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Crushing

Don't Know How To Keep Loving You

You walk into the bar out of the rain
Someone turns to see then looks away again
The barman finds you there and breathes a sigh
He knows what you're doing here tonight

You take your seat and search the room for her
Like yesterday, and the day before

One careless night, a hundred lonely days
You can recite, every tearful phrase
There's no reprise, but you try just the same
You know she's right
There's nothing left to say

Everyday's the same just like that dream
Where nothing's right, nothing's as it seems
You're expecting to wake up but it goes on and on
You know it's over and you're all alone

But take a seat and search the room for her
Like yesterday, and the day before

One careless night, a hundred lonely days
You can recite, every tearful phrase
There's no reprise, but you try just the same
You know she's right
There's nothing left to say

You think back, how did it come to this?
What fit of madness led you to dismiss
The only one you love for endless pain
You ask yourself this time and time again

Fall into your seat and search for her
Like yesterday, and the day before


One careless night, a hundred lonely days
You can recite, every tearful phrase
There's no reprise, but you try just the same
You know she's right
There's nothing left to say


One careless night, a hundred lonely days
You can recite, every tearful phrase
There's no reprise, but you try just the same
You know she's right
There's nothing left to say

Nothing Left To Say

at least i'm pretty

[verse]
summer is gone 
the beach closes out
birds gather above
and take the main highway south

[verse]
I went by 
your old house
got as far as the stairs
before i turned around  

[chorus 1]
then i passed the old high school
remembering the time
we cut class stayed out til dark
with a bottle of wine	

you kicked off your shoes	
danced in the yard
feet on the grass
underneath the stars

[verse]
i lit a fire
played my guitar
and made a silent wish
on a fast moving star

[verse]
and you lit the night
with a flicker and  spark
the last firefly
piercing the dark

[chorus]
we didn't know it at the time
this was our last night
thought we had endless days
everything would be fine

and you promised to write
i promised to call
but it got farther in between
and then nothing at all

[bridge]
You are here and then you're gone
you are world i cannot bridge to
it's no one's fault and no one's wrong
it's a path you just lean into

we move in and out of different shapes
always in a state of constant change
there is a peace that we pursue
in someplace we cannot name
but we go there just the same 
  







[chorus]
You are here and then you're gone
there's just an empty jar





[verse]
Remember these nights
when we are snowed under
the ballad of the crickets
in the last days of summer

we've got a sky full of stars
and a show on the ground
the ephemeral lights
as world spins around

[pre-chorus]
you gotta live in the moment
you've only got this chance
you better get up on your feet
and move while you can dance

[chorus]
you're about to ignite
you're gonna light up the night
there's no going back
coming down from the sky like a lightning striket


Firefly

Remember Me (Whitaker/Linstrum)

The Joke's On Me 

There's always sounds of laughter
in every room i'm in
always with a line
or a joke to tell

but when the laughs die away
and i'm walking alone in the evening
my smile fades
because i know, way deep down
the jokes on me
 
holding all of the pieces
of my dicey world
together with a bit of silly string

i wanna be cool, but
i play the fool 

because i try with all my heart
the harder i pull 
the more it falls apart

There's always sounds of laughter
in every room i'm in
always with a line
or a joke to tell

and you don't owe me a single favor
you see
i'll pick up the tab
the joke's on me

You may see a tear
that's not from sadness
my love
i just laugh til i cry
the joke's on me

The Jokes On Me

Joe Linstrum

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