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I never once thought twice about you
Tried to take a long walk in your shoes
But that is the one thing that I cannot seem to do
I never once got a hold of myself
I think on the drink and I'm praying for my health
But who am I, who am I to ask for anything from You
I got gold in the garden got the summer in the autumn
Got no money, but I bargain from the top to the bottom
And I got what I got, and what I don't got I will borrow
But nevertheless I confess I got to ask for it tomorrow
What a life I live, what kind of life is this?
Grasping for the railing while my life gets pissed away
But today I'm gonna have my say
And I'll be reaching for tomorrow and be on my way
Back home
I've got this sinkin sense of running out of time
And we're not the same but I don't have time to find
Find out why
I'm so past looking back at all I could have tried
When it's sink or swim and oxygen is on my mind
Yo, and I'm sick of living out my life trying to be a Have
When the Have-nots are smiling while I fly past
Stressed, the best that I can be is half of what I need
But i concede cuz indeed I could bleed out right now
And how I'm down and out is 'bout
The only think I'd think of that time
And I think that Ram Dass put it best when he addressed it
Remember to be here now and you'll be fine
And now I've got all of these thoughts
And I set them on the ground
And I slowly set flame to the ones that slow me down
And I hold my head high up in the sky
So I never lose sight of that greater hight
I'm talking about the kind of inspiration that you have
When you feel your soul's on fire
That's the result of small spark that sets you free
So don't worry 'bout me, don't worry 'bout me, no
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And I take my time
When I'm livin and I make it an occasion
Savin up a little bit of flavor and you'll thank me later
But if the beat goes fine
You can find me rockin out until the end of the night
I got time, take it or not take it or not
And I'm lookin at cookin a little bit of trouble up hot I got
Plenty of plans if you understand I got mine
You've got yours, just remember you got that time
You are the one they say
Was thinkin about a better way to turn your day around
Now lookin around you gotta get up, get up and get down
You are the one that cried out
"I never got a chance to live my life"
Well now you got the time, so smoke em if you got em
And the summer-time sun's gonna shine till the autumn now
And I keep that style in my pocket, I rock it when I can
I'm thinkin about it now I hope you understand
I got time, but I got no cash
My broke ass, a dollar menu orderin bro with no flow and no stash
And no car so hmmmm
Well you know that I got no gas
Sippin on a homebrew, best way to do it
And I'm stickin it to The Man and he never even knew it
I've been lookin to the sky
And I know damn well that the day's flown by so
I've got a minute to get with it so I hit it
I'm a man on a mission I switch in the style with it now
Even a faster bastard couldn't master this
I've passed in quit and class is dismissed
Under one condition, get with this, or you can get with that
Got the pabst blue ribbon in the backpack
Sack that attack that back that groove
When a downtown brother get up, he gotta move so
So take a tip or take a sip or take a little bit of time out of your day
I'll tell you right now, I'm about to get out
So you can put the verse on display
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I'm sure you're not as unaware
As I would like to believe
I know you know exactly what is going on but still I
Fill my head with these
Thoughts that, maybe everything is alright
And you'll look to I
To be your shining beam of light in the nighttime
Fly far away firefly come home
Who am I to keep that jar by the bedpost
Most and most of all I'm missin you
And wondering if you have a clue, you do
And if the tide comes back around I'm gonna make sure
That you're the one for whom the sun shines for
Hear me, cuz I am standing on a mountain
Still you smile straight through me
I breathe you and I cannot help but need you
But you're still so blind to me
She never really got a chance to be gone by
By the time he saw her leaving
Matter fact, I think you're better off
Ditchin my place while I'm asleep and
Goodbyes were never quite my thing and
Sometimes I wonder if I sing
With enough heart you'll decode my words
But then my epitaph reads "what a piece of work"
Nevertheless we haven't talked in a week
And I gotta confess that that's fine by me
Cuz I was never gonna get the time to myself
To think it all through till you found someone else and oh
Guess I messed up again oh
You never know what you got till it's been
Thrown out, gone, like a bad idea
And now everything I want is in the rear view mirror
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Give it up, you're in last place now
It's time to sit down on the ground and
Call it a day, call it a game
I'll sit right here and do the same
I've got a lot on my plate
Can't wait to just sedate
I lost my inner child to the swirling twirling wilds of her hair
Her eyes, and I think myself so wise, but I get
Caught up I get caught up
In her hair, her eyes, and I think myself so wise, but I get
Caught up, caught up
I've got a lot to learn now
But not a lot of time
I've got a lot to learn but
I still cannot seem to make you mine
Gonna get that car one day
That El Camino got away
And there is one thing I can say
Won't let you and I go that way
I'll stay up all night just counting seconds down
To hope the dawn comes swiftly now
And all I have to give is all I have
Maybe you'll finally see, it really is that bad
And oh, we owe each other a break
Take what you can get and you just turn it into love
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You see, my legs get weak
And my tongue forgets to speak
I got the coldest stare that I've ever felt before
That steering wheel feels like
My only hope and I hold it tight
Headlights swinging to the side, said "Get out of this car"
She opened up that door
And stepped out into the rain, my lord
I felt like scum, I felt like the gun'd been turned on me
No matter that I care
This rift will never be repaired
I gotta love, I gotta live, and learn to be the one out in the rain
Those trees are getting tired now
They drop their leaves right to the ground
And stand there naked in the cold air, staring down at pure regret
But there's no point in looking down
They're set for spring, they count out loud
They throw their roots into the earth and let them set
So come on just hold my hand
Cuz my heart's already damned
And i've got nothing left to lose 'cept you, my friend
I said just cut this thread
Cuz my hope's already dead
Got about another hundred miles to let that one sink in
So tell me how does that song go?
The one where the boy pretends to know
Bout love and life, but we know he don't know a goddamn thing
I'd like to have some drinks
Sit back with a cigarette and think
Bout love and life, but I know that I don't know a goddamn thing
So I'll leave my shoes untied
I'll love and leave you be
I'll swim in sunshine skies
I'll let my soul roam free
I'll hope my heart stays true
I'll raise my glass to you, yeah
And if I die before I wake, I'll save a place for you
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And I thought of leaving common sense behind
And trusting whatever I'd find
When reason left me out to sea
But soon my eyes were overcast
That clarity that never lasts
Was swept away, the way I knew it'd be
That's not to say that I'm not thinking over starting over
Starting right back as square one
That's assuming I'll be rusted solid, no more fight in me
Starting right back at square one
I carve my plan and tame it
But I'm still on my own
I'd throw it away cuz I just want to feel like
I'm not on my own
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I've been taking my time, been loading my mind
With thought on love, and thoughts about life
Been taking it slow
Been walking my shoes down to their soles
And I've been one to stay up till the sun
Rises just to take my night away
Oh by the way, I was thinking about leaving
Girl you're the only reason I would stay
Hey girl tell me if I'm right
Just tell me if I'm right and I'll be home
I'm coming home
Hey girl tear me from the night
Just take me in tonight and I'll be home
I'm coming home
Some days I'm lucky and I already know
And I feel that fire from the depths of my soul
Waking up in sun far away from the world I know
Man, what a day, man what a life I own
I'm sorry but I gotta do what I gotta do
Cuz it's all I know
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Lordy Jesus, gotta mind my tongue
Got no money and I got no gun
Gonna take it on now down that road
You know I got to go
Moonshine flowin like a river in the wood
Got a half a mind to tell you all the things I should
Put it in a bag and I take it down the road
And I hang my head so low
I've got all the time in the world
Singin I've got all the time
Unless they snatch me up
Gonna lock me down
Spend 5 to 10 in the pen downtown
I'm a son of a gun go-getter but I won't be the one downtown tonight
Said I'm a son of a gun go-getter but I won't be the one downtown tonight
Lordy Jesus, gotta mind my words
Take another sip and I calm my nerves
You can't pay me back with that sour mash
I'm a desperate man and I need that cash, alright
I've been walking around this world
I've seen some crazy things and heard all that there is to hear
Now I'm rambling about a goddamn shame, think about it
Say, I don't know where I'm gonna go
Don't know where I'm gonna go
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10 A.M. as I get on the road
Cloudy sky, dirty snow
The rain my mind just wash away
And let me swim around a while in yesterday
Cuz it's not fair, I'm out of touch
But I don't care too much
These are supposed to be the best days of my life
That's what I've heard
I'm tired now for the first time in my life
And I find myself here thinking bout a wife
One day the music and the parties will retreat
And I will find myself some ground for my two feet
I'm getting old, I've lost my touch
Maybe I care too much
Cuz I am outside of this window looking in
And this rain won't quit
Because that train won't come
I've been waiting here for days
Guess I'm on the run
Cuz I dug myself a grave
And I can't get out
I can't get out
I can't get out
The law is here but I can't see them yet
As I light myself another cigarette
I sold my bible, bought myself a gun
Now I'm waiting here to shoot you down and run
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Sometimes you forget how you met now and
Some people say that that's a thing to regret
But I don't, no I don't, can't you see
Sometimes you forget how to play
That song that you wrote the other day now and
Some people say that's a shame, but not me
Maybe I'm older than I thought somehow or
Maybe we never get old, cuz right now
I am soakin up the sun and it tastes fine to me
I'm with you and that's all that I need
Sometimes you forget how to smile
Don't you worry, it only lasts for a little while now and
Why don't you call me up?
We'll go do somethin crazy
Sometimes you forget how to laugh
Don't you know you gotta stop thinkin about that past cuz
It's gone and done and the sun is shining today
Whether or not I will love you tomorrow
Well right now I love you and that's all that I know and
I got a feeling that feeling ain't going away
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released September 23, 2010
