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Cold Song
03:48
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Seems they’ve strained the smile from my lips
And I’ve been running ever since
They keep me standing certain ways,
Watch for signs of hesitation
Now I had got a mind to make a change
If I’m cold and I’m distant, that I can explain
It’s a cold song, an early morning song
I can see my breath and the melody is gone
It’s a cold song, an early morning song
It’s all I’ve got to keep this body warm
Seems joy might have left me long ago
like a burned out star that lost its glow
Squandered years and wasted years
Fueled by guilt and fixed by all my fears
Spent all night walking through this house
An empty bed, I’m sleeping on the couch
It’s a cold song, an early morning song
I can see my breath and the melody is gone
It’s a cold song, an early morning song
It’s all I’ve got to keep this body warm
Sing, sing a sad song
O’re the way our bodies carry on
It’s a cold song
An early morning song
It’s a cold song
An early morning song
It’s a cold song, an early morning song
I can see my breath and the melody is gone
It’s a cold song, an early morning song
It’s all I’ve got to keep this body warm
I’m keeping time with the shaking of my bones
I’m on my face praying, God just take me home
Sing, sing a sad song
O’re the way our bodies carry on
It’s a cold song
An early morning song
It’s a cold song
An early morning song
We sing.
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2. |
Hard at Nothing
02:52
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Days and weeks without a change
Woke this morning, smelled like rain
Saw the ocean, seemed out of place
Don’t forget to leave a light on for me
I’m on a roll and feeling quite
Put out that fire in your closet
And dress for dinner I’m coming home
We’ll go someplace that we can be alone
Nights I put myself to sleep
Days with nothing in my drink
These days, they don’t change
These days, they don’t change
I’ll be the one to change
I’ll be the one to change
These days all stay the same
Older now, I'm feeling nervous
I know you love me but you don’t deserve this
Aimless is as aimless does
I’m having trouble with my thoughts
You can use your eyes to peel of these clothes
When I’l too tired to do it for myself
Dress me up like a paper doll
Just watch the cuts and clean me when you’re done
Nights I put myself to sleep
Days with nothing in my drink
These days, they don’t change
These days, they don’t change
I’ll be the one to change
I’ll be the one to change
These days all stay the same
This place is dangerous and beautiful
I guess that’s just how nature is
I want to stay and drink my fill
I want to stay and drink my fill
Nights I put myself to sleep
Days with nothing in my drink
These days, they don’t change
These days, they don’t change
I’ll be the one to change
I’ll be the one to change
These days all stay the same
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Lafayette
03:49
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Lafayette
Your streets, well they welcomed me in
happy homes filled my mind with prospects
in the breast of that city
a man could see straight through
to start all over again
Lafayette
I came in from the wilderness
drenched and dirty, wearing my regrets
in your liveliest places
you cleaned and dressed my wounds
and squared all of my debts
lately
every road spits me out at the edge of town
your street signs, they make it so I can't get around
every person that I see they pass without a sound
I'm not sure how I got lost
please just tell me how I can be found
Lafayette
One day, well your heart just went cold,
chained the doors and sent the workers home
You left me helpless and hopeless
with no place to go
and nothing with which to carry on
Lafayette
You covered up your discontent
hid lonely factories 'neath a swell of business
You turned your attention
to suburbs and services
filling houses that would never be homes
Economy like love
is never sustained
by an exchange of services
Nothing can replace
the sweat and sacrifice
that builds
and brings about something new
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Dustin Drennen Noxon, montana
Songs and poems from western Montana: a little folk and americana, a little Texas country, maybe more cowpunk, clear love of the West, especially the Northwest, an affinity for good beer, some romance and wreckage, some creepy tales, a general distrust for the establishment, a hopeful outlook all the same. ... more
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