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I’m drunk and the rent is due
Yeah I know you and the moon are new
Instead of coming home did you decide to
Take a walk with someone new
Or was that just the wine too
And I know, I might bark
At the moon in you
But you never listened
And I’ve got nothin to prove anymore
So slam the door in my face
I’ve been replaced, won’t you
Quit tryin to save face, not tryin to tell you off
It just all seems like a waste, 'cause nothing changed
And that just ain’t like love
So I guess I’ll just take my space
Make no more effort on amends
No defense necessary
It’s gonna be a little longer of a walk
Than you might have planned
So slam the door in my face
I guess I’ll just take my space
I don’t think you tripped that much
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2. |
Tired Toes
02:49
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Father was a sand farmer, cut on a blue collar
So his kids could have fun longer
Farmer, he got bitter quicker yeah
30 Beers a night only makes ya older
Half an acre that’s half a mile
From the city limit of a drive-by town
That ole livin room has got a body on the ground
Had of ya wishin what ya seen ain’t true
He’s only passed out
Hey sheriff better mind your manners
There ain’t no plannin for a dead man’s family cryin
Neighbors said it never woulda happened
If he hadn’t busted his back
Workin dirt for comfort
Tired toes, dirt’s your cologne
Tobacco glows, beneath your nose
And a churnin rose in your head
Says it’s time to go
And I know that’s all it takes to get ya
And I know I don’t know what it takes
To make a livin
I know it only takes a bullet
To leave the planet
Oh please, we never planned it
Father was a sand farmer
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3. |
Petals
01:59
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Starin at your pots and pitcher plants and a skeleton
We gotta go and look for jobs again
I asked to eat you out on your birthday evenin'
Didn’t want to offend you then
Or now, not now, or any time to come from here on out
Oh now, not now, now that yours is my favorite house
'Cause you got the dogs, you got the metal,
You’re driving to home depot just to steal the petals
You’re a bit loud, I could use the decibels
I wanna figure out all of your sassy words
Starin at your pots and pitcher plants and a skeleton
Glad we can talk shit on everything
Like bosses, jobs, friends, and even us
Ooh, I’m an ass but I never wanna
Turn you into some kind of stupid lesson
That I’ll confuse, like that’s even a question
Oh now, not now, now that yours is my favorite house
Oh now, not now, now I know how I’ll go down
'Cause you got the dogs, you got the metal,
You’re driving to home depot just to steal the petals
You’re a bit loud, I could use the decibels
I wanna figure out all of your sassy words
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4. |
Pout
03:17
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You better mean it when you say goodbye
Raindrops ain't kissin no one this time
Remember the swans, remember the dance
I turn your stereo off, was I ever your man
Ooh, I think it’s contagious, this amnesia
You keep comin with when I come around
I didn’t mean to but I caught your sigh
Coulda been me and it’s been before
But we both know that ain’t it this time
You’re still a liar, if only to yourself
You don’t gotta apologize for nothin
Sometimes it’s nobody’s fault when love dies
Ooh, I hope it’s contagious, this madness bout
Money and status and power I see
Ooh, I hope that it takes me, this American Romance
I got to sleep through to believe
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5. |
I Work Nights
03:13
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If you got an opinion why don’t you drop off a resume
(I know you think I didn’t hear it)
I just saw you 20 minutes ago you had the same thing to say
(With a different grin)
Your holding up my line, we close in 25
I just wanna get you a slice and get you in your ride
So you can fuck off
You’re bein a hassle, you’re bein an asshole
Heard you been drinkin all week
Been workin so long I can’t speak
Glad to hear about your check
Somehow yours is the worst tip yet
Tell me it ain’t a real job (one more time)
See if you stay in line
Everybody’s got their lines, Paul
You know you’re crossin mine
You’re bein a hassle, you’re bein an asshole
Have a good night sir!
I hope you get home safe!
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6. |
Blue Collars
03:29
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Blue collar like a chain
I ain’t fetchin if I ain’t gettin paid
Now watch me labor like a saint
Canonize my dirty feet with pain
Bend down, scrub em up,
Stand tall, walk tough my friend,
Take stock, been awake too long
Laid off, wondering what I done wrong
Blue collar got a stain
Sweaty red leaves a purple shade
No blessings no time to pray
I can’t wash em if I clock off late
So I walk out, load a bowl
I'm just takin a stroll
In the rain
(Shake it off this endless list of mud and names)
In the rain
(Knock it off, take your time you’re doin great)
I walk in, clocked out, clock in, time out
In the rain
(Shake it off, this endless list of mud and names)
In the rain
(Knock if off, take your time you’re doing great)
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7. |
Bad Luck
03:37
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Cut up, cut out, the season is cold
Lock up, lock out, I wish I’d been told
Seems once you’re in it then that’s it you’re stuck
Bad luck
Turn in, turn down, these gears in my head
Run in, run down, still I can’t get to bed
It seems once I’m in it I’m stuck
Bad luck
Fallout, fallin, apart to the rain
Fell down, still down, not that I’m tryin to complain
Took too long and by now guess it don’t matter much
Bad luck
Have you been waiting or just hangin around
Can you tell it’s a storm by the sound
You ever been broke while your tires were flat
You wanna tell me what’s wrong with that
I think I’ll take a walk
Bad luck, it’s only gettin easier
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8. |
Dogshit
03:18
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I don’t mind the view from the floor
I think I like it,
I get thrown a bone from time to time
Sometimes I get out, though I know better,
It’s only been ten minutes I hope I see you for dinner
I hope I see some dinner
Better hold onto your bones
If I loved you I’d be waitin by the door
Better hold onto your bones
Leashed in the street, no blankets in this home
Sometimes you make your own
I don’t mind your raised fist
Just keep your paws off my brother
You hate his bark wait til you feel
My bite you fucker
You ever tried to fight starvation
I think we’ll take the odds
Fuck you, gonna find my own dinner
I hope I see some dinner
Now I’m pissin in your rags
Is it up to you to say stop
You bad dog, why’d you do that
No regard for the carpet, Imma kick your ass
Up goes the latch
Collar to a chain on a post by the fence
Shiver to a whimper, should it be so simple
It’s only been ten minutes
Better hold onto your bones
If I loved you I’d be waitin by the door
Better hold onto your bones
Leashed in the street, no blankets in this home
Sometimes you make your own
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9. |
Price Tag
03:02
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I been trying to save a little money to spend
Hot air don’t seem to ale up for lose ends
Been runnin amok among my friends
And my voice always breaks cuz I get carried away
Park with the parking lot
Sure got a whole lotta space
You stole the block say you bought the block
Funny how the rich save face
Secret city feeling, now there ain’t no such place
And my voice always breaks cuz I get carried away
Wanna fund these fakers tryna pay their way
If you got so much to spend
Why don’t you pay a fair wage
Like you’re not tryna but me
Not these streets, they shouldn’t be anyone’s
If you got so much pride in community
Why don’t you act like you live in one
Tried to find my old haunt, got lost in a parking lot
Turned around in my old hometown
How the hell do I get home now?
Don’t it send you reeling make you red in the face
What they done to this place
And my voice always breaks cuz I get carried away
Wanna fund these fakers tryna pay their way
If you got so much to spend
Why don’t you pay a fair wage
Like you’re not tryna but me
Not these streets, they shouldn’t be anyone’s
If you got so much pride in community
Why don’t you act like you live in one
You can’t afford me
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10. |
Festival Town
04:10
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Home turned to a festival town
Grew up fuckin in the back of the crowd
I guess I’m past that now
Out there, you can see they tore
Another field down
Saw a goose crossin myrtle and fifth
They was paused, stoppin traffic with a scornful hiss
I was makin another delivery
To another hotel downtown
Never thought much of what I’d miss
My eyes they shine like mountains
They still shine
Been tryna get a grip on my past
Regular at the shop says I’m livin too fast
So I bought too many rocks
To help me fall asleep
Eyes barely open when I speak
But I know this can’t last
My eyes they shine like mountains
They still shine
Steady, I’ve found peace in constant things
Steady, Ive no clue as to what that means
Steady, I keep changin I love changin
Steady, I’ve still no clue as to what that means
Parking ticket and an empty tank
We call that another workin day
But I caught a show last night
Saw a dropout transcend under a stage light
I heard your voice, finally fell asleep
I been feeling like I ain’t go no secrets
Left to keep
I hear the garbage guy
He’s drivin with the sun
Think to myself it’s gonna be a busy one
My eyes they shine like mountains
They still shine
Steady, I’ve found peace in constant things
Steady, I've no clue as to what that means
Steady, I keep changin I love changin
Steady, I’ve still no clue as to what that means
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11. |
Cigarrestop
04:22
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I got some sweet silence
Rolled up in my cigarette
Gonna go outside
Where I can taste the quiet
'Cause I know
I’m gonna lose control
Of myself unless I go
'Cause you been
Stirrin bitter thoughts into your whiskey glass
And I can smell them on your breath
Every time you laugh
Like ha ha ha ha ha
Like love is a joke
But I don’t find this funny at all
Slam the front door punch the dashboard
Turn the music up and scream
Six broken bottles a trip to the hospital
And nothin but bad dreams
How can I think more than I feel I can take
So I wrote this little song
To help me fall asleep at night
But I don’t think you could call it a lullaby
I tried, strangled every note in my throat
Screamin as I cried
Slam the front door punch the dashboard
Turn the music up and scream
Six broken bottles a trip to the hospital
And nothin but bad dreams
How can I think more than I feel I can take
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12. |
Yee-Haw, Uh Huh
03:17
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Saw you got your new wranglers
Who told you that was cool
Poor kids and the skaters all moved on
Once they saw em on you
So if you’re lookin
We got an eye on your gaze
We’ll all be lookin away
Don’t wanna participate in your craze
If you could judge me for it
You could do it to
Don’t know who you’re dressin to impress
But it sure ain’t you
And when the world ends
Will you still have your account
We know ya got no personality
Why don’t you try it out
Saw you check your phone
Just one last time
Saw your political post
It sure got a whole lotta likes
Saw you doin a whole lotta nothin
At the show last light
Glad to know you’re someone
Who likes to do what’s right
So if you’re lookin
We got an eye on your gaze
Yeah if you’re lookin
We’ll all be lookin away
When the world ends
Will you still have your account
We know you got no personality
Why don’t you try it out
When the world ends
We’ll all be lookin away
Yee-Haw Uh Huh
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