Cigarettes & Coffee
What happened here last night?
We were smokin' cowboy killers when it crept into the light
Like a creature from a thriller, then it crawled into your eyes
Which turned around to look me over
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Is it truth, or is it lies
That got behind the long awaited element of surprise
Which seeped out of your veins, and now is buried in my mind?
Just another pound to carry on my shoulders
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But I'll see you in the morning
Over cigarettes and coffee
Pretending that it's been a lovely time
So smoke em' if you got em'
And I'll take one more to go
I gotta catch a train that's headed on down the line
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I left just for the night
To walk about and hope to god that everything's alright
It's hard to think of all the time that's hurried quickly by
But so easy to believe it'll soon be over
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But night turns into day
And even though I haven't slept, I feel a certain way
Like life is just a game that even losers have to play
Until the sun goes down again behind our shoulders
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And I'll see you in the morning
Over cigarettes and coffee
Pretending that it's been a lovely time
So smoke em' if you got em'
And I'll take one more to go
I gotta catch a train that's headed on down the line
Baby Come Home
Sometimes I wonder what this livin' means
I might be too crazy for that can of beans
Some got the dough and some got dreams
And baby won't you please come home
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It's a messy situation hangin' round with me
Wherever I am is where I'm cool to be
Someday I might wake up in the middle of the sea
Singin' baby won't you please come home
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I got storm clouds in my eyes
But really, there's nothing wrong
I've never been too good at goodbyes
So baby won't you please come home
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Sometimes I stare way off into space
Could get lost in any old familiar place
I've been told I need help, well if that's the case
Then baby won't you please come home
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I talk to the lord and the devil too
One gets jealous and you'd never guess who
Neither one will let me forget about you
So baby won't you please come home
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I got storm clouds in my eyes
But really there's nothing wrong
I've never been too good at goodbyes
So baby won't you please come home
Without You
So you keep up with the phases of the moon?
Well she turned away too soon
Sometimes I'm like a stranger in the world
And I wouldn't mind if not for you
Oh, god knows I do
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It's true, an angel talked me out of putting on my shoes
He told me I'd be headed nowhere without you
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So I keep up with the stars enough to know
That I got a long way to go
But I'm proud to say that I stopped counting scars
That might never turn to gold
Upon my soul
Oh, they take their toll
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It's true, an angel talked me out of putting on my shoes
He told my I'd be headed nowhere without you
Lonesome Premonition
Eyes upon a blank white wall
No one even knows you called
They all got fried
And you are feeling like tomorrow
Is just too steep to climb
Or to fall from
So baby, what would you say
If you knew your precious world
Was gone today
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Caught up again
Inside your own reflection
Searching in your eyes
For a sense of direction
So go and see what's left to hide
Behind a gleaming smile
Until tonight
Trying to be Gone
I've seen the open road
Falling into nothing and everything at once
And it turns into a highway
Traveling the speed of light
Not knowing where we're going
Just trying to be gone
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And I've seen an eagle soar
I've reached a height or two, myself
Atop the rocky mountains
And I jumped into the wind
Which carried me away like I was only ever nothing
But was happy for today
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So if you see me hangin' round
Rollin' smokes and draggin' my feet across the town
You can ask me what it looks like
In my lonesome premonitions
Of the big, bad end of time
I'll tell ya for a dime
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Because I've seen the open road
Falling into nothing and everything at once
And it turned into a highway
Traveling the speed of light
Never knowing where we're going
Just trying to be gone
Autumn Dawn
I must admit, I can't resist
Bowing to the bitter disposition of the faces on the wall
What would it take to convince a lonely soul
That he's not the chosen one?
He's just another boy
Who was bound to take the fall
Don't think too much about it all
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Take it easy, don't gotta take it all to heart
It's only living
You were doomed right from the start
Oh child, watch out
You'll take it serious until you get the joke
Then you'll laugh until you cry
Even though your heart is broke
Because the show must go on
Dance in the golden rays of dawn
Voyage
Sail to the deep and the wide open
The wide open...
To secrets that keep my eyes open
And my heart foldin' like a wave
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Foreign to me is the way for you
All but the way toward you
The edge you walk is steep
But your mind holds you
None else controls you today
Not today...
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So don't cry for me when the sea takes you
When she carries you away
Let be what will be
And I'll cry for you
My tears will be the sea that I'm to sail
Away...
Away...
Streets of Emptiness
I'm far away from home, and the stars don't shine to help me
But they shine nonetheless
I can't recall what told me to go
What could ever stop me but the streets of emptiness?
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And where do we go from here?
Give me a reason not to disappear
Somewhere in the dark
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I'm far away from home, and the sky is full of pictures
Of every face that I have passed
I can't recall a handful of their names though
I met them on the streets of emptiness
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And how did we all move along?
Did something happen while I was singin' a song?
Because now everybody's gone
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I'm far away from home on an old abandoned highway
Where it leads, I have no guess
But every turn will take you closer to the sunset
When you walk down the streets of emptiness
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And if I see you again
Lord knows that all I ever wanted was a friend
So until then...
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And where do we go from here?
Give me a reason not to disappear
Somewhere in the dark
Brother
So you found yourself a light
To guide the way
Cast it deep into the night
As bright as day
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You lost a piece of precious time
Or so you say
Time is not for dwelling on
Lest you go astray
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My Brother, now I fare you well
You must not stay
Pass along into the dark
Beyond your grave
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Rest assured, I'll find a way
To set me loose
And walk on toward the light
That shines from you
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Shine on Brother
Shine on Brother