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The Wanting

by Cody Jinks

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The Wanting 02:57
From the mornin’ Through the day And on through the night Like the stinging Or the burning of a slowly turning knife I ache now just to hold you Make you feel my love If only the wanting was enough I may never live this feeling down That’s the one sure thing I’ve found Better lost in love Than never tried at all I have found, in this life There’s are two ways can fall I wish I could start it over Wishing don’t mean much If only the wanting was enough I may never let this feeling down That’s the one sure thing I’ve found I wish I could start over Wishing don’t mean much If only the wanting was enough I may never live this feeling down That’s the one sure thing I’ve found I may never live this feeling down I can’t want you anymore
2.
I don’t go to church on Sunday I don’t go to work on Monday I sleep until I wake up Whiskey in my coffee cup And I take what the good Lord gave That’s the shovel that digs my grave I never really had a plan But everybody knows where I stand And, in all my friends I see The same kind of crazy as me There’s more colors than red and blue To paint the elephant in the room We piss and moan about that and this Always another ass to kiss But I believe that freedom rings I believe in the songs we sing I have a funny way you see Of what the world might someday be Why can’t they just let it be The same kind of crazy as me There ain’t a single thing we own We’ll take with us when we’re gone So I’ll just walk the earth a while Lend a hand and leave a smile And who knows how the whole thing ends You can’t tell me where or when So I’ll just pray that when I’m done I meet the Father and the Son, and If I’m right they’ll be The same kind of crazy as me There ain’t a single thing we own We’ll take with us when we’re gone So I’ll just walk the earth a while Lend a hand and leave a smile And who knows how the whole thing ends You can’t tell me where or when So I’ll just pray that when I’m done I meet the Father and the Son, and If I’m right they’ll be The same kind of crazy as me Same kind of crazy as me Same kind of crazy as me Same kind of crazy as me
3.
Backside of thirty came fast, but what’s more I can’t remember younger days like before and it’s a shame I’ve done more runnin’ than most any age Whole lot of prayin’ on the backside of a stage, scared to death Wondering what’s next And I take the long way around every time As fast as I can through the comfort of night and it’s a fight People who love me they suffer the most See me on TV and all they see’s a ghost of someone they knew They’re tellin’ the truth Never alone always lonely Easy to find, seldom seen Never alone always lonely On a fast train Through a slow moving dream Never alone always lonely Easy to find seldom seen Never alone always lonely On a fast train Through a slow moving dream Never alone always lonely Easy to find seldom seen On a fast train Through a slow moving dream
4.
Whiskey 03:20
I’ve never been the kind to just turn and run Never lost a battle with a loaded gun Never been confused about who I am Or what I think it takes for me to be a man But lately it’s been hell just trying to get by Livin’ like I’m livin’ on a borrowed dime Watchin’ my friends as they’re all having fun Whiskey won’t you help me make it through this one Cause I don’t mind I’ll sit here and keep on grinnin’, drowned my head and keep on livin’, I don’t mind Guess I’ll drink another bottle and drown another sorrow I don’t mind I can’t wait another minute, won’t you help me to forget it again Well tonight’s been slower than it’s ever been Staring at the clock at closing time again The bartender tells me it’s time to go Got a bottle of the venom waiting back at home Come tomorrow I’ll probably buy some more Black Label Even Williams from the liquor store Back to the bar until my drinkins done Whiskey won’t you help me make it through this one Cause I don’t mind I’ll sit here and keep on grinnin’, drowned my head and keep on livin’, I don’t mind Guess I’ll drink another bottle and drown another sorrow I don’t mind I can’t wait another minute, won’t you help me to forget it again Cause I don’t mind I’ll sit here and keep on grinnin’, drowned my head and keep on livin’, I don’t mind Guess I’ll drink another bottle and drown another sorrow I don’t mind I can’t wait another minute, won’t you help me to forget it again
5.
Bastrop you don’t grow up, you just get raised On Hellfire and Brimstone and Amazing Grace The smell of stills and paper mills, you never quite escape But I got away I swore that I’d be done by 21 Staring down the wrong end of a gun I’ve drank myself ungrateful and I found myself unwise But I’m still alive I’m still alive And I have learned the hard way lessons And I have made my own mistakes I’ve drove headlong down some dead end roads, no honest man should take But I’ve never been afraid to spread broken wings in skies Where even angels fear to fly Where even angels fear to fly So damn sure of what I could not know Knew too damn well of what wasn’t really so I don’t conjure memories now, it’s best I just forget So I’ve laid to rest My regrets I learned the hard way, the lessons I have made my own mistakes Drove headlong down some dead ends, no honest man should take But I’ve never been afraid to spread broken wings in skies Where angels fear to fly And I have learned the hard way lessons And I have made my own mistakes I’ve drove headlong down some dead end roads, no honest man should take But I’ve never been afraid to spread broken wings in skies Where even angels fear to fly Where even angels fear to fly
6.
I am the river that flows through my veins I am the black crow, I’m wings of change I am the rock that the rain couldn’t conquer I’m above, I’m below, I am hell and high water I’ve been the song carried in on the breeze I’ve wept with willows and I’ve fell with the leaves I am the badlands and the silence it holds A warrior who walks but is never alone There’s a black and a white wolf in me And I live and I die By which one I feed It’s a war old as time, this fighting inside And I live and I die, By which one I feed I am the hunted and I am the hunter I am the feast and the famine, the hunger I am the eagle screaming for peace While the beasts on the inside sharpen their teeth There’s a black and a white wolf in me And I live and I die By which one I feed It’s a war old as time, this fighting inside And I live and I die, By which one I feed There’s a black and a white wolf in me And I live and I die By which one I feed It’s a war old as time, this fighting inside And I live and I die, By which one I feed Which one I feed I am the river that flows through my veins I am the black crow, I’m wings of change
7.
I need a bite of something sweet I need a day like they used to be Need to see all my old friends, so we can start again I need a bite of something sweet I need a drink Lord, from that cup I need something to fill me up When the cards have all been shown It’s time that I go home I need a drink Lord, from that cup I need to lie down and rest for a while I need a sunny day, but clouds are more my style My soul hungers for more than I can eat Give me a new day and a bite of something sweet I need to lie down and rest for a while I need a sunny day, but clouds are more my style My soul hungers for more than I can eat Give me a new day and a bite of something sweet Give me a new day and a bite of something sweet
8.
The Plea 03:59
Mama, this highways gonna kill me And mama, I think my rose is wilting The kids and her alone while I’m so far from home I feel so guilty Mama, this highways gonna kill me I hope the road that takes me there will always bring me back But I guess whatever will be, will be Mama this highways gonna kill me Woman, I wish I couldn’t hurt you And woman, It’s clear I don’t deserve you I know it seems I only need you when I ain’t got nowhere else to turn too So woman, I wish I wouldn’t hurt you I’m sure there’s some relief in giving up and moving on And sometimes it seems way too much to work through Woman I never meant to hurt you Lord, I beg of you protect me Cause lately, swear the devil’s out to get me It ain’t a leap of faith to say he always prays upon the unsuspecting So Lord, I beg of you protect me I can’t walk with you if the devil got my hand I hope you have my back and direct me Jesus I beg of you protect me Jesus, don’t let’em get me
9.
She can’t do this, anymore She bought a ticket west and left me staring down the storm Now I’m sittin’ here, all alone In an empty house that used to be a happy home She said she needed sunshine She had enough of clouds I knew it wouldn’t take too long, for her to figure out. It don’t rain in California You won’t see a single storm cloud in the sky It’s always clear, so there won’t be any tears Leave you standin’ in the downpour trying to hide It don’t rain in California, like it’s raining here tonight I can’t do this, anymore I hopped a plane and I found my way to the California shore Now we sittin’ here, all alone You knew that I was comin’, you sounded happy on the phone I knew you needed sunshine, It seems I brought the clouds The thunder and the lightning seem to follow me around It don’t rain in California You won’t see a single storm cloud in the sky It’s always clear, so there won’t be any tears Leave you standin’ in the downpour trying to hide It don’t rain in California, like it’s raining here tonight It don’t rain in California, like it’s raining here tonight
10.
Wounded Mind 04:04
I feel their eyes upon me, as I walk across the room I can hear em’ all whispering my name So I tuck in my shoulders and hide the best I can It all happened so fast I can’t explain But if I had to I’d tell em’ all I really ain’t that special And I’d cry and yell leave me the hell alone And I hate it that I have to try to be cool all the time I’m just a guy, with a wounded mind I put on my costume and I put on a show The only way a jester stays alive All they see is glitter and all they hear are rhymes If I could find a new way to survive I’d be glad to Tell em’ all I really ain’t that special And I’d cry and yell leave me the hell alone And I hate it that I have to try to be cool all the time I’m just a guy, with a wounded mind And I hate it that I have to try to be cool all the time I’m just a guy, with a wounded mind And I’d tell em’ all I really ain’t that special And I’d cry and yell leave me the hell alone And I hate it that I have to try to be cool all the time I’m just a guy, with a wounded mind
11.
Ramble 03:44
Ramble, when this world gives you more than you can handle You get on those two wheels and you fly to outer space Like your in a one man race Never thinking about tomorrow, you beg, steal, you borrow And you gamble, you gamble with your love like you don’t need it And when it’s said and done you’ll be alone out on the road Shaking off the cold No one to keep you warm, I guess you were born to ramble Freedom, you say all you ever wanted was your freedom But is it worth the cost of never calling one place home Always going, going, gone Nowhere to rest your bones, but you keep on believing 
 Believing in some kind of magic potion The one that makes you feel like you ain’t never gonna die The one that makes you cry Then leaves you in that haze, I guess you will always ramble Ramble, when this world gives you more than you can handle You get on those two wheels and go back to outer space Win that one man race Don’t worry bout tomorrow, out run your sorrows and ramble
12.
I have prayed for wisdom, now I pray for peace It seems the more I know now, the less that I can sleep Stay imprisoned in my conscience, trying to figure what it means To be caught between a nightmare and the sweetest of dreams Some days a raven, some days a dove Some days the dark cloud hanging round Others from the light above I’m scuffed by the devil, but I’m washed up in the blood Some days a raven, some days a dove You may question how I’m living, it might scare you half to death I’ve been forgive for my sinning, Lord knows I ain’t through sinning yet I get my singing from my mama, I get the fight from my old man I don’t always know where I’m going, but I know exactly what I am Some days a raven, some days a dove Some days the dark cloud hanging round Others from the light above I’m scuffed by the devil, but I’m washed up in the blood Some days a raven, some days a dove Some days a raven, some days a dove Some days the dark cloud hanging round Others from the light above I’m scuffed by the devil, but I’m washed up in the blood Some days a raven, some days a dove Some days a raven, some days a dove

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Album: The Wanting

* Went #1 on Soundscan week of release and one of the very few artist in history that had two back to back #1 Albums on Soundscan. The other album that went #1 is "After The Fire"
* This album was pure indie and released by Cody Jinks and the True Grit Team.

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released October 18, 2019

Produced By: Joshua Thompson, Arthur Penhallow Jr and Edward Speer

Mixed By: Edward Spear

Recorded At: Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo Texas

Record Label: Late August Records

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