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I'm tired of being tragic, that bit has lost its magicI'm not feeling sorry for you or myselfI'm not afraid anymore, or hiding behind locked doorsI'm not running down the stairs wi...Read Full Lyrics

Tied up in a bundle is a stack of love lettersFrom a boy that meant trouble when I didn't know betterA green cat's eye marble I won in fifth gradeA schoolyard trophy from the tough...Read Full Lyrics

Missouri's tied together like a rolling rag rugBit and pieces and necessity and loveYou can sense the proud and working dirt poorClean and pressed like Sunday shirt but edge wornCh...Read Full Lyrics

Could you be some redemptionCould you be some relief?Could you be a safe haven?Do you promise to believe?When I tell you these storiesEvery pain and hard won gloryBear witness to a...Read Full Lyrics

Violence for violence, time after timePutting those things right out of your mindThinking this could never happen to youJust to those folks on the evening newsChorus: It's no big d...Read Full Lyrics

She said, "Your coat isn't new but it's gonna be cleanStand up for yourself and say what you meanLook at me when I'm talkin' to youI'm talking to you."I might work like dog, I migh...Read Full Lyrics

We've been so close togetherClose from the startAnd as you learn to walk awayTake care of your heartAnd don't forget your prayersAnd whatever you doWhoever, wherever you areI'll lo...Read Full Lyrics

I grew up on an islandSomewhere near ChicagoLearned how to talk roughJust like downtownYou could drive to the lakeAnd it sure seemed to meIt smelled like fresh waterBut it felt lik...Read Full Lyrics

Holy as a day is spentHoly is the dish and drainThe soap and sink, and the cup and plateAnd the warm wool socks, and the cold white tileShower heads and good dry towelsAnd frying e...Read Full Lyrics

All I every wanted was a love so bigAll my heart could carry and as much as I could giveA love that made some kind of sense but beyond all reasonThat made me want to be a whole lot...Read Full Lyrics