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WHAT FOREVER MIGHT MEAN
02:04
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What forever might mean?
You will never feel alone again
Sounds like a dream
You had and you can't remember
Someone might see
That you have a heart to love me tender
Love me tenderly, love me true
Please dear, forever
Remember the time you walked away with no shoes in the snow?
Or the time I hooked up the tailpipe of my car
I couldn't get it right (Let's get it right)
Baby, let's not fight anymore
What forever might mean
What forever might mean? (What forever might mean)
What forever might mean?
You will never feel alone again
Sounds like a dream you had and you can't remember
It's like a dream
The kind you can't remember
But you know it's true
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COUSINS
02:46
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What makes us family?
What makes us even friends?
I didn't know in the beginning
How you would wind up looking in the end
(Chorus:)
Never wanna grow up, do you?
But the lies you're telling aren't true
I don't believe a word you say
Didn't wanna make it so bad
Sit around feeling so sad
Difference between a father and a dad?
When I think about the pain
Never wanna feel that way again
The creek's run dry, the sky does the same
You're washed away
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BETWEEN HOPE & CAUTION
04:36
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When you think you're gonna die yesterday
Today seems so sweet
You could lose your shit tomorrow
Today's no day to fall apart
Between hope and caution and everything between
Twisting and turning with the fire on these wheels
When you're exhausted with this life
I hope you know; don't keep your eyes closed
Realize what you want to say
When the nights are bittersweet
And look out for tomorrow
Today's no way to end; start again
When you're exhausted with these things in your mind
I hope you know that whether you stay or go
Whether it's yes or no; if you're there
Just know that I love you so
Between hope and caution
And everything in between
Lost in that headspace
How far away it all feels
And if you're exhausted with these things in your mind
I hope that every time; if you stay or go?
If it's a 'yes' or a 'no' if you're there
Just know that I love you so
When you think you're gonna die yesterday
Today is so sweet...
Between hope and caution and everything between
Twisting and turning with the fire on these wheels
And if you're exhausted with these things in your mind
I hope you know; don't keep your eyes closed
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MAY REMORSE BE WITH YOU
02:15
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Who's been keepin' the score?
Like I knew
All I can say is let remorse be with you
(All I can say is let remorse be with you)
My hands aren't tied enough to break these chains
You'll be chokin' on the dust of my remains
(In case you didn't know, I'm fuckin' insane)
Now do you want some more?
I do; but not the kind that's underneath those shoes
Caught you lookin' away; I know the things that you do
May remorse be with you
My head's on fire but I will not burn
Live long enough and maybe you will learn
My hands aren't tied enough to break these chains
You'll be chokin' on the dust of my remains
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TOMBSTONE
03:38
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My tombstone ain't in Kentucky
Not cos I'm dead, man--because I got lucky
There were so many times I nearly threw it all away
Sometimes I still can't count all the days
I am from Mississippi
Wasn't by choice so I hope you'll forgive me
I have seen what's in the past
Don't need to go there so I'll write a second act
Some find it funny
Not cos I'm well read
Because it hasn't been sunny
In my mind for a long time
I was born in Memphis, Teneessee
Raised in a small town that don't speak to me
And I finally made it out of that place
But can I outrun this doom?
Can I outrun this doom?
Tombstone ain't in Kentucky
Not cos I haven't tried
Boys, believe me
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Takin' my pills for the deep sleep
But I'm wide awake
I'm wide awake
I am from Mississippi
It wasn't by choice so I hope you'll forgive me
I have seen what's in the past
Don't need to go there so I'll write a second act
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WHAT YOU ARE IN THE DARK
01:55
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Sometimes you're the one that's behind the wheel
Sometimes you're the one that's runnin'
From whatever that it is that I see that's comin'
It's comin' after me
What you are in the dark sometimes can really blind you
You get lost in the lights that try to guide you
To get out from underneath where they find you
Like ninja mind control with your voodoo
Break away, do you what you wanna do
Sometimes you're the one that's behind the wheel
Sometimes you're the one that's runnin'
From whatever that it is that you said
You see that's comin'
It's comin' after me
Yeah, it's comin'
It's comin' after you
Yeah, it's comin'
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SLOPPY MOSES
02:03
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GENTLEMAN
04:14
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(Love, love, love, love) Love to love you, baby
(Love, love, love, love) Love to love you, baby
Now you know I know who's been running the show
This whole time; I didn't see it comin' my way
You keep runnin' around
And all I hear's the sound of another thing fallin' down
If you want a gentleman
You gotta tell me right now
Right now?
Yes, you can
Yes, you can
Mama didn't raise no fool
And I been a long time out of school
Always drunk when you miss me
Just hang it up
Stay off my phone; the line is dead
Just another hole right in your head
Crying to another dial tone
(Love, love, love, love) Love to love you, baby
(Love, love, love, love) I said I love to love you, baby!
(Love, love, love, love)
Now that I know; I been runnin' the show this whole time
You didn't see it comin' your way
When you keep on comin' round now?
All I hear's the sound of another thing fallin' down
You're not worth a gentleman; not worth my time
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THE WORLD WITHOUT YOU
03:14
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The world without you ain't what it used to be
More electric cars and high priced gasoline
It all feels the same to me
Except you're somewhere unseen
The world without you is a shame
So many years left to place the blame
Put on public shame
Didn't wanna see me, didn't wanna know my name
Father's doin' fine on seventy-nine
Your sister's a grandma, too
Now that the foot has the other shoe
I'm finding out my truth
(Mother)
(Oh, my brother...) Brother, the regulators are gone
It ain't easy havin' pals and so on
Glad I'm not alone; you were gone too soon
Heard your voice on the telephone
I had hoped to see you soon
The world without me will probably always be
But down the road they call eternity
I'll stop and think about you and me
[Spoken:] The world without you is a shame
So many years left to place the blame
Put on public shame
They didn't wanna see me
They didn't wanna know my name
Don't wanna face this world without you
Without you (without you)
Without you (without you)
Without you
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Life begins at forty?
I guess we'll see
Thirty-nine years ain't enough for me
And some people would agree
Life ends everywhere you see
Anywhere, anyplace that's not where you wanna be
In your own time, you'll see
So don't take so long (Don't take so long)
(Don't take so long) To say what you should have said
Don't live in fear (Don't live in fear)
Nobody knows where do we go from here
Will life begin at forty?
Will life begin at forty, yeah?
Yeah?
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FATHER'S ONLY SON
02:02
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I am my father's only son
I can only hope that he's proud of me
All my life I tried to have my fun
But when everybody turned the lights out on me
There was nobody else to call
And by the way, I'm sorry
There was nobody left to care
When they locked me down
And after that, I never was the same
Only a number; not a name
Life is fucking strange
I am my father's only son
I was my mother's too
All my life I've watched the world come undone
But only love is true
Yes, I know
That only love is true
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WHAT IF IT'S ME??
02:46
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If you were me you still wouldn't understand
These days and nights sometimes they never end
Sorry you said goodbye, my friend
I'll be movin' on; now that all the love is gone
(Chorus:)
I was throwin' my life away
Painting the walls of my mind with all the things you say
You were toxic; a waste of time
Now I'm burning from the sun
It shines on everyone in the dark
What if it's me?
What if it's me that never quits
What if it's you that just don't get it
Sorry I even tried again
Another funeral; maybe I'll see you then
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On a spectrum nobody sees
I got a hole in my head to catch the breeze
On a spectrum no one else sees
(Chorus:)
Thunderclouds talking to me
Freezin' rain and lightning
Looking out my window I feel the pain
Can't tell if I'm cryin'
Don't know when I'm lyin' to myself
Something's gonna happen to me
Fear that something is probably gonna come to be
It's all gonna come to be
On a spectrum no one can tell
What's right or what's wrong; oh well
Heaven and hell?
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14. |
THURSDAYS
01:36
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Thursday's on a weekend
And all the money's been spent
All the friends will be at it again
But they don't even know my name
They don't even know my name
They don't look at me the same
Guess my repuation was to blame
How do you sleep at night
With all the things that you do
After a while, you're just a means to an end
You only believe in yer truth
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15. |
*
02:14
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I am the asterisk
I am above it all
Am I the asterisk?
Am I the exception to the rule?
Seems like I'm doing fine
Seems like I haven't lost my mind
Nothing is perfect
I think you've known it all along
I am the asterisk
I am the asterisk
Are you the asterisk?
Are you really underneath it all?
Underneath it all, you're so scared
You don't fool me
You can't fool me cos I know
You can't look in the mirror
Your reflection might show
But you're the asterisk
It's in the fine print
The kind you can't see?
You gotta make your eyes squint
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What mama tried to tell me
Don't grow up too fast
But I've been takin' lots of candy from strangers
That put it in my bag
What mama tried to tell me
Don't throw it all away
It doesn't matter what we say
It only matters what we do
What mama tried to tell me
Hold onto the ones you love
Hold onto the things we have
What mama tried to tell me
Don't throw it all away
You'll understand it someday
And someday eventually comes
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17. |
DON'T TAKE IT SO BAD
03:18
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When it's my time to die
I won't cry
I won't shed a single tear
Spent my whole life living in fear
Took a lot of drugs to get me here
Don't take it so bad
You never know when you're gonna be sad
Gonna miss you when it's over
Don't take it so bad
Better than doin' time
Tried to make it mind
I won't shed no tears
Took a lot of drugs just to get me here
Don't take it so bad
Never know when you're gonna be so bad
Gonna miss you when it's over
Don't take it so bad
You're looking tired
Too tired to say much
When you're looking in the mirror
What do you see?
What do you see?
Hey, don't take it so bad
You'll never know when you're gonna be so bad
Don't wanna make you cry
Don't wanna make you sad
Don't take it so bad
I'm gonna miss you when I'm gone
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HOBBES
04:03
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Where are you now?
It's freezing outside
Are you still alive?
So long ago
I remember when you went away
You went away
Tried to make some sense of this
Tried not to think about what I miss
Where did you go?
No one would know
Are you up in the trees?
Hiding from me?
You went away
You went away
Try to make some sense of this
Try not to think about what I miss
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Try to make some sense of this
Try to not think about what I miss
Try to make some sense of this
But it don't make no sense at all
Where are you now?
You went away
You went away
You went away
Where are you now? (where are you now)
(Where are you now) Where are you now?
(Where are you now) Where are you now
["Holy shit." - Lucy]
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Smash Addams Memphis, Tennessee
Smash Addams is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from a small town in North MS where nothing is even remotely cool. He is formerly known as leader of the band Strange Parallel (2007-10); and is co-founder of StarsNeverSleep. He has released twenty-three solo albums since 2004. His final LP, 'DUST OFF THE RACKS' is out now. ... more
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