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New Orleans
04:10
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Seven deadly sins they say
Here's a place to knock them out
All in a single day
One more beer for the road
A few more bad decisions until
Every wild oat is sowed
Nobody looks at a clock
And no one ever says when
When there's a bar on every block
There's a total lack of urgency
Where plastic beads are currency
She's a lady of the night in gaudy red light
Who's seen more than her fair share
Of self-destructive tendencies
And self-fulfilling prophecies
The desperate rot 'neath the veneer
She'll tell you what you want to hear
She never told me her name
She never even asked me mine
So I guess that's part of the game
She didn't want to get bent
That tells me that she's not from here
Or a liar, or maybe it's Lent
She took my wallet when she left
I don't know what hurt me more
The rejection or the theft
Her boundaries are not healthy
There's nothing she won't sell, she's a
Lady of the night in gaudy red light
Who's seen more than her fair share
Of self-destructive tendencies
And self-fulfilling prophecies
The desperate rot 'neath the veneer
She'll tell you what you want to hear
Seven deadly sins they say
Here's a place to knock them out
All in a single day
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2. |
Messy Endings
03:46
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The sun punches out and calls it a day
Porch lights flicker up and down your street
I crush a cigarette out on the sidewalk
Like you crushed my dreams with your deceit
We both know how the story ends
It’s not the kind where we stay friends
It's just a trashy airport thriller
With a little sex but mostly filler
Chapter one
Was lots of fun
But I've already guessed the killer
A bigger man might wish you well
But that ain’t me if you can’t tell
Next time someone's close to you
I hope that I’m there with you too
A souvenir
Of wasted years
To remind you of what not to do
When you recall how messy endings get
Will you think twice about whomever you’ve just met
Your bedroom light goes out at midnight
And I should have better things to do
Alone in the moonlight we once shared
Regretting the day that I met you
I regret the day that I met you
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3. |
Best Mistake
04:05
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I met a girl at the rodeo
I didn’t even really wanna go
But they wouldn’t let me say no
Redneck girls just ain't my style
But she's got a crooked little smile
Like she knows things you don’t know
She said that she liked the band
So i reached out and took her hand
Can I have this dance
Just give me a chance
To be the best mistake you ever make
We make our own beds
Like a wise man once said
You miss every shot that you don't take
Grew up in the friend zone
A recipe for dying alone
I guess I’m pretty dense
When a girl is on my mind
Shoot my own foot every time
Wreaks hell on your confidence
You could say that I have a knack
For saying things that you can't take back
Can I have this dance
Just give me a chance
To be the best mistake you ever make
We make our own beds
Like a wise man once said
You miss every shot that you don't take
Can I have this dance
Just give me a chance
To be the best mistake you ever make
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4. |
Gen X
03:19
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Talk about being a cynic
I could put on a clinic
I know exactly who I’m not
I tend to take the hard road
Always need to touch the stove
Just to prove the damn thing's hot
I want to make the papers
I wanna make amends
I wanna make you catch your breath
When you see me walk in
The deep black void confirmed your reservation
A table in the back just for one
Someone's gotta pay the tab
And it's too late to call cab
But leave a good review if you had fun
It is what it is and what’s done is done
Guess I made a bad trade
Sitting back in the shade
I never got my time in the sun
They say I'm a nice guy
Not something I will deny
It's not hard to fool everyone
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want a perfect alibi
I want to lose control
The deep black void confirmed your reservation
A table in the back just for one
Someone's gotta pay the tab
And it's too late to call cab
But leave a good review if you had fun
It is what it is and what’s done is done
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5. |
Apathy
04:17
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When the music stops do you fight for a chair
Or can you accept there’s not one there
When the dark night of the soul
Gives you the starring role
Do you find it hard to even care
Apathy
You've been so good to me
Let's run away from it all
And throw ourselves into the sea
Apathy
We make quite a pair
Can't find a reason
To move all these deck chairs
Apathy
It's a fallacy
To place blame or credit
Anywhere near me
is it just the friends we make along the way
If you can't ever win do you still want to play
Is the journey enough
To sweat all the small stuff
Is it black and white or just plain gray?
I'm not one for false pretensions
You make the plans I'll throw the wrench in
Apathy
You've been so good to me
Let's run away from it all
And throw ourselves into the sea
Apathy
We make quite a pair
Can't find a reason
To move all these deck chairs
Apathy
It's a fallacy
To place blame or credit
Anywhere near me
Apathy
Apathy
it's fine either way to me
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6. |
Lie to Ourselves
03:25
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You waited till half past
But I never showed
It won't be the last
Promise that I know I won't keep
Half an inch deep
We all have a line to toe
We play the cards we’re dealt
When our sleeves are empty
We all know how you felt
But there’s no sympathy for you
Blank stares from those who knew
Nothing I could do
But you blame me
We all lie to ourselves
You can’t count on no one else
To care
Try to fake a smile
It gets real easy
To hold it for a while
When you start drinking by noon
Peaking way too soon
Sing a happy tune
As I'm sinking
We all lie to ourselves
You can’t count on no one else
To care
We all lie to ourselves
You can’t count on no one else
To care
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7. |
Where I'm From
03:15
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Two lane road ain't going nowhere
And you ain't gonna get there fast
Get caught behind an old cane truck
And it's way too curvy to pass
Got pulled over with an open beer
By a sheriff's deputy
We used to work at the Stop-N-Go
He walked up and just laughed at me
I'm not ashamed of where I'm from
A small town is fine with me
It's just small-minded people that I don't see
Why you can't just let
Everybody else be
Come deer season all the boys
Disappear into the woods
Leaving lonely ladies home alone
And I'd steal 'em when I could
I used to think those backwoods girls
They must've hung the moon
But an uptown girl she turned my head
Got me humming a diffrent tune
I'm not ashamed of where I'm from
A small town is fine with me
It's just small-minded people that I don't see
Why you can't just let
Everybody else be
I started craving the bright lights
About the time I learned to read
One-horse town couldn't keep me around
There’s just too much room to breathe
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8. |
Always
03:33
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I fell for you the day we met
And I’m not finished falling yet
You weren’t so quick to see the light
But fate has a way of being right
The sun’s gonna rise in the east
Rain’s gonna come when you want it the least
Tides ebb and flow and your friends come and go
Some things are always true just like me and you
It was always gonna be me and you
Months turn to years as time slips by
I should’ve been better, I don’t know why
So many words were left unsaid
All these thoughts stuck in my head
The sun’s gonna rise in the east
Rain’s gonna come when you want it the least
Tides ebb and flow and your friends come and go
Some things are always true just like me and you
it was always gonna be me and
You’re the reason I was put on earth
To hold on tight to you for all I’m worth
The sun’s gonna set in the west
First love is good but the last ones’s the best
Seasons will pass, good times go too fast
Some things are always true just like me and you
It was always gonna be me and you
It's always gonna be me and you
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9. |
Executive Assistant
03:11
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I need some face time with your boss
Before this project is a total loss
We need to touch base for a last-minute check
I spent all weekend polishing this deck
Did you see my email
Did you get my text
Maybe I should try faxing you next
He's gonna think I dropped the ball
You don't seem to get the urgency at all
A giant dog with three heads
Stands guard at the gates of hell
I bet he doesn’t do his job
Not nearly half as well as the
Executive assistant to the managing director
Of strategic innovation and growth initiatives
I don’t have time to bring you up to speed
Don’t want your input so really there’s no need
On your radar
I’m just a blip
What'd you pack to bring on this power trip
Both my patience and career are fading fast
All because I can't get past the
Executive assistant to the managing director
Of strategic innovation and growth initiatives
A giant dog with three heads
Stands guard at the gates of hell
I bet he doesn’t do his job
Not nearly half as well as you
Executive assistant to the managing director
Of strategic innovation and growth initiatives
Executive assistant to the managing director
Of strategic innovation and growth initiatives
Executive assistant to the managing director
Of strategic innovation and growth initiatives
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10. |
More Trouble
03:50
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Left my dishes in the sink
I know you hate that
I just didn’t think
I guess your car is still making that noise
Meant to take a look
Then left with the boys
I can see it in your eyes
You're wishing I would do better
You're mad about that girl at the bar
But i swear I just met her
If the seas boiled and the stars fell
Left us alone down here
As far as we could tell
I’d be standing there the last man on earth
And I’d still be
More trouble than I’m worth
Feels like you've been getting a free ride
Makes it hard to look you in the eye
I’m sorry
For what I said to your mom
Don’t need her to remind me
That I’m between jobs
I can see it in your eyes
You're thinking you could do better
Give me rules to make you stay
And I'll follow them to the letter
If the seas boiled and the stars fell
Left us alone down here
As far as we could tell
I’d be standing there the last man on earth
And I’d still be
More trouble than I’m worth
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11. |
Outside Looking In
03:31
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We both know the reason
The other shoe was dropped
Put my finger on it
But the bleeding just wouldn’t stop
Wasn't written on the wall
Just in lines on my face
It’s tough to swallow
How bitter tears always taste
Why’m I on the outside looking in
Standing in the flower bed again
Peeking through the window trying to feel
The warmth of something real
Why am I always here alone
Sitting in the dark staring at my phone
Wishing maybe you would call
Or you’d think of me at all
A pretty face is trouble
Cause most are just fool’s gold
Wouldn't listen to a word I said
and never did one thing she’s told
I’m the last man standing
When it’s all said and done
We didn’t stick the landing
Cause we flew too close to the sun
Everything that’s lost
Does not get found
You can't always get back up
When you’ve been knocked down
Why’m I on the outside looking in
Standing in the flower bed again
Peeking through the window trying to feel
The warmth of something real
Why am I always here alone
Sitting in the dark staring at my phone
Wishing maybe you would call
Or you’d think of me at all
Months standing on the brink
Too stubborn to ever bend
You never really think it
Might be the start of the end
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