Gravel roads and star-lit nights
Underneath these Northern Lights
I'm going back to the place where I came from
I think I'll change my number, change my name
Change the view from my windowpane
And it won't be, it won't be the first time

Well, maybe it's just the chemistry
Messin' with my destiny
Or DNA, astrological or somethin'

You took my heart and I want it back
Ever since I met you I've been all off track

I cried All My Sorrows for nothin'
I cried All My Sorrows for nothin'

It would be so easy to be charmed
Believe your lies and not be alarmed
To slip and slide and fall back in your arms
And you don't make any sense
And I can't wait to get back to my old self again

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Your kissin' is so sweet I still can taste it
I think I'll go out tonight and get wasted
You tore through me like a tumbleweed
You made your mark, you made me bleed
You had your fun; you told me I was the only one

I never should've felt your heart beat
Never should've got so close
Never should've felt so sorry
All you give me was a lethal dose

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Funny how it goes, baby, you think that you know someone
You think about all the things you've said and done
But life has a funny way
Of turning everything you say around the other way

Lonesome nights in this lonesome town
I'd say we're in the same place now
Lookin' for shelter in a one-night stand
Throwing love to the Wasteland
Throwing love to the Wasteland

It's fear runnin' alone
It's time for Comin' Home

Everywhere I see your face
No one could ever take your place
And no one knows you like I do
And no one sees you like I do
But I know the changes
Everything takes time
It's not too late
All things in time for those who wait
For those who wait

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Love is good. Love is hard. Do what you should
And it still tears you down, still tears you down
All through the night, these tears we have cried
Just ask these four walls how hard we have tried

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In a cavern in a canyon, many miles from here
I heard my true voice echo and the truth was spoken clear
In a tavern in a town, it's the first place he'll be found
I lost my true lover to the wasted bitter sound

Of a bottle in a shelter like a train wreck on a track
It's a high price for redemption but that's not where it's at
In a heartache full of damage, all the writing's on the wall
He's a poor boy; he's a black slave to that demon alcohol

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All for the livin' high moments in his head
All I was given was The Day of The Dead

In a house where all the shades are always pulled straight down
And everyone who lives there is tethered to the sound
Of the room where all that exists is from many years ago
Held hostage, kept frozen, like a caged bird in the snow

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Feel the hurry of the call
Feel the furry of it all
Demon Alcohol

In a body there's a spirit where all has been denied
There's a judge and there's a jury holding everyone on trial

In a tavern in a town where's the writing's on the wall
I lost my true lover to that demon alcohol

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Pages of photographs, pages of these songs
It seems like yesterday, we were so young
Albuquerque and Eugene, so many things we've done
From North Dakota to the Florida sun

Through all kinds of sunshine, all kinds of storms
You can see how love gets hard and weathered and worn
And we have seen the light and we've seen the dark
And everything in between has gone through this heart

They say nothin' lasts forever, nothin' lasts for long
And love is a long road, when love is strong
I wanted you to hold me, sing you my song
I thought we were in for the long road
But I guess I was wrong

Every night I lay awake, nightlight by my bed
Well, I'm all alone in there, but you're in my head
You're on the other side of this old town
And if I were to see you now, I'd just bring you down

But there is one thing you should know
You never should have said those things to make me want to go
Well, I thought we knew the secrets to getting along
I thought we were in for the long road
But I guess I was wrong

And I call you Honeypie when our love is strong
And I call you Honeypie even when everything is wrong
And we both know it won't be long

They say nothin' lasts forever, nothin' lasts for long
And love is a long road when love is strong
I wanted you to hold me, sing you my song
I thought we were in for the long road
But I guess I was wrong
I thought we were in for the long road
But I guess I was wrong

You're a thief, you're a fool
You steal my heart, then you play it cool
You burn the fire in my soul
You make everything rock n'roll

Then you rip me up, you spit me out
You break my heart, then you ask me out
And is it any wonder
It goes on and on like this

And we kiss and kiss and kiss and kiss and kiss and make up
And we drink and drink and drink and drink and drink from the lovin' cup
And is it any wonder we're not the only ones
Is it any wonder we're the lonely ones

You come on hard, you come on strong
You make me stay out way too long
You make me weak, you go too far
You make me drive my car to every bar

You're the drink to pick me up
I promised you I would never give up
And is it any wonder
You're the one I miss

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I should have left you long ago
You're in my heart and I can't let go
You're the fire that just won't die
You take me low, you take me high

You're the drink to pick me up
I promised you I would never give up
And is it any wonder
It goes on and on like this

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We've thrown white diamonds in fire
And black diamonds in snow
And we've been braver to show it
And braver to know

If every life has a story, if every life has a wish
Then I've seen the glory, 'cause nothin' is better than this
The shore can't hold back the water
And I can't hold back from you
We'll find a way to piece it together, one thing and I know it's true

You heal some you hurt some
You love and you lose some
But sooner or later you see
We've got Love, Light and Mercy to set us free

And when tears come fallin' and it brings you to your knees
And now you know just what really matters and it's so plain to see
Well, I don't know of a single soul who hasn't made a thousand mistakes
And I don't know of anyone who hasn't had a fall from grace

You don't have to explain when it's a cold, hard rain
Sometimes we all need a little freedom from the pain

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Photographs and pheromones and hormones
I'm in no condition to be alone
Another night sleeps, another night weeps
If we're so together, how come we're alone?

Heartaches and outbreaks, a year's worth of out-takes
How many ways can your heart break?
I think I'll go mute, I think I'll go voiceless
Deaf, dumb and blind, 'cause it all seems so pointless
'Cause time does not wait
For the things you hesitate

If I could only get free
If I could only get free
If I could only get free
If I could just get away from me

Senseless addictions, mindless afflictions
You carve out the choices you make
A thin-skinned veneer covers the fear
And nothin' much changes 'round here

I need to walk, I need to talk
I need to run, I need to have some fun
I need to hide, and to decide
I need to hold on, hold on

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Remember the hours we stayed up all night
Everything was good, everything was right
And your love was so strong and so filled with light
Your eyes were as clear as a bluebird in flight

I hate looking back 'cause it tears me apart
And it grinds and it cuts and it rips through my heart
Because in my heart still, at least one wing keeps beating
One tear keeps falling and one song keeps singing

So dark on your fame
You mark on me a stain
I'm your fifteen
You're my nicotine

You're the needle, you're the bullet
You're the trigger, I could pull it
You're the ache in my head
You're the tears in my bed

You're what I want, you're what I need
You're what I crave, you're what I bleed
You're the Tropic of Cancer
You're the maze in the answer

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The wind in the room, it keeps turning and turning
There's never an end to this yearning and yearning
I still want you now, just as I did then
I leave you alone, you just come back again

Everything's been written, everything's been spoken
Everything, everything's been broken

I'm making a painting and painting it blue
And dragging the paint across the canvas of you
You're the reason I'm in love, you're the reason I'm in pain
You're the reason I'm damaged, you're the reason I've changed

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Tried it with razors, tried it with drugs
With starvation and without love
Without hope or God above
Without a rope or the white-winged dove

I fell into the darkness, I fell down deep
There were ghosts at my shoulders, dogs at my feet
I was all alone, didn't know what to do
I was lost in a fog, I was thinkin' 'bout you

It used to be so crystal clear
I could find my way out of here
I used to know my own heart
Now everything's so Tangled and Dark

I felt just like a voo-doo doll
With gypsy eyes I felt so small
I felt so weak, I felt so thin
I felt just like I was made of tin

There were broken wings upon the shelf
And broken hearts in the self
Broken dreams, broken lines
Broken pieces, yours and mine

Risin' up to grandiose
You hurt the ones you love the most
Can you take the heat, can you swallow the dose
We're goin' down deep, babe, we're gettin' close

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Nothin's gone right, it's all gone wrong
And this old world only seems to bring you down
The weight's too much, it's all up hill
No comfort here or the grace of a simple touch
Is a smile or a kind word asking too much?

Here it comes again, you can't seem to make it end
And nothin' seems to want to heal your heart
Haven't got the strength, but look how far you've come
You can't turn back now you've made it this far
You don't even know just how strong you are

You are so very beautiful
You shine just like a star
And you are only a step away
It's really not that far
If you could only see just how
Beautiful you are

Walkin' on the edge, you walk on danger
And you reach out for an old friend to kill the pain
For you, love has been a stranger
And so far away, like some lonesome distant train
It's nature's way, nothin' changes
Nothin' grows without the rain

And all those old roads have made some history
But you've traveled on, and they've said what they've had to say
And all the bets are off, 'cause life's a mystery
And you wouldn't want it any other way
All these years count for somethin', you've got a brand new day

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Sun's going down, big red sun is gone
You walk in the backstreets, tell me whose side are you on
The memory of your kiss still lingers on my lips
Once in a life you get to feel like this

Can't stop the rain, can't stop the pain
I want you with me, wash away the stains
Can't stop the hurting, can't stop believing
Can't stop the sound of the leaving

No more darkness, I want to live
Find the silence, learn to forgive
Sometimes these tears still leave a bitter taste
And I can't let go, I can't erase

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I think you know when you break my heart
Take every piece, take every part
Because you know, don't you know you own it
Because you feel, because you show it

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