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Songbird
03:54
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Songbird
(Aaron Lee Tasjan)
One more day till I'm taking a walk
One more night where I can't even talk
One more night on these dirty sheets
All wrapped up and ill at ease
One more thought that I can't escape
One more singer they love to hate
One more ghost in the doorway waits
To haunt my dreams and seal my fate
Chorus
There's a songbird singing
I'm laying on the floor
Something feels right that has never felt right before
Christmas bells are ringing
Here comes the girl next door
Something feels right that has never felt right before
One more dream I will put to rest
You can't hold everything to your chest
Your mind will wander
Your heart will ache
Your back will break
Your hands will shake
One more guy will say something strange
Your ride to the high road is out of range
Don't let the thing that kills you inside
Throw your worst into overdrive
Chorus
One more soon to be has been smiles
In anyone's shoes, you can walk for miles
Then one day, strap on your own
And find you have to walk alone
Chorus
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2. |
Strange Shadows
03:37
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Strange Shadows
(Aaron Lee Tasjan)
Strange shadow
Painted on her eyes
She'll lose it when she cries
In the rain
Strange shadow
She’s riding into town
Where something can be found
For the pain
Chorus
Well, I know it's never going away
What comes around is here to stay
Strange shadows on the trail
Strange shadow
There’s trouble at the door
And ashes on the floor
By ten o’clock
Strange shadow
In the corner of my mind
Don’t draw the crooked line
I’m made to walk
Chorus
Strange shadow
Softly play the night
Fearing not the light
Of the dawn
Strange shadow
Hiding in the sun
It will burn you if you run
For too long
Chorus
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3. |
If Not Now When
03:24
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If Not Now When
(Aaron Lee Tasjan & Dex Green)
You sound like a radio station
You’re lookin’ for a standing ovation
You look like you could use a vacation
You tried to pin a tail on the wind
But you didn’t know where to begin
And the room is starting to spin
Chorus
Over and over again
You try and try to pretend
That it’s never gonna be the end
If not now, when?
Working some holes in your shoes
Trying to get over the news
It’s nothing but a reason to lose
All of your friends are asleep
And you can’t buy karma for cheap
And the cards say, “Read ‘em and weep”
Chorus
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4. |
Heart Slows Down
04:00
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Heart Slows Down
(Aaron Lee Tasjan)
The television psychic says you shoulda seen it comin’
The dealer’s dirty fingers are reaching for your money
Bones just rattle like a dropped tambourine
Everything sad is a little bit funny
You called out the instigator
But you never heard a thing
It’s just busted wood and broke piano strings
Chorus
Honey, if your heart slows down
Honey, if your heart slows down
I will always be around
I will always be around
Honey, if your heart slows down
You keep going back to all you’ve destroyed
Till it washes you out from a river of joy
Revolver plays over the thoughts in your head
And paths to forgiveness you try to employ
So take all your old tomorrows
And find the worst to use
Cause every precious thing must bend and bruise
Chorus
Well, the record is ending as you turn away
Born of the ashes you left in the tray
Lazy like smoke that hangs in the air
As easy to see through and fading away
So don’t you disbelieve it
We all live in this world alone
On doctors’ drugs just staring at your Jesus phone
Chorus
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5. |
End Of The Day
03:46
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End Of The Day
(Aaron Lee Tasjan & Jeff Trott)
Where’s that sweet angel I used to know?
She traded her harp for a mansion on music row
Little devil on my shoulder gives me a smile
And I can’t tell you if he’s been there for a while
I’ve lived on both sides of the river
I’ve been both a saint and a sinner
Chorus
And I’m here to tell you
There’s nothing you can really say
It all comes down to
How you’re living at the end of the day
When did you decide to abandon your dreams?
You couldn’t really live in someone else’s reality
Now you’ve made up your mind and you’re walking away
Cause you couldn’t stand yourself if you stayed for another day
You left your home in Indiana
And headed west for the Santa Ana’s
Chorus
At the end of the day
At the end of the day
At the end of the day
At the end of the day
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My Whole Life Is Over (All Over Again)
(Aaron Lee Tasjan)
Summer has surrendered, the boys are back in town
The kids are going crazy, the deal is going down
And I'd have to be a liar to say you never crossed my mind
Cause I thought of you a shit-ton when I was doing time
I got beat down by the system
I got picked up by my folks
I got drunk instead of crying
It's my favorite little hoax
This year the poetry was sloppy, this year everybody died
America the beautiful, God's no longer on your side
Chorus
I finally got it where I want it and there's no need to pretend
And my whole life is over, all over again
Love is still the answer to a question never posed
All dressed up for the let down in a dirty pair of clothes
I fell in love so many times today and no one knew but me
I'm a terrible secret keeper when there's secrets I must keep
So, if I tell you one please promise as I promise this to you
That a promise is a freak show and I'm a freak show, too
And freaks though sometimes kept and put upon display
Are often also broken in their funny little way
Chorus
Roll another number, cause what else can you do?
When there's a pistol of opinions and it’s pointed right at you
And though I never see it coming and feel foolish in the dark
My eyes will often wander till I know it in my heart
My mind is full of games, I haven't got the touch
I think I don't know anything, I know I think too much
And it's a good fight that I'm fighting, but God knows what I'm fighting for
The kind of battle hymns I've written have all been sung before
Chorus
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7. |
Set You Free
04:05
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Set You Free
(Aaron Lee Tasjan, Yola Carter, The Mastersons)
Your mind is a pool that I want to dive into
This world is so full of these nothing kind of fools
It’s a smoke screen scene and nobody knows what’s real
Well, your heart’s in chains and your hands are off the wheel
Chorus
You’ve gotta change your mind, you’ve gotta plant the seed
And let it set you free, let it set you free
Open up your eyes, you can change the scene
Let it set you free, let it set you free
That geek of a freak that you keep all to yourself
It’s time for them to come down off the shelf
Before I see a tongue and the stars inside your eyes
Telling tales of tears that they have yet to cry
Chorus
Well, you don’t understand what’s right in your hands
No, you don’t understand what’s right in your hands
Chorus
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8. |
Crawling At Your Feet
03:28
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Crawling At Your Feet
(Aaron Lee Tasjan & Audley Freed)
Woe is me, for my heart is on fire
It burns like a tire and there's nothing I can do
All my deeds chained me to the radiator
I’ll show you how it feels, when there’s evil on your heels
Chorus
Crawling at your feet
With the hustlers and thieves
Come to cut you at the knees
There’s something in the sheets and it’s crawling at your feet
Every night, I feel the evil urges
The devil's got my number and the phone won't stop
I hit the lights, I see my troubles slither
Don't want 'em hanging 'round, I better not look down cause they're
Chorus
Sometimes you swing, but it's a little out of tune
You drift off into space when you shoot for the moon
You don't have to be the one, don't have to be the best
But you better watch your step, when you're at the mountain's crest
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The Truth Is So Hard To Believe
(Aaron Lee Tasjan)
It’s all in your head
There’s no race to be won
The world that you’re in, is a beautiful one
With the sun in your eyes
Through the golden haze
You’re doing alright, in so many ways
Chorus
The truth is so hard, the truth is so hard to believe
When you see yourself
As somebody else
It’s more than the mind can conceive
The truth is so hard, the truth is so hard to believe
All these troubles you bare
You put on your shoulders
Cross the river again, cause nothing is over
When it rains in the heart
You must weather the storm
For the shadows will come in every form
Chorus
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10. |
The Rest Is Yet To Come
03:10
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The Rest Is Yet To Come
(Aaron Lee Tasjan)
Take it easy my friend, the rest is yet to come
We’re rounding the bend, but there’s still work to be done
You’ve gotta do it for yourself
You can’t lean on anybody else
So steel yourself, the rest is yet to come
It’s a rainy parade, but the rest is yet to come
And the colors all fade cause they have nowhere to run
The long and lonely road ahead
Is gonna make you wish that you were dead
So steel yourself, the rest is yet to come
We are living in a dirty world
Nobody’s coming clean
Good hearted people do terrible things
When the end justifies the means
You’re gonna wander out in the dark
Shoot to kill and miss your mark
But don’t be sad, the rest is yet to come
Just be glad the rest is yet to come
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Aaron Lee Tasjan Nashville, Tennessee
Aaron Lee Tasjan, aka ALT, is a songwriter and guitarist and performer. I'd stay away from him if I were you. Big trouble.
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