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These city streets they are a vampire
Bleed me dry to the bone
I feel the life drain from me
These city streets are not my home
I need the rocks, the earth below me
feel the dirt upon my skin
The trees, mountains loom above me
The trees & mountains are my kin
I gotta fly away from here
no matter what i leave behind
nobody knows what I'll find
I gotta fly away from here
no matter what I face
I gotta break from this place
I gotta fly away from here
I gotta fly away from here
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I heard the rumors in the air
Heard you shouting at the sky
There'll come no words to make it fair
No lightning lullaby
And I watched you tremble in the dark
I searched for what to say
A sympathetic spark
The days go by without a sign
the storms that brew above us
The winds that whistle through the pines
the spirits speaking of us
And I am just a fool to think I know
The words you need to hear
The tonic for your fear
Lay down your sorrows
Rest your cares
May you find peace in the end
I'll be beside you, should you need
A few simple words from a friend
No more kicking at the wind
today they'll put him in the ground
and part of you goes with him
these melodies remain the same
they just take a slower rhythm
you've lost your bearings in the night
And I can't fix what's missing
Helpless in this fight
Lay down your sorrows
Rest your cares
May you find peace in the end
I'll be beside you, should you need
A few simple words from a friend
No more kicking at the wind
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Oh, we go sailing on
Right where we be, right where we belong
I was looking to myself
No other place to go
Sailing on the open seas
With nothing left to show
Anxious for adventure
So lonely I could scream
Then you came to me just like a dream
Lost touch for a minute
The hours then the days
Accidental happiness in
Imaginary ways
Winter turned to summer
My bitterness it seams
Gone since you are here and we can be
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“Rockford Road”
Verse 1:
Livin back with momma cause some larceny
Try to get ahead but world's against me
oh, lord, the world's against me
Junior's got it all, a wife and child
Air Force Captain - just gets me riled,
yeah, to see that smug smile
Rare day of fishing with the family,
'cept they ain't cut from the same damn tree,
no, I'd rather go drinking
Jack and coke in a haze of smoke
Money from the drawer now I ain't broke tonight,
I'm feelin about right
Chorus 1:
King and a three, the rest of my roll
Hit me, I'm all in
Busted again off of Siloam Road
The tires start screaming
Verse 2:
Just past twelve, they were going to bed,
but momma and her husband yelling,
splittin my head, I'm seeing red
Pistol from the camper, loaded with lead,
Three shots to the back now my Momma's dead,
come get some step-dad
Junior makes the call to 911,
stops to take my gun then he's back on the phone,
but I've got another one
Anger on the trigger fires a round
His daddy jumps in front, knocks him to the ground,
he'll never make another sound
Chorus 2:
Shotgun stunned in the devil's blood
But action pumping
Quick hesitation on Rockford Road
Tables start turning
Verse 3:
Junior got a hold of that shotgun,
ans held it to my head till the sheriff come,
oh, what have I done?
The whiskey wore off before I was in cuffs,
junior wouldn't kill me though I pleaded enough,
yeah, he wouldn't call my bluff
They sentenced me to die in a Raleigh chair, fifteen years to think back to there, and all I could say was “I am so sorry”
Chorus 3:
Glare from the window could freeze a soul
Junior won't forgive
Burning forever for Rockford Road
Only legend lives
Chorus: 4
Fast was the killing in Rockford Road
Fast was the killing
Fast was the killing in Rockford Road
Fast was the killing
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