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Call Home
03:20
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Some say life is so beautiful
But deep down it seems it's mostly just unfair
And I may not be what you had in mind
But you could do much worse than you're doing with me
Some make their minds up or maybe they don't
Feeling lonely when they're not alone
But let me be the one you call home
I know some days you're just sorry you asked
And the little things appear to slip right past
But don't give up hope cause tonight
I promise everything will be alright
Take hold of my hand
Take hold of my hand
Take hold of my hand now
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2. |
An Old James Dean
03:48
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It's late at night
You feel like hell
A lifetime's chances lost of ever being well
You hit the bottle 'cause you've hit the wall
Wondering if you'll ever reach the end of your fall
You're as out of place as an old James Dean
Clutching his cracked custom machine
Never meant to be
It's not not the same
As it was before
You've everything you wanted but your heart still needs more
Then something snaps
And your life careens
If you caught yourself would things have turned out differently?
You struggle along
Heavy as you drown
Horrified and helpless
Stumbling around and around
Around and around
Around until you finally hit the ground
It's not enough
After the fact
To be sorry for what you can't take back
You're as out of place as an old James Dean
Clutching his cracked custom machine
And a dream of being young
Desperately cool and dying to be someone
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3. |
Like a Black Hole
02:09
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I can't walk and I can't talk
Can't do anything without you
Can't sing, but I never could
I got no rhythm without you
All that feels right is dreaming of the night
When you walk right back in my life
All that I know
I can't let go
As long as you stay gone
It's like a black hole
Can't think and I can't drink
My glass half empty without you
Can't dress, oh what a mess
I feel so naked without you
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4. |
I Don't Care Anymore
03:09
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It might be cliche but I don't really care
The cloud are finally beginning to part
Maybe it's just a change in my dose of medication
Or maybe I have let down my guard
I don't know what I would say if
I was faced with
the girl who broke my heart
Oh but it doesn't matter because I don't care anymore
I can see so much clearer
Like I've just had lasik surgery
Or maybe something else for my eyes
But I know it aint' no laser or even new glasses
That have given me this new insight
I don't know what I would do if
I could see things through the
Eyes of the girl who made me blind, no
But it doesn't matter because I don't care anymore
There seems to be more spring in my step these days
And I know it ain't something with my shoes
No it's something else because I've found I've even begun
To drink a wee bit less of the booze
I don't know if I'd even bother trying
To walk the same mile
As the girl who gave me those blues
Oh but it doesn't matter because I don't care anymore
No no it doesn't matter because I don't care anymore
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5. |
Surgeon's Sure Hands
02:23
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Can't take me home to mama
I'll never meet your dad
'Cause the things we do when the sun goes down darling
They wouldn't understand
I'll make you scream and sweat baby
Forget your wedding band with my
Surgeon's sure hands
I don't need words to hyponotize you
I don't need to pretend
As for looking to make you an honest woman well
That isn't in the plan
But you still come a knocking
Again and again to feel my
Surgeon's sure hands
There'll come a time to put away
Childish things but not today
My fingers have that midas touch
Enough won't ever be enough
You can make me scream and beg
But I'll just move along instead
There'll come a time to settle down
By then I hope I'm six feet underground
And when the party's over
I don't mean to offend
It's not that I don't have a heart
Just no attention span
But I won't be sticking around
To play the dutiful man
I won't be holding onto you with my
Surgeon's sure hands
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6. |
Can't Figure It Out
03:51
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A man can't live with nothing to live for
And I can't sleep without you beside me anymore
Time seems to stop but never seems to end
The moment we parted playing again and again
And I don't know what I'm waiting for
And I can't figure it out
A little bit of gray crawling across my face
Clinging to a memory I wish I could erase
I do my best to understand
Running in place as far as I can
Now and again but I don't remember when
I know I'm glad that you're gone
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7. |
Settling
03:24
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Back when I was young I thought that true love
Was nothing but a waiting game
But I spent too long blindly holding on
Wondering when she'd feel the same
Moving right along, another pretty one
A smile masking hurt I couldn't touch
A redhead, I should've known to leave well enough alone
As if I hadn't been bloodied enough
I've been trying all my life just to settle down
The girl of my dreams curled up with me
Instead she just left town
They say you can't settle down without settling first
But what if settling down just makes things worse?
I've been trying all my life just to settle down
I'd play my guitar, she'd paint her art
Instead she just left town
Well...
And when I have no doubt I've got it all figured out
That's when it starts over again
Brown eyes and blonde hair just wanting to be there
Taking the pleasure with the pain
I've been trying all my life just to settle down
But what's the use when it's all useless words jerking me around?
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8. |
Kari I Know
02:41
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Kari I know I'll never be the one
Sleeping right beside you when the day is gone
Kari I know it's just a silly dream
To want to be there anytime
You need someone to help you with your lines
Kari I know how strange it must seem
To hear someone singing on the other side of the screen
Kari I know it's not supposed to be
But why should that stop me?
How can you disprove what you can't see?
The color of your hair may change
But this vow will remain
You work so well with your hands
I wish I could make you understand
Kari I know it's really up to me
To discover for myself and not just watch TV
Kari I know you'll never really hear me
Singing this song to you
I hope one day I'll get through
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9. |
Tomorrow Today
02:21
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I can sit here trying to list all the ways I miss you
But neither of us has that kind of time
Nothing but a lonely man staring at a photograph
Thinking how I can't believe you're mine
But it's so hard
And you're oh so far away
If only it was tomorrow today
It's a bit like being stuck at sea waiting for you to rescue me
Wishing that I knew how to swim
Am I being too emphatic?
Just a hair overdramatic?
I promise things really aren't that grim
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10. |
Lust From Afar
03:39
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Some might criticize the way I stare at you through my blinds
And note your every move from my living room
And some might call it creepy the way I crouch here and watch you sleeping
Me I find it a bit romantic
But I don't know who you are
I promise I won't do you any harm
What's so wrong with lust from afar?
And some might be opposed to me picturing you without your clothes
As I sit here in the dark so all alone
And some might call it unhealthy just how badly I want your body
All to myself if only for a night (or maybe two or three.. or four)
Is it normal for a guy
To dream of one girl all the time
But be too shy to say hello?
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11. |
Falling Ahead
04:38
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It's alright don't be afraid
Staring at the mess you made
Your loneliness will fade in time
Your tears will soon be dry
Looking west, falling ahead
Close your eyes and go to bed
You don't have to worry anymore
Slow down and take your time
Don't fret if you're trailing behind
I've never felt like this before
If it's love then I want more
As day blurs into night
We're two birds taking flight
Please don't shut off the light
I can't stand The Darkness
Someday we'll all be gone
Whether or not we've found someone
As leaves fall from the trees
We can float off in the breeze
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Kirk Kiefer Louisville, Kentucky
Sailing Stones is the new album from Kirk Kiefer, formerly of second-most rootin'-est tootin'-est Louisville band Yardsale. In addition to Kiefer on bass and guitar, drummer Colin Garcia rounds out the rhythm section, with a number of other Louisville musicians, including Ted Stevens, Todd Hildreth, Scott Moore and Dave Howard of 23 String Band, Joan Shelley, providing the special sauce. ... more
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A live-in-the-studio, enthusiastic, fun alt.country romp through some great original songs, an array of covers (Springsteen, Gin Blossoms, Yardbirds and more!) performed by Louisville's own Yardsale.
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