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Don't Leave Me Alone
03:43
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Slide on over babe into my backseat
My worst intentions got it out for me
You play the victim, I’ll play the thief
Blame it on the weather
Blame it on the heat
We were moving something slow
While the river ran below
Now all the pain is washed down the drain
In the back of my mind I’m begging baby please don't go
Don’t leave me alone
Girl, don't leave me alone
Don’t leave me here standing on the pier
Baby, don’t leave me alone
Go on rev your engine and I’ll spin my wheels
My indecision, my achilles heel
Well cupid’s arrow was a poison dart
Aim it at my ego
Aim it at my frozen heart
We were moving something fast
That apartment would never last
Now all the pain is washed down the drain
In the back of my mind I’m begging baby please don't go
Don’t leave me alone
Girl, don't leave me alone
Don’t leave me here not knowing how to heal
Baby, don’t leave me alone
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2. |
True Love
04:13
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We’re throwing shadows on the walls
Oh, it seems like these days that’s all we are
Just faceless shapes, trying to extrapolate
All the feelings we abandoned long ago
True love, well that’s a little tough
Your love, that may be good enough for some
That ain’t good enough for me
We’re pulling photos from the walls
Oh, from the festivals we attended last fall
They’re just fairytales, tacked onto plaster with nails
Hung like ornaments on this crumbling facade
True love, well that’s a little tough
Your love, that may be good enough for some
That ain’t good enough for me
You say that everything is fine
I’m scared of wasting all our time
This seam has all but come undone
That may be good enough for some
That ain’t good enough for me
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3. |
Bed Of Nails
03:32
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We drove out to a shitty lake
And watched the paddle boats barely make a wake
The ground below was mud and sand
In the car we tracked it in
We talked all night and stayed up late
Man, the hours seemed to dissipate
If I know myself as well as I think
Ain’t a goddamned thing will change
It’s been half an hour since my arm went numb
And twice as long since you fell asleep
But I don't dare turning over anywhere
On this bed of nails
Now I never claimed to be the perfect man
It’s hard enough just doing the best I can
I’ve got a sailor’s mouth and a sharpened tongue
And I can’t claim I’ve never used it on anyone
It’s been half an hour since my arm went numb
And twice as long since you fell asleep
But I don't dare turning over anywhere
On this bed of nails
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4. |
On Certain Days
03:13
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There won’t always be a day
When roses say the love you’ve made
Petals wilt in the morning light
Like fevers burn another night
So press your lips to the envelope
And say your peace that’s all she wrote
By now I’ve learned to cope
When to fight and when to leave
You and I are broken
Call it what you will
I know on certain days you love me still
All these visions reappear
Like you were here but nothing near
Somedays it’s a slippery slope
Now I’m reading horoscopes
Can’t someone just say I’m fine
That it’s not me and blame my sign
Swear I kicked the stuff back then
Now I’m back at it again
You and I are broken
Call it what you will
I know on certain days you love me still
So again I fall down a dim lit hall
Another evening fades into retrograde
What a pretty mess
I feel my lungs compress
Tell me not again
Lord, I’ve lost a friend
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5. |
Melt Like Wax
03:31
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Take me out for a drive
Because I can’t stand myself tonight
It don’t seem right to leave you on your own
So I’ll try and find an easier tone
I don't know just what I need
So I give up and I get mean
These days the streetlights aren't even turning to green
But I won’t let that come between you and me
It ain’t easy but it ain’t tough
And it goes fast but I’m catching up
I’m still learning but I know this much
I melt like wax if you get close enough
So drive all night if it’s what you need
We’ll stop just once in a while for gasoline
If you get tired then baby hand me the keys
And I’ll drive while you try and get some sleep
May the road rise up and underneath our feet
It ain’t easy but it ain’t tough
And it goes fast but I’m catching up
I’m still learning but I know this much
I melt like wax if you get close enough
Would it change your mind
If I couldn’t find the line
I’ve had an easier time since you’ve been mine
I’ve had an easier time with my worried mind
So would you hold onto me
Would you hold onto me
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6. |
Thin Red Line
03:42
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Well hang me out to dry
Just don’t close your eyes
This one is surely gonna hurt
There’s no use in prophesizing
On yesterday’s horizons
No use in watching dust turn to dirt
Would you stay with me
’Til the lights go black
’Til the odds are stacked a little more
We can pass the time on a thin red line
And swear about the things that we once swore
Don't reach out your hand
And treat me like a friend
This one is better cut and dry
There’s no need familiarizing
The morning sun that’s rising
No use in saying hi, say goodbye
Would you stay with me
’Til the leaves turn black
’Til the well been fracked a little more
We can pass the time on a thin red line
And swear about the things that we once swore
Don't you start to cry
Don’t you even try
This one ain’t worth the wasted tears
There’s no sense apologizing
No sense in still despising
No use in watching month turn to year
Would you stay with me
’Til the blood turn black
’Til the bell done cracked a little more
We can pass the time on a thin red line
And swear about the things that we once swore
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7. |
Someplace Else
03:53
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If it’s all been a dream
Then I’d like to know when I fell asleep
If I left, would you write
I don’t know the code to your address
This place has become such a mess
I don't know if I really want to go
I just think that it’s time that I did something with my time
I’m in a someplace else state of mind
If it’s real, was it fun
I swear everyone by now must own a Prius and a gun
If that’s all, we’ve been had
I don’t know the code to your address
This place has become such a mess
The wick is burning at both ends
I’m waiting on this room to spin
It’s not as bad as it all seems
At least we have our hopes and dream
I hope your feelings won’t get hurt
I really wanted this to work out
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8. |
Another Leaving Song
03:02
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You can call this intervention
You can call this restraint
But all I’ll ever need to know with certainty
What it is and what we ain’t
In the morning come the terrors
By the night you stitch me up
But all I’ll ever be is something you can trust in need
You tell me if that’s enough
So build me up, make it steadfast and strong
Or give me up, honey, just don't take so long
If all you need is a little space to breathe
Then tap your feet, darling, hum along
And I’ll sing you another leaving song
So I could call this indiscretion
Or all the words that it implies
But all I’ll ever find when love defines compromise
Is an easier way to die
Don’t leave me lying in your garden
Don’t leave me darkening your door
Don’t leave me thinking things,
Wondering what the future brings,
With steps to climb before
So build me up, make it steadfast and strong
Or give me up, honey, just don't take so long
If all you need is a little space to breathe
Then tap your feet, darling, hum along
And I’ll sing you another leaving song
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Break open the windows, break open the blinds
I’m coming home tomorrow
There’s nothing I could say
Oh, I know the open door only brings with it the sorrow
Of a love let go and a feeling low
That high and lonesome sound, the clicking of the heat
On your feet these walls will frame you
A girl’s a fragile thing, fresh air, the early spring
Don’t change a thing and who can blame you
When the world awoke as an inside joke
Say hello to your old enemy
Say hello to going back to start
There will always be a vacancy
Welcome back and thanks for breaking your own heart
There’s nothing in these pines, a remedy to ease my mind
Needles evergreen with envy
I’ve thrown it at the book, tried to sing a different hook
Nothing shook, the tank is on empty
And I can’t unwind, am I losing my mind
Say hello to your old enemy
Say hello to going back to start
There will always be a vacancy
Welcome back and thanks for breaking your own heart
This all will pass in time so tonight the feeling is mine
I’m doing fine, let me be lonely
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10. |
Lorna
05:58
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We pulled in to Tupelo
Smoke from the hood, radiator about to explode
I likened it to the Mississipp
How the levees broke when I slowly lost my grip
And I drove myself crazy
Trying to find where our ties became a line of dashes
Everything I knew the best
Slowly smoldering in the ashes
Used to duke it out over misplaced keys
While the ignition was stuck on who we used to be
Well back then I was a younger man
Couldn't carry the weight of a heart in my hands
Ain't it funny how things come around
Further down the road when you're older
It was clear to me mid through Tennessee
Just why we couldn’t seem to turn that old engine over
But she used to call my name
Like those outbound trains
Down Front and Main
She took took the southbound train
In the pouring rain
Hear it whistling her name
Lorna
Practice what you preach
I’ll stay out of reach
Darling, pick up speed
And roll over me
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11. |
Memphis On My Mind
04:16
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I've been picking up the pieces
Of this life, one by one
All the trials and tribulations
All the battles I never won
And there's nothing sweeter than the southland
But when it rains, god, it pours
And my blues as nothing but a minor
Have all changed to different chords
There's always something that you will miss
There's always someone you should’ve kissed
And there's nothing but the passing of time
And Memphis on my mind
So I've heard a lot of stories
They all end in different ways
Call it pain, call it glory,
Call it love, call it fate
If age is nothing but a number
Then I'd like to dial it back
I’ve got dreams I can't remember
I’ve got fears I can't subtract
There's only one place you call your home
It'll cut you open when you're alone
And there's nothing but the passing of time
And Memphis on my mind
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