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"Truth In The Ashes" Lyrics

WAITING ON A MIRACLE

You know I have never been a man of faith
Sure, you never thought you'd see the day
I'd be waiting on a miracle

But these times have convinced me there's another side
Where I don't have to run and hide
I'll be waiting on a miracle

So if there's fire raging on the other side
I'll be waiting on a miracle
And tides raising on the other side
I'll be waiting on a miracle
I'll be waiting on a miracle

It's your pride that's kept you in an iron cage
Confess your love, profess your pain,
I'll be waiting on a miracle

'Cause there's no science, that can tell me I'm a hopeless case
Or that yours is just a hopeless chase
I'll be waiting on a miracle

CHORUS

We can stare at the sun until we go blind
Choose to fold or choose to fight
But take a good look, baby, I'm alright, your man's alive
I'll hold out, 'cause I'm not weak
You stay proud, baby, I won't speak
But take one good luck and believe these eyes

I won't ask why, when it's snowing on the Everglades
When the summer lasts 300 days
I'll be waiting on a miracle

So if there's fire raging on the other side
I'll be waiting on a miracle
Tides raising on the other side
I'll be waiting on a miracle
Ice caps breaking on the other side
I'll be waiting on a miracle
Earthquakes shaking up the other side
I'll be waiting on a miracle

I'll be waiting on a miracle…..

-JDB

SHE'S NO ANGEL

She had a smile that made her look like she was some man's daughter
but she cried like he was probably a guy she hardly knew
she was crying the first time that I saw her
we were stumbling drunk down Ashland Avenue

So we got high and we hopped into the water
then we got dry and we sang a song or two
she said tell me any thing you want, just don't say it's over
so we hitched a ride to Malibu

She's no angel
She's no saint
She might be the devil
She doesn't claim that she ain't
My life was full of empty
At least she holds me tight
She's so wrong for me, she's right

We spent some time in a dive below the border
she'd sling fire and I'd provide the blue
she said take anything you want, just leave your shoulder
so I married her in Vera Cruz

And we never got why so we never got any older
And we never got tired 'cause we always tried something new
We survived by always getting bolder
Aww, hell, if it ain't no fun, then what's the use?

CHORUS

I watch her when she sleeps sometimes
I wonder where she goes
I believe she knows that she is beside me
Yeah, she's still beside me....

-JDB

FULL SPEED AWAY

We used to live up in the armpit of money, where Stewart became 28th
we had a little watering hole off of Yorkshire, red brick walls and chipped blue paint
The name of this Joint was the Joker, buddy, but that's where the Queen came to play
and they opened their doors up at 6 in the morning, 'cause that's when the Kings start their day
and Jack's on the floor with his head on his shoes, too much bud chasing too much early booze
Still, I can't recall a place I've been I liked better than that

The drink's on you, the smoke's on me, and the Joke is jumping, yeah we're running
Full Speed Away
Drunks like you and a wreck like me, we coulda been something, now we're running
Full Speed Away

Jack's knocking 'em out on the frayed felt green, he practices there every day
Queenie lays her rent on the lottery, she just knows that it's gonna pay
They made a little noise on the backroom table, but nobody here's gonna mind
then they order up another round of hurricanes as the Kings shake their heads and smile

Me and D are in the corner nursing whisky warm, we got a little Dire Straits, we're singing Brothers in Arms

CHORUS

Me and D are in the corner drinking whisky straight, we got a little Bob Seger and a lot of Tom Waits

CHORUS

Hey D, let's head to the Joke for a rack and a toke and a beer
maybe we can laugh when we're broke, man, ain't that why we always came here....

-JDB

MY HEART IS ON YOUR SIDE

Yeah, the photograph is real
Ask me how I know her
I'm not gonna lie like before
Yeah, the goddamn text is real
Ask me what i wrote her
I can't watch you spying anymore

My heart is on your side
My heart is on your side
It knows how hard you tried for me
So come and get it off my sleeve
Nothing left in there I need
Honey, I'm just not the guy for you

Yeah, I met her in a bar
I don't know what i was thinking
guess I don't do much of that any more
Yeah, I know what all this means
I know the pact I'm breaking
I don't wanna be your bad guy anymore...

CHORUS

My heart is on your side
My heart is on your side
it knows how hard you cried for me
Come and grab it off my sleeve
nothing left in there I need
Honey, I'm just not the guy for you...

DRIVING HOME FROM MAX'S

The 101 is empty, I'm blurring all the lines
Driving home from max's and my hero's died
The open mic was heavy, the songs are getting tired
seems the folks down fairfax don't care about the words I'm trying

Driving home but no one's there to save me this time
Driving home but no one's there to tell me I'm alright
Don't cry, don't cry
Drive

The fire that was in me is somewhere I can't find
Driving home from Max's after closing time
and the one's I loved they left me, cause they loved what I despised
it's hard to pick a poison when it's all you like...

CHORUS

Driving home, no one's there to save me this time
it's the right way home but no one's there to tell me I'm alright

Don't cry, don't cry
Drive....

Dont cry, Don't cry

-JDB

BROADWAY

I know how it hurts
we're not where we were anymore
and while this place breaks your heart
you still play your part

But I know how it hurts
you try to keep your mind on the lines you've rehearsed
the busy streets make it worse
cause you're not lost
you're alone
like I'm alone

Now we know, we know what we are
we can't take our eyes off Broadway
when the lights on Broadway are dark
and we know what we've lost
we can't take our eyes off Broadway
when the lights on Broadway are dark

I know how you hurt
I know you don't sleep, how you stir
hear everybody tell us that we're so strong
when all we ever really want 'em to say
is that it's not our fault, because it's not our fault, baby

CHORUS

When did everything become about the stage
When did everything become about the deal
baby, we had everything
now the memory gives me nothing but shame
and you're the only one who knows how I feel
yeah,you know me, but you told me, "baby, please let me go"

And I let you go, I let you go…
Baby forgive me, baby forgive me,
Forgive me, Forgive me, Forgive me…

I know how it hurts… honey, I know…..

-JDB


I ALWAYS KNEW

I'm lying in bed, my head is clear, i call her name, she's already leaving
she smiles, I wave, she double takes, she seems surprised I noticed she's still here
and we don't barely kiss, we don't barely kiss at all
we touch 'till we find our wall

hell, yeah, it's over baby
hell, yeah, it's over baby
but I always knew
you'd still come through

i'm alive, i'm dead, it ain't quite clear, if it's all the same, keep my heart from beating
'cause we had our dance, we had our years, we had our chance to give this thing a meaning
so we don't reminisce, we don't reminisce at all
we touch 'till we find our flaw

hell, yeah, it's over baby
hell, yeah it's over baby
but i always knew
you'd still come....

I know when you call, you've been hanging over a precipice
but I'll float when you fall, 'cause i'm never gonna pretend that this isn't for you
no more living for two

hell, yeah, it's over baby
hell, yeah, it's over baby
but i always knew
you'd still come through

i always knew you'd still come.

LOVELY PEOPLE

I'm going to a movie when I get out of church
does anyone know jesus? Guess I'll do a search
all these friendly people surfing on a web
I wonder when they sleep, I wonder how they're fed

All these lovely people really matter to me
all these lovely people need me urgently

So I don't wanna speak with the man on the street
I wanna speak with them all
And I don't want to sleep with the girl on the street
I wanna sleep with them all

Tifanny's getting married, Gina lost her keys,
Billy like's T Bizzy bean burritos with cheese
Now Tiff's no longer married, Gina found her keys
Billy is attending Occupy KFC

All these lovely people really matter to me
All these lovely people have emergencies

CHORUS

All these lovely people really matter, you see,
'Cause all these lovely people, they follow me...

CHORUS

How'd you ever find me, baby?
Better write back, better write back
Don't you know you're kind of crazy?
never write that, never write that

I don't wanna sleep with the girl on the street
I wanna sleep with them all, I wanna sleep with them all
I wanna sleep with them all

Write it on my wall.....

JDB

PARKING LOT

I learned about love in a parking lot
you said my eyes are open, show me what you got
you held my hand to slow my beating heart
and I said damn, what a way to start

Oh, the songs, oh the poetry
all the action will always be cause of you

I learned about love in a parking lot
You told me you were hoping we'd get caught
so that all the other other girls on the campus ring
would know not to mess with my little miss thing's thing

Oh, those night filled with ecstacy
all the passion will always be cause of you

You told me "boy, don't back down
when you're finding love, you shouldn't have a doubt"
and your voice, I still hear it now

CHORUS

I learned about love in a parking lot
you said my eyes are open, show me what you've got
you held my hand to slow my beating heart
Makes me still say damn, what a way to start...

-JDB

REMEMBER THERE WAS

So here they are, so there they were
He's gone so far just to get over her
now she's his

He says as I've been known to do
when I am alone with you
I remember those painful times
as misshapen and fantasized
baby, when I'm alone with you
have a bottle of wine or two
and I'm withering on the vine
I still deliver the same old lines

and he walks away
he never gets far
next thing he knows
she's in the back of the car
begging "stay"
and she says

When there's no where left to run
'cause there's no one left to love
just remember there was, baby,
remember there was

It's only new paint
that colors his smile
he tells her, he tells her, he tells her
she's too late
but she knows, she knows, she knows his every mile
she's his...

He says as I've been known to do,
tell an old anecdote or two
and I'm back in another time
when I was hungry and in my prime
Then I'm in love with you,
And it's all that my heart can do
just to ignore all those faded signs
telling me better get out alive

and he walks away, he never gets far
next thing he knows she's the back of the car
begging "stay"
she says

CHORUS

When there's no where left to turn
when there's nothing left to learn
just remember there was, baby, remember there was

will he stay?

yeah, he stays....yeah, he stays....

-JDB

WINDOWS DOWN

Baby, you got me thinking
about a life well outside our road
wondering what I've been missing
if there's something more I should know by now
But if we spend all our time here searching
we'll never enjoy our view
and the one thing I know for certain
is that as long as I'm with you
it's so much better

Let's roll the windows down
and take a look around
hold me close, it won't be long
till it's gone, it's gone, it's gone

Baby, you got me thinking
we've only got so much time
if spend all our time here wishing
what about a real life?
So i say, eyes open
let's make the most of our view
If there's one thing I know I'm been hoping
it's that I share it all with you
you make it so much better, now

CHORUS

The road we've chosen shows our way
but it's the world around it that fills our days
so hold on, baby

CHORUS

Hold me close it won't be long
'till it's gone, it's gone, it's gone
No it won't be long 'till it's gone, it's gone, its gone...

-JDB

"LIGHTS & TUNNELS" LYRICS



MORE THAN EVER

I'm tongue tied in a hotel room
the code red's now a cold gloom
and I know I've got a lot of work to do
but I'm only built for so much

Some nights when the sky is new
my eyes red and my blood's blue
these bold thoughts take me back to you
but sometimes you've got to play the cards you're holding, baby

I'm on a road but I don't know the state
I'm on a roll but I don't know the way
and I'm bound to roam, but I'm going your way
and I miss you now more than ever

I'm 10 miles out of Baton Rouge
last packet of rails inside me
I'm doing things I know I shouldn't do
but yours is the Northern line that guides me, baby

Out singing "7 o'clock, on the dot, out in my drop top
cruisin' the street,
I got a pretty, pretty, pretty little thing just waiting for me"
but tonight she's gonna keep on waiting, baby

CHORUS

Out on the gold coast, and I'm fading, baby I'm so close, any day
Have you gone cold or are you waiting? Baby, I'm so close, will you stay?

More than ever
I miss you more than ever, oh, baby I mean it,
I miss you more than ever
I miss you more than ever...

---

OLD FASHIONED WAY

Time provides the whole view
but as long as I've known you
ours is an old fashioned way

Our lives combined to find truth
inter-twined and fool-proof
coarse to fine, the passion remains

I know from where I'm sitting
baby, the sky has never shined so bright
I know 'cause how I'm spinning
Baby, I've never felt a love so right

So when the night brings cold to you
I'll be here to hold you
every night until every day

In sorrow I'll console you
beg, borrow, fight we'll pull through
Ours is an old fashioned way

I know from where I'm sitting
Baby the sky has never shined so bright
I know from how I'm spinning
Baby, I've never felt a love so right

It's right this time
I know it's right
It's right this time

It's right this time
I know it's right
It's right this time...

---

NEW HISTORY

When you've got what you want and your life is for your lady,
every time you've been giving her everything she needs
don't that feel good..

Go to hold her one night, when you see her she can't stop shaking
every word like a knife she just watches you as you bleed
she wouldn't help you if she could

So now I'm fighting for the air, I'm fighting for the air
out on the highway home from heaven
'cause what I thought was love is gone
but I'd been there for so long
and when heaven denies you..

it sheds a new light on forever
it starts a new history
how could you do this to me?

You showed me what's right, you showed me what's wrong,
how could you ever deceive me?
You taught me to fight, taught me how to stay strong,
who's gonna teach me, baby, how to live on my own?

CHORUS

I'm fighting for the air, I'm fighting for the air
out on the highway home from heaven...

---

SHALLOW GRAVE

I've had to dig my way out of a hole
I've been a prisoner, baby, I've broken down walls
and I've had to claw and scrape, I've had to crawl
but I tend to keep my faith, even after I fall

So I'm digging us a shallow grave
I'm living with just a shadow of faith
I'm digging us a shallow grave
we'll find the life that we lost
someday...

When something goes missing, baby, it ain't only a loss
you find yourself wishing for things, it seems to lower their cost
but I ain't no magician, baby, I can't do it all
so if I'm gonna start digging for things, you pick up when I call..

CHORUS

Looks like we got ourselves a mission, baby,
it's time to end the competition, baby,
'cause all we ever win is time alone.
I've gotta learn to start listening, baby,
you've gotta end the inquisitions, baby,
we've gotta pull the same rope,
we've got to hold the same hope...

CHORUS

We'll find the life that we lost someday...
someday...

---

SHOULDA-BEEN GIRL

The wink of an eye, your hands lightly glide on me
we're still playing those games we used to play
If I could have known all that we might have been
I would have lost one long ago..

How I want to hold you now
lift your feet off the ground
call your name out loud
Shoulda-been girl

'cause I never shook what I felt
and every hand I've been dealt is not the same
My shoulda-been girl

So pass me a glass,
the drinks lightly splash the rim
you're whispering soft into my ear

as we tightly clasp
enough to last all night
it looks like the game begins again

CHORUS

If I start it over, what might we find?
Did I win my girl after all this time?
After all this time...

CHORUS

The wink of an eye, your hands lightly glide on me
we're still playing those games we used to play....

---

PRETTY GIRL PERFUME

The timing was right
I tighten my jaw
I'd made up my mind
secure in my cause

No need to start up a fight
you better hold the applause
time to testify
to the faith she should've lost

but then she wafts across the room
her pretty girl perfume takes hold
my mind's confused, 'cause all that I can do
is tell her she's the best thing I ever had
but I've been so bad...

The timing was right
a little tight in the drawers
not used to doing so right
confess without pause
'cause of course, I'm a liar
but it's gotten obscene
I can't hold one desire, honey,
and I wanna come clean..

CHORUS

---

THE RUNAWAY

How we lived is how we died
we drank until our river dried
and how we suffered, how we tried,
we only found defeat

the runaway's back in my head again,
the runaway's back in my head again,
but somehow we move on

I suppose that I'm always
at the dark end of this bar because I know
how things are gonna turn out

I suppose that I'm always
at the wrong end of the stars because I know
that mine already burned out

How we laughed is how we cried
but love won't leave your spirits dry
and how we crumbled when the sky
fell down below our feet

The runaway's back in my head again
I feel there's a railroad track in my head again
but somehow we move on

CHORUS

Somehow we move on...
somehow we move on...

---

I'LL ALWAYS BE YOUR MAN

It's never been hard to love you, baby,
that much is crystal clear
you've got eyes that shine like diamonds
and I never feel alone when you are near

I place no one else above you, baby,
you've taken away the fear
and when you smile,
makes me feel like it's summer time
and i always feel like I'm home when you are here

I don't know what our odds might be
but my cards are in your hands
'cause no matter what you are to me
I know I will always be your man

The very first time I saw you, baby,
warm night and an ice cold beer
and we danced 'till way past closing time,
the angel I'd been hoping for appeared

CHORUS

And I don't know how this oughtta be
baby, I ain't made no plans
I don't know what you are to me

but I know I will always be
I know I will always be
I know I will always be
your man.

---

RED MEANS GO

I know you're scared
that I don't dream right
and although that's fair
it just doesn't seem right when

you don't let me in
but go on and sleep
I'll be drinking alone with friends

I'll be howling at the moon tonight
I'll be putting on a show
I'm gonna close this bar
and I'm not leaving
until red means go

what a cross you've had to bear
you've been my green light, Daisy,
it's not a role you can share
there's no in-betweens, no maybe's

You don't play to win
I just pray you sleep
while I'm off drinking alone with friends..

CHORUS

---

LIGHTS & TUNNELS

My sight's been poor these days
my mind's spent, my body aches
but there's a light in the tunnel

as we rise and fall
you guide me through it all
you're my light in the tunnel
you're my light in the tunnel

and if we're only heartbeats
everything's gonna be alright
I know you'll find me
and I'll see
everything's gonna be alright

Every choice I make
from the wrong steps to the right mistake
you're my light in the tunnel

and in every chance we take
I know my heart's not steel, but I know my will won't break
you're my light in the tunnel

and if we're only heartbeats
everything's gonna be alright
as long as you find me, as long as our hearts beat
everything's gonna be alright

You find me when I'm weakest
you find me where I'm deepest
you find me and your sweetness
will guide me
here in your peaceful, kind glow

I'm right here in your peaceful, kind glow.....
All Music and Lyrics by Joe Bresler (copyright 2009)

CALIFORNIA KING

California, for the first time in my life,
You feel cold, you make me wanna run away
I can't afford to, I gotta keep up with the times,
Put on a too-drunk smile, hell, I'll cry deep in my
grave

Hey, I take a look at the cracked year behind me, baby
The only response is to say

It never rains inside a bright depiction
When you've broken every promise that you sing
It never rains, so sell your fiction, make a fortune,
You're a California King

California, it ain't the first time in my life
I've been fooled, I ain't gonna cry on no charade,
But something more than pride seems sacrificed this
way
When you dose the fear, you clothe the pain,
Wait to watch your circus burst to flames

I take a look at the last year behind me, baby,
It seems a little too easy to say

It never rains inside a bright depiction
When you've broken every promise that you sing
It never rains, so sell your fiction, make a fortune,
You're a California King

How long, how far, how fortunate, we are (we hide the
rain)
How strong, how scarred, how innocent we were (we hide
the rain)

We make the beds we sleep in
We wake, our shadows deepen
We hide the rain, we hide the rain,

We make the heads we grieve in,
Create the lies believed in,

We hide the rain, we hide the rain…

I don't know where I'm going, I don't know now, baby
All I know is that I'm home….

It never rains inside a bright depiction
When you've broken every promise that you sing

It never rains, so sell you're fiction, make a
fortune,

You're a California King.


GHOSTS

Our laughter is full crazed, our embers burn in the
dark
I'm alive and awake
Backwards falling, our glances turn into sparks
I'm on fire, baby,

I'm a fool in love
I'm fool, uh-huh,

And good love is true enough
I'm a fool in love, eyes wide to closed,
I'm too tired to chase ghosts…

Ah, the chapters, I've ordered lazy, the answers,
They're not on a page…let's defy afraid
'cause after all the phases, what you capture
is only gonna change, so just smile and say

I'm a fool in love
I'm a fool, uh-huh,

And good love is true enough
I'm a fool in love, eyes wide to closed,
I'm too tired to chase ghosts…

REPEAT CHORUS

I'm a fool in love…..


MANN THEATRE STARS

She says "hello, I wonder who you are"
I say " I don't like to talk about it"
She says " I like your answer so far"

When she offers me her bottle,
I notice her ring,
She says "I talk a lot but I don't really mean some
things"

And some, they just hunger deep down
And they stumble on to this town

She was a last drink,
She went down like gasoline,
She was just asking for a start
She was a chance fling
She was just dancing
On the Mann Theatre Stars

But she shivers in the dark, she shivers in the dark…

She says "hello only goes so far"
I say " how do you even think about it"
She says " I like your question so far"

I say " you're asking me to borrow,
When I've got nothing left to bring"
She says "not so loud , I want to hear these walls
cave in"

And some, they're just drunk deep down
And they come all over this town,

She was a last drink,
She went down like gasoline,
She was just asking for a start
She was a chance fling
She was just dancing
On the Mann Theatre Stars

And it can't be so hard,
She says you can't beat the boulevard,

But the Mann Theatre Stars,
They get dimmer as we walk, as we shiver in the dark..

She says "I believe in everything"
And I believe that's true
She says " I wouldn't leave for anything"
I say " I would leave for you"…


GLIDE

I'm glad you made it to the show tonight
To slow dance beneath a starving moon
And all I want is just to hold you tight
And to let your body move…

It's getting harder just to feel alright
It seems the morning always comes too soon
All I want is just to see you smile
As you get your party groove

And yeah, it's time we're living for,
Time is always real,
It's the only thing that's sure,
We might die alone,

And time can be your road,
Time can be your cause,
Just let me be your gold

Time's steamrolling
Time moves faster when you run
But tonight, when I hold you, baby,
Time seems frozen, it seems frozen,
As you glide…

I guess I've got a little soul tonight,
You've got to take a chance or else you'll never move
The upbeat will keep your rhythm tight
And you'll never have to choose…

And I never will forget this night
The romance is in the way we do it, baby,
If it slows down I will be the light
That always shines on you

And, yeah, it's time we're living for,
Time is always real,
The only thing that's sure
Is that you won't spend your time alone,

And time can right your wrongs
Time reveals your chords
I will be your song…

Time's steamrolling
Time moves faster when you run
But tonight, when I hold you, baby,
Time seems frozen, it seems frozen,
As you glide…

I'm glad you made it to the show tonight
To slow dance beneath a starving moon,
And all I want is just to hold you tight
And to let your body move….


THE ONE THAT HAUNTS YOU

Sizing up the room as she walks in, she places her
hand on my arm and I'm still
She says " I don't care a thing about you now"
Go easy, just go easy
"I don't even ask when you're around"

and you don't have to stay
to feel your heart break
it happens all the same

Well I meant to
Go easy, just go easy
I meant to
Go easy, just go easy

I'm watching the room as the walls disappear and the
moonlight is bleeding through
It's clear how it's

Deeper now, my friend
I know we were so close
I'm weaker now…

Well I meant to
Go easy, just go easy
I meant to
Go easy, just go easy

So you don't have to stay
To feel your heart break
You feel it all the same

And you don't have to breathe
Hold it, it won't ache
Control it for my sake

Well I meant to
Go easy, just go easy
I meant to
Go easy, just go easy
And I'm the one they warned you about
I'm the one that hurt you
I'm the one you've worried about
I'm the one that haunts you
I'm the one that haunts you.


GREY SKY BLUE

Say let's be honest, but I know it'll cost us
I gaze at our picture in grey
I thought alternate worlds had no use for words,
They only need pictures to frame
But I'm staring at you now from the inside out, not
beneath you
I've figured this thing out, and there's no coming
down, I've got to reach you
I painted my grey sky blue
I painted my grey sky blue
For you…
And here we stay silent
So where in the hell are you?
You're in the corner I painted
I want you but I'm too scared to say it
I'm in a grey sky blue

I've seen all the others,, they alternate colors
'cause they're so afraid of the grey
and I've had other lovers, I've painted their colors,
but they have all faded away
I'm staring at you now from the inside out, this is
not beneath you,
I've figured this thing out, and there's no coming
down, I've got to reach you
I painted my grey sky blue
I painted my grey sky blue
For you
And still we stay silent
But if it's on me, then it's on you
I want you to feel it,
I want you to be the one that sustains it
I want you to know it's not enough to see it
I want you to know this will change things
From our grey sky

I painted my grey sky blue
I painted my grey sky blue
For you…
So let's finally change things
"I love you".


SILVER LINING

Black diamond in a steel cage
The silver lining in a suitcase
A quarter buy-in never seemed so strange before.

It's hard to cry because I'm wide awake
My head's spinning as the lines change
I think I'll buy another dime another day

We are hopelessly
Open..

'Cause we all want the same thing…

Peace everlasting, peace everlasting,

But peace can't outlast this fear…

We are hopelessly
Open

'Cause we all want the same thing…

Peace everlasting, peace everlasting,

But peace can't outlast this fear…

And that's how it feels,
To carry this on my mind
I carry this on my mind,
I carry this on my mind…..


FLIGHT

She left her curse in Boston, she tried 6th avenue
She said I only got more lost there, I'm coming home
to you
But she was too much, too fast, too fast to hold, too
cold to keep, too much
Bound too expire before her peak
And her thoughts go racing backwards when they're too
hard to speak
I said it's too bad your mind is made, 'cause I'm
undecided
It's too bad your heart can't break, 'cause mine's
still divided…
And I'm falling tonight, if I'm not flying
As I walk a tightrope down a telephone line
I walk all night, I walk all night

CHORUS

As I light one last smoke on a red-eye flight
We talk all night….


ONE DRINK

Are we such crooked things,
We know what's happening
But we're too powerless to show
Our path is curious
We win first, we lose last,
We start big, but end fast and short
And we wear our truth when we run

I quit smoking cigarettes
I'd been dry through September
I was ready for the fall
But you make simple things so serious
I put a whole into the wall

And we carry our proof when we run
We tear our roots up

I thought that you should know
I'm not the one that hurt you,
Lying on the floor
I thought that you should know
I'm not the one that burned you,
Not the one that left you, left you all alone

Those seeds were already sewn

It's never one thing, one thing at all
You've got to leave some things alone
It's never one thing, one thing at all

I had one drink, one drink, one drink, that's all...


SEVEN MILES

I'm not cold, I'm freezing, there are spiders eating
more than me,
My eyes are bulging, fighting, just to see the
driveway filling up again with rain
I'm 4 feet down

I've grown addicted to the sight in silence,
Wading on through the sidewalks empty, jeez
Of course we doubt the things we read between the
lines
I'm 4 feet down

So lay it all on me,
Lay it all on me,
It's 7 miles to the first green light,
It's 7 miles to the first green light,

So let's break the books, let's break the pictures,
break the records
Let's break every single thing that reminds me until
there's nothing left to face
I'm 4 feet down

And my god, it's been so hard, but my mistake was
trying to break off with every little thing that was
denied to me within these miles, within these lies…

So lay it all on me
Lay it all on me

It's 7 miles to the first green light
It's 7 miles to the first green light
It' seven miles to the first green…

So I've got some war clothes on,
But I've lost to myself
Still holding on to what's gone
On and on and on and on…

Within these miles I've seen the signs…

I see a sovereign that sleeps at the bottom
He embodies his death as he lives
So scared when the lights go of, turn them on, turn
them on

It forced me out
It forced me out

But I am these miles, I am these miles, I am these
miles, I am these miles
I am these miles, I am these miles, I am these miles,
I am these miles,
Always, always.


LAST CALL

The side pocket's gonna lead to nowhere
I gotta get a leeway,
I'd take the shot if it'll get me somewhere,
Forget the lead, I want a free game….

You play to stay close, everybody knows, everybody
knows
You're just gonna give it away, give it away,
Sometimes the pain shows, everybody bleeds, everybody
needs to,
You live with it or you give in today, you give in
today…

Last chance, last roll,
It's the last dance, baby,
It's last call for the real thing…

So if you've got something to say,
Say how you feel…

You lay up with them slack-jawed men, they never give
you a chance
You can't keep living this way, thing's gotta change
Sometimes the pace slows, everybody breathes,
everybody needs to
You can't save 'em up for another day…

Last chance, last roll,
It's the last dance baby,
It's last call for the real thing…

For the real thing…

You mince words, what you say, it sounds so safe, but
it looks tired on you

You mix words, and but you stay on attack, I cannot
revive you
In this world, there ain't no love you can lose, you
conspire to keep me from you,
It ain't working, baby

Last chance, last roll, it's the last dance, baby,
It's last call for the real thing…

You're the real thing, come on hear what your heart
says,
You're the real thing, so go on and get yourself a
good feeling….