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I could take it Let me stay awake for The last half hour of this dance But the angel's eyes Are deep and clear and wise And I know that I haven't a chance So while I'm able I will head the table Make peace with everyone who shows I will say goodbye And ask you not to cry It's just my time That's just the way it goes They clear the interstate When they hear the sirens blaze The good news is You'll make it to heaven But it's only thirty minutes away There's only one exit to Clover Grove The story of a lifetime You can't believe your eyes All the books I've read And the words I've said Finally seem like they are enough All the pain and worry And the stress and the hurry Were refining the diamond from the rough In these dusty pages You can see the stages Of a young man who'll never grow old And the woman in red Will lightly nod her head And believe everything that she's told She is more beautiful Than the eyes can ever perceive Don't ask me how I know her You told me that you don't believe There's only one exit to Clover Grove The story of a lifetime You can't believe your eyes Candles along the banister Lanterns in the hills All choked up My God that night sky At Clover Grove

Show me one more time Which way to go Tell me one more time All that you know Take me one more time To the edge of fake Watch me one more time As I drown in your wake You are spectacular You're the king All that we've been waiting for You're the next big thing Shock me one more time With impossible dreams Lift me one more time On magnificent wings Shove me one more time When I can't go on Save me one more time when all hope is gone You are spectacular You're the king Listen, child, don't you know? You're the next big thing You redefine the atmosphere And it's time I told you: they cannot hold you You are spectacular You're the king Don't you know? Kick me one more time When my back is turned Mock me one more time I have not learned Pass me one more time With your eyes on the stars Marvel one more time At who you are You are spectacular You're the king All that we've been waiting for You're the next big thing You redefine the atmosphere It's time I told you They cannot hold you You are spectacular You're the king Don't you know?

When I was sixteen My mother gave to me A Saint Christopher medal To hang from my rearview She said to protect me Now I was a traveler Back before air-bags It was just me and God Those first sixteen years Before saintly protection I had learned how to crash Learned how to bleed Bound in a bandage As fragile as faith With impossible answers And all that I need Well I wasn't kicked out But I surely weren't welcome Handed a platitude Good looks And venom Say Chris Did you see This was coming my way? Did I have to slow down? Did you need me to pray? The well has run dry The well has run dry The future was fertile The people were brave But we still reserved spaces For prisons and graves Armed with an anger And my best laid plans Casting my pearls From my idle hands I spent 14 years To bring it ashore It's shaped like a tornado Sounds like a civil war I clung to it tightly 'till it finally lay still And the Devil I Know Was drinking his fill, but The well has run dry The well has run dry The well has run dry Oh, the well has run dry So I release you Saint Christopher After the crash I release you Protector I'll find my own path Each humble error That I've ever made Was compounded tenfold Under your saintly gaze You're watching And waiting For me to amend I release you Saint Christopher And all of your friends You say it's for the best All that I'm suffering for Then you ask for a surrender I ain't got anymore The well has run dry The well has run dry

If I'm being honest, I thought that you were someone else. If I'm being honest, I'm pretty sure you are. You don't know me, But I listen to you all the time. You don't know me, But I know you are a star. But I bet that you get sad sometimes And sometimes you're afraid. Or maybe no one tells you You should be proud for being brave. I hope you take the time to recognize The little miracles you've made. And find your joy everywhere you can. Hello, Tiffany. I'm your biggest fan. I was folding clothes when I heard you ask "Are you happy with how it all turned out?" It made me stop and wonder: Is this is really where I end? You couldn't hear my answer. The question wasn't meant for me. I don't know you, But sometimes I pretend. I don't know you, But your music sounds like a friend. And impossibly, it pulls me from my shell. Hello, Tiffany. I Hope this finds you well. Hello, Tiffany. I Hope this finds you well. I'm not a fan of what could have been. I've never liked "what if..." I never liked to hear my name Until I heard it from your lips. And that was just a Wednesday to you, To me: a thrill I can't forget. You leave flowers in your wake And I'm forever in your debt. You are wonderful. You are everything. Hello, Tiffany. I love it when you sing. Hello, Tiffany. I love it when you sing. Hello, Tiffany.

steps out of the house into the street clutching for comfort in the failing heat arm hair on end, the sun nearly set the smell of warm concrete getting wet. (I have always known this) in a moment in a moment: everything always is I am learning that I have always known this one wave oncoming as its sibling recedes feels the effects of the tiniest deeds crashing a castle to the ocean floor changes the weather on a distant shore I have always know this in a moment in a moment: everything always is I am learning that I have always known this suddenly the leaves are turned suddenly the lessons learned the completeness of eternity passes by me suddenly and a perfect, precious moment when moves closer toward never again and the leaves are turned as a lesson suddenly angel, mother, earth, and leaves beauty, distance, sky, and sea we breathe the same air, you and I angel, mother, earth, and sky floating through the atmosphere falling like a mourning tear whispered words the winds allow "forever I love you, and miss you now." I miss you now.

Don't be ashamed. Come, let's talk of sweeter things. Measure your words, my love. We never know who's listening Please lie to me. Say we'll do the best we can Make me believe Give me faith in my fellow man Tell me this is all to plan You change your face and stay inside I'll help you hide. It's time for waiting; check your pride. Please, just survive. Strong and steady, keep you out of sight I'll help you fight. A beacon burning, all you ignite You're a pilot light Don't turn away. Now's the time to consult the dead. Have you been listening? You haven't heard a single word they've said. I'll lie to you Tell you things will be alright It's not enough in the end They say it's darkest before the sun I say: it's not safe yet It's not done

Lyrics and Music by George McMurtrey Mama used to hold me Carry me around Mama used to hold me Then she'd set me down Mama set me down one day I ran off with friends Mama set me down one day Never picked me up again This is why the world ends. This is why the world ends. I ran off with my friends Go outside and play I ran off with my friends Every summer day. Every summer day we met, A new world to explore Every summer day we met Until we didn't anymore This is what the end is for. This is what the end is for. A new world to explore Children of my own A new world to explore And never be alone I'll never be alone again My kids run off with friends They'll never be alone and I'll never pick them up again This is why the world ends. This is why the world ends.

Been trying to dull my past I think I've been drinking Every time is the last Feels like I'm sinking I passed out before I took the stage I dreamed we were singing I can't recall all the songs we sang But we had a good laugh Nothing really matters Until you say goodbye When I meet the devil I'm gonna look him in the eyes I'm gonna listen to his lies This whiskey's kicking my ass I just can't shake that sinking feeling Gonna drown in a bottle of my own woes Whoa! I been here before I see my path It got me to thinking It just leads in It don't lead back Feels like I'm sinking And I live my life like A calendar on the final page With no time to procrastinate I'll breathe in, close my eyes It just can't be too late This analogy is wasted on the blind It's just like if we... oh fuck it. Nevermind. I'm taking up your time. It's damnedest thing you've ever seen I hitched my wagon to a submarine I hitched my wagon to a submarine And sank below God damn it: just let go fucking idiot

For Schtick There's a miracle in the mediocre. And a masterpiece inside the mundane. Find a way to bottle that, keep it forever. Let the fleeting remain. David Bowie had beautiful haircuts. A smoke, a smirk, and a click of the tongue. Bottle him, too, forever in vinyl. See him only when he's young. And I will carry him with me to the hereafter. Carry him with me to the hereafter. Shannen Doherty was dying. In a way we all are, but she could see the end. They say beauty's skin deep, that cancer went deeper. Blurred the line between hopeful and pretend. But I will carry her with me To the hereafter. Carry her with me To the hereafter. All you really need to do is continue to continue. And if I read your final chapter, I will carry your name hereafter. I think my best friend could have been knighted, But instead he fell on his own sword. Years later, I finally understand it. Understanding is all I can afford. I will carry him with me To the hereafter. Carry him with me To the hereafter. Hereafter.

It's been a long week today. It's only Tuesday. It's gonna be Tuesday again tomorrow. Bunches, binds at my behind. Hey! Make me question my decision To avoid the traffic circles. Win stupid prizes, Winnebago Some ass-hat motherfucker talks on my radio Telling me what he thinks is "acceptable" (I got a newsflash for you, asshole) I'm gonna live and love my way. Live and love my way. Yeah. Called an old friend Yesterday. Can't seem to remember his real name. I'll call him Yesterday again tomorrow. That's just fine, he don't mind. His past and future look the same. He says, "History should guide you, not define you" And "Honestly it's not my worst Tuesday night" My fuck-ups mean I'm still learning. And I'm doing it right. I'm gonna live and love my way. Live and love my way. Yeah. Everyone come to the stage to disintegrate (and get a second shot) The hangman is dangerously late, probably taking a break (I bet he forgot) Here's a new tactic my friend, a new line in the sand (a good reason to fight) The weight of the space that I've used is confusing (but I'm doing this right. I'm doing this right) I'm gonna live and love my way. Live and love my way. Yeah. Don't wanna go out anymore Take my coat off, leave it on the door Don't wanna go out anymore Let the phone ring or swipe left to ignore. Don't wanna go out anymore. Nothing's new, everything has been tried. Don't wanna go out anymore And nothing out there I want to bring inside. I'm gonna live and love my way. Live and love my way. Yeah.

Hey, kid with the hat on the playground back in 3rd grade at my school. I never knew your name. But you ran, so we chased you past the swingsets and you caught your lip Got stitches, and you came back the next day. Hey, girl with the sad eyes, we’re so many years away from nowhere. I thought that you should know. That I think about you, I talk about you to all my friends And given the chance, I’d sing about you on the radio. The city is so big, eight hundred thousand faces And half as many names. As they move along, you stick around so... You made it into my song. It’s not really about you but You made it into my song along With all the others who Have made it into my song You made it past the time it takes to forget a name Built a fire inside, fed the flame I’m so glad to know you made it. I miss the metro and your cute friend and Your glasses with red frames And hanging at your stop. Each ex-girlfriend, every dog I pet, The clowns I’m trying to forget And the teachers that I already forgot. Whoever held my hair when I was throwing up in Texas on a date, Say hi to your mom. She should be proud, 'cuz You made it into my song! (So did she) It's not really about you but, You made it into my song along With all the others who Have made it into my song You made it past the time it takes to forget a name Built a fire inside, fed the flame I’m so glad to know you made it. You’re so brilliant, I could kiss you But you make me feel like an idiot. I’m so stupid, I could kill you I’ll shut my mouth if you sink my ship. But you jump me, and I king you If I had my way, you’d be overboard. If you kiss me, I’ll ignore you And race you back to your home base.