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Falls
04:33
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Do you ever think about
the time we snuck away to see
Niagara Falls together
just you and me
My parents thought I'd gone
fishing with my friends
Mom and Dad I went to love my girl
for the weekend
I took a Greyhound to Scranton
met you there halfway
You were waiting in the parking lot
with a smile, I ran and kissed your face
We headed north in your
shitty red Chevrolet
You put your hand on my leg
I-81 through the driving rain
"I've never seen it rain like this," you said
"Water in the air could bring you down, with it...
Don't you think..."
We stopped for dinner
at your house in Syracuse
Rain falling harder, wind blow
it isn't safe to move
"Let's just stay here tonight,"
you said, your eyes on the floor
and whispered something nervous
I couldn't make out a word
You led the way up the stairs, to your room
Couldn't wait to touch your skin, see you swoon
Now I don't recall exactly what we said
I stepped out for some air on your fire escape
You came up from behind put your hands on my side
and pushed with all your might
And I fell down alongside the raindrops
to your driveway
I fell so hard...
Last thing I heard was your voice call from above
"That's for the lies you told me, all the dirty lies you told"
But I never gave you, a single dishonest word.
Oh what's one more white one?
Already paid for something
Oh what's one more white one?
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My Favorite One
03:48
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I'd be a boot
for your footprint in the mud
to be close to you
I don't mind the dirt
I'll be the northern sky
if you'll be the light
Take a cold, dark thing
and fill it with the colorful kind
Of all them people
running 'round the world
Of all them people
a telephone could call
You are my favorite one of all
you're my favorite one of all
I know my second chances
are long spent and gone
But one more try
and dear, I'd be your charm
Of all them people
running 'round the world
Of all them people
a telephone could call
You are my favorite one of all
you're my favorite one of all
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3. |
Walk Down yr own Road
03:41
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You look at the pictures
of lives of better men
The perfect times and places
you wish that you had been
But you don't see
Oh, you don't see
The women by closed doors
or the empty rooms behind
The feet that crushed the flowers
or the sour tasting wine'
You don't see
Oh, you don't see
Walk down your own road,
Walk down your own road,
You're gonna live a long time
Walk down your own road,
Walk down your own road,
You're gonna live a long time
You dream of the road
following white lines
Dirty bars and freight train cars
your innocence again
But you don't see
Oh, you don't see
The family left behind
or the dirty train yard fights
The whiskey through your liver
or those lonely sleepless nights
You don't see
Oh, you don't see
Walk down your own road,
Walk down your own road,
You're gonna live a long time
Walk down your own road,
Walk down your own road,
You're gonna live a long time
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The New Yorker says - “The Brooklyn rockers Great Elk display the control and restraint of a band with deep chemistry, as they sway gracefully between gentle ballads and mid-tempo indie-rock tunes.”
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