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Blood On The Stage
03:45
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Watch 'em come and go like a flash in the pan
But everybody knows that we're lifers man
Yeah I know this place like the back of my hand
A long time ago we put a flag in the sand
All the late nights in the 813
At the Crowbar and the New World Brewery
Baby we ain't as reckless as we used to be
But we can run with the devil when the drinks are free
We learn our lessons the hard way
We lay it all on the line
We pay our dues on the highway
So many miles behind
We bare our souls in the barlight
We leave our blood on the stage
It's only chords on a fretboard
It's only words on a page
See I was born with an empty space to fill
Just a kid dreaming, leaning on a window sill
Now I gotta keep moving, baby, can't stand still
'Cause if the drinking don't kill me the anxiety will
We learn our lessons the hard way
We lay it all on the line
We pay our dues on the highway
So many miles behind
We bare our souls in the barlight
We leave our blood on the stage
It's only chords on a fretboard
It's only words on a page
It's only words on a page
We leave our blood on the stage...
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Against The Grain
03:26
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Ages ago and worlds away
Beneath the moon, the branches swayed
The seeds we sowed, the songs we sang
Then restless hearts went separate ways
Me and you, we're the same
We tend to go against, against the grain
The pages turn through time and space
The stars align, the bond remains
The moon above, strange chemistry
Restless hearts we'll always be
Me and you, we're the same
We tend to go against, against the grain
Me and you, we're the same
We go against, against the grain
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Infinite Traveler
04:13
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It started with a choir of angels
Turned into a murder of crows
They gathered overhead on the power lines
Waiting there to feast upon the bodies below
Yeah it must've been a dream
Can you tell me what it means
I am the infinite traveler
I am a leaf on a stream
I was coming home for the weekend
Commuting on a passenger train
The conductor came around, calling out a town
That I swear I'd never even heard of by name
One I invented in a dream
A place like I had never seen
Somehow I felt I belonged there
A place that I was meant to be
I am the infinite traveler
I am a refugee
I am a wayfaring stranger
adrift upon a sea
I need a choir of angels
to sing a song to me
I am the infinite traveler
I am the infinite traveler
I need a moment of silence
I need a minute to think
A little time for reflection
I could use a strong drink
I need a choir of angels
to sing me back to sleep
I am the infinite traveler
I am the infinite traveler
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Tidal Wave
02:50
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This feral heart begins to race
Then all at once the voice of reason fades away
Shadow of doubt comes creeping in
That's when the war between the head and heart begins
This tidal wave comes crashing over
And everything I thought I knew gets washed away
My shallow grave comes ever closer
Til the medication makes it all better again
This bullet train rolls down the track
And once it's up to speed, there's no turning back
There is nothing to fear but fear itself
But fear itself can be a fate far worse than death
This tidal wave comes crashing over
And everything I thought I knew gets washed away
My shallow grave comes ever closer
Til the medication makes it all better again
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Flipping through the pages, looking for some kind of sign
Staring at the words and trying to read between the lines
Searching for the patterns, but they're too hard to define
Weigh the facts and figures, read the writing on the wall
Hoping for a tip from some anonymous phone call
Questioning the witnesses, but no one here knows anything at all
It's weighing heavy on my mind
The more I seek the less I find
Can't get the truth to unwind
Can't see to the end of the line
This mystery of mine
Staring at the ceiling, cursing through my teeth
Scratching at the surface for the answers underneath
A late night revelation or a moment of clarity
Examine all the evidence, investigate the crime
Picking up the pieces, running out of time
Yesterday is a memory, today's not far behind
It's weighing heavy on my mind
The more I seek the less I find
Can't get the truth to unwind
Can't see to the end of the line
This mystery of mine
And I'm haunted by a vision like a spirit in the fog
It's a melancholy melody that carries me along
And I recognize the music, but I can't recall the words to the song
It's a fading apparition as I'm waking from a dream
And it's drifting in the distance like a feather on a stream
And the more I try to chase it, man, the faster it's escaping from me
And I'm reaching out to feel it, but it's slipping through my hands
I'm a man on a mission, I'm a person in a trance
And I'm going through the motions, but it doesn't follow any kind of plan
Yeah I'm scanning that horizon out as far as I can see
And I know that there's an answer waiting right in front of me
It's a troublesome equation, but I'll work it out eventually
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American History
03:45
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We belong to a legacy
From the past like a memory
I remember when you said to me
We walk around in the dark
We keep searching for the melody
Something found in the reverie
We hear the sound, feel the energy
We break our own restless hearts
We're not getting any younger
We'll never let them pull us under
We're not ready to surrender
We can render our own American history
We carry on through the ebb and flow
People come, man, and people go
We sing about them on the radio
We walk around in the dark
Keep searching everywhere we go
We fill it up until it overflows
Then we put the record on the stereo
We break our own restless hearts
We're not getting any younger
We'll never let them pull us under
We're not ready to surrender
We can render our own American history
And we lean on each other sometimes
When it all gets to heavy to harmonize
Yeah we stand together under the streetlight
And wait for the morning light to come
We're not getting any younger
We'll never let them pull us under
We're not ready to surrender
We can render our own American history
We break our own restless hearts
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Any Place But Here
03:36
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These abandoned buildings, they don't make a sound
They just cast their shadows all across this town
Their drawn-out faces, man they're dragging me down
These broken windows, they've seen too much
They know all the secrets, they just stare and judge
And they're always listening, so I'm keeping my mouth shut
I want to set fire to this town and put the car in gear
Watch it all burn down in my rear view mirror
Gonna turn the radio up, and we can disappear
Watch the sun come up any place but here
These haunted houses with their curtains drawn
This desolation, it goes on and on
This lonely sidewalk I've been walking all night long
This small town feeling, it's wearing thin
These walls around me, they're closing in
It's a broken record, and it's making my head spin
I want to set fire to this town and put the car in gear
Watch it all burn down in my rear view mirror
Gonna turn the radio up, and we can disappear
Watch the sun come up any place but here
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Justified
03:26
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I was tired of being busted with my back against the wall
The ends weren't meeting up the way they should
Living hand to mouth, you know it ain't no life at all
I had to change the station if I could
So I may have placed a call to a certain someone that I know
I may have pulled a job for his old man
I may have been behind a shady business deal or two
But I don't expect that you would understand
I don't need to be forgiven
I don't need to be justified
When I meet my creator
I'm gonna look him in the eyes
And say, heaven knows I tried
So the jobs kept stacking up, man the years kept rolling by
You know there ain't no arguing with time
It wasn't always honest and it wasn't always right
But I did what I had to to survive
So I made a little money and an enemy or two
Along the way I lost a couple friends
Burned a lot of bridges doing what I had to do
It'll all come back to haunt me in the end
I don't need to be forgiven
I don't need to be justified
When I meet my creator
I'm gonna look him in the eyes
And say, heaven knows I tried
No one knows the wicked things I've seen through all my days
People make their judgements and they turn the other way
They can go to hell anyway
I've been trying hard to walk the straight and narrow for a while
The devil seems to follow me around
Everywhere I go, you know I walk a lonely mile
And I cast a lonely shadow on the ground
I don't need to be forgiven
I don't need to be justified
When I meet my creator
I'm gonna look him in the eyes
And say, heaven knows I tried
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Born In The 1970s
04:16
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Living in the future
The future's been a long time coming
Caught up in the race we're running
Yeah, we're running out
You listen to the rumors
Listen to the things they're saying
Get caught up in the noise they're making
Well it drowns you out
I can see you running with the wrong crowd
Just trying to find your way out, your way back home again
And I can see you standing in your own way
Just trying to make it through your day like everybody
Now your standing in the shadows
Looking for a space to crawl in
You notice that the sky is falling
Yeah it's falling down
Drowning in the shallows
Keep your head above the surface
Fight against the undercurrent
Til it drags you out
I can see you running with the wrong crowd
Just trying to find your way out, your way back home again
And I can see you standing in your own way
Just trying to make it through your day like everybody
I was born in the nineteen-seventies
There's a sound fading out like a memory
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The Dark & The Light
04:19
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I believe that the worst is behind us
It's the winter of our discontent
In the blink of an eye, so many years have gone by
Man I'm not really sure where they went
Now it feels a weight has been lifted
From my shoulders like a ton of lead
So many years that I've tried to push these feelings inside
Maybe put all my demons to bed
If these demons are safely behind me
Some nights it feels like they're right on my trail
There's a battle tonight between the dark and the light
And the one that I feed will prevail
There's a fire inside and it's burning
Yeah it smolders like a cigarette
At the end of the day, we keep our demons at bay
Using whatever help we can get
There's a choir in my head loud as Christmas
And it's ringing like a mission bell
If I can get through the night, I'll be doing alright
But it may be to early to tell
Sometimes it seems like my boat she's a-sinking
And I'm in need of some wind in my sail
There's a battle tonight between the dark and the light
And the one that I feed will prevail
Now it looks like the darkness is lifting
And we're blinded by the light of day
In the stillness of dawn, now our voices are gone
And we've got no more words to say
Sometimes it feels like my cup runneth over
Sometimes it seems like I'm destined to fail
There's a battle tonight between the dark and the light
And the one that I feed will prevail
Though it seems like these wolves are behind me
Some nights it feels like they're hot on my trail
There's a battle tonight between the dark and the light
And the one that I feed will prevail
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Have Gun, Will Travel Tampa, Florida
“Their music has a great energy to it with infectious, sing-along choruses and refrains” said NPR’s Robin Hilton. American Songwriter Magazine referred to HGWT as “organic, infectious Americana Pop." HGWT has released six full-length studio albums. Their music has been featured in a number of film and TV productions, and they've toured extensively throughout the years since their inception. ... more
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