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sad bastard song.
03:21
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hey, darling i've been sleeping alone / i've been living in my telephone and i've / gone a week without saying something true / sometimes i wanna say i miss you so / though i only held you for a couple days, i know / without you i'm a deeper shade of blue
so i sing myself another sad bastard song / how even on the good days everything feels wrong / i could try to turn it around / but i know i'd fall back down / and i've gotten used to lying on the ground
hey, darling my head, it aches / the movie's almost over, just a couple more takes, and then / i'll just be a name in the credits / even if i get the things i want / a gang to follow and a soul to haunt, i know / it won't feel the way i intended
so i sing myself another sad bastard song / how even on the good days everything feels wrong / i could try to turn it around / but i know i'd fall back down / and i've gotten used to lying on the ground
and everybody knows / it hurts the most when good and sober / i'll make my way back home / but when i get there, the story's over / i guess i'd rather be lost than feel a sinking sense of boredom when i am found
so i sing myself another sad bastard song / how even on the good days everything feels wrong / i could try to turn it around / but i know i'd fall back down / and i've gotten used to lying / i've gotten used to lying on the ground
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stories of the moon.
02:44
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i can pick you flowers / and conjure up stories of the moon / i could buy you a ring and teach you all the songs i sing / but all them songs still wouldn't be for you / i could learn my lines / beat all the other actors gunning for the part / but however long i took to finally get off book / i'd always be a few feet off my mark
i still can't change the world for you, simone / i am just a fool who's got his eyes upon your throne / and you are probably better off alone
i could hoist the sails / and brave the darkest creatures of the deep / i could memorize the charts to navigate your heart / but there'd always be some place i'd rather be / i could stack the deck / and deal you every ace, and king and queen / but when the next hand comes around, your luck just might run out / and i can't promise it'll be a pretty scene
i still can't change the world for you, simone / i am just a fool who's got his eyes upon your throne / and you are probably better off alone
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three thousand miles.
03:24
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i dream about that californian sun / while watching all the cars roll by out on route 1 / while my boss just grins and says, "you know, there's much work to be done" / while i dream about that californian sun /
you're the only girl i know that's worth the wait / while my friends all gather round and try to set me straight / but it takes all i have in me not to jump on the interstate / cause you're the only girl i know that's worth the wait
if the earth still shakes / and the storm won't break / and your heart feels like a canyon / i'll try to give it every ounce that it takes / even though i ain't a man yet
sometimes i think i'll catch a flight next sunday / before i stop to wonder where i'll get that kind of money / but there's nothing more american than a dream that just ain't coming / so i still think i'll catch a flight next sunday
you told me that you feel all alone / i tell you that i feel the same through my dead, cracked phone / so is it worse to feel that way when you're three thousand miles from home / or to be right there and still feel all alone
if the earth still shakes / and the storm won't break / and your heart feels like a canyon / i'll try to give it every ounce that it takes / even though i ain't a man yet
my friend said if it's really meant to be / it'll happen when the time is right, that's destiny / but what if the time is never right and life slides by so carelessly / and you're just the one that got away from me
i guess that i would rather try and fail / than wonder about our ship that never quite set sail / so put that white flag away, and don't you run and turn your tail / cause for you, girl, i'd rather try and fail
if the earth still shakes / and the storm won't break / and your heart feels like a canyon / i'll try to give it every ounce that it takes / even though i ain't a man yet
i'll try to give it every ounce that it takes / even though i ain't a man yet
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a new place.
04:05
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i made a nest of the things that i loved as a child / to protect me from the things i love now / i can't make it through a day without forcing a smile / and questioning the few things i've found / that make me happy that i'm still alive / like staying up singing songs till sunrise / it ain't easy to war with the ghosts on your mind / cause it would be so goddamn easy to die
so goddamn easy to die
kelly says i am a good-hearted man / one any girl would be lucky to have / a wife and a baby was always my plan / in the suburbs, with a blue minivan / but when i see all the things that folks give up on / just to pass on a bit of their genes / i think i'm better off trying to write these damn songs / while somewhere chuck darwin is laughing at me
chuck darwin is laughing at me
so i take a deep breath / and i count to ten / and when i open my eyes, i'll be a better friend / to those who care about me / even when i think they shouldn't / and i'll learn to be different / even though i know i couldn't / and if i can / well, i don't know how
i gotta know if there's a new place that i'd rather be / or if they're all the same / i gotta know if there's a lone drop of hope left for me / or if not one remains
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summer skies.
01:50
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back in the grass, and i open my eyes / i've been looking for god in the summer skies / i left my friends and the party behind / to wander down a neighborhood that isn't mine
and i'm just trying / to ease my mind / for a while
i can barely recall what led me here / it was a feeling that i got in the past few years / when i'm in a crowd i get this kind of fear / i question if they all would notice if i disappear
so i take a walk / just down this block / for a while / and i have a talk / with the dirt and rocks / for a while
and i see it all so clearly / that i'm nothing like i planned / by the time i got to my age / i was supposed to be a man / and i see that i'm still hiding / from pretty girls and holding hands / terrified that one false move / and they'll never talk to me again
my back in the grass, and i open my eyes / i've been looking for god in the summer skies / i left my friends and my family behind / to live a new life that isn't mine
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