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Black Coffee
03:55
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Black coffee and cigarette left a
Notebook pages full of regret
At your house last fall about this time
The simple things they tend to sting
Over and over they're resonating
Where my mind resides, these days
Say what you mean to say
Mean what you say
With a casket full of thoughts
Fights and battles i have lost
And I think back again
Haven't made a sound but I'm already cross
Nights and mornings I turn and toss
Only fear breeds this type of dream
Say what you mean to say
Mean what you say
Say what you mean to say
Mean what you say
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Anesthetic
05:39
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It takes time to heal sometimes you don't
Sometimes it gets much worse before it gets much better
No two people are the same
And that might be why it hurts this way
You’re my favorite anesthetic
Tell me what ails you son, what's on your troubled mind
How come we see you here passing through with all your money and your time
Where do you hurt most when the day is done
Where would you like to go, where do you come from
I'm so tired, I'm so tired and tested
All beat down to the ground, and maybe further
So much better than the rest
Just wish you'd give it all another breath
I gave you everything then you asked for more
And now I'm laying here holding the pieces along the floor
My life is a living proof that just because you can
Doesn't mean you should
You’re my favorite anesthetic
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Maybe we shouldn’t, maybe we should
Sometimes it’s bad but then it's so good
But I can’t keep on loving you this way
So we’re stuck and somewhat helpless
With our hearts chained to the wall
But I can’t keep on loving you at all
You said it mattered that you really cared
Well then I needed you most you weren’t there
And I can’t keep on loving you that’s way
This time it’s different for the most
You won’t be living with another ghost
And I can’t keep on loving you this way
This way to our future well don’t be last
Just forgive the ugly part of the past
You can’t keep on loving me this way
Come hell or high water, feast or fast
This time I'm loving you baby from scratch
You can’t keep on loving me this way
Picking up the pieces, playing hard to get
If you’re still holding on please forget
You can’t keep on loving me
And I can’t keep on loving you
We can’t keep on loving each other this way, this way
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4. |
Cobalt Blue
02:21
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Cobalt blue lights line the sidewalk
Not much has changed since you were here
Just the smell of this old dark apartment
Once sweeter when you were near
Why do we live like this
Why do we live like this
They say time is truly counted
I'm counting down the time till you are here
And I long to see you aside me
Because I'm still here
Why do we live like this
Why do we live like this
Sometimes I wish my heart
Would just smile and play the part
Just pretend everything was just fine
Just fine, just fine
Why do we live like this
Why do we live like this
Why do we live like this
Why do we live like this
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5. |
Here with You
02:30
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Everything is a temporary
A sober feeling when you're not here
But I look in your eyes and I’m not so sure
And look in your eyes and I wonder
How long have I known that I love you
How long have I known you are the one
And the sun leaks in, in the morning
And your smile fills the room
Exhaling into the moment
And I breathe easy when you're here
Annihilation of the planet
When this all ends I'll die right here
Everything is a temporary
A sober feeling when you're not here
If it were all to end some how
I’d have no regrets right now
How long have I known that I love you
How long have I known you're the one
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6. |
It's Fine, I Guess
03:37
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You’re right this time
I still don’t like the way you choose to tell me
“It's fine, I guess” never really meant that it was
But sometimes it's easier to go to bed angry
Well I had, the biggest of dreams
But the heart never follows when you fall apart it seems
Well all right, oh well, I guess I’ll just start all over again
But I've lost my will
Just enough energy to be drunk and indignant still
So I guess we call it all off and separate with just our memories
Now how the hell do you divide up the contents of a spoon drawer
It's fine, I guess hope you're doing well
Maybe I’ll see you around someday
And I can look you in the eyes once more
When you choose a path, there's always a point where you look back to reflect
Just to wonder if the right choice was made
And how it affects our lives today
Well I wonder if I made the right choice, but it's too late now
“It's fine, I guess” never really meant that it was
But sometimes it's just easier to go to bed angry
I’m contemplating so I hope my phone battery is dead and in the other room
Anyways I guess I'll leave it at that today
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Well people change
It’s a sad exchange
Between what was
And what now is
People grow
Some of them die
Some of them live
That don’t want to be alive
It's so strange
This time exchange
Everything seems to move
In the wrong way
It will all ease
It will all ease
So here's to a better you
And to a better me
You made me feel
When I felt that I could not
I guess that’s a feeling
So in my lie I'm caught
Not feeling justified
In my emotions
I don’t know why, I don’t know why, I don’t know why
I'm just going through the motions
It will all ease
It will all ease
So here's to a better you
And to a better me
Pushing people away
Keeping hold of my heart
And my sweatshirts
For another day
I can’t afford
No I can't afford
To lose anymore
So I’m not losing any more
And I'm all, and I'm all wrapped up in this
Way too much, way too much to enjoy any of it
It will all ease
It will all ease
So here's to a better you
And to a better me
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8. |
Get Lost on the Highway
03:42
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She kept running her heart around
Till she ran it straight outta town
And down the highway she was gone like she came
She kept on running away with her mouth
Till She headed out west and south
Till the land wasn't nothin familiar
You got get out of this town
The people here, they like to spread the words around
Cause you aint been around till you've been around
This town, worth heading back the highway
You better head to the road
Now travelin's the only way to lighten your load
Get lost on the highway!
He met his maker out in Hell's cell
Till his accuser put out the bail
And down the highway, he was gone like he came
Wasn't no explanation for why
Well he wasn't about to try his luck,
Wasn't nothin familiar
You got get out of this town
The people here, they like to spread the words around
Cause you aint been around till you've been around
This town, worth heading back the highway
You better head to the road
Now travelin's the only way to lighten your load
Get lost on the highway!
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9. |
Why Can't This Work
03:00
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Well I know I was in the wrong
But you never answered the phone when I called
And I didn’t have a chance to explain
Why I wasn't strong enough to refrain, with you
I tried to do things the best way
Didn't have a chance to, with you
When can we make this work?
Isn’t life not supposed to hurt?
Here we are feeling like each other is to blame
This is the first draft of a letter I started writing to you in the fall
I sobered up, forgot it all
I tried to do things the best way
Didn't have a chance to, with you
Well I’m sorry doesn’t mean a thing
And apologies tend to sting when you know they’re not true
Back on track I know we’re all the same
Just another misread road sign, some temporary fame
I tried to do things the best way
Didn't have a chance to, with you
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10. |
Sad Song 1
02:27
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I’m missing you
It's so cliche
To feel this way
About you
Too far away
For me to think about you
Every day
I’m too drunk
To be in love
I tell my self
With each empty cup
I could never again
It's temporary this state
Of feeling, I’m in
And I’m missing you
It's so cliche
To feel this way
Without you
Each passing day
To far away
I think about you now
Every second of the day
To far, away
I think about you no
Every day
And it's so cliche
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Nick Passey Salt Lake City, Utah
Nick Passey is a Folk singer-songwriter that has been passionately dedicated to the craft of music for most of his life. Born into a family with generations of musicians he was introduced to music at a very young age by his mother, who was a voice teacher, giving him vocal lessons shortly after he began to form words. ... more
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