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True love so unexpected
Finds me here so rejected now
Truest love is so blinding
Sifting through the knots I’m untying
This love we had has run it’s course
Leaving you feels like a mini divorce
When love walks through the door the sight and the sound
You can’t ignore
If you have to ask then you ain’t felt it before
When love walks through the door
I don’t want to leave you, but I cannot deceive you—this love we HAD is gone
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What Is, Must Be
03:09
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Friends don’t treat friends this way
Friends don’t act like this
Friends don’t speak words with such haste
Friends don’t act like this
She used me till she used me up
It seems that i have had to much
I’ll keep my heart under lock and key no this wind won’t sway me
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The Foolishness
03:46
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In my past life I was a man who did right
I loved my mother and my wife
Oh how I treated them well
But lately I don’t feel like myself
I left my post I’m a ghost of my former self
But nowadays we treat our women like objects
Oh how we put them through hell no we’re not ourselves
Put down the controller and control yourself
Admit that you’re a mockery of yourself
It’s a sickness an evil sickness
I don’t ask for directions home
I’m so lost now so very lost now
I don’t ask for directions home
In my past life I loved my children and did right
But now you can’t even tell
That I’m a father at all
Instead off making the bacon
My wife gets it and cook it as well
She resents me so I put her through hell
To make things worse I covet my neighbor
I treat my wife like a stranger
I recede into myself and I don’t ask for help
I was staring at her chest but I blamed it on the way she dressed
I am such a mess I’m a wolf in sheep’s clothing
We’re not all good no we’re not misunderstood we’re just not all good
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How much land does a man need
Enough to satisfy his greed
Oh this lust for property
Is to hide these infirmities all these insecurities
See he ran as far and as fast as he could
‘Cause enough in never enough
For us For us
How much land does a man need
Just enough to cause him to desire other things
Oh this cycle it never ends
It should never start or begin
We are all just trying to put our stakes in the ground
That we’re all made of dust how foolish does it sound
We’re just playing in the dirt pretending like we’re not hurt
That we are just seeking after us
How much land does a man need
A plot 6 feet long and 6 feet deep, oh this cycle is never ending
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Sophie
03:36
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Sophie wrote me but I never replied
I was afraid of what she might find
That I am a coward dressed up in lies
That I hide behind so well
Tell me what lies are you believing, and who are you letting see them
Tell me who are you deceiving and is there a reason is there a reason
Sophie called me but I let it ring
Somehow I knew loving her only sorrow would bring
She represents everything right and wrong with me
Starting over with a new thing
Please don’t really leave
I’m trying but I can barely
Keep my eyelids open to watch you leave
Softly she consoled me even tho’ she didn’t know the real me
I see her in the sunrise sometimes when close my eyes
Oh Sophie you’re controlling me beautifully
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Rocks Under Her Feet
05:31
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I was her stepping stone 4x
I remember way back when you and I were barley friends
But a lot has changed sense then I don’t remember how or when
I remember when I asked you to marry me you looked at me like I was crazy
Now I know what you meant with that look you said everything
And you left faster then you appeared now you’re gone I pretend you were never here
It’s like I disappeared, replaced by the next one who flatters you dear
We’re all rocks underneath each others feet
And yeah she’s stomped all over me
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7. |
It's Not Quite
03:14
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I don’t wanna feel this way i I don’t wanna feel this pain
I guess she don’t feel the same I guess it’ll be ok
I invested to much too fast but we can’t change the past
And there aren’t hospitals for this kind of pain
Cause it’s not quite what you think it is
Oh it never it never is
And it’s not quite what you thought it was
‘Cause it never was it never was
I don’t know how to move on after all I can’t find what I done wrong
This used to be a love song now its something to help me carry on
You were once my symphony now you’re nails on chalkboard to me
This scar will heal I’ll find love that’s real and it will cover up the pain I feel
I will move on my dear you will be a memory that will disappear
But I can’t get over this moment right here
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The Myth
03:48
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You remind me of what I’m trying forget
How you linger when I’m feeling depressed
You remind me of what I haven’t accomplished yet
You’re more like a cancer and less like a regret
I need you more then I’ll admit and that’s the hardest part of it
I am not quite who I wanted to be when I was as old as me
I have yet to arrive but I think that’s just fine cause arrival is a myth and everyone’s faking it everyone’s faking it
You remind me of what a disaster I used to be
I think I’m getting better but you shouldn’t ask me
You remind me that growing up is
letting go of and less about embracing it
I need you more then I’ll admit and that’s the hardest part of it
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Daddy pulled the trigger but the riffle wouldn’t shoot
It seems it was too much so he gave up on givin’ up
Sat in his favorite chair guzzled entertainment to get through
To think that he could have left it all behind in a few seconds or two
And I’m glad he didn’t but sometimes I think of if he would’ve
Could it be different could sorrow creep worse then regret
A few days ago he turned to me and said
Son I’m sorry for the words I’ve left unsaid
But I’ve been living life in the passenger seat
Letting sorrow creep up on me
Letting sorrow creep worse then regret
And I’m sorry for that, but I let sorrow take my best
It doesn’t get easier sorrow just goes father away
Eventually pain starts to dissipate it’ll be ok
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10. |
Augustus
03:16
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Augustus Hill was a self made man
Coal miner blue collar businessmen
He had 14 urchins
But depression over took him then took his throne
One terrible afternoon he was consumed
And his sickness tied the noose
And his sons had to cut him down, but he said
So mind your Mother
Your Sisters and Brothers
And remember me as I was
Sing to Jesus
He’ll never leave us
And remember me as I was, not as I’ve become
The day the market crashed I never looked back I gave all I had
To say times were tough would be cheap all the moneys dried out of me
My compassion got the best of me so we headed west all 14
But times were rough everywhere it seemed
And I let the devil whisper to me
I can’t take these migraines they’re killing me
There choking my thoughts I can’t think clearly
Give my best to Jenny and my 14
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11. |
The Pastor's Daughter
03:33
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12. |
The Pastors Wife
03:11
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