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Until I Recoup (Glory I)
04:46
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I won’t compromise or sign with the thieves
I’m the underdog trash of the underground scene
I only take pleasure when I compete
With a knife in my back outnumbered by three
I’m on the wrong track hanging off the caboose
I can turn all the chaos to shelter and food
I may not be pretty like all of you tools
But I fight like a tramp and I work like a mule
Chorus:
They say it ain’t easy I know that’s the truth
That hard livin’ crown looks foolish on you
No, I ain’t leavin’ until I recoup
The glory I pissed away in my youth
I’m unlovable and I’m crazy and mean
I’ve got hell in my eyes like I’m back on the street
They turned me away ‘cause I was unclean
So I kicked down the door of the Grand Ole Opry
I’m trapped in a hunt that keeps me alive
It don’t pay to be meek in the back of the line
I’m desperate for something that’s hard to define
Like my name in the stone between Townes and Guy
Chorus x2
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I’ve never been the type to bite my tongue or swallow pride it’s true
I have seen some awful fights and landed on the wrong side of a few
Livin’ life by candle light trapped beneath the shadow of a tomb
Filled with all the pages of a life I never thought that I would choose
Chorus:
I’m weary and wasted I’m guilty of chasin’ some lie that will satisfy grief
But tomorrow at dawn I’m fightin’ like hell to be free
I’ve wasted my time on cheap thrills and quick money schemes
I’ve spent my last dime on a high for a moment of relief
But one thing is for certain I have never known a strength inside of me
More bound and determined than to kill my every will of livin’ clean
Chorus x2
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3. |
Beautiful Curse
03:37
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Things I try to lock inside too ugly to bear
Find a seam inside my dream and begin to tear
Through my eyes they come alive and beckon for a stare
In your throat I hit a note for bells above to hear
Chorus:
The silence weeps for which of us will leave with something worse
Oh, what a beautiful curse
Take me out and put me down I’m dying for a cure
In this room a tortured few feast upon a spur
No sees the artist weep the bounty of his worth
Desperately try to breath and dig until it hurts
Chorus
Brother can you shape these hands and teach them how to feel
Something more than how to scorn or burn you in a deal
Who needs games or tempting fate when you know how to steal
I see in you the same old fool I was when things were real
Chorus
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4. |
What Keeps Me Up Now
05:20
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Do I have what it takes to make it somehow
What if I fall on my face in front of the crowd
All my mistakes are reflected in shapes
That appear like a self loathing shroud
As I recede in the charm of my grief I am bound
What keeps me up now
Chorus:
Let nightmares control you and daylight expose you
And the blood in your head starts to pound
It’s twenty ’til three and you’ve got a cliff to climb down
What keeps me up now
Remember the time you first called me out
I laughed to pretend not to know what came out of your mouth
But it clung on my brain like a fresh coat of paint
And I fled on a train headed south
In New Orleans I wiped my mind on the town
What keeps me up now
Chorus
I used the dope to escape where I couldn’t be found
I burned through all petty cash and bank accounts
With nothing left but a guitar and belt
I hocked it and swore off the sound
The belt was a noose when I came to on the ground
What keeps me up now
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5. |
Jalisco Bloom
03:47
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I stand before a trial I will lose
I drink it clear to see my future through
The nectar I began to weep when I was just a youth
Chorus:
Mother pled with me to abstain
That temptress of the desert agave
I stumble down the empty avenue
If this is the bottom I fell through
With a spade I dug my grave into perdition’s tomb
Chorus
It’s painful to ingest or refuse
My veins starve and ache for ninety proof
When I die spread my hide in that old Jalisco bloom
Chorus
When I die spread my hide in that old Jalisco bloom
Chorus
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6. |
End With You
04:00
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In the wake of all that’s coming it’s so good to hold you dear
Life is slipping by has it really been ten years
I wish I could see me like you do sittin’ here
Even in your memory I’m as clear
Chorus:
On a blue moon shinin’ bright
I swear I could be all I might
If you’ll still have this old fool
I’m so damn glad I’ll end with you
Life is not forever and love ain’t yours to loan
I left you so many times for shame I couldn’t own
It’s hard to admit that usually I am wrong
But I’m too old now for getting gone
Chorus
Here’s to all the good times we never had
Here’s to all the hard times now they don’t seem so bad
You somehow uncovered my villain’s leather mask
Wiped away there tears I can’t keep back
Chorus
In the wake of all that’s coming it’s so good to hold you dear
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7. |
Cost Of The High
04:01
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The poison is the only thing that stands
Now you’ve fallen to the grips of it’s command
All the beauty’s been pawned and you ask why
Chalk it all to the cost of the high
You’ll buy your time to not be left for chance
You’ll curse all the purpose from your hands
You will hurt a friend and foe alike
Chalk it all to the cost of the high
Chorus:
Chalk it all to the cost of the high
And your lover’s trust will vanish from their eyes
All your dreams and countenance and pride
Chalk it all to the cost of the high
Run away and not get anywhere
Chasing feelings no one else can share
Dig yourself a grave to steep to climb
Chalk it all to the cost of the high
A prophet will keep you on his line
Everyday will become your last time
Sacrifice your body soul and mind
Chalk it all to the cost of the high
Chorus
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8. |
Hayden's Lament
02:50
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The open road with a heavy load is a good place to begin
Treat you like a jagged knife on a newborn’s skin
Keep composed ‘cause no one knows the kind of mess you’re in
Are you sure the hurt will cure your penchant for the sin
Chorus:
I’m wide awake I’m pumping blood
I cursed my cards into doves
And filled my wounds with salt and mud
Because you’re getting dead or getting tough
A king is crowned for the underground with every dawns ascent
You must choose the type of muse you’d force upon a friend
Coming down off every town is an awful way to live
You can’t use your O.D. blues to straighten out your bends
Chorus
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9. |
Losing Again
05:50
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I must confess there are times that I did win
I can recall many miles with my back to the wind
But it’s rainin’ in Laurel and a new storm is rollin’ in
I ain’t lost I’m just losing again
Chorus:
Each road I turn down is a dead end
Each year I get older is hard just to stand
The train I caught on derailed just round the bend
I ain’t lost I’m just losing again
I had a love but she left when the drinking began
I won the fight but I woke without a friend
And the beer on the counter remains no money to spend
I ain’t lost I’m just losing again
Chorus
When I wake up tomorrow I’ll have a new day to live
I’ll smile through sorrow and pray for something to give
But the chances are ripe that I’ll be in the drunk tank by ten
I ain’t lost I’m just losing again
Chorus
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10. |
I Believe (Glory II)
02:33
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I believe I believe my love
In things I cannot see
That calm and carry me
I am free I am free my love
From all that did bind me
Left far behind me
Chorus:
Glory waits for you and I
Somewhere down the line
I am bound I am bound my love
For beauty I’ve not found
I’m searching all around
I will go I will go my love
Where gentle waters flow
Somewhere down the road
Chorus
I don’t know I don’t know my love
Where the wind may blow
But I’ve got you to hold
Chorus
I believe I believe my love
In things I cannot see
That calm and carry me
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