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It was getting fairly late, I said I had to go
But when the devil offered, Lord, I had myself one more
All ambition, tumbled down then
My baby left me said my drinking turned to drowning
Well my baby was in the kitchen, cleaning on her knees
Feeling like damage control following me
All her sadness in her words resounding
My baby left me said my drinking turned to drowning
Well my drinking turned to drowning, I was drowning everyday
Another shot, a pint, a bottle, I'd be on my way
All my loss, in her eyes I found and
My baby left me said my drinking turned to drowning
All the pain she feels
Lord I know she had to go
She couldn't wait for me
So here I float, in a dirty moat of drunken misery
If I could change there'd be no pain my baby would be with me
But to my demons, I am bound and
Destined from start to end, alone and drowning
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Devil's Whip
03:22
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I was badly bruised with a broken heart
Feeling marked for death
Unfit for the Land of Nod
So from Eden I drove west
No mind for people's talk
And no mind for politics
So away from the towns I'd stay
And to the wild I'd stick
Well, the lightning cracked like the devil's whip
I nearly lost my sight
A ghost crossed to the middle of the road
I thought to take my life
But she just smiled and turned away
I guess she hadn't the thought
Maybe the years I thought I owed
Would be spent not bought
When I entered the mountains the rains came down
The water felt like tears
Some manifestation (in a savage storm)
Of all of my fears
And from the rocks I watched the valley
Crack, swell, and bleed
And as her body came undone
I could hear her weep
Oh, I longed for my mother and the home she made
And my father bought
But miles away I could only see
The distance I had wrought
Illuminated fingertips upon a steering wheel
Some day a life to call my own
Of dirt and dust most real
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Road to Nowhere
02:46
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They were just two kids, on a road to nowhere
Riding in the back of some pick up truck
Smiling sweetly, she moved in closer
Some times, he thought, I can't believe my luck
Dressed like a starlet, right out the movies
Red lipstick and some big blonde curls
Playing the cowboy, he called her darlin'
Said anything you want, is yours in this damn world
It's trust in the dark
And a home to hold your heart
She's all you ever needed
She's all that you believe in
Well on Sundays, they go out walking
Through the streets of their nowhere town
The rows of houses, they line the pavement
A life, a place to call their home
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Through El Paso
03:23
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With the darkness came the cold
Just a fool out chasing ghosts
A whole damn country between me and my love
Lost and longing for my home
With all my might I held her close
All through the night, never let go
But in the desert, alone I awoke
Lost and longing for my home
Well, through El Paso I left Texas
But the phones had no connection
I lost contact with my love
So then I started into drinking
As the sadness turned to sinking
Seems tomorrow never comes
So if the northern way you go
Up that long and frozen road
You tell my baby that I'm headed for home
Lost alone, but not forlorn
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Driving through the darkness
We crossed the county line
The road before us, baby,
Opened wide
Secrets in the shadows
Through silence you spoke
Words like heartbeats singing
Soft and low
When all affairs were settled
All debts squared away
Home became a highway
Happiness with nothing to say
So as the towns forget us
Old memories left behind
We'll keep searching for our home, darling
Down the line
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Franny
03:24
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Your knees they buckled your face turned white
Doubling over, you lost your sight
But the pain you carry, it can't defeat
The light you hold, the light you'll be
The ghost you miss, he only needs
Your shining heart, to find his peace
And through the shadows, all he'll see
Is the light you hold, the light you'll be
And all the darkness
That finds you
Will be the darkness
That you'll shine through
So cheer up, Franny, you'll find the light
And in the morning all will be right
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Connor Dodson Hamtramck, Michigan
Connor Dodson writes songs from Hamtramck, MI. Songs about traveling late at night in the back of a van, west of the Mississippi. Songs about everything left behind. Saloon songs and songs for imaginary lovers. Songs about Home.
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