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1. |
Just Like Heartache
03:40
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Water so deep I've been sinking for years now
There's more to it than tears now
And I'm goin' down
I'm hung up on a rail and
You're swimming for shore, babe
I should have seen it before, babe
But I'm gonna drown
Oh ain't it just like heartache
To be something that you can't shake
With just any old lover
Oh, I don't want to be lonely
Do you think that you could hold me
Until the worst is over
Come a rumble and a roar,
It kinda sounded like a train, babe
Your picture rattled in the frame, babe
The ground was moving down below me
And I reached out for your hand
But you were headed for the door, dear
You left me lying on the floor there
Pretending like you didn't know me
Oh ain't it just like heartache
To be something that you can't shake
With just any old lover
Oh, I don't want to be lonely
Do you think that you can hold me
Until the worst is over
Smoke so thick I can't hardly see you
Could it really be you
By my side
I'm standing still, they're running around me
Good thing that you found me
You know, I might have died
Oh ain't it just like heartache
To be something that you can't shake
With just any old lover
Oh, I don't want to be lonely
Do you think that you could hold me
Until the worst is over
Oh, I don't want to be lonely
Do you think that you could hold me
Until the worst is over
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2. |
She'll Take Tonight
03:29
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There's nothing that could make her change her mind
It's the kind of thing she'll have to learn in time
With a hopeful heart she reaches for the light
She's thinking she may not come home tonight
But she's hoping for a kinder and a gentle man
Lost and lonely, finding love anyway she can
She'll believe you because she needs to
Even if it's all a lie
She's hoping for tomorrow but she'll take tonight
The whiskey in her glass is almost gone
And the stranger by her side is coming on
He just might be the one she's lookin' for
So she won't have to do this anymore
But she's hoping for a kinder and a gentle man
Lost and lonely, finding love anyway she can
She'll believe you because she needs to
Even if it's all a lie
She's hoping for tomorrow but she'll take tonight
She'll believe you because she needs to,
But she knows it's all a lie
She's hoping for tomorrow but she'll take tonight
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3. |
You Left My Chair
03:41
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I built this house in fifteen years
Tongue and groove and tile and stone
I chose to raise my children here
I chose to make this house a home
I set this old, unwanted chair
Out of the sun, out on its own
And I spent my days just sitting here
To enjoy the fruit my labor's grown
And it held to its own
As the time passed it by
When you leave things alone
It's a wonder they survive
Weeds overgrown
The rooms are bare
But you left my chair
The rising sun, the cars go by
Kids at play, the neighbors fight
I saw it all sitting here alone
And I watched you running from this throne
And it held to its own
As the time passed it by
When you leave things alone
It's a wonder they survive
Weeds overgrown
The rooms are bare
But you left my chair
Yeah, it held to its own
As the time passed it by
When you leave things alone
It's a wonder they survive
Weeds overgrown
The rooms are bare
But you left my chair
I built this house in fifteen years
It's been fifteen years since I've been gone
There's nothing left but memories here
Well, at least you left my chair alone
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4. |
Just Some Things
04:29
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This motel room don't feel so good
At least not the way I thought it would
And your footsteps coming down the hall
Sound so big but feel so small
I never thought that I would be this kind
Is it too late for me to change my mind?
Because there's just some things you can't take back
Like hurting the one you already have
Throw it all away for a kiss filled with regret
It's like running for the edge and thinking you'll fly
Knowing damn well that it's suicide
And there ain't no grey, only white and black
And there's just some things you can't take back
You know there ain't much more to life at all
And memories hanging on the wall
And that flashing motel TV glow
Is telling me that it's time to go
I don't know just who we think we are
And I keep wondering how we got this far
Because there's just some things you can't take back
Like hurting the one you already have
Throw it all away for a kiss filled with regret
It's like running for the edge and thinking you'll fly
Knowing damn well that it's suicide
And there ain't no grey, only white and black
And there's just some things you can't take back
We should just slow down
And be honest with ourselves
And think of why we're here
Instead of home with someone else
Because if we had the chance
To do it all again
You know I'd choose her
I'd choose him
And there's just some things you can't take back
Like hurting the one you already have
Throw it all away for a kiss filled with regret
It's like running for the edge and thinking you'll fly
Knowing damn well that it's suicide
Baby, please don't look at me like that
Because there's just some things you can't take back
Yeah there's just some things I can't take back
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5. |
Moving Along
03:22
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Moving along now but I'm kinda slow
I try, but I can't seem to show
I'm happy when I'm losing it
Doing all I can to quit
The one thing that just tears me down
It builds me up, turns around
And knocks me to the other end
Then feeds me 'til I'm whole again
I'm tired
Oh, I'm tired and I just stand around
With my hand hand out and my head down
Just reaching for your sympathy
When I know it's not owed to me
Oh, why do you wanna scare me
Oh, why would you wanna scare me
Oh, I'm finding out as I go along
That I'm not too smart and I'm always wrong
But I do believe that I'm getting stronger
Flying way above this tiny town
With feathered wings and a shiny crown
Until it's time to come back down
I'll take just one more loop around
Check out all the atmosphere
I'm wising up and seeing clearer
How I miss the little things
Like holidays and wedding rings
Oh, why do you wanna scare me
Oh, why would you wanna scare me
Oh, I'm finding out as I go along
That I'm not too smart and I'm always wrong
But I do believe that I'm getting stronger
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6. |
Roses By the Dozen
03:46
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You thought you'd get the last word
But I got there first
You don't have much to say now, now, now, now
I took that hurt
Couldn't get any worse
You said I'd never live this down, down, down
Now there's roses out by the old oak tree
The prettiest things that you never did see
Oh honey, got the petals there growing
Got thorns on the vine and the summer wind blowing
People walking by, they're coming and they're going
And they're picking one for they're loving
And you're lying down there,
Pushing up roses by the dozen
The thing about forgiveness:
It ain't coming from my lips
But you know silence is made of gold, gold, gold, gold
You were relentless
And dust don't sink ships
At least that's what I been told, told, told
Now there's roses out by the old oak tree
Right there where the stone should be
Oh honey, got the petals there growing
Got thorns on the vine and the summer wind blowing
People walking by, they're coming and they're going
And they're picking one for they're loving
And you're lying down there,
Pushing up roses by the dozen
Baby, did you learn your lesson?
All it would have taken was a little confessing
Oh honey, got the petals there growing
Got thorns on the vine and the summer wind blowing
People walking by, they're coming and they're going
And they're picking one for they're loving
And you're lying down there
Yeah you're lying there
Yeah you're lying down there
Yeah you're lying there,
Pushing up roses by the dozen
Pushing up roses by the dozen
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7. |
Seven Year Drought
04:09
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It don't look like much right now
All burnt brown and cenizo gray
You ought to see what would happen
With just one good rainy day
I know how they feel somehow
Like I could dry up and blow away
I got a deep and abiding thirst
As dry and hard as caliche clay
And we're six years into a seven-year drought
I won't give in but I'm about to give out
We can't eat hope and you can't drink doubt
Six years into a seven-year drought
Six years into a seven-year drought
Evening sky so bright, fire red and gold
On cuts in the ground as deep and wide as I am old
They come from the inside I know
I can feel it too
They start out small and fine
And widen as the wind blows through
We're six years into a seven-year drought
I won't give in but I'm about to give out
You can't eat hope and you can't drink doubt
Six years into a seven-year drought
Six years into a seven-year drought
Don't it look like rain
Don't it feel like rain
A teardrop in the dust
Between the two of us
Don't it look like rain
We're six years into a seven-year drought
I won't give in but I'm 'bout to give out
You can't eat hope and you can't drink doubt
Six years into a seven-year drought
Six years into a seven-year drought
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8. |
Yours & Mine
03:44
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It's just a house, not a scene
From Home & Garden magazine
But it's the finest thing I've seen
It's yours and mine
And it's just a porch, just a door
Just some old carpet on the floor
But I don't want anything more
It's yours and mine
When this old world is gettin' tough
We're a couple of diamonds in the rough
But we've got our ways to shine, shine, shine
We can't ever get enough
It's the perfect kind of love
It's yours and mine
Hey, hey, hey
It's just a kitchen, just a chair
A little kiss blown through the air
Just a wink within a stare
A glass of wine
It's just a bed for you and me
Patchwork quilt and flannel sheets
With a couple of babies underneath
They're yours and mine
When this old world is getting tough
We're a couple of diamonds in the rough
But we've got our ways to shine, shine, shine
We can't ever get enough
It's the perfect kind of love
It's yours and mine
It's just a house, not a scene
From Home & Garden magazine
But it's the finest thing I've seen
It's yours and mine
Yeah it's the finest thing I've seen
It's yours and mine
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9. |
Whisper on My Skin
04:07
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It's that picture of you
Looking up at me
Watching all my moves
I wonder what it is you see
It's that smile on your face
It lifts me up off the ground
But darlin', never be afraid
To have to let somebody down
I'd like to think
That there is nothing in the world
Like the light through the blinds
On a brown-eyed laughing girl
Like the callus on the hands of an honest loving man
Like a whisper on the skin
In the darkness now and then
In the darkness I stand
Like a statue, all alone
Without this tiny wedding band
I'd be a heart and blood and bones
I'd be a torn and worn-out wishful woman
Tied down to the tracks
I have been down in that place
I ain't ever going back
I'd like to think
That there is nothing in the world
Like the night falling in
On a sweet and sleeping girl
Like the callus on the hands of an honest loving man
Like a whisper on my skin
In the darkness now and then
It's that picture of you
Looking up at me
Watching all my moves
I wonder what it is you see
It's that fire burning slow
It's the soft South Texas wind
It's the sweet smell of smoke
Like a whisper on my skin
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10. |
Nighttime Blues
03:37
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Dim the lights, throw a party
Count your friends until they're all gone
Find the one who just wants somebody
So you don't, no you don't go home alone
Don't you want someone to stay
Chase the nighttime blues away
You can't ask the one you need
She's the one haunting all your dreams
So you spin your wheels, you spend your money
You spend the night with the one who will
But in the end, you spend all your time, dear
Tryin' to hide your pride behind a high-ball glass and sleeping pills
Don't you want someone to stay
Chase the nighttime blues away
You can't ask the one you need
She's the one haunting all your dreams
Don't you want someone to stay
Chase the nighttime blues away
You can't ask the one you need
She's the one floating around your dreams
So you dim the lights, throw a party
You count your friends until they're all gone
You find the one who just wants somebody
So you don't, no you don't go home alone
So you don't, no you won't go home alone
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11. |
Here Tonight
04:09
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The man on the radio
Said it's never been so cold
And it's coming tomorrow night
It's gonna be a rainy day
I wish that I could stay
Oh, you know that's my favorite kind
I don't need your sympathy
But I'd sure like your company today
So just sit here and talk to me
Because I believe I'll have to go away
Do you really think she looks like me?
That's hard for me to see
But it's awfully nice of you
But how'd she get to be so small
That ain't like us at all
Guess she got some of her daddy too
I remember you that age
I'd have to say I always liked you best
Smiling, sweet without a care
But darlin' don't you dare tell the rest
I know
There's so much I'm gonna miss
So slow
Hard to see it going down like this
Did you hear
At the end you see a light
Well, my dear
I can see it here tonight
I can see it all so clear
Has it been fifty years
Since the day Kennedy died
That boy sitting next to me
I would not have believed
He'd be here, still by my side
The years came down like falling leaves
New branches on the old same tree
I loved them and they loved me
I know
There's so much I'm gonna miss
So slow
Hard to see it goin' down like this
Did you hear?
At the end you see a light
Well my dear
I know
There's so much I'm gonna miss
So slow
Hard to see it goin' down like this
Did you hear?
At the end you see a light
Well my dear
I can see it here tonight
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12. |
Old Oldsmobile
05:13
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Number three's on the way
Just found out yesterday
Gonna be a long, hot summer
I'll be big as a tree
But you'd never say that to me
You're a good man and you know better
Take me out, babe, for a drive today
In our old Oldsmobile
I'll slide over, head on your shoulder
One hand on the wheel
Of our old Oldsmobile
I'll get a lunch packed
You call your mom back
Could she keep the kids for an hour or two
Could you have imagined this
That day of our first kiss
Well I think I did and so did you
Take me out, babe, for a drive today
In our old Oldsmobile
Got nowhere to go, so we’ll go real slow
With you one hand on the wheel
Of our old Oldsmobile
We were just kids, it seems
New, blue, and borrowed things
But we drove away that day
In this old Delta eighty-eight
And I said
Take me out, babe, for a drive today
In our old Oldsmobile
Let's put the top down, show off this white gown
And your left hand on the wheel
Of our old Oldsmobile
Old Oldsmobile, Old Oldsmobile
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Jamie Lin Wilson D'Hanis, Texas
Jamie Lin Wilson is nationally touring songwriter and storyteller from South Texas. Follow here at Bandcamp for all the music and some exclusive recordings!
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