken so many i love
the city's dark and sobbing still with a terror overcast
seems i run away just to take the long walk back
if i freeze and panic will you kneel down next to me
if i freeze and panic will you softly help me see
that when i freeze and harden please remind me that i'm free
you're the salt that gives way to warm waters underneath
so i asked the atlantic when my time is gonna come
i asked the atlantic when our time is gonna come
i asked the atlantic for to please let me come home
she said honey now
you're time ain't come and gone
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valley of string lights / i leave'm plugged in all night
valley of demons / telling me they're strong and that they're right
valley of glass like a prism / takin turns with shatter and shine
honey line'n my vision / at least that vision is mine
it's mine
I leave big boots on the mantle / to remind me how i step
and i shoot to dismantle / and i haven't missed yet
sometimes i see with my skin / 'cause i'm covering my eyes
and i came here to win / not to let tired dogs lie
are you lying?
so don't look at me directly / unless i say you can please
you and no one cane hold me correctly / i just slip out with the breeze
she asked me do i even deserve this / or are you preaching to a scar
are you sore with a purpose? / or is this just how you are now?
I guess this is just how you are now.
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