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Dead Bird's Wing
05:53
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She expects me to remember
The little moments that she treasures
That were made in the center
Of some tear she helped pay for
I came home angry
Ate some food from the pantry
That my mother had just gave me
Cause I'm her little baby
She says she's lonely
That it's been hard for her to get up in the morning
And my brother's found a lady
And that makes her so happy
But it's hard in the morning
So hard in the morning
It's been hard in the morning
She's been drinking every night
I'm a dead bird's wing flapping in the breeze
I'm an old oak tree brought to my knees
I'm a table toppled on the lawn
I'm a bloody tail, some dog run off
It's kinda funny
It's kinda pretty
It's kinda ugly
It's kinda fitting
It didn't seem to matter
Just a quiet nod in the tavern
Where a little goes a long way
And a lot leaves ya wanting
The words escape me
I remember when the poetry would chase me
And it'd run and overtake me
And beat me til I was holy
My hands are aching
And it's been hard for me to look at myself naked
Maybe I hit my limit
Then the nighttime gets me thinking
But it's hard in the morning
So hard in the morning
It's been hard in the morning
I've been drinking every night
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2. |
Heaven Ain't Hiding
03:15
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I see it when Mother got a job at my school
When I wouldn't leave home without pulling a tooth out
And she'd draw me maps from each one of my classrooms
Just so I'd know where to find her if I had to
And now that I know where she is, I don't visit
I see it when Mother falls down on her knees
And prays to a god that she does not believe in
Cause death don't come easy when you love your children
So wild and reckless and gone without warning
She falls to her knees just to make sure they're working
I know her heart will just beat till it's burning
She gave up her freedom just to see me not hurting
And I shoulda answered when she called me this morning
Just to tell me she loved me and that I'm important
Heaven ain't hiding in moments of triumph
It's alive on the wings of a bird slowly dying
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3. |
Out of Town
01:53
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River, run me out of town
I've got friends that can't be found
I've been growing quiet now
River, run me out of town
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4. |
Towel at Her Feet
04:14
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I've been having a rough go about it
Lord, I've been having a rough go, it's true
Though, as far as rough goes, I know I should be smooth sailing
But, sailing's for sailors and the sea makes me sick
I've been thinking 'bout throwing the towel in
And drowning myself in my sweet baby's arms
I'll wake in the morning, pretending I'm sleeping
And peek at her naked, a towel at her feet
I pound out the rhythm of an old hallelujah
And I keep it up till my skin starts to split
With a heart full of hymns and a head full of violence
I'll pick up that hammer and I work off my sins
I've been thinking 'bout throwing the towel in
And drowning myself in my sweet baby's arms
I'll smoke cigarettes and drink beer in the morning
And never will I ever be lonesome again
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5. |
Across the Line
04:06
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Please, don't tell me
That you're sorry
Cause it's alright
I'm so tired of being angry all the time
And there's no need to shout
If you want me back around
Cause I will be
I'm so tired of being angry
O, the shadows
O, you crossed the line
O, I musta been lost in the shadows that night
Lost in the shadows of your mind
It hurts, my friend
But I am not above you
It hurts, my friend
But I will always love you
Man, I don't wanna fight
Not this time
I'm so tired of being angry all the time
I've done wrong
I've done worse
Man, I've done some things I shouldn't've
And I'm trying to be kinder
O, the shadows
O, I crossed the line
O, you musta been lost in the shadows that night
Lost in the shadows of my mind
Please, don't tell me
That you're sorry
Cause it's alright
I'm so tired of being angry all the time
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6. |
Betty Dog
04:28
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Betty Dog is gone
But so is the ache in her bones
And so is that look in her eye when she knows
That you're dying to keep her alive
So it goes
I'll keep ya company now
As long as I am allowed
And, hell, if I'm not I'll just break your door down
And I'll kick your ass off the couch
So it goes
Death is just the earth gasping for breath
Life is just a sigh while smoking cigarettes in bed
And Betty's in the lungs of some great sunset
And somewhere I can hear something sighing
And, man, it sounds an awful lot like dying
So it goes
A pitcher of beer and a laugh
An Indian tear, clear and black
And that grin on your face as ya talk 'bout your past
While the sun's laying down to rest
So it goes
Betty Dog is gone
But she'll always beat in your chest
And she'll always howl at the unwanted guests
That hide in the back of your head
And you know that
So it goes
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7. |
Nothing at All
04:59
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Last night I had a dream
I pulled a thin red string
From a cut in my thumb
And I don't know what it means
But I wrote it down all the same
Cause I got nothing to say
Yeah, it all sounds the same
Just a cloud of dust
Behind some run-wild dream
I'm exhausted, I'm ashamed
I used to stay home from school
I was a scared little boy in that room
Then it was bottles or cans
Whatever I could get my hands on
Now I'm back in that room
Back where the memories linger like feathery footsteps tapping out of time
Back where my brother would scream till he'd bleed and my mother would quietly cry
Back where I climbed from that cage and kept climbing, it's cages all the way up
And I ain't proud of knowing that I'm growing used to this one
I feel nothing at all
I'd rather stare at my phone
Leave the TV on
And don't ya turn on that light
Ma, ya ain't gonna like it
Your baby is gone
Gone like a stone that's been thrown and forgotten, lost in a sea of itself
Gone like my father, and gone like his too, and gone like the anger I held
Gone like the feeling of anything meaning anything more than it felt
Though I ain't glad to go, I ain't sad to know it now
I feel nothing
So where did I go?
Did I slip out the door?
Did I float through the ceiling
Or fall through the floor?
Where was I before?
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8. |
Endless Highway
03:23
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I went out walking
I walked past the store
I was hungry for something I couldn't afford
I was hungry for something that I'd felt before
Some warmth in the voice of another
Out past the train tracks
I rested my feet
I was thinking 'bout something I couldn't repeat
I was thinking that this one I might keep for me
Yeah, this one I'll take to my grave
I kept on walking
I started to laugh
I laughed like a child choking on broken glass
I laughed till I came to that old overpass
And I hung my head over the rail
And it sounded like water
That endless highway
I was dreaming 'bout heaven on the crest of a wave
I was dreaming 'bout heaven and the way I've behaved
I was only a boy
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9. |
Hollow Sound
06:24
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Where do I go now?
I got lost
I will never forget
Not knowing what happened
I lied to my woman
I lied to my friend
And I didn't know I could do that
I quit my drinking
It can't help me now
I know it's only been a weekend
But I made it through the drought
And I didn't know I could do that
Where do I go now?
Drink lots of coffee and walk around
Where do I go now?
Got all this time to think about
Waking lazy in the morning
And cooking breakfast in the afternoon
While you were singing in the shower
And I was drinking in the living room
Playing music till the evening
And coming home to find you there
Laying with you in the bedroom
And getting lost in your big red curly hair
I wanna go back there
There is an anger in my eyes
Even when I cry, but you still feel me when I do
There is a sickness in my mind
Desperate to unwind all of the goodness my mother gave to me
That I shared with you and then took away
And when I open my mouth
It's just a hollow sound reaching out for nothing
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10. |
O My Stars
00:40
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O, I'm seeing stars
I musta fallen hard last night
Now I feel like I'm walking on water
Just making it through the day
O, my stars I'm ready to pray
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Why do angels fly so high above our clouded sight?
Why do I lie awake every night waiting for one to stop by?
Long, I've dreamed of golden things and everlasting light
Long, I've sang to the moon and the stars as a bird on broken wings
What could wait beyond those gates, so tall and pearly white?
What could I say to help me inside?
You know my name
Will there be an end to this or will I always struggle?
Lord, come and take me or leave me alone to bathe in troubled waters
Why do angels fly so high above our clouded sight?
Why do I lie awake every night waiting for one to stop by?
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