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Second Chances
03:52
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SECOND CHANCES
There’s second chances for everything I’ve ever done
Bad romances, I’ll call them out one by one
Perfect timings don’t have to last for very long
To know when you miss them that you’re wrong
Baby, kiss me in the graveyard
Those people all fell in love once, too
Why you gotta make it so hard
To love like you do?
You’re still speaking in an accent
You’ve lived down here for a decade or so
So why do you still act surprised?
When every winter there’s no snow
Every time I ask a question I get in trouble again
I don’t wanna fight you anymore
Why you wanna go to law school?
You think you’re gonna get a job that way?
Tell the others they can get lost
There’s other ways of getting paid
You should do whatever feels good
Especially when I’m around
I’ll say yes to all your ideas
The bad ones where we never leave the house
Every time I ask a question I get in trouble again
I don’t wanna fight you anymore
And every time I find an answer I’m disappointed again
I don’t wanna fight you anymore
There’s second chances for everything I’ve ever done
Bad romances, I’ll call them out one by one
Perfect timings don’t have to last for very long
To know when you miss them that you’re wrong
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Drewbie Got a Haircut
03:17
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DREWBIE GOT A HAIRCUT
First snow day of the season
Gather round the fire at night
Build a snowman, why’re you weeping?
Couldn’t get that stupid nose right
Won’t you give me a new haircut?
Drewbie got one and it looks so great
Draw a tattoo and make it Sharpie
I can’t commit to anything that will stay
All my friends are running circles
And damn they sound great the whole time
I go out and get embarrassed
You said you heard it through the grapevine
All my friends are running circles
And damn they sound great the whole time
I went out and got embarrassed
You said you heard it through the grapevine
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Hometown Vampire
02:42
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HOMETOWN VAMPIRE
Do you wanna trade places?
Do you wanna see how I live?
I’ll try to be elated
I’ll try to find something to give
I’m seeing friendly faces
My once a week friends
Buying townhomes in heaven
On a ten-percent payment plan
But now I’m laughing
Lying down
No good with plans or clues
A cheap date
A cherry valentine I picked for you
That I picked for you
I’ll burn down the bridges
That connect me to where I’m from
I’ll tear out all my stitches
Because I’m hoping that you’ll drink my blood
You always were a monster
You’re barking up every tree
Ten rounds with a boxer
Who looks like a copy of me
But now I’m laughing
Lying down
No good with plans or clues
A cheap date
A cherry valentine I picked for you
Vampires crying out
No good for me or you
A cheap date
A cherry valentine I picked for you
That I pick for you
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Syrup
01:23
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SYRUP
I think she thinks I’m too sweet
I bet my friends did me in
I know that drink was too sweet
I bet the syrup did me in
I never wonder where it came from
When I start feeling this way
I’m sorry that I couldn’t stay for long
It’s just that part of the day
This doesn’t happen every time I swear
I don’t want you to think that I don’t care
Because I do
I care so much
It makes me wanna pull my hair out
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5. |
I Remember Everything
03:39
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I REMEMBER EVERYTHING
I remember how you looked on a summer night
When party songs were blaring at us from left and right
Out the window jumping, it gave you such a fright
But I never was all that bright
I remember drawing squares on your shoulder blades
Laying static still for hours on a summer day
Those blankets you pulled up to cover your whole face
And now I let it slip away
Perfect circles form underneath our eyes
Knew for certain you’d be there my whole life
I remember being scared of the way you’d drive
Taking every corner too fast on a rainy night
And like that Smiths song said, it’d be a heavenly way to die
But I never wanted to try
I remember how you looked on a rainy morn
You said it never does this out here and you want it more
We’re finding James up in the mountains in a storm
That wiped out what all came before
Perfect circles form underneath our eyes
Knew for certain you’d be there my whole life
Perfect circles form underneath my eyes
Knew for certain you’d be there my whole life
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Downtown Living
03:41
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DOWNTOWN LIVING
Downtown living
End of the night
Shouting orders under glycerin lights
Throw the TV out the window if it feels right
Downtown living
Nothing to see
There is a chasm between you and me
Throw the TV out the window if it feels right
Downtown living
Elvis is on
Singing that one old confederate song
Throw the CD out the window if it feels right
Downtown living
Nowhere to go
Coming down with a broken bone
Throw my passport out the window if it feels right
Downtown living
Walls coming down
But I’ve lived in worse places all over town
And nothing scares me more than when it feels right
Downtown living
Hop in the back
We got a bunch more cases to crack
We got somewhere we can hide until it feels right
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7. |
Folly Beach
04:23
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FOLLY BEACH
Coney Island
Folly Beach
Perfect storms are just in reach
Can’t we swim with the manatees?
Everything looks the same to me
Amelia Island
Laguna Beach
High as a kite in the Florida Keys
This beaching life ain’t always what it seems
When everything looks the same to me
If you wanna go, I’ll let you
If you wanna go, I’ll let you
If you wanna go
I won’t be begging for you to stay
I’ll just ask you for one more day with me in
Coney Island
Folly Beach
Perfect storms are just in reach
Can’t we swim with the manatees?
Everything looks the same to me
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8. |
Fifth Beatle
02:47
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FIFTH BEATLE
Looking back on our history books
We look just about the same as we do right now
We’ll never leave our town
We’ll marry each other’s exes and make no sound
You stick around
You say it’s one thing to settle down
But you’re never there to catch me when I fall
Looking back on the day we met
You look just about the same as you do right now
Only God knows how
I didn’t run you off when I was running my mouth
And when I’m down
I turn the amp up way too loud
You said “I’m always there to catch you when you fall”
Look at the time that’s running
I get carried away
Just think of all the time that I spent staying the same
Looking up at the stars that shine
We’re dressing up like the Beatles in the wintertime
Your eyes look just like mine
Staring at you for a moment outside of my mind
Don’t say it’s love
It doesn’t happen this way too much
But you’re always there to catch me when I fall
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Social Smoker
02:35
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SOCIAL SMOKER
Climb up a tree
That’s good with me
We’ll both get home in good time
It can’t get much worse
I think we’re cursed
But we’re really getting better all the time
You say that you’re a social smoker
So why do you keep stealing all of mine?
You say that you’re a social smoker
But you’re really getting better all the time
I tried my best
But what happened next, it never became clear to me
You threw a punch, and I’ve got a hunch
That something worse was aiming right at me
You say that you’re a social smoker
So why do you keep stealing all of mine?
You say that you’re a social smoker
But you’re really getting better all the time
A broken heart is still beating loud
You’re begging your friends to drop you off downtown
And no one knows what you’re on about
Down in a hole- where else would I go?
Your recourse is right in my eyes
Spectator sports, but we’re out on the courts
Is it so hard to tell you that I lied?
You say that you’re a social smoker
So why do you keep stealing all of mine?
You say that you’re a social smoker
But you’re really getting better all the time
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10. |
8AM
04:31
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8AM
Ruined by, ruined by, ruined by not me
Careful eyes, careful eyes watching for nothing
Do we still notice that? Do we hear the same thing?
Ruined by, ruined by, ruined by
Brick and mortar
Stoned and quartered and drawn
In an ink too faint for you to read so easy
There’s nothing I couldn’t have said
Any better from the top of my head, I tell you
I love how you look at me at eight in the morning
Specialize, specialize in your own art form
Autograph, autograph, autograph my heart more
Do you still notice that? Did you get up at all today?
Ruined by, ruined by, ruined by
Love and warriors
Stoned in English class again
Writing love songs that make it all seem way too easy
There’s nothing I couldn’t have said
To get you on out of my head, I tell you
I love how you look at me at eight in the morning
Ruined by, ruined by, ruined by not me
Careful eyes, careful eyes watching for nothing
Do you still notice that? Do we see the same things?
Ruined by, ruined by, ruined by
Stricter portions
Vampires, porcelain dolls blood sucking me
They make it all seem so damn easy
There’s nothing that needs to be said
I know it as sure as I’m dead, I tell you
I love how you look at me at eight in the morning
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NOBODY EVER FEELS THIS WAY
I lost again
Those hardcore kids, they always win
Sophie was my friend
She stuck around to the bitter end
Then we made out on the roof
And then you cried like you always do
I tell the truth
And I try my best like I always do–
It’s okay if you’re scared
No one’s more scared than I am
I don’t wanna say goodbye, but I will
I don’t wanna change your mind
Can you stand still? Stay inside
And stay in line with both my eyes
You think that nobody ever feels this way
Now I’m high in demand
Like a Diet Coke or an 80s band
Or a long walk in the park
You know I’m not cut out to be a ladies man
I’m so scared of the dark
Will you go if I will?
Because no one’s as scared as I am
Baby, no one’s as scared as I am
I don’t wanna say goodbye, but I will
I don’t wanna change your mind
Can you stand still? Stay inside
Stay in line with both my eyes
You think that nobody ever fell this far
Or tried this hard
They wouldn’t even know where to start
You fall apart, your broken heart
Here in the back seat of my car
You shut the door, it’s nothing more
Than making out on the bedroom floor
Lay awake, you’re still in pain
You wonder how you ever got up today
Do you think that nobody ever feels this way?
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Elijah Johnston Athens, Georgia
Elijah Johnston is a singer-songwriter from Athens, GA whose songs bridge the conversational songwriter fare of now and the hooky guitar based music of the past. Johnston has shared stages with acts like Noah Gundersen, Susto, and Elf Power, establishing a name as a skilled songwriter with a potent live show to match. ... more
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