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Natural Disaster
04:17
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Well I am me and she is she
But who are we when you put us together?
‘Cause I can’t say just when it came
But she’s been grey and I’m in for nasty weather
‘Cause she’s a hurricane when she starts to form
I got to hit the floor just to keep from blowin’ out the door
And she’s the last stop on an endless train that’s goin’
Nowhere fast the kind of thing that drives a man insane
Well I been tryin’ to find a girl that gets me high
But I been losin’ my mind ‘cause she wants me to take the love test
I know I’m bound to slip she’s gonna throw a fit
But if I try to quit I’m gonna find myself in a big mess
‘Cause she’s an earthquake when she starts to shake
She breaks the water main and I’m the man flushin’ down the drain
And she’s a free ride on a ferry boat that went down off shore
‘Cause the life vests were made of solid gold
You say you wanna know
You say you wanna know just how far I’ll go
Honey why can’t you just ask me please?
Ain’t no need to put me on my hands and knees
Darlin’ can’t you see?
Just take a look girl at what you’ve done to me
And I don’t wanna be your fire drill
Don’t wanna be spit fire flyin’ the flames of hell
Well if you want to play the part
Then you can start by signin’ off expectation
Because I am me and I got to be so if you don’t see
Then don’t send me an invitation
‘Cause she’s a wildfire on the news at six
And I’m the man with the house that went up
Like a book of match sticks
And she’s a night flight on the red-eye plane that went
Down in the ocean where nobody’d ever even go to see the flames
So if you play the game
Play your game and honey I’ll be on my way
‘Cause love ain’t made to be your bed of nails
Pin me up and I’ll be headin’ straight for the rails
Just say that you’ll be mine
And honey I do believe that’ll do just fine
So long as you’ll be goin’ my way
And if you ain’t, well that’ll have to do just the same
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2. |
Fortunate Fool
03:51
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Well I don’t know what it is
I walk into an empty room
I feel your breath upon my neck
I start to feel the way you used to move
These images replay like ghosts
They dance across my eyes
And I can feel the way you were
This sweet illusion, love divine
I’m trying to keep my cool, but I’m falling
Back into dreams of you
Where your love is kind
And I’m just a fortunate fool
Sweet memories of innocence
Like blossoms in your hair
And you kept laughing like a child
Every time I’d start to stare
Echoes from the ancient times
Wake my heart but leave me hollow
But if there was a road I’d follow it back
To where love was kind
And I’m just a fortunate fool
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I been gettin’ so tired
Gettin’ so tired of hearin’ these thoughts that I think
It’s the sound of wheels grindin’
That’s the sound of desperate re-imagining
I been gettin’ so sick
Gettin’ so sick of boxin’ with your memory
You always cheap-shot with that royal blue
The dress you wore that perfect New Years Eve
And though I’d do most anything
To erase you from my mind
I would fistfight Father Time
If you would be my girl
Gonna catch your ghost
Gonna catch your ghost inside a life-sized throwing stone
I think I’ll launch it to the moon
You couldn’t taunt me with a thousand megaphones
I got a bad disease
Got a bad disease and it’s been tearin’ me apart
I’m always sippin’ your nostalgia
Though it’s poison and it’s turnin’ out my heart
I been walkin’ the night
Been walkin’ the moonlight to the shore of your favorite beach
That’s where I kissed you in the old canoe
You sang that song my mother sang for me
Think I heard a train
Thank God for trains that wake me from my poison dreams
I think I’ll hitch a ride to Santa Fe
To shake the bane of my blissful history
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4. |
The Way It Affects Me
04:15
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I got a rose on my lapel
You got lace on your dress
Feeling thirsty for your wine-stained lips but
You’re looking at somebody else
Pulling you close now were dancing slow
Like a dream I start to slip away
“Honey don’t be so serious,” you said and I’m
Touching the ground again
Your words are like a blow to my glass jaw
That shatters my glass heart
I know it’s not the way that you mean to be
It’s just the way it affects me
Driving you home now I’m trying to hold
My tongue but the command is yours
Let it slip that every time I see you you’re more
Beautiful than before
But you’re staring out the window
And I heard you whisper under your breath
“If you talk like that all the time it really
Loses it’s affect”
Standing ‘neath your porch light
I’m so cold I’m feeling paralyzed
But I’m trying to appear unaffected and I’m
Trying to avoid your eyes
Body machines tangle lips and
Whisper softly their goodbyes
“Why do you look so sad?” she said
“God, you look just like somebody died”
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5. |
Ain't No Use
04:07
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I got something crawling ‘neath my skin
Creeps into my mind, affects the state I’m in
I tried thinking, tried to drive the demons back
I tried drinking, tried to bring you back
But there ain’t no use un tryin’
Ain’t no use in dyin’
I got something painting my heart black
Bleeds into my eyes and melts the sun like wax
Shut the curtains, try and make it go away
Pray tomorrow’ll be a brighter day
In the city there’s a rumbling groan
On the pavement hear the people moan
I tried to change it, tried to save my soul
Tried to drink the poison of this world
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6. |
Pig Song
03:53
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Well the pigs are out drinkin’ on Park Avenue
They takin’ shots of vodka mixed with drops of vermouth
And they’re laughin’ cause it’s funny that it don’t cost a dime
And they never worked a day in all their piggy lives
They got a workin’ class pony always runnin’ the race
He’s got a one room stable on the Pig Estate
And they whup him so hard that he don’t even feel
And they whup him ‘till he’s kickin’ money up from his heels
I think it’s time we took a look at the Constitution
I think it’s time we took a tip from the French Revolution
‘Cause I’ll be laughin’ free the day they face the stand
Singing, “Bacon on the plate of every working man”
Now they’re out on Wall Street wavin’ hundred dollar bills
It’s big pig party everybody’s gettin’ rich
And at the end of the day they jointly disregard
The man who lost his legs in the last rich man’s war
At the Pig Convention rally, ban the bums
They say, “You better cut the money to those welfare moms”
But they see no problem with the bill that passed
To write them multi-million dollar tax exemption checks
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7. |
Untied
04:33
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Out the window your burning eyes
Flicker like stars like flashing lights
But you couldn’t see there’s beauty still
In all of the things you cannot touch
Drown your face deep beneath your pillow
Flowing tears stain your burning cheeks
Your eyes catch fire there’s no relief
From these situations, ain’t no peace
And you’re feeling so bad
Feeling so bad
Darlin’ but you
You can be sad
Girl if you want to
And I’ll never take that from you
Honey but I
I will be glad
I wasn’t born to cry
I’m livin’ with hands untied
Once again
You put yourself up on the cross
Your body broken but wouldn’t we all
Be our own Christ for bitter sweet blind recognition
And now you’d cast out all the demons
If you could just mend your broken back
If you could just stand without fear of whispering dark
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There ain’t no way in hell
I’m gonna get you back now
Not with that ring around your finger
There ain’t no way in Hell
I’m gonna get back to where you are
Not with that ring around your finger
Today is Wednesday
I’m in the downstairs of the café
Across the table from
The girl with the short brown hair
Her eyes are deep and so sincere
And I should love her but I don’t
I should love her, but I can’t seem to remember
No, I’m remembering too much
Wish it was easy to forget
Just to forget when it began
‘Cause I remember
And though it’s to my detriment
I remember when it all began
It was Sunday Afternoon
We were walking through the leaves
I was holding on to you
And you were laughing at me
We started waltzing in the mud in our
Rain soaked shoes
And I came alive for you
I came alive for you
Today is Thursday
And I’m alone in my apartment
Through the window hear the chapel
Ring it’s seven broken chimes
Which today don’t seem to rhyme
And is it me or is something missing?
Where’s the shadow of the ghost?
And am I crazy, is it me that’s crazy
Or is it love? Or is it just love?
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9. |
It's Over Now
04:31
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Your seashell eyes and your heart of pain
Your winter smile brings the driving rain
And I don’t know why I even let you in
When I know it’s gonna be another sad
And lonely night
Been drinking whiskey in your frozen grass
Been catching moonbeams, fall into a crystal glass
And I want it so bad just to turn it off
I wanna be running wild without dreaming lost
But it’s over now
And as you turned around and walked away
Your hair wild in the rain
You sang, “It’s over now”
Another hour slips into that sea
Another leaf falls from your graveyard tree
I want it so bad to have you here with me
But you were the dying star that set the morning free
And it’s over now
And as you turned around and walked away
Your eyes wild with pain
You sang, “It’s over now”
Your voice like a river song, your body torn
Your eyes like a lover pierced by a traitor’s scorn
And I want it so bad to wear your crown of thorns
But I know it’s gonna be another sad and lonely night
Cause it’s over now
And as you turned around and walked away
Your heart in flames
You sang, “It’s over now”
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10. |
Hard On The Knees
02:33
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Well I just got the letter that she left for me
Says she’s fed up and she wants me out
But I kind a saw it comin’ cause for two weeks straight
I been sleepin’ on my best friend’s couch
And I guess I should be broke down crawlin’
Beggin’, “Sweet darlin’, please honey just don’t leave”
But I got to admit it feels good to quit ‘cause honey
That kind of love is just too hard on the knees
Well she’s the kind a girl that wants to hold the world
In her left hand and rule with the right
And she was always tellin’ me who and what to be
And she was always lookin’ for a fight
And I guess it would a worked out better
If I had been a jester always bowin’ down to the Queen
But I got to admit it feels good to quit ‘cause honey
That kind of love is just too hard on the knees
And I guess she wanted me to be a little dog
That she could keep on a two foot chain
But I’m the kind of man that’s got to ramble and roam
And I was startin’ to go out of my brain
I guess I could a stayed tied to the post
Like a four-legged joke but I really had to break that leash
And I got to admit it feels good to quit ‘cause honey
That kind of love is just too hard on the knees
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You wrote it down it was implied
It may be time for you to be leavin’
Ah, but I can’t begin to pretend to act surprised
‘Cause you’ve had one foot out the door
Ever since the day that you first stepped on the floor
So you can take your step back
And find yourself in a new direction
Because time will reveal which way that you should go
Ain’t no sense in worryin’, dear friend
You’ve only got to follow
You took a step and wondered why
It is that I’m not double-back, cryin’ for you
Ah, but I’ve long been waiting for you to come to your senses
And since you haven’t changed a bit
I must admit I’m just a bit tired of taking it
So you can turn your neck and
Find yourself in a new direction
And if you come back around here
In years to come I won’t deny you my hand
Dear friend
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12. |
This Is Livin'
03:54
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Well I can tell you one thing, and that’s for sure
There ain’t nothin’ like a boy that’s hungry for a girl
And once he comes of age he’s gonna spend his days
Tryin’ to get a little love from her
You can tell him it’s a sin
Like you can tell him that he don’t need to eat to live
But there ain’t no shame and no religions game
That’s gonna keep him from givin’ in
The thing about makin’ love, see
It’s a good way to pass the time
Life can be so ordinary
But girl you drive me wild and honey
This is livin’
Well I got me a woman she’s the Venus priestess
She’s the queen of my desire
Sweet September lady, my blue-jean baby
Burn me hotter than the Devil’s fire
But every time it starts to roll I get to feelin’
Like I’m losin’ all of my control
And I’ve been wonderin’ lately
If one day baby’s gonna leave me out in the cold
Now I’ve heard that it’s been said
I might a got a bit swept out over my head
‘Cause this drinkin’ started the day we parted, and don’t
Look like it’s ‘bout to quit
Still I wouldn’t wanna take it back
No doubt she was the best love I ever had
And I’ll find a home everywhere I roam
It’s just the place that I lay my hat
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Ian McFeron Seattle, Washington
Ian McFeron’s writing has been compared to Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Ryan Adams. Over the course of a decade-long independent music career, he has attracted media attention stretching across the Atlantic. He currently tours in support of his 7th album Time Will Take You, recorded in Nashville with members of Ryan Adams band The Cardinals as well as Patty Griffin and John Hiatt’s touring bands. ... more
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