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Many Hearts
03:36
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Cotton candy sky on my morning drive I’m losing sight of the tree line it got swallowed up by a big machine and a couple of guys making a good day wage I don’t know which way to turn to find my way back home I feel like the world is intersecting in my heart and I feel a little alone everyone’s insuring their insurance oh I haven’t renewed my policies in years I’m looking for a good risk to take “hey man don’t you know every cop in this town anyway” I don’t know which way to turn to find my way back home I feel like the world is intersecting in my heart and I feel a little alone cotton candy sky on my evening drive 12 hours never really seems to fly by oh I’m finding out I got to listen a little closer to my many hearts
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Fortune Sold
03:36
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Had my fortune told by a woman in my dreams in an old wooden house somewhere off highway 80 I gave her my palm and my hard earned cash she relayed a message about letting go of my past I got to stop back back to 5.6 I got to call back my family and friends I got to stop back back to 5.6 turn the dial and refocus my lens man I was scared back then during the recession on the wrong side of the mason Dixon I thought I was squared away oh hell no yeah I’m waking up from my American dream the air was sweet and stale at the same time as I combed through this southern town with all 4 windows rolled down sweat soaked t shirt sticking to my spine “yank boys like you just ain’t the right type” man I was scared back then during the recession on the wrong side of the mason dixon I thought I was squared away oh hell no yeah I’m waking up from someone else’s dream
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Lightning Bolt
03:54
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Oh I feel my heartbeat in my head I ran down the store to get me some pain meds been hangin’ around this town since I was a kid finally digging up some inspiration oh I know I can already tell how this one is going to go tomorrow I’ll crawl back to work and try not to be such a jerk so anyway I make it to the store and I forget what I came all the way down here for I grab some bells beer and better made chips I spend the afternoon trying to write a hit got a couple good ideas none of them seem to make it down to my pen I guess that’s the fun in this I’m trying to capture a bolt of lightning maybe I’m just chasing my tail you can’t appreciate a win if you don’t know how it feels to fail well maybe I’m getting good at that got a song stuck in my head something about being lost in the supermarket it’s been banging around in there all day I left the front door wide open tried to let just a little bit of light in watched the frost take over the glass turn signal clicks are my metronome as I sing along to an unwritten song and it goes like this got a couple good ideas none of them seem to make it down to my pen I guess that’s the fun in this I’m trying to capture a bolt of lightning maybe I’m just chasing my tail you can’t appreciate a win if you don’t know how it feels to fail well baby I’m getting good at that
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I never thought I would get caught parading around town as something I’m not well the guy in front of me in line said to go ahead oh boy here we go again I want to disappear hey hey I wanna disappear he said “I couldn’t do what you do” hey man I hate to break it to you, you just don’t and that’s fine you can keep your place in line me I wanna disappear it’s a very specific feeling and it don’t make a lot of sense I’d like to explain it but I’m afraid you won’t understand you just wont and that’s fine you can keep your piece of mind it’s a very specific feeling like your lost in a burning building and you can’t find your way out search and rescue my heart I can’t stand to be lost anymore me I wanna disappear
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Change
01:20
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I apologize cause I don’t know if I should stay or if I should go I’m clashing between my head and my heart I wish I could have felt it from the start change I said I’m lookin’ for a change is anybody out there listening
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Southern Rain
04:40
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East Nashville October night got a memory on my mind we had only been there once I seen the Ryman on tv a dozen times we had to find a way to get lost by turnin’ down new streets we played dress up for the weekend we danced on aching feet then we tucked those snapshots away and buried ‘em in our memories we ran through the southern rain trying to find the pharmacy I found a hangover and you made the coffee in the rented room in that old wooden house in East Nashville, Tennessee 2017 was gonna be our year until things went south this was long before the world started to cave in on itself and something happened we weren’t expecting oh no then we tucked those snapshots away buried them in the great lake state we ran through the southern rain trying to find the pharmacy I found a hangover and you made the coffee in the rented room in that old wooden house in East Nashville, Tennessee sometime around then I was called to help someone in need she was 26 and could barely breathe bottles of booze flanked her mattress on the floor said her husband was KIA servin’ on his 4th tour is there anything I can do anyone I can call for you I miss my momma she’s back in East Nashville, Tennessee I got a secret I’m protecting she’s back in East Nashville, Tennessee she oughta know I’m expecting
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Blue Water Bridge
03:00
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I’ll never forget that time when we crossed the Blue Water Bridge we had to find our way out of Detroit and it felt like we went across the world oh I don’t know where to start but I know I owe you this one for holding things together when I’m doing my best to make them fall apart as I dive deeper in my head you’re waiting in the shallow end you’re always making sure I regret when I say something stupid here is the thing actually it’s a million I’m sorrys I could never be as strong as you I’ll never forget that time when we crossed the Blue Water Bridge we had to get the hell out of Detroit and it felt like we went across the world I still got these butterflies in a constant swirl we were young and in love I could feel what was in store life keeps it comin’ and I ain’t so worried anymore I’ll never forget that time I’ll never forget that night let the water carry us away I still got these butterflies in a constant swirl
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East Jordan Ironworks
03:09
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We were in midtown back before they had deemed it safe you know in the cass corridor our folks called it a dangerous place I can picture his face right now smiling through crooked teeth he had his flashlight in our eyes on that dimly lit side street most of my heart is beating to the sound of nostalgic nights in an empty downtown under flickering lights we watched this city breathe in and out sitting on a curb I looked down and read East Jordan Iron Works god knows what we were up to but we’d done it a million times someone else better drive we’ll follow Woodward up to the city lines before I can let it go I’ll have a laugh thinking about my friends man we were so in it back then memorizing maps and where the sidewalks crack overthinking again most of my heart is beating to the sound of nostalgic nights in an empty downtown under flickering lights we watched this city breathe in and out sitting on a curb I looked down and read East Jordan Iron Works checked the rear view he shut off the red and blues the scene went dark on Alexandrine Avenue mighta went different silver spoon suburban luck if I were born again I wonder where I might end up
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Heartbeat
02:15
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For Heaven's Sake
03:23
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Is this how it feels to be American waking up every day wishing your dream would end tunnels getting longer and I don’t see any light perhaps it wasn’t even there in hindsight and I would like to know a little more about my role on this one way ride to where we’re all supposed to go oh for heaven's sake I’m a bit conflicted on a few things its not normal to have to explain that your only one half or a quarter or an eighth of something when its your whole heart that pushes your soul through your veins and just to clear this up no one I knows cashing a check for merely breathing that’s not how it works so don’t ask I’d like to know a little more about my role on this one way ride to where we’re all supposed to go oh for heaven’s sake I’m a bit conflicted on a few things mainly my blood and what it means to this country mainly my blood and what it means to this country mainly my blood and why its on the hands of the founders of this country
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The City Lines Ann Arbor, Michigan
The City Lines is a Midwestern Power Pop band born out of songwriter Pat Deneau’s healthy need to process some of life’s heaviest experiences. Imagine Bruce Springsteen was backed by Jimmy Eat World and you’ll land pretty close to the heart of their sound. ... more
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