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There's a light that's divine and I've been looking my whole life
but each time I catch a glimpse it just makes my eyes go blind
There's a line that divides what is wrong from what is right
and sometimes it's hard to find the good lying in both sides
So tonight I'm gonna drive to find
if the highway lights don't blind me
I will be there when the morning comes
but will you be beside me
There's a look in your eyes that cries
"I've been hurting my whole life"
and each time you try to hide it, just eats up your insides
But there's a line that divides what lies ahead from what's behind
and sometimes we need reminding it's all what we decide
So tonight I'm gonna drive to find
the highway looks inviting
It's the only way I'm ever saved
and I'd like you there beside me
There's a light that is mine and I guess somehow it drives me
and if I try to defy it starts to burn inside me
And all lines only divide what is yours from what is mine
Oh don't you know all life grows born from the same light
So tonight, we could drive,
but if the highway's not enticing
I will stay here, forever dear,
if you will stay beside me
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Gold (2023 Version)
04:07
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can you be ready to go when i get home?
i've been looking to leave for so long
i could go but i don't wanna go it alone
i don't know if I'm that strong
your mind might seem heavy with them thoughts that you carry
but baby just let em go
your love is my desire and it burns like a fire
i know it can only grow
i got some money saved up
and i think that it's enough
to buy what i want the most
and it's your heart and it's made of gold
can you pick up the phone when you get home?
i'll be waitin' for your call
i been thinking 'bout us and i miss your touch
but I'm trying to stay strong
i know your hearts heavy with the weight that you carry
and sometimes you wanna explode
but my legs are pretty steady i can help ya if ya let me
i'm ready to share the load
i got some money saved up
i dunno if it's enough
to buy what's already sold
cus it's your heart, and it's made, outta gold
well darlin' dontcha know that your heart is made of gold
how come you set the price so low?
when theres a million different men who would pay what they can
but they don't know what i know
they ain't paid the price i paid and i've paid it with my pain
well over tenfold
but your heart, is worth the hurt, cus its gold
can you keep your eyes dry til i come home?
and i'll try to do the best i can
ain't no reason to cry when we're just trying to find
something to believe in
i know your soul's heavy with the burdens that it carries
over and over again
but one day the pain will lift, one day it won't exist
forever and ever amen
i got some money saved up but i know it's not enough
to pay for all of my sins
but if you're standing out front when i pull up
i know we can be cleansed
cus i've seen the road and i know it ain't all made outta stone
it's like your heart, and it's paved, with gold, baby.
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last night… when i fell asleep.. i… i slipped into a dream..
and you was falling falling falling falling falling falling deep in love with me...
and i could not imagine any other sweeter thing that there could ever be…
but then when i awoke, my heart was still broke,
mr. sandman played a joke, on me
and now my days, are only filled with pain,
if i could just remain, in my dreams…
last night… when i had a dream .. i .. i never wanted to leave…
cus you was hugging kissing smooching necking cuddling licking loving up on me..
and you felt so real i couldn't tell the difference between existence and fantasy..
now when i'm awake, my heart just aches,
oh can't i catch a break, please..
now my days, are only filled with pain,
if i could just remain, in my dreams..
then life would be so wonderful and whimsical and magical
and love would always be enough, and it would just be the two of us
i never want to leave my dreams, i never want to lose these things
keep the world you're living in, i'd rather have my REM,
and you can keep your emotions, just please release my seratonin,
and you can analyze my notions, i don't care, Jung or Freudian,
i never want to leave my dreams, oh why oh why, can't i just sleep
i never want a conscious mess, so please oh please just let me rest,
i never wanna wake again, if you're not by me in my bed,
oh don't let that nightmare come true, cus baby all i want is…
you..
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True Love Never Dies
04:51
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Oh baby, maybe this way is for the better
This way our love will stay young forever
Oh who's to say if we remained together
Oh who was the fool that proclaimed that true love never dies
CHORUS
True love never dies
True love stays alive
and it burns like a fire deep inside
True love never dies
Oh baby, maybe today I'll get better
Time heals all things come what may and what ever
But the pain just remains from the day my heart was severed
Oh who was the fool who proclaimed that true love never dies
CHORUS
BRIDGE
And love lasts forever, even when it's gone, that's what people don't get, they think an everlasting love means the two lovers must be with each other forever, but I have already had a few forever loves in my life cus even though I don't know or have those lovers in my everydays anymore, that love that we shared is now suspended in the air above the lotus flower where eternity is nestled and sleeps and dreams for the day and time when we all remember that everything is beautiful and open and endless
Oh baby, maybe one day we'll be together
And this pain will be a thing that I won't even remember
Oh I'm just a fool who believes that true love never dies
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Only In My Mind
02:59
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It happens all the time I try to make you mine
But you'll never cross that line when I advance you just decline
It drives me crazy in my mind
It happens every night I get the urge to hold you tight
To feel our bodies intertwine so come on in and dim the lights
And ease the troubles in my mind
It happens every time I start thinking I'll be fine
Then I look into your eyes there's something there I can't deny
And I just can't say goodbye cus I need you in my life
No matter how hard I try it just tears me up inside
Cus you're what's only in my mind
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Arm's Length
05:23
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Used to come so easy
Wonders never ceasing
Every time I started sleeping
Seeped into my dreams
There's beauty in being
You ain't always seeing
Like wind whipping clean
Through tops of the trees
Waves washing me
Out into the sea
Keeping me from breathing
Keeping me beneath
Just outta reach
Used to come so easy
Visions always seizing
Every time I couldn't sleep
Come whispering to me
Try to find some meaning
Start to get the feeling
Drifting to the ceiling
Leaving my body
Current carries me
Gently down the stream
Keeping my relief
At Arm's Length
Yeah just outta reach
Don't come easy
Wonders never ceasing
Visions always seizing
Releasing me
There's beauty in being
You ain't always seeing
Like lying next to me
Mighty pretty thing
Keeping me from sleeping
Keeping me from dreaming
Keeping me believing
that God is a place
Just outta reach
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Grey Eyes
05:01
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Well it looks like they're closing down the lines
that ran from your house to the back of mine
And it seems like you're severing all ties
with the ones that leave you behind
Well I don't know what keeps me qualified
You're not the kind that's easily defined
I'm not the kind that likes to try
Now if this day could find a way to end by your side
Set our sights on old Kentucky's sky
I've got my whiskey you've got your wine
Fade away with me into the night
Grey Eyes
Well it looks like they're taking down the pines
that traced the path from the back of your house to mine
And it seems like your love just up and died
Well can I try to bring it back to life
I don't know what keeps me so inclined
I'm not the kind that's easily defined
But you're the kind that loves to try
Now if this day could find a way to stay by your side
I've set my sites back on North Carolina
Me and my whiskey you and your wine
Fade away with me into the night
Grey Eyes
Hold on tight
I've kept it all inside of me
I've kept it all inside
Grey Eyes
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Two Left Feet
04:45
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Same old thing
Morning brings
I wake up
From the same old dream
Out the door
Down the street
People I see
Seem just like me
Moving to the beat
Trying to make ends meet
But you don't get far
With two left feet
Same old scene
Every night
Have a few drinks
Feel alright
Same old song
Plays every time
I get you on the floor
Your hands meet mine
You move to the beat
So effortlessly
But you know it's kinda hard
With my two left feet
And we dance as an attempt just to forget (with every step)
And we sway as a way to try to ease the pain (in any way)
Cus we both know how easy it can be to miss a beat
And take a seat, so baby keep both eyes on me
And follow my lead
Follow my lead
Same old thing
Every night
I wake up
Afraid to die
Only thing
Ease my mind
Same old thing
Every time
Beneath our sheets
Two left feet meet
I fall back asleep
And dream that same old dream
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Shoulder up your gun whistle up your hounds
Early bird might get the worm but the field’s a battleground
You’ll always have a puncher’s chance if you can stand another round
But it’s gonna take a posse if you wanna drag me down
Cus the heart is a lonely hunter it seems
But your heart will miss it’s mark if it comes after me
Like a dog gone and barked up the wrong tree
Cus the heart’s gonna go wherever it please
Saddle up your horses don’t forget your map
Though where you’re going takes you off the beaten path
But keep moving forward boy keep settin’ up them traps
Cus once you’ve had a taste of my love you ain’t ever turning back
Cus the heart is a lonely hunter it seems
But your heart will miss it’s mark if it’s aiming for me
Like a shot in the dark you won’t ever see me bleed
Cus the heart’s gonna do whatever it please
They say you love something you have to set it free
But nothing I ever let lose ever come back to me
Sometimes I catch your scent coming in on a breeze
And baby it drops me to my knees
Oh baby please come back to me
So shoulder up your gun whistle up your hounds
It’s gonna take everything you got if you wanna track me down
When you hear them dogs howlin’ somewhere deep within them woods
You always got another shot ‘fore you hang your gun up for good
Cus the heart is a lonely hunter it seems
But your heart will miss it’s mark if you’re aiming for me
Looks like your dogs gone and barked up the wrong tree
Cus the heart’s gonna go wherever it please
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Well I’d say you’re bout as sweet as can be
I like the way you keep lookin’ over at me
Sometimes I catch myself staring at your hands
Wondering what it’d feel like to be held in them
Well I’d say you’re bout as sweet as can be
I like the way you lean your head against me
Sometimes I catch myself smellin’ your hair
Wondering what it’d feel like
To run my hands through there
I remember nights we’d get so lonely
You’d come along keep me good company
Now I don’t know just how it’s gonna end
But for now I can only be your friend
Well I’d say you’re bout as handsome as can be
I like the way you’re scootin’ closer to me
Sometimes I catch myself staring at your lips
Wondering what it’d feel like to be kissed by them
Well I’d say you’re bout as pretty as can be
I like the way you feel sittin’ next to me
Sometimes I catch myself starin’ in your eyes
Wondering who you love and what it must feel like
I bet you’re bout as sweet as can be
When you’re with your one one who ain’t me
And I bet you’re bout as sweet as can be
Though it’s a side I won’t ever get to see
Cus we know in our hearts we may never be
And the taste it leaves is bittersweet
Sometimes we catch ourselves feeling weak
And then we find ourselves being sweet
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One Thing After Another
05:14
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Well I’m going out on the town
Got my cap on top of my crown
Gonna try to do my best stay outta trouble
When I seen my ex-lover she was dancing with another
So now I’m stumbling home seeing double
If it ain’t one thing it’s another
If it ain’t that then it’s the other
Next thing you know the whole ship’s going under
And before you can even wonder
How the hell am I gonna recover
It’s always one more thing after another
Well I’m headed down to the social
to rub elbows with the locals
Gonna try to find myself another lover
When I see this pretty gal
But when I open up my mouth
Only thing comes out is a stutter
CHORUS
Got my new love by my side
Take her out for a Sunday drive
And later on that night I’ll cook her supper
But when I go to bring her home
We both hear the loudest moan
And wouldn’t ya know
my poor engine starts to sputter
CHORUS
When it rains it surely pours
Then the good Lord opens the door
To let that flood rise right up
On the double
And it’s hard to keep from stressin’
In every lesson there’s a blessin’
But I’ll be damned if this whole life
Ain’t one big struggle
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Death (2023 Version)
03:17
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You’re no stranger to my dreams
And you walk beside of me
But as a friend or foe
Oh I do not know
And when you rear your ugly head
Into the unknown I’ll be led
Oh Death tell me where will I go
For I do not foresee
What them preachers are tellin’ me
Some made up place
Or far fetched fantasy
Cus you’ll do with me as you please
No matter what I believe
So Death won’t you please be kind to me
Cus all of my life
I’ve been afraid to die
And leave all my loved ones behind
And when it comes my time
Will I see em on the other side
If there’s any such thing as the afterlife
Death take your time
Can’t we make some compromise
You go your way
And me I’ll go mine
Cus when we meet down the road
And you deliver that final blow
You know that I won’t be ready to go
But just as sure as the river flows
You’ll carry me down to the gallows
I’ll see shadows in the shallows along the way
Watch em dance across your face
As I pray there’s another place
Where there ain’t no more sorrow or pain
So Death come on stake your claim
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Zephyr
06:08
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Joe Bill always smelled of gasoline
Used to drive long distance for the Crosstown Company
From North Carolina to the Northeast
Knew the back of his hands like he knew them streets
Used to pass through New York City
Saw Mickey Mantle play in the summer of '53
It must've been some sight to see
Though he always hated them damn Yankees
Mary Edna waited tables downtown
In a diner where Joe Bill come around
Til one day a little courage he found
And he asked her out
And he'd drive that little girl where'er she wanted to go
But when he took her home she'd make him drop her off at the end of the road
And walk the rest of the way alone
Cus she didn't want him to see how poor they were
See the thing about time it's always passing you by
Ain't no friend of yours sure ain't no friend of mine
But there's a place where time seems to stand still
Out yonder beyond the pines just over them hills
You'll come upon an old oak tree in the middle of town
Where Joe Bill carved their initials with a heart around
And sometimes you'll hear it's name coming in on the wind
If you're listening
So they got married in '55
More and more Joe Bill toe'd that company line
Always find himself out on that lonesome road
Leaving Mary Edna and a little newborn at home
She used to cry every time she'd watch him leave
But she waited for him oh so patiently
Letters arrived she'd read 'em eagerly
Write him back just as fast signed I'm Yours, Affectionately
See the thing about time it's always passing you by
Ain't no friend of yours sure ain't no friend of mine
But there's a place where time seems to stand still
Out yonder beyond the pines just over them hills
You'll come upon a little house in the middle of some land
That Joe Bill built for his love with his own two hands
And sometimes you'll hear it's name coming in on the wind
If you're listening
In the fall of '58 spirits were low
Mary Edna got ill so Joe Bill got off the road
And at the ripe young age of 23
He drove that little girl down to the infirmary
Passed the diner where they met and the old oak tree
And that's where she would stay and remain confined
Til by and by 1959
The good Lord called her home to be by His side
See the thing about time it's always passing you by
Ain't no friend of yours sure ain't no friend of mine
But there's a place where time seems to stand still
Out yonder beyond the pines just over them hills
You'll come upon a cemetery in the middle of some land
Where Edna's body was buried with Joe Bill's bare hands
And sometimes you'll hear it's name coming in on the wind
If you're listening
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Trail Of Another One
04:00
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So you hopped in the front seat
Said "Take me for a spin"
From the very beginning
You held my heart in your hands
Under a soft summer's rain
You placed your lily hand in mine
Took me down to the river
Where we rid ourselves of time
All the leaves were gone
As I left come the dawn
Now I'm on the trail of another one
There was a song come on the radio
I'll remember it all my life
From the verse to the refrain
It'll stand the test of time
Just some soft summer fling
You washed clean off of your hands
Cus from the very beginning
You knew it'd come to an end
All the leaves were gone
As I left come the dawn
Now I'm on the trail of another one
Now I'm stuck somewhere in the middle
Can't get you off my mind
But I'll keep the engine runnin'
Til' I'm all outta time
Til' I'm all outta time
Til' I'm all outta time
Til' I'm all outta time
Til' I'm all outta time...
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Bright Leaves
05:04
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In the buckle of the Bible Belt
Where your voice gets lost on the wind
She was standing there in a field of white flowers
With a tattoo of blood on her hand
When a boy come along they had a little one
And her parents said it was a sin
Then one sad day in the South of the South
She was wed to him
Now they're singing their song down in the hollers
They're singing their song just for me
And their voices they sound like angels
Though they always sing off key
Always sing off key
Always knew how to hold her tongue
They teach ya that when you're young
See the serpent always follows ya, nipping at your heels
From the very day that you're born
Now, stretched out across the canvas
Paints pictures of what she sees
Pretty words she puts together
She calls it poetry
REPEAT CHORUS
Well the boy took what he could up and left
But she knew it was only for the best
Come home with the little one to an empty nest
No blood nor tears did she shed
Keeps a lock on her heart now
And she threw away the key
I'm out here digging in the dark now
Searching in a field of bright leaves
Just searching in a field of bright leaves
REPEAT CHORUS
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Lovers On The Run
04:44
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We were just two teens in love and on the run
Like an itchy trigger finger gotta shoot of a gun
We hit the road with just the clothes on our backs
Dunno where we're headed gotta get there fast
So now we're driving through the middle of Tennessee
Up to the Appalachian mountains ole' Kentucky
And we're picking up speed as we cross county lines
Through tobacco fields of North Carolina
and we'll camp tonight under them Georgia pines
Count all the stars with a bottle of wine
And we'll sleep with our bodies intertwined
Til I can't even tell what's yours and what's mine
Oh dear darling don'tcha die on me
When there's still so many sights left for us to see
As we cross over the river Mississippi
West into Kansas out of Missouri
Oh baby you're looking so mighty pretty
With your hair all a'blowin' in the passenger seat
Ya just gotta keep remembering to breathe
Don't close them eyes, don't follow them dreams
And I promise you we're gonna be getting there soon
We'll howl and we'll dance by the light of the moon
We can map our path using the Texas stars
Til we don't even know where in the hell we are
Redemption lies under the hood of this car
And I'm sorry it didn't get us very far
Now my baby's dyin' in my arms
And the last thing she feels will be the beat of my heart
The one she used to make pound so hard's
Now a mess in my chest being torn apart
Promised her a life where we wouldn't be poor
But where she's headed won't be pain no more
They told us this is what your youth is for
But we was such fools to think we'd win this war
Lovers on the Run
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