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Company
03:40
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COMPANY
Where are you going
When you close out your tab
Are you walking home
Will you leave alone
Is that what you planned
Why leave so early
When you’ve said goodnight to your friends
Do you have somewhere to be
Or someone to see
Is this where your night ends
We haven’t met yet and maybe I’m out of line
But you stopped me cold when I saw you tonight
The evening deceives but I’m as clear as I’ll ever be
Would you like some company
Who are you missing
When you stare at that glass in your hand
With those faraway eyes
Could we spend some time
Somewhere outside of this dive
We haven’t met yet and maybe I’m out of line
But you stopped me cold when I saw you tonight
The evening deceives but I’m as clear as I’ll ever be
Would you like some company
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Party Doll
03:24
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PARTY DOLL
Roll the windows down in his long, midnight cadillac
Neon dances on the chrome
He doesn't know that this hand I’m holding is all for show
Nothing to lose, no one at home
Out on the town, I’m his pretty party doll
Drinking champagne til early morning
Though I know I’ll wake up with this same heartache
Party doll, play the game, wear another face
Spinning round and staying high, like every other time
He leans closer with each sigh
Makes no difference when I leave, or if I stay all night I
Wake up and find you on my mind
Out on the town, I’m his pretty party doll
Drinking champagne til early morning
Though I know I’ll wake up with this same heartache
Party doll, play the game until my memory fades
(Bridge)
Out on the town, I’m his pretty party doll
Drinking champagne til early morning
Though I know I’ll wake up with this same heartache
Party doll, play the game until my memory fades
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Steve McQueen
03:05
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STEVE MCQUEEN
I like Steve McQueen, but you’re the man of every hour for me
So it seems, while
His marathon is on the tv, you watch while I iron your blue jeans
Isn’t this the real american dream
And sometimes you make little lamps from the empty soup cans
Hang them from strands, then
You wait until night and light them all up, the room it glows and we sing old hymns
Until I fall asleep with nothing but ease
And everything that we touch, we know it’s fleeting
But there’s not one moment that I’d mind repeating
They’re all we’ll keep
The senator man he’s got nothing that I loathe or desire
Or admire, but
You stand alone with pockets of stones, suddenly I’m wild and I’m sold
The fabric bound as bone on evenings like these
And everything that we touch, we know it’s fleeting
But there’s not one moment that I’d mind repeating
They’re all we’ll keep
I like steve Mcqueen but you’re the man of every hour for me
So it seems, while
His marathon is on the tv, you watch while I iron your blue jeans
Isn't this the real american dream
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4. |
Surf
02:14
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this is an instrumental
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5. |
Hard Place
03:49
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HARD PLACE
It’s a hard place, little darling
To catch a break, it’s a hard place
Bloody knuckles knocking on the door
Sick and dirty can’t find home no more
It’s a hard place to catch a break
Dogs fighting in the street
No skin left on your knees
Rain falls like laurel leaves
You’re fighting your own disease
And a face peers through a window
While you’re driving down the road
It’s a hard place, little darling
To catch a break, it’s a hard place
Bloody knuckles knocking on the door
Sick and dirty can’t find home no more
It’s a hard place to catch a break
Strange eyes you try to meet
Snarling through busted teeth
Rain falls like laurel leaves
Off the head of some hero
Who’s left you in the cold
It’s a hard place, little darling
To catch a break, it’s a hard place
Bloody knuckles knocking on the door
Sick and dirty can’t find home no more
It’s a hard place to catch a break
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Five & Dimer
03:51
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FIVE & DIMER
He’s a five and dimer kind of guy
With a steady hand and a twinkle in his eye
We used to ride the city bus all night
When I was young and he was only mine
Hear he bought a diamond ring and
You'll be married in the spring
So tell me, straight
Does my baby treat you good
Better than I ever knew that he could
Do you think he hung the moon
Does he ever make you blue
I hope that my baby treats you good
I recall the day I caught his gaze
Lonely boy all dressed in black and picking at the paint
You’re a pretty face, faith in your stride
Well-intentioned women want to make him right
You’re gonna honeymoon in spain and
All the plans have been arranged,
So tell me, straight
Does my baby treat you good
Better than I ever knew that he could
Do you think he hung the moon
Does he ever make you blue
I hope that my baby treats you good
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Silent Film
03:26
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SILENT FILM
I await, I await your call tonight
Painting scenes across a cardboard screen
Wearing the shirt you stowed in my bag
The last time I left
I woke up, woke up on my own again
Beside a stranger in a pale blue room
I think of you and with untied shoes,
I find the door
Are you on the porch where you brought me home
And I wonder do you still leave your coat in the middle of the room
Let me know, let me know
In due time, I’ll find my way back to you
Everyday, everyday I play a part
Just a singer in a silent film
And the marquee is empty
Set above the sidewalks where the children
Frozen as, frozen as a window pane
While a patron argues that “born to run”
Is some kind of poem
And I’m drinking from a paper cup
Do you recall the first night in june
And I wonder do you wait for the headlights
To come up the drive
Let me know, let me know
In due time, I’ll find my way back to you
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8. |
Losing Side
02:52
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LOSING SIDE
I don’t mind being on the losing side
I don’t mind wrestling with the blues sometimes
I’ll come out ahead, babe
Anyway, I’ll try
I don’t mind the chatter bc the talk is cheap
Mind our own and every night we’re sleeping easy
Never let them get you,
Pretend it’s Halloween
I don’t mind sleeping in and staying high
Tried that way before but I just got so tired
Bc everyday’s the same day
I won’t go back this time
I’m living outside of the scene
My bartabs are free,
I’m the soda pop queen
But it’s only a matter of time
Til me and mine are riding high,
Riding high….
(Instrumental)
I’m living outside of the scene
My bartabs are free, I’m the soda pop queen
But it’s only a matter of –
(Bridge)
Time is on the run
I’m always taking the long way
Gave a little too much, I’m under the gun…
I don’t mind being on the losing side
I don’t mind wrestling with the blues
Sometimes…
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9. |
Will You Be
03:40
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WILL YOU BE
Touch my hand while we walk without a sound
Take a drag and watch my feet land on the ground
You can see something’s got the best of me
Will you be lonely when I leave
Can’t believe that I’m sincere as I seem
Words you need, you’ll never hear them from me
Out of reach, with nothing up my sleeve
Will you be lonely when I leave
Lonely
Drink by the light of the TV
Lonely
Let the yard grow wild with weeds
Lonely
Wondering if I’ll change my mind and come back your way, someday…
(SOLO)
Let you down, haven’t found an easier way
Wish I could pretend that I’m not to blame
Soon I’ll be across the empty street
Will you be lonely when I leave
Will you be lonely when I leave
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10. |
Night Fades
03:26
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NIGHT FADES
As night fades into morning
As night fades in the morning
The evening staggers, the sky grows paler now
As night fades into morning
As night fades in the morning
It doesn’t matter where or when we touch down
As night fades into morning
Tomorrows coming too soon
Following while we move
Cobblestone winding home
Nowhere else to go
There’s a kind of loneliness
That can’t stand on its feet
Clinging to a painted memory
And stumbling down the street
As night fades into morning
As night fades in the morning
The ashes scattered and I am down for the count
As night fades into morning
Tomorrows coming too soon
Following while we move
Cobblestone winding home, nowhere else to go
As night fades into morning
There’s nobody but you
Nobody but you
There’s nobody but you
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Stephie James Nashville, Tennessee
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