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Somewhere New
03:34
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It was summer in the year of never mind
When the sun pushed itself up over the timberline
And you found yourself breathing on the other side
Of everything you had to leave behind
Most of life's a mystery I guess
Like the way I loved you long before we ever met
Or how the sun is always heading west
I hope you'll find a way to make the best
Somewhere new
Somewhere new
When you're lonely, asking yourself why
Remember that the only fool's the bitter kind
And God knows there's just some mistakes we have to try
And it feels like you're lost until you realize
You've arrived
Somewhere new
You don't have to be afraid of starting over
You don't have to be afraid to go it alone
You don't have to be afraid of starting over
You don't have to go it alone
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More
03:24
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Here we go again, sure and steady as a mission bell
I don't know about you, but I don't see it ending well
If we had it good, it wouldn't matter
We want it bigger, we want it faster
Singing into my own reflection at the bottom of the wishing well
There's gotta be more
There's gotta be more
There's gotta be more
Doesn't there?
I went to the river of endless satisfaction
Waited for a while, but then nothing really happened
The well intentioned tried to bring me around
They said fighting the current is the quickest way to drown
But I just couldn't figure out how to quit asking
There's gotta be more
There's gotta be more
There's gotta be more
Doesn't there?
'Cause by the time you get everything you ever wanted
Ooh baby like it or not
It just ain't like you pictured it, baby aren't you sick of it
That feeling that you just can't stop
There's gotta be
There's gotta be more
Doesn't there?
There's gotta be more
There's gotta be more
There's gotta be more
Doesn't there?
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3. |
You Wonder
03:35
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The end was near
You flew so fast
Now you're in the clear
You can't look back
You can't shed a tear
For what brought you here
'Cause it's true
Time has a way
Of dulling
The sharpest of blades
You stole it
Made the cleanest of breaks
Now you're safe
And then out of the blue
You wonder
Still you wonder
Even though it almost took you under
You wonder
Snakes in the grass
Paint peeling
Under that overpass
A strange feeling
That nothing can last
September makes you mad
Even now
You've long since
Swallowed that pill
Watched the fire burn
Over that hill
It hasn't changed
And it never will
That's how you feel
Until somehow
You wonder
Still you wonder
In the late summer lightning and the thunder
You wonder
On the drive home
If you're still alone after all this time
Is it all just as you left it
Somewhere in the back of your mind
You wonder
Still you wonder
Even though it almost took you under
You wonder
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Staring out the back window
Squirming in my pantyhose
9 am and it's already 85
Ain't much here to cause alarm
Yard sales and tobacco barns
Dogwood trees and river birch
Sunday on the way to church
Mama wears her makeup thick
Daddy wakes up in the mornings sick
Me, I spend a lot of time alone
Wondering if time will tell
All the secrets we keep to ourselves
Jesus save us from our worst
Sunday on the way to church
Oh glory, I'll fly away
Straight into that summer sun one day
To the place the mystery becomes clear
Pull into the parking lot
Remember what you forgot
One day the last shall be the first
Sunday on the way to church
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5. |
Some Girls
04:18
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There it was Sunday morning
And you couldn't say why
You thought you smelled her perfume
But it blew right by
Your brother married in the summer
And she knew the bride
And no one ever had your number
Like she did that night
Some girls will take you for a liar
Some girls will take all you can spend
Some girls will take you as they find you
And you loved that she was one of them
Coffee in an empty diner
Open all night
Lipstick on your rented collar
The truth in the lie
Some girls are looking for a reason
Some girls are looking for a friend
Some girls didn't need you in the first place
And you loved that she was one of them
She was like a shadow
A trick of the light
You never saw her leaving coming
But it's alright
Some girls are worried it's forever
Some girls are worried it could end
Some girls just smile and say "I'll see ya"
And you loved that she was one of them
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6. |
Try
03:27
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I've never been
The kind of man to go downtown at night
Without somewhere to be or someone to fight
Just as soon be alone
Sit around
Burning down some memory to get you through
Where I grew up that's all they knew how to do
Talk about some bird that's flown
And I never found much of a reason to believe
And I don't think this world has seen the best of me
But I, I think you could make me try
Anything
Could happen but it seems like it never does
This town would have the same for the two of us
Take your pride and wash it down
But there you are
Standing in the door like a dreamer's dream
Like something I saw from a magazine
And I think I could make you proud
And maybe we could win going against the grain
And even if turned out to be all in vain
I, I think you could make me try
I think you could make me try
I think you could make me try
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7. |
I Promise I'm Fine
03:32
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I promise I'm fine
What good does it do to cry anyway
If you don't run or fly
That river just swallows you up someday
There's beauty in it all
I know it even when that bell don't ring
I've never felt so small
I've never felt so lonely or so free
I have looked love in the eye
I have held its heavy hand
I will hold my head up high
Knowing now, I understand
I spent all afternoon
Down by the school where the creek cuts in
While the sun burned through
The last bit of August on the wind
And I thought about you
And everything that I'd do differently
But then I wondered
Maybe that's exactly how it's supposed to be
I have looked love in the eye
I have held its heavy hand
I will hold my head up high
Knowing now, I understand
I have looked love in the eye
I have held its heavy hand
I will hold my head up high
Knowing now, I understand
I have looked love in the eye
I have held its heavy hand
I will hold my head up high
Knowing now, I understand
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Bird's Eye View
03:32
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I could not anticipate
The agony of being open
The temptation to wanna close it
All away from you
Angry as a featherweight
Crying on the bathroom floor
Am I still the girl that you loved before
Or am I somebody new
Ooh does the shine wear off
If everything you wanted ain't exactly what you thought
Ooh all the time you've lost
Waiting on me to come around
Now that you have a bird's eye view
Do I still look the same to you
Do I still look the same to you
Why do I still want to fight
The endless ache that comes from growing
Love and all its primal knowing
I never liked being told
Ooh all of that admiration
That you used to have for my wild imagination
Ooh when it starts fading
Is there more where that came from
Now that you have a bird's eye view
Do I still look the same to you
Do I still look the same to you
Now I ain't afraid to fight
I ain't afraid of holding on tight
If you're willing, then so am I
Now that you have a bird's eye view
Do I still look the same to you
Do I still look the same to you
Now that you have a bird's eye view
Do I still look the same to you
Do I still look the same to you
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9. |
The Inevitable
03:37
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Another Wednesday
You come dragging in from work
A little pink pill
Stops whatever starts to hurt
You borrowed time
But it came at such a cost
All the details
Drifting out into the fog
You come to lost
In the middle of a dream
She was something
But you couldn't change a thing
Disappearing
Shadows flicker on the ground
Someone's footsteps
Walking up behind you now
The inevitable
The inevitable
The inevitable
Will run you down
The inevitable
The inevitable
The inevitable
Will run you down
The steps get louder
Now you know you're losing ground
The water's rising
And the walls are coming down
God what happened
You used to know yourself so well
You were so sure
Then it just got hard to tell
The inevitable
The inevitable
The inevitable
Will run you down
The inevitable
The inevitable
The inevitable
Will run you down
You wake up to
The sound of static on the screen
It was so real
But it must have been a dream
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10. |
Midnight in the South
03:35
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The moon is hanging
High and lonesome
Cicadas singing
Warms winds blowing
Salt and live oak
Somewhere God knows
The street lights glow
For their amusement
A seaside town
Turns navy blue, and
I'm getting older
And it's good to know there's
Still some magic to be found
A little truth coming up through the ground
Somewhere to drown it out
Midnight in the South
I've been thinking
About you lately
The time when you said
Nothing's sacred
But they don't have this yet
And you can bet there's
Still some magic to be found
A little truth coming up through the ground
If you stop and look around
Midnight in the South
Tomorrow I'll be moving on
Some other dream will carry me away
But there's a piece I always leave
Behind
Where there's still some magic to be found
A little truth coming up through the ground
In a sleepy little town
Midnight in the South
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The Wonderful Nobodies Nashville, Tennessee
The Wonderful Nobodies are a roots-rock trio of singers, songwriters, and multi-instrumentalists hailing from the Appalachian region of North Carolina and Virginia.
Two full length albums, A/B and More, are available now.
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