1. |
Too Long, So Long
03:30
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I been singing sad songs, too long, too long
I been singing sad songs, dragging my heart along
all alone
And I been drinking too long, too long, too strong
I been drinking too long, wailing and crying alone
all alone
You been dragging me down, me down, me down
You been dragging me down, gotta stop coming around
bringing me down
You got a boyfriend, a new man, a boyfriend
You got a boyfriend, rumor says he's moving in
When I'm not around
I been chasing you down, you down, you down
I been chasing you down, chasing you all over town
now I'm done
I got me a new thing, a new thing, a sweet thing
I got me a new thing, gonna turn it all around
then we're done
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2. |
I'd Do It All Again
03:09
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I was 22 years old
Lived just like a boy, always doing what I'm told
Fell in love with a girl
Thought I deserved it all, knew it all for sure
So we moved into a house
Played like grown ups do, yeah we tried to hammer it out
So then we had a kid
Well I got scared as hell, and found out what our parents did
So I'll take it on the chin
Yeah I got a few regrets, but baby you know I'd do it all again
We got older we got wise
Made a mistake or two, but we always tried
So then we hit the wall
Caught up in ourselves, yeah we nearly lost it all
So I take it on the chin
Got a few regrets, but babe you know I'd do it all again
credits
released June 18, 2018
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3. |
Vintage Sound
03:05
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Weird motherfuckers come into town
Act just right and they strut around
Tats and jeans with a pierced-up queen
Roll around on a ten speed bought with weed
That's all you need
They buy that shit at the goodwill store
Try it on and they know for sure
Get laid
Vintage sound and a t-shirt too
fancy beer and some high top boots
Get paid
Sad motherfuckers play all the blues
trust fund baby with college dues
got an old guitar and a beat up van
bluetooth beats and a spray on tan
alright
Rocking that shit so tight
They buy that shit at the goodwill store
Try it on and know for sure
Get laid
Vintage sound and a t-shirt too
fancy beer and some high top boots
Get paid
Got a duffel bag full of classic tunes
for a record player that don't get used
alright
Got pooka shells and a feather hat
For the nightly gig at the laundry mat
sit tight
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4. |
Know What I Don't
03:05
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This time I reason, this time the seasons wanna change
and I grow a little older
and I feel a treason, the feeling that I want to betray
I'm feeling a little colder
You say I need
to fall down on my knees and forgive you
well that's not what I want
You still believe
that you are the one that I want
Well I don't know what I need
But I know what I don't
Here we are, standing at the end of the line
facing one another
we ran so far, trying to erase all the time
and I'm ducking for cover
Pushed you away, to the arms of things that I hate
and I felt you growing stronger
You ran astray, realizing too late
I can't take it any longer
You say I need
to fall down on my knees and forgive you
well that's not what I want
You still believe
that you are the one that I want
Well I don't know what I need
But I know what I don't
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I never stopped to wonder
what it is I try to do
the stream gathers in so many places
but it always leads to you
I tried to stop the feeling
from getting ahold of me
I fell apart so quickly
isn't that how I'll always be
I wanted to be so clever
and I wanted to be forever
and I wanted to fall all over you
this moment is gone one second
a little drop in the lonely see
I begged the stars for answers
and I begged for you to be
Do you gasp when you see each morning
light up and swallow you
do you understand the notion?
the one that I am holding on to
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6. |
Hung Up The Phone
03:55
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You didn't rip my heart out
Cause there was no heart there
You claimed it years ago
I haven't seen it anywhere
So I'm alone
We said goodbye, we parted ways
Hung up the phone
You didn't break my spirit
I never had too much to spare
But I held on closely
didn't give I didn't share
So I'm alone
We said goodbye, we parted ways
Hung up the phone
We called it quits, threw in the towel
buried the bones
You didn't rip my heart out
Cause there was no heart there
You claimed it years ago
I haven't seen it anywhere
So I'm alone
We said goodbye, we parted ways
Hung up the phone
We said goodbye, we parted ways
Hung up the phone
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7. |
Put You Away
05:07
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Say I love you
And whisper that I'm still enchanted
I don't think that I could
Do you want me?
Do you need me like you say you do?
It doesn't do any good
Keep the light on
When you leave so I can see you
The way you really are
Leave me empty
Don't try to make it all work out somehow
You know you're pushing way too far
If I drown in a bottle
Or sink into my bed
Well I never wanted it any other way
I won't feel it any less
When I'm buried cold and dead
It's killing me that I can't put you away
Leave the light on
When you leave so I can see you
The way you really are
I wasted all my feelings
I gave you up too fast
And you slipped away
Right before my eyes
And I guess I'm the one who's sorry
Cause all this time has passed
And it's killing me that I buried you with lies
If I drown in a bottle
Or sink into my bed
Well I never wanted it any other way
I won't feel it any less
When I'm buried cold and dead
It's killing me that I can't put you away
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8. |
I Can't Run
03:13
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I wanted something to remind me
Of all the things I left behind me
I've got a suitcase and a cell phone
And I've got direction but no way home
And I can't run
I can't crawl
No I can't stop this thing at all
There's a hallway and a staircase
There's a mirror filled with my face
There's an empty room left open
And I've got a future full of hoping
And I can't run
I can't crawl
No I can't stop this thing at all
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9. |
Spoke Real Soft
03:48
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I spoke real soft
I tried to say the awful truth
When it hurt a lot
I didn't say that it was you
And I walked a way a ways from here
Found my way around
And I talked for days you wouldn't hear
I didn't make a sound it's true
I wrote it down
pen and paper black on white
that's what you found
didn't say that it was right
So there it is, our souls are bare
don't like what we found
and we cut it loose and left it there
the memories took it all, it's true
I spoke real soft
I told you the awful truth
Counted the cost
then I found the cost was you
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10. |
Ghost Of You
04:38
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Where did you run off to?
I ran in search of you
Why did you hide your past?
You knew, I couldn't run so fast.
Had to see for myself
Had to reason it out
Then I caught up to you
And you erased all my doubt
There is a ghost in my house
There is a coldness about
It hangs above me at night
I hate to turn on the light
Had to see for myself
So I ran like the wind
Then I found out the truth
Would only hurt me again
Had to see for myself
Had to reason it out
Then I caught up to you
And you erased all my doubt
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11. |
The Land Of Dreams
02:51
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It's true every time
You always said wait and see
Suits me just fine
And I stick around, faithfully
You'd better be mine
Cause I always said, I believe
The sun goes down
The moon comes up
And I go off to the land of dreams
And it's rise and shine
Every day you stay with me
Baby I feel fine
We're in love, and I agree
So I fell in line
And we go on, naturally
The sun goes down
The moon comes up
And I go off to the land of dreams
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12. |
You Got Sexy
03:06
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Cheap hotel room, high on pain pills
You bought a sex toy, I paid the phone bills
Drank a bottle, called me lazy
You picked a fight cause you're fucking crazy
I got lonely, I got pensive, you got angry I got defensive
There was conflict, shit ignited
You said it's over, then decided
you got sexy, I got excited
Vegas vacation, you spent my paycheck
dropped the X and you got a lapdance
We tried bondage, we did a three way
You flashed that bike cop on a fucking freeway
I got lonely, I got pensive, you got angry I got defensive
There was conflict, shit ignited
You said it's over, then decided
you got sexy, I got excited
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13. |
Some Kind Of Happiness
04:06
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There were so few words to say
There was a time to speak but now it's gone away
We had a thing to save, we had a game to play
We had a love to throw away
You know I can't run, being the only one
left to think about what I left behind
Was there any doubt, that you knew about
Some kind of happiness that I couldn't find
And I was so tempted not to be
All things you said that I couldn't see
So I fell apart, and then you broke my heart
Is that the way it's gotta be?
You know I won't lose, when it's time to choose
between the man I was and what need to be
and if you have a doubt, well I will scream about
All the ways you took the love right out of me
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14. |
Dog In The Sun
04:07
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15. |
Ups And Downs
04:01
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16. |
Booze Jam #23
02:36
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17. |
Oasis In The Dessert
06:36
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19. |
Down The Tubes
04:38
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Craig Gibson Austin, Texas
Craig is a singer/songwriter/musician based in Austin, TX. No ethos, no plans, no stardom....just making the music that makes me happy, whatever in the hell that may be.
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