1. |
The Good Stuff
03:27
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Take a small part and put the rest away
You know, love taught us both too hard
to ration for the rain
But don't you dare take another sip
When you know it's the last of it
It's too good not to grab, to hold and not have
Well, baby I want it too
But I swear I won't let us use it up
I'm saving the good stuff
Take a small part, cap it off
and put the rest away
Well, love taught us both too hard
we better ration for the rain
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2. |
Unsinkable
02:47
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Sittin' with a Polaroid
Now, where'd that sweater go?
She used to wear it every day
Not so long ago
And while I can't be expected to remember everything,
Some things stay
She coulda been an astronaut
She coulda been a firefighter
She coulda been all an
Unsinkable heart desires
And when she tells you Sunday stories
All the whitecoats
Tell you what not to say
But if I know you
You'd say it anyway
They found her in the old treehouse
The sign said no girls allowed
But you can't keep her out
No, no, no, no
"You are your mother's child, and
I was a lot like you"
Sittin' with a Polaroid
Now, where'd that sweater go?
She used to wear it every day, you know
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3. |
I Only Care How You Cry
03:11
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Come in closer to me, sugar
Or some other pretty pet name
You know it's all the same to me
I got something I should tell you
But you're not gonna like it
I could leave today
What can I say to see you sad?
And if you think you're a forgiver
It's time to deliver
And when you say you feel half-mad
Well, it's only the beginning
I want to see how you feel
I want to see how you feel
I don't care for romance
I don't care for your dry eyes
I don't care for romance
I only care how you cry
Boo hoo hoo
Now that's the look that I've been lookin' for
When you said that you'd do anything
This is kinda what I mean
And you used to be a tough guy
But now you're just my type
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4. |
Patchwork
01:08
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5. |
Hand Made
03:09
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Hello, my princely patchwork puppet
and effigy of love
all made of magic, wicked kisses
and other voodoo stuff
I found the finest English Satin
I stitched up all of your clothes
Got me the reddest, softest cedar
I whittled all of your toes
Yeah, I made you with my two hands
My little doll of a man
So here you sit, a product of genius
and of a mastermind's wares
You sing and dance
and look to my wishes
down to your Stockholmy stare
I fashioned you a heart of onyx
I painted on your smile
so every black beat keeps me happy
even if just for awhile
It's useless to fight it
what sweeter life than this?
You know your every stitch
pulls right to my every wish
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6. |
The Name I Ever Carry
03:42
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I'd thought of greener grasses
When I'd stared from yonder side
In age old fashion
With that waning moon arise
With that waning moon arise
A torch in my left hand
That came from a heart
I thought I'd long since buried
The farmer's daughter's lover
Shall be the name I ever carry
Some wounds we die from
And some, we just e'er bleed
And I'd be run through ten times over
To ease my heart asleep
To ease my heart asleep
And I'll take the the tulip of your cheek
And the baby's breath on your crown
To keep in my memory on November nights
When he's run me right outa town
When he's run me right outa town
I ran from the rifle, the thunderin midnight
And blessed you across Chiron's Ferry
The farmer's daughter's lover
Shall be the name I ever carry
Hope Hope Hope
For two score o'night I prayed to the same lord
Who never would favor we two
But no damnation fell on me so hard and bitter
As the lonesome and cold prairie dew
As the lonesome and cold prairie dew
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7. |
Keeping Me On
03:45
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I didn't know you any way but biblically
I didn't owe you anything but sixty
Dollars you lent me
To get my car outta hock
And you had such a way of keepin' me on
Keepin' me on
You had such a way of keepin' me on
My way
You let me talk, but you said much
Of nothing
You let me linger, til' all I could stand
Was to leave
Bad enough alone
And get me gone
And you had such a way of keepin' me on
Keepin' me on
You had such a way of keepin' me on
My way
You left my light on, using all my energy
You let my candle flame til we ran out of
Heated
words to keep the wick
a-burning strong
And you had such a way of keepin' me on
Keepin' me on
You had such a way of keepin' me on
My way
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8. |
Bernalillo County
03:40
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Meet me in Bernalillo County
Rendezvous where you first found me
Let's go getting superstitious
tear the bone and make our wishes
And if you die tonight with me
we'll be in good company
If you die tonight with me
We'll be in good company
Meet me at the hacienda
we'll find our spirits' lost agenda
Head out to the cemetery
we'll raise the dead we'll
taunt the wary
Meet me out in Albuquerque
these old ghosts will
never hurt ye
Find me in the church at night, and
kiss each other's last goodbyes
Meet me in Bernalillo County
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You're a silver bullet
Headed straight for my chest
I went wild on a full moon
And you know the rest
Yeah, you know the rest
You caught me with
my humanity down
pickin bones from my claws
I can't help when they grow
They got a mind of their own
But you got pretty teeth for a sheep
Smile, baby
You're starin through
to the killer inside
It surely takes one to know one
You must be in disguise
My, my, what big eyes
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10. |
Black Thumb
04:44
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I planted a cherry tree
just to chop it down
But I can't seem to get
these roots
to take to fertile ground
And I'm
still waiting on the vine to grow
still waiting on the fruit to show
still waiting for the bloom to open up
I got the blackest thumb around
still waiting on the vine to grow
still waiting on the fruit to show
you know nothing grows in my garden
I got the blackest thumb around
I planted a berry patch
to set that sweet to burn
but I keep all this life far
too afraid to bud
Nothing grows
no, nothing grows
said I got the blackest thumb around
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11. |
Clean House
03:38
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I don't mind your empty cupboard space
I think it adds a little room to the place
But you can take her picture from your
bedside tray
I don't mind a little dust and grime
I think it adds a little to your charm
But her makeup on your counter
does you harm
Clean house
I'll help you clean your house
clean house
I'll help you clean your house
I don't mind her hanging in your heart
we tidied up and that's the hardest part
These empty spaces
let your healing start
Baby, don't clean for me
just give yourself room to breathe
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12. |
Curbside
03:05
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Pepper spray and absinthe
You can guess where she has been
Chasing drama down the block
The pastime of a loaded gun
He brings his heart in a bouquet
He can give her finer things
But she nips the bud
And keeps the thorns
That silver spoon has got an aftertaste
And she only dreams when she sleeps on concrete
And she only feels when the feeling's rocky
Curbside's where you'll find her
She's looking for a hard life
She wants it all to mean something
But she's hardly trying
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13. |
Younger's Bend
04:04
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Buried my hatchet
Deep on this farm
Now I pray to weak
This willow's arm
Crack of a rifle
Spooks my steed
And he tugs me easterly
But I swore
Just as soon as I get me down
This morn
Sunset will find
all my foul-weather friends
Twistin' on Younger's Bend
Judge and jury
Branded me outlaw
But I'll hold the gavel
Come up dawn
Weren't my weakness
Weren't my fault
I buried her beneath
A hill of salt
But I swore
By all these crows
Pickin' my heart
That moon will see me at my bitter end
Twistin on Younger's Bend
But she was surely worth the price
And they surely know
This rope
Won't keep me hangin' high
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