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Knick Knack
03:26
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I picked you up something before I came back
It's nothing too special, just a little knick knack
I know you won't like it, won't like that much
But something about it screamed out your touch
When I picked it up babe, I saw you in my mind
I know that it would be wasted if I left it behind
You picked me up something before you came back
It's something real special, not just a knick knack
You knew I'd like it, I'd like it so much
Even though nothing about whispered out my touch
You picked it up and you saw me in your mind
You knew I wouldn't have it if you left it behind
So I went on my way without it
I really did like it, don't doubt it
When our days are done and we're both looking back
I bet we'll be thinking 'bout that knick knack
We'll both be thinking about that knick knack
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Working Together
05:19
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I've tried to reach you too many times
And you still treat me like a stranger
What happened to the time
We used to know each other
Did it steal my identity?
I'm still the same...
Everything smells the same
When you're making money
It melts into your head
And fuses with your senses
It makes it easy to make mistakes
You're not the same
Take your time
I'll have mine
To dwell over what I've done
My stomach won't let me sleep
And I've realized
That you are why
I've never been good at this,
So let's just get it over with
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Lend Myself
02:29
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I've been running around for miles in my own damn head
I can see you standing at the very end
And my best friends watching as my blood begins to boil
As the grass turns into soil and the soil into the sand
When I cut my hand, the blood it did flow
The sand into snow
How could we have known
It wasnt the bone, no it's just a tendon
A reminder I'm lending
Myself out to you
Oh I'd lose my mind if I couldn't find
The air that's in queue for me to inhale
When I'm next to you
What would I do if you'd never let me
Lend myself out to you
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4. |
Sugar Daddy
02:51
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He said down low, in the deepest tone
From the belly, from the pit of his aching bones
He screamed:
"Get down little lady, move slow pretty baby
'Cause everything I know, I learned it the hard way
So tell me, why not now candy momma?"
She said:
"Just wait 'til all this drama passes us by
'Cause you know I won't lie, least of all to you"
She looked at me with a spark in her eye
A tear hit my cheek, I asked: "Why, oh why?"
She said:
"Don't cry sugar daddy
You know it ain't that bad
He went out the peaceful way
Someone dies here every day
I guess today it's you"
Cold wind comin' in, gonna turn the lights off
I can feel it in my achin' bones, feel it through my skin
Backwoods comin' in, gonna turn 'em back on
I can feel 'em gettin' closer, I can hear 'em creepin' in
And I said:
"Come on, honey darlin'
You know you ain't a star and that I'm the only one
Who doesn't come here just for fun"
And she said:
"Get real sugar daddy
You could cough up more, but sadly
You're getting far too old
And I'm just doing what I'm told
I got no passion anymore, not for you"
You know you should come with me
'Cause we've got the world to see
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5. |
Walk With Me
05:54
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One day I went walking but no one would walk with me
So I kept on walking 'til I came across a tree
He told me I was honest and I was all I should be
But his roots grew deep so he could not walk with me
One day I went walking but no one would walk with me
So I kept on walking 'til I came upon the sea
She told me I was beautiful and the world is mine to see
But her shores were strong so she could not walk with me
She said go see the ground kid, go see the sky
Go see the devil and hear him cry
Go see those river rapids runnin' cold
Go see the sun boy, go see the moon
Hear the ghosties through their tombs
When they tell you you will always walk alone
All on your own
One day I went walking but no one would walk with me
So I kept on walking 'til I walked down a great valley
I asked it: "Lonesome valley, oh won't you come walk with me?"
He laughed: "My boy, I've just taken my seat"
But I saw the ground lord, I saw the sky
I saw the devil and I heard him cry
I saw those river rapids runnin' cold
I saw the sun lord, I saw the moon
I heard the ghosties through their tombs
When they told me I will always walk alone
All on my own
One day I went dyin' but no one would die with me
So I kept on dyin' 'cause I'd seen all I could see
I felt your hand grasp onto mine
And you said: "Come walk with me
I've never seen the world that you have gone to see"
Oh we saw the ground girl, we saw the sky
And we saw the devil and we heard him cry
We saw those river rapids runnin' cold
We saw the sun babe, we saw the moon
And we heard the ghosties through their tombs
When they told me I no longer walked alone
Not on my own
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