1. |
Smoking Gun
03:47
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I am a house on fire, I'll be your rocking horse
I am a broken record, you've heard it all before
I'm down to my last nickel, I get so carried away
I flip this coin to settle if I should go or stay
Calll it, call it, call it if you dare
Call it, call it, call it in the air
Fly by night I leave no trace, a vagabond a runaway
You call me the wayward one I leave behind a smoking gun
A picture in a locket, tightly I keep you close
Bury you with my secrets when I am dead and gone
For now I flick the ashes behind my cigarette
I'm back behind the wheel, that's how I clear my head
Calll it, call it, call it if you dare
Call it, call it, call it in the air
Fly by night I leave no trace, a vagabond a runaway
You call me the wayward one I leave behind a smoking gun
Take you down I'll take a shot I'll leave you for anything you got
You call me the wayward one, I'll leave behind a smoking gun
Calll it, call it, call it if you dare
Call it, call it, call it in the air
Fly by night I leave no trace, a vagabond a runaway
You call me the wayward one I leave behind a smoking gun
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2. |
Carry You Home
03:48
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Wake up, I was only dreaming of you, Wait up, what am I getting into
Stayed up, hoping that the dust would settle
Laid up, caught you talking with the devil
When it comes down to the wire, Damn I’m much too tired
You say you can’t sleep alone, You gotta go it on your own
Leave you with your demons as I walk away cuz you know
I won’t carry you home
Take time to wrestle what is wrong or right
I’m blind always falling for you kind
Cigarettes burn into the morning light
Forget all about the endless fight
When it comes down to the wire, I’m running towards the fire
You say you can’t sleep alone, You gotta go it on your own
Leave you with your demons as I walk away cuz you know
I won’t carry you home
What did you wish for that first July, your arms around me and your last goodbye
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3. |
Caroline
05:31
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Flowers were gathered at the chapel for dear Caroline
Petals were scattered down the aisle in the spring morning light
Mother was greeting the guests wearing her favorite pearls
Father was weeping to give away his favorite girl
How could he have know?
Oh my Caroline
White lace and burgundy wine
Oh my Caroline, hang down your head and cry
He was a charmer, but a drinker with a wandering eye
Son of a farmer, she was the heir to the family’s gold mine
She took of running in search of her true happiness
Days later they found her, cold dead in her lace wedding dress
How could they have known?
Oh my Caroline
White lace and burgundy wine
Oh my Caroline, hang down your head and cry
Oooh
Flowers were gathered a the chapel for dear Caroline
Petals were scattered on her grave in the cold morning light
Mother was greeting the guests
Father was weeping to bury his favorite girl
How could he have known?
Oh my Caroline
White lace and burgundy wine
Oh my Caroline, hang down your head and cry
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4. |
Doesn't Matter
03:31
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WHAT WAS THAT?
ALL THAT DAMN FUSS ABOUT?
WHAT’S THE WORRY
WHAT’S THE HURRY
OH NO I GOTTA GET OUT
POKIN HOLES
TO LOOSEN UP THE PAIN
I AM NOT ABOUT TO LEAVE THE PARTY
TIME TO PAUSE THE GAME
THEY SAY WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT MATTERS AND WHAT MATTERS
IN A MATTER OF TIME
IT DON’T MATTER AT ALL
WATER COOLERS
MAGAZINES AND PARADES
SO AND SO SAID SOMETHING
JUST TO RUIN YOUR DAY
HARD LUCK IN LOVE
GET UP OFF THE FLOOR
WHEN YOU GOT THE ONE THAT YOU WANT
YOU WON’T REMEMBER NO MORE
ALL THOSE EFFS AND DAMNS
ALL THAT MONEY SPENT
WHERE DOES ONE CASH IN
WHEN YOU GET TO THE END
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5. |
Till the Evening Comes
03:38
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Saw you Sunday morning, walking out the bar
I was wearing a dress as yellow as the dawn
You were sitting on a curb
Staring at a shadow
I stood beside you and I didn’t say a word
And the silence it took me to an old worn down chapel
Where, baby, I’ve waited so long
To find you in the morning and love you til the evening comes
Coffee every morning
Whiskey afternoon
Couldn’t hold a job from day to day
Fell in love with the blues
And you wrote all those tunes
As slowly the light began to fade
And the silence it took me to an old worn down chapel
Where, baby, I’ve waited so long
To find you in the morning and love you til the evening comes
Didn’t give me warning
Never said what I’d done wrong
Am I a fool for thinking you would stay
Now I’m sitting in the corner, staring at a shadow
That moves across the floor of this empty space
And the silence it took me to an old worn down chapel
Where, baby, I’ve waited so long
To find you in the morning and love you til the evening comes
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6. |
Lighten up Carter
02:57
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Lighten up Carter yeah it aint’ it that bad
Sure she could’ve been the best you ever had
Make yourself a drink and I’ll sing a song
Leave if you want or you can play along
Dancing w/ the spirit of a lingering love
She moves right through you can't shake her off
One in the morning and you make that call
Should have known better than to answer at all
Lighten up Carter, yeah open your heart
Never gonna be a better time to start
Cut a little deeper, let it all bleed out
I’ll give you something else to think about
I’ll give you something else
Lighten up Carter if you got it in you
Pull yourself together
Take it or leave it what you waiting for
Don’t waste my time and I won’t waste yours
Lighten up Carter, yeah open your heart
Never gonna be a better time to start
Cut a little deeper, let it all bleed out
I’ll give you something else to think about
Sun’s goin down and the lights burn low
Will I be another lover that you let go
Cut a little deeper let it all bleed out
I’ll give you something else to think about
I’ll give you something else
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7. |
My Baby's Gone
03:25
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Hold back the rushing minutes
Make the wind lie still
Don't let the moonlight shine
Across the lonely hill
Dry all the raindrops
And hold back the sun
My world has ended
My baby's gone
The milkman whistles softly
As he comes up to my door
The mailman brings the letters by
Just like he did before
They seem so busy all day long
As though there's nothing wrong
Don't they know the world has ended
My baby's gone
I wake up sometimes in the night
And realize you're gone
And then I toss upon my bed
And wait for day to come
I try to tell my lonely heart
It must go on alone
But it cries the world has ended
My baby's gone
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8. |
All at Once
02:48
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I want it all, I want it all at once
But even when it comes, it’s never soon enough
I want it all at once
Once I stood tall calling off a mountain
I started at the bottom decided not to stop cuz I stood tall, I stood tall
I leave it till I get exactly what I came for
And believe me, I always get exactly what I paid for
And come back for more
I stack my chips, that’s the way I get my fix
I’m on a winning streak, how lucky can I be
I stack my chips -that’s my fix
I leave it till I get exactly what I came for
And believe me, I always get exactly what I paid for
And come back for more
Put on your red dress, put on your dancing shoes (2)
And meet me in the city, shake a leg or two
Put on your red dress, your dancing shoes
I leave it till I get exactly what I came for
And believe me, I always get exactly what I paid for
And come back for more
Ooooohhh
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9. |
On the Wind
03:56
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Who’s that singin on the wind tonight
A high and lonesome sound
Like a whisper, like a canon, like angels crying out
All around, all around
The Tennessee air was warm
The nightbirds sang a heartbreak song
And I was gone too soon
Who’s that singing on the wind tonight
I see you clearly now
Years go by and still
I remember you somehow
All around, all around
The sweetest thing I've ever known, when you were singing soft and slow
Though it was years ago
The Tennessee air was warm, the nightbirds sang a heartbreak song, but I was gone, I was gone too soon
Who’s that singing on the wind tonight
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10. |
All Good Things
03:05
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Waiting for you
Waiting for you's all that I ever do
Crying for you
Crying for you's all that I ever do
All good things, all good things
All good things take time
Dreaming for you
Dreaming for you's all that I ever do
All good things, All good things
All good things take time
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