1. |
Time on the Delta
03:53
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I’ve been spending my time on the Delta,
You never see me, cause, love, I’m always there.
It’s a simple life, it’s a call of faith
Trying to touch the hand of God.
The Good Lord’s laughing now about
How people change,
So see me again on a better day.
The Devil’s daughters they are
Calling my name,
So I’m looking up for another way.
There’s talk of life on the other side,
You don’t listen to it, but I have to try.
Believe me when I tell you, “I won’t forget you, girl,”
But my rough ways, done me in good.
The Good Lord’s laughing now about
How people change,
So see me again on a better day.
The Devil’s daughters they are
Calling my name,
So I’m looking up for another way.
Tell me softly, Tell me sweet,
I know you won’t,
So I’ll take the Black Train to the North.
I’ve been spending my time on the Delta,
You never see me, cause, love, I’m always there.
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2. |
Achilles' Song
02:56
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From shore to shore, you took the blame,
Funny how it works that way.
Dark for dark, and light for light,
It’s a bit of love, it’s a bit of life.
Working and slaving for the gold,
They say take what you can and gain the most,
But there’s lovers still on the ocean floor,
It’s a brave man’s way in a coward’s war.
So I’m going somewhere to get some grace,
But time will never show her face,
So I shake the sun and shake the moon,
I got nothing left for me to lose.
Darkness, Darkness, just let me be,
Save my darling and save my dreams.
And tame my liver, and tame my soul,
Tame the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.
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3. |
Car to Chicago
02:31
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Tell me dear what you want me to say,
A simple kiss is never enough.
Can you taste the sweet, bitter sweat
Of a man who’s moving heaven above?
Hell, it’s something, like a proud, black wind
Blowing in the midst of our lives,
And in the morning, with our eyes red wide,
I can hear your little sighs.
Your silence never did no good,
‘Cause I couldn’t read your mind.
So take the car to Chicago,
And see if you can test them times.
Hell, it’s something, like a proud, black wind
Blowing in the midst of our lives,
And in the morning, with our eyes red wide,
I can hear your little sighs.
Just push it out of your mind.
Just push it out of your mind.
Just push it out of your mind, your mind.
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4. |
Wait
04:23
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Won’t you wait for me, baby,
When I have come undone.
Won’t you stay with me, baby,
Lord knows that I need someone.
I look out my door, the sun ain’t shining anymore,
You say I’ve said this before,
But that ain’t what I mean.
I don’t want to revel in misery,
I just need the rain coming down.
Light is in my eyes, darkness creeps from behind,
You say it’s all in my mind,
But that ain’t what I mean.
Tell me, are blue skies all you see,
Heaven knows that they’ve been keeping me down.
Won’t you wait for me, baby,
When I have come undone.
Won’t you stay with me, baby,
Lord knows that I need someone.
All the fallen debris, it’s just constant memory,
Of all the days that we’ve seen,
And you know what I mean.
Another day couldn’t save me now,
World’s on fire it’s not keeping me warm.
Another minute, I don’t have, couldn’t save me now,
But come on and wait with me.
I can’t fill, anymore, this hole in my heart,
So come on and stay with me now.
Another minute, I don’t have, couldn’t save me,
But come on and wait with me now.
I can’t fill, anymore, this hole in my heart,
So come on and stay with me.
Won’t you wait for me, baby,
When I have come undone.
Won’t you stay with me, baby,
Lord knows that I need someone.
I may raise my empty glass again,
To the gods that I knew before.
I never did have any care for my sins,
Left my demons on the door.
Won’t you wait for me, baby,
When I have come undone.
Won’t you stay with me, baby,
Lord knows that I need someone.
Oh, Lord, don’t I need someone,
Yeah, oh, I need someone.
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5. |
I Know You Better
03:39
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So tell me, darling girl,
Your hair’s messy like a whirlwind,
I see tears in your eyes,
And I hear the sighs in your heart.
Did your father spite you
While your mother was fast asleep,
Did your brother stumble out
Cold, drunk, in the empty street?
So you make me wait again
There’s no sense in the things you say,
Fight’s on another day.
But I know you better than this,
I’ve been here time and time before,
Keep on pulling back your soul, babe.
So I go again
To see how you’re doing,
But I don’t know which way is right,
And which way is wrong.
But I dare the worst,
A suckerpunch into the face,
Door’s closed, babe,
And you won’t let me in.
So you make me wait again
There’s no sense in the things you say,
Fight’s on another day.
But I know you better than this,
I’ve been here time and time before,
Keep on pulling back your soul, babe.
Your lies are soft,
Your skin’s not that tough,
And I don’t believe
A single thing that comes from your pretty lips.
Where’d those bruises go,
Did you leave on your own?
I feel your soreness as
You pull yourself into my arms.
So you make me wait again
There’s no sense in the things you say,
Fight’s on another day.
But I know you better than this,
I’ve been here time and time before,
Keep on pulling back your soul, babe.
So you make me wait again
There’s no sense in the things you say,
Fight’s on another day.
But I know you better than this,
I’ve been here time and time before,
Keep on pulling back your soul, babe.
So tell me, darling girl,
Your hair’s messy like a whirlwind,
I see tears in your eyes,
And I hear the sighs in your heart.
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Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go,
You have made my life complete, and I love you so.
Love me tender, love me long, take me to your heart,
For it’s there that I belong, and we’ll never part.
Love me tender, oh, love me sweet, child, all my dreams fulfilled,
For my darling, I love you, and I always will.
Love me tender, oh, love me sweet, child, all my dreams fulfilled,
For my darling, I love you, and I always will.
Love me tender, love me dear, tell me you are mine,
I’ll be yours through all the years, till the end of time.
Love me tender, oh, love me sweet, child, all my dreams fulfilled,
For my darling, I love you, and I always will.
For my darling, I love you, and I always will.
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7. |
Golden Youth
04:38
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I once heard from a wise old fool:
“Can’t catch time, cause it’s already caught you.”
So I ran with my golden youth,
Forgot my Bible, but I swear, I swear, I’ll read that soon.
I tumbled northward with the world’s best band,
Couldn’t play my stay in this goddamn forsaken land.
So I tied my shoes and headed West,
To find salvation just like all the rest.
She, she said “how do you do?” And I said,
“I’m alright, I’m just living my life.”
I got a tune in my head, and it rings till Kingdom come, this will be done,
And someday, we’ll all be gone.
Became a slave to some lying truth,
Bent my back to save my neck from the noose.
Broke my shackles, and got lost in the wind,
Kept the dust with me from all the places I have been.
She, she said “how do you do?” And I said,
“Hell alright, I’m just chasing the time.”
I got a fire in my head, and it burns till Kingdom come, this will be done,
And someday, we’ll all be gone.
No traveler will out-tongue me,
I’ve seen the Devil and he just let me be.
Fool me once, and I’ll fool you twice,
I got a grin ‘cause I rigged the dice.
She, she said “how do you do?” And I said,
“Hell alright, I’m just pissing my life.”
I got a love in my head, and it screams till Kingdom come, this will be done,
And someday...
I’m older and I won’t forget,
My dear ma’s words and what she said, “boy, you ain’t dead yet.”
Tell my brothers that I love them so,
Tell my good pa, I don’t think I’m coming back home,
Coming back home,
Again.
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8. |
What I Lost
04:15
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Oh, break down the door,
Blood’s on the floor,
Hands on the gun.
She, she want me to love,
But I told her to run,
Damn this old house.
Fear me, oh Darkness, fear me your nightingale,
Take back what is yours.
Show me another way, take me all night and day,
To find what I lost, oh what I lost.
She won’t give me nothing,
She won’t pay for my time,
No, she won’t compromise.
So, I gave my best wishes,
And man, she was vicious,
Way out of mind.
Fear me, oh Darkness, fear me your nightingale,
Take back what is yours.
Show me another way, take me all night and day,
To find what I lost, oh what I lost.
Judge, sentence my head,
I got nothing left,
Save for my peace.
Cold, cold as can be,
The grave waits for me,
The hang man will see.
Fear me, oh Darkness, fear me your nightingale,
Take back what is yours.
Show me another way, take me all night and day,
To find what I lost, oh what I lost.
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9. |
Buried Hearts
02:41
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I’ve counted the days, since we buried our hearts,
In the glade by the cedar tree.
And now I’m a-digging somewhere in the dark,
But I can’t find the place that they’re buried.
If I could write you the saddest of tunes,
I would and I’d win you back for good,
But the gods and the muses would send me to ruin,
And I’d probably lose you again too.
I sat in my room, night after night,
Listening to the ghosts laugh and sneer,
They said, “Boy, what’s your worry, don’t pout like you’re sorry,”
But I stared straight at the moon.
Someday I’ll shake, the dust off those words,
The words which have grown old in my thoughts,
And whether I mean them, or whether I don’t,
The word love will taste strange on my tongue.
I packed up my bags and I sold all my books,
I stored the past in a box.
I’ll burn the last picture, but Lord I’ll still miss her,
I’ll just be a boy on the run.
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10. |
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Darling, I can’t take the blame for you,
My love was always good and true,
But now, what more can I do,
When I lost everything with you.
Oh, with you.
I’ll let fate play her game with me,
Although my heart will always bleed,
And I’ll go and let you be,
Then maybe I’ll be once again free.
Oh, be free.
And I will take the Northbound train to hell knows where,
And you’ll see no trace of me, but I know you don’t care, you don’t care.
Oh, if you cared.
And I’ll walk my road alone,
The only road I’ve ever known,
And you know, my heart’s like a stone,
Because of the love that you showed.
Oh, you showed.
Darling, I won’t take the blame it’s true,
But my love, my darling, I love you.
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11. |
Laney, Indiana
04:07
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Lately I’ve been talking to myself,
Counting pennies on the floor, nobody owes more (nobody owes more).
I take them all to a man down the road,
He can get me my fix when I feel real low.
Cause I’ve been here in Laney, Indiana
For far too long, never left the first stanza, (left the first stanza)
Then I saw her with her head in the clouds,
I said, “Damn, girl, this is Laney, not the good part of town.
“Cause here, Everything planned always falls on through,
And the things you own end up owning you. (owning you)
So where you running, where you going from here
With a bag and a coat, playing songs in your ears?”
She said, “Let me tell you about a place I know,
You don’t need no money, just take it real slow.” (take it real slow)
I told her softly, just as sweet as I could,
“I never left that place, honey, and I ain’t doing too good.”
So, come with me baby, run with me darling,
And let’s get outta town, before it’s too late for me and you now.
Cause I burn and I tremble, then turn to the bottle,
Cause I can’t help myself nomore, and I know well, ah Lord, this is killing me.
Lately I’ve been talking to myself,
Counting pennies on the floor, nobody owes more (nobody owes more).
I take them all to a man down the road,
He can get me my fix when I feel real low.
“Cause here, Everything planned always falls on through,
And the things you own end up owning you. (owning you)
So where you running, where you going from here
With a bag and a coat, playing songs in your ears?”
So, come with me baby, run with me darling,
And let’s get outta town, before it’s too late for me and you now.
Cause the bottle won’t give me what I need,
Cigarettes take the breath away from me,
But Oh God, I know nothing’s gonna change now.
I keep on going back to Laney, Indiana,
Can’t stop looking back, but I know it doesn’t matter,
Cause I ain’t coming back from Laney, Indiana,
Now, now, now, now, oh oh oh oh
I keep on going back to Laney, Indiana,
Can’t stop looking back, but I know it doesn’t matter,
Cause I ain’t coming back from Laney, Indiana,
Now, now, now, now, oh oh oh oh
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12. |
Devil’s Dues
03:27
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It’s like a whisper in the night,
Her scent still lingers in the air,
And I toss and turn like a wild man,
Who’s got demons running through his hair.
I had lost my bet on Mary,
She ran away without saying goodbye,
Now, I’m cornered by the bloodhounds,
They’ll tear my throat ‘fore I can even cry.
I’m praying like the day won’t come,
She brought me down to my knees,
I’m screaming up to heaven,
Lord, help me please.
I got her poison in my blood,
Damn, if I was a fool,
I guess I’m gonna pay the Devil’s dues.
If my crazy makes me a blind man,
Then let my crazy guide me on my way.
For it’s written in the poet’s dreams,
She’ll haunt me down to my grave.
I’m praying like the day won’t come,
She brought me down to my knees,
I’m screaming up to heaven,
Lord, help me please.
I got her poison in my blood,
Damn, if I was a fool,
I guess I’m gonna pay the Devil’s dues.
I’ll see her at the crossroads
With Hell at my heels.
I’ll throw away my sorrow,
But never my girl, my girl, oh my girl.
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Lost Mary Hillsdale, Michigan
Lost Mary is an indie folk duo based in Southern Michigan influenced by the likes of Gregory Alan Isakov, Jason Isbell, and Bear's Den.
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