1. |
Blue as the Day
03:33
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Today was the day he left you
‘Cause you can’t hold the flame you used to
And all this runnin’ round
Left you ragged and bruised
Blue as the day
Wait for the end of your story
Dawn holds her morning glory
Wild runs the color til it fades
Blue as the day
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2. |
Stranger Again
04:19
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Turn out the light to feel you
See me alone in the dark
Don’t it feel like the first time with you
Holding my heart?
We’ll pretend we’re lovers,
Something more than friends
Right beside you but I wanna be closer than this
On your mind
On your mind
That’s where I wanna be all the time
Let me keep you wondering
I wanna be your stranger again
All your secrets your stories
You can keep it all to yourself
Don’t it feel like the real thing
Falling before we fell
To the ground the autumn leaves
Breaking against our skin
Babe it’s cold outside
Won’t you come on in?
On your mind
On your mind
That’s where I wanna be all the time
Let me keep you wondering
I wanna be your stranger again
Let me keep you wondering
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3. |
Rebel
04:19
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I broke in the right bones
I cut all the right lines
I ain't foolin’ anyone
I can try just to get me in a rental
How did I get by not being your home?
I was a rebel then, now I just get along
I was a rebel then, now I just get along
Too many things going out the way I'm going
I was a rebel then, now I just get along
I put on the right face
I walk in the right shoes
I ain't losing anymore
I can't fly but you get me sentimental
Now that I can die without your love on loan
And I know I can’t go back the way it was
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4. |
Come Clean
03:38
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I think it's about time I come clean
The hardest part is settling
I think it's about time I got right with me
‘Cause I've been becoming everybody
I never wanted to be
I didn't want to be your liar
But you made a good one out of me
I didn't want to be your fighter
'Til you put me in the ring
Now I just want to come clean
Every man's heart is made for breaking
And now I done the damage too
Heavy words keep dragging me
Carrying all the weight
Of your gravity
I didn't want to be your liar
But you made a good one out of me
I didn't want to be your fighter
'Til you put me in the ring
Now I just want to come clean
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5. |
Rodeo Queen
03:31
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The world’s passing by
No one’s gonna try
It ain’t easy
Living in wayside
All the glitter
See how she shines
A rhinestoney rodeo queen
You were standing inside
Her mirror ball tide
It ain’t easy
Living in wayside
All her circles
Swirling around you
Halos and rose gabardine
No words for your song
You just sing along
In the shadow of the rodeo queen
The world passed you by
Took everyone for a ride
You were standing outside
No matter how you tried
It ain’t easy
Living in wayside
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6. |
Worried Man
03:23
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Ain't a song left to sing
On a day cold and gray
Dark clouds gathered round
Took my sunshine away
Got a hole in my heart
And the sole of my shoes
Been going down the road
Too low to sing the blues
Where's the worried man to sing my song?
Troubled mind to hold my head?
Ease the pain upon my brow
'Cause nothing in this whole world can
Save the worried man
Too poor to leave
Too poor to try
Poor boy, when you gonna learn to say goodbye?
Where's the worried man to sing my song?
Troubled mind to hold my head?
Ease the pain upon my brow
'Cause nothing in this whole world can
Save the worried man
It’s a penny for a wish
And a dollar per the acre
Dig yourself a hole but pay the undertaker
Too poor to leave, too poor to try
Poor boy hang his poor head and cry
Where's the worried man to sing my song?
Troubled mind to hold my head?
Ease the pain upon my brow
'Cause nothing in this whole world can
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7. |
I Can't Touch You
03:09
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You're fine polished silver
You're aging ruby wine
I learned of the good life
I can't touch you
You're a bow on the heartstrings
You're a crystal clink of champagne
I heard of the good life
I can't touch you
Heaven might have been mine for the taking
Now what's taking me isn't taking its time
You were fading in sunset
Through to indigo and I knew
A touch of the good life
But I can't touch you
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8. |
Enough
03:49
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You got me spinning round
But you ain’t a dancer
You never lead to solid ground
Love used to feel like falling
You were holding me down
You got me sinking
But you ain’t an anchor
Treading water you thought you could swim
Don’t you know there ain’t no lifeboat
Gonna get you outta here
I just want to be enough.
Got all the words but you ain’t a poet
Keep them locked down deep inside
With all your fear and you’ll never show it
Just turned to pride
You just turned to pride
I just want to be enough.
Gonna get you outta here
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9. |
Radioman
05:52
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Thought I heard you in the static
Calling out my name
In the waves and wires
Of the fuzzy astral plane
At first I couldn't see you
Then I closed my eyes —
Rolled the dial, turned you up
Tuned in
Radioman right on time
Radioman leave the world behind
Searching every station
For a single play rotation
Calling in
Your current rising
Way up in the attic
Your signal growing strong
Glowing by the Fireside,
Familiar old theme songs
Johnny Dollar solved the matter
Pearl was all aflame —
Rolled the dial, turned you up
Tuned in
Radioman right on time
Radioman leave the world behind
High up in your tower
Together for an hour
Calling in
Your current rising
Your frequency is cracking
Transmitter blows a fuse
In the waves and wires,
Your Word is shining through
Dead air resurrected
Petey's breaking chains —
New believers with receivers
Tune in
Radioman right on time
Radioman leave the world behind
Blurring constellations
Closer to salvation
Calling in
Your current rising
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10. |
Space Country
01:52
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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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