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I’ve been wrong
If I were to leave you I would do it in the morning
Before the sun was up and the fog was still unrolling
And before you awoke I’d be gone
But baby that’d be wrong
If I talked bad on you I’d do it to your face
I’d choose my words carefully to break your heart in several places
You would weep you would cry you would moan
And baby that’d be wrong
Chorus:
A good man is hard to find but I’m right here
Give me your silence I’ll lend you my ear
There’s something inside me I’m trying to kill
Baby I’m trying
Not hard enough
Like Darcy Clay I never shook no babies
But Jesus I’ve been unkind in many different ways
I’ve been weak I’ve been cruel I’ve been dumb
And baby I’ve been wrong
If I was a better man I’d tame the beast inside me
I’d get down on my knees and pray for God to exorcise me
He could clear out the dark corners of my soul
Cuz baby I’ve been wrong
Chorus:
A good man is hard to find but I’m right here
Give me your silence I’ll lend you my ear
There’s something inside me I’m trying to heal
Baby I’m trying
Not hard enough
I’ve been wrong
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The Leading Man
05:02
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By the time those curtains raise I’ll be waiting in the wings
I’ve only got one line to say I’m gonna give it everything
But I’m not the man people came to see
That man is standing centre stage, he’s been drinking since three
Chorus:
Oh the leading man
Is so drunk that he can’t stand
He’s being held up by a stagehand
Whispering the lines in his ear
Oh that man’s a star
And by god he’s risen far
But ain’t it time he burnt out
And gave someone else a chance
The audience is starry eyed but they are laughing in the wrong places
Leading man is fucking all the lines and you can tell by the way his face is
Something must be done to turn around this trainwreck
People came to see blood on the stage and they will see it by the third act
Chorus:
Bridge:
They hand me a prop knife with a blade all covered in duct tape
I take off the tape with the knife in my hand I step on the stage
And I say my one line, I say, ‘I’m going to kill you’
And I thrust the knife into the chest into the beating heart
Pre-Chorus:
Of the leading man
He’s collapsed in the spotlight
He’s bleeding out stage right
And there is nothing in his eyes
The audience applauds
They’ve never seen a show like this before
As I take my bow over the leading man
The curtains fall
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Out Stealing Horses
04:01
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Out stealing horses with my baby tonight
Cutting through fencelines moving silent in the moonlight
Somebody tried to stop us but my baby cut him down
And I lead those stolen horses over blood upon the ground
Out stealing horses with my baby tonight
There’s a posse on our trail riding hard up behind
We’re making for the hills but on the horizon there’s a light
If we can get there before sunup we’ll be alright
Out stealing horses with my baby tonight
He is bleeding in his saddle slumped over to the right
The crack of rifle shot comes down on us from high
And my baby screams he loves me and I know he’ll never die
So listen to me people be careful who you love
Some men are built to last some to burn bright and just the once
Lovers left behind live every moment in pain
Yeah my baby was a horse thief and I miss him everyday
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Silence in the Sky
03:40
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Shivering and shaking surrounded by men all drying out
We’re talking about the bad things that we’ve done and the bad things been done to us
And all I want is a drink, just the one to settle down
The doctor says have one you will die
For one hour a week I get to sit outside and see my family
My daughter brings me pictures that my wife has put into a fancy frame
But I don’t get to keep them, because the edges are too sharp
The doctor keeps them locked up in a safe
Silence in the Sky, Silence in the Sky
Ten years have passed and every day’s a day I haven’t had a drink
But my daughter’s of the age when she’s coming home with liquor on her breath
I see it in her eyes, I see the demon taking hold.
I pray to god that he might let her go
Silence in the Sky, Silence in the Sky
Driving to pick up my daughter from the rehab centre
Mandated by the court after she crashed and killed a kid driving home
And I ask the god above, how could he do this to a child?
Silence in the sky was his reply
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Lone Rider
03:27
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Fifteen years I’ve ridden on my own along the trails
I’ve seen mountains high and rivers low and hills that blow like sails
You’d think that after all these years there’d be little that I don’t know
But I’m still surprised to find corners of my heart can still be broke
You’re gone but I carry on
A lone rider in the rain
There’s not a lot about myself that my mouth allows me to speak
But you saw into my inner life with a glance that made me weak
We were born into a world that said its wrong to love a man
Well I’d burn in hell for a thousand years just to hold your calloused hand
You’re gone but I carry on
A lone rider in the rain
Under anyone else’s eyes we would act like we were just friends
You told me one way or another the pretending would have to end
You died alone in a motel room full of whisky and pills
You left a note it said you’d see me again at the end of the trail
You’re gone but I carry on
A lone rider in the rain
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Standing at the altar wearing a white dress waiting for my man to come
It’s been over an hour everybody’s getting restless my daddy’s looking at his watch
He doesn’t really like you neither does my mother they say you’re a fool and a bum
But you are the man I wanted to marry, now you’re nowhere to be found
I’m still waiting for my man to come
When I was a young girl you told me you’d show me any place I wanted to go
Now I’m serving coffee to truck drivers taking a break from the road
I’ve got a new husband he is a kind man I’ve never heard him raise his voice
But every so often I look to my front door and wonder if you’ll walk on through
I’m still waiting for my man to come
Love in a story it’s always happy endings even if its bad at the start
Life is bad at the start, bad at the end with a lot of boring in between
I’m growing old now living in a rest home thinking about what could have been
But my heart still goes aflutter when I think I see you selling soap on the TV
I’m still waiting for my man to come
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Faultline
04:42
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Baby I’m a family man
I haven’t missed a day of work for thirty-five years
But if you look at me with those eyes again well I won’t go
You see right through
My lies and facades
You crack right down to the core of my life like a faultline
And I pay you for your time
And of course I come at the end
But what is spilling your seed on a motel room floor to true love
I’d slit my own throat
I’d murder my wife
I’d rob a fucking bank and I’d give it all to you if you asked nice
Chorus:
Baby for one hour a week
I’m someone that doesn’t have to speak
You light up corners of my soul
That I’d forgotten or I’d never known
I’m a big man around town they all know my name,
Handshakes and smiles as I glide through the day
But like a nightman in the daylight I got filth on the brain and it’s constant
I talk to my children say hello to my wife
They ask about my day but know nothing of my life
Because I’m only alive for an hour at a time then the time’s up
Chorus
I take off my clothes and I lay on the floor
I’m in the repose when she walks through the door
She puts a gag in my mouth and a belt around my throat and I’m helpless
When she bloodies my lips I can speak of romance
When there’s piss on my chest my heart beats so fast
And when she pulls on that belt and my eyes roll back then I know love
Chorus
Baby I’m a family man
I haven’t missed a day of work for thirty-five years
But if you look at me with those eyes again well I won’t go
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Get on the ground you mother fuckers
I’m only gonna to say this the once
Put your hands on your head and don’t make a sound
Or I’m gonna blow your brains out
You over there holding your children
Quit your crying it’s driving me nuts
You're more alive now than you’ve ever been
And all of us are in this as one
So everybody please just do what I say
I came for your money not your lives
Take this bag and fill it with cash
And I won’t have to get blood on my shoes
Which one of you fucks tripped the alarm
You fucked us, you fucked us, we’re dead
In two minute this place’ll be swarming with cops
And if I’m going down you’re coming down too
So everybody please just do what I say
I came for your money not your lives
But if today’s the day I’m shot down in the street
At least I’ll be surrounded by friends
On my signal we’ll storm out the door
Charge to the barricades knock the cops to the floor
I’ll fire my pistol and you take the cars
And together we’ll make my escape
Halfway across the road I saw I was alone
They’d betrayed me after all we’d been through
I walked into this place with a dream in my heart
A dream of a house by the sea
With tears in my eyes I raised my pistol
Surprised my last stand felt this sad
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Prizefighter
03:09
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My baby’s a prizefighter
He’s never met a man he couldn’t knock to the ground
The men around him screaming
Calling out his name yelling kill him hurt him you can take him down
Chorus:
But they don’t see the moment
When my baby’s home
Naked in the bathroom and weeping in my arms
He’ll be in bed for weeks
His eyes swollen shut his mouth so twisted he can’t speak
But back out in the real world
Everybody shakes his hand he’s the man the people want to meet
Chorus:
He doesn’t see the moment
When I’m home alone
Wishing I didn’t know what love was
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I'm With You
05:09
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In the morning we will be okay
The light will touch your sleeping face and wash away the pain of yesterday
We can get up have a cup of tea and together we can face another day
And in the evening I’ll be so excited to get up and do it over again
With you
When I was younger I thought love was having a hellhound snapping at your heels
Now I realise love is a lazy dog curled up sleeping at your feet
Chorus:
I will love you even when I’m not breathing
I dream about you even when I’m not sleeping
I’m with you
We’ve spent so much life in each other’s arms For that I’m thankful every day
I’m going to keep holding your hand as your hair turns from black to grey.
Chorus:
I will love you even when I’m not breathing
I dream about you even when I’m not sleeping
I miss you even when you’re beside me
When I feel lost I know you will guide me home
Home to you
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