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directions
04:14
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come out of the tunnel on the old freeway
where todd once carved his name
drive under the limit - goin way too slow
there's always wrecks happening out this way
pass the hospital where john was born
now we don't speak a word
pass the walmart and that house of god
in the eaves sing the blackbirds
then dip down into the valley below
the mountains breathing blue around
thru the rain you can see their breath
and the train beside you makes no sound
now all that's left to do is take the exit thru to you
can i make my wheel follow the line?
can i make my wheel follow the line?
or will i head to the sea and let you be?
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full time no benefits
02:46
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my boss said "right on time, get your butt back on the line"
well i'll get back to work any day
he don't mean to be a jerk, offered me ping pong as a perk
well i'll get back to work any day
oh i'll get back to work [get back]
yeah i'll get back to work [get back]
i'll get back to work any day [get back to work]
even if the boss is swell, it's the system that's unwell
oh i'll get back to work any day
thinkin bout a girl i saw last week and the words i heard her speak
oh i'll get back to work any day - she said
even a union can be a distraction, we need to focus on direct action
well i'll get back to work any day
oh i'll get back to work [get back]
yeah i'll get back to work [get back]
i'll get back to work any day [get back to work]
we all need a vacation, let's not wait on invitation
i'll get back to work any day
guitar
[instrumental break]
i told that manager i'm sick, he's still texting me like a prick
guess i'll get back to work any day
that girl she stands beside my bed with her hand on my forehead
she don't care about me workin any day
oh i'll get back to work [get back]
yeah i'll get back to work [get back]
i'll get back to work any day [get back to work]
that girl she's talkin bout the future while i think of how to smooch her
not of how i'll get to work any day
oh i'll get back to work [get back]
yeah i'll get back to work [get back]
i'll get back to work any day [get back to work]
we all need a vacation, let's not wait on invitation
let's not get back to work any day
let's not get back to work any day
let's not get back to work any day
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god took the voice right outta my head
said "you can have it back when you're dead"
said "you weren't doin nothin good with it so instead
i'm takin the voice right outta your head"
god said "i'm takin the voice right outta your head
o why can't you just be a good girl instead?"
well i told him if i had a choice i'd rather end up floatin somewhere in a river dead
so he took the voice right outta my head
yeah he took it right outta my head
o please someone show me how to be
i don't get much company
god stole my legs right from under me
left me cast aside out on congress street
said "if you won't walk my way then you'll see
what i do when you won't be a good girl for me"
god reached into my chest and took my heart
cut me up, left me bleedin out with no regard
said "your lovin's never right it's only ever built to fall apart"
god reached into my chest and took my heart
he took my heart
he took my heart
o please someone show me how to be
i don't get much company
god took the voice right outta my head
then he took my legs, then he took my heart
next he'll take my spine, then he'll take my teeth
then he'll take my blood, then he'll take my hair
then he'll take my fingers, then he'll take my toes
then he'll have my eyebrows, then he'll take my nose
then he'll take my kidneys, then he'll take my liver
then he'll take my thyroid, then he'll take my lymph nodes
then he'll take my head, then he'll take my money
then he'll take my eyes, then he'll take my car
then he'll take my hope too
he'll snatch it right outta me and he'll snatch it right outta you
till you can't sing a single note
without scraping your way thru the barrel of your throat
o please someone show me how to be
i don't get much company
i'm just tryin to have a body
i'm just tryin to have a body
i'm just tryin to have a head that loves me
i'm just tryin to have a body
i'm tryin my best
i'm tryin my best
i'm tryin my best
i'm tryin
i'm tryin
i'm tryin
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pilgrim
03:31
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i am a poor pilgrim of sorrow
cast out in this wide world to roam
i heard of a city called heaven
i hope to make heaven my home
sometimes, i am tossed and i'm driven
sometimes, i know not where to roam
i heard of a city called heaven
i hope to make heaven my home
i am now in a waste-howlin desert
not a foot of this land to call mine
no cottage nor tent for a shelter
tho storms are descending sometimes
i have friends that are now up in heaven
and others still weeping within
if none of our blood wants to claim us
then heaven will take us in
sometimes, i am tossed and i'm driven
sometimes, i know not where to roam
i heard of a city called heaven
i hope to make heaven my home
i hope to make heaven my home
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Creekbed Carter Hogan Austin, Texas
folk 4 folks who mean it
trans folksinger workin hard in austin, tx
"fingerpicked introspection and bittersweet confessionals" - austin chronicle
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