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The music industry is dead
I’d rather read a book instead, anyway, anyway
I can’t stop playin’ guitar, I’ll play until my hands fall off anyway, anyway…
Why tell me you like it when you don’t
I want to be something other than broke
I chased a path down a dark road
At least we don’t walk it alone…
Come with me for a ride, I’ll win in the end you will find, anyway, anyway…
I sing to empty rooms, practice man you’ll be good soon, anyway, anyway…
Why tell me you like it when you don’t
I want to be something other than broke
I chased a path down a dark road
At least we don’t walk it alone…
No one listens to the man, behind the curtain in the end
Listen to the voice within it guides you right now and then, anyway, anyway…
Why tell me you like it when you don’t
I want to be something other than broke
I chased a path down a dark road
At least we don’t walk it alone…
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Maybe something that I say, will bop into your head someday,
It will be helpful in some way anyway, anyway
Why tell me you like it when you don’t
I want to be something other than broke
I chased a path down a dark road
At least we don’t walk it alone
Music industry is dead
I’d rather read a book instead, anyway, anyway
I can’t stop playin’ guitar, I’ll play until my hands fall off anyway, anyway, anyway…
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A Different Time
05:04
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What happened to todays’ youth
Are they not too, slightly abused
How are they so happy, while I’m choking on my apathy
How are they so care free,while I’m stuck in my own cage you see.
I remember
A different time
I was yours, and you were mine
Yesterday’s gone and today is a new
Want to spend every waking moment with you
I put on a show
For the others out there
You’d see right through me, if you took the time to care
I’m angry, lonely, tired and aggressive at times
Will you forgive me, is this really such a crime?
I remember
A different time
I was yours, and you were mine
Yesterday’s gone and today is a new
Want to spend every waking moment with you
Somehow with you, I’m not alone and I belong, I said,
Somehow with you, I’m not alone and I belong
(x2)
People tell me that, things will improve
Not from what I’ve seen, I aint nobody’s fool
Still I hold my head high, beaten as it may be
I’m not done with you yet girl, give me war, make me free!
I remember
A different time
I was yours, and you were mine
Yesterday’s gone and today is a new
Want to spend every waking moment with you, with you, with you, with you. With you.
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Sit up straight, appreciate,
Livin’ is hard, believe in the good.
And you will, take your pills.
Do as your told, the future grows cold.
I’ve been travelin’ for too long
Need a place to call my own
Long and weary my road has been
Now it’s time to start again…
Is it ever enough?
No its never enough.
Is it ever enough?
No its never enough.
Don’t talk back,
Or you’ll get smacked.
Grow up right, don’t put up a fight.
And in the end, a seed to begin…
And in the end, a seed to begin…
I’ve been travelin’ for too long
Need a place to call my own.
Long and weary my road has been
Now it’s time to start again…
Is it ever enough?
No its never enough.
Is it ever enough?
No its never enough..
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The Haymaker
03:38
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I was in the middle of a big fight
I was in the middle of another’s right
So I ducked, threw the uppercut, now I’m alright
Wasn’t long for he woke up, came back to life with a left hook
He was six feet tall in the sixth grade, mustache and muscles I was afraid
I made a strong kick, but I missed
The crowd had grown, the fight seemed fixed.
It was time to throw the haymaker, everything I got in just one punch.
It was time to throw the haymaker, and after recess lunch, and after recess lunch…
I wound up as much as I could, I’m gonna land this punch, land it real good
Maybe on the chin, maybe to the jaw, this kid was a man, not a kid at all
Much to my amazement, he didn’t try to block. I connected with my punch it hurt honestly a lot..
Him, more than me, he fell to his knees…the crowd dispersed, the crowd dispersed
It was time to throw the haymaker, everything I got in just one punch
It was time to throw the haymaker, and after recess lunch, and after recess lunch
He’s gonna remember the mess I made, the mess I made to his face
He’s gonna remember the mess I made, for the rest of his days
It was time to throw the haymaker, everything I got in just one punch
It was time to throw the haymaker and after recess lunch, and after recess, lunch
The first day of school is the roughest, pick a fight with the toughest
Doesn’t matter win or lose, now you’re cool in school, now you’re cool in school, now, you’re cool in school
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I Feel Fine
03:14
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I had a problem, in my past
Couldn’t keep up with, the rest of the class
You feel experience, I feel it too
You feel delirious, I feel like a zoo
I feel fine today, do you feel the same way?
Everything is alright, I’m gonna be just fine.
Tell me a story, one that is good, give me an example, one that’s understood
I’ve got the answer, you should feel
I got the answer, please don’t steal
Can you feel me, I’m inside,
Can you feel me, I’m alive
I feel fine today, do you feel the same way?
Everything is alright, I’m gonna be just fine.
Tell me a story, one that is good, give me an example, one that’s understood
I feel fine today, do you feel the same way?
Everything is alright, I’m gonna be just fine…
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We Just Met
04:02
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Somebody’s callin’, check the id
Why don’t you text me, see if I’m free
I don’t have a real job, of course I can
I’ll be right over, I’m your man
I think that I love you.
Are these feelings mutual?
I know that we just met…
Am I under your skin just yet?
I think we need to go out, will you make a plan?
A concert sounds nice, I’d rather stay in.
How ‘bout a nice walk around the living room
I just came over, will you be here soon?
I think that I love you
Are these feelings mutual
I know that we just met
Am I under your skin just yet?
Pick me up in your ride, let’s drive around
I know it’s not much do you hear that sound
Not the time for complaints,
Not the time or place…
Hide your dirty thoughts, they’re in bad taste
I think that I love you…
Are these feelings mutual?
I know that we just met
Am I under your skin just yet?
It’s a roller coaster, it’s alright, ups and downs, I guess that’s life (x2)
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Not Alone
04:20
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There is a place, between here and now
How did I get here, and can I weasel my way out?
There is a place, between then and yesterday
How did I lose it and can I rewind time someday?
I’m not here to save you…
From those things we all do…
I am just a reminder, that we are not alone here.
We’re all prisoners, to some degree…
I never got one did you say that this was free?
What a loaded dog bag
Hardest thing to prove
Say that you love me even though I know its true. UHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, Uhhhhh, Uhhhh, uhhh
I’m not here to save you…
From those things we all do…
I am just a reminder, that we are not alone here.
There is a place, between then and when?
How do we get there, and do you think that we’ll win?
All my forsaken, what happened next?
do we rise up or did we fall back into bed?
UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, uHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, UHH uhhhh, uhhh, uh, uhn
I’m not here to save you…
From those things we all do…
I am just a reminder, that we are not alone here.
Why won’t you believe me?
Why won’t you believe me?
Why won’t you believe me, we’re not alone.
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We Found Each Other
04:15
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Lookin’ for love in all the wrong places
Livin’ this life feels kinda tasteless
One night after the next night doin my thing
Nothin was right it was time to change
I was searching for something divine…
You walked in, I lost my mind
My knees were trembling, my hands did shake
Am a asleep or am I awake?
Now we’re happy
We are together
We found happiness in one another
Onward and upward on our journey
It was all worth it, to find my one and only…
There is God. There is God…
Things were fast right from the start.
Heavy and steady and hot to trot.
Moving forward was right to do.
I want to spend my life, spend it with you.
I was searching for something divine
You walked in I lost my mind
My knees were trembling, my hands did shake
Am a asleep, or am I awake?
Now we’re happy
We are together
We found happiness in one another
Onward and upward on our journey
It was all worth it, to find my one and only
There is God. There is God…
Comfy and Cozy, at each other’s throats
Fighting all night long pass the freaking rope
We are nice before lights out
Is this love? I guess we’ll figure it out.
In sickness and health, yes yes I do, for better or worse, yes yes its true (x2)
Now we’re happy
We are together
We found happiness in one another
Onward and upward on our journey
It was all worth it, to find my one and only
There is God.
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You Had a Problem
05:35
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You had a problem-
With my problem,
And I don’t want to hurt you-
So I’ll clean my up my act too.
Why does this have to be so difficult?
I wanted to stop, but I couldn’t though--
Now you walk away from me,
For your own sanity.
I’m left here wanting--
To be clean and longing.
I can’t face today,
without rotting away…
Why does this have to be so difficult?
I wanted to stop, but I couldn’t though.
Now you walk away from me--
For your own sanity.
Put the past behind us…
turn a new leaf…
I have today sober;
Is that all I need!?
I’m drifting away, will you please save me
I’m drifting away, will you please save me?
Why does this have to be so difficult?
I wanted to stop, but I couldn’t though.
Now you walk away me--
For your own sanity…
(x2)
Why does this have to be so difficult?
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Fade to Black
03:56
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I was wrong…you were right,
Say a prayer, shut the light
I was wrong…you were right,
Say a prayer, shut the light…
(hit it!)
I was wrong, You were right
Say your prayers, cut the light
Into dreamland, water warm sand
Wake up, do it again…
I want it all to just to burn, yeah
I want it all it’s my turn, yeah
I’m fading faster than a Fade to Black
Hey there my girl, when are you coming back?
We wake up, and we fight.
What happens now, are you alright?
You’re a liar! With a Pretty Face
You’re denied, by your race.
I want it all to just to burn, yeah
I want it all it’s my turn, yeah
I’m fading faster than a Fade to Black
Hey there my girl, when are you coming…
Fading to Black…
Fading to Black…
Fading to Black…
I aint ever coming back.
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Recovery
04:17
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Why did I try
Everything for the first time
It sent me spinning
It’s in me, I’m guilty
Recovery is just for today…
Recovery is the place, where I stay.
Recovery with no plans to escape…
Life now is better, check the tape.
They threw me into treatment
When I was still a kid…
I did not,
get it then,
it took me years to comprehend.
Recovery is just for today…
Recovery is the place, where I stay.
Recovery with no plans on escape…
Life now is better now, check the tape.
I am blessed for the mistakes I have made
They’ve made me who I am today, i’m no longer afraid,
I’ve turned the corner its plain to see,
The healthy you, and the healthy me…
Recovery is just for today…
Recovery is the place, where I stay.
Recovery with no plans on escape…
Life now is better, check the tape.
Life now is better, check the tape!
I can’t save them
All my old friends
Worried about myself right now
I know that things will work out
(x2)
Recovery is just for today…
Recovery is the place where I stay.
Recovery with no plans on escape…
Life now is better now, check the tape, Life now is better, check the tape…
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We Made It
04:05
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Walkin’ down the street, when I ran into an old friend of mine;
He said how are things and what you been doin’ in your spare time?
I said I play guitar I can’t seem to put this god dang thing away…
We haven’t made it yet, but I’m sure and confident we will someday..
We made, we made it, we made it, we made it…
Don’t have to take it take it, don’t have to fake it fake it…
We made, we made it, we made it, we made it…
Don’t have to take it take it, don’t have to fake it fake it…
Walking down the street with my girl, she skips along the sidewalk;
She wants an ice-cream, but a dollar fifteen is all that I got…
She says dad don’t worry just pull out your old trustworthy guitar…
In less than an hour we had enough for a double-double choc-choc
We made it, we made it, we made it, we made it
Don’t have to take it take it, don’t have to fake it fake it
We made it, we made it, we made it, we made it
Don’t have to take it take it, don’t have to fake it fake it
Walkin’ down the street, when I ran into an old friend of mine;
He said how are things and what you been doin’ in your spare time?
I said I play guitar I can’t seem to put this god dang thing away…
We haven’t made it yet, but I’m sure and confident we will someday..
We made, we made it, we made it, we made it…
Don’t have to take it take it, don’t have to fake it fake it…
We made, we made it, we made it, we made it…
Don’t have to take it take it, don’t have to fake it fake it…
Walking down the street with my girl, she skips along the sidewalk;
She wants an ice-cream, but a dollar fifteen is all that I got…
She says dad don’t worry just pull out your old trustworthy guitar…
In less than an hour we had enough for a double-double choc-choc
We made it, we made it, we made it, we made it
Don’t have to take it take it, don’t have to fake it fake it
We made it, we made it, we made it, we made it
Don’t have to take it take it, don’t have to fake it fake it…
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I don’t care if you like it or you don’t…
I’m never growing up and I’m never growing old.
Got a girlfriend and a mean pit bull…
Got a fast car, damn my life is full.
Pullin’ out the driveway on a road trip
Gonna play a couple bars in a couple little town shit
I’m aware that I’m not big time
Came for the fun of it and stayed for the good time
I don’t care if you like it or you don’t…
I’m never growin’ up and I’m never growin’ old.
Got a girlfriend and a mean pit bull…
Got a fast car, damn my life is cool.
I’ve starred in a music video
2,000 hits damn, I know I’m a pro
I got 35 followers on Spotify pretty soon 45,
damn Numbers don’t lie…
I don’t care if you like it or you don’t…
I’m never growing up and I’m never growing old.
Got a girlfriend and a mean pit bull…
Got a fast car, damn my life is full.
I’ve got three studio albums…
They are clean, tight, and nobody buys them.
Family and friends, yeah they do care some…
Fans like I said I’ve got two or three of them.
I don’t care if you like it or you don’t…
I’m never growin’ up and I’m never growin’ old.
Got a girlfriend and a mean pit bull…
Got a fast car, damn my life is cool.
This year I read three books…
Enough to keep my mind from rottin’ into moosh.
Me and my girlfriend watch our favorite shows,
Westworld is the only good one we know though.
I don’t care if you like it or you don’t
I’m never growin up and I’m never growin old
Got a girlfriend and a mean pit bull
Got a fast car, damn my life is cool.
We work our dead end jobs
People always pushin us to be on top
I don’t see a future I like that much
I’ll keep my Marlboros and my hour lunch
I don’t care if you like it or you don’t
I’m never growin up and I’m never growin old
Got a girlfriend and a mean pit bull
Got a fast car, damn my life is full.
I don’t care if you like it or you don’t
I’m never growin up and I’m never growin old
Got a girlfriend and a mean pit bull
Got a fast car, damn my life is cool…
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Small Town Junkies Streetsboro, Ohio
Small Town Junkies is singer songwriter dave stump and the help he enlists. Influences include Pavement, Nirvana, Wavves, and Social Distortion..
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