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Good Enough
04:54
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Box up all the records
All the old love letters
Pictures in a frame of me and you
I've written enough sad songs
I knew it wouldn't be too long
'fore a real life broken heart shined through
This was never what I wanted
I didn't know just what to do
Even though I know you were so good for me
I could never be good enough for you
I laid down on that throttle
picked up the bottle
let's find out just how fast this thing will go
Couldn't win for losing
turns out that I wasn't moving
holding tight to things I could never know
This was never what I wanted
I didn't know just what to do
Even though I know you were so good for me
I could never be good enough for you
You were all I ever wanted
I didn't know just what to do
Even though I know you were so good for me
I could never be good enough for you
I could never be good enough for you
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2. |
St. Therese
04:06
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Said a prayer to St. Therese in hopes that I might find my peace of mind
Something I lost long ago
Stopped for smokes in Laramie, yeah it might be the place for me, maybe
If not for all the snow
It felt like home
Felt like home to me
Nowhere in this world I'd rather be
Dashboard clock read 7:23
Reminded me of Tennessee in the summertime when it ain't the heat
it's the humidity
My fingers traced the rosary
I thought of all that would never be--all the places that I'd never see
They felt like home
Felt like home to me
Nowhere in this world I'd rather be
Highway sign looked like a cross
Were you something that I lost
I looked up and you were gone
Somewhere missing from the page
House is haunted burn the sage
Dust myself off and move on
But you felt like
Felt like home to me
Nowhere in this world I'd rather be
You felt like home
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3. |
Foolish Promises
03:36
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She hopped up onto the hood of my car
Took a draw from her cheap cigarette
Turned her head to the side and said,
"boy you're gonna love me, I just ain't sure that you know it yet"
She about knocked me dead and my face turned red
Turned my head and I looked away
Though I knew she was right, was the first time in my life
That a girl had talked to me that way
But our appetites were bigger than our hearts could understand
We were desperate wanderers searching for the Promised Land
Sure that we had something time could never take
Making all the foolish promises that young people make
And the preacher man was saying to know you better know
you gotta know where you'll go when you're gone
'cause the harvest that you're reaping is the cost of your own soul
I was scared as hell I was wrong
Well, my appetite was bigger than my heart could understand
just a desperate wanderer searching for the Promised Land
Sure that I had something time could never take
Making all the foolish promises that young people make
Man, forever's so much longer than it seems
When you're seventeen
And our appetites were bigger than our hearts could understand
We were desperate wanderers searching for the Promised Land
Sure that we had something time could never take
Making all the foolish promises that young people make
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4. |
Arlene
03:09
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Arlene, she'd never tell her birthday
Says I'd only let her down
Though I knew that she was right
I still lie awake at night
Trying to find a way to keep her around
I'll never be what she deserves
I ain't even sure I can
These moments go so fast,
If I'd known it'd be the last, I'd take her hand
Arlene, before you leave
I hope and pray that you might just believe
Arlene, before you go
Please know
Arlene, she won't believe she's pretty
Won't believe a word I say
Another time another place
I swear to god, I'd touch her face
Never let her slip away
Arlene, before you leave
I hope and pray that you might just believe
Arlene, before you go
Please know
I should pretend this never happened
Things are better off this way
Your name remains on my lips when I go to sleep
When there's nothing left to say
Arlene, before you leave
I hope and pray that you might just believe
Arlene, before you go
Please know
Please know
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5. |
Bonneville
04:05
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There were holes in the floor
of your sister's 1974
Bonneville
Oh God, what a thrill
That old 455
Climb in back, let's go for a ride
Do you remember?
And I can still smell that smell
But I can't recall the way it all felt
When I swore I'd love you forever
And I'm sure we'll find it again
Lying on that hood getting high down by the river
All was still
Bonneville
Weed and gasoline
Vinyl cracked, gas station clean
Oh God, what a machine
That old 455
Unaware we were so alive
Now I remember
Buckle up, we'll outrun hell
How could I forget the way it all felt?
When I swore I'd love you forever
And I'm sure we'll find it again
Lying on that hood getting high down by the river
All was still
Bonneville
And I'm sure I'll love you forever
And I'm sure we'll find it again
Lying on that hood getting high down by the river
All was still
Bonneville
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Texarkana
04:08
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You were singing in the kitchen, I was playing songs 900 miles away
Wishing I was there beside you to help you put those dishes in their place
And I know this is how it's gonna be for awhile
I'll wait
I'd give anything to taste your lips again
To touch your face
If I leave when this is over
and I run it through the night
I'll be leaving Texarkana before the morning light
I've been fumbling like a fool to find the words strong enough to still ring true
Self crucified, I died a thousand times
Never felt renewed
Fought the fight and found myself broken--nothing left to lose
Gave all I had to give to find forgiveness,
Somehow, I found you
If I leave when this is over
and I run it through the night
I'll be leaving Texarkana before the morning light
You were singing in the kitchen
I was playing songs 900 miles away
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7. |
Draw Some Blood
04:31
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"I've done worse for less," the wild man said
As he spit out the rest of that poor chicken's head
As the father, he fainted,
And the son just laughed 'til he shit
All them other boys knew,
you don't wanna know what goes on in that tent
"See you rednecks at bell time, right around six,
Step right up and I'll stretch you, no punches or kicks
Let you know how it feels--you ain't gotta wonder if it's real
Bring your carnival ticket, and you're in for a hell of a deal!"
They came to see him sling some fire
They came to watch him draw some blood
He lived to feed off of their ire
The only thing he ever loved
Draw some blood
Another few weeks, another territory town
Sure there were ladies, but he never laid his roots down
He always got over--He did that on his own
But the ring and the road and his sixty-six Olds were his home
They came to see him sling some fire
They came to watch him draw some blood
He lived to feed off their ire
The only thing he ever loved
Draw some blood
But the times they were changing,
The stars they went east
A couple of giants and some muscled up freaks
Cable TV was now king and no place for old carnival geeks
When the money dried up, he moved off the road for the streets
Aches and pains became too much, so he made some new friends
He had no taste for the hard stuff--it was a means to an end
Cheap motel on the highway in Jackson,
Man, you know the rest
Closed his eyes one last time and he whispered,
"I've done worse for less."
They came to see he'd swallowed fire
They came to see he'd drawn some blood
He lived to feed off of their ire
The only thing he ever loved
Draw some blood
The only thing he ever loved
Draw some blood
The only thing he ever loved...
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8. |
Believe
05:19
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I heard the clang of the loudest of cymbals
and the crash of the almighty gong
Sidewalk saviors and megaphone ministers
To save me from what I've done wrong
And I laid there prostrate at the foot of my bed
Praying pardon for things that I thought and I said
Hatred hid in my heart and anger I wore on my sleeve
And I tried to believe
To believe that this work was for something
Believe that I might have a cause
Believe there was a good reason to carry my piece of the cross
Still somehow I felt lost
And the words that I prayed, they hung there like a quilt
A tapestry sewn of my shame and my guilt
Gave myself every reason to lay my good reason aside
And I gave all I had that I thought I must give
Killed off my nature in hopes that I'd live
Damned if it didn't take walking away to finally feel like I was alive
To believe that this work was for something
Believe that I might have a cause
Believe there was a good reason to carry my piece of the cross
To believe that this work was for something
Believe that I might have a cause
Believe there was a good reason to carry my piece of the cross
Still somehow I felt lost
To believe that this work was for something
Believe that I might have a cause
Believe there was a good reason to carry my piece of the cross
Still somehow I felt lost
Still somehow I felt lost
Why do I feel so lost
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9. |
Just One More
03:25
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When this is over, I'm gonna leave,
He said as he crushed his cigarette
Someplace new where I can leave--better even, forget.
Maybe I'll go back to school, it ain't to late to dream
And I'll come look for you
Be sure to look for me
Tie it on and tie it up, this time will be enough
We'll run that ghost down, I'm sure
Last time baby,
Just one more
When this is over, know I'm gone
this place ain't got a thing for me
No more singing all these sad, sad songs
I'll write a new one when I'm free
Maybe I can learn to love
In ways I've never seen
And I'll come look for you
Be sure to look for me
Tie it on and tie it up, this time will be enough
We'll run that ghost down I'm sure
Last time baby,
Just one more
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