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LYRICS: CONCENTRIC

1. Crossroads

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Do you ever feel like you don't know yourself?

You're living through somebody else

Spending hours studying the eyes

Of a face that you don't recognize

I've been blessed with taking on the looming task

Of pulling back the real-life mask

Find the soul that's chained inside of me

Set it loose by swallowing the key

'loose by swallowing the key

I am at a crossroads

Where the loneliest call home

I'm dying to find what's underneath these bones

So crack my shell & watch me go

There's a constant click inside my head

I won't know peace until I'm dead

'til then I'll plant the mental seed

& climb the stalk to where it leads

Climb that stalk to where it leads

I am at a crossroads

Where the loneliest call home

I'm dying to find what's underneath these bones

So crack my shell & watch me go

 

Do you ever feel like you just don't belong?

So you lose yourself inside a song

Finding comfort in its minor key

Make a bed inside it's melody

Bed inside it's melody

2. (Love Is) Running Me Ragged

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Once upon another time

I believed the world was kind

Now I wish I may, I wish I might

Have the strength to feel & not to fight

But these days it feels like love, love is running me ragged

It feels like love, love is running me ragged

Been looking high & low for common ground

But I just keep on breaking down

I would say it all but what's to gain, if we don't talk through fear & work through pain?

But these days it feels like love, love is running me ragged

We're busy digging our graves in this garden of division

Think we're all overdue for a bit of a redefinition

We're lost souls at the end of the day

“This is the modern age” I heard somebody say

Love is running me ragged

It feels like love, love is running me ragged

3. California Mansion

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Tell me do you see yourself in that California mansion on the hill?

Do you dream of Spanish tile & the thrill of looking down on heaven's gate?

We'll have a real big door

& a foyer... or is it a foyér?

All we'd know is that it echoes on for days

Like those Zeppelin records we used to play when we were both flat broke

Now we'll have pillars that we don't even clean

Yeah I swear that it'll look like ancient Greece up there

You & me, we could watch the sunset on Sunset

I know it'll be a pretty safe bet

'cause we'd get a million dollars every time we open our mouths

And a hundred thousand paparazzi hunting us down

While you & me can watch the sunset on Sunset, baby

We'll have legendary nights

& be best friends with celebrity socialites

Jenny Lawrence would be on our speed dial

& you know who from Destiny's Child

We'd never come back down

Yeah we'd lose touch with all our family & friends

This lifestyle would start going to our heads

& we start sleepin’ in our separate beds

In our separate wings

Surrounded by all our pretty things'til we both forget to wear our wedding rings

Now you & me, we never watch the sunset on Sunset

I thought it'd be a pretty safe bet

'til we spent a thousand dollars every single time we'd go out

’til all the paparazzi stopped coming around

Now you & me, we never watch the sunset on Sunset, baby

Tell me do you see yourself in that California mansion way up there?

After thinking 'bout it I'm okay right here

You & me, we can watch the sunset on Sunset

I know it'll be a pretty safe bet

'cause we don't need the money, fame, & all that drama bringin’ us down

We don't need the paparazzi coming around

While you & me, we can watch the sunset on Sunset for free

We can watch the sunset on Sunset for free

So baby watch the sunset on Sunset with me

4. Concentric

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I don't know how it happened, but I'm surely glad it happened

That's the truth

I'm glad I met you

There's something quite electric when two circles become concentric

It sticks to you

You carry the residue

If only you & I could die at the same time in a flash of light, I wouldn't have these late-night fears

If you should go before I reach the end of where our windy roads collided

I know you'll be there to guide me on your way back home

It's when I least expect it & I'm learning to expect it

You set the pace in your own way

Like a spiritual suggestion

Just the mere mention of your name & I'm in the right place

If only you & I could die at the same time in a flash of light, I wouldn't have these late-night fears

If you should go before I reach the end of where our windy roads collided

I know you'll be there to guide me on your way back home

This ain't our first go-round

Orbiting around you is where I am bound

Surely as your sun will set, deep down I know

Our everlasting windy roads will just keep on colliding

Oh & you & I will ride 'em on our way back home

5. Sex + Drugs + Rock + Roll + Kitties

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Coffee in the morning gets me vertical

My baby in the morning gets me spiritual

'til I go a trapsin’ through the cobwebs

The sticky ones are waiting here in my head

Let it be good

Let it be good

Won't you let it be?

You tell yourself that life is such a hard road

'til you find that everyone's got something to show

Like Daisy with dementia pickin' pinecones

Shouldn't that tell you that we don't have long?

Let it be good

Let it be good

Won't you let it be?

Ooooh, it’s a wild ride sometimes

Makin' music makes it hard to pay rent

But it can score a couple hits from a vape pen

This one is from Doug in Missouri

He's got a chart of cannabis, so I don't worry

Let it be good

Let it be good

Won't you let it be?

Worst comes to worst & the world ends, we could go live with Jake & Libby out in Bozeman

He's got a bow & arrow, ain't afraid to use it

We could pay 'em back by playing some old time music

Let it be good

Let it be good

Won't you let it be?

Ooooh, it’s a wild ride some times

Whiskey in the evening is my reprieve

I should be drinking Lena's chamomile tea

One last round of the this & that, then I'll be heading off to bed with a fat kitty cat

Let it be good

Let it be good

Won't you let it be?

Let it be good

Let it be good

Let it be

6. Chardonnay

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I had my first a month ago

It’d been awhile since I'd been low

I forgot just how it felt

Now I remember all too well

So all I do is drink all night ever since you left

Chardonnay is my best friend ever since you left

It tells me things I want to hear

Like, “you were right” & “it's all been in my head”

All I do is drink all night ever since you left

Now I'm not one to play the fool

With one exception to the rule

When all I have has gone away

I raise a toast to the good ol’ days

Now all I do is drink all night ever since you left

Whiskey neat is my best friend ever since you left

It tells me things I want to hear

Like, “you were right” & “it's all been in my head”

All I do is drink all night ever since you left

Before this bottle has run dry

Before I come down from this high

There's one last thing I need to know

Is it too late to come back home?

‘cause all I do is drink all night ever since you left

‘cause I’m missin’ my best friend ever since you left

You said the things I could not hear & now your words are ringin’ in my head

All I do is drink all night ever since you left

7. Julie Wants to go to War

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Julie wants to go to war to fight for the right of being born unsure

She never fit in to those high heeled shoes

Rather lace up a pair of combat boots

Julie dreams of that ol' front line that her grandaddy towed back in ’69

With an M16 pressed against her skin, she’d forget all about the wars within

'cause Julie’s gonna change her name to Daniel

Daniel wants to come out of the shadows

Uncle Sam I don't mean to cause any trouble

Julie's taking on the beast

Stationed somewhere in Korea in the DMZ

They were fighting for freedom & the right to choose

Until the day they read the news

Julie's on a plane back home

Tried everything to stay but they still said no

When did living as a gender that you weren't assigned have anything to do with your sacrifice?

Julie’s gonna change her name to Daniel

Daniel’s gonna come out of the shadows

Uncle Sam I don't mean to cause any trouble

Uncle Sam don't wanna leave all your feathers ruffled

But Daniel wants to go to war to fight for the right of being born unsure

Never fit in to those high heeled shoes

Now they sit in the closet with some combat boots

8. Fluorescent

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You & I both know I can't stay mad at you

In a hospital room the whole world turns moot

Tell me once again when you were just a child

Tell me once again how you forgot to smile

Every little detail, don't leave out a thing

Tell me once again all about living

You & I know we've both talked some shit

Under these fluorescent lights let's forget about it

Tell me once again how all of the abuse dug its way deep & seeped into your roots

And only for your children would you try to change

Tell me once again all about your pain

Tell me what you're thinkin', now you're looking back

Tell me what you're thinkin', now you're looking back

Tell me what you're thinking, now you're looking back

Tell me all the things you'd add or you'd subtract

Every time your demons got you at your best

Tell me once again about forgiveness

9. Dorothy

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I'd take my father to the spot where he’d gamble & lose the family farm

He would drink whiskey like it’s the end of the world

I'd lead him back to the truck in my arms

I was a little girl

Was the victim of his bad hand

I was in his shadow then

I met my husband when the leaves started changing in 1933

He would shoot free-throwsI'd twirl in the air

The royals of varsityHe was my only one

We'd talk for hours on end 'til he joined the Air Force

I'd wait for the letters that he would send

I was in love's shadow then

We raised a family near a little red barn where he & I would sell antiques

'til a tornado lifted the roof & left us both covered in leaves

We didn't know it yet

He would never be the same

But he had a lion's heart

We would reminisce 'til his dying day

I was in death's shadow then

In a lonely apartment

I'd sit in his chair

Lose control of my wandering mind

All I'd remember is when the leaves started changing & the way his hand felt in mine

I'm patiently waiting for the end of this waiting game

Then I'll be out of the shadows

I am out of the shadows

10. Belly of the Beast

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All things change

People change

One day your long hair will be short & gray

In what will seem like little time

Your life will flash right before your eyes

You & I must dive into the fire

Face every fear & fulfill all desire

You & I will know what lies beyond our reach

When you & I go into the belly of the beast

Your beliefs will be arranged

Like bones you thought so strong, they blow away

If we get our fair shake

We'll bury our mothers, not the other way

You & I must dive into the fire

Face every fear & fulfill all desire

You & I will know what lies beyond our reach

When you & I go into the belly of the beast

All things change

People change

And one day fall asleep & never wake

You & I will know what all this really means

When you & I go into the belly of the beast

You & I will go into the belly of the beast

11. This Land Was Your Land

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This land was your land

This land's now my land

I'll give you a sliver, unless it's on oil sands

I'll poison your water

Rewrite your history

‘cause there ain't no land for you & me

Amen

You broke your shackles

You thought you found freedom, but the inner-city's the new slavery

And if you protest, no one will listen

‘cause there ain't no land for you & me

Amen

I roamed & rambled

I covered the footsteps of my great-grandfather who crossed the great sea

He committed evils in the name of liberty

He said there's no land for you & me

Amen

So you can keep your poor huddled masses

You can keep saying they bleed just like me

You can rip up your golden ticket

‘cause this ain't your land if you don't look like me

Amen

There ain't no land for you & me

Amen

12. His Town

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We've all got hands for taking

We've all got souls for shaking

We've all got love for breaking hearts

We've all got pride for faking

We've all got time for flaking

We've all got money & it costs

But all I need is the blue sky above me & my feet standing on the solid ground

I don't need anyone else to love me, 'cause all I needed I've already found

If there’s a God & he's all around, this must be his town

We trade our lives for livin’

Declare our lies forgiven

We're all just shooting in the dark

And we all got time for waiting

Always anticipating the end before the journey starts

But all I need is the blue sky above me & my feet standing on the solid ground

I don't need anyone else to love me, 'cause all I needed I've already found

If there's a God

If there's a God & he's all around, this must be his town

And he's shaking hands, kissing babies

Putting smiles on everyone's faces

Pouring shots for all of the ladies

This must be his town

We're all awake but dreaming

Trying to find the meaning for all the things we'll never figure out

But all I need is that blue sky above me & my feet standing on the solid ground

I don't need anyone else to love me, 'cause all I needed I've already found

If there's a God

If there's a God

If there's a God & he's all around, this must be his town

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