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Power Up!
02:32
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Used to be a young man
Was all of 21
I had no problems, no
Unlimited love
But those days are gone
Just my luck
You can change the wires you can hypnotize you can plug it in
It won’t power up, power up
I look at the world
Wanna see my place
I look in the mirror
Wanna see my face
I look at my hands
I wanna get the job done
I’m thinking Mount Olympus
But I see the setting sun
It’s goin’ down every night of the week
Open up my mouth but I can’t hardly speak
I wanna power up, power up
I’ll tell you what
I wanna power up
Power up, power up
Power up, power up
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2. |
Peeler Park
04:57
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Peeler Park’s where I go when I can’t keep my own head straight
I drive that long lonely road
I’ve got a million things to do but they can wait
Five o’clock in the morning
The sun ain’t started to rise
But the hounds are barking inside of me
I’ve got a problem no-one should have to hide
A problem that’s been growing way down in my soul
Now I can’t walk in that house until I get control
Excuse me stranger
Do you think that it’s too late
I got a feeling it’s worth the wait
I got a feeling it’s worth the wait
I got a feeling it’s worth the wait
Well it wasn’t always there
Or if it was I didn’t know
It kind of caught me unaware but felt like a place I was always bound to go
My little girl, she looks at me
The glory in her eyes
She says I miss you daddy when you’re not home
I need to know you’re here every morning when I rise
I’d talk to a doctor
I could talk to a friend
But I’m talking to you in this empty lot ’til the darkness ends
There ain’t no crystal ball out here
Ain’t no screen to watch your fate
I got a feeling it’s worth the wait
I got a feeling it’s worth the wait
I got a feeling it’s worth the wait
I already know the sun’s gonna rise
I’m thinkin’ ‘bout that day in New Orleans
And the fire that burned inside our eyes
Well I’m thinking about that day in Reims
How Joan of Arc did what she did
I’m thinking of all the women who stood up exposing secrets that were hid
I’m thinking of all the guys who woke up knowing right from wrong
I’m thinking about this gas tank emptying
Who ever knew it could be so hard to be strong?
I’m thinking ‘bout that hands that reach out to those in need
I’m thinking ‘bout the love born with every seed
I’m thinking ‘bout my baby in bed
Man I’m glad you were here so late
I got a feeling it’s worth the wait
I got a feeling it’s worth the wait
I got a feeling it’s worth the wait
Peeler Park’s where I go when I can’t keep my own head straight
I drive that long lonely road
I’ve got a million things to do but they can wait
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3. |
Blood On My Hands
04:44
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Entrusted by God
Touched by the saints
Pushing as far as I can
Down from the mountain
Thunder on high
Everything else be damned
If you should ask
I’ll tell you why
‘Cause everyone needs to know
When an almighty world is entrusted to someone
Everyone else must go
Some will tell you that we’re all the same
But will you ever forget my name?
Blood on my hands
All this blood on my hands
I’m too good of a man
For this blood on my hands
There was a time I looked into their eyes
They were only divine and pure
Draw yourself some battle lines
You’ll see them as so much more
Just try to stop me
I know your names
I know your family and your friends
A kind word from me is all that you want
You’re mine until the end
In a different world I might be lost
But here I do anything and pay no cost
Blood on my hands
All this blood on my hands
I’m too good of a man
For this blood on my hands
People love you when you’re strong
I’ll tell them I am all night long
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4. |
The Lawn
04:21
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I’m going down down down
Down to the lawn
Down down down
Going all alone
The lawn where my granddaddy’s buried
91 years on this earth
He set things up for my mother
Just doing the best that he could
I’m going down down down
Down to the lawn
I’m gonna hit that fork in the road and turn around
Like my mama did every time she heard the sound
The sound never left her from state to state
It followed her marriage around
Til it was just her, my brother, and me
And granddaddy’s hand sliding down
I’m gonna hit that fork in the road and turn around
I’m gonna get in my car and drive like every night
Beer, cocaine, and the lights
They’re what fill up my life
I know it ain’t what she wanted her two sons to grow up to be
I know she wanted a daughter
Her conscience may never be free
I’m gonna get in my car and drive
Just these demons and me
I’m going down down down
Down to the lawn
That look in my little girl’s eye
It cuts me to the bone
Her mother has taught her so well
She don’t trust nobody and she never will
I ain’t gonna leave them buried in bills
Nobody should die all alone
I’m going down down down
Down to the lawn
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5. |
Home Depot Glasses
04:48
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I read it last night through my Home Depot glasses
A voice had died who’d given purple to grey masses
It got him bad
Oh it got him good
And it made me think that we weren’t doing all that we could
This blade of grass that I cut last week
Lived in a world where all the things that we hold dear got to speak
I don’t know what we did before that
Walking through a world without the ears sewn on top of the hats
Something less
Still rich I suppose
But I thank that lucky star that I don’t know
Yes I thank that lucky star that I don’t know
I read it last night
My phone it tells me the news
Between guessing what I’m thinking and trying to sell me shoes
It shows me a picture
It plays me a song
Well tonight I’m lining up all the ones that I want to hear all night long
The one with that part where you get right up inside my head
That time when I’m lost and all I want is just my rumpled up old bed
That time when I was mean
Because I knew that I didn’t have a case
That time when I was humbled
But damn if I just couldn’t make the humbled face
That time I was so confused
But I looked around and to everyone else it just made all kinds of sense
That time it all looked like Medusa but also kind of heaven sent
I don’t know what we did before then
Milling around without observations from that guitar and pen
Something still
Still with heart I suppose
But I thank that lucky star that I don’t know
Well sometimes we could all do well just to see ourselves as balls of melting snow
I read it last night through my home depot glasses
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I’ve got to tell you I’ve been rackin’ my brain
Hoping to find a way out
I’ve had enough of this continual rain
Changes are coming, no doubt
It’s been a too long time
With no peace of mind
And I’m ready for the times to get better
You seem to want from me what I cannot give
I feel so lonesome at times
I have a dream I wish I could live
It’s burning holes in my mind
It’s been a too long time
With no peace of mind
And I’m ready for the times to get better
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7. |
Last Letter
04:32
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I know you told me it’d be alright to keep it safe and locked up tight
I want to believe ~ yes I want to believe
It wasn’t far from what I dreamed
The way you said you’d keep yourself in check
I want to believe ~ yes I want to believe
But it’s such a slippery slope when you make up your mind
The truth shouldn’t have been hard to unwind
I keep coming back to the last letter
I keep coming back to the last letter
I keep coming back to the last letter
Well the way you looked in your mohair boots
When you said that you were free at last
I can see it now ~ I can see it now
I didn’t think that you had it in ya
To take your kids and run off to West Virginia
Oh I see it now
Cops came to rescue them at our mother’s behest
Beat down your door and only found a burning cigarette
I keep coming back to the last letter
I keep coming back to the last letter
I keep coming back to the last letter
I know you said they were not for you
The things you felt you had to do
I can see it now ~ I hear you now
If I could walk you back a step I would tell you not to think so much
I can hear you now ~ Oh I hear you now
I’ll come and visit when they say you can take guests
It’s not like it was, big sister, when we were kids
I keep coming back to the last letter
I keep coming back to the last letter
I keep coming back to the last letter
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8. |
One Last Dance
04:03
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I’m singing for those people who have to rise again
It don’t come right
Sometimes it don’t come at all
That’s who I’m singing for
For all my dearest friends and anyone else
Who’s reaching down every last day
That’s who I’m singing for
You walk down sculpted corridors and wide open roads
You lay it all down, you do all the work and come back for another load
But bright is the star that you can’t grasp with everything that you got
Holding you down, keeping you going
Letting you know who you’re not
I’m singing for the wanting types working outside of their luck
There ain’t much of anything that’s left that they could pass up
They’re waking for the mystery of what’s outside the only door
Holding on for the one last dance
That’s who I’m singing for
I’m singing for the love of one to someone else
Who’s holding them up with all they’ve got when never asked for help
And different times bleed different dreams
But the ones that never fade away
Are the ones that don’t die in desperation when they don’t make it to the light of day
I’m singing for the lonely ones who gave all that they had
There ain’t much of anything that’s left that they could give back
And some days I can see the signs in the light of the early morn
Holding on for the one last dance
That’s who I’m singing for
Some days I can see the signs in the light of the early morn
Holding on for the one last dance
That’s who I’m singing for
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9. |
That Was Another Time
05:28
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Workin’ 5 to 3 am
Falling asleep on the train
Get up, do it all over again
Don’t think about the pain
Stretched out in a little tenement
Guitar in my hand
Blue eyes running up and down the beach
I see it when I can
That was another time
That was another time
That was another time
Your grandpa kept us busy when we were little kids
We all got scars to prove it
Pally that’s just how it is
You won’t catch a seagull
But you might just catch some dreams
I’m sittin’ here thinking of you
Replaying all the scenes
That was another time…
That died a long, long, long
Long, long, long time ago
Workin’ 5 to 3 am
Falling asleep on the train
Get up, do it all over again
Don’t think about the pain
You won’t catch a seagull
But you might just catch some dreams
I’m sittin’ here thinking of you
Replaying all the scenes
That was another time…
That died a long, long, long
Long, long, long time ago
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10. |
Sunrise Surprise
04:28
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Well I had a thought back when I was alone
Maybe I could give back to the forces I’ve known
Saw you one night
A photobomb in a dream
Couldn’t make out what it means
Each passing night I’d look at the walls
See my graffiti up and down the halls
In a million and one years I’d never have guessed
That it was just some kind of game or test
The road I wanted to walk is fading to grey
The life I wanted to lead may be slipping away
The book’s closing up at the turn of the page
But I open my eyes and have you
Sunrise surprise, I have you
I thought I was tough
I thought I was mean
Thought I didn’t need nobody
Thought I’d hide out in the back of a scene
Then one day take everyone down
I’ve come to find out I don’t take down
I just take what you’re kind enough to give
And I still don’t know much beyond that we only get a single chance to live
The road I wanted to walk is fading to grey
The life I wanted to lead may be slipping away
The book’s closing up at the turn of the page
But I open my eyes and have you
Sunrise surprise, I have you
Well you wear me out like nobody’s business
You wear me out like you’ll never know
Til you’re 40-something going on 65
And a pandemic’s keeping you home
When I was your age I wanted a life
A life I’d write out
Write out on my own
Page after page I’d dream it each night
And wake up a 10 year old kid in my home
The road I wanted to walk is fading to grey
The life I wanted to lead may be slipping away
The book’s closing up at the turn of the page
But I open my eyes and have you
Sunrise surprise, I have you
Well I had a thought back when I was alone
Maybe I could give back to the forces I’ve known
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11. |
Diggin' In
04:44
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The sun ain’t gonna rise all morning
A storm’s a-comin’ today
Take my hand and squeeze so tight
Tell me we can find a way
I was always scared of losing
Something I was sure I thought I had
Four layers deep
Well time comes cheap
When you can count on nothing!
You hold all of our dreams
Down in the box you keep within
Suns are gonna rise and dreams are gonna die
But you and I, we’re digging in
Ain’t on a road to nowhere
Nowhere ain’t got nothing on these times
All these decades deep, by the grace of God we sleep
When it comes I hope we know the signs
I can see the first time I held you
You looked into my eyes so straight
Our words so fair
Our hearts so bare
I knew then that time would sometimes wait
You hold all of our past
All the virtue and the sin
Suns are gonna rise and dreams are gonna die
But you and I, we’re digging in
The sun ain’t gonna rise all morning
A storm’s a-comin’ today
Take my hand and squeeze so tight
I know that we can find a way
You hold all of our dreams
Down in the box you keep within
Suns are gonna rise and dreams are gonna die
But you and I, we’re digging in
Yes we’re diggin’ in
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