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Everybody Pays
03:45
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Set a trap and watch 'em fall right in
Bait the hook and see them swimmin'
Set the clock and turn it inside out
Do they know it's running down?
Take every last ounce that you can
After all he gives it away
and everybody pays
Sit back and start to let it flow
Where does it come from?
No one knows
Take every last ounce that you can
After all he gives it away
and everybody pays
The Angel came to take me away
She bought me a ticket on the last train home
The passengers began to weep
and too late
I knew
I wanted to be
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Mississippi Overflow
04:05
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Hey Mr. Candyman
Candyman placebo
Do you give me sugar water just to trick my mind?
Hey Mr. Candyman
Candyman placebo
Were you ever real or did you just stop by?
On the river deciding to row
The big ol' Mississippi overflow
On the river ready to row
The big ol' Mississippi overflow
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Change
04:26
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Settle down little girl
What's all the fightin' for?
You're just scratching at the air
I'm looking out over you
I'm not sure if I'm getting through
But all you need to know
Is that I care
Be the change you need
Though it may be as hard as it seems baby
You can be the change you need
But you gotta believe
And all the wrong you see
Makes it matter
Whatever it means baby
Be who you gotta be
To get it right
Right now I know somehow
You'll see
When you believe
How's it gonna feel when you're sitting still?
Whatchya gonna find if you never try?
How you gonna know if you never go live your life, baby?
Where's it gonna be if it isn't out there?
How's it gonna hide when you look everywhere?
How ya gonna keep on going even though you're scared?
Baby save yourself
The truth is everything you felt
Baby be yourself
Be the change you need
Though it may be as hard as it seems baby
You can be the change you need
Be who you gotta be
To get it right
Right now I know somehow
You'll see
When you believe
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Latest Savior
04:26
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Wrestling with the shape we're in
We know the end before it begins
So why go through everything for nothing?
We can't need it You're my savior (I'm a savior)
We can't need it You're my savior (I'm a savior)
We can't know it
We know better than that
So exercise your caution
When you're picking your addictions
Are you really reaching your Maker?
Or is it just your latest savior?
The bottom is bottomed out
Where's the bridge gone?
There's nothing but a gap
That's what I lean on
I used to lean on you
But now I fall into nothing
So exercise your caution
When you're picking your addictions
Are you really reaching your Maker?
Or is it just your latest savior?
So exercise your caution
When you're facing your addictions
Are you really reaching your Maker?
Or is it just your latest savior?
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5. |
Echos
04:37
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Lately I can't find the quiet no more
Maybe I'm sick of your voice
Calling from God only knows where
Nobody hears it but I know you're there
Some screams last
Some echos won't fade
The darkness we cannot see
We know it by what's missing
Feeling takes no belief
So turn the lights down
And get close to me
Some screams last
Some echos won't fade
Watching enough of what's been done
Looking out for what's to come
Some screams last
Some echos won't fade
Couldn't save this go around
Now you're waiting for everything
So it goes
So it keeps on going on without you
Some screams last
Some echos won't fade
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6. |
Trip on This
04:00
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Heads up coming through
I don't mean to bother you
I'm just letting loose
Something off my chest
Fly far dark cloud
No longer over me
I say a prayer
For whoever comes next
We all need a little la la la la
Are you catching my drift
We all need a little la la la la
So before you catch a ride and split
Oh baby trip on this
Rough crowd settle down
We don't want a mess around
Gotta break a habit if we wanna break free
Try me, test me, tell me that I can't
Well that'll be enough of that
We all need a little la la la la
Are you catching my drift
We all need a little la la la la
So before you catch a ride and split
Oh baby trip on this
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Taller
05:01
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Lift up the lid and look beneath
But lock the door when you leave
Who knows who's around?
Leave the lamp burning low
So it looks like we are home
I'll make it back someday
If I hold on a little bit longer
Maybe she will sing a song to me
And maybe she will help me see
That if I stand up a little bit taller
It won't seem so out of reach
Baby I could use a breeze
'Cuz I'm feeling the heat
Lift up the lid and look beneath
It's not as crazy as it seems
Boy meets girl and he wants to show her
He's the man
We learned more than we are told
You don't gotta grow up
But you wanna get old
How's the harvest this year?
Did ya hold on a little bit longer?
Maybe she will sing a song to me
And maybe she will help me see
That if I stand up a little bit taller
It won't seem so out of reach
Baby I could use a breeze
'Cuz I'm feeling the heat
The grass is grown up in the yard
The mail is falling from the box
It's time to get back to the weeds
So trim the bushes and paint the barn
Who knew it would take so long?
When ya hold on a little bit longer
Maybe she will sing a song to me
Maybe she will help me see
That if I stand up a little bit taller
It won't seem so out of reach
But baby I could use a breeze
'Cuz I'm feeling the heat
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Slide Back to Sin
03:56
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Maybe go, maybe stay
Maybe look the other way
Break it down, light it up
Pass around a holy cup
Speak to me Whispering Wind
Let me so your face again
As I slide back
As I slide
Slide back to sin
Whisper me your secret song
Lasting like the day is long
Ride it out
Do-si-do
Break it down to the floor
Where you stand is where you fall
Screaming echos down the hall
As I slide back
As I slide
I slide back to single moments
And solitary years
The rain keeps rolling down the hill
Waste not want not
Just give it all you got
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9. |
Hardest Day
03:45
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I listened when you sang to me
I listened and I heard
All of the feeling let down by words
Grace and salvation look good on the page
But somebody's got to have
The hardest day
Gathered up all the feels
Can't be known but it's real
Real as the sun shining down on my head
But the weatherman swears that it's raining instead
Life is a lifetime, a day is an age
But somebody's got to have
The hardest day
Damn the unfortunate soul
He's got nowhere but up to go
You listened when I prayed to you
You heard my silent call
I'd rather by beaten than nothing at all
Grace and salvation don't delay
'Cuz somebody's got to have
The hardest day
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10. |
Time Waits
03:42
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I never made it down to Tennessee
To write on the row and cover the beat
Never got the tattoo saying "No regerts"
Forgive but don't forget
Oh 'cuz
Time, she waits for no one
Time, not a man or woman
Time, she shackles us all in her freedom
Never was a time to do nothing
Baby hop aboard and let's begin
Got a river going somewhere
So up, up and away
Oh 'cuz
Time, she waits for no one
Time, not a man or woman
Time, she shackles us all in her freedom
Time, she waits for no one
Time, not a king or commoner
Time, she traps us in her freedom
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Garrett Anderson Baltimore
singer-songwriter out of Baltimore, MD
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