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looking at
another empty page
the sharp points of words
bullets graze me
document a future
fall from grace
after all, what good's a new love
without a casualty?
we can't draw lines
drive blind
and find yourself
outside the lines
oh, love is a many splintered thing
oh, love is a many splintered thing
start again
now boy meets girl
on the great plains
the colors, curves are endless
paralell your
other green world
there's enough space inside
to lose the both of us
I need you here
too much time
bleary-eyed
behind the wheel
oh, love is a many splintered thing
oh, love is a many splintered thing
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A Place For Everything
04:01
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drive your car into
the frozen heart of Runway Two
stars have never looked so close
never felt so useless
you stared at your prize
until you went cross-eyed
from the imperfection
lost all directive
I know you're out there somewhere
you should know
to leave well enough alone
you should go home
and I'll go home
we'll sit alone
and we'll both be happy
don't stop now
you're almost done
keep going 'til
you find a place for everything
keep on digging
in hopes of finding something
though my back is aching
I wouldn't change a thing
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Long Wasted Fall
03:35
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the streets are wet
the stores aren't open yet
a lonely opal dawn
walking around
for-to forget
the other girl
in another town
did you make a decision?
and do you have an opinion?
it's a long ways to fall
it's a long ways to fall
you missed the alarm
and now you're late for work
she's driving you downtown
does getting what you want
make you feel like a jerk?
and who do you want around tomorrow?
did you make a decision?
and do you have an opinion?
it's a long ways to fall
it's a long wasted fall
it's a long wasted fall
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Idaho
03:51
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I dreamed that Idaho was on the coast
but I couldn't find the state to take its place
we stayed up all night
listening to your grandpa's 78s
the lights begin to glow
and shadow all the lines
in your face
cast off
your belongings
let the rain fall
on the awnings
and age each day
a hundred years
'til you've grown
as old as the sea
at night a sleepy
thousand years
old as the rocks and the trees
old as the rocks and the trees
I've never been so far as Idaho
but I hope to make it there
one stormy day
and hear a cowboy song
to keep me
in this empty state of grace
the lights will start to glow
and shadow all the lines
in my face
cast off
your belongings
let the rain fall
on the awnings
and age each day
a hundred years
'til you've grown
as old as me
at night a sleepy
thousand years
old as the rocks and the trees
old as the rocks and the trees
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First to Last
04:51
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sweet sweet sweetie
you could make it so
easy for me
I won't even know
what hit me
'til it's gone
keep keep it up
keep it up
cause as soon as you stop
it'll start to aching again
aching again
free fall
far out in space again
floating in place
you should
get while the getting's good
god, not what you think at all
don't be afraid
the view from up here
is astounding
it's astounding
I'm sick
you're wrong
we're so weak
when we think
we belong
it'll all come back to you
it all comes back to you
it all comes back to you
free fall,
far out in space again
floating in place
you should
get while the getting's good
god, not what you think at all
don't be afraid
the view from up here
is astounding
it's astounding
we could be the first to last
be the first to be last
we could be the first to last
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Rudy (live)
03:18
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Rudy lives next door to me
in a box lit by
fluorescent lights
he wears brown corduroys
and glasses
with dirty yellow lenses
and sometimes I catch him
watching me
through my windows at night
he drives a rusty Oldsmobile
and parks it by the dumpster
I've looked inside and seen
the greasy velvet seats
I don't know where he goes
or who he knows
who would get in that car
and drive with him
along these dark and lonely city streets
now the only things I know about Rudy
is what I learn from watching him
like once when he was pushing
a girl on a swing at the park
in the day it's ok because other people
might be watching Rudy too
but it scares me to think
of seeing him in the dark
it scares me to think
of seeing him in the dark
now he wouldn't say a word
he'd just take my hand
and lead me to that car
and we'd drive
into the heart
of the city as she sleeps
and in the darkness
between streetlights
he can look up and see
a few stars
with a wish
he could tell me
all his secrets
with a wish
he could tell me
all his secrets
just a wish
and he tells me
all his secrets
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Own Your Own Home
03:38
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do you long for something
you could take care of
or it to take care of you?
a small thing
a whole thing
little flimsy parody
what you think you know
think you need
never was supposed
to be like this
don't hold back
this time you're
getting what
you ask for
you could own your own home
own your own home
own your own home
dead stretch of miles
so far back
it's not yours
could you hold out for more?
hold out for more
something bigger
than you or me
place where we
can rest our
weary heap of bones
own your own home
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it's late
and your head is aching
it'll work itself out
if you'd just be patient
get up
and go to the window
radio tower flashing
what you already know
to be true
is not such a hard thing
to do
not such a hard thing
let go
it'll all come back to you
would you think
or would you do
what your heart's
been telling you?
close the door
and open a window
listen to the traffic go
you're broken bad and blue
it's late
and your heart is aching
it could be so easy
if you'd just stop faking
let's go
it'll all come back to you
what you say and what you do
is that what makes you true?
there's nothing wrong with you
there's nothing wrong with you
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Half Right
03:34
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well you shouldn't doctor yourself
well I pictured somebody else
what's he look like?
what's she look like?
well you say that the one of your dreams
got in you and ripped out the seams
that's what I'd say
that's what I'd say
he was a sucker for your double dose
motherfucker turned white as a ghost
don't you say hi?
don't you say hi?
with a broken sink for a face
and a head that just takes up space
it's not half right
it''s not half right
it's already half ass
and it won't last
I was sticking up for my friend
when there wasn't much to defend
it's a lost fight
it's a lost fight
when I talk to you on the phone
it's worse than being a lone
it's not half right
it's not half right
it's already half ass
and it won't last
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Amy Annelle Austin, Texas
A prolific writer and interpreter of songs, Amy Annelle maps out the farther reaches of American music, while conjuring visions of our restless musical past. Over the course of ten albums & thousands of miles logged on the road, Annelle has cultivated a rarified voice and repertoire that "blooms with open-hearted, lustful vulnerability and a harrowing naturalistic solitude”(Crawdaddy). ... more
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