Grey County Blues 

Hang, hang me on a line

Leave me out to dry

I don’t feel a thing

Cheers, here’s to everyone

Who hasn’t come undone

From the slightest breeze

This summer’s at an end

The barns are painted red

They’ll be faded soon

And I couldn’t tell you why

This bar feels so alive

But I am empty still

If I don’t know by now I don’t think I ever will

Love, love is just a name

For things we can’t explain

Innocence and pain

Tonight hangs a different light

And this Grey County night

Is bluer than the rain

This autumn’s at an end

The parking lots are dead

Everything is still

And I couldn’t tell you why

It’s whiskey over wine

And what pain it’s trying to kill

If I don’t know by now I don’t think I ever will

If I don’t know by now I don’t think I ever will

This winter’s at an end

The weeds have grown again

Around my window sill

And I couldn’t tell you why

The seasons roll on by

And I am frozen still

If I don’t know by now I don’t think I ever will

If I don’t know by now I don’t think I ever will

If I don’t know by now I don’t think I ever will

Surviving Is Easy

Rain down on the parade

I take a lot of things that I shouldn’t take

I take a lot of things to keep me awake

Surviving is easy

Head too tired to think

Nothing that I can’t fix with a drink

If I don’t swim then I’m gonna sink

Surviving is easy

Who gives a damn about a broken heart?

Who gives a damn about a couple new scars?

But getting by will only get you so far

Surviving is easy

But living is hard

Living out of my car

Nothing is good if it doesn’t come hard

Nothing is bad if it’s avant garde

Surviving is easy

Stuck inside of a screen

While everybody else is living the dream

But it’s the only thing they want you to think

Surviving is easy

Who gives a damn about a broken heart?

Who gives a damn about a couple new scars?

But getting by will only get you so far

Surviving is easy

But living is hard

Rain down on the parade

I change a lot of things but I stay the same

I take a lot of things to keep me awake

Surviving is easy

Surviving is easy

Surviving

Two Wrongs

Last night

I took you for a ride

Out by the old Starlite

Where I’ve spent most of my time

Trying to be something

You had just finished a shift

You were so tired of it

You told me you wanted to quit

If it were only that easy

And I’m too shaky to lean on

Too tired to be strong

Too old to start again

Too young to believe it

And you, you’re too proud to lose

Too angry to feel blue

Too dark to see the light

Two wrongs make us right

Two wrongs make us right

Well it’s true

The best thing I’ll ever do

Is hold on tight to you

When everything else is unglued

We’ll stick together

When my life went off the tracks

I had a panic attack

You still had my back

Your loving was easy

Chorus (x2)

Quiet Talkers

Midnight

I can tell you’re feeling alright

Twirling your hair under the streetlight

Ballerina dancing

This town

Everybody’s on their way down

Everybody’s trying to break ground

Me I’m treading water

Cause these days

I can’t get out of my own way

Head and heart ain’t on the same page

They’re both quiet talkers

Well it’s the middle of the night

But you’re easy to talk to when you’re wasted

It’s the middle of the night

But you’re easy to talk to when you’re wasted

It’s the middle of the night

But you’re easy to talk to when you’re

Roaming around in the west end

Cigarette ash inside a tall can

Heart like an elevator

I asked you

Why you cover up your tattoos

You said only cause you have to

I can’t argue with that

It’s the middle of the night

But you’re easy to talk to when you’re wasted

It’s the middle of the night

But you’re easy to talk to when you’re wasted

It’s the middle of the night

But you’re easy to talk to when you’re

Slurring your words and feeling alive

I’m not looking for love

Just looking for you to say it’s alright

I don’t want to be alone tonight

Don’t let me be alone tonight

You can keep on talking all quiet as long as you’d like

Chorus

Easy Way Out

You were a friend of a friend of mine

You’re out there drinking on the company dime

Pulling quotes of stuff you’ve read

You’ve got a tattoo of something you said

And you moved to L.A.

Wrote a screenplay

Your daddy bought you a three-bedroom house

You act surprised when you realize

That you ain’t got an easy way out

Mid-July, city sweat

You’ve done some things that you’re gonna regret doing

Cocaine, tequila and cards

You packed it up as soon as it got hard

And you moved to Nashville

Wrote a song

And thought someone would pick you out of a crowd

You act surprised when you realize

That you ain’t got an easy way out

Now here you are coming to me

You want advice as long as it’s easy

I know you want to be a part of the scene

But your clothes are dirty but your hands are still clean

And if I had some good advice

Find somebody that makes you feel nice

Someone to wake up next to

Someone to worry about other than you

But you moved to New York

Wrote a novel

Told everyone that you grew up in the South

You act surprised when you realize

That you ain’t got an easy way out

When We Came Home

When we came home to find a sunset

No sunrise had come up yet

No people walking round here only ghosts with the same names

When we came home

That silver lining was barely even shining

No finish line was drawn to tell us we had reached the end

When we came home

The house that made us now is only there to cage us

Along with those who stayed behind inside the walls that made us

And I swore I’d never go back again

I swore I’d never go back again

When we came home

That empty nest was like a weight upon their chest

All the beds were made and walls were painted darker than the rest

When we came home

That dirty river it kept on flowing thicker

With the dust of long gone restaurants and empty bottles of liquor

When we came home

My sister Lisa took a pill out in Ibiza

Now she says she’s found God and getting phone calls now from Jesus

And I swore I’d never go back again

I swore I’d never go back again

When we came home

Some part of me knew I was never going to leave

Yeah the streets flow through my memory like some kind of disease

When we came home

I learned that age is just a turning of the page

And those pages keep on turning and you don’t decide the end

And I swore I’d never go back again

I swore I’d never go back again

Disillusion Day

You’ve been working on Sundays

Towing the company line

And your daddy he left you

Without any good advice

I’ve been down in the city

Don’t even know what for

Living out of a suitcase

Sleeping on the floor

And the nightmares won’t let me rest

We’re still living in a goddamn mess

And I know as long as we stay

We’ll be fighting disillusion day

We’ll be fighting disillusion day

And the signs on the front lawns

Saying they’re all for sale

Ghosts in the basement

Scaring the people away

We’ve been watching the T.V.

Wondering who to trust

Yeah they make us believe there’s

Somebody fighting for us

And the nightmares won’t let me rest

We’re still living in a goddamn mess

And I know as long as we stay

We’ll be fighting disillusion day

We’ll be fighting disillusion day

We’re still fighting disillusion

Disillusion Day

We don’t know how to live any other way

Don’t have nowhere to go so we just stay

And the nightmares won’t let me rest

We’re still living in a goddamn mess

And I know as long as we stay

We’ll be fighting disillusion day

We’ll be fighting disillusion day

And the sirens going all night

Keep close baby it’ll be alright

And I know as long as we stay

We’ll be fighting disillusion day

We’ll be fighting disillusion day

We’re still fighting disillusion day

Safe From Yourself

You said “take me home, I’m tired as hell”

You never handled the crowds all that well

And I didn’t mind, I was tired of them myself

You don’t have to shout in this one-bedroom house

Do you really talk to your mother with that mouth?

I’d say get some sleep but I know that ain’t gonna help

So I’ll keep you safe, I’ll keep you safe from yourself

I’ll keep you safe, I’ll keep you safe from yourself

Well you stay up all night

You kick and you scream

And you call me things that you don’t really mean

There’s a part of me that thinks that might be the truth

I know the days are hard

The nights they are too

And you wish you could find an escape from you

But when the days are good, I wouldn’t be anywhere else

So I’ll keep you safe, I’ll keep you safe from yourself

I’ll keep you safe, I’ll keep you safe from yourself

Well I don’t know if I’ll ever understand

But if you need someone to listen to you I’ll be your man

I’ll keep you safe, I’ll keep you safe from yourself

No I just don’t know if I’ll ever understand

But if you need someone to talk to I will do the best I can

I’ll keep you safe, I’ll keep you safe from yourself

I’ll keep you safe, I’ll keep you safe from yourself

Novelty

Forest City queen

Best I’ve ever seen

Living in a nightmare working on a dream

You were talking shit

Like you always did

All your favourite records they’re all greatest hits

Well all you do is talk

No nothing’s ever said

You just scream the words that come into your head

Didn’t take us long

To see that we were wrong

The novelty is gone

You’ve got some pictures on your shelf

You took them of yourself

We’ve spent a lot of long nights drinking to your health

One night we got so drunk

I thought you were the one

I became the world spinning around your sun

Then the sun became the wind

The wind became the rain

Water rushing in, drowning in your name

Didn’t take us long

To see that we were wrong

The novelty is gone

Didn’t take us long

To see that we were wrong

The novelty is gone

Well maybe it’s all true

That line you like to use

You really only love something that you lose

Well can you call it love?

When push it comes to shove

We were never stuff that dreams are made up of

Cause all I was to you

Was something to abuse

Something you could fight

Something you could use

Didn’t take us long

To see that we were wrong

The novelty is gone

Didn’t take us long to see that we were wrong

The novelty is gone

Evangeline

Evangeline

Quiet dreamer of the movie screen

Hit the town and we’ll go cause a scene

Evangeline and me

Take your time

You know things don’t happen overnight

Life is more than just a dollar sign

Enjoy the ride

Life can be a gold mine

If you’ve got a good mind

Stay inside the right lines

But don’t keep it too clean

Evangeline

Well look at you

Cinderella with your missing shoes

But you don’t need no man to rescue you

This ain’t the movies

So here we go

Put on all your fancy party clothes

Draw the curtains and we’ll start the show

The world ain’t waiting

Life can be a gold mine

If you’ve got a good mind

Stay inside the right lines

But don’t keep it too clean

Evangeline

And if they say you can’t fly

You just ask them how high?

Stay inside the right lines

But don’t keep it too clean

Evangeline

Don’t be afraid to cause a scene

Evangeline

Anchor and Sail

Mona Lisa

It’s good to see you

I’m used to being alone

For someone who is always so blue

I sure put on a show

You’re a believer in something deeper

You ain’t got nothing to prove

You’ve found some meaning to keep you breathing

Something that I could have used

And I don’t why you keep me around

All I do is run you into the ground

I am an anchor weighing you down

And you are the sail

You are the sail

Where do you go when the wind is blowing?

When the dark kills the light

I’ve got to tell you

My only refuge is the green in your eyes

I don’t why you keep me around

All I do is run you into the ground

I am an anchor weighing you down

And you are the sail

You are the sail

I don’t why you keep me around

All I do is run you into the ground

I am an anchor weighing you down

And you are the sail

I don’t why you keep me around

Filling up the place with worry and doubt

I am an anchor weighing you down

And you are the sail

You are the sail

Pretend We’re Alright

These days we both were supposed to be sober

She drinks like my uncle but man she makes me laugh

And I hate to see her trying not to be her

Holding everything back

Seems every day there’s some kind of heartbreak

Some kind of bad news that make you want to hide

But instead we’ll make the bed

And we’ll pretend we’re alright

Let’s pretend we’re alright

See a show

Dance all night

Call some friends

Play along

Let’s pretend nothing’s wrong

And maybe tomorrow

We’ll take on our sorrow

And face all our pain

But for today we’ll

Ignore the rain and

we’ll pretend it’s okay

Let’s pretend

We’re alright

See a show

Dance all night

Call some friends

Play along

Let’s pretend

Nothing’s wrong

Let’s pretend we’re alright

If it’s just for one night

Call some friends

Stay out late

Let’s pretend we’re okay