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Main Street is falling
now the shadows only crawl through my window
past times and particles of poison
like a mist in the air
waiting on a word that never comes
it's only silence in stereo
voice machine is stalling
you keep calling but there's nobody there
and darkness only falls before midnight
fortunes rise and fall on a dime
people pointing fingers like
somebody else committed the crime
this could be the last time
this could be the last time
this could be the last time
dead man walking
you can hear the spirits talking in echoes
cold chains dragging down the hall
the walls are falling in place
faculties awaken still
but every ounce is taken to let go
cut your losses clean
or be the last man to enter the race
and darkness only falls before midnight
fortunes rise and fall on a dime
people pointing fingers like
somebody else committed the crime
this could be the last time
this could be the last time
this could be the last time
and darkness only falls before midnight
fortunes rise and fall on a dime
people pointing fingers like
somebody else committed the crime
this could be the last time
this could be the last time
this could be the last time
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Quarantine
04:31
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My ear is on the wire
my feet are on the floor
I'm sitting by the fire
I think I know you from the diner
but I don't go there no more
I got the windows open wide
deadbolt on the door
to my memory I'm tied
I swear I'm not trying to hide
but I don't go out no more
I don't go out anymore
feels like I've been cut off
in the middle of a conversation
I've been having with the
very last of my self-control
do I get it back or
do I need a new elevation
this quarantine has got me
on the ledges of my soul
my heart is on the line
my love is on the shore
my hope is in the brine
my heart is on the line
can't lose it anymore
can't lose it anymore
my ear is on the wire
my feet are on the floor
I'm sitting here by the fire
I think I know you from the diner
but I don't go there no more
no I don't go there no more
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3. |
Essential Business
04:47
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Remember last year
burn it with a blow torch
I watch the day go by
sitting on my front porch
from my front porch
I see you pass by
don't really mind much
cause there's a reason why
we gotta stay home
our hatches battened
won't re-emerge until
the curve is flattened so I
don't go into town
just out my front door
we don't go anywhere
unless we're shopping for
essential business
essential business
put your mask on
keep your distance
not gonna leave my house
till maybe late july
I paint my living room
and then I watch it dry
I'm on my own time
wearing out my drum sticks
I'll trade you passwords
hulu for netflix
I'm making dinner
I'm cooking rice and beans
I'm doing tik toks
don't know what that means
I'm trying to settle in
could be a long haul
I don't think that I can take
another zoom call
essential business
essential business
you've got to build up
your resistance
essential business
essential business
put your mask on
and keep your distance
I try to stay in shape
and do my exercise
I'm saving calories
goodbye to french fries
goodbye to good old days
goodbye to coffee shops
goodbye to hit parades
and knowing where the buck stops
the shops are empty
main street's a ghost town
it feels just like the
titanic going down
can't watch the news for long
it's getting too strange
I think I'm out of touch
let's do a key change
essential business
essential business
you've got to build up
your resistance
keep your distance
essential business
essential business
put your mask on
and keep your distance
essential business
essential business
(get what you need for your existence)
essential business
essential business
put your mask on
and keep your distance
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4. |
Miss yer face
02:53
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A new reality on the brink
I've had a lot of time to sit and think
sometimes my mind is like a roller rink
lots of noise and flashing lights
I haven't seen you in a while
but thinking bout you always makes me smile
walking six feet apart and single file
our days as lonely as our nights
and every morning I look out my kitchen window
not just for taking in the view
they say a picture's worth a thousand words
the only thing this one is missing now is you
we had a long and mighty run
yeah me myself and I we've had lots of fun
we've been together through thick and thin man we've got it done
some ways we couldn't ask for more
but mirror mirror on the wall
I don't really need to see myself at all
we've been together every winter, spring, every summer and fall
first chance I get I'm out the door
it's true this isolation ain't been all bad
but you and I we're not meant to be apart
I'm sad to say until the day I see you again
I'll be getting on without a special piece of my heart
so come on grab your tambourine
right now all we've got is this computer screen
a parade's a coming we need you in this scene
maybe all our friends can play
cause I just miss your face
we've spent way too much time already just running in place
so I'm sending this one out to the whole human race
I know we'll meet again someday
we'll meet again someday
we'll meet again someday
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5. |
Higher Ground
03:17
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Just an empty room
dustpan and broom
nothing left to bloom
but the ghost of our laughter
and is it by design
hours on the line
time to flip the sign
I'm here for the morning after
and we're both getting older
I'm getting tired but I'll wait here
on the shoulder
for you to turn around
the night's getting colder
I'm not getting any younger or stronger or bolder
I'm just looking for a higher ground
I'm looking for a higher ground
looking for a higher ground
meet me on the way down
we'll go looking for a higher ground
All the years we spent
on a long descent
now our backs are bent
and it's like starting over
and the money's all gone
but life goes on
in the hither and yon
we'll find what's left over for us
and we're both getting older
I'm getting tired but I'll wait here
on the shoulder
for you to turn around
the night's getting colder
I'm not getting any younger or stronger or bolder
I'm just looking for a higher ground
I'm looking for a higher ground
looking for a higher ground
meet me on the way down
we'll go looking for a higher ground
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