When your mind is emptyand your head is tooand youve completely run outof things to dowhen your girl she sees youand she turns awayand you open up your mouthwhen you got nothing to saywhen youre completely losttrack of timereach for a jug of blueberry wineWhen the music just cantget loud enoughand maturity fallsoff the cuffwhen your blood alcohol could power up a trainthe inside of your mouthfeels like acid rainleave the grapes on the vineand reach for some moreblueberry wineblueberry wineblueberry winea distraction that approaches....approaches the sublimeblueberry wineSo when a road less traveledis what you needand the bumps and bruisesand the lack of speeddont phase you in the very leastforget about the hopsforget about the yeastleave the grapes on the vineand reach for some moreblueberry wineblueberry wineblueberry winea distraction that approaches....approaches the sublimeblueberry wine

Bob Hope shook my hand and said come home soonI smiled and told him I wouldwell I never really made all the way homebut I know he understooddarkness came and the fear it spreadbut I could still smile from something Bob Hope had saidBob Hope asked me about my kidsand he told me about his wifesaid he loved her dearly but was away a lotbut it was the way he lived his lifeit was the way he lived his lifedarkness came and the fear it spreadbut I could still smile from something Bob Hope had saidAnn Margaret was a beautywith legs made of goldshed smile and I smiled backI was 19 years oldBob Hope saluted before he got on the planeI know I saw a tearfurther down the road there were more boys like mewho needed laughter over heredarkness came and the fear it spreadbut I could still smile from something Bob Hope had saidAnn Margaret was a beautywith legs made of goldshed smile and I smiled backI was 19 years oldBob Hope shook my hand and said come home soonI smiled and told him I wouldwell I never really made all the way homebut I know he understooddarkness came and the fear it spreadbut I could still smile from something Bob Hope had said

I once knew a woman she looked like a mousepadlocked the 2nd button of her catholic school blouseI guessed the combination she was not impressedsent me to confession I forgave her nonethelessMade me a little wiser and a little smarter toomade me come searching for someone like youhelp me up when I fall even when youre the one who put me downleave the bloody bandage laying on the groundchorusJohn Prine once saidits a big old goofy worldbut at least I know Im safewith my Brooklyn girlMy mother told me son find someone like meI said Mamma I will but first Id have to leaveshe said youre only 35 you need a few more yearstheyll cut you all to pieces when youre wet behind the earsI said Ma I gotta try it so I packed my bagslanded in Brooklyn broke wet and stagwent looking for the dodgers found theyve been gone a whilemamma never kept me posted but she always made me smilechorusTook me a while to find her but it was worth the waitshe was chasing her own mugger with his own .38screaming at him in a tongue that Id never heard beforeI could tell he got the message by the yellow streak he woreWhen she finally caught her breath thats when she noticed meId never seen a girl so pretty or one so unlike meright then I knew Id love her for the rest of my daysand she took me in to where my heart it layschorus

Brother Ray they say youre gonenow maybe you can seemy head rolling...my feet tappingwhat youve done to fools like melove in my heart but the sin on my souldont stop running until Im toldI tell you Im scared of getting oldBrother Ray they say youre goneBrother Ray they say youre gonefalling down it aint no crimeIm just a white boy from northern PAhow you singing whats on my mind?watched your brother diewatched your country liethen they closed your eyesBrother Ray they say youre goneBrother Ray they say youre gonewe wont see your likes no morebig band gospel blues jazz rock and souleverybody welcome on the dance floorsome may pause to prayI got another wayIm gonna sit here and playBrother Ray they say youre gone

I shot him in the head with my Daddys gunthen turned him over...made sure he was the onethank god almighty....at last Im freetheres nobody else thats gonna bully meFive foot nothing pock marks on my facejust another weakling to debaseMr football man with the new Humveeyoure dead now so you cant bully meHe begged for his life...he got down on one kneelike he was asking to marry meI told him theres one thing Id guaranteemy smile would be the last thing hed seeTeachers they all looked the other wayother kids laughed...but they aint laughing todayI saw his parents crying on TVthey knew damn well their son...well he was bullying meWas gonna kill myself but I thought what for?why should I mess up my mothers floor?today I got reasons to live galoreI aint gonna be afraid anymorecops come knocking on the bedroom doorsaid they wanted to talk...so I said what for?they said I killed a boy in the first degreeI said that may be true but he was bullying meLife in prison with no paroleonce I was halved but now Im wholeno longer the soul of an amputeethere aint nobody alive whos gonna bully meHe begged for his life...he got down on one kneelike he was asking to marry meI told him theres one thing Id guaranteemy smile would be the last thing hed see

sun comes up its still dark herecan it warm your face if it disappearsmaybe you can tell me whats in a soulwhen its only wish is to never grow oldwhatever you own you carry it aroundwords cant hurt if they dont make a soundmissing child with big blue eyesward off the chill with a blanket of liesCan you see mewhen I walk pastor do you step over melike broken glasswas I half empty or half filledcan you see me...someday you willbrand new town a brand new namefunny how everything looks the sametake off my clothes....let down my hairbring home the money and set it therefunny thing is...I can still see the starsyou never really have to look that fara friendly smile a welcome handslowing down that hourglass sandCan you see mewhen I walk pastor do you step over melike broken glasswas I half empty or half filledcan you see me...someday you willSo now I lay me down to sleepI wonder if the Lord does weephe may die before I waketheres only so much that he can takeyou can call off your search you wont find mecan only discover what you wanna seebesides I dont want you in my headgo and tuck your children in to bedIll tell you trust is a funny thingsometimes it hangs from the end of a stringand you reach for it before you fallwith the faith you had when you learned to crawlCan you see mewhen I walk pastor do you step over melike broken glasswas I half empty or half filledcan you see me...someday you will

I come from Centralia hear what I say I was born and raised and Ill die here someboday that wind still blows through this dirty little town and thats sure good enough to keep me hanging round from the darkness of this highway looks like the sun fell down decided she liked it here buried herself in the ground she watches over me just like my daddy before but she brought a government man to my back door he said you gotta leave sir but were gonna make it worth your while we got this government briefcase with money stacked in a pile its for your own good this place is gonna burn down and who wants to live in a mining ghost town well some took the offer I guess I dont blame em much money is even hotter than burning coal to the touch but some hunkered down as these walls closed in cant burn me out my friend from the places Ive been I said I worked this vein and she knows me good she promised me a living right where I stood I always treated her right so shell do the same to me she go on back up to Washington and leave us all be

My name is Billy...the same as my dadI watch the sun come up and watch the sun go downmedals on the mantle...morphine in the drawerthey fight each other while I lay down and drownMy wife will hold me...when I start to shakenever asking what I see in my headgot a roof that dont leak...screen on the doorfood in the kitchen...love in the bedmake me a chalkboard and wipe me cleanfrom all the things that Ive seenfeel free to erasethe young lines carved into my faceUsed to have lots of friends...from all sidesnow I pretty much keep to myselfI scan the papers...and the TV newsalways looking for somebody elseoh Lord deliver me...from those who call on youyour name bout scares me to deathif you come when Im sleeping...use some common senseand kindly wait until I can catch my breathmake me a chalkboard and wipe me cleanfrom all the things that Ive seenfeel free to erasethe young lines carved into my faceGot myself a little girl....shes always with memaking up rhymes in her 3 year old headI got sent to Mosul...and I saw her thereheld her in my arms...but she was already deadmake me a chalkboard and wipe me cleanfrom all the things that Ive seenfeel free to erasethe young lines carved into my face

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Here by the sea and sandNothing ever goes as plannedI just couldn't face going homeIt was just a drag on my ownThey finally threw me outMy mom got drunk on stoutMy dad couldn't stand on two feetAs he lectured about moralityNow I guess the family's completeWith me hanging 'round on the streetOr here ...

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