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L.A.
03:39
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You said you liked L.A. but that’s bullshit
I heard different from your brother
He said your ends don't meet & it never rains
It’s driving you crazy
We waged a war with time & it’s ended
Everyday I was wounded
It’s like I’m not living here If you’re not dear
I’m taking myself to California
But I stopped on the way in Arizona
I know it’s a lot to ask to hold ya…
But can I hold you now
I had a good job in Colorado
I picked up a shell I thought I’d show ya
From the land that I bought in Española
We can settle down only fifteen minutes from town
Have I wasted my whole life wandering?
Wondering if you left me or if I left you
In that morning sun
Did you do what’s right by you?
Cause I’m holding
All this damage done.
My life’s not fun & I’m lonely… & coming undone
I’m taking myself to California
But I stopped on the way in Arizona
I know it’s a lot to ask to hold ya…
But can I hold you now
I had a good job in Colorado
I picked up a shell I thought I’d show ya
From the land that I bought in Española
We can settle down only fifteen minutes from town
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Ghost
05:21
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Baby, it’s a cruel, cruel world on the interstate
People killing & kissing
Suburbans full of hatred
People never like people
Who look just like them
It’s one hell of a weekend war & it just don’t end
I am starting to think you are a ghost
After all the love I gave you
Now you’re nowhere in my sights
I am starting to think you are a ghost
Why the hell would you say “yes” to another round?
I’ve been at this bar all day, Catalonia style
Everytime I hear stories
I always change the ending
& put you as some hero, babe
Come to save us again
I am starting to think I am ghost
After all the love I gave you
I am nowhere in your sights
I am starting to think I am a ghost
I said it once, I said it twice. I meant it from the start
When lightning comes, lightning glows on steady
To salvage love, I need some time on your couch
Lord knows, i’ve been broken & doused
Lightnin, the only time I feel him
Lightnin, lightnin just shinin in
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79
03:28
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Bayou nights & mosquito bites
Grandpa saying “ Son, you gotta come back home”
But I’m made to roam & these feet don’t sink
In the muddy waters
If you’re gonna leave
It was all my fault
I was home that night like a wrecking ball
Local watering hole
I was drunk driving 79
& they caught me at the Tennessee line
Now I’m running down the west coast
I went looking for a place to buy
Time.
When I walk on that sovereign ground
By your mommas house
Ya know we’re always getting down, down
Honey, when I talk in that Pecan-twang
& the truth comes falling : Louisiana Rain
It was all your fault
You were home last night like a wrecking ball
Local watering hole
I was drunk driving 79
& they caught me at the Tennessee line
Had a shiver running down my spine
I was looking for a place to buy
Time.
I was drunk driving 79
& they caught me at the Tennessee line
Now I’m running down the west coast
I was looking for a place to buy
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4. |
Gentle
03:46
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I’m on fire
I’ve been too, too hot on this proverbial ride
So I’m leaving to get home to you by morning
I can't be late
Honey, don’t hesitate if you feel like crying
I’ll relieve you
I’m getting home by morning
Give me highways
Give me road signs
Peace of mind at a stop light
Where i noticed If I had to let you go
Then this road would never end
It’d just go onward into the abyss of a great life unknown
Listening to Townes
Crying from Boise to Utah
Cause some old lightnin came flashing his name up the T.V.
You hate me now
But honey in two weeks time I’ll be turning around
& I’ll relieve you
& getting home by morning
Give me highways
Give me road signs
Peace of mind at a stop light
Where i noticed If I had to let you go
Then this road would never end
It’d just go onward into the abyss of a great life unknown
If I ever had to wonder
If I lay gentle on your mind
Give me a sign
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Texas Wind
02:11
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Blow Texas wind
My blues away
I got a head full of ideas that I can’t shake
Let’s go to dance to a Cajun Rhythm
Let’s go have us a ball
I can buy you one, you can buy me three
And we’ll end up out on the lawn
A head on my shoulder
A kiss on my cheek
If I don’t get it
My knees get weak
I get my lovin’ down in New Orleans
Roll
Texas rolls away from me
I’ve got a rearview mirror of home heading to sea
Let’s go dance to a Cajun Rhythm
Let’s go have us a ball
I can buy you one, you can buy me three
And we’ll end at the Hole in the Wall
Love me once
Love me twice
Love me three times and blow on my dice
I get my lovin’ down in New Orleans
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6. |
Found The Time
03:44
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If I don’t say it now
Then you will never know my mind
Holding a precious gift
Glad that we finally found the time
Having the time
Having the time
We’re living in the country, baby
Having the time
Having the time
Having the time
We’re living in the country
Finally having the time
We’re living in the country
Finally, having the time
There will be something else
Always be begging for your light
And I’ll be that old peach tree
You can eat from me to your heart’s delight
Having the time
Having the time
We’re living in the country, baby
Having the time
Having the time
Having the time
We’re living in the country
Finally having the time
We’re living in the country
Finally, having the time
Heaven this time
It’s heaven this time
We’re living in the country
& heaven is mine
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7. |
Song For Levon
03:18
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Let’s go back
To the clean gulf water you drank
When you were a child
Let’s stay in bed all day
& get cheap room service instead
There’s always tomorrow
Let’s make a movie now
Since the times don’t have what we want
We’ll just have to borrow
I’ll change my face if it helps you out
I can be two people at once
I’ve already proved it
Things fall down
In the middle of the night
You hear me wallow
Mama, let’s shake this whole damn house
& show people who can’t understand
That we will be honored
My lovin ain’t no selfless act
& God I’m so full of pain
I’ve been aching to ease it
Things fall down
In the middle of the night
You hear me wallow
I don’t wanna see
Any other living beings
No!
I don’t even care where they go
But I’ll do right by them
Honey, I’ll do right by you
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8. |
Texas Birds
03:16
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A heartache rushed over my head
& like a cold wind it tussles
Every hair on your gorgeous head
You’re not asking how I’m doing
You don’t care anymore
There’s the bottom of the ocean floor
I’m having a smoke and making a joke
Like I ain’t been here before
A building is built now so it falls
Till it’s head pokes through some rain clouds
& he moves in with his Ma
Babe, I ain’t no building
But I’ve known a building
He’s an old friend of mine
He’s a buddy in the bathroom stall
Crying so loud I had to laugh out
Now, I’m walking myself home
In the early hours of the morning
When everything’s closed and it’s raining out & I say:
(ayeee)
The tears that I cry now in this sink
Will likely be recycled into water that you drink
If that ain’t melancholy
So sad and a little funny
I don’t care anymore
Either window or a door
It’s best to leave quick as can be
I don’t live here anymore
At least Texas has birds that you can see
I’ve seen Cardinals
I’ve seen Blue Jays
Even Spoonbill by the sea
Must be nice if the birds like it
Me, I liken to a television set
I don’t weep anymore
I’m boarding up my door
If you wanna see me
You’ll just have to peek
Through the cracks that run up these old boards
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I’m all set & I think it’s gonna change me
Put back backwards where no one understood me
And now the sonnet that I’m singing to you now
In the blue bonnets I feel a crowd
I’m from the city of smokestacks & lightning
Found you in a west coast town
With all the saints around me honey
I’m so happy now
You tore this old shell down
& made our home feel like a cabin
On a grassy hillside
There are some folks saying’
We don’t exist to stay
But no one's ever going to put you away
New Orlean’s has got a lot of pretty women
No one like you - can’t get my heat up out your kitchen
I think about it every time I am without it
Your legs, your lips, your scorn
I’m in the city of smokestacks & lightning
But soon I’ll be at your door
With all the saints around me humming
I’m so happy now
You tore this old shell down
& made our home feel like a cabin
On a grassy hillside
There are some folks saying’
We don’t exist to stay
But no one's ever going to put you away
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10. |
Lightning
05:50
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I was told that silence looked best in the morning light
When your face is shriveled up & tight
You always cry when you find a dime
I always cry when I find a dime
& wish I’d died ten times over
I suppose life’s got a couple trick up her purdy sleeve
Like what happened to you & me
In the great halls of history
Wasn’t much of a “two-can-land”
It was hard, it was hell
Nothing’s ever gonna make you happy
Tell her what you need to do
Nothing else on earth that much is true
No one’s ever going to fall asleep lonely
Breeze is going to meet the dew
A wicked trick the morning light can do
Ah behold! Life’s never as simple as it’s on T.V.
Like what happened to you & me
In these great halls of history
It wasn’t much of a “two-can-land”
It was hard, it was hell & back again
No one’s home & the color of your hair is a different shade
Like the sky when it’s about to rain
You always hated the rain
Thunder brings aches & the pains
& the doom of your age
Nothing’s ever gonna make me money
Tell me what you think I should do
Nothing else on earth this much is true
Nothing’s ever gonna make you happy
& breeze is going to meet the dew
A wicked game the morning light can do
When I had you
I didn’t know what to do
I was blind, dealing dimes, getting used
When the taker takes you away
Goodbye love, Goodbye pain
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Laith Portland, Oregon
Laith is a Texas songbird. And songbirds don’t fly south for the winter, but they do fly low for the blues. Laith knows that to fly low is to feel high and to feel high is to get struck by lightning. And lightning is the heart of this record. Texas lightning. ... more
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