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1. |
The Same
03:36
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I heard good to see, those lights were sure bright tonight
That bittersweet voice took me back, another time
She said, after all this while, it's good to see you doin' fine
Well that's a funny thing to hear, after the last time
I recall the choice you made, the words you chose back then
It killed me for a long, long time, were we ever friends
I said, you came here to see, if time had rearranged
The same old game, I'm still The Same
Same old bar, same guitars, same old stars
That light my day
It's gettin' better to not feel ruined
But you know I do anyway
I really don't know what you're doing here
What you want, or why you came
It's gettin' late now and I gotta go
Since you asked, I'm still The Same
I'm still The Same
I really don’t know what you’re doing here
Or what you want
Or why you came
It’s gettin’ late now and I gotta go
But since you asked
I’m still The Same
I’m still The Same
I’m still The Same
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2. |
I'm Not The Devil
03:35
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I'm Not The Devil you think that I am
It ain't no excuse, but I'm just a man
I slipped and I fell, it got outta hand
But I'm Not The Devil you think that I am
It wasn't no gun, held to my head
I got caught up believing, in lies that were said
In a moment of weakness
I stumbled and I made my bed
I'm Not The Devil you think that I am
It ain't no excuse, but I'm just a man
I slipped and I fell, it got outta hand
But I'm Not The devil you think that I am
There's 10,000 reasons
For you not to stay
And no one would blame you
If you want it that way
It might take some time
But I'll show, you that I'm worth the wait
I'm Not The Devil you think that I am
It ain't no excuse, but I'm just a man
I slipped and I fell, it got outta hand
But I'm Not The Devil you think that I am
And I'll spend forever, do all that I can
To prove I'm Not The Devil you think that I am
And I'm Not The Devil
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No Guarantees
03:50
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And it's gonna get hard, for it gets easy, I oughta know
I hear the voice of Jesus and I hear the Devil talkin'
Just the same
And it seems they're tryin' to talk over each other
Any given day
I've lived the words in red so many times
By now I thought that I might see
I guess I'm sayin' this life just ain't the way
I thought that it might be
I been wanderin' down the hallways
Ya’ll roads just like some kid out skippin' school
By the time that I was seventeen
I figured I was done with all the rules
I turn 35 this year and I'm still runnin' hard
For somethin' I can't see
The only thing in life that's guaranteed
There are No Guarantees
And it's gonna get hard for it gets easy, I oughta know
It's gonna take a lotta rain, for the seed you planted, starts to grow
The more I know, the more I know that I don't know
I know nothin’s free
And there ain't No Guarantees
The more I know, the more I know that I don't know
I know nothin’s free
And there ain't No Guarantees
And it's gonna get hard for it gets easy, I oughta know
It's gonna take a lotta rain, for the seed you planted, starts to grow
The more I know, the more I know that I don't know
I know nothin's free
And there ain't No Guarantees
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4. |
No Words
03:37
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My whole view of the word has changed
I guess that comes with age
I don't believe there’s good in every man
Like I did back then
I may drink more than I should
You've seen me on the floor
Spend my lifetime in this cage, I built around me
Bangin' on the doors
And No Words
Could ever say how much I need you
With you here
You make this life I lead worth living
Heaven knows I broke your heart
I can't take that away
All I'm worth is just this promise that I've made to you
To stand beside you just like you have stood beside me
And No Words
Could ever say how much I need you
With you here
You make this life I lead worth living
You could be much better off
God knows without me
And that’s why
I just can't find the words
You could be much better off
God Knows without me
And that’s why
I just can't find the words
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5. |
Give All You Can
05:06
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The dark places I go
Ain't just on the road
'Tween the lines, 'tween the years it's the same
Never did understand
As a much younger man
Why I felt such a need to go
But I learned that it's all in my head
I can't stop whatever's turnin', with that being said
I got a bad tortured soul
For reasons I don't know
Guess for some, it's just meant to be
But I remember Mathew 5
And I'm thankful to be alive
And I know those people on that mountain were a lot like me
I've been down and not had a dollar to my name
But there's angels there that got me through, and I can do the same
When you Give All You Can
When you Give All You Can
When you Give All You Can, give some more
Till you spend all your time
Till you spend your last dime
Tell me brother, what are you livin for
What are you livin for
I've been down and not had a dollar to my name
But there's angels there that got me through
Hell, I can do the same
When you Give All You Can
When you Give All You Can
When you Give All You Can, give some more
Till you spend all your time
Till you spend your last dime
Tell me brother, what are you livin for
What are you livin for
What are you livin for
What are you livin for
What are you livin for
What are you livin for?
Give all you can
What are you livin for?
What are you livin for?
Give all you can
What are you livin for?
What are you livin for?
What are you livin for?
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6. |
She's All Mine
03:31
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Doors open when she smiles
She moves mountains with her mind
She's All Mine
She's All Mine
She's that Fort Worth Texas girl
She's every girl in the world
She's All Mine
She's All Mine
The Devil tells me lies most every night
But I don't wander through the darkness
She's my light
She's an angel with no disguise
Lord knows I've made her cry
But She's still mine
She's All Mine
If it can be done son, she can
She makes me a better man
She's All Mine
She's All Mine
The Devil tells me lies most every night
But I don't wander through the darkness
She's my light
She might tell you it's not that hard, that’s her lie
If there's one thing to hold against her, it is I
The Devil tells me lies, most every night
I don't wander through the darkness
She's my light
She might tell you it's not that hard, that’s her lie
If there's one thing to hold against her, it is I
Doors open when she smiles
She moves mountains with her might
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7. |
The Way I Am
03:00
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Wish I was down, on some blue bayou
With a bamboo cane, stuck in the sand
But the road I'm on, it don't seem to go there
So I’ll just dream and keep on bein' The Way I Am
Wish I enjoyed, what makes my living
Did what I do, with a willin' hand
Some would run, no but that ain't like me
So I’ll just dream and keep on bein' The Way I Am
The Way I Am, don't fit my shackles
The Way I Am, reality
I can almost see, that bobber dancin'
So I’ll just dream and keep on bein' The Way I Am
The Way I Am, don't fit my shackles
The Way I Am, reality
I can almost see that bobber dancin'
So I’ll just dream and keep on bein' The Way I Am
So I’ll just dream and keep on bein’ The Way I Am
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8. |
Chase That Song
03:17
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Well I'm an eighteen wheeler with the throttle pinned down
And a brake line cut just a-screamin' through your town
Well I'm a runaway ghost train with no way left to stop
Well I'm a nightmare that comes from your California dreamin'
With your bloodshot eyes thinkin' nothin's what it's seemin'
I'm a Bradbury story, spreadin' like a fire from hell
No I never met a lesson I didn't learn well
I get wound up and found up in places you'll never see
I was born to be a God-fearin' song-singin', good-timin'
Son of a son of an SOB
I never set out to hurt anybody, you see
I just set out to Chase That Song that's chasin' me
Well I'm a late night thunder tryin' to raise the dead
Well I'm a pound and the haze in your whiskey trippin' head
Well I'm the cough in your first smoke, go on and load that gun
I'm a thirteen-squared, I'm a 13 twice
Just a black cat walkin' on thin black ice
I'm a Jinks Lord, I can't help it I was born half bad
Some times I can't remember they're the best I've had
I get wound up and found up in places you'll never see
I was born to be a God-fearin' song-singin', good-timin'
Son of a son of an SOB
I never set out to hurt anybody, you see
I just set out to Chase That Song that's chasin' me
I get wound up and found up in places you'll never see
I was born to be a God-fearin' song-singin', good-timin'
Son of a son of an SOB
I never set out to hurt anybody, you see
I just set out to Chase That Song now it’s chasin' me
I set out to chase that song
Out to chase that song
I set out to Chase That Song now it’s chasin' me
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9. |
Heavy Load
04:12
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I can't think of one damn thing to say
Stuck where I'm going
Stuck in a lot of ways
Tell me it still matters In a world in vain
Pissing in the wind
Screaming about the same old things
Time stands still every now and then, then it's gone
Wondering what you did
Wondering what you did all wrong
Hindsight's 20/20 when you’re, lookin’ back
Looking out ahead
All I see is black
The train jumped track some time ago
You can't root that Heavy Load
It's all downhill from now
And sure we paid the toll
Train jumped track some time ago
The train jumped track some time ago
You can't root that Heavy Load
It's all downhill from now
And sure we paid the toll
Train jumped track some time ago
I heard the voice of the fourth beast say
Come and see
And I looked and behold a pale horse
And his name that sat on him was death
And hell followed with him
The train jumped track some time ago
You can't root that Heavy Load
It's all downhill from now
And sure we paid the toll
Train jumped track some time ago
It's all downhill from now
Forever paying that toll
The train jumped track some time ago
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10. |
Grey
03:17
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When the canvas is no longer blank
And the colors have all turned Grey
When the desert that you're in gets too cold for you to stay
When it's hard to tell the night from the day
When your hands have lost the love for the trade
And the reasons for the work, just ain't the same
When you put down the money, is the blood worth all the pain
When you can't see the sunshine for the rain
Livin' ain't a promise
Livin' ain't a right
And no one here is gettin’ out alive
So pick up all your pieces
Cast the doubt away
Rediscover, the color in the Grey
Rediscover, all the color, in the Grey
Livin' ain't a promise
Livin' ain't a right
No one here is gettin' out alive
So pick up all your pieces
Cast the doubt away
Rediscover, the color in the Grey
Rediscover, all the color, in the Grey
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11. |
Church at Gaylor Creek
04:17
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My favorite memories, are some of my first
Like a Sunday night meetin' at an old country church
Sometimes my grandparents would come and take me
To an old country church house, on Gaylor Creek
We all knew our neighbors, everyone there was friends
And the preacher worked the timber, like all other men
We were baptized by water, we were washed in the blood
I don't remember much money, but recall lots of love
That church was a long time ago
I'm talkin' distance and years
I'm not for certain that I could even get there from here
But on nights when I'm sober and not blinded, by all that I see
My mind washes up, at that church, on Gaylor Creek
So many bar rooms, so many strangers
Women, whiskey, so many dangers
That old honky tonk highway, that's a wild horse you rope
Son, I've seen enough neon, to circle the globe
That church was a long time ago
I'm talkin' distance and years
I'm not for certain that I could even get there from here
But on nights when I'm sober and not blinded, by all that I see
My mind washes up, at that church, on Gaylor Creek
My mind washes up, at that church, on Gaylor Creek
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12. |
Vampires
04:21
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Where does time go, It’s gone away
Time was on my side, yesterday
So much can change, between then and now
Where does time go
Where do dreams die, along the way
Dreams are all we had, yesterday
Who told all the Vampires of the world
They were welcome anyway
Where do dreams die
Who gave who the message
Who gave who the hands of time
Who gave who the job to take, reason and the rhyme
Like another Holden Caulfield
I'm a Catcher in the Rye
Who told who to take the dreams out back to die
Who told who to take the dreams out back to die
Who gave who the message
Who gave who the hands of time
Who gave who the job to take, reason and the rhyme
Like another Holden Caulfield
I'm a Catcher in the Rye
Who told who to take the dreams out back to die
Who told who to take the dreams out back to die
Who gave who the message
Who gave who the hands of time
Who gave who the message
Who gave who the hands of time
Who told all the Vampires of the world
They were welcome anyway
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13. |
Hand Me Down
04:18
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Well Hand Me Down, Hand Me Down
Come on, come on, Hand Me Down
Hand Me Down, Hand Me Down
Come on, come on, Hand Me Down
Hand Me Down my evenin' news
Hand Me Down your point of view
Hand Me Down those rich man's wars
Hand Me Down what it's all for
Hand Me Down your politicians
Handed down by hypocrites
Hand Me Down false laws of man
Hand Me Down your latest brand
Well Hand Me Down, Hand Me Down
Come on, come on, Hand Me Down
Hand Me Down, Hand Me Down
Come on, come on, Hand Me Down
The good times came, the good times gone
Hand Me Down what went wrong
Hand Me Down for I'm ashamed
Truth brings life and life brings slain
Well Hand Me Down, Hand Me Down
Come on, come on, Hand Me Down
Hand Me Down, Hand Me Down
Come on, come on, Hand Me Down
Hand Me Down my weekly tithe
Hand Me Down your thoughts on life
Hand Me Down that book to read
That's the handout that I need
Well Hand Me Down, Hand Me Down
Come on, come on, Hand Me Down
Hand Me Down, Hand Me Down
Come on, come on, Hand Me Down
The good times came, good times gone
Hand Me Down what went wrong
Hand Me Down for I'm ashamed
Truth brings life and life brings slain
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