Ain’t Gotta Be This Way

I don’t know
If I can make it alone
Our little world
Is all I’ve ever known

Don’t turn your back on me now
Oh please not today
Don’t turn your back on me now
Ain’t gotta be this way

Whatever you need
I’ll make the change
I ain’t too proud
Or stuck in my ways

Don’t turn your back on me now
I hear what you say
Don’t turn your back on me now
Ain’t gotta be this way

I’m waiting on
That money to come in
And we’ll get back
To like it was again

Don’t turn your back on me now
However much I’ll pay
Don’t turn your back on me now
Ain’t gotta be this way
Don’t turn your back on me now
Ain’t gotta be this way

Stop Moving On

Clock says five after four a.m.
I’m here level in bed
Staring up at the ceiling fan
Spinning like the thoughts in my head
I never thought it would be like this
Ain’t what it’s cracked up to be
Under the weight of this loneliness
Crushing the hopes and dreams
That we had for so long

So start coming back home
So I can stop moving on
So I can stop moving on

Started out like any other day
Wondering how I was gonna make it through
Thinking 'bout what we used to say
And the things we used to do
So I took a little walk to the mart
If anything to ease my mind
Problem is out there it’s falling apart
Maybe I’m better off back inside
Where it’s never felt so alone

So start coming back home
So I can stop moving on
So I can stop moving on

They say tomorrow will be better I guess
But I’m not breaking out the champagne just yet

A distant signal is coming in strong
I can feel it in my bones

So start coming back home
So I can stop moving on
Yeah start coming back home
So I can stop moving on
So I can stop moving on
So I can stop moving on
So I can stop moving on
So I can stop moving on

Pales in Comparison

He said there’s a place
Where I wanna take you
Where we can hide
And nothing can break through
Across the county line
At the end of the gravel road
Through the dying pines
To where the muddy spillway flows

Together they walked the edge of the mire
Holding on to the reins of desire

Even the brightest light
Pales in comparison to you
Even the brightest light
Pales in comparison to you

She said I need time to think
I got so much on the line
So much to give
And even more to leave behind

Together they walked the edge of the mire
Holding back on the reins of desire

Even the brightest light
Pales in comparison to you
Even the brightest light
Pales in comparison to you

She packed an overnight bag
And came down from the second floor
Lit up a cigarette
On her way out the door

Together they walked the edge of the mire
Swallowed up by the flames of desire

Even the brightest light
Pales in comparison to you
Even the brightest light
Pales in comparison to you
Even the brightest light
Pales in comparison to you
Even the brightest light
Pales in comparison to you

Stained Glass

Worn like a record
From spinning me round and round
Scratching on the surface
Then turning me upside down
Why do you we take things so far
Same old wounds different scars

Been a while since I’ve seen you
I’m wondering how you’ve been
Do you think about me
Or have you moved on again
Baby what happened to what we had
Cause I can’t make it through another day

Feeling lowdown sad
Trying to tell myself that the good outweighs the bad
I know someday soon this too will pass
And I’ll stop looking at the world through stained glass

Like a cyclone in the ocean
Rolling in from the gulf
You know that it’s coming
But that don’t soften the punch
So it’s time I make my way inland
'Cause I got to get out while I still can

I don’t know where I’m going
I'm not sure I even care
But I’ll know I’m in the right place
As soon as I get there
And the darkness that looms will turn to plaid
'Cause I can’t make it through another day

Feeling lowdown sad
Trying to tell myself that the good outweighs the bad
I know someday soon this too will pass
And I’ll stop looking at the world through stained glass
Stop looking at the world through stained glass

I Shoulda Kept Tryin’

In my grandpa’s old Ford LTD
When you slid over next to me
I knew my runnin’ round days were done
And that I just had found the one
Couldn’t dream it up any other way
As we rolled up and down the strip
Like a couple of small town castaways
Deserted by different ships

Didn’t realize what I had at the time
Sitting right there in front of my own two eyes
We were living in the moment
The dusty road unwinding
You deserve more than I could ever give
I shoulda kept trying
Oh I shoulda kept trying

Where the highway ends we’d turn around
Ain’t but two red lights in this town
We’d maybe pass some friends along the way
Pull over and see what they had to say
And pick it back up the next weekend
By doing the same all over again
Just taking turns behind the wheel
No doubt what we had was real

‘Cause sometimes I still wonder
What else I could have done
When I think of you beside me
Watching the fading sun

Didn’t realize what I had at the time
Sitting right there in front of my own two eyes
We were living in the moment
The dusty road unwinding
You deserve more than I could ever give
But there’s no going back again
And when those memories come fading in
There’s no denying
I shoulda kept trying
Oh I shoulda kept trying

Not Much Changes

You don’t see me now
But I swear I’m standing here
Like a spirit in the way
I dissolve into the air
It seems around this place
Time only rearranges
Nothing stays the same
But not much changes

I wake at the break of day
And retire my bones at night
Ruminating in the haze
Stuck on hold on your hotline
A needle in the hay
Has better odds for your good graces
Nothing stays the same
But not much changes

Feels like we’re sideways bound
But we get back up when we’re let down
Like bird’s eye views from cages
Around here not much changes

Through lonely rows of grain
The river races a combine
We bet it all on the rain
Said things were gonna be different this time
We’ll hold out for the raise
Can’t survive on minimum wages
Nothing stays the same
But not much changes

Feels like we’re sideways bound
But we get back up when we’re let down
Like bird’s eye views from cages
Around here not much changes
Feels like we’re sideways bound
But we get back up when we’re let down
Like bird’s eye views from cages
Around here not much changes
Nothing stays the same
But not much changes
Nothing stays the same
But not much changes
Nothing stays the same

Ride With Me

Baby I got traveling on my mind
Do you wanna ride with me
No particular time or place to drive
Just you in the other seat
We’ve been stuck inside this house so long
But I’ve got just the remedy

You know that I’m buying anything you sell
There ain’t no denying you know me all too well
And there’s nothing better than your company
Tell me do you wanna ride with me

We’ll start it out keeping things nearby
Cruising 'round the neighborhood
Then leave the city for the countryside
Roll out through the piney woods
Maybe get lost out on some desolate road
The thought has got me feeling good

You know that I’m buying anything you sell
There ain’t no denying you know me all too well
And there’s nothing better than your company
Tell me do you wanna ride with me

I swear we’ve been here once in a dream
The look in your eyes is all the proof I need
In the rearview mirror are the lights of town
Things are looking up as the sun goes down

And baby I’m buying anything you sell
There ain’t no denying you know me all too well
And there’s nothing better than your company
Making a true believer out of me
Anything else I can take or leave
But tell me do you wanna ride with me
Do you wanna ride with me
Do you wanna ride with me
Do you wanna ride with me

Hold On Heart

Hold on heart
We’re going down
And it’s too late
To turn back now

Old beginnings
And brand new starts
Are in the distance
Hold on heart

A lonesome night
Is closing in
In a moment of weakness
I’m reaching out again

Long shots
And sure things
Hold on heart
For the in-betweens

I lose my senses when you come near
Saying those things that I long to hear
I hope this blind faith treats me well
But I guess only time will tell

Taking aim
And missing marks
For you I’ll wait
Hold on heart
For you I’ll wait
Hold on heart
Hold on heart

Ok to Let Go

How did we end up here
Where were we trying to go
Took one too many wrong streets
Ended up where God only knows
So many things we could’ve changed
Got no one but ourselves to blame

Hanging on the edge
Only echoes down below
With you by my side
Falling into the unknown
But this time it’s ok to let go

Seems like it was yesterday
We were walking the shoreline
Soaking up a Gulf Coast breeze
Not a worry on our minds
Wish we could go back to then
Happy just watching the waves roll in

Hanging on the edge
Only echoes down below
With you by my side
Falling into the unknown
But this time it’s ok to let go

Our luck is in a drought
The money’s all been spent
But I can't forget how
We had it all back when

Hanging on the edge
Only echoes down below
With you by my side
Falling into the unknown
This time it’s ok to let go
Yeah this time it’s ok to let go

I’m Getting Close

Sitting on this broken front porch swing
Not thinking about much of anything
But I’m getting close
I’m getting close

Staring out at the bayou who knows what I’ll find
Out here you’re barely even on my mind
And I’m getting close
I’m getting close

To when I’ll be alright
To when I’ll be alright

Maybe I’ll make a midnight trip to town
Find some one-way streets and just walk around
"Cause I’m getting close
I’m getting close
To when I’ll be alright
To when I’ll be alright
To when I’ll be alright
To when I’ll be alright