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Opening
00:42
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She's dancing to our song, swaying mighty close
Her fingers in your hair, the neon softly glows
A kiss so tender, how can it be true
I never knew heartache and then I knew you
Heartache will find you, wrap his arms 'round your waist
Hold you tight through the night in his longing embrace
Come the first light of morning, he's gone without a trace
I never knew heartache 'til I saw your face
You called me on the phone said you ran into some friends
They bought another round but this time I can't pretend
'Cause you're selling one more run around but I've paid my dues
I never knew heartache and then I knew you
Heartache will find you, wrap his arms 'round your waist
Hold you tight through the night in his longing embrace
Come the first light of morning, he's gone without a trace
I never knew heartache 'til I saw your face
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So I didn't meet you like I said we would
But I didn't mean for you to think we could
Be anymore something like anyone's someone
No, there ain't a someone enough in you for me
Now I didn't see you how others seem to
But I'd never look for you, just saw right through
Can't be anymore something like anyone's someone
No, there ain't a someone enough in you for me
Can't be anyone's sometime like anytime's something
That'll make up a someone enough in you for me
And you didn't say there would be things to be
Guess there are some folks can't tell a lie
And there's always hoping for something in spite of me
Guess there are some folks can only just try to be
Anymore something like anyone's someone
No, there ain't a someone enough in you for me
Can't be anyone's sometime like anytime's something
That'll make up a someone enough in you for me
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Saw you dancin' and I saw you see me
Feelin' it was so nice to be seen
If the movement would go right I'd step out on a limb
And that's when I saw you were dancin' with him
You were dancin' while the old records sang out for more
From the neon sign, the jukebox, to the bar
Oh how quickly you turned and how far you traveled
the only distance I traveled was from the bottle to the floor
Remember when we were together
One sight of your eyes could make me see
Now I see the same light shining back at him
That's when I knew you were in love again
You were dancin' while the old records sang out for more
From the neon sign, the jukebox, to the bar
Oh how quickly you turned and how far you traveled
the only distance I traveled was from the bottle to the floor
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So Right (You Got Left)
03:25
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You thought of everything, how could there be anything
That you couldn't have guessed? Guess there are
Things you never thought about, the one you're gonna do without
Babe, you're just so right you got left
What gives you the right? Always making a show
I got the wheel, you got the mouth, one of us had to go
Downtown to the courthouse, my lawyer's getting you gone
Thought you could just write me off, what's left of you's still wrong
You thought of everything, how could there be anything
That you couldn't have guessed? Guess there are
Things you never thought about, the one you're gonna do without
Babe, you're just so right you got left
What a sorry sight I could see all along
Thinking you belong and you're Mr. Right, babe you're Mr. Got Left
You thought of everything, how could there be anything
That you couldn't have guessed? Guess there are
Things you never thought about, the one you're gonna do without
Babe, you're just so right you got left
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Darlin' I got something to tell you
These words burning holes in my brain
Our word we gave each other, you gave everything
And nothing was all just the same
'Cause forever never happened for me
You put all our pictures in the closet
All my clothes in a suitcase by the door
Leaving dust of all our memories
And the rings we once wore
'Cause forever never happened for me
Some days are bluer than others
Some nights the dawn never comes
Waking up from dreaming of your memory
'Cause forever never happened for me
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Interlude
01:00
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You felt like the first one, you looked like the last in your
Second hand rags and Pancho Villa mustache
I felt your shadow, I followed you down
Loaded up your Fairlane and headed out of town
Put a thousand miles between us and ran her to the ground
The more we tried to haul her, small worlds only grew smaller
I'm not lonely 'til you hold me
Pull me closely, I'll be far
And you don't know me when I'm lonely
I'm not alone 'til you come home
Felt like forever, it looked like the end
Lost in the rearview, a shadow closing in
Hold on to your breath, now there's nothing left
I'm not lonely 'til you hold me
Pull me closely, I'll be far
And you don't know me when I'm lonely
I'm not alone 'til you come home
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It never gets easy now all that I can see
It's only in memories you'll be as close as you'll ever be
When you come easy to the mind and stay hard on the heart
I can't forget how love got a fast one on us
And I can't remember when love stopped at two
I can't forget that one slow pain I must
I can't remember to forget you
It never gets simple now after all we know
It's only looking away from the other way we could go
That door was never open, we should've never broke in
And for all that we want, we can't take what we give
When we come easy to the mind and stay hard on the heart
I can't forget how love got a fast one on us
And I can't remember when love stopped at two
I can't forget that one slow pain I must
I can't remember to forget you
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Pearl
05:53
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My sinking ship has sailed in your water cold & gray
Scraping on the rocks make me want to stay
In the safety of a harbor, a pearl without a shell
In the eye of a raging storm, a ship without a sail
Reason's got a way of dying in your eyes
I take one look and sail away on your ship of pain & lies
Aboard your empty vessel, a passenger lost at sea
Stranded and deserted, drowned in misery
Lowering my anchor, it just drags across the floor
Let it slip beneath my hands, can't hold on to your shore
All them rocks been washed away, got caught up in your storm
And I'm just another drifter that you forgot to mourn
Reason's got a way of dying in your eyes
I take one look and sail away on your ship of pain & lies
Aboard your empty vessel, a passenger lost at sea
Stranded and deserted, drowned in misery
Walking on the docks, breathe deep the salty dew
Ships reaching for the harbor like the tide clings to the moon
Hanging full and bright above, 'luminate the blackened sea
While I keep watching and waiting for my ship to sail to me
Reason's got a way of dying in your eyes
I take one look and sail away on your ship of pain & lies
Aboard your empty vessel, a passenger lost at sea
Stranded and deserted, drowned in misery
Ride on out the waves
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Years Are The Minutes
07:14
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I stepped into your memory one last time
You smiled, held your lily hand in mine
Clouds they lifted from your tired eyes so blue
On the day I found the love I always knew
Years are the minutes and tomorrow I'll be gone
A bird flying south never gonna make it home
A stranger turned lover falling back to one another
And I know in my heart it can't last
'Cause the present that's happened just became the past
Colors pass and slowly slip away
No more tomorrow, forever is today
And then you drifted all alone and right through
From the day I found the love I always knew
Years are the minutes and tomorrow you'll be gone
A bird flying south never gonna make it home
A stranger turned lover falling back to one another
And I know in my heart it can't last
'Cause the present that's happened just became the past
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Blue Cactus Chapel Hill, North Carolina
"If you've ever wondered where country and Americana music is going, look no further. Blue Cactus is painting pictures of
limitless possibility."
NO DEPRESSION
"You can't help but fall in love with the heartache."
PASTE
"If country music is often about familiarity and comfort, this is more like having the rug artfully pulled out from under you without even noticing it."
CREATIVE LOAFING
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