1. |
Ride
04:03
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1. There’s terror on the TV and the house is a mess
You can’t live forever you can’t win a rest
You can never believe what you read anymore
You can’t see the forest because of the trees
Everyone is tired like they got some disease
The state of emotion is way too high for me
C. When you’re feeling like the wrong way on a one-way street
When you’re staring at these walls all faded and beat
We’re going to ride
(They think they’ve got your number)
(They think they’ve got you figured out)
You’ve run it to ground you’ve been tried you’ve been tested
Kick it all to the curb time to get resurrected
Going to ride
Forget about your troubles ‘cause we're
Going to get out of here and ride
2. Hurricanes are pulling cities out of the ground
Media coverage courts and ghettos cover this town
The money's all spent
But still you owe
(Get up we're going to get out)
There’re guns in our schools and war to the east
The Wild West is back while we're praying for peace
The state of emotion is way too high for me
They think they’ve got your number
They think they’ve got you figured out
They think they’ve got you on a string
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2. |
Tangled In Translation
03:57
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1. She’d always say “you lose control”
“You just can't let it go”
Let it go
The weight of words can color gray
The choices that we’ve made
And what we say
C. Far away
From the middle ground
We fall apart
Quite, angry, proud
2. Catching smoke with a net
Tangled in forgive and forget
But you never forget
We etch are names on these marked graves
Tattooed in common complaint
And look to the other for blame
To make the change
C. But far away
From the middle ground
We fall apart
And share our fears here and now
3. And like the silence after storm
Redemption takes many forms
In a smile in a glance
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3. |
Cisco
04:15
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1. In her best telephone voice she say:
“When you coming home boy?"
You've been gone far too long
And I'm here all alone
Are you safe? Are you feeling better
Miles away from these city lights?”
I've been out there working every day
Building a life, making the grade
Time for all good things to end
But not today, today we plan our big escape
Not today, today we're going to get away
C. I'm going to Cisco to sit by the fire darling
I'm going to Cisco to sing with the band / shoot with the boys
When the weight of the world pushes down
We go to Cisco
2. You bring the whiskey I'll bring the guitar
We'll celebrate our troubles
We'll howl at the moon singing
“London Homesick Blues” and
“Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother”
Circle the trucks and turn the radios louder
Watch the night stars shimmer, watch them shine
I've been up forever and a day
Waiting for this our hiding place
Time for all good things to end
But not today, today we plan our big escape
Not today, today we're going to get away
3. Traveling back on that old dusty road
Laughing at nothing really funny
My father, my son, one for all, all for one
We're rolling through
Horizon meets the sky so blue
Driving home to my bride and brood
Driving home to my bride and brood
Driving back to your arms renewed
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4. |
Monkey See Monkey Do
03:27
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1. Kid bags my groceries
Wears his back brace proudly
Ghost-rode the whip two thousand hits
Now he’s got fans
The local debutant still sleeps soundly
Puts herself through college on the webcam plan man
C. Monkey see monkey do (You/Cool)
You’re almost famous dude
Money see monkey do
The beast feeds on blood
Humiliation too
Monkey see monkey do
2. I can crash my car and
stumble-trip from the fiery wreckage
I can smash my wife and
blame my life on all my video fame
I can throw my body off a house
and make the bloggers frenzy
Digg my sloppy perfect pose
My signature move
And dude man (You’ve got it going on)
Hey you’re good (You’re off the hook my brother)
Hey you’re good (You’re going far my man)
You’re good (You take it to another)
Dude man (You spread it on like jelly)
Hey you’re good (You spread it on like butter)
Hey you’re good (You make my “Hero Daily”)
Good (You’re like no, like no other)
3. I’ve been out searching for the next revolution
I’ve been out surfing for the next big plan
This the new faith of the nation
Rocking like a rock star in a rock and roll band
Gonna’ give ‘em what they want
What they want you to
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5. |
The Push And Pull
04:37
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1. Had to get out of your small-town skin
Had to break up to break out you felt
Cradled life and drank the wine
Took some time out to find yourself
But with the change of the seasons
You always found good reason to move on
Rewind back through our story
To the moment we first meet
Wrapped up in this new emotion
Can’t/won’t forget
C. The push and pull world
Can come between us
Everybody takes
And the paper tigers try to complicate
But your every way makes me want to stay
2. Watching all the tired people
Coming home from their daily grind
They drive
I count the seconds till you ease my mind
If I were a coat I’d protect you
If I were a road I’d always bring you here
Fast forward through our years here
We always stayed the course
Washed away all reservations
Built on this and more
And she does affect a change
Don’t dwell on our mistakes
3. Gathered up all the sleepy children
Put them down for the night
Cradled you and drank the wine
These quiet moments in our lives
For all your beauty and grace
Through the thick and thin we sta
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6. |
Polygraph 2
03:39
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Come on confess just say it
Why don’t you spit it out?
No one here is going to judge you
Just speak the words and leave no doubt
1. You seem to think you've got a direct line to the truth
Behind these doors hollow promises drip cruel
You seem to think the rules were written for the fools
You’re always taking more some selfish golden rule
Maybe you’re the kind that can take a photograph
And burn it in your head
Maybe you’re the kind that can turn and walk away
With nothing being said
With your pockets full of silver
You take up all the slack
But sticks and stones this place is filled
With crimes you can't take back
C. And you stare right through me
As you play in your house of glass
You paint these walls with what you see
Polygraph, polygraph
2. You seem to think you're never wrong
Because you're right
You cut them at the knees and hold their failures tight
You seem to think you’re above all petty circumstance
You talk toxic, quick to blame
You don’t give them another chance
Maybe you're the kind that can dry up all the rain
And keep the waters down
Maybe you're the kind who can wish it all away
You turn heroes into clowns
I think you're lonely
I think you're sad
Sticks and stones this place is filled
With crimes you can't take back
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7. |
15 Minutes
03:40
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1. Ed made the big screen
But still, he finds time
To teach me how to do
Better in my life
Yeah okay, I'm not cool to relate
Like a child caught in the middle
Just trying to find his way
C. The difference between the brave and the bold
One acts the story of the other's story told
Building castles in the air like a dream make-believe
15 minutes of fame we need
2. The band plays their anthem
Reads news from a card
“The world is burning the tides are turning
The future looks dark”
Yeah, all right
And a fortune cookie might
Lead us to a better answer
(Call me a cynic, call me a fool)
C. The difference between the brave and the bold
One acts the story of the other's story told
Dancing to the music but not hearing the theme
15 minutes of fame we need
3. Missed in translation the message missed its mark
You and me toe-to-toe arguing in the dark
Should we fight for the curtain?
Do we all take the stage?
And when it's my time to face the cameras
Will I have anything to say?
Everybody’s dancing around for me
“Be unique, come follow me”
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8. |
Maddening Crowd
03:58
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1. Some decisions are not our own
We can't get around it
Framed in promise, carved in stone
From young and restless
To simple and sane
Star-cross lovers never weather
The day-to-day mundane
C. Far from the maddening crowd
With oceans and Champaign
You said: “let me help you to find your way”
The sound of the waves surrounds us
We sheltered away from the sea we couldn't trust
You take me home and take me
Far from the maddening crowd
2. She hesitates to pick up the phone
They share the same house but they're both alone
She waits for something, he passes time
While ghosts whisper arguments another late night full of lies
C. Far from the maddening crowd
She confesses all
There is no prince, no Shangri-la
As the crush of the quiet surrounds them
Lost in the way from the world that promised them
A fairy tail
Far from the maddening crowd
3. History begins again with each new day
A wedding song that won’t fade away
You laugh and call it “quaint cliché”
But star-crossed lovers never weather the day-to-day mundane
C. Far from the madding crowd
With oceans and Champaign
Let me hold you and keep you safe
The end of the day surrounds us
We shelter away to this place we made in love
And you take me home and take me
She pulls me away to this something better
She makes me want for her to say
Take me away, take me away
Far from the madding crowd, we’ll stay
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9. |
Goldfish
03:30
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1. Hey, hey little goldfish
What are you going through?
And you and me are treading water
We both have little much to do
But I've been out looking for something new
2. Hey you little kitty
Where are you coming from
I think it's a pity
To hang on my fence just for fun
When I've been out looking for someone
Hey miss “I need a new switch”
What are we going through?
And you say “Ha ha little foolish
I've been out searching too”
Don't you know lover's try?
3. Hey desert tumbleweed
You're always rolling on
You can't stop for nothing
You've got to keep on moving on
Don't waste no more time trying to right our wrongs
4. Hey, sweet marmalade
This taste is fading from my lips
Not much to say
Our picket fence faded just a bit
When off that moral high hill you took a slip
5. Hey my circus acrobat
You dodge and dance my questions
And twirl around the ring
And rant and roar like a lioness
But you can't commit and you won't confess
Don't you know lover's try
C. Can you read my mind?
It's time to take some time out
Can you read my mind?
Time to find out
6. Hey you waterfall
You always pull me down the creek
Week after week you’re weak
Carousel going for a spin
With us there's just no way that we can win
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10. |
She Treats Her Body Like
04:10
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Pray my brothers and sisters, pray
1. She spent her last 2 dollars in the bar of the unemployed
Splitting out of her skin cause the gin can't stop all the noise
Spitting at ocean trying to mix some magic potion
Just to make, to make the Dead Seas rise
C. She's got to slow down
She treats her body like
She was on fire
She jumps from a little higher
2. Some things are better left unsaid
She said behind the alleyway
Feeling like she's never going to feel like she did that day
Mood ring glows the warmest shade of green
She picks jukebox songs obscene
Sings 'em out loud in the men's room dancing
3. In the morning-ever-after haze
She crawls across the bedroom floor
Wrapped in linen sheets
Searching for her pride and the apartment door
Just another tragic lonely girl
Trying to fill the space with noise
And like a tin drum, she can bang bang
She can fill this room with noise
She can’t find her way back home to
Where she left her dreams so brand new
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11. |
Catalyst
04:09
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1. Winter came early this time this year
The cold winds frost the windows in here
I hover and guard while you’re fast asleep
And wish only good things and promises that keep
C. But you’re awake now
I can no longer fix things with a kiss
You’re awake now
What drives you as you walk out into this
Cold new day?
Catalyst
2. I missed the last plane home again
Wish I may I wish I might
Another fool’s errand keeps me from you tonight
Back where the morning coffee flows
And the ice begins to melt
The season brings a new chance
To follow what you’ve felt
3. When you’re running just to keep up
But you’d rather walk
When you’re trapped between choices and
You’re tired of all the talk
When out there you’ve seen too much
And you’re looking to escape
Let me bear the burden, let me carry the weight
C. Yeah, you’re awake now
And even though I can’t fix things with a kiss
You belong here
Anytime you need to get away from this
This cold new day
Catalyst
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12. |
Suzanne
03:25
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(Words by Rob Thomas)
1. Suzanne spells her cares away
Hangs Bob Marlee on the wall
Covers the place my picture was
And licks the stamp that will soon end it all
2. Suzzane explains to other men
Something in her past keeps her from them
She gives that speech less often though
Blames what didn’t happen months ago
2. Nothing really changes
She waits for nothing everyday
Just a note to send back my way
Just a note to send back my way
C. Ask me and I’ll be your villain
You be the martyr with a broken heart
You’re well-rehearsed for that part
Stay in town, keep your friends, say how they worry
I’ll drink and hunt, I’ll drain the cup
I’ll sell the story
3. Suzanne says we built a house
With gardens fountains and chandeliers
But no foundation, it couldn’t stand the years
And time made it easy
To take this ‘S’ off my chest
Oh, I say I say I say
Oh, I say I say I say
C. Ask me and I’ll be your villain
You be the martyr with a broken heart
You’re well-rehearsed for that part
Stay in town, keep your friends, say how they worry
I’ll drink and hunt, I’ll drain the cup
I’ll sell the story
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Charley Ramsay Lockhart, Texas
A small-town Texas singer/songwriter, Charley Ramsay blends vintage Americana with modern pop production to create his sound. His rustic storytelling explores life in a rapidly changing world, balancing wry societal observations with heartfelt confessions. Since starting playing in the 90s with his life-long friends, he has been committed to writing the songs he thinks are good enough to share. ... more
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