MUSIC & LYRICS BY: J. KETCHMARK

She was in mint condition the day I got her

Passed down to me from my father

He had inherited grandma’s Cadillac

And the day I saw that Chevy,

There was no turning back

 

We were right outside of glory

Held to a never ending story

Setting the world on fire wasn’t good enough

We were building the perfect beast

Everything was how it had to be

Runnin with the devils luck

There was no stopping us

 

They’re some timeless traditions small towns conjure

Dark roads your youth is meant to wander

I sold every excuse to my old man

But in the cold morning light,

Raising hell never stood a chance

 

We were right outside of glory

Held to a never ending story

Setting the world on fire wasn’t good enough

We were building the perfect beast

Everything was how it had to be

Runnin with the devils luck

Back then,

There was no stopping us

 

Now the weeds have taking over my stony heart

And they’re probably pulling her apart

In the back of Smitty’s junkyard

 

Chorus

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Don’t ask me why

It’s to late now

Stepping over me

Looking for your shoes

Did you come back?

To feel me out

Swearing not to keep

Dancing around the truth

Turn either way

And there’s a sacrifice to make

 

A good run of bad luck

Seems to be enough

To leave our hands

Covered in blood

 

No need to try

To drag me down

When these black days

No no higher ground

I push to breathe

Till my lips go numb

The last of a dying breed

Crawling out from under your thumb

Well all it took

Was a second look

Who knew?

 

A good run of bad luck

Was reason enough?

To leave us where we stand

Covered in blood

 

Don’t believe everything you hear

Let it keep playin on your fears

Cause leavin was the last thing on my mind

To keep my conscience clear

But not tonight

 

Chorus 2X’s

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Here comes that time of night

It feels like I should leave

No one’s willing to give me a ride

To watch me drink myself to sleep

Please,

Follow me home

 

I can’t help what I’ve done

To who I use to be

I’m someone I never thought I’d become

Someone I never thought I’d see

Follow me home

 

I still come back to where I found you

But this old place doesn’t look the same

Strangers are all I run into

I never wake up, to a familiar face

 

Here comes that time of night

When I don’t mean a single word

So tired of doing what is right

Maybe it’s more than I deserve

Come here, and

Follow me home

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I remember afternoons’ in the sun

Leaning over the edge of the dock

Fishing with a coffee can of crumbs

When burnt was all we got

Still got that old radio from your garage

From the shelf above your workshop

Back then you taught me to how to stop

And start being who I am

Then trying to be something I’m not

 

I carry you with me everywhere I go

A part of you lives and breathes in my soul

It’s that solid ground that keeps me strong

No matter how long, you’ve been gone

 

I was in such a hurry to grow up

No one could save me from myself

Ran like razor through the people I loved

Can’t imagine how it felt

I haven’t the courage to stand in front of your stone

That’s not how I see you when my eyes are closed

I still feel bad for how we lost touch

Until we meet again

I’I can’t apologize enough

 

Chorus

 

All the stories might as well be true

Life very rarely plays by the rules

I’ve finally learned I can’t escape my past

And it’s taken me this long to realize that

 

Chorus

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There’s a cold wind blowin through town tonight

A hungry stray looking for a warm place to hide

An old grey cameo praying it can turn back time

Covered in the weeds out past Kingston mines

There’s only so long I can hold on before it’s gone

When the whisper in my ear starts to steer me wrong

 

So give all you got

Try and take me apart

Never know when to stop

But you can only push me so far

With no gas in the tank

On this twisted frame

White knuckling through a sea of shattered stars

Dressed in black, here I am, 

in a Death Trap

 

I swore that I would move somewhere out west

That this part time job was a means to an end

But after graduation my life had other plans

So I spent my nights wishin what might could’ve been

There’s only so long I can wait out this feeling now

When the whisper in my ear, stirs up my fear and doubt

 

Chorus

 

My windshields cracked,

Cigarette holes in the dash

And it’s almost too cold for the engine to start

No ghost of a chance,

To heal my past

Though nothing can strip this dream from my heart

 

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There was hate, in your voice

Lies on your breath

No way to ignore

What you thought I meant

Now I have seen some things

That I wish weren’t true

And I know more than I care

To know, about you

 

There’s no better time then now

To get up on my feet

There’s nothing left to sort out

So get up off your knees

Cause baby when I look, into your eyes

It’s all I see

 

The words grew, in my throat

From good to bad

And knew you, had me cold

With that knife in my back

And now I hear your secrets

When you think you’re alone

And I know there’s not a curse

That’s worth calling home

 

There’s no better time then now

To get up on my feet

There’s nothing left to sort out

So get up off your knees

Cause baby when I look into your eyes

I can’t believe

It’s all I see

 

You said stay, one more night

To hear you out

And craved to justify

How you’re better now

But I am not some wreck

In need of rescue

To tell me you’re all that’s left

That keeps me safe and bulletproof

 

There’s no better time then now

To get up on my feet

There’s nothing left to sort out

So get up off your knees

Cause baby when I look into your eyes

It’s all I see

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Hold up

Before you burn down this place

Had enough?

Of whatever it takes

Well I couldn’t have know it

But now it’s hard to look the other way

 

How many moments have been stolen?

That can’t be replaced

How many times have hearts been broken?

That can’t be saved

It can be the deadliest thing

 

Slowly

You waltz around with these chains

Till my knees hit the ground

Dizzy and spinning out of this cage

Your no where to be found

It’s getting hard to not let it bring us down

 

Chorus

*You can be so deadly

 

Closer, Come here closer

Could be over, or not over

With all of this pain

 

Chorus

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Boarded up and closed down

Tired of this marry go round

Every warning you gave me

Was wrong

Fired up and burnt out

This foundations smoking now

Every desire that I had

Is gone

I don’t recognize this road were on

Don’t tell me we’ve been lost here all along

 

You’ve always been a mystery

Livin in a fairy tale

A complicated history

Where whatever I need is for sale

Baby be careful before someone gets hurt

Please don’t keep confusing my words

Is this all were meant to be

Just you and I

And these casual subtleties

 

Strong enough to break ground

Every grudge so tightly wound

I can only fake it for so long

Broken trust full of doubt

These four walls make no sound

The night is darkest just before dawn

I don’t recognize this road were on

Maybe we’ve been lost here all along

 

Chorus

 

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Did you give it all you had?

To shelter me from all that,

Wasn’t right

Are you haunted by the past?

Now that you can’t take back,

All your lies

Have I been cursed, with every good intention?

Famous last words, when there’s no one around to listen

 

With these bridges burned

Do you, take it for granted?

With these bridges burned

The truth, is the only thing that lasted

To rise from the ashes

 

Caught fire so fast

I’ve never seen eyes as evil as,

Yours that night

Are you to afraid to ask?

Cause it might dig up the last,

Reason why

That I’ve been cursed, with every good intention

For better or worse, to this day still can’t be forgiven

 

Chorus

 

Have I been cursed, by every good intention?

Famous last words, when there’s no one around to listen

 

Chorus

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Headed into the unknown

Opened doors that can’t be closed

Bandaged every blood soaked, cross bone

Left out here to die alone

 

What’s left to say that hasn’t been said?

When all you feel is that hole in your chest

Haunted by the voices in your head

When what you want is not what you get

Save your breath

When goodbye is all that you have left

 

Hunger drives your weary soul

Knowing now what you should have known

Hoping against hope, comes and goes

My youth might be gone, but those songs never get old

 

Chorus

 

Last words die-hard

Chasing after demons you can’t catch

Lovers leave scars

Caught somewhere between life and death

When goodbye is all you have left

 

Chorus

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There’s an old road, past that empty house

It leads to ghosts. I don’t talk about

In the evenings when I sit back

Alone with my first drink

It stirs up something awful

And I can’t help but think

Just how I miss used the way you treated me

 

When there was music in the air 

Melody in every step

And I never use to touch that bottle

But now there no promises left

And every change I swore I would make

Has met every tragic end

I don’t blame you for leaving the way that you did

Once the whiskey moved in

 

Now this bar stool, has me figured out

It can be cruel, until I wear it down

Though I’m never able to get past

The answer I live with

I know I swore I would Quit

And somehow I wish I did

I crack and bleed, I beg and plead

And I see now

What you were trying to say

When there was music in the air

Melody in every step

And I didn’t reach for that bottle

To put your promises to rest

And every change I swore I would make

Wasn’t the beginning of the end

And I never thought you’d stay as long as you did

Once the whiskey moved in

 

When there was music in the air

Melody in every step

And I didn’t need to touch that bottle

But now there no promises left

And every change I swore I would make

Didn’t save us in the end

But I don’t blame you for leaving the way that you did,

I never thought you’d stay as long as you did

Once the whiskey moved in

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I thought I knew you

Was I ever wrong

I took for granted

What you kept from me for so long

 

I won’t ask how you want to be remembered

How could I ever forget?

Don’t act like all of my prayers have been answered

Wishing me nothing but the best

Walking that Tazewell county line

For the very last time

 

You swore you’d slow down

That the worst was gone

So we took our chances

And I crossed my fingers we’d finish strong

It wasn’t hard to see what was coming

Once you started taking the long way home

Those nights you left your son waiting

For a family he’ll never know

 

Don’t ask how I want to be remembered

And make me sit through your list of regrets

Don’t act like none of your prayers have been answered

While you were drinking yourself to death

Walking that Tazewell county line

For the very last time

Out on that Tazewell county line

For the very last time

 

I thought I knew you

Was I ever wrong