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Apt 1F
04:17
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I find the more I say that I don't love you anymore
With poison tears,
you erase my youth
I copped a wishless disconnected attitude
Like faithless friends,
we betrayed our truths
I live my days out in this dirty crosstown dive
Sweating out
the very thing that's
keeping me
alive
Just to write these words, another glass,
a melody,
a knot once tied too tight,
come untied,
burned too bright
I can't help but laugh sometimes
You're not the girl I had in mind
You're just a product of your time
I'd like to say you left me high and dry,
but I can't lie
Your crooked smile,
the very thing that made you beautiful,
has died.
Only some commit the crime,
but we all end up doing time,
and pay our fines
Checking years off of our lives
Though I'm stuck with you for now,
one day I'll wipe your dirt
from off my brow,
and move along
Sun's coming up,
and nothing left for me to do
but somehow I keep coming back to you
Sun's coming up,
and nothing left for me to do
Girl, I ain't through with you
Sun's coming up,
and nothing left for me to do
but somehow I keep coming back to you
Sun's coming up,
and nothing left for me to do
but somehow I keep coming back to you
This town will make
a bleeding martyr out of you
but somehow I keep coming back to you
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The Ferryman
04:10
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Mr. Ferryman
I've been trodding on the shore for way too long
Only got a penny,
can you help me cross this river?
Float me like a feather,
back to home
Mr. Ferryman
Got no baggage, no companion,
I'm a mess
I can't feel my fingers,
every season sings like winter,
but before I go,
can I make one request?
When life feels like a noose
Cut me loose and float me gently out to sea
Please don't wake me up
For if you do,
I might be stuck inside my dreams
Undertaker man,
can't you drop me even more than six feet
deep?
Seen so much beneath these skies,
I'm wondering what the view is like
tucked beneath a comforter of
peat
When you're digging, man,
won't you make sure that the ground is packed real tight?
Don't let me escape my grave,
to see just what a wreck I've made
I'll forget it all within a night
When life feels like a noose
Cut me loose and float me gently out to sea
Please don't wake me up
For if you do,
I might be stuck inside my dreams
Mr. Preacher, man,
won't you please exaggerate my eulogy?
Lord, I know it's sinful if you lie about my story,
but I need to be remembered as the man
my parents wanted me to be
When life feels like a noose
Cut me loose and float me gently out to sea
Please don't wake me up
For if you do,
I might be stuck inside my dreams
If you do, I might be stuck
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Cale Hawkins New York
Hailing from Bemus Point, NY (population: 364), Cale Hawkins has toured, written, and produced internationally since 2012.
Credits include Quincy Jones, Charli XCX, Linda Perry, Bilal, Raveena, and Amber Mark.
He produces, mixes, writes, and performs all of his music. His debut LP "I Broke My Shoulders" came out in 2023 via Switch Hit Records, and was featured on NPR's "All Songs Considered."
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