1. |
I'm Not Feeling It
02:29
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Shoulda gone to the gym
Shoulda shown up at church and sang those hymns
I probably shouldn’t watch so much tv
I should get out and do something
But here I stay and here I sit
Cause today I’m just not feeling it
Shoulda raked the leaves and walked the dog
Shoulda gone digital but I’m still analog
To get to the future I’ve got to leave the past
but I don’t always believe the forecast
I could have tried harder to make it fit
But I’m just not feeling it
CHORUS:
I’m just not feeling it
You know I wanna quit
Gonna wait til I’m feeling it
Shoulda taken out the trash
Instead of buying beer I should have saved my cash
Shoulda never said what I said
I just have so much shit cluttering up my head
I should say sorry for throwing a fit
But honestly I’m just not feeling it
Shoulda checked my mail and paid my bills
But I probably shouldn’t have popped all those pills
Had a upper
A downer
A feel-good all-around-er
Somehow after all of this
I’m still not feeling it
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2. |
Til I'm Over You
03:09
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Only wanna drink when I go out
Only wanna drink when I stay in
Only wanna drink when I’m losing
Only wanna drink when I win
Only wanna drink when I’m chillin
Only wanna drink when I’m stressed
Only wanna drink when I messed up
Only wanna drink when I confess
CHORUS
Only wanna drink November to October
Only wanna drink when I’m sober
Well, that’s not exactly true
Wanna drink when I’m drunk too
I’ll just keep drinking
Til I’m over you
Only wanna drink to celebrate
Only wanna drink to mourn
Only wanna drink to the departed
Only wanna drink to the newborn
Ya I can see
What I’m doing
shifting blame
my old claim to fame
Only way I know
to tame the shame
Is drown it away
But at least I
Only wanna drink during the daylight
Only wanna drink in the darkness
Only wanna drink when I’m alone or with someone
I guess I wanna drink regardless
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3. |
Perfect Match
04:00
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It started with a wink, I think it might have been me
We’ve been texting for a week now, you write the sweetest things
We decided on dinner at a bar with a band
Now I’m nervous for our first date, Figure ride the night and see where we land
Strike One: You look different than your pic
Strike Two: Actually, was that even you?
Strike Three: We’ve been here for over an hour and we haven’t spent one minute talking about me
CHORUS:
You might be amazing, you might even be a catch
Me, I’m holding out for my perfect match
A lawyer could be good, you should have plenty of dough
And this time you made the first move, so I figured I’d give you a go
We decided on drinks at a cute little sports bar
Now I’m nervous for our first date, But I’m hopeful this thing could go far
Strike One: You showed up 20 minutes late
Strike Two: You brought a buddy with you
Strike Three: I thought you were looking at me but you were watching sports on tv behind me
Oooh, you have your own business and you read Hemingway
And you’re really into fitness, God I hope you’re not gay
We decided on coffee where we could talk for a while
Now I’m nervous for our first date, I really like your profile
Strike One: You never got off of your phone
Strike Two: I wondered who you could be talking to
Strike Three: When your wife showed up I knew you weren’t the man for me
This internet dating isn’t for wimps
I’ve heard a lot of bullshit and I have about 100 scary dick pics
I just need to find a way to cope
With all the weirdos because I’m not giving up hope
He’s gonna be amazing, he’s gonna be a catch
And until he shows up (I guess I’ll just keep dating all these losers)
Unit I find my perfect match
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4. |
I'll Never Tell
04:03
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Do you remember?
Late that spring night
The desert mountain road outside of Elko
I had my head on your lap
And I was trying hard to sleep
But the washboard kept rattling my teeth
We’d been driving that dirt road what seemed like hours
Just adolescents supposed to meet up with your parents
At the campground in the Ruby mountains
I was feeling so grown up
BRIDGE
Then you said: What if someone jumps out of the sagebrush
To the middle of the road
You think I ought to stop?
And I said: What kind of man do you think would stand
In the middle of the road
In the middle of the night
In the middle of nowhere
It doesn’t seem right
CHORUS
I’d run him over, you should run him over, and if you run him over
I’ll never tell
Your secret is safe with me
Then you said: but what if the man needs our help,
What if his car broke down and we just can’t see it?
And then I said: but what if we stop and he jumps up on the hood
And smashes the windshield with a tire iron?
BRIDGE
CHORUS
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5. |
Darlingside
02:47
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Disco ball
Spinning in the hall
Like so many stars
I know
You didn’t know
What would happen in the dark
BRIDGE
I fall in love, outta love, in love, outta love
All the time
I never knew, no never knew, no never knew, now I know
It’s something of a crime
I can’t fall in love, and outta love, and in love and outta love
I have to decide
So am I in love or outta love?
I’m paralyzed
CHORUS
So take me with you
I wanna go with you
Take me with you
So I can hear you every night (2nd verse - And I will sing to you every night)
Take me with you
I wanna go with you
Take me with you
Sweet Darlingside
Saw you
In the stateroom
And I thought you were my brothers
I know
We don’t actually know
Anything about each other
BRIDGE
CHORUS
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6. |
Shotgun Wedding
03:47
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Didn’t know what a shotgun wedding was, til the alter of my own
One night I drank up too much Jack, And I ended knocked up
One quick visit to the clinic, Could clean up all my mess
And I believe in having choices, But as you mighta guessed
CHORUS
I was keeping the baby
We were getting married
And I was the one
Holding the shotgun
Morning of the wedding, Boy did I feel nauseous
Coulda been my nerves, Or the morning sickness
Back of the church, My hand on Daddy’s arm
I looked right at my Daddy, And said, I don’t love this man
I don’t want to get married, I’ve changed my mind
Daddy said baby it’s too late, you can tell your child you tried
CHORUS – Daddy
I prayed to God someone would stand, when the preacher said
If anyone knows a reason, Why these two should not be wed
It took everything I had, not to raise my own hand
But it would have been a family, embarrassment
CHORUS
I left the church with my new husband, And all of his groomsman
They wanted to celebrate, And toast to our new conjugate
But I was only nineteen, Couldn’t get into a bar
So I sat on the curb in my wedding dress, And watched all the cars
CHORUS – I was wishing I had a shotgun
As you may have predicted, This doomed marriage ended
You’ll be glad to know, I didn’t kill him
And best thing about my shotgun wedding
Was the gorgeous baby
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7. |
Bailie Bee
02:37
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CHORUS:
Hey, hey Miss Bailie Bee
Won’t you come down and visit me?
I see you on the wings of the dragonflies
And in the halo of the pale moonlight
Kiddo, we know
You were an angel
Your soul on short loan
For every moment we’re grateful
Made my heart melt, the sicker you felt
The more you worried about me
Pity the treatments are
As bad as the disease
CHORUS
You faced all the pain with grace
And with a beautiful smile on your face
It’s not fair for God to tear
You away from me
Please, please tonight
I’m wishing on all the starlight
Send my baby down to me
So I can hold her in my dreams
CHORUS
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8. |
Great Wave
03:44
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9. |
Laughing Man
02:39
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He’s the laughing man
He talks to strangers
And he will sing for you
If you want him to
He’s the laughing man
He hasn’t a care in the world
Keeps him from laughin
But tell me why you don’t like the sunrise
He’s the laughing man
And he don’t complain
He says life is a silly little game
He’s the laughing man
And when I asked his name
He said:
Baby gotta go, runnin down the road,
trying to catch the next train
But tell me why you don’t like the sunrise
Stay with me
Hold me til the morning light
Chases out the dark of night
Please, please stay with me
Just stay til first light
Where are you going laughing man?
Where have you been?
Will I ever see you again?
My laughing man
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10. |
Sober Up
02:34
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CHORUS:
Don’t let me sober up
Don’t let me sober up
Don’t let me sober up
Or you’ll be sorry
I heard the story told
They cut Jonathon off cold
His soul the lord did take
Before Jonathon did wake
CHORUS
Always felt the fit
When I only drank a bit
My body did shake
And my spirit felt the quake
CHORUS
The drink is my peace
Takes the dirty, makes it clean
Silences all the noise
Quiets every voice
CHORUS
The demons in my head
On the wagon get upset
They want me to bleed
They’re like zombies I must feed
Oh I give in
Or I don’t
Either way it’s torture
Elusive shadow figures with itchy trigger fingers
Inject me with the sickness
Drag me down into the darkness
The truth is I can’t take it
So my demons always win
My pain is too great
So I must self-medicate
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11. |
Afraid to Die
02:47
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I been prayin’ and meditatin’
Tryin’ to hear what God might be sayin’
Searching for peace but it’s just out of reach
I swear I’m trying to learn what they trying to teach
Searching for faith out here in space
Oh I know that I’m a total head case
CHORUS
Cause it all seems like lies
And I’m still afraid to die
I’m still afraid to die
Been philosophisin’, some surmising
And a little my own prophesizin’
Bout my fate given all my mistakes
And I’m hoping that God’s gonna cut me a break
I’m stressed out and full of doubt
And I’m wondering what all this shit is about
CHORUS
Don’t get me wrong
I know someday you’ll also be gone
And if I’m still alive
How will my soul without your soul survive?
How will my soul without your soul survive?
How will my soul without your soul survive?
How will my soul without your soul survive?
I still been prayin’ and meditatin’
Still tryin’ to hear what God might be sayin’
Still searching for peace and I’m diggin’ real deep
It’s just the learning curve is a little steep
Wish I was raised with some kind of faith
So then I wouldn’t have to think or feel this way
Maybe it wouldn’t all seem like lies
Maybe I wouldn’t be afraid to die
Maybe I wouldn’t be afraid to die
Are you afraid to die?
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12. |
Great Wave
03:41
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Seems like forever and just yesterday
Touching your face and counting the ways
I love you
Oh great wave of sorrow
Oh great wave of lonely
Oh great wave of missing you
Can’t stop the waves of the ocean
As the water runs on through
So with the waves of living without you
The joy, the warmth, the comfort of being with you
Feelings I cling to, thought I’d never lose
Never lose
Oh great wave of sorrow
Oh great wave of lonely
Oh great wave of missing you
Can’t stop the waves of the ocean
As the water runs on through
So with the waves of living without you
Only when I sleep
Do the waves retreat
And I can breathe
When I dream
Oh great wave of sorrow
Oh great wave of lonely
Oh great wave of missing you
Can’t stop the waves of the ocean
As the water runs on through
So with the waves of living without you
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