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Never Been Good
04:52
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2. |
Afford to Pretend
04:20
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so it seems this two lane became a four lane
and now they're working on eight
and I half hope before too long
that they obliterate
every strip of these familiar fields
this new asphalt is blinding my eyes
and right now I'm so poor that I can't even afford
to pretend I'm fine
cause I can take me out of here
and move me halfway across the world
but these roads belong to a time
when I swore I'd always be your girl
and I can't even afford to pretend
the horizon's wavering from the hunger or the heat
cause it really ain't that hot yet
and I've had enough to eat
and i am so afraid you're gonna stone me
and I never wanted to be a martyr
can someone please explain to me why after all this time
it just keeps getting harder
and it's the heat that makes me faint
it's the heat that makes me flush
it's the heat that makes me sick to my stomach
and keeps my voice to a low low hush
and all the traffic is leaving town
and I'm the only one still headed west
and the gold rush is long since done
and I can't even say I did my best
but it doesn't matter now
cause what's done can't be undone
so I'll keep this red curtain pulled round my face
and when this song is done
I'll quietly close the lid of the case
pack up my guitar
and run
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3. |
Such Good Actors
05:13
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4. |
Blackout
06:24
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lights are out all over the country tonight
you can't even turn on a porch light
and everything's a crisis
and ice cream is going for a dollar in the street
strangers fall in love with the first face they meet
cause there's something about the dark that's full of catharsis
and there's a couple on the corner playing a game
and every time the outcome's the same
she wonders why he cannot be stopped
but it's as classic as a blackout in the 21st century
she always throws scissors but she cannot see
that he nearly always throws rock
so you win again
you get to go first
you can spin the bottle
but don't kiss the other girls
and here in the dark
what if I see us more clearly
we grow up, grow old, grow apart,
and what's the difference really?
and it's getting late now
but no one can tell with no streetlights on
and no ringing church bells
cause even those run on electricity these days
and she says I didn't want you to love me,
I only wanted you to pretend
I did not want to get caught up again
in the madness, the sadness, and the long lonely Sundays
chorus
but he reaches for her hand,
the street lights flicker
she feels her heartbeat just a little bit quicker
and she thinks maybe, just maybe
this love won't break her
and he says let's change a few things around
stop trying to cut us up and I won't weigh us down
and baby, baby we'll both be paper
we'll both be paper, translucent as sky
cause love never fails
and love never dies
it's plain as day if you look in my eyes
it's written right there
on this dark black night
and we'll both be paper
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5. |
The Hero and the Heroine
02:58
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cameras and guidebooks
no ice cream on mondays
stickin' to their schedules
the actors find their way
they've got shutterbug impulses
and voices that linger
scripts always in hand
following their lines with an index finger
we giggle 'cause we can
'cause we are the hero and the heroine
and this is a just a giant movie set
and the faces just keep changin'
we are the backdrop
we are the stuffing of this plot
we are the stuff that dreams are made of
and all the would be juliets and romeos
fall over themselves to make the cut
to be the star of this show
and we giggle 'cause we can
'cause we are the hero and the heroine
and the wind is cold when it hits your face
and it gets dark here by four o'clock
they have to keep all the lighting in place
'cause otherwise the extras get lost
and they stumble around
their maps turned upside down
but we know our way through
this sleepy little town
and you take me the through the alleys
and you take me by the hand
and we dart down a back street
as the cameras start to pan
and we're laughing 'cause we can
'cause we are the hero and the heroine
yeah we're laughing 'cause we can
'cause we are
the hero and the heroine
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Vanessa Peters Austin, Texas
Indie singer/songwriter from Texas. Musician, Italophile, Virgo, coffee nerd, food lover, bossy-pants, big ol' softie.
I've released 10+ albums and played over 1000 shows in 11 countries. I'm not done yet.
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