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You're Stuck With Me
03:34
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Well these streets are home and are filled with wonder
through and through and by and by
just when you think you're going under
a ladder descends from the sky
tales to tell and room to roam
secrets all the neighbors will plainly see
no need to finish my last sentence
'cause you know you're stuck with me
Might wash it down with a chaser
do it again 'till the well runs dry
girl across the bar well you'd have to brace her
start running away before you'd see her cry
drunken dreams will have to do you
in black and white that's all they're gonna be
two Tylenol and the morning paper
the color returns and you're stuck with me
I don't like these railroad tracks
'cause they never take me back
never take me back to you
Fork in the road both of them all mine
'cause we're gonna end up in these trees
wanna take 'em both at the same time
until we end up on our bloody knees
sometimes you knock and no one answers
but it's more of a question, not another plea
I got the patience of a girl with good intentions
look around and you're stuck with me
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If you can remember can you remember me
if I disappont promise not to flee
if you grown unsteady you can take my hand
if you can pierce the veil can you understand
days and days and days like this
Light turns away and bang its head
against the wall on your side of the bed
congregation's gone strangers take their place
and all that's left is fear to fill the empty space
after days and days and days like this
everybody gone
no one left to miss
days and days and days like this
Is it true what they say
that loves gets in the way
makes people hang around
when they shoulda left town
days and days and days like this
suddenly it dawns
ignorance ain't bliss
after days and days and days like this
Chalk on a chalkboard pencil on a pad
scratch away the lovers that each of us has had
leave tunnel vision and a human touch
nothing really matters
it doesn't matter much after
days and days and days like this
after all this time
betrayed with a kiss
days and days and days like this
Is it true what they say
that loves gets in the way
makes people hang around
when they shoulda left town
days and days and days like this
Time arrives...then it gets confused
about which clock it's supposed to use
so while it ponders what's at stake
there's these little pills I'm supposed to take
after days and days and days like this
after all this time
betrayed with a kiss
after days and days and days like this
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Let me catch my breath, babe
Let me catch my breath, babe
Let me catch my breath before I look at you
I might catch my death, babe
I might catch my death, babe
I might catch my death without a look at you
without a look at you
Never gonna stop trying to run
you're the finish line and the gun
gifts from everyone
you're the color in my eyes
that hides behind surprise
looks through everyone
Gypsy woman told me it's true
the world owes me nothing but you
By the grace of something
By the grace of something
By the grace of something I get to see
It's like standing tall, babe
It's like standing tall, babe
It's like standing tall the way you look at me
Let me catch my breath, babe
Let me catch my breath, babe
Let me catch my breath before I look at you
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So Far So Gone
03:24
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We're so far so gone
we got not place left to go
so far so gone
resin up the bow
changing lanes or changing veins
dressed up or wearning chains
playing dead or playing games
we're so far so gone
We're so far so gone
words get in the way
like road blocks and street signs
in front of what we mean to say
Martz Buses and steam trains
black and whites and beer stains
chipped paint on window panes
we're so far so gone
break:
So far so gone
no need to kiss and tell
trying to soothe a thirst
from a dried up wishing well
so far so gone
sleeping on the floor
hearing my own breathing
don't suit me anymore
So far so gone
all things must pass
rings from reflections
in an empty whiskey glass
making hay or making change
forgetting someone's name
wanting all to stay the same
but we're so far so gone
break:
So far so gone
on the wrong side of town
picking up the pieces
of facades falling down
so far so gone
another for-sale sign
in another broken window
that used to be mine
We're so far so gone
no use looking back
at demons or reflections
or something with a knack
for mystery or something new
things that are still left to do
or lies that could well be true
we're so far so gone
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Wanna come from a place where everybody knows you
wanna come from a place where everybody shows you
the sinners and the sin
the truth and the spin
can we begin again
all I wanna do is come home to you
Wanna lay my burden down sleep like it's a snow-day
tempt me with silver but I'm still saying no way
maybe not glory-bound
but I'm gonna stick around
my dirty piece of ground
just tell 'em that I'm coming home to you
My heart might be in pieces
and my head might hurt like hell
but if I'm gonna love and have my fun
I'm gonna do it well
So gather round you troubadours and traveling foot soldiers
I might be getting better but I'm still getting older
sometimes it ain't the miles
it's a lifetime of smiles
that graced you all the while
all I wanna do is come home to you
sometimes it ain't the miles
it's a lifetime of smiles
that graced you all the while
all I wanna do is come home to you
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I call on you..you call on me
like chalk on the sidewalk
it's there for all to see
face to face hand to hand
blood-brothers eye to eye
the more that I remember
the more I wanna cry
One step forward two steps back
progress in the end
is measuring the impact
that you've had on all your friends
we grow older but not wiser
the bonds they rarely hold
like the ones we made as children
when are hearts were filled with gold
I call on you
you call on me
I call on you
you call on me
save a seat on the train
these tracks will set you free
I call on you
you call on me
I call on you
you call on me
If home is where the heart's supposed to be
I got a timebomb ticking inside of me
I call on you
you call on me
I call on you
you call on me
save a seat on the train
these tracks will set you free
I call on you
you call on me
I call on you
you call on me
I call on you..you call on me
like chalk on the sidewalk
it's there for all to see
face to face hand to hand
blood-brothers eye to eye
the more that I remember
the more I wanna cry
I call on you
you call on me
I call on you
you call on me
save a seat on the train
these tracks will set you free
I call on you
you call on me
I call on you
you call on me
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Start All Over Again
03:25
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You get tired of pushing to solve the crime
waking up on a dime
wind blowing you to and fro
forgetting where you need to go
edges and corners all razor blades
head on fire and the bed unmade
take the freebie and take the pain
learn to start all over again
Happy liars sad but true
never ask what they've done to you
when you get a chill saying goodbye
stop looking them in the eye
that needle can take you by the hand
try to make you understand
get your ass out of the rain
learn to start all over again
Slip and slide
mystery ride
to and fro
I just don't know
I just don't know
I just don't know
I think I knew you once before
peeking in through the kitchen door
when friendship was a state of mind
that we found ourselves in all the time
never be better than it was before
tracking memories on your floor
old and wise or young and vain
learn to start all over again
old and wise or young and vain
learn to start all over again
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Wanna see if I can still make you smile
see if maybe we can rest awhile
head down to the lawer’s to deface our wills
share a 6-pack and a sleeping pill
cause we deserve better
we deserve better than this
Nine to five on an assembly line
if it weren’t for nickels we wouldn’t have a dime
love ain’t enough to keep you warm
when the furnace blows in a winter storm
cause we deserve better
we deserve better than this
How many years we count the days
how many friends lost along the way
lies underneath the bed
slaps upside the head
cause we deserve better
we deserve better than this
They say you get dealt a hand
and it you play it the best you can
well that SOB dealing from the bottom of the deck
I’m gonna find his ass I’m gonna wring his neck
cause we deserve better
we deserve better than this
My clothes don’t fit me anymore
so I’m wearing what my old man wore
refund missing my hair gone gray
one should leave but we’ll both stay
cause we deserve better
we deserve better than this
Everybody says to move real slow
but they don't care and they don't know
that I got no patience for the setting sun
this is how we do it where I come from
cause we deserve better
we deserve better than this
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Used to be young now I'm old
used to be shy but now I'm bold
you go your way I go mine
stand for nothing or stand in line
key to the highway or the door
I don't feel the same way anymore
anymore anymore anymore
anymore anymore anymore
Living hard or living long
smart enough to know when you're wrong
dance all night pain all day
turn it up I'll blow you away
call the game without the score
I don't feel the same way anymore
anymore anymore anymore
'Cause if she don't love me know after all this time
like spending a dollar to save a dime
like a punch-drunk fighter just one more round
giving up is giving ground
Not living at all sparks no regrets
I ain't done with all you yet
forgive the sinner not the sin
that's the kind of world we're living in
all these wheels scuffing up your floor
I don't feel the same way anymore
anymore anymore anymore
anymore anymore anymore
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Jump inside my radio
play it hard or sing it low
I got nothing in my head
'cept waking up in your bed
on a lonely mystery ride
with emptiness by my side
there ain't nothing I can do
when every song sounds like you
Piano or an old guitar
the melody it won't go far
it knows it's all been done before
an open window or a busted door
grafitti on a city wall
phone number on a bathroom stall
I can't sing my way through
when every song sounds like you
Sounds like a laugh sounds like a tear
like a day that lasts all the year
exactly what I need to hear
just like you whispering in my ear
What happens when what you love
throws shadows like the stars above
it can burn to the touch
those who think too much
made for fools who still believe
in what's up a magician's sleeve
all alone when it takes two
when every song sounds like you
Sounds like a laugh sounds like a tear
like a day that lasts all the year
exactly what I need to hear
just like you whispering in my ear
Jump inside my radio
play it hard or sing it low
I got nothing in my head
'cept waking up in your bed
on a lonely mystery ride
with emptiness by my side
there ain't nothing I can do
when every song sounds like you
when every song sounds like you
when every song sounds like you
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Peaceful Water
03:45
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If I'm gonna drown make it peaceful water
bring my son and bring my daughter
hold my hand then let me go
I can't be late I got one more show
Peaceful water tames a rocky shore
barred windows behind an unlocked door
long straightaway then a pin-point curve
bring it on if you've got the nerve
Raise a glass or raise a Fender
on a crusade or a bender
carve your name in the wet sand
I'll sweep it up with my right hand
What do you got at the end of the day
with a bunch of words you'd never say
time wasn't right or the moon was wrong
never forget it's a three minute song
Raise a glass or raise a Fender
on a crusade or a bender
carve your name in the wet sand
I'll sweep it up with my right hand
In peaceful water that's where I'll be
with eyes closed I don't need to see
the hurt we bring on each other
bless up my sister and my brother
bless up my sister and my brother
The hurt we bring on each other
bless up my sister and my brother
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Tom Flannery Scranton, Pennsylvania
"One of the most gifted songwriters to emerge at the turn of the century"
-- The All Music Guide
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