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This Lonesome Road

by The Revenants

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How many times have you got up in the middle of the night To consider all the roads you've taken And then you come to realize that it's all been one mistake You can't sleep so you contemplate All the differences between chance and fate And your mind races 'round like a car that has lost its brake And then you done cracked it open The curate's egg And it was both good and bad, good and bad And then you done cracked it open The curate's egg And you felt happy and sad, happy and sad Your tired eyes are filled with up sleep and still you can't Deny the force that's buried down deep Gnawing at your weary soul like a rapid dog How you long till you break out of your cocoon How soon is now how now is soon When you're cast adrift in a rubbery fog Is it cream-filled or is it spoiled Is it pure or is it soiled You're sure that it's excellent in parts Well you're not the one to complain To point out an obvious stain You can leave that to ones with all the smarts You hope that somebody will understand and All the things you do will earn a helping hand And that sooner or later your ship will arrive And when it does there will be buzz They'll say I told you so because, because You made them all feel so alive
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What is your greatest fear Is it growing older and older Does the thought of losing friends Make the world seem a little colder A year has come and gone And another has arrived What do you have to show Other than you survived Give to the wind Let it blow back your tears Give to the wind Give to the wind thy fears Today you got a call From who was once your oldest friend He said that he had thought about Why your friendship came to an end He said that it was your fault He said that it was his too He was wondering if there could be a way The two of you could begin anew
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Right Here 06:01
How come you don't believe what I say When I say that I'm not going anywhere I've dug myself in The yang to your yin We really do make a perfect pair I will stay right here Till you come 'round again I will stay right here Till you come back from where you been I will stay right here Till it's the end of time I will stay right here Till I hear the final chime Why don't you believe me Why don't you believe me Haven't I always been the one That you could count on to be true Never sass you back Never give you flack For all of the mean things that you do Have I ever lied to you OK maybe once or twice I will make you a promise I will stick to you like white on rice I got nothing going on these days Well I don't suppose that I could make you stay right here I have always kept all of your things The wagon wheel and the water wings I am just waiting for you to get clear
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Everyone has their foibles and quirks Everyone has their deal As for you you got more than your share More than you want to reveal You cause a whole lot of trouble, you do You make a great big fuss And every time that I point it out you say It's not something you can discuss If only you were someone else If only you were someone else If only you were someone else Then I might love you more Some people call you moody Well that's a nice way to say that you're mean You can really bite my head off If you haven't had your morning caffeine You say you calls 'em as you sees 'em Too bad if we can't take the truth You don't engage in small talk you say You find that extremely uncouth Well I love the cut of your gib I love the way the way you say, "Take a hike" I love how you can get away with murder Too bad it's you I just don't like Everyone's got their issues Some have more than their share You don't see that you have problems you say Or if you do you just don't care If only you were a little bit nicer If only you had a bigger heart If only you were a little less selfish Well that would be a start
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Something's there in my brain Not sure what it's all about It's like an ugly stain That nothing will wash out It never goes away It's right here today I wish I had it better under control I wish I could bleed it out of my soul I don't know what to make Of the dark side of me How many hearts will I break With the dark side of me I do my best to hide But it's never easy to do Too much torment inside It only ever seems to accrue I hope to one day get clear And love the one's I hold so dear I want so bad to change It's in my plans long-range Did I behave so bad Do I deserve your scorn That really makes me so mad Pricks my heart like a thorn How can I find your good grace What part of me should I erase
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Spooky Girl 03:36
Late at night when the traffic slows You can barely hear a sound A soft whisper comes through to me And I know that you're around You are a spooky girl Scare me all to hell You are a spooky girl You find me where I dwell You haunt me in my dreams And you stay with me in my days I see your face everywhere And I can't seem to shake your gaze, yeah Hey, hey spooky girl Do you have a name Hey, hey spooky girl I'd like to know it all the same You give me a terrible fright Shakes me down to my bones One thing I know for sure With you I'm never alone
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Woke up in the middle of the night To the sound of breaking glass Ran over to the window And was knocked back on my ass A light filled the room Much brighter than the sun Thought it was the end of time The human race was all but done A star fell down on Indiana Just like it did in the beginning of time We all turned out to see what happened Some of us laughed and some of us cried And together we held onto each other's hands Until the last of us had died Went to the fairgrounds But the blast had destroyed it The carousel was crushed Thought about how much we'd enjoyed it Some of us were injured And some were nearly dead Some were talking on their cellphones To see how bad and how widespread Thought I might escape unscathed But I was still in heavy shock Then I saw my bloody hands As I sat down on a rock Cars were exploding And babies they were screaming I saw you draw one last breath It was then I knew I was not dreaming
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Lift your head and look at me I'm standing here right in front of you I bet you're ready to give up But that's not something I'm gonna let you do Come with me let's wander down This lonesome road It's always best to have yourself a friend Come with me let's wander down This lonesome road And we, we will take it to the end Don't you fret and don't you worry You will never be all alone I know you've taken on the weight of the world Let me remove that millstone Don't need to tell me how bad it is I understand what you are going through I've been to heaven and I've been to hell I can see things from your point of view
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You could be accused of loving too much Or maybe loving her too badly You really want to love her with all of your heart You want her madly But you know that it's not gonna be Not something that she could foresee You ain't nothing but a lovesick blues boy To you it's all a bunch of bad news boy You're heart's been busted from here all the way To Tucumcari You ain't nothing but a lovesick blues boy Nothing but a kill, kill, killjoy Don't know what it's like to feel Young and merry You stumble along like a bumbling fool Hoping you might get her attention You constantly check her Facebook page You don't rate Don't rate a mention Nothing will ever end this longing What's the mad sense in prolonging You are nothing more to her than a toy You silly little lovesick blues boy
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My Mona Lisa 05:22
Sometimes you nail it Sometimes you don't You just can't predict When you will or you won't You need to prepare It might fall from the air It happened one time And never again A stroke on the canvas My Mona Lisa It's always a struggle To get it just right You work from the morning Till late in the night You strive for perfection You fear you will lose your direction We struck a chord In perfect harmony We got it just right The way it's supposed to be Sometimes you're lucky Through all your hard work Sometimes you're not And you go berserk You hope for the best But the weary don't rest
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“It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul.”
―William Styron

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released December 15, 2023

Cover "My Mona Lisa" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

This album was mixed using the Aphex Anal Exciter

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"It was hell," recalls former child.

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