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Oh Darlin'

Oh darlin'

Why do you leave why do I stay

Oh Darlin we’ll never be again this way

 

We are long days and short lives

Hellos and goodbyes

Here and Gone 

I’ve been restless to get away 

Then broken when it came  

Time to move on 

 

I know everything’s gonna change 

Guess I forgot it 

Out here holding on 

Still being taught it 

 

Oh darlin'

Why do you leave why do I stay

Oh darlin' we’ll never be again this way

 

Yeah the stone and stream share the light 

Endless and finite 

Forever’s so long 

And those branches know to give in 

To the soft request from the wind 

For leaves to fall 

 

I know everything’s gonna change 

I understand it 

But I can’t get past all those ways 

I took you for granted 

 

Oh darlin'

Why do you leave why do I stay

Oh darlin' we’ll never be again this way

 

Oh Darlin

Why do I leave why do you stay

Oh Darlin I’ll never be again that way

 

Oh darlin'

Oh darlin'

Oh darlin'

Oh darlin'

 

Greener

You were always saying shit like

How we're the lucky ones

But kept an eye on the other side of the fence

Made the promises that it would last

But then better grass came 

Now I’m the weeds

And you’re the leaves

When the winter winds blows

 

I don’t need to know if you miss me

I don’t need to know where you are

I don’t need to know who you’re lovin’

I know when the scenery shifts

You won’t find greener than this 

 

I guess your meaning of the word forever 

Is a different one

You mean for worse or ’til something better 

Comes along

I see you out there moving pretty fast 

On to other pastures

You wanna play

Roll in hay 

But when you’re done I’ll be gone

 

I don’t need to know if you miss me

I don’t need to know where you are

I don’t need to know who you’re lovin’

I know when the scenery shifts

You won’t find greener than this 

 

And I know when the party’s over and you’re alone again

That you’ll see all the things you you lost

When you lost me

 

I don’t need to know if you miss me

I don’t need to know where you are

I don’t need to know who you’re lovin’

I know when the scenery shifts

You won’t find greener than this 

 

Waterfall

Love is like a river

Some go on forever

Til it reaches to the ocean wide

It looks like our's is ending

Rapidly descending 

Knowing at the bottom we’ll divide

 

Sometimes the right thing can be so hard 

Oh I wish we could skip this part

 

Someday these tears will be water under the bridge

One day these years won’t feel like all that there is

One day it won’t hurt at all

One day we’ll be better off

But right now I’ll let the water fall, waterfall

 

The moon can make the tides change

And the sun can start and stops days

But you and I are just along for the ride

For a long time we were rollin

Thought that we were in control and

Just like that our world capsized

 

Someday these tears will be water under the bridge

One day these years won’t feel like all that there is

One day it won’t hurt at all

One day we’ll be better off

But right now i’ll let the water fall, waterfall

 

Oh the right thing can feel so wrong

You know what breaks us is what makes us strong

 

Someday these tears will be water under the bridge

One day these years won’t feel like all that there is

One day it won’t hurt at all

One day we’ll be better off

But right now i’ll let the water fall, waterfall

 

Backslide

You wanna call me cause your lonely

And I know how to make it better

Like I have a thousand other times 

But I know where it's going 

We can’t stay in between forever

Somebody’s gonna have to draw some lines

You don’t want me, no

But you don’t wanna let me go

 

I don’t wanna backslide

Don’t know how to act like

I can forget it all

And just be friends with you

I don’t wanna backslide

Always wanting one more last night

But somethings you don’t get to keep and lose

And I don’t wanna… backslide with you

 

I wanna call you cause I’m lonley

But I know it won’t make it better

Cause those old habits never help

If I told you I don’t miss you

Or could go halfway with you 

I’d either be lying to you or lying to myself 

Cause you don’t wanna love me, no

But you don’t wanna let me go

 

I don’t wanna backslide

Don’t know how to act like

I can forget it all

And just be friends with you

I don’t wanna backslide

Always wanting one more last night

But somethings you don’t get to keep and lose

And I don’t wanna… backslide with you

 

You wanna call me cause your lonely

I wanna call you cause I’m lonely

 

I don’t wanna backslide

Don’t know how to act like

I can forget it all

And just be friends with you

I don’t wanna backslide

Always wanting one more last night

But somethings you don’t get to keep and lose

And I don’t wanna… backslide with you

 

Without Your Stars

'Aint nobody tryna talk you back here

Cause there’s a right way to change your mind

Eight months of cold is long enough, dear 

The seasons even make their turns in less time 

 

Can  the summer start 

Even without June 

Can the tides still rise

If there ain't no moon

Can I navigate out of this dark  

Without your stars 

Without your stars 

 

You took a ride out there for the weekend 

Found a Friday night that kept going on and on

Only return here when I’m leaving 

Now I can't tell 

If you want me or just don't want me gone 

 

Would the summer start 

Even without June 

Would the tides lay still 

If there was no moon

Would you navigate back by my stars 

Without the dark 

Without the dark 

 

All Good

Feels like the page is turning 

You’re spinning out, twisted up inside

Every breath in a chest that’s burning

Cuts deep and makes room for new light

You know that sun he's always shining 

Even on the other side of night ... that’s right

 

It’s going just as it should 

Hurt and happiness

Baby it’s all good 

 

You sink deeper where you’re standing

Suddenly the earth drops out of sight

If you only worry 'bout where you’re landing

You won't stop to notice you’re in flight

You know that moon she’s always full

Even when she's just a sliver in the sky 

 

It’s going just as it should 

Hurt and happiness

Baby it’s all good 

 

You can’t have one without having the other side 

Got them canyons low so you know when the mountains rise

They look the same, joy and pain

When using grateful eyes- as we should

Cause baby it’s all good

 

You know that sun he's always shining 

Even on the other side of night ... that’s right

 

It’s going just as it should 

Hurt and happiness

Baby it’s all good 

 

Grateful

Ever notice how the sun just keeps on rising 

Every morning it still breaks in

Knowing every night’ll take it away 

Ain’t it funny how we all just keep on lyin 

Pretend there’s anything other 

Than this moment with each other 

And I can’t say 

Why someone would second guess or hesitate

Being here now

 

But if it’s 10 years or two

Or a lifetime with you 

I’ll just be grateful for what I got

When only minutes remain on the rest of our days

I’ll just be grateful for what I got 

 

Every book ever bound has had an ending

But you don’t get an ever-after  

Just by not reading the last chapter

And, ain’t it crazy how the world just keeps on turning

No matter what god you believe in

You’re gonna get all of the seasons

And I can’t say

Why someone would waste a moment of a day

With you now

 

But if it’s 10 years or two

Or a lifetime with you 

I’ll just be grateful for what I got

When only minutes remain on the rest of our days

I’ll just be grateful for what I got 

 

Ain’t no way to ever know 

How we’re gonna go 

But if someday we say that long goodbye 

The proof is in the pain 

Of all the love we gave 

Before that last grateful good night 

 

But if it’s 10 years or two

Or a lifetime with you 

I’ll just be grateful for what I got

When only minutes remain on the rest of our days

I’ll just be grateful for what I got 

 

Back to the Blue

You and I were just a whisper

Summoned by the closest star

We were everything and nothing

Together and apart

Rising on the wind like laughter

From a body traced by sand 

An echo in a seashell

And a sailor's best friend 

 

Then we go 

On our own into danger 

In the rain

We pretend to be strangers

 

Someday we’ll both forget 'bout you and me

When we return to the sea

A strange descent remembering what we knew

On our way back to the blue

 

Remember we were just a ripple

Reaching towards the harbor's edge

Never asking where this wave stops and the ocean begins 

Gathered up one misty morning 

Lifted to the clouds that call 

Time just billows by  

And then - we fall 

 

Then we go 

On our own into danger 

In the rain 

We pretend to be strangers

 

Someday we’ll both forget bout you and me

When we return to the sea

A strange descent remembering what we knew

On our way back to the blue

 

You’re the minutes and the hour 

You're the pedals and the flower 

The small wave and the big sea

The little steps that make the mile

And the high that lifts the smile

And if you feel this come and smile with me

Round and round again and around and round again

And right back to the ocean like the sun comes down

Round and round again and around and round again

And round and round we go

 

When we return to the sea

On our way back to the blue

 

Up On That Hill

I've been thinking 

You keep drinking 

To forget what was done 

Red, white and blue eyes get misty

As you romance history 

Cradle your bible and your gun 

Go ahead and take your applause 

For sellin ‘em on your Lost Cause

 

If history is all that you’ve got

To make up for all that you’re not 

You’ll paint over the blood and build  

Another monument up on that hill 

You keep that monument up on that hill 

 

I keep asking 

About your past and 

You don’t wanna let in light 

It seems like if it matters 

Your image would shatter

So you keep the mirrors out of sight 

Why go back for an honest look

When you can just keep writing all the books 

 

If history is all that you’ve got

To make up for all that you’re not 

You’ll paint over the blood and build  

Another monument up on that hill 

When yesterday is your only brag 

You’ll raise up an old ugly flag 

A symbol of how fragile you feel 

You keep that monument up on that hill 

You keep that monument up on that hill 

 

Little men tell tales so tall 

The go hide behind their statues and walls 

 

If history is all that you’ve got

To make up for all that you’re not 

You’ll paint over the blood and build  

Another monument up on that hill 

When yesterday is your only brag 

You’ll raise up an old ugly flag 

A symbol of how fragile you feel 

You keep that monument up on that hill 

You keep that monument up on that hill 

 

So Long, TN

Never tired of watching  

You move through my window 

But it never quite felt like I was home 

Coulda done with less winter 

But I fall for you in spring

And summer nights cicadas would sing

 

There have been long days 

Of all gray with you 

I know that I’ve gained some 

But how much more can I lose 

 

Gonna find my way 

Back to the sea 

I've been too long, Tennessee

I got some things back home 

Waiting on me 

I've been too long, Tennessee 

So, so long, Tennessee 

 

Been five years this September

I came to you, a full house and home 

But the 40 going west I'll do alone

Still feelin' like we're strangers 

Is the only thing unchanged

'Cause the Harpeth turns and takes the rest away 

 

There have been songs played 

As I’ve laid with you 

And of my many regrets

None are miles on these shoes

 

Gonna find my way 

Back to the sea 

I've been too long, Tennessee

I got some things back home 

Waiting on me 

I've been too long, Tennessee 

So, so long Tennessee 

 

There have been long gray skies between the blue

But of my many regrets

None of them led me to you

 

Gonna find my way 

Back to the sea 

I've been too long, Tennessee

I got some things back home 

Waiting on me 

I've been too long, Tennessee 

So, so long Tennessee 

 

Still Can’t Get Used to the End

I’ve been around this sun before 

Watched many a young man graying 

Left my home, all at once an empty corpse 

Wish mothers would all just stop aging

With comfort killed I crossed the sea

All before I was 23

But of all the places I’ve seen and I’ve been

I still can’t get used to the end

 

The colors yield to Winter’s force 

The birds are all rearranging

A young admirer of Nature’s course 

I've even seen stone changing 

To Paris from pacific shores 

To Cali kings from futon floors 

But of all the places I’ve seen and I’ve been

I still can’t get used to the end

 

When I met her on a coast not far 

I swear the church bells were ringing 

I held her close as my guitar 

Her melodies on my lips kept singing 

10 years got away from me 

Loving her since she was 23

But of all the places I’ve seen and I’ve been

I still can’t get used to the end

 

I’ve been around this sun before 

Watch many of my own graying 

Lost my home, all at once, she said she was bored

And just like stone we ain’t never changing

I’ve learned that lovers come to show 

How to love and how to let go 

But of all the places I’ve seen and I’ve been

I still can’t get used to the end

 

I’ve learned that lovers come to show 

How to love and how to let go 

But of all the places I’ve seen and I’ve been

I still can’t get used to the end

 

And of all these faces gone, foes and old friends

I still can’t get used to the end

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