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Greatest Trick
02:56
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Hey little angel, where’s your heart of gold
Did you lose it on the way back home
Like dirt on a rolling stone that couldn't hold on?
Well, I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again
If I had half a mind, I’d leave it all behind
And move along
Of all the hell we’d been through
The greatest trick the devil ever played on me was you
Hey little angel did they clip your wings?
Weren’t you heaven bound?
When you fell without a sound and you were here
Spent your days wishing you could fly away
But your prayers were never heard
Like some strange flightless bird, you dreamed
Of all the hell we’d been through
The greatest trick the devil ever played on me was you
Don’t want to talk about love
Don't want to talk about loving you
Don't want to talk about anything at all
Of all the hell we’d been through
The greatest trick the devil ever played on me was you
The greatest trick the devil ever played on me was you
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2. |
Agents of Apathy
02:24
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You wanted someone to take your falls for you
So you called on me
Like some emotional double through the troubled times
In effigy, an atlas for your grief
But I’m all out of empathy, I emptied it on agents of apathy
And isn't it poetic now that i’d feel as pathetic as I always used to see them
My oh my how those tables do turn
I was free, a picture of love and peace
I’ve been a prisoner of the pessimistic way
They told me its a crime to waste a mind on such bitter nothings
But I’m all out of empathy, I emptied it on agents of apathy
And isn’t it poetic now that i’d feel as pathetic as I always used to see them
I’m all out of empathy, been living like an agent of apathy
Still got half a life ahead of me to try to care again, but probably not
Still got half a life ahead of me to try to care again, but probably not
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3. |
Called You King
03:18
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I wonder why you wonder why I lie
When that’s all you ever taught me
You’re reading borrowed books on borrowed time
And the pages are all empty
Called you king for long enough
Midas minus the golden touch
Not a single flower came after your reign
Not a single flower came after your reign
Look me in the eye and tell me we’ll be fine
The comfort is temporary
A helpless herd all rusted into place
Trying hard to break free
They’ve called you king for long enough
Midas minus the golden touch
Not a single flower came after your reign
Not a single flower came after your reign
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Red
03:45
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I want to bloody my hands on the men who’ve wronged me
But in the end that’d only spell infamy
Decide to swallow pride and walk away
Best be believing I’ll be leaving til these feelings fade
Mother used to love her but then she turned
First flames in a rage til the whole house burned
Never told me she was crazy, but I learned in time
She was madder than a hatter and so was I
Red is all I’m seeing
The truth can be deceiving
Gone to hell with their unreason
I’m drowning in the deep end
Heaved my heart on the basement floor
Hung my tears to dry and shed some more
Nothing means nothing and nothing is fair
Don’t you call me for comfort, you won’t find it here
Red is all I’m seeing
The truth can be deceiving
Gone to hell with their unreason
I’m drowning in the deep end
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5. |
Hold On Brother
04:36
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Pessimistic penitent, hasn't been forgiven yet
Cross your heart for affirmation, crossed is all you get
Burning bridges staying warm, keeping friends at bay
Temporary tempests carry sanity away, but you’re still here
Call it fear but in the end, it’s only you
Hold on brother could you come back another time
Gonna roll my bones mama I’ll leave them where they lie
Hold on brother could you come back another time
Gonna roll my bones mama I’ll leave them where they lie
Irreverent and irrelevant to hell with all that heaven sent
To hell with us and them
To the moon and back again, but the highs won't stick
Weary wasted wandering on, too broke to get your fix
The end is near, but its not clear just when yet
Hold on brother could you come back another time
Gonna roll my bones mama I’ll leave them where they lie
Hold on brother could you come back another time
Gonna roll my bones mama I’ll leave them where they lie
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6. |
Madness of Two
02:59
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I think we may finally be alone now, and it feels so right
Never once did I think that you’d be wrong for me
But how many times can you play the game just to lose?
Burn it all down, we can drown in this madness of two
To think they thought they had the know how
To break us down, now the joke is on everyone
Sure I’ve lost my mind, I don’t mind cause I’ve found you
Burn it all down, we can drown in this madness of two
Suppose we make it out alive, and let them hang on every lie
Through broken teeth and a crooked smile
I’ll never need another to know me, you’ll always be my only
Always be my only
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7. |
No More D.B. Coopers
03:47
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She took the wrong way home
Gone, set her name in stone
Hid her head in the arborvitaes
And left for Colorado in the morning
Mother don't you weep for me
See, I’ve got not soul to keep clean
Left for dead is right for living
I’ll tell you nothings wrong
Oooh, hold me down til I don’t breathe
Oooh, but I can't come clean
Call me lost until I’m found out
And I know it won't be long now
There are no more D.B. Coopers
And the plane is going down
There are no more D.B. Coopers
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8. |
Planted You A Garden
02:21
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I planted you a garden, I hope it feeds you when I’m gone
If life should leave you starving, you’d never need for long
Weed it out or leave it to the pestilence
I don’t mind so long as all is right with you
If it dies, it dies, don’t blame anybody
If it dies, it dies, don’t blame anyone
I planted you a garden
Remember where we started, the seed sown that hadn’t grown
Waiting on some rain and sunny skies
We’ve withered and we’ve wandered time to time
But half of life is acting like strife had never crossed your mind
If it dies, it dies, don’t blame anybody
If it dies, it dies, don’t blame anyone
I planted you a garden
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9. |
Son Sun
02:29
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Son, son, son, no one told you how it was
Son, son, no one told you how it would be
But your anger’s only temporary
Angry young men fade in to bitter old thieves
Stealing love from anywhere they’d please
Sun, sun, sun, don’t you hide behind that rain cloud
Just once, couldn’t you shine your light on me
Cause the rain is only temporary
Soon a new day will breathe the light in to the sky
Love is closer than you realize
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10. |
Cry A Well
02:43
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Watch the onion cry as she cuts herself
Stewing over some half drunken lovers quarrel
The moral of her story is glorious
If you’ve the insight to find it
Cry a well, drop a dime inside and wish it all away
Back in the age of immorality
Got lucky when they hung me from a broken tree
No noose is good news
And crime pays if you know when to walk away
Cry a well, drop a dime inside and wish it all away
Five years later, I’m still learning not to hate her
Some years later, still be learning not to hate her
I’m redirecting myself, I know i said that last time
But until I find cerebral scenery that suits me
I won’t stop trying new ways to be
Cause I can’t just cry a well, drop a dime inside and wish it all
Wish it all away
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11. |
Fool's Gold
02:05
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Life is strange when you don’t feel like a human
In the end there’s only doom and despair
Their minds don’t change and its only you you’re fooling
With your wishing that somebody might care
Everybody’s rushing for fools gold
And I’m too busy eating my heart out
Some may say, it pays to hold the key
But the wage was never worthy of want
Lead me miles away or just across the room
Watch me wander like a loon til I’m lost
Everybody’s rushing for fools gold
And I’m too busy eating my heart out
I’m just dead weight that won’t stop living
The apology that keeps on giving
And I’d run away from it all, only if I could
You can place your blame or blame the place you came from
Anything but owning your faults
But at the end of the day, you’ll be guilty just the same
Without a friend to break your fall
Everybody’s rushing for fools gold
And I’m too busy eating my heart out
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12. |
Punches At Ghosts
02:13
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Don’t go breaking small bones
Throwing punches at ghosts
Never seem to land them clean
Your hopes, scattered like crows
Leaving you loathsome
A murder in a violent breeze
The circus came to town and never left
And I can’t keep me stoned enough to take it
Some folks say that they know
But nobody knows
No one knows a goddamned thing
Suppose the rope hadn’t broke
You wouldn’t be lonely
The circus came to town and never left
And I can’t keep me stoned enough to take it
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13. |
All Been Done
04:36
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There’s a place in my mind I’d just as soon leave behind
Like a dead end street full of vacancy signs
There’s rain pouring from the clouds all day
And the birds sing songs about leaving
Friends you know all come and go, soon you’ll be all alone
Living life just scratching by, waiting for the end to come
What can you do? It’s all been done
What can you do when it’s all been done?
It’s a mad mad world, let me tell you girl and we ain’t seen the half of it
There are highs and lows, you never know which one’s coming next
And it's hard to know when to let love go, when your heart’s still feeling it
Well, we sold our souls for rock and roll but it paid in counterfeit
What can you do? It’s all been done
What can you do when it’s all been done?
Seek the past or the beaten path when the future is looking dim
But don’t you be surprised when you come to find that it all falls down again
So I’m finding beauty in the trampled rose, I read the promise in the poet's prose
I’m never worrying where the winding road intends on leading me
What can you do? It’s all been done
What can you do when it’s all been done?
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14. |
God Damn Song
03:41
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You’ve always lived the simple life like it’s a grand parade
Honey I was your road block
Told me since you met me, you just hadn’t felt the same
Like a boat with no dock
You ask me to change, I tell you that I can’t
Darling believe me if there’s a lord up above
Then god damned the man I am to be the man I was
You were raising children, oney I was raising cain
Singing songs for the burnouts and barroom brides
Tried to hear your cries but I was half a world away
Honey, I could only hope that all was right
You asked me to stay, I tell you that I can’t
Darling believe me if there’s a lord up above
Then god damned the man I am to be the man I was
And I can’t change
You’ve always lived the simple life like it’s a grand parade
Honey I was your road block
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Derek Luttrell Nashville, Tennessee
Hi. I'm Derek Luttrell and I live in Nashville, TN. I write and play music with all my best buds in The Texas Chain Store Managers. Come party with us at a show, or just sit at your computer and buy some of my music. Both are good. Love you all.
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