One of my favorite songs of all time, by the incredible Steve Earle. I won't ever be able to do this song justice. Listen to the original.

After Mardi Gras (Steve Earle cover)

brace yourself the sun's rising now
coffee cursing solemn vows
with three hour’s rest
in your monday best

at the end of the day
it was a job well done
that’s how you’ll know
the smoking gun
at the end of the day
that’s how the war gets won
who’s sorry now
ain’t we having fun

chin up child and nose to the stone
you’re always better off alone
if they wanna fight
you’re doing it all right

chorus repeats

never wanted an invite to this table
but are you able to walk away
if you say it again


Newport and Heritage

I suck, Paul doesn't, listen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekargg9DL7c

Darlin' One (Replacements cover)

On the way down, I always think of you - 
less stoic than sad.
Could say I remember, but honey that’s a lie.
Looking back now don’t know why I’d even try.

But you don’t see it like that,
picking up the slack, spinning off the track.
And you never saw it that way,
your fate forever sealed, keep pushing me away, yeah.

It’s a lost cause, my favorite kind of song -
hopeless and mad.
Got my side of the story, the words will fade with time.
In your dismal little tally we’re just another line.

'Cause you always saw it like that,
one step up from the rest, skipping all the traps.
Oh you still see it that way,
we’re better off lonely, wasting all our days.

That Way

long-legged protege
resting on her laurels
you sure are one to talk
about ethics and morals

grown too big to fail
too jaded to care
built yourself a house of cards
must be lonely in there

now there’s a weight bearing down
it hangs over this town
the backfire you dodged
but can no longer outrun

we’ll go another round
with that ghost in the mirror
empty bottles and threats
watch the days disappear

The Shatter

putting miles on this car
it never took me very far
another paycheck in bank
another 40 down the tank

you wouldn’t look me in the eye
glad you couldn’t see me cry
nothing’s changed and nothing’s new
my borrowed heart was something blue

i just called to say...

calendar is filled with days
and we’ll never get away
time moves slow now in this space
another time another place

Voicemail

white hot temper under layers of ice
you’re the picture of restraint
ego is your only vice
i always had your back
least nine times out of ten

said you couldn’t read me so i’ll lay it out now
i walk the walk and fake it well
so you can’t tell that you 
can still scare me like hell

you’ve got lots of big important words
always spoken behind those closed doors
shark-tooth goliath with slicked back hair
david’s come to even the score

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