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I'm Not Crazy
04:03
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I'm Not Crazy (Affairs)
I've got you by the hair
I'm pulling you downstairs
To show you stacks of books
The air is kind of stale
Your face is getting pale
I disconnect the phones
She's my baby, not you
I'm not crazy, how about you?
I got out all my best
Chairs for you to rest
All your pretty bones
Now you're ready and I'm not
I feel sick, I feel tired
What a sad state of affairs
She's my baby, not you
I'm not crazy, how about you?
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Tombstone Baby
02:36
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Tombstone Baby (Rampage)
Tombstone baby, she's out for me
I drive up to that house just to make myself seen
She's my baby, but she's with somebody else
Tombstone baby's got grounds for divorce
She's scraping the bottom of a well, of course
She is everything that you are not
She's really not that bad
She's just out to be had
She looks all right to me, and that's all I see
And I'm happy
Tombstone baby, she's got me good
An order too tall, and that is well understood
She wants everything that I have got
I'm really not that bad
I'm just out to be had
She looks real good to me, and that's all I see
And I'm happy
She's really not that bad
She's just out to be had
She looks real good to me, and that's all I see
And I'm happy
Tombstone baby, she's out for me
I drive up to that house just to make myself seen
She's my baby, but she's with somebody else
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A Smoking Gun
03:13
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A Smoking Gun (A Better Way)
Little one, I've got a smoking gun
I'm doing it all for you, for what you're going through
I didn't mean to wake you from your sleep
But when you toss and turn, it becomes my concern
You may find a better way
'Cause I always hear you say
A better way is safe in somebody's arms
Wish for me, for prosperity
If no one surprises you, then that's what I'm gonna do
The more you spin the tangled mess you in
Who's gonna help you out? Who's gonna save you now?
You may find a better way
But I hope that you might stay
A better way, to be safe in somebody's arms
If what you are is who you're with
Then I'm really what you want
'Cause what you want is to find a better way
And the better way, is safe right here in my arms
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Believers
02:26
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Believers (15 Minutes)
With fire and brimstone
I'll keep telling it
These are the best days of my life
With great conviction
I'll keep saying it
These are the best days of my life
The best days of my life
They will burn you at the stake
Open your mouth, they won't wait
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If You Leave Me, I Won't Mind (Affordable)
If you leave me, I won't mind
There are plenty more like you and I've got time
So don't believe what you heard, 'cause it's all lies
You are not the only one for me
No, your love is not better than mine
They are only two different kinds
And jealousy, well, that is the worst kind
So please take your love away from me
We'll see just who outlasts who
I've been at this longer than you
I've seen a thing or two
Who will outlast who?
Not you
Baby, I have got all the lines
I've used them on you so many times
And I'm surprised that you never saw the signs
You are coming home tonight with me
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Need a Reason
03:24
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Need a Reason (Sweet Talker)
I thought I could have it all
I thought I could keep this up without losing my head
I thought I could say what I want
I thought I could leave you in the back with the rest of them
Well, like someone who's got something to prove
A man who's got nothing's got nothing to lose
You got to need a reason to know what's true
I thought I could pace myself
I thought I could speed up when our time slowed down
i thought I could be in control
I thought I could stop myself before I finished with you
Well, it takes a real man to realize
You gotta put in the work while you put in the time
We all need a reason but I got mine
I thought I could have it all
I thought I could keep this up without losing my head
I thought I could say what I want
I thought I could leave you in the back with the rest of them
But I was wrong
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Oh Sara
03:22
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Oh Sara (Don't Ya Know)
You are my saving grace
You are a good streak to break
Don't ya know
That self doubt is a battle you fight all alone
You are the healing power
You are the witching hour
Don't ya know
The monsters under the bed are waiting just for you
So steal in the eyes of children
Only mind your tongue
Oh Sara
Oh Sara
Don't ya know
That all of this had started because of you
And I know that it ain't right
But I'm not saying it's wrong
Oh Sara
Oh Sara
Don't ya know
Even if I wrote it, you'd just hear the song
And I know that it ain't right
But I'm not saying it's wrong
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Forgive/Forget
02:22
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Forgive/Forget (Lay Down)
All that's left from then and now
I lay down
It won't work the way you tried
This will mirror your whole life
I just take it all in stride
Waste my time
The straw that broke the camel's back
Can't take back what's done
I lay down
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Benatar
03:06
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Benatar (Eyes in the Air, Ears on the Ground)
For better or worse, you hold the keys
We just need a push, 'cause we got cold feet
Everything that you touch, it turns into gold
While all we touch, turns to stone
Don't make plans for anything
What's in her heart, we don't know for sure
But we'll go back to find it again
Always just enough, we're talking to walls
We believe what it says, and all that it does
Every time that you talk, your legend just grows
But when we talk, they throw stones
Don't we always treat you right?
What's in her heart, we don't know for sure
But we'll go back to find it again
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Tortured Life Blues
03:33
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Tortured Life Blues (The Ballad of James and Marie)
Here's to love, the one thing we're not sure of
What have you got if you don't got me?
I must have lost everything the deal cost
Now I'd make any deal you like
Trapped inside a body I cannot control
I tell it what to do but it don't listen
Struggle, struggle
A tortured life
I see things that are not there
Oh my soul, you got rough around the edge
When we get home, we'll eat our young
I'm not myself, I haven't been myself for months
I just felt the need to explain
Struck it rich, oh so rich, from cripples, crooks, and kids
Baby, I'm yours truly, one trick pony
Struggle, struggle
A tortured life
I see things that are not there
Struggle, struggle
A living hell
I see things that are not there
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Worries Me Too
05:02
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Worries Me Too (One Golden Thread)
I can always tell when you're lying to me
So you might as well open up your heart to me
Because what you're running from will follow you along
And all you're hiding from, I know it worries you
And it worries me too
I know you can see that you're being used
So how come you need to wait for the living proof
Baby, what you're running from will follow you along
And all you're hiding from, I know it worries you
And it worries me too
Why don't you just get out while you can?
You're only hanging by a thread
Why don't you just get out while you can?
You're left with no safety net
And one golden thread
I can always tell when you're lying to me
So you might as well open up your heart to me
Because what you're running from will follow you along
And all you're hiding from, I know it worries you
And you know it's true
It worries me too
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Brian Medlin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Singer/songwriter from Philadelphia. See also: Desperate Living, Sun Opus, Wives, Person L, Ghost Away, Legendary Divorce, The Minor Times, The End of Me Party, and Bromine.
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