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Shield and Sword
05:19
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These right here are the only chords
I got C my shield and f my sword
I go downtown, spend my time
have a couple drinks with friends of mine
I kick up my feet, conceal my soul
You said I wanna get lost in your rock and roll
You said I wanna get lost in your rock and roll
You said I wanna get lost in your rock and roll
Mmmmm
Well the work is hard but the money’s right
and I can catch a couple hours on the couch at night
I put off my dreams for a little while
It’s hard to see what’s coming from a country mile
I said It’s hard to see what’s coming from a country mile
I said It’s hard to see what’s coming from a country mile
Mmmmm
Stare into the future and it’s looking grim
but I still think that life could be good again
and until it is we can hide it all
like a safe behind a painting hanging on the wall
like a safe behind a painting hanging on the wall
like a safe behind a painting hanging on the wall
Mmmmm
Try to keep it moving when it feels the same
I’m a chameleon babe I just keep the change
Borrow from the songs hammered in my brain
I said ice age heat wave can’t complain
I said ice age heat wave can’t complain
I said ice age heat wave
Mmmmm
Everybody says its lonely at the top
I loosen up my grip and just embrace the drop
I got some real good friends in the valley low
And we know when to decide to let the good times roll
You we know when to decide to enjoy the show
I said we know when to decide to let the good times roll
Mmmmm
Mmm
Mmmmm
Mmm
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2. |
Daily Driver
05:35
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In the days when all the glaciers started cracking up
like a rusted old frame on a craigslist truck
Daily driver, runs good, yeah I know what I got
Now technically I’d been expected, yet I certainly felt
just like a stranger come a knocking on the door for help
No tire kickers, price firm, yeah I know what I got
I wanna believe that somewhere there’s still treasure, its waiting to be retrieved
Mammoths melting out of ice with no place to go now like a prisoner freed
Finally, I was detected though metal I’m not
I never meddled in that heavy relative of rock
Daily driver, runs good, yeah I know what I got
Now what I needed was to see this thing running for myself
blind faith it will not kill you but it certainly can help
when its cash only, no trades, yeah I know what I got
Ahh the taste of sweet relief yeah, she was in good health
fired up and made a sound like echoes coming out of hell
the deal was quickly made, all was well so I paid
and went home running down the road singing all the way
Its my daily driver and it runs good, yeah I know what I got
Daily driver and it runs good, yeah I know what I got
I wanna believe that somewhere there’s still treasure, its waiting to be retrieved
Mammoths melting out of ice with no place to go now like a prisoner freed
Daily driver, runs good, yeah I know what I got
Daily driver, and it runs good, yeah I know what I got
Daily driver
Mmmmm
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
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3. |
Took a Hit
04:59
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I feel like I’ve been wasting my time counting sheep
when the shepard’s back at home and fast asleep
Gone in a dream inside a dream three layers deep
but I’m doing all good, I’m working
I switch my memory on and watch a little scene
something bittersweet with meanings in between
it all dissolves and now my minds resonating
and I’m feeling all good, I’m learning
What I think, what I thought, what I want, what I got, what I feel
Took a hit, took a walk, had a talk with a voice so real
Matter fact made a pact that I’d act on the truth revealed
and I came back home renewed
I wanna build a bridge that leads to somewhere new
solve the mysteries of life or get a clue
arrange the evidence into words that sound true
so I can call it a mantra and repeat it like:
What I think, what I thought, what I want, what I got, what I feel
Took a hit, took a walk, had a talk with a voice so real
Matter fact made a pact that I’d act on the truth revealed
and I came back home renewed
What I think, what I thought, what I want, what I got, what I feel
Took a hit, took a walk, had a talk with a voice so real
Matter fact made a pact that I’d act on the truth revealed
and I came back home renewed
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4. |
Constantly
05:30
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When we get back to Ohio lets spend a little part of every day
just talking real close to one another till we run out of things to say
We take ourselves uptown, just stroll around
stopping everyone I see saying “come take a look at what I found”
Well she’s the pisces princess and she’s the queen of caffeine
Strawberry blonde locks knocking socks off everyone she’s ever seen
Sweeter to me than gas station iced tea
When we need room to breathe we’ll just pack our bags and leave
She’s sweeter to me than gas station iced tea
Its only challenging not getting lost in her world constantly
When we get back to Ohio and have a place we can call our own
lets pretend we live in a world where they never invented the phone
We take our clothes off slow just cause we know
Theres no rush, no hush-hush we could be loud we could bring the whole neighborhood home
Sweeter to me than gas station iced tea
When we need room to breathe we’ll just pack our bags and leave
She’s sweeter to me than gas station iced tea
Its only challenging not getting lost in her world constantly
So I keep knocking on wood every chance I get
and it must be doing some good, hasn’t failed me yet
She’s still sweeter to me than gas station iced tea
When we need room to breathe we’ll just pack our bags and leave
She’s sweeter to me than gas station iced tea
Its only challenging not getting lost in her world constantly
Sweeter to me than gas station iced tea
When we need room to breathe we’ll just pack our bags and leave
She’s sweeter to me than gas station iced tea
Its only challenging not getting lost in her world constantly
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5. |
The Menace
02:23
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I got a diesel lawn mower
a coal-powered leaf blower
Been called a menace to the earth
Stay off my lawn, get off my turf
and if you cross me best believe you’re gambling with your life
Prepare to say goodnight
Headlights are off, its after dark
I pull right in and double park
Scoff at the law as you can see
Thems rules for you, they’re not for me
and if you try to tell the menace what is wrong and right
Prepare to say goodnight
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6. |
Portage Rising
04:09
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There is a door in the back of my mind
the light creeping out underneath almost left me blind
Standing in the threshold felt so good
It was sturdy and surely made of old growth wood
But I cant go back there now, I know
So its outward and downward through the window I go
There are words I’ve been trying to say
describing what separates the rest of our lives from everyday
At the boarded up drug store in the old flood plane town
Old fashioned candy sleeps while the public square drowns
Carp swing through the yard and a lawn chair drifts upstream
merrily, merrily, merrily I guess there is no in between
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7. |
Dumbfounded
06:22
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Dumbfounded and ungrounded at the center again
of something that’s been off-balance since the beginning
Am I winning yet?
Lets get into it
I would forgive you if I thought it’d make a difference but when
all our apologies, they just cancel out to infinity yeah
Thats simple arithmetic
Been getting used to it
And all I needs for you to say
You wouldn’t have it any other way
all I needs for you to stay
I couldn’t have it any other way
have it any other way
This evening crept down like a child early on Christmas day
Visions of sugarplums in the summer sun all but melted away
leaving a sticky trace
Caught in a tricky place
Revealing distance and disinterest in the look on your face
Right there-
yeah, that face right there
that’s that face right there
yeah, that’s that face right there
yeah, that’s that face right there yeah
Yeah
And all I needs for you to say
You wouldn’t have it any other way
all I needs for you to stay
I couldn’t have it any other way
have it any other way
No, no
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8. |
Tell Me Where
03:15
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I could swallow that sword, just tell me where it was forged
You see me dance across them coals?
Yeah, I’ve got steel in my soul
Steel in my sole
Stealing my soul
I could weather any storm, just show me where it was formed
You hear me shouting at that news?
They’ve got us down here in the red with the blues
The red with the blues
The red with the blues
I could cut down any tree, especially if its cherry
Suppose that I could tell a lie
but it mostly just depends on the who, what, where, when, and why
what, where, when, and why
Drank the fluoride now I can’t think
At least the water was clean
Head spins lost with the change caught in a washing machine
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9. |
The Same
03:31
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I woke up today
put on a big face
everything seemed okay
but the world was the same as yesterday
I am the same
You are the same
Everything is the same
and the world is the same as yesterday
Six wasn’t enough, so I went back and bought some more
I woke up with a towel as a pillow on the floor
Wanted to sleep in but I didn’t have the time
Off to work and everything was fine but
I was the same
You were the same
Everything was the same
and the world was the same as yesterday
I was the same
You were the same
Everything was the same
and the world was the same as yesterday
I am the same
You are the same
Everyone is the same
and the world is the same as yesterday
I am the same same
You are the same
Everyone is the same
The world is the same as yesterday
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10. |
September Digging
03:33
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There is no answer to the question
If theres no quest then it suggests no treasure
Well, what have I been doing all this digging for?
Satisfaction
Classic distraction
Just some observable action
Something to bury the past in
But if you dig too deep you’re standing in a well
You were questioning the police and landed in a cell
How can one thing have no true purpose
but at the same time feel far from worthless?
What have I been doing all this living for?
It’s my proof of concept
I’m measuring deaths onset
At least my souls not gone yet
Yeah, I put my word on that
But if you dig too deep you’re standing in a well
You were questioning the police and landed in a cell
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