THE LYRICS OF
AARON EARL SHORT
FROM THE SOPHOMORE DOUBLE DISC ALBUM
GONE
OLD SONGS
Play that old guitar like you mean every note
Could make all the difference probably won’t
It is old and beat up and you are feeling the same
The difference between, folks know the guitars name
So play them old songs like you need them to breathe
Like you need them as bad as the blood that you bleed
Play all night long for the good timing folk
Wake up in the morning for the 9-5 joke
Wondering is there more to you than this
Back’s getting worse, arm ain’t worth a piss
So play them old songs like you can’t live without
Like you are stuck in that song and it is the only way out
Play that old song like it has never been played
So the folks that left early wish they would have stayed
Like that old song will never be played again
You never know when the big song is going to end
So play them old songs like you need them to breathe
Like you need them as bad as the blood that you bleed
So play them old songs like you can’t live without
Like you are stuck in that song and it is the only way out
Play that old guitar like you mean every note
Could make all the difference probably won’t
It is old and beat up and you are feeling the same
The difference between, folks know the guitars name
So play them old songs like you need them to breathe
Like you need them as bad as the blood that you bleed
Play all night long for the good timing folk
Wake up in the morning for the 9-5 joke
Wondering is there more to you than this
Back’s getting worse, arm ain’t worth a piss
So play them old songs like you can’t live without
Like you are stuck in that song and it is the only way out
Play that old song like it has never been played
So the folks that left early wish they would have stayed
Like that old song will never be played again
You never know when the big song is going to end
So play them old songs like you need them to breathe
Like you need them as bad as the blood that you bleed
So play them old songs like you can’t live without
Like you are stuck in that song and it is the only way out
THE THING ABOUT THE DEVIL
When there is no pill to kill the pain
You’ve got the will of the fallen rain
And you just roll where the gutters lead you
Right through the cracks of the arid soil
Down to the core where the waters boil
And even rocks explode
Just because they need to
Alone with your thoughts, the worst place to be
Just you and your demons, nobody can see
So you share your deepest and darkest with only them
Because they don’t tell nobody at all
There’s a man in hell and he don’t call
On nobody that didn’t call on him
It is still a deal tomorrow even if you made it yesterday
That’s the thing about the devil, he don’t just go away
There is always a trigger that brings the tears
And brings you back about thirty five years
To the darker day you never understood
There never seemed to be a meaning, no lesson to learn
Just a broken boy with a heart that burned for it all to go away
But it never would
It is still a deal tomorrow even if you made it yesterday
That’s the thing about the devil, he don’t just go away
When there is no pill to kill the pain
You’ve got the will of the fallen rain
And you just roll where the gutters lead you
Right through the cracks of the arid soil
Down to the core where the waters boil
And even rocks explode
Just because they need to
When there is no pill to kill the pain
You’ve got the will of the fallen rain
And you just roll where the gutters lead you
Right through the cracks of the arid soil
Down to the core where the waters boil
And even rocks explode
Just because they need to
Alone with your thoughts, the worst place to be
Just you and your demons, nobody can see
So you share your deepest and darkest with only them
Because they don’t tell nobody at all
There’s a man in hell and he don’t call
On nobody that didn’t call on him
It is still a deal tomorrow even if you made it yesterday
That’s the thing about the devil, he don’t just go away
There is always a trigger that brings the tears
And brings you back about thirty five years
To the darker day you never understood
There never seemed to be a meaning, no lesson to learn
Just a broken boy with a heart that burned for it all to go away
But it never would
It is still a deal tomorrow even if you made it yesterday
That’s the thing about the devil, he don’t just go away
When there is no pill to kill the pain
You’ve got the will of the fallen rain
And you just roll where the gutters lead you
Right through the cracks of the arid soil
Down to the core where the waters boil
And even rocks explode
Just because they need to
BOURBON AND VICODIN
Laborer since twelve years old
Lost in the details, stuck in the fold
Twenty five years later the same old thing
A few more miles
A lot more pain
Bourbon and Vicodin
Hook me up and plug me in
No redemption without the sin
Bourbon and Vicodin
Slip a disc on the weekend
Tough it out ‘til Monday when you punch in
It ain’t right, just the only way to win
When your insurance don’t pay
And your wallets thin
Bourbon and Vicodin
Hook me up and plug me in
No redemption without the sin
Bourbon and Vicodin
Don’t want to climb Mountains
Just want to maintain
Ease a little pressure off the back of my brain
It’s not like I’m going to eat ‘em by the bunch
I’ll just have a couple while I’m away at lunch
Bourbon and Vicodin
Hook me up and plug me in
No redemption without the sin
Bourbon and Vicodin
Chronic pain and chronic me
Is a good combination for the drug companies
Push a pill, I’ll swallow with ease
Everybody’s happy
Now another please
Bourbon and Vicodin
Hook me up and plug me in
No redemption without the sin
Bourbon and Vicodin
Bourbon and Vicodin
Hook me up and plug me in
No redemption without the sin
Bourbon and Vicodin
Laborer since twelve years old
Lost in the details, stuck in the fold
Twenty five years later the same old thing
A few more miles
A lot more pain
Bourbon and Vicodin
Hook me up and plug me in
No redemption without the sin
Bourbon and Vicodin
Slip a disc on the weekend
Tough it out ‘til Monday when you punch in
It ain’t right, just the only way to win
When your insurance don’t pay
And your wallets thin
Bourbon and Vicodin
Hook me up and plug me in
No redemption without the sin
Bourbon and Vicodin
Don’t want to climb Mountains
Just want to maintain
Ease a little pressure off the back of my brain
It’s not like I’m going to eat ‘em by the bunch
I’ll just have a couple while I’m away at lunch
Bourbon and Vicodin
Hook me up and plug me in
No redemption without the sin
Bourbon and Vicodin
Chronic pain and chronic me
Is a good combination for the drug companies
Push a pill, I’ll swallow with ease
Everybody’s happy
Now another please
Bourbon and Vicodin
Hook me up and plug me in
No redemption without the sin
Bourbon and Vicodin
Bourbon and Vicodin
Hook me up and plug me in
No redemption without the sin
Bourbon and Vicodin
ALCOHOL AND POVERTY
West bound north bound airplane or Greyhound
I don’t care where or how I go
All I see in front of me is trouble and insanity
It’s going to follow me where ever I may go
Alcohol after all, it helped me up but let me fall
I guess it didn’t treat me all that well
And I guess if I don’t change real soon
This drinking midnight to noon
I’ll be sobering up in hell
I’ve made a million mistakes
There is more than one that I haven’t learned from
But I guess if you can forgive me
I think that will be ok, I’ll be ok
This shaking and aching and life that I’ve been faking
My skeletons are locked up in a trunk
My family hasn’t heard from me in a full month and half a week
It’s hard to look them in the eye when I’m drunk
So you go left and I’ll take a right
I’ll drive until I see daylight
I won’t rest ‘til I’m almost home
Roll me up some good old smoke
I’ll take a hit and then I’ll choke
And I’ll continue on when I’m stoned
I’ve made a million mistakes
There is more than one that I haven’t learned from
But I guess if you can forgive me
I think that will be ok, I’ll be ok
I hear my wheels and I feel this place no longer has appeal
Looks nothing like where I want to be
So I’ll take my time, I’ll take what’s mine
Everything will be just fine if I make it to the mountains or the sea
I don’t care just where I land if I wind up there
It’ll be better off than I’ve found myself right here
So let’s hit the road with the truck loaded
With the happiness we’re toting
You navigate and I’ll steer
I’ve made a million mistakes
There is more than one that I haven’t learned from
But I guess if you can forgive me
I think that will be ok, I’ll be ok
West bound, north bound, airplane or Greyhound
I don’t care where or how I go
All I see in front of me is alcohol and poverty
Going to swallow me whole I know
Taking lefts when I should go right
Giving up when I should fight
Acting nothing like I’ve always tried to be
But I’ll take my time and I’ll take what’s mine
Everything will be just fine
If I make it to the mountains or the sea
I’ve made a million mistakes
There is more than one that I haven’t learned from
But I guess if you can forgive me
I think that will be ok, I’ll be ok
West bound north bound airplane or Greyhound
I don’t care where or how I go
All I see in front of me is trouble and insanity
It’s going to follow me where ever I may go
Alcohol after all, it helped me up but let me fall
I guess it didn’t treat me all that well
And I guess if I don’t change real soon
This drinking midnight to noon
I’ll be sobering up in hell
I’ve made a million mistakes
There is more than one that I haven’t learned from
But I guess if you can forgive me
I think that will be ok, I’ll be ok
This shaking and aching and life that I’ve been faking
My skeletons are locked up in a trunk
My family hasn’t heard from me in a full month and half a week
It’s hard to look them in the eye when I’m drunk
So you go left and I’ll take a right
I’ll drive until I see daylight
I won’t rest ‘til I’m almost home
Roll me up some good old smoke
I’ll take a hit and then I’ll choke
And I’ll continue on when I’m stoned
I’ve made a million mistakes
There is more than one that I haven’t learned from
But I guess if you can forgive me
I think that will be ok, I’ll be ok
I hear my wheels and I feel this place no longer has appeal
Looks nothing like where I want to be
So I’ll take my time, I’ll take what’s mine
Everything will be just fine if I make it to the mountains or the sea
I don’t care just where I land if I wind up there
It’ll be better off than I’ve found myself right here
So let’s hit the road with the truck loaded
With the happiness we’re toting
You navigate and I’ll steer
I’ve made a million mistakes
There is more than one that I haven’t learned from
But I guess if you can forgive me
I think that will be ok, I’ll be ok
West bound, north bound, airplane or Greyhound
I don’t care where or how I go
All I see in front of me is alcohol and poverty
Going to swallow me whole I know
Taking lefts when I should go right
Giving up when I should fight
Acting nothing like I’ve always tried to be
But I’ll take my time and I’ll take what’s mine
Everything will be just fine
If I make it to the mountains or the sea
I’ve made a million mistakes
There is more than one that I haven’t learned from
But I guess if you can forgive me
I think that will be ok, I’ll be ok
STRANGE
In the daytime, the most that I can say is I’m awake
Because in the day time I just can’t seem to catch a break
But in the night time, the night time I just feel so alive
In the night time I seem to have all the things for which I strive
But the morning comes around and it brings me right back down to my old ways
The morning comes back by and it hurts my tired eyes for another day
This time, this time I’m going to try to do it right
Yeah, this time, this time I’m going to struggle through the light
Because the last time, the last time really got the best of me
The last time, I did not think that I would live to see
Another day go right on by
Because I thought that I would die out on the street
That’s the day I recall and the day most of all don’t want to repeat
In the meantime, in the meantime I’ll just keep moving on
Yeah, in the meantime I won’t dwell on the bad things that have gone
Because my time, my time here on earth is passing by
And there’s no time, no time to sit around and wish and cry
All I can do is hope for another day or two and try to change
And all that I know is that is the way that is goes, and it’s so strange
In the daytime, the most that I can say is I’m awake
Because in the day time I just can’t seem to catch a break
But in the night time, the night time I just feel so alive
In the night time I seem to have all the things for which I strive
But the morning comes around and it brings me right back down to my old ways
The morning comes back by and it hurts my tired eyes for another day
This time, this time I’m going to try to do it right
Yeah, this time, this time I’m going to struggle through the light
Because the last time, the last time really got the best of me
The last time, I did not think that I would live to see
Another day go right on by
Because I thought that I would die out on the street
That’s the day I recall and the day most of all don’t want to repeat
In the meantime, in the meantime I’ll just keep moving on
Yeah, in the meantime I won’t dwell on the bad things that have gone
Because my time, my time here on earth is passing by
And there’s no time, no time to sit around and wish and cry
All I can do is hope for another day or two and try to change
And all that I know is that is the way that is goes, and it’s so strange
GOODBYE WHISKEY
Goodbye whiskey, goodbye wine
We all sure had some damn fine times
I’m sure you’ll miss me just like I’ll miss you
Might even miss the crazy things you made me do
Goodbye whiskey, goodbye beer
Things sure are different without you here
Things seem quiet; I guess there is fewer fights
But it’s still just as hard to fall asleep at night
Goodbye whiskey, goodbye gin
Never thought I’d hear myself saying that again
But this time it’s for real, this time it’s got to stick
Got to stay away even if it makes me sick
Goodbye whiskey, goodbye booze
I miss you most when I get the blues
I miss you at home; I miss you at the bar
I miss you on the freeway riding shotgun in my car
Goodbye whiskey, goodbye rum
You wouldn’t have to go if you didn’t make me dumb
So goodbye whiskey until we meet again
No need for enemies as long as you’re my friend
Goodbye whiskey, I’ll see you in my dreams
I’ll taste your sweet warmth, as crazy as that seems
I’ll drink you all down for old times’ sake
Wake up in a cold sweat, with hands that want to shake
Goodbye whiskey, goodbye pills
Never thought I’d quit you, and I don’t believe it still
The way that you taunt me in such a cruel way
The way that you haunt me, you’ll go to hell one day
Goodbye whiskey, goodbye wine
We all sure had some damn fine times
I’m sure you’ll miss me just like I’ll miss you
Might even miss the crazy things you made me do
Goodbye whiskey, goodbye beer
Things sure are different without you here
Things seem quiet; I guess there is fewer fights
But it’s still just as hard to fall asleep at night
Goodbye whiskey, goodbye gin
Never thought I’d hear myself saying that again
But this time it’s for real, this time it’s got to stick
Got to stay away even if it makes me sick
Goodbye whiskey, goodbye booze
I miss you most when I get the blues
I miss you at home; I miss you at the bar
I miss you on the freeway riding shotgun in my car
Goodbye whiskey, goodbye rum
You wouldn’t have to go if you didn’t make me dumb
So goodbye whiskey until we meet again
No need for enemies as long as you’re my friend
Goodbye whiskey, I’ll see you in my dreams
I’ll taste your sweet warmth, as crazy as that seems
I’ll drink you all down for old times’ sake
Wake up in a cold sweat, with hands that want to shake
Goodbye whiskey, goodbye pills
Never thought I’d quit you, and I don’t believe it still
The way that you taunt me in such a cruel way
The way that you haunt me, you’ll go to hell one day
KEROSENE
I hit rock bottom with a nasty thud
Whiskey sweat, tears and blood
Sweat on the sheets every night
Tear filled eyes blurred my sight
My blood is red but thin like kerosene
Action is costly, talk is cheap
Sometimes to wake up, you’ve got to lose some sleep
Sometimes you need stress, sometimes you need strife
Sometimes you need death but I’ll never know why
And it burns like kerosene
I tried prayer but it didn’t seem to take
I tried to promise but it was just something new to break
I tried to walk away and I tried to burn it down
Hoping it would keep me warm but it only kept me around
Just to watch it burn like kerosene
I hit rock bottom with a nasty thud
Whiskey sweat, tears and blood
I hit rock bottom with a nasty thud
Whiskey sweat, tears and blood
Sweat on the sheets every night
Tear filled eyes blurred my sight
My blood is red but thin like kerosene
Action is costly, talk is cheap
Sometimes to wake up, you’ve got to lose some sleep
Sometimes you need stress, sometimes you need strife
Sometimes you need death but I’ll never know why
And it burns like kerosene
I tried prayer but it didn’t seem to take
I tried to promise but it was just something new to break
I tried to walk away and I tried to burn it down
Hoping it would keep me warm but it only kept me around
Just to watch it burn like kerosene
I hit rock bottom with a nasty thud
Whiskey sweat, tears and blood
WITHDRAWAL BLUES
I had a dream I was a drunk and damn what a damn good drunk was I
Taking down bottle after bottle without crossing an eye
Making friends with everyone except the ones I made my enemies
Nothing wrong with nothing right and no way to blame nobody else but me
All I want is one or two, all I want is two or three
All I want after that is just one more, because you know me
While you are at it give me one more for the road and one more for the ditch
Because I can turn it on, I just can’t turn it off, it is a one way switch
They said it would get easier
I guess they didn’t have a clue
There is no way to stop the shaking
There is no way to shake the withdrawal blues
No more whiskey hidden in the cupboard, no more tricks hidden up my sleeve
No more trace left at all, except a thirst that just won’t leave
No hero around to hide behind, no cover, no personality
The voices in my ear say the same thing as the voices in my dreams
I thought it would get easier
I guess they didn’t have a clue
There is no way to stop the shaking
There is no way to shake the withdrawal blues
I had a dream I was a drunk and damn what a damn good drunk was I
Taking down bottle after bottle without crossing an eye
Making friends with everyone except the ones I made my enemies
Nothing wrong with nothing right and no way to blame nobody else but me
All I want is one or two, all I want is two or three
All I want after that is just one more, because you know me
While you are at it give me one more for the road and one more for the ditch
Because I can turn it on, I just can’t turn it off, it is a one way switch
They said it would get easier
I guess they didn’t have a clue
There is no way to stop the shaking
There is no way to shake the withdrawal blues
No more whiskey hidden in the cupboard, no more tricks hidden up my sleeve
No more trace left at all, except a thirst that just won’t leave
No hero around to hide behind, no cover, no personality
The voices in my ear say the same thing as the voices in my dreams
I thought it would get easier
I guess they didn’t have a clue
There is no way to stop the shaking
There is no way to shake the withdrawal blues
KITCHEN SINK
I’ve got a mind well worth wasting
And a memory short and sweet
Every drop that I am tasting
Is warming me face to feet
All I think about it failure
All I think is another drink
Southern whiskey was no comfort
Threw up in the kitchen sink
Black out drunk and punch line broke
Stack the empties ceiling high
Malt liquor sip and resin toke
Bag the empties take a drive
Stick a fork into another
Yet another stands no chance
Check the microphone and then the other
Take the guitars from the stands
Play the night as it were your last
As if you will never hear again
Because all too soon it will be past
No notes to hold no strings to bend
One eyed stumble play the encore
Put my trust into Johnny Cash
Table of beer knocked on the floor
Smoke more resin dream of hash
All I think about it failure
All I think is another drink
Southern whiskey was no comfort
Threw up in the kitchen sink
I’ve got a mind well worth wasting
And a memory short and sweet
Every drop that I am tasting
Is warming me face to feet
All I think about it failure
All I think is another drink
Southern whiskey was no comfort
Threw up in the kitchen sink
Black out drunk and punch line broke
Stack the empties ceiling high
Malt liquor sip and resin toke
Bag the empties take a drive
Stick a fork into another
Yet another stands no chance
Check the microphone and then the other
Take the guitars from the stands
Play the night as it were your last
As if you will never hear again
Because all too soon it will be past
No notes to hold no strings to bend
One eyed stumble play the encore
Put my trust into Johnny Cash
Table of beer knocked on the floor
Smoke more resin dream of hash
All I think about it failure
All I think is another drink
Southern whiskey was no comfort
Threw up in the kitchen sink
WISH
I should have acted better
I should have known
But six months later, here you are, gone
In the ICU just one big bruise
From the EMTs doing all they could do
I wish there was something I could have said
I guess it is too late now, when you are already dead
So hard to say, even harder to see
So Goddamn hard, I wish it was me
I wish there was something that I could have done
I wish you would have been one of those who won
But after all these years I’ve never learned
If all you do is wish, you are going to get burned
I should have acted better
I should have known
But six months later, here you are, gone
In the ICU just one big bruise
From the EMTs doing all they could do
I should have acted better
I should have known
But six months later, here you are, gone
In the ICU just one big bruise
From the EMTs doing all they could do
I wish there was something I could have said
I guess it is too late now, when you are already dead
So hard to say, even harder to see
So Goddamn hard, I wish it was me
I wish there was something that I could have done
I wish you would have been one of those who won
But after all these years I’ve never learned
If all you do is wish, you are going to get burned
I should have acted better
I should have known
But six months later, here you are, gone
In the ICU just one big bruise
From the EMTs doing all they could do
12 HOURS
Cocaine room at the top of the house
Heavy set woman trying to undo her blouse
After hours with a three piece band
One’s upstairs, the other’s passed out, drink still in hand
12 hours straight of playing guitar
For 200 bucks I’m going to spend at the bar
High strung man who’s ready to throw
10 hours down and two to go
They say it takes you places you’d never go
You’d never have a reason but you never know
Never say never unless you cover your tracks
Once it is lost it is hard to get it back
Amazing grace to cocaine blues
Cowboy boots to hippy shoes
Got more to gain than I got to lose
It’s too late to argue when your head’s in the noose
Loading the van with the spun out guy
He still wants to blacken somebody’s eye
Suns coming up and we’re all coming down
Sunlight brings a different town
They say it takes you places you’d never go
You’d never have a reason but you never know
Never say never unless you cover your tracks
Once it is lost it is hard to get it back
12 hours straight of playing guitar
For 200 bucks I’m going to spend at the bar
High strung man with nothing to show
12 hours down and the rest to go
Cocaine room at the top of the house
Heavy set woman trying to undo her blouse
After hours with a three piece band
One’s upstairs, the other’s passed out, drink still in hand
12 hours straight of playing guitar
For 200 bucks I’m going to spend at the bar
High strung man who’s ready to throw
10 hours down and two to go
They say it takes you places you’d never go
You’d never have a reason but you never know
Never say never unless you cover your tracks
Once it is lost it is hard to get it back
Amazing grace to cocaine blues
Cowboy boots to hippy shoes
Got more to gain than I got to lose
It’s too late to argue when your head’s in the noose
Loading the van with the spun out guy
He still wants to blacken somebody’s eye
Suns coming up and we’re all coming down
Sunlight brings a different town
They say it takes you places you’d never go
You’d never have a reason but you never know
Never say never unless you cover your tracks
Once it is lost it is hard to get it back
12 hours straight of playing guitar
For 200 bucks I’m going to spend at the bar
High strung man with nothing to show
12 hours down and the rest to go
SHOOTER OR THE GUN
My last drink cost me two and half days
I thought it was the last one but I know the first one is to blame
I started going down like I had no taste
And no intent to quit and now I know that is the case
Drank my way into trouble and right back out
And just like drinking, is what life is all about
For old time memories and hopes to forget
But most times for no reason and always without a net
It was never my plan to ruin all the fun
I guess sooner or later someone would have to pay
What kills a man, the shooter or the gun
Or did that poor fool just get in the way?
Now I’m sleeping at the wheel, not so safe but sound
My mind is heading south but the van is still west bound
I closed my eyes for a second and then everything changed
Now I’m waking in the median trying to get everything straight
It was never my plan to ruin all the fun
I guess sooner or later someone would have to pay
What kills a man, the shooter or the gun
Or did that poor fool just get in the way?
My first drink cost me fifteen years of visions and black outs and rivers of tears
If I could do it all again you know I wouldn’t stay away
Even though I’m probably lucky that I’m standing here today
It was never my plan to ruin all this fun
I guess sooner or later someone would have to pay
What kills a man, the shooter or the gun
Or did that poor fool just get in the way?
My last drink cost me two and half days
I thought it was the last one but I know the first one is to blame
I started going down like I had no taste
And no intent to quit and now I know that is the case
Drank my way into trouble and right back out
And just like drinking, is what life is all about
For old time memories and hopes to forget
But most times for no reason and always without a net
It was never my plan to ruin all the fun
I guess sooner or later someone would have to pay
What kills a man, the shooter or the gun
Or did that poor fool just get in the way?
Now I’m sleeping at the wheel, not so safe but sound
My mind is heading south but the van is still west bound
I closed my eyes for a second and then everything changed
Now I’m waking in the median trying to get everything straight
It was never my plan to ruin all the fun
I guess sooner or later someone would have to pay
What kills a man, the shooter or the gun
Or did that poor fool just get in the way?
My first drink cost me fifteen years of visions and black outs and rivers of tears
If I could do it all again you know I wouldn’t stay away
Even though I’m probably lucky that I’m standing here today
It was never my plan to ruin all this fun
I guess sooner or later someone would have to pay
What kills a man, the shooter or the gun
Or did that poor fool just get in the way?
FROM THE DEBUT SELF-TITLED ALBUM
THE HIGH CREST
EASIER SAID
Once upon a hazy time, not long before we met
I was taking the world by storm but all I was getting was soaking wet
I would sit through a year of storm clouds for a minute in the sun
Finding a break in the clouds, it’s easier said than done
I was homeless and you were broke
So it seemed like a pretty good fit
You didn’t having nothing holding you back
And me, I didn’t have shit
Except a way with words, and like the herds, instinct when it’s time to run
Running away is easy coming back’s easier said than done
Easier said than done
Easier said than done
Forgetting everything I once knew
Easier said than done
Easier said than done
Guess I was always just looking for you but it was easier said than done
Started our lives together, poverty and all
30 packs and a 40 foot trailer in a town eight hundred small
15 hour work days, babe that’s what it took to make that thing run
Now running is a little bit easier, still easier said than done
Easier said than done
Easier said than done
Forgetting everything I once knew
Easier said than done
Easier said than done
Guess I was always just looking for you but it was easier said than done
Seven years later at 3am I sit here writing you this song
Only problem it says too little and goes on a little too long
But you can read my mind like a book, with large print and pictures and all
Even when I’m closed up tight and stuck on the shelf on the wall
Take me down, open me up, lick your fingers and turn the page
When there’s nothing between us but the truth, you got me feeling half my age
Like I got no cracked binding, no faded words on the inside
If it’s the truth you’re looking for, well baby, I got nothing to hide
Easier said than done, like a million to one
Put it all on the dice I threw but it was easier said than done
Easier said than done, took off on a dead run
Betting hell wouldn’t find me before I found you
But it was easier said than done
Easier said than done
Easier said than done
Forgetting everything I once knew
Easier said than done
Easier said than done
Guess I was always just looking for you but it was easier said than done
Once upon a hazy time, not long before we met
I was taking the world by storm but all I was getting was soaking wet
I would sit through a year of storm clouds for a minute in the sun
Finding a break in the clouds, it’s easier said than done
I was homeless and you were broke
So it seemed like a pretty good fit
You didn’t having nothing holding you back
And me, I didn’t have shit
Except a way with words, and like the herds, instinct when it’s time to run
Running away is easy coming back’s easier said than done
Easier said than done
Easier said than done
Forgetting everything I once knew
Easier said than done
Easier said than done
Guess I was always just looking for you but it was easier said than done
Started our lives together, poverty and all
30 packs and a 40 foot trailer in a town eight hundred small
15 hour work days, babe that’s what it took to make that thing run
Now running is a little bit easier, still easier said than done
Easier said than done
Easier said than done
Forgetting everything I once knew
Easier said than done
Easier said than done
Guess I was always just looking for you but it was easier said than done
Seven years later at 3am I sit here writing you this song
Only problem it says too little and goes on a little too long
But you can read my mind like a book, with large print and pictures and all
Even when I’m closed up tight and stuck on the shelf on the wall
Take me down, open me up, lick your fingers and turn the page
When there’s nothing between us but the truth, you got me feeling half my age
Like I got no cracked binding, no faded words on the inside
If it’s the truth you’re looking for, well baby, I got nothing to hide
Easier said than done, like a million to one
Put it all on the dice I threw but it was easier said than done
Easier said than done, took off on a dead run
Betting hell wouldn’t find me before I found you
But it was easier said than done
Easier said than done
Easier said than done
Forgetting everything I once knew
Easier said than done
Easier said than done
Guess I was always just looking for you but it was easier said than done
SOMETHING IN THE WIND
Something in the water, there’s something in these hills
Something big on the horizon and it’s not standing still
Excuse me if I’m skeptical, please excuse my fears
But history repeats and it feels like my past is getting near
Wind is ripe for the harvest; I guess you might as well
Pays more to sacrifice the land and the economy’s gone to hell
And the kids will not remember that it ever looked this way
But the kids will not remember that it ever looked this way
Something in the stars, there’s something in the wind
Telling me I should leave this place and don’t come back again
I cannot remember a message heard so clear
I can’t out run on my past or a single fear
Something in the water, there’s something in these hills
Something casting a shadow on me and it’s colder than hell
I can’t stand September since you went away
Now you won’t tell me where to go, only that I cannot stay
Something in the water, there’s something in these hills
Something big on the horizon and it’s not standing still
Excuse me if I’m skeptical, please excuse my fears
But history repeats and it feels like my past is getting near
Something in the water, there’s something in these hills
Something big on the horizon and it’s not standing still
Excuse me if I’m skeptical, please excuse my fears
But history repeats and it feels like my past is getting near
Wind is ripe for the harvest; I guess you might as well
Pays more to sacrifice the land and the economy’s gone to hell
And the kids will not remember that it ever looked this way
But the kids will not remember that it ever looked this way
Something in the stars, there’s something in the wind
Telling me I should leave this place and don’t come back again
I cannot remember a message heard so clear
I can’t out run on my past or a single fear
Something in the water, there’s something in these hills
Something casting a shadow on me and it’s colder than hell
I can’t stand September since you went away
Now you won’t tell me where to go, only that I cannot stay
Something in the water, there’s something in these hills
Something big on the horizon and it’s not standing still
Excuse me if I’m skeptical, please excuse my fears
But history repeats and it feels like my past is getting near
DECADE REMEMBERED
Flowing tired like a muddy stream
Decade remembered like it was only a dream
Life’s so busy it’s almost obscene
Scars to show and songs to sing
Holy hell, how did we get here?
Only seems like it’s been a couple of years
Since I was new to this and it was all so clear
When it’s near, I want to run
Just want to run
Hundred miles an hour down a dead end road
Hoping we don’t have another shift in the load
We’ve lost enough friends; don’t want to lose no more
Just want to run
Holy hell, how did we get here?
Only seems like it’s been a couple of years
Since I was new to this and it was all so clear
When it’s near, I want to run
Just want to run
Flowing tired like a muddy stream
Decade remembered like it was only a dream
Life’s so fast, it’s almost obscene
Scars to show and songs to sing
Holy hell, how did we get here?
Only seems like it’s been a couple of years
Since I was new to this and it was all so clear
When it’s near, I want to run
Just want to run
Flowing tired like a muddy stream
Decade remembered like it was only a dream
Life’s so busy it’s almost obscene
Scars to show and songs to sing
Holy hell, how did we get here?
Only seems like it’s been a couple of years
Since I was new to this and it was all so clear
When it’s near, I want to run
Just want to run
Hundred miles an hour down a dead end road
Hoping we don’t have another shift in the load
We’ve lost enough friends; don’t want to lose no more
Just want to run
Holy hell, how did we get here?
Only seems like it’s been a couple of years
Since I was new to this and it was all so clear
When it’s near, I want to run
Just want to run
Flowing tired like a muddy stream
Decade remembered like it was only a dream
Life’s so fast, it’s almost obscene
Scars to show and songs to sing
Holy hell, how did we get here?
Only seems like it’s been a couple of years
Since I was new to this and it was all so clear
When it’s near, I want to run
Just want to run
BELONG
I got drunk last night, woke up broke but I felt alright
Got up and I went outside, bloodshot eyes I could not hide
Leaves on the trees are starting to wilt, day by day, just like my guilt
In my head where it likes to chime, be damned if it don’t take some time
To feel like I belong anywhere
Anywhere
I got a brother that works too hard; he’s got a nice big house and a nice green yard
Another brother that I don’t see but he goes to church three days a week
My dad’s retired and now he’s set, he’s a hardworking man and a Vietnam vet
And my mom’s disease gets to her nerves but she stays on track and she don’t swerve
And I’d do anything for all of them
Anything
So why do people wonder why people go crazy
Why does this vivid picture seem so damn hazy?
I read the paper and I get sad ‘cause there people dying and people glad
I don’t know why we’re in this war but dad’s said he’s seen it all before
I don’t think it’s a good fight when we’re dropping bombs on their kids at night
So they turn around and they kill ours with bombs that they load into their cars
Be Goddamned, I don’t feel we belong over there
Over there
So why do people wonder why people go crazy
Why does this vivid picture seem so damn hazy?
I got drunk again last night, I couldn’t sleep and I couldn’t write
Wound up stoned and went to bed, had bad dreams all in my head
I got up and I went to work, I got ran off the road by a pissed off jerk
Who hates his job, hits his wife, his kids hate him and he hates this life
Be damned if he don’t feel like he belongs
Anywhere
So why do people wonder why people go crazy
Why does this vivid picture seem so damn hazy?
I got drunk last night, woke up broke but I felt alright
Got up and I went outside, bloodshot eyes I could not hide
Leaves on the trees are starting to wilt, day by day, just like my guilt
In my head where it likes to chime, be damned if it don’t take some time
To feel like I belong anywhere
Anywhere
I got a brother that works too hard; he’s got a nice big house and a nice green yard
Another brother that I don’t see but he goes to church three days a week
My dad’s retired and now he’s set, he’s a hardworking man and a Vietnam vet
And my mom’s disease gets to her nerves but she stays on track and she don’t swerve
And I’d do anything for all of them
Anything
So why do people wonder why people go crazy
Why does this vivid picture seem so damn hazy?
I read the paper and I get sad ‘cause there people dying and people glad
I don’t know why we’re in this war but dad’s said he’s seen it all before
I don’t think it’s a good fight when we’re dropping bombs on their kids at night
So they turn around and they kill ours with bombs that they load into their cars
Be Goddamned, I don’t feel we belong over there
Over there
So why do people wonder why people go crazy
Why does this vivid picture seem so damn hazy?
I got drunk again last night, I couldn’t sleep and I couldn’t write
Wound up stoned and went to bed, had bad dreams all in my head
I got up and I went to work, I got ran off the road by a pissed off jerk
Who hates his job, hits his wife, his kids hate him and he hates this life
Be damned if he don’t feel like he belongs
Anywhere
So why do people wonder why people go crazy
Why does this vivid picture seem so damn hazy?
AT THE CHURCH
I guess that church house lawn was laid out just right
It was the place to be for after school fights
Meet me there at a half past three
If you can back the talk then I guess we’ll see
Just in case anybody decided to jump in
I’m bringing two or three of my toughest friends, to watch my back
So tell your guys, if they get any ideas, we won’t be surprised
At the church
At the church
At the church it’s fighting season
So give me the time,’ cause I got the reason
We’ve been talking for too long now
Time to show what we both know how
At the church
Anything goes
They got a lot of tricks so stay on your toes
They don’t mind taking a cheap shot
It’s Gods house, not God’s parking lot
At the church
At the church
So take a chance and roll the dice
But let me warn you I don’t play nice
Take what’s open, no matter to me, it’s your choice
Words will only go so far in this world
You either fight like a boy or you fight like a girl
But I’ve seen some girls mop this place up with the boys
At the church it’s time to fight
So take your shot like it’s your God given right
Win some loose some that’s how it goes
Wash your sins and your bloody nose at the church
Anything goes so stick and move and stay on your toes
Watch out for those cheap shots
The rules change out in the parking lot
At the church
At the church
I guess that church house lawn was laid out just right
It was the place to be for after school fights
Meet me there at a half past three
If you can back the talk then I guess we’ll see
Just in case anybody decided to jump in
I’m bringing two or three of my toughest friends, to watch my back
So tell your guys, if they get any ideas, we won’t be surprised
At the church
At the church
At the church it’s fighting season
So give me the time,’ cause I got the reason
We’ve been talking for too long now
Time to show what we both know how
At the church
Anything goes
They got a lot of tricks so stay on your toes
They don’t mind taking a cheap shot
It’s Gods house, not God’s parking lot
At the church
At the church
So take a chance and roll the dice
But let me warn you I don’t play nice
Take what’s open, no matter to me, it’s your choice
Words will only go so far in this world
You either fight like a boy or you fight like a girl
But I’ve seen some girls mop this place up with the boys
At the church it’s time to fight
So take your shot like it’s your God given right
Win some loose some that’s how it goes
Wash your sins and your bloody nose at the church
Anything goes so stick and move and stay on your toes
Watch out for those cheap shots
The rules change out in the parking lot
At the church
At the church
BURNING OUT
I tried to light a fire tonight, this one took a while
Mosquitos thicker than peanut butter were on me like my no good smile
Mosquitos thicker than peanut butter were on me like my no good smile
There are so many stars, they look like clouds, maybe that’s just me
I may not be shining bright, but I’m cloudy as can be
I may not be shining bright, but I’m cloudy as can be
There’s a freight train that rolls through this town each night about 3am
Heading out somewhere, it’s heading out, not staying
It’s heading out west somewhere; it’s heading out, not staying
But if I were that train, I’d load up all I know
I’d haul it all out somewhere bad luck doesn’t go
I’d haul it all out somewhere bad luck doesn’t go
When walking becomes a test and that oil is still burning
The stars have all moved out west so I guess the world’s still turning
The stars have all moved out west so I guess the world’s still turning
I guess I’m just a shooting star, lit am I no more
Falling fast down to the ground where I will lay where I was born
Fading fast down to the ground where I will die as I was born
I tried to light a fire tonight, this one burned a while
Not even I understand what I mutter; I’m burning out like the fire
Not even I understand what I mutter; I’m burning out like the fire
I tried to light a fire tonight, this one took a while
Mosquitos thicker than peanut butter were on me like my no good smile
Mosquitos thicker than peanut butter were on me like my no good smile
There are so many stars, they look like clouds, maybe that’s just me
I may not be shining bright, but I’m cloudy as can be
I may not be shining bright, but I’m cloudy as can be
There’s a freight train that rolls through this town each night about 3am
Heading out somewhere, it’s heading out, not staying
It’s heading out west somewhere; it’s heading out, not staying
But if I were that train, I’d load up all I know
I’d haul it all out somewhere bad luck doesn’t go
I’d haul it all out somewhere bad luck doesn’t go
When walking becomes a test and that oil is still burning
The stars have all moved out west so I guess the world’s still turning
The stars have all moved out west so I guess the world’s still turning
I guess I’m just a shooting star, lit am I no more
Falling fast down to the ground where I will lay where I was born
Fading fast down to the ground where I will die as I was born
I tried to light a fire tonight, this one burned a while
Not even I understand what I mutter; I’m burning out like the fire
Not even I understand what I mutter; I’m burning out like the fire
SUNSET
My foot prints get less ambitious on the way back then they were on the way out
Stepping a little wiser maybe, a little more weary, no doubt
Because I’m getting too old to step into a hole I already know all about
But I’m still too young to think I’m done wondering and wandering around
So much can happen in a year, I swear I didn’t look away for all that long
Some of us went one way, some went right, some went wrong
But like a record it keeps turning and I’m just waiting to hear my new favorite song
But it’s going to be a long cold winter but come spring time it’s going to thaw
It’s like I’m driving in a fog, I just got to sit back and try not to think
Staring down those short white lines flying by might push me right over the brink
My eyes can play tricks on me if I’m not careful every time I blink
But if I’m thirsty I don’t need to swim, all I need is just a drink
And the sun goes down without a sound
I swear heaven must be within reach
Whether the hills of Iowa, the Rocky Mountains or Pacific Northwest beach
Well I’ve learned a thing here and there, in the country and out on those city streets
But I’ve never seen a lesson that a beautiful sunset couldn’t teach
My footprints get less ambitious on the way back then they were on the way out
Stepping a little wiser maybe, a little more weary, no doubt
Cause I’m never too old to step into a hole I already knew all about
But lives come and go and there’s a young one that’s coming going to turn mine around
And the sun goes down without a sound
I swear heaven must be within reach
Whether the hills of Iowa, the Rocky Mountains or Pacific Northwest beach
Well I’ve learned a thing here and there, in the country and out on those city streets
But I’ve never seen a lesson that a beautiful sunset couldn’t teach
My foot prints get less ambitious on the way back then they were on the way out
Stepping a little wiser maybe, a little more weary, no doubt
Because I’m getting too old to step into a hole I already know all about
But I’m still too young to think I’m done wondering and wandering around
So much can happen in a year, I swear I didn’t look away for all that long
Some of us went one way, some went right, some went wrong
But like a record it keeps turning and I’m just waiting to hear my new favorite song
But it’s going to be a long cold winter but come spring time it’s going to thaw
It’s like I’m driving in a fog, I just got to sit back and try not to think
Staring down those short white lines flying by might push me right over the brink
My eyes can play tricks on me if I’m not careful every time I blink
But if I’m thirsty I don’t need to swim, all I need is just a drink
And the sun goes down without a sound
I swear heaven must be within reach
Whether the hills of Iowa, the Rocky Mountains or Pacific Northwest beach
Well I’ve learned a thing here and there, in the country and out on those city streets
But I’ve never seen a lesson that a beautiful sunset couldn’t teach
My footprints get less ambitious on the way back then they were on the way out
Stepping a little wiser maybe, a little more weary, no doubt
Cause I’m never too old to step into a hole I already knew all about
But lives come and go and there’s a young one that’s coming going to turn mine around
And the sun goes down without a sound
I swear heaven must be within reach
Whether the hills of Iowa, the Rocky Mountains or Pacific Northwest beach
Well I’ve learned a thing here and there, in the country and out on those city streets
But I’ve never seen a lesson that a beautiful sunset couldn’t teach
