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Speak Today
03:31
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When I was young
I had a lot to say
I had a lot of dreams
But all that now has changed
It’s different in many ways
It’s complicated to explain
So I’ll be quiet and let you speak today
Speak today
Speak today
When I was young
I wanted to be heard
I wanted to be seen
But I realize that I have changed
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2. |
Down
03:55
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Breaking bottles on the sidewalk
Throwing pinecones in the fire.
I hear the crackling of a tree falling
A distant chorus from a choir
I feel the planes go over my head
I catch the thunder in my hands
Ignite the cannon, drop a bombshell
And give this boy a fighting chance
Down, Down, it only goes so far
Down, Down, it only goes so far
Looking more and more like my mother
Growing further from the vine
Fortune teller what’s my future?
They clutch their pearls as I throw mine
I seen Jesus in Kensington
Getting high in a stolen tent
While Washed up preachers in the pulpit
Carry on and on about the rent
Down, Down, it only goes so far
Down, Down, it only goes so far
I taste the lotus just to forget
All These memories I keep
I’ve been a wanderer for ages
I’ve been outlaw in my dreams
Singing,
Down, Down, it only goes so far
Down, Down, it only goes so far
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3. |
Sly Man
03:42
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Tall pines, middle of the winter
I feel the cold, the cold December
Shadows looking like long thin lines
Sun down in a small town
I gotta go if I want to make it out now
Night killer coming for my life
But the call me the sly
They call me the sly man
They call me the sly man
They call me the sly man
Gotta Beat ‘em to the draw now
When I have the chance
I gotta away
Jumpin in the deep end
I gotta say I never thought I’d see him
Old lies stuck in the same ol' trap
With this Night Killer runnin on the loose
I look ahead but and now I gotta choose
Live or die pulling back on the bow
But the call me the sly
They call me the sly man
They call me the sly man
They call me the sly man
Gotta Beat ‘em to the draw now
When I have the chance
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4. |
Breathe Out
03:12
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I look up
I see the moon
resting in the dark sapphire blues of a night sky
where I can't find my way
This shadow that I hide under
My heart it beats like thunder
While I can only hesitate
and so...I breathe in
and I breathe out
yeah, I breathe out
I reach up and I pull back
fighting to keep what's holding me back
now I can feel the sadness creeping in
But I hear the song she sings
calling me out and beckoning me
to let go and take her guiding light
and so...I breathe in
and I breathe out
yeah, I breathe out
and I breathe out
yeah, I breathe out
and so...I breathe in
and I breathe out
yeah, I breathe out
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5. |
There is a Graveyard
03:11
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I am a butterfly
A blue bird of paradise
I come with a whole new set of wings
Way up high with the blackbirds I sing
I am the crashing wave
A distant galaxy in space
Far beneath the surface of this sea
Shining for the ones who might find me
There is a graveyard where I can go
Full of memories buried deep below
I am amazed how time can show
That even death can help us grow
I am the offering
The kingdom come and the growing seed
I am the shepherd and the sheep
I am the only one who can find me
There is a graveyard where I can go
Full of memories buried deep below
I am amazed how time can show
That even death can help us grow
I am amazed how time can show
That even death can help us grow
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6. |
Summer Glow
04:03
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Chalk dust on the driveway
Covered in purple, blues, and greens
Frozen strawberry ice cubes
Dripping in watermelon juice
Cannon balls in the deep end
Bees flying over our heads
Rainbows form from the water mist
And the sun shines bright again
This summer glow
I’m fine I’m alright
This summer glow
I’m fine I’m alright
Only time will show
I’m fine I’m alright
This summer glow
Finally this marigold can grow
Long drives to the ocean
Covered in sand from head to toe
Deep dives in the water
Picking up shells that we can throw
Sunlight burning our skin
Running into crashing waves
Cover up in a beach towel
As the sun shines bright again
This summer glow
I’m fine I’m alright
This summer glow
I’m fine I’m alright
Only time will show
I’m fine I’m alright
This summer glow
Finally this marigold can grow
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7. |
It's Ok (Sorry)
03:12
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I’m the only one who knows the feeling of walking in my own skin
I pull the shades all the way down so the light can never make it in
All this potential with nothing to give, I drank all that was in my cup
I've given everything I have away, so now I'm just making it up
(Sorry)
It’s ok, not everyone will understand
It’s ok, I can only be who I am
It’s ok, if other’s want to walk on by
It’s in the end you know I’ll be just fine
I'll be just fine
I’m the only one who knows the reason to why I think the way I do
I carried more than I could take now I leave it on the side for you
All this for nothing and now all I got is problem with authority
I loosened up this knot in my net and now I’m only left with a string
(Sorry)
It’s ok, not everyone will understand
It’s ok, I can only be who I am
It’s ok, if other’s want to walk on by
It’s in the end you know I’ll be just fine
I'll be just fine
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8. |
I Won't Forget It
02:55
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Hey Billy,
When are we headed to the city?
Can we make a quick stop at the Lalas Little Nugget for a whisky?
I want a tall one when we get into the Scoot In
Kevin Morby never sounded so damn good as he did then
Velvet highway in the sky
Blaring out at midnight
I want to feel it
I want to feel it
All this for a memory of trynna get this song right
Now I won’t forget it
Let's take it outside
Staring at a campfire
With a guitar and a banjo on the back porch singing to moonlight
Bluegrass bands at the Continental Club
I think I hit it too hard
Now I feel it
Now I feel it
Walking back from War on drugs
Never knew it'd be so far
But I won’t, I won't, I won't, I won't forget it
No I won’t, I won't, I won't, I won't forget it
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9. |
Rain in the Garden
03:30
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All these yellow rose plants
Sitting for too long
On the shelf beside our back door
With this soil in my hands
I find a place to let it stand
Buried deep in the garden
I give it water everyday
But I fear I've made a grave
Rain in the garden for me
Rain in the Garden please
In the garden
There was a plan I had in mind
But I’m always wasting time
Thinking about tomorrow
I know the days are never kind
I want look outside to find
Yellow pedals blooming
I need a lot of sun to shine
Give me back my life
Rain in the garden for me
Rain in the Garden please
Rain in the garden for me
Rain in the garden please
In the garden
Come rain down
Come rain down
In the garden
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10. |
Burnet Rose
02:12
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Beauty like a burnet rose
The soft morning rain falling outside my window
I am the night sky and you are the stars
My muse, My dear, and my happiest thoughts
You are my world
My atmosphere
Keeping me alive
filling up my lungs with air
You are the glory that shines bright everywhere
Oh dear
Oh dear
Where can I go from here
Oh dear
Oh dear
Where can I go from here
Stephanie, you are the one for me
Stephanie, you are the one for me
Stephanie, you are the one for me
The one for me, the one for me.
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There is a strong presence that I feel when I laugh with my son
There is a strong presence that I feel when I watch him become
More like me
More like me
Somewhere between here and heaven
I can see the past and present
All of my family and all of my ancestry
there are no answers nor questions here
On the cusp of eternity
Somewhere between here and heaven
I’m with you and you’re with me
There is a strong presence that I feel when I walk on the sand
There is a strong presence that I feel when I hold out my hands
And catch the rain
And feel no pain
Somewhere between here and heaven
I can see the past and present
All of my family and all of my ancestry
there are no answers nor questions here
On the cusp of eternity
Somewhere between here and heaven
I’m with you and you’re with me
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12. |
I Was There
05:08
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Brand new pair of snake skin boots
And pair of wrangler jeans
Back down south in a quiet suburb
And a brand new life at thirteen
1996 was a blur
But I still remember some
Like The day you took his last name and became his only son
I know you thought it would like the families you see in movies
Where the father and son and the mom got along with no worries
And when it all went wrong,
And when it all went wrong,
It helped you write this song,
I know, I know
Cause I was there
Time fly’s by under the willow tree where I lay in my front yard
Fishing polls and a BMX where I roam but not too far
In the bayou next to Paul Morgan's house where I fished for hours that day
It was late in the summer after eight grade year when I wanted to run away
I know you thought about what your life would be like in high school
I know you wished that you grabbed for your stepdad when he asked,
the right tool
And when it all went wrong,
And when it all went wrong,
It helped you write this song,
I know, I know
Cause I was there
I know you tried to defend your mother from when your father
when he came after her then came at me
when I said, "you better not hurt her"
I know the fear that your felt when you looked in his eyes in that moment
But it was only his pain that got in the way cause he was broken
And when it all went wrong,
And when it all went wrong,
It helped you write this song,
I know, I know, son
Cause I was there
yeah I was there
I was there
I was there
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13. |
1988
03:35
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you can take them training wheels off, son
of that hand me down Schwinn bike
it’s 1988 and you’re a big boy now who just turned five
out on the back porch where you stepped on that tac
i know it might be hard to keep on running on this track
but you end up eventually coming round the other-side
and it’s not about what you get wrong
but how you learn to get it right
I remember on that rusted bike
you were blowing up that red balloon
And how the colors looked on that crooked couch
Within our living room
and In the back of William’s father’s pick up truck with the rusty brakes
Headed down a dusty dirt road to catch them rattlesnakes
you know it never seems to make sense when you’re suddenly surprised
by the heavy feeling of this life and what you hold inside
but son I promise you will learn to take it in then leave it all behind
there was nothing that you did to make your father run away
he was only young and wild but never free from his mistakes
but son I’d like to hold it in my heart that he would be so proud
of the man that you would soon become and way you lived it out
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Matt Tipton Houston, Texas
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