MUSIC & LYRICS BY: J. KETCHMARK

The most beautiful sight I’ve ever seen, in the kitchen light
You were fumbling through the drawers, nothing left to hide
Before that night I thought I’d seen it all, much to my surprise
Watching you naked on the floor
When you looked up and smiled

All I could do was stare, as I stood there
You had me hypnotized
I couldn’t believe my eyes

Both drowning in romance
You were every breath I’d breathe
Lost in our innocence
I was falling at your feet
You put your heart into my hands
Safe for me to keep
I was there, I believed, we were everything

I guess autumn got the best of me, there’s no place to hide
The chill I felt in the air, followed us inside
When the leaves started changing, I thought all we had was time
Before this place became a vacancy
Where nothing could survive

Now I just sit and stare, at your empty chair
And long for days gone by When we were bulletproof

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Long walks in the pouring rain, wine in the park
Sunday mornings kept in bed, with my queen of hearts
Slow dancing in the dinning room, under plastic stars
Until the day they burnt out, left me lost in the dark

All I could do was stare, I just stood here
You left me paralyzed
But I remember a time, we we’re

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MUSIC & LYRICS BY: J. KETCHMARK

It’s just another lonely night
I can’t get you on the phone
I know something aint right
I saw it in your eyes
When I drove you home
Is there a reason for this distance?
Do you need some time alone?
Can’t get you off my mind
How can I make you mine?
I feel you in my bones

You’ve left me lost with no way out

I can’t stop falling
I can hear you calling me
From every place I thought I was safe
You’ve got me runnin’
I can feel it comin’
To a choice I don’t want to make
Every mystery gives you away

Am I the next guy in line?
Some kind of carnival prize
To sit up on your shelf
And leave for someone else
To tell you it’s alright
Has new worn off inside and out

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Time is my enemy
Every second it betrays me
Sworn to secrecy
Is this all we’ll ever be?

MUSIC & LYRICS BY: J. KETCHMARK

There’s a longing in your voice
I haven’t heard for years
It draws me in and makes me believe
There’s a silence in this noise
That I don’t want to hear
It might just be the cure that we need

I don’t want to be too quick to call it out
No, don’t want it that way
I won’t let the air get too thick we can’t breathe now
No, I’d rather let it rain
I’d rather let it rain

You’ve left me without a choice
No matter how sincere
It’s pushed us out and made us so weak
And I can’t be one of your toys
You only want when I’m near
I can see in your eyes it’s not me

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These nights are dark and lonely
The pavements cold and cracked
From everywhere we’ve been
There’s no coming back

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MUSIC & LYRICS BY: J. KETCHMARK

This is some kinda run we’re having,
of mistakes
Some promises that we’ve both broken,
we can’t save

You act like you’ve got nothing to loose
Your eyes are on fire,
and your hearts an open wound

Is there no changing your mind?
You’re standing here waiting for a reason to fly
Here comes your next goodbye
To lucky at leavin’ to be left behind

I know you get tired of asking,
what it takes
It’s always easier to cash in,
then stay

If what you keep on saying is true
Your eyes must be lyin’
How can you give up so soon?

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Now I do not know what I will do
If this is the ending
I’m sorry for what I put you through

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This is some kinda run we’re having,
of mistakes

MUSIC & LYRICS BY: J. KETCHMARK

Sitting here, staring at a blank page
Thinkin’ of the right words to say
I can’t get em down
They won’t come out
Souvenirs, secrets and ashtrays
See the look written on your face
Readin this aloud
Who’s sorry now?

For your broken heart
For this twist of fate
Who have you had waiting in the crowd?
To save the day

There’s a lot of truth I chose not to believe
When the air gets thin
There are a million ways that I’ll have to bleed
To atone these sins
But I’ll act like none of it matters
To stop the walls (from) closing in
I’ll pray for the hereafter
The hereafter to begin

Falling tears, out in the pouring rain
Anything to cover up my pain (face)
Before I’m found out

Look at me now
With this broken heart
Left, lost and betrayed
Just another face fading in the crowd
Let slip away

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Hopes and fears, drinking em all away
Old habits are hard to break
All emptied out
Scattered across the ground

MUSIC & LYRICS BY: J. KETCHMARK

She found her home in the heartland
Where dreams come to die
Spends her nights in roadside bars
With strangers passing time

She saves her change for the jukebox
Plays what’s on her mind
And before the beat begins
She starts to sing every line

‘Cuz she loves it when they say
Girl what are you doing here?
Your name should be somewhere in lights
As the song remains the same
It goes on through the night
Until she whispers
“I was lucky, to get out alive”

No one can truly understand
All she sacrificed
And what that town did to her
Under that bright Hollywood sign
These days she’s become a regular
Blames it on the wine
As the band butchers her favorite songs
You can see the stars haven’t died

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MUSIC & LYRICS BY: J. KETCHMARK

It was early July
Late night summer
Something ’bout her smile was almost southern
That I
Couldn’t let her go
Without a fight

There were so many ways
I tried to tell her
Sitting on that tailgate seeing fireworks
Sky-high
Nothings ever felt so right

There was something ’bout the way her eyes were shining
Straight across the field in the pale moon light
All the stars sparkled like diamonds
A magic in the air that you couldn’t deny
Said. Love her; hold her, pull her closer
Do it now before you run out of time
I fell in love on a Saturday night

We saw the sun rise
I drove her home
As she reached for the door she leaned back slow
And she
Gave me a kiss
And said goodbye

Over and over
It goes through my mind
How that was the best damn 4th of July
That I’ve ever had
Or will again

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And some years later I saw her again
Painting the town with a handful of friends
And I couldn’t help but wonder
What could of been

MUSIC & LYRICS BY: J. KETCHMARK

Lies
Are all we have to lose?
Can’t change the truth tonight
Nowhere to run too
Pride
Gone without a clue
One to many false moves
Between wrong and right

Scars heal
But they never go away
Deep down
Blacked out
What doesn’t bend, breaks
Can’t steal
A heart you have betrayed
With miss steps
Neglect
And the bitter end of faith
Left in harms way

Time
It plays by it’s own rules
Can be a cruel surprise
Harsh in the morning light

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Don’t take another breath
To fill that whole in your chest
There’s nothing you can say
That you won’t make me regret

MUSIC & LYRICS BY: J. KETCHMARK

Forgive me baby
It was a little bit rash
But I thought you should know I think were moving
Just a little bit fast
And the scars are starting to show

I’m not looking for a way out
I have no reason to keep you down

So come here closer
I’ll be your shoulder
You don’t have to make a sound
There’s no defeat
In this sweet surrender
Even the truth is tired now

I’ve seen us lately
Both headed down a path
Together but alone
I think were losing
What we’ve tried to get back
From every sinking stone

I’m not asking to wait it out
They’ll be nothing left without you around

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There’s no sense letting this sea swallow us whole
No defense against this bitter cold
If either of us could just leave now
Walk out and believe our doubts
Where would you call home?

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I’m not looking for a way out

MUSIC & LYRICS BY: J. KETCHMARK

Some nights you still haunt me
I start feeling like I’m 17
Old enough to know the truth
Still young enough to be naive
Those days echoed with rumors
And the walls found it hard breathe
I can still smell the wind in your hair
And I hear your promises in the backseat

Dark circles lied in wait
Excuses grew like a disease
Miles and miles of blacktop fade
Upholstery breakin’ out at the seems
Those days your parade losers
Became a sad novelty
All seeing how far they could get
All by the time that you turned 19

I’ll never know where we so went wrong
Now only a memory
Lost somewhere in-between every line of this song

I remember the light was low
When you pulled me to your parent’s bed
You said to never you let go
And now I finally think I know what you meant
These days I recount the moments
As every car I see passes me by
Some people die before knowing
Maybe they were meant for another life

MUSIC & LYRICS BY: J. KETCHMARK

Not a soul in sight, I can see for miles
Down this open road, I’d rather be alone
Something don’t feel right, in the air tonight
Passing all the signs, but there’s no going home

There’s something about the way she laughs
I can’t figure out, why I’m not turning back

I hear every word, on the radio
Grip the wheel, I can’t let go
So good it hurts, nothing comes close
She’s in my head and I’m loosing control

Haven’t seen headlights, for quite sometime
Living in the past, it got me nowhere fast
Should I call it a night, let it eat me up inside
You know the truth doesn’t lie

I don’t even know what I could say
Gotta turn this around, the chance I have to take

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How did I find myself outside, her house?
Flashing my light
Watched her come down, get in the passenger side
Lay her head on my shoulder, and say “baby its alright”

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MUSIC & LYRICS BY: J. KETCHMARK

Summer breeze is calling you home
Back to where the tall trees grow
To flashing lights and old dirt roads
Where you never grew up and never grew old

Take the top down hand me the keys
If we loose our way we’ll find our feet
Turn the radio up lay back the seat
I’ll take you where you want to be

Let’s roll, let’s roll

Come with me
Down this open road
Into the great unknown, we ride
Come with me You never let go
Never have to say, goodbye

There were times I chose to be on my own
Had to be wild and free and on the run
I raced those stars to the setting sun
But one look from you and I knew I was done

Now honey I know it’s my first time
But something tells me that you’ll survive
They sheltered you and raised you right
Through the windshield I see the city lights

Almost home, your almost home

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Now I’m on one knee
With your father beside me
Asking you to be
My bride

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