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Lies
04:51
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that was someone else's mistake
i really deserve this piece of cake
i've never been given a fair shake
i could've made it big if i'd gotten just one break
the lies that we tell
the lies that we tell ourselves to get by
you wear it well
you wear it well and so do i
on monday i'll give it up for good
if i knew how to please you i would
i'd help you out man if i could
i'm not a misanthrope
i'm just misunderstood
the lies that we tell
the lies that we tell ourselves to get by
you're guilty as hell
you're guilty as hell and so am i
i'm gonna pay back all i borrowed
i'm gonna start first thing tomorrow
must be a reason for all of this sorrow
because there is a god
there is a god
i say this with all sincerity
the truth is a matter of degree
i could quit any time i please
i'm not an addict man
i just have a disease
the lies that we tell
the lies that we tell ourselves to get by
isn't it swell
isn't it swell we'll never die
i've got all the time in the world now
i'm gonna change as soon as i learn how
someday your cities are all gonna burn down
because there is a god
there is a god
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Oh Amelia
03:45
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just now a shadow went creeping over your face
like something passed between the sun and the earth
the wheels are turning
i see you trying to figure out
the difference between your cost and worth
oh amelia
oh i feel ya
you hurt too
i'm not a poet
i'm a stenographer
i'm not an artwork
i'm an old picture frame
i'm not your lover
i'm your biographer
i'm not the player
i'm the rules of the game
oh amelia
oh i feel ya
but i hurt too
i'm not above stealing kisses from you
if that won't get me arrested
when it comes to love we do what we gotta do
we've got so much invested
these big old shoulders
just put your head down on one
it's nothing can't be cured
by a good, hard cry
there's never been someone
with so much love to give
once in a while would you take some of mine
oh amelia
oh i feel ya
it's only fair
i would love to share my hurt with you
if you need a change
i'll go back where i came
i'll never give you up
no not i
i'd rearrange the stars to spell your name
with one left over to dot the i
just now a shadow went creeping over your face
like something passed between the sun and the earth
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3. |
A Warm February
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gazing at a constellation
trying to connect the dots
alone as a splinter nation
with the motherland in my thoughts
the army has all deserted
the war is all but lost
the lawyers are drafting treaties
and adding up the cost
it's been a warm february
throw the windows open wide
the rose bush is starting to flower
try to find the strength to go outside
spring keeps showing up earlier
and summer always overstays
it's been a warm february
i guess they're all warm these days
i rose today at the daybreak
awoken by a bird
decided i should finally
take the christmas tree out to the curb
it was dry as the bones of your mother
brown and dead and bare
we used to be among the living
now there's needles everywhere
it's been a warm february
the dog senses something strange
the air feels mean and electric
like something's permanently changed
pile up all of my failures
set the whole thing ablaze
it's been a warm february
i guess they're all warm these days
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4. |
Little California
03:49
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hey little california
could i come out and see you sometime
could we drive up the coast
all the way to the oregon line
i've been living in an east coast cloud
everything i touch is gray, grime, gloom
i need a little california
i need it soon
hey little california
was there anything that i could've done
when you took me by the arm
and you showed me around the land of the sun
did you think that we could make this work
did you take the time to think it through
oh my little california
i've got it bad for you
i wasn't looking for a new place to start
but i've got a vagabond heart
you sunkissed temptress
i know what you are
you're far, so far
hey little california
well i guess you know things aren't what they seem
maybe my little california
is nothing but a california dream
i could hang out on the east coast
hold it all together for another day
maybe a little california
goes a long way
i wasn't looking for a new place to start
but i've got a vagabond heart
you sunkissed temptress
i know what you are
you're far, so far
hey little california
i know we got off to a really late start
and there's a lot of miles between us
but there's a little california in my heart
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5. |
Talking To Myself
03:00
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the sun goes down
we're another day closer to dying
what did you make of the day
or did you just throw it away
i think it's gonna come up again
so won't you knock off the crying
nothing's an absolute loss
so come on down from your cross
there are no callings in life
there's only what you have the guts to try
follow through or it dies
and no one knows it better than i
another trip around the sun
what do you got to show for it
a dream that's been ground into dust
so sweep it up if you must
tomorrow's flying in on the wings
of all that came before it
i'd make it count if i were you
so do as i say not as i do
still such a long way to go
til you can even start to glimpse the end
so much you don't know
start over when the sun comes up again
mirror mirror on the wall behind the bar
who's the loneliest by far
the sun goes down
we're another day closer to dying
what do you pray on at night
before you turn out the light
somewhere someone's keeping track
of all of your lying
get in the back of the line
your sins are no greater than mine
write down every word that i say
put it in a book high on your shelf
i'm gonna need it someday
when i get tired of talking to myself
when i get tired of talking to myself
when i get tired of talking to myself
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6. |
You Love the Sunrise
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you love the sunrise
your camera hanging around your neck
i couldn't find you
but you were right where i'd expect
on an eastern beach
or a western plateau
sunrise alone
you love the sunrise
you hang your pictures on the wall
i stop and question
if there's a point to this at all
to you it's early
but to me it's getting late
and the sunrise won't wait
you love the new day
the rebirth
the cleansing of regret
i only see the dark edge
the shadow
i've never seen the sunrise
i've only seen it set
you love the sunrise
the dark horizon newly lit
you feel god's presence
i'll have to take your word for it
i see glory in a heart filled with pain
and a sky filled with rain
you've got your rebirth
the new day
the cleansing of regret
i've only got my shadow
the dark edge
i've never seen the sunrise
i've only seen it set
you love the sunrise
the light refracted through the clouds
you have convictions
i'm only certain of my doubts
you think you're lifting me
but i'm dragging you down
i'll see you around
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7. |
What's the Matter?
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we're just bits of matter
held together by strands of silly string
i've heard the chatter
you're unraveling
you rot from the inside
when you spend too long underground
you need to get outside
take a good long look around
what's the matter
the cat got your tongue
she used to be your muse
back when we were young
is anything sadder
than a dream that's been bloodied and battered
you're going down the ladder
'cause you don't know what matters
when this planet
is just a fireball in space
you'll still be enchanted
by another pretty face
i read your letter
halfway through at most
you should've known better
'cause i don't believe in ghosts
what's the matter
you don't have a friend
your old ones know
how this is all gonna end
is anything sadder
i don't think it's possible baby
your dream's gonna shatter
'cause you don't know what matters
maybe someday somewhere i'll see you
coming up behind me
won't hold my breath
but you know where to find me
what's the matter
got no reason to live
did you think i'd have any fucks left to give
is anything sadder
than a poet in love with his shadow
it's all gonna shatter
you're bloodied and battered
'cause you think you still matter
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8. |
City You Left Behind
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i see you drove in from the leafy suburbs
to grace your old favorite haunts
your baby girl has always gotten
whatever baby girl wants
but at the end of the night
you'll go back to where
you're comfortable with your own kind
and we'll just go on living
in the city you left behind
oh the city you left behind
looks like life is solid gold
on the region's number one sales team
got yourself a boat and baby girl some implants
ain't that the american dream
whatever it was you were looking for
i hope that's what you'll find
but no one here ever speaks your name
in the city you left behind
oh the city you left behind
you've got good takeout chinese
and appleby's is open til ten
but white flight is so '90s
how soon until we see you again
how soon
when the shit went down
you told the world how much you hurt for your hometown
your friends all said prayers for you
and hoped you all were safe and sound
but the only trouble you see
is when your grass gets too high
and the association gives you a fine
you never had to worry about that here
in the city you left behind
oh the city you left behind
whatever it was you were looking for
i hope that's what you'll find
but no one here ever speaks your name
in the city you left behind
oh the city you left behind
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9. |
More For Real
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first time i saw her face
was on the hottest day of the hottest summer we'd ever seen
living on elliston place
she'd drop in to beat the heat
we were just nineteen
she soaked up the sun
her skin the color of a caramel candy
oh we fell in love
at least one of us did
a beginning and an end
i'd have followed her anywhere if she'd given me a reason
pity the perpetual friend
helping his object of desire through heartbreak season
we said our goodbyes the day the summer heat finally relented
i think i knew even then
nothing would ever feel more for real
texas goes on for days
get your heart broke in el paso
you'll forget her by houston
but she was in this phase
i'd win her over in dallas
and by austin i'd be losing
oh i wish i hurt
just enough to justify my effort
but oh you can't lose what you never had
all that remained
was a thousand dollar car and a thousand miles of highway
she never could be restrained
just ask all the boys who found it out the hard way
she soaked up the moon
still glowing last time i saw her
i learned pretty soon i was right
nothing's ever felt more for real
you can have anything for a minute
it's the holding on that's so damn hard
a restless heart isn't lost if you don't win it
it just keeps running never given never scarred
this city sucks your soul
just to find a quiet bar is such a bloody hassle
if it weren't for rock n roll
think i'd be lying in her arms in some suburban castle
oh that's just a lie i tell myself to justify my obsession
i'm doing alright but once in awhile
i just want to feel more for real
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10. |
Goodbye City
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pagoda hill
a man can still find sanctuary
out among the squirrels and whippoorwills
pit bulls bark from dawn to dark
the old man on the bench
says he's the mayor of the park
oh hello there mr. boh
you're giving me the side-eye
is there something i should know
grit and pluck and rotten luck
and dreams that steal away at night in mayflower trucks
all my friends found the greener grass
i tell them all they can kiss my ass
what they're looking for i'll never know
but here's my hand
won't you say hello to goodbye city
francis key
oh say i see
your bridge out in the distance
no one crosses it for free
cars and boats and fancy coats
the world is on the move tonight
but memory only floats
all my friends say to start anew
it isn't something i'm inclined to do
she was the first girl i ever knew
who cared enough
to bring me to goodbye city
goodbye city
isn't it a shame we found each other so late in the game
don't know about you
but i've had a few too many bad experiences
time for something new
all the world is a speck of dust
even iron men turn to rust
sure as rivers flow to the seas
i think i've finally made my peace with goodbye city
goodbye city
goodbye city
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Dave Sheinin Baltimore, Maryland
Dave Sheinin is a singer-songwriter whose roosty and melodic music splits the difference between Americana, rock and power pop. Pure Pop Radio called his 2018 debut "a bona fide melodic pop smash." Absolute Powerpop ranked it 8th on its list of the best albums of 2018. ... more
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