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...But That's My Life
02:48
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If I knew all the pains of lifetime
I'd never live
But that's my life
If I live in the past I'm never prepared for you
I feel the best I'll ever feel
And forget the feeling until I can find the feeling in myself again
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In and out my mind
I just need some friends around me
Enough fine days to be kickin' around
In and out all day
An excuse to skip the laundry
I needed a break but now all I do is take the fall
Never amount too tall
Could you be my magic arm
Before you go please help me take it off
I'm much too weak
If I had too big a load to carry by myself
It carries on
I don't know if you'll be gone
So you know I'll be here down on the floor
Waiting for my life to pick me up
After giving it some thought I've decided not to use it
Without certain days in the week I'm lost
It's the only thing I can do to not abuse it
Get up out of bed time to go out driving in your car
Giving you my regards
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You say you're calling yourself better now
I've been away from you too long
I never saw you to be so wrong
I had seen your eyes before the dawn of this
You're picking all my simple fancies out
And it's a waste of time to fight
I've got a new way out of my life
If I give my life to god I'll never die
You knew that far too long for hope
To give you none for you to cope
You were by my side when I began to wake
You were by my side
You were just in time to see me fall asleep
You were just in time
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Making The Cut
03:40
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Detective killer
The carpet stain
Where we both watched Naked and Afraid
Cus it'll be too dark soon
I know you saw me getting high all day
Memorizing the sunrise at the lake
The boats washed up last night
All I ever wanted was for you to tell me son you were right all along
But it never really mattered
You never need to make the cut
It never really mattered
You never need to make the cut
Four eyes on me in the hallway
All the while I'm alone I wouldn't stray
Until I saw another
The meek rebellions of the folks in me
Never mirror the tough world I see
And is that fine with me
Has your driving gotten to you
It's got to me too
All I ever wanted was for you to tell me son you were right all along
But it never really mattered
You never really made the cut
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I am confusion
Given all that I don't know
I'm on the way to being a man
I know that it's hard but I can't make
Heads or make tails of it
Growing up dumb
Corners too tight to fit but tell me I'm not
I am curious if there were another time
To be a kid I'd take it again
Be out of my car but it's too late
Promise to mail for it and get it back soon
Use it and fight for it and find a new job
I'm in the trailer park with dinner to spare
Call me back up tonight and I won't be there
Say no, don't be slow
Be your only friend
Stay low, tell me where to go, do what you're told
I don't know that
There is no end to me and no beginning
There is no end to me and no beginning
There is no end to me
My truest feelings are a roaming blackbird
Describe the words to me cus I don't know
Do you believe the words I say because I don't
Know if you do
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Analou
04:18
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When you're sitting in the city
And you can't find Analou
In the long and lonely winter
You're awake with someone new
And your head is in a whirlpool
But you know the thing to do
Is to get out of this home world
In a way that's going to
And if the boat is rowing over
And you can't get your shoes untied
You run in place under the teal and white covers
Of your grandmother's house as a kid
Say you don't have to say that you're sorry
But you can't be proud of what you did
If you're living in the city
And you can't find Analou
At the end of every whirlpool
She's a better place for you
In a world that kills the homebound
In a world that kills you too
It's the overwhelming total
Of the places born in you
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In Tow
03:12
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All that feels good on the trail
Isn't good all the way back
For now a tent for me
In the carbon tourniquet on my face tell me I'm good
To go around in fire in tow
Call the finished tires of new velocity I'm going for
Tired of turning faster for a dream that I could not afford
For now
Telling me how
In the morning when I rise
Fill my cup
In your best way
It's just a matter of time
Tell the man I'm good for you
Good for us
Good for more time
Tap out, go back to town
For now
Show me to the people I forgot
And I'll remember their names
Give me twenty days and I'll collect my thoughts to build a frame
To put a picture
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Many Times Before
03:14
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Before you came back down for me
I swore I would never disappoint you friend
I know I did
All the things you did before
I've been in the world you've known
You have seen me in this place
Many times before
And I know you've been in this place
Many times before
Please don't tell me I've been wrong
You were just a child before
I'll help you up before you go
Finding your new home
It's better that you know
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Done For Good
03:37
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When I told you what I saw
I did it for good
When I played the part of myself
I did it for good
Time flew us out of our minds
And played out what our hearts had soon defined
Play that conversation for me
One more time
What am I gonna say to you
What have I done to make it this way for you
What am I after all this is done
Done for good
My eyes fool again
You tell me you're on your way
I'll be smart and stay cool again
Or I'd be crazy enough to pray
And I'll be in the corner tonight
Take a little bottle and make two polarities fight
Fortified by four walls and a night light
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Wish I could take you here
And show you where I was
The open door I've made for you
Would be there for you in time
Would be there for you in time
Time for you to see your life
Made for you to love in time
Formed in love
A tangled vine
Ripples down your cheek and tumbles through the air
Torn from me and out of sight
Corners of a moonlit fright
Come sing me your tune
From a time that has gone by
From a merry time for us
Underneath the veil divine
You are here and that's alright
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Your Gold Chain
04:11
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Cold and unwieldy
It sits around your neck
And your old familiar people walk away
You can't afford it
It takes you to your knees
But it almost makes you feel like you're okay
Your gold chain
On my chest
Makes me glad today
If I took
Your gold chain
You wouldn't want to stay
You like your troubles
And fulfilling your needs
All the complicated patterns of your day
Believe my story
And tell it back to me
And to all the friends you told me betrayed
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Bob Cummins Jr. Dallas, Texas
Bob Cummins Jr. is a Dallas singer-songwriter who bridges the musical gap between when the Beach Boys found drugs and the release of the Nintendo 64.
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