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(Week 5 of 52)
Put my suitcase in the back seat
I know you couldn't change my mind
But all that glitters, all that shines
Never felt like it was mine
Learned the train lines, dives and bars
Learned to sleep with honking cars
But all the…
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One mile over the line again
and I know
if I look over my shoulder I'll see you
on the other side.
could be I've lost my mind again
does it show?
if I look into the mirror will I see me
cause I'd like to hide
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don't look at…
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I'm a madman roaring down this rain-slicked road
Top down, laughing, rain slaps like the hand of God
Left you barefoot, summer-haired, watching me go
Like a beautiful flower I should've picked
a long, long time ago
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You were…
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Shirts,pants, ties and coats
wreckage from a life worn out long ago
cardboard box, goodwill on the side
with things I haven’t worn since 1995
Dropped from a jacket pocket
landed on old scuffed up shoes
A folded page, still crisp and clean…
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used to know your breathing
in the dark beside me
now the nights repeating
all my faults and broken dreams
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oh-oh-oh-oh
I’m not sure how to begin
oh-oh-oh-oh
when I can’t take and I can’t give
oh-oh-oh-oh
I’m not sure how to…
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Grandpa wore a red bandana
Said the dust would wash away
Rock dust settled in the kitchen
Supper bought on miner’s pay
Daddy swore the mountain’s mercy
Was a blessing, not a debt
Said a man earns what he’s given
It’s a coal town, don’t…
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The Cabinet of Mirrors meets at ten
Nodding Secretaries in a row
Like a bunch of old dashboard dogs
In tailored suits from Savile Row
They call it peace through strength
Deaths the price we pay
Killing keeps us safe at night
Everybody…
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Reg Rotton and Kari (Redlar) live in the cellar
Aint got nothing but love and that won’t do w/ Kari
Can’t work
Can’t eat
Can’t sleep
Living life on a slag heap
Their Ain’t nothing I can do
I’m out of work and I’ve got no dough
Got…
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