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When all the love this world can hold won’t set things right,
I wake up alone
And I recall the shit I said to you last night too late to say I’m wrong
I try to turn desires into virtues, find some purity of heart
In this hunger for your salt lick skin one more time before we part
Don’t let that sun go down, don’t let that sun go down
Cause I might not be here in the morning (2x)
I’ve been around enough to know what I don’t want,
but you and I could make a go
So won’t you pop another can of courage and lead me out on the floor
We could toss our histories out the window,
kick some gravel off the road
We could point the car into the sun and let it all unfold
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Young Man's Game
03:45
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It took a moment to learn, a lifetime to master
and every day goes by now just a little bit faster
But who gives a damn about my good name?
No, I’ll bet it all on a young man’s game
I left room for the holy ghost, but the love it gave me was cold at most
If you give me passion, I can bear the pain
You know I bet it all on a young man’s game
Playing with fire keeps me warm at night,
it hurts like hell but it helps me write
So lights out, baby, set me aflame
I’m all in on a young man’s game
I can dream like a child with faith in spades,
always knew I’d rather burn out than fade
It only takes one kiss to never be the same
You know I bet it all on a young man’s game
And if I’m in for a penny I’m in for a pound,
queen of hearts and her crooked crown
And I’ve got nobody but myself to blame
If I lose it all on a young man’s game
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In Certain Company
04:08
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You never told the truth when you were drinking
You never told the truth when you were straight
I will carry your secret to the Devil’s Door
But I don’t think I wanna see you any more
You were beautiful, talented, everyone adored you
And anything you could want, we would do it for you
But the darkness gets in under everybody’s skin in time
And I guess you thought you would be the one to make it out alive
Then there was all of this living we did alongside it
I was taken in by your desire to fight it
But like the pull of the Moon, its hold over you denied it
And strong as it was, my love was not enough to right it
When you’d had enough, you unleashed a wild cruelty
And in my pain and my fear I am destroying our history
I guess we only take photos of happier times
As I watch them blister and burn
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Rainy Day Women #42
05:15
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All your rainy day women, you’ve got one in every town
Just to make sure that the road never gets you down
Never gets you down, never gets you down
But you didn’t much like your reflection down in the bottom of that glass
So you tried to give up the bottle but it didn’t last
No it didn’t last, no it didn’t last
Can’t figure why you still feel empty when everything is going right
You just wrap your knuckles ‘round it and hold on for dear life
Got to hold on tight, got to hold on, got to hold on tight
Got to hold on, got to hold on, got to hold on tight
We’re all searchin’ for somethin’ we know damn well we’re never gonna find
So we just tank up on our vices and try to pass the time
Got to pass the time
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Break My Heart Tomorrow
03:45
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There are those who would sin by silence,
and there are those who are always crying wolf
I am everything you’ve asked me to be and more, still it’s not enough
And I know you are not in love with me
But you are not the first to help me skin up my knees on wet blacktop in summer heat
But your love it has a hot head and cold feet
While mine is all blind desire and vanity
If it’s not too much to ask, would you just give me tonight
To rub these stars from my eyes, then you can break my heart tomorrow
You can break my heart tomorrow, just break my heart tomorrow
The life well-lived they say is the best revenge,
Easier said than done and I’d never look to hurt you
But you offer me my freedom as if that’s what I want,
as if somehow that would lighten my load
But you know your way around the darkness just as well as me
You ask about my silence though you know that I won’t speak
Just be here when I wake up, that’s all I really need
Cause I know that you are not in love with me
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John Henry's Lullaby
03:54
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Should you ever find yourself broken, at a loss for the words to say
You’ll find no rest in this beautiful mess, but I wouldn’t want you any other way
Should you ever find yourself faithless, feel like you’re sinking down
I don’t know much about heavenly stuff but I can help you get your feet on the ground
Should you ever find yourself weary you can lay all your burdens on me
And though we walk in the shadow of the valley of death
We will walk it together in peace
Should you ever find yourself beaten, steam-driven put away wet
Small hope I’ll afford, I have laid down my sword
But I haven’t laid my hammer down yet
Now I haven’t laid my hammer down yet, no I haven’t laid my hammer down yet
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One of these days, little darlin’ when you tire of all their pretty lies
You’ll find your faith in me has only grown with time
You’ll hear the West Coast callin’, Big sur still knows our names
As thought we’d never left, so my love for you remains
One of these days, one of these days, one of these days, one of these days
And though I may not be the one who got away
I am the one you call to tell about your day
One of these days, little darlin’ will be the last time I pick up
And feel my own heart break
when you tell me that you think she is the one
One of these days, little darlin’ you will miss the way I taste
You’ll scroll through your phone, lookin’ for another pretty face
Someone who’ll understand you and love you as you are
Still you know I’ll answer when you knock upon my door
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Jack O' Diamonds
03:56
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Hey Jack O’ Diamonds, don’t I know you of old
I caught air on the water when I knew that I should fold
Now you’ve gotta be going, and my heart isn’t broken
Because it takes one to know one, still I hate to see you go
And I’ve never seen a wild thing sorry for itself
I’ll take your advice now and go back to being
The girl behind glass who looks like an angel you once knew
But I might leave the ashtray out a couple of more days
Because it is the last trace that you ever came through
And/No I’ve never seen a wild thing sorry for itself
And I have never been, never been
No I have never been one to start fires
But to rise from the ashes, first you must burn
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Some Fool
04:25
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For a few gentle months you lay down beside me
naked as you were born
Blue eyed, broken and hungry for a truth to unmake your scorn
Some fool in my heart said that you could be made whole
Some fool in my heart said the missing piece is you
When there were no lines to hold me I set out into a gale
And in the height of the storm I mistook an anchor for a sail
In the calm hereafter I see a glint of light
On the surface above me and I know that I must rise
If given a word with my younger self I wonder what I would say
Would I shatter my illusions or dive headlong
into mistakes I wish I’d made?
Some fool in my head said you know you think too much
Some fool in my head said you know it will never be enough
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Songbirds
04:17
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The ocean’s always had a call too strong to disobey
But this time through these mountains damn near took my breath away
I was never one for stayin’ still, and I must keep travelin’ on
But I will make my way back to these hills before the leaves have turned and gone
I don’t wanna let you go just yet, can’t we lay here just a little longer
And listen to the songbirds callin’ in the day
Till the ghosts of the highway come to spirit me away?
Redemption comes in soft, pillowmarks across your cheek
Your face too close to focus on is the best thing that I’ve seen
And every day I’m out there chasin’ down this crazy dream
I will hear this valley calling me back to Tennessee
It’s true what they say about missing what you’ve had
I lay awake all night and I think of what you said
You won’t know where you belong until you’ve been away too long
My bags are packed for drivin’ but my home is in your arms
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Willing Victim
04:02
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Dressed in chains and carnations, you practice your divination
And I am hopelessly lost in your prestige
Don't a ship need an anchor? And don't a ship need a sail?
Here I am making my bed in the belly of a whale
Lie to me, lie to me, please just be kind to me
I know I'll get no sympathy here
Ain't it sad how nothing binds us together like a common enemy?
Ain't it sad how nothing tears us apart like love from a stranger?
The bets we have hedged are gathering dark
Till the thunder rolls in and breaks them apart
Don't we fear what we hope for and hear what we want?
Now you leaf through the pages of my open book
And you ink in the margins one perfect hook
As I put on my makeup and the curtains rise
I know how this thing will end before the first line dries
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Kick your boots up on my table, it’s so rare that I am able to fall
Your shoulder felt like home and I can’t help but wonder where you were 10 years ago
But I can hear it on your parted lips
And I can feel it in your fingertips
You are counting your mistakes like the freckles on this face you’d like to kiss
But I can see you have your reasons, so I’ll ask for nothing more than this
Won’t you pass that guitar over, your length of ash goes raining to the floor
But I will see you in the morning, hell it already is nearly down
I’ll take comfort in knowing that I got nothing but the timing wrong
Hey Georgia, you’ve been heavy on my mind
And I wonder what town you’re playing tonight
And who will be the one like me, who’ll take you home
I’ll take comfort in knowing I got nothing but the timing wrong
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Till We Meet Again
04:19
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You dropped your hat down onto my head
It was so big that it just fell over my ears
You just smiled and said
Come here, I wanna kiss you one more time
Come here, little darling of mine
I’ll give you something to remember me by
Before you go, before you go
That’s my demon at the gate and I cannot ask him to wait
But you can kiss away the sorrow till we meet again
Before I go, before I go
My head fills with the song that you played
And as my scent on your pillow fades
I don’t think that I will ever be the same
Without you, without you
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Daphne Parker Powell New Orleans, Louisiana
For her sixth album, The Starter Wife singer-songwriter Daphne Parker Powell swan dives into a maelstrom of divorce and rises from the wreckage weary, wiser, and ready to take herself a whole lot less seriously. This is cinema verite in song, boldly exploring the disposability of forever after. ... more
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