I know this may not be lady-like and I know what they're going to say, but when I think but what all you've done--it doesn't matter anyway. Just gotta put these feelings down in ink and make sure our hometown knows the truth: that when I think about us together, all I think is "screw you."
You made a promise,
And put it on my left hand.
You swore you loved me
Swore we were perfect
But all that remains
Is your promises' tan-line
Guess you didn't mean it
But I refuse to cry
So, darlin', screw you
And your faking charm
Your gifts are garbage
Your pictures are gone
Yes, damn your smile
And your lying eyes
Nothing we had was true
So, darlin', screw you
You swore you'd change
In your drunken stumble
I tried real hard
To believe your slurrin' words
But "I love you"
Isn't in a bottle
Guess you didn't mean it
Good thing I'm gone
So, darlin', screw you
And your faking charm
Your gifts are garbage
Your pictures are gone
Yes, damn your smile
And your lying eyes
Nothing we had was true
So, darlin', screw you
And I'm gonna make a wood pile in my daddy's yard
Gonna use your clothing for fuel
Gonna take your pictures and throw them on top
That's what you get for makin' me feel like a fool
So, darlin', screw you
And your faking charm
Your gifts are garbage
Your pictures are gone
Yes, damn your smile
And your lying eyes
Nothing we had was true
So, darlin', screw you
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Yellow Flowers
I waited a whole day
To hear them call my name
Walked past a quiet woman
Starring with black eyes
Into a door, into a room
Where they all smile at you
"How are you dear?
Give me your hand.
Where are you from?
My, you drove a long way,"
My clothes are huddled
In a bag by my feet
You said you'd wait for me
And drive when it's time to leave
I guess your yellow flowers
Didn't live to cover up the death
I guess the tears I cried
Couldn't save what we left
At the end of the day
It's still what we gave away
On the ride home
I admired the rolling hills
Smelled those north Georgia pines
Saw the small airport in woods
As you held my hand
And promised, "Never again,"
I guess your yellow flowers
Didn't live to cover up the death
I guess the tears I cried
Couldn't save what we left
At the end of the day
It's still what we gave away
I know what we did was right
But I don't think we'll be alright
Oh, I know I did the right thing
But I don't think we'll forget anything
Do you think you could forgive anything?
I guess your yellow flowers
Didn't live to cover up the death
I guess the tears I cried
Couldn't save what we left
At the end of the day
It's still what we gave away
To hear them call my name
Walked past a quiet woman
Starring with black eyes
Into a door, into a room
Where they all smile at you
"How are you dear?
Give me your hand.
Where are you from?
My, you drove a long way,"
My clothes are huddled
In a bag by my feet
You said you'd wait for me
And drive when it's time to leave
I guess your yellow flowers
Didn't live to cover up the death
I guess the tears I cried
Couldn't save what we left
At the end of the day
It's still what we gave away
On the ride home
I admired the rolling hills
Smelled those north Georgia pines
Saw the small airport in woods
As you held my hand
And promised, "Never again,"
I guess your yellow flowers
Didn't live to cover up the death
I guess the tears I cried
Couldn't save what we left
At the end of the day
It's still what we gave away
I know what we did was right
But I don't think we'll be alright
Oh, I know I did the right thing
But I don't think we'll forget anything
Do you think you could forgive anything?
I guess your yellow flowers
Didn't live to cover up the death
I guess the tears I cried
Couldn't save what we left
At the end of the day
It's still what we gave away
Hangover
Should have known better than to love a man named after a whiskey
Sure tastes good in the evening night
But all those hangovers in college should have taught me
I'd regret that drink in the morning light
Should have known the numbness can't be that good
Should have seen you were hell-bound
And just like every crystal glass has ever shown
Nothings clear when seen through amber-brown
No, you aren't what they'd call "the good stuff,"
And your brand isn't as good as red label
With all the strength in your after-bite
You don't do anything but make me unstable
I should have known my knees would grow weak
Should have seen through my drunken haze
But falling on the floor and waking up broken
Only has to happen once for me to break this phase
And I won't be your whiskey girl
And I won't be here anymore, if you please
And I don't give a damn how blind I was
I'm sober now, and I should have seen
Should have known better than to love a man named after a whiskey
Sure tastes good in the evening night
But all those hangovers in college should have taught me
I'd regret that drink in the morning light
Oh, I regret drinking you last night
Sure tastes good in the evening night
But all those hangovers in college should have taught me
I'd regret that drink in the morning light
Should have known the numbness can't be that good
Should have seen you were hell-bound
And just like every crystal glass has ever shown
Nothings clear when seen through amber-brown
No, you aren't what they'd call "the good stuff,"
And your brand isn't as good as red label
With all the strength in your after-bite
You don't do anything but make me unstable
I should have known my knees would grow weak
Should have seen through my drunken haze
But falling on the floor and waking up broken
Only has to happen once for me to break this phase
And I won't be your whiskey girl
And I won't be here anymore, if you please
And I don't give a damn how blind I was
I'm sober now, and I should have seen
Should have known better than to love a man named after a whiskey
Sure tastes good in the evening night
But all those hangovers in college should have taught me
I'd regret that drink in the morning light
Oh, I regret drinking you last night
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
I Just Don't Know
Take your time
Be slow when you think
Take breaths between each wink
I remember
Blonde hair in between pink nails
Brown eyes, and apricot mouth
You never know how far away your moon is
Or just how fast this star can just come crashing down
I suppose I was supposed to be prepared for this
I thought we were grown, but now I just don't know
You held my gaze
For just a second too long
But now this parking lot is all I see
Looking between blinds
Trying to read your lines
Trying to find my time, just trying to breathe
You never know how far away your sun is
Or just how fast it'll all just can come crashing down
I suppose I was supposed to be prepared for this
I thought we were grown, but now I just don't know
And you know those Indie bands won't ever save your soul
And you know those guitar strings won't hold a damn thing
Take your old cds out their sleeves, place your heart back in
You just won't win
You never know how far away your moon is
Or just how fast that star can just come crashing down
I suppose I was supposed to be prepared for this
I thought we were grown, but now I just don't know
Be slow when you think
Take breaths between each wink
I remember
Blonde hair in between pink nails
Brown eyes, and apricot mouth
You never know how far away your moon is
Or just how fast this star can just come crashing down
I suppose I was supposed to be prepared for this
I thought we were grown, but now I just don't know
You held my gaze
For just a second too long
But now this parking lot is all I see
Looking between blinds
Trying to read your lines
Trying to find my time, just trying to breathe
You never know how far away your sun is
Or just how fast it'll all just can come crashing down
I suppose I was supposed to be prepared for this
I thought we were grown, but now I just don't know
And you know those Indie bands won't ever save your soul
And you know those guitar strings won't hold a damn thing
Take your old cds out their sleeves, place your heart back in
You just won't win
You never know how far away your moon is
Or just how fast that star can just come crashing down
I suppose I was supposed to be prepared for this
I thought we were grown, but now I just don't know
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Stronger than Anyone
Grew up in a small town
Just south of Georgia's big city lights
Were never expected much
Graduate, get married, live a settled life
There were those big homes
We all sit and wonder who owns
The town's kings
All won State on the football team
From far away
It seems silly to think
That we're all okay
Going slow on our one main road
But we took in this southern air
Smelt the pines and the county fair
Grew us up to be stronger than anyone
We're the underdogs
But we come home after work
Feed the dogs and cook some dinner
Kiss our families hello
We're just the underdogs
No one ever expected much of us
But we grew up in this small town covered in red mud
Grew up stronger than anyone
Took the bus to school
Down an old gravel road
Unpaved but still our way home
When the bell would ring
Some of us rode in big trucks
Parked on the back line
Of the high school and at lunch time
We all wanted to be sitting outside
From far away
It seems silly to think
That we're all okay
Going slow on our one main road
But we took in this southern air
Smelt the pines and the county fair
Grew us up to be stronger than anyone
We're the underdogs
But we come home after work
Feed the dogs and cook some dinner
Kiss our families hello
We're just the underdogs
No one ever expected much of us
But we grew up in this small town covered in red mud
Grew up stronger than anyone
I left here after graduation
Expecting big dreams
Wanted to live out my future
In bars singing
You left for baseball
But came back here and found me
I guess all this smalltown
Made us meant to be
We're the underdogs
But we come home after work
Feed the dogs and cook some dinner
Kiss our families hello
We're just the underdogs
No one ever expected much of us
But we grew up in this small town covered in red mud
Grew up stronger than anyone
Just south of Georgia's big city lights
Were never expected much
Graduate, get married, live a settled life
There were those big homes
We all sit and wonder who owns
The town's kings
All won State on the football team
From far away
It seems silly to think
That we're all okay
Going slow on our one main road
But we took in this southern air
Smelt the pines and the county fair
Grew us up to be stronger than anyone
We're the underdogs
But we come home after work
Feed the dogs and cook some dinner
Kiss our families hello
We're just the underdogs
No one ever expected much of us
But we grew up in this small town covered in red mud
Grew up stronger than anyone
Took the bus to school
Down an old gravel road
Unpaved but still our way home
When the bell would ring
Some of us rode in big trucks
Parked on the back line
Of the high school and at lunch time
We all wanted to be sitting outside
From far away
It seems silly to think
That we're all okay
Going slow on our one main road
But we took in this southern air
Smelt the pines and the county fair
Grew us up to be stronger than anyone
We're the underdogs
But we come home after work
Feed the dogs and cook some dinner
Kiss our families hello
We're just the underdogs
No one ever expected much of us
But we grew up in this small town covered in red mud
Grew up stronger than anyone
I left here after graduation
Expecting big dreams
Wanted to live out my future
In bars singing
You left for baseball
But came back here and found me
I guess all this smalltown
Made us meant to be
We're the underdogs
But we come home after work
Feed the dogs and cook some dinner
Kiss our families hello
We're just the underdogs
No one ever expected much of us
But we grew up in this small town covered in red mud
Grew up stronger than anyone
Monday, January 24, 2011
Guess
I guess I can guess who came & picked you off your feet
When you swore I was the one who pushed you down
I'm sure she said I'm not pretty, and it never meant a thing
I'm sure she said you deserved more
I can guess where you went to drink away the memories
And I'm sure you found a new good nght kiss
I guess you never told her what was really going on
And what all those candlelit nights really meant
Sonmetimes I think you could have been my friend
And sometimes I wonder what it is you do
Now that I moved on and started back on growing up
But then I remember you're just some old songs
You're Ryan Adams singing to me in the dark tonight
And saying, broken hearts can't ever mend
But I knew who you were and I can guess you know it now
You & I were only meant to end
I can guess the color of your eyes when you look in the sun
And I know exactly what shades you'll put on
To block the lights and dim the summer in your face
With the windows down driving too fast in your car
I bet she said I wasn't pretty anymore
And I can guess you probably held up all my faults
Took me down line by line, each skin cell a fail
I bet she will always love you though all of this
You won't cry, you're too good, and I bet you'll say
I just need some time alone to work this out
You once shone like white sand on a paradise island
But now that past all too far gone
You'll say I should have kept in touch
I suppose it was rude to leave like I did
But now I found a man, and I don't have to take drugs
Just to calm me down so I can believe in love
He holds my hand walking through the grocery store
And opens doors and is a perfect gentleman
He's learned to love my messed up heart and all my pasts
So you're just a memory that helped build the worman I am
Maybe sometimes those college days still haunt me
Like dark ghosts in the shadows that he fills
But he looks in my hazel eyes and sees the truth
I'm just a girl looking for life without guilt
So take this as whatever you think I am
I know sometimes I deserve those words
But I can guess you're probaly already over me anyways
And our lives are better off with out the toxic days
Break this off, print it, ink in proof
I'm done writing you anymore damn songs
It was only a mistake, they happen all the time
And I can guess our memories have hung around too long
I can guess you've been hanging around too long
When you swore I was the one who pushed you down
I'm sure she said I'm not pretty, and it never meant a thing
I'm sure she said you deserved more
I can guess where you went to drink away the memories
And I'm sure you found a new good nght kiss
I guess you never told her what was really going on
And what all those candlelit nights really meant
Sonmetimes I think you could have been my friend
And sometimes I wonder what it is you do
Now that I moved on and started back on growing up
But then I remember you're just some old songs
You're Ryan Adams singing to me in the dark tonight
And saying, broken hearts can't ever mend
But I knew who you were and I can guess you know it now
You & I were only meant to end
I can guess the color of your eyes when you look in the sun
And I know exactly what shades you'll put on
To block the lights and dim the summer in your face
With the windows down driving too fast in your car
I bet she said I wasn't pretty anymore
And I can guess you probably held up all my faults
Took me down line by line, each skin cell a fail
I bet she will always love you though all of this
You won't cry, you're too good, and I bet you'll say
I just need some time alone to work this out
You once shone like white sand on a paradise island
But now that past all too far gone
You'll say I should have kept in touch
I suppose it was rude to leave like I did
But now I found a man, and I don't have to take drugs
Just to calm me down so I can believe in love
He holds my hand walking through the grocery store
And opens doors and is a perfect gentleman
He's learned to love my messed up heart and all my pasts
So you're just a memory that helped build the worman I am
Maybe sometimes those college days still haunt me
Like dark ghosts in the shadows that he fills
But he looks in my hazel eyes and sees the truth
I'm just a girl looking for life without guilt
So take this as whatever you think I am
I know sometimes I deserve those words
But I can guess you're probaly already over me anyways
And our lives are better off with out the toxic days
Break this off, print it, ink in proof
I'm done writing you anymore damn songs
It was only a mistake, they happen all the time
And I can guess our memories have hung around too long
I can guess you've been hanging around too long
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Move On Again
I just wanted to lie in my bed
Write about my broken hearts and move on
Last night I lit a candle
I bought from the Wal-mart five dollar rack
Do you remember wandering through their shelves
Late at night, with nowhere to go?
In that town the lights had finally gone dim
Just long enough to let the moon go down
I broke off those dark nights
I ended where the neon bar ends
And no longer will we watch the girls
Walk without a sense of where they've been
And I won't be broken
For the past I once I had
It took a few days
And everything was fine
You wrote letters
But you couldn't sign your name
Maybe it's time to move on again
Just maybe it's time to move on again
The dark truck cab rattles
On the rocks under my folks mailbox
They take it in, each day
And across this benchseat, you're so far away
The smell of grease & oil
Just can't take over your summer skin
And the brown warmth in July
You once held within
I still tell myself
I'm prettier than that girl you kissed
Just to get through my day
I guess I'm a hypocrite
And I won't be broken
For the past I once I had
It took a few days
And everything was fine
You wrote letters
But you couldn't sign your name
Maybe it's time to move on again
Just maybe it's time to move on again
Write about my broken hearts and move on
Last night I lit a candle
I bought from the Wal-mart five dollar rack
Do you remember wandering through their shelves
Late at night, with nowhere to go?
In that town the lights had finally gone dim
Just long enough to let the moon go down
I broke off those dark nights
I ended where the neon bar ends
And no longer will we watch the girls
Walk without a sense of where they've been
And I won't be broken
For the past I once I had
It took a few days
And everything was fine
You wrote letters
But you couldn't sign your name
Maybe it's time to move on again
Just maybe it's time to move on again
The dark truck cab rattles
On the rocks under my folks mailbox
They take it in, each day
And across this benchseat, you're so far away
The smell of grease & oil
Just can't take over your summer skin
And the brown warmth in July
You once held within
I still tell myself
I'm prettier than that girl you kissed
Just to get through my day
I guess I'm a hypocrite
And I won't be broken
For the past I once I had
It took a few days
And everything was fine
You wrote letters
But you couldn't sign your name
Maybe it's time to move on again
Just maybe it's time to move on again
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Sleep
Folded quilts
On your old couch
Broken in
From years of use
Brown paisley print
And dark, chipped wood
Holds us together
Like ink in a pen
We press the buttons
Just to undo
The ones down your chest
Holding in your skin
Your hand is rough
But feels good
Like those heavy quilts
Pressed to my back
The weight feels fine
Makes me feel home
Your lights are dim
Your TV's on
I look good in the glow
You say with a smile
Your eyes keep with mine
Drawing lines into your temples
You push my hair
And pull my arms
Wrap them across my chest
You curl me in them
Your chin kisses my shoulder
Like a shadow on the wall
Wood planks just line
The room I love
Just kiss me one more time so slow, so slow
I don't want to go home just yet
Just pretend we'll stay awake a few more minutes
I'll lie, say I didn't mean to sleep in your bed
Let's just sleep in this southern state.
On your old couch
Broken in
From years of use
Brown paisley print
And dark, chipped wood
Holds us together
Like ink in a pen
We press the buttons
Just to undo
The ones down your chest
Holding in your skin
Your hand is rough
But feels good
Like those heavy quilts
Pressed to my back
The weight feels fine
Makes me feel home
Your lights are dim
Your TV's on
I look good in the glow
You say with a smile
Your eyes keep with mine
Drawing lines into your temples
You push my hair
And pull my arms
Wrap them across my chest
You curl me in them
Your chin kisses my shoulder
Like a shadow on the wall
Wood planks just line
The room I love
Just kiss me one more time so slow, so slow
I don't want to go home just yet
Just pretend we'll stay awake a few more minutes
I'll lie, say I didn't mean to sleep in your bed
Let's just sleep in this southern state.
You Were Never My Fairy Tale
I listened to
The old cd
I stole from your car
One of our last nights
I took my things
From your old apartment
Left my ring
Beside your bed
I suppose a breakup is exactly that
Leaves you broken, trying to fix the pieces
I suppose some experiments are meant to fail
You were never my fairy tale.
Just take back the movies
From the five dollar bin
I took your t-shirts
And gave them away
That note is hidden
Somewhere between pages
In boxes I packed
When I moved into my parents'
I suppose a breakup is exactly that
Leaves you broken, trying to fix the pieces
I suppose some experiments were meant to fail
You were never my fairy tale.
And my boyfriend asks me who you were
Sometimes I feel his worry
He'll ask why I wrote this
I just know we were never some sort of love story.
I suppose a breakup is exactly that
Leaves you broken, trying to fix the pieces
I suppose some experiments were meant to fail
You were never my fairy tale.
The old cd
I stole from your car
One of our last nights
I took my things
From your old apartment
Left my ring
Beside your bed
I suppose a breakup is exactly that
Leaves you broken, trying to fix the pieces
I suppose some experiments are meant to fail
You were never my fairy tale.
Just take back the movies
From the five dollar bin
I took your t-shirts
And gave them away
That note is hidden
Somewhere between pages
In boxes I packed
When I moved into my parents'
I suppose a breakup is exactly that
Leaves you broken, trying to fix the pieces
I suppose some experiments were meant to fail
You were never my fairy tale.
And my boyfriend asks me who you were
Sometimes I feel his worry
He'll ask why I wrote this
I just know we were never some sort of love story.
I suppose a breakup is exactly that
Leaves you broken, trying to fix the pieces
I suppose some experiments were meant to fail
You were never my fairy tale.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Old Papers
I just found all these old papers
Shoved under my night-table
Folded up in piles with ragged ends
I tried to read them
Wonder where they would end
Guess sometimes we become
Something we never saw coming
I see it in his eyes
My past just breaks his heart
I try to hold it in
Maybe I can just become something better
But on top of all these diamonds
Theres a pile of dirt
I just dug my way
Out of the hole college left me in
It was my emerald city
And I'm not ashamed anymore
I guess I hurt some people alot
I guess I did some stuff wrong
Those pictures sanded me down
To something a bit shiny now
I hide them all in boxes
But sometimes they make me proud
I listened to my old cds today
"C'mon take a step towards me,
so you can figure me out,"
Those words echo some in me now
I just want to hold on
I want to be better, stronger, so new
But I don't want to let go
Of the girl on the bottom bunk of my dorm
She still looks beautiful to me now
I don't care what all these smalltown girls
Did to your heart while I was gone
I know I never had the best record
But I'm new now, so damn brand new
I just miss my old roommate's voice sometimes
And the way a hookah's smoke tasted on my tongue
I just miss the Arch, beckoning me
Like a light from God
I know it sounds silly
Holding on to the broken promises of a Classic City
But all my broken hearts
Made me better today
If you'll be my star
I'll be your sky
I promise, I won't let you feel empty anymore
You won't be dark with me
I found all these old papers
Words in aged ink
I don't know what they mean anymore
I don't know how they sing
Shoved under my night-table
Folded up in piles with ragged ends
I tried to read them
Wonder where they would end
Guess sometimes we become
Something we never saw coming
I see it in his eyes
My past just breaks his heart
I try to hold it in
Maybe I can just become something better
But on top of all these diamonds
Theres a pile of dirt
I just dug my way
Out of the hole college left me in
It was my emerald city
And I'm not ashamed anymore
I guess I hurt some people alot
I guess I did some stuff wrong
Those pictures sanded me down
To something a bit shiny now
I hide them all in boxes
But sometimes they make me proud
I listened to my old cds today
"C'mon take a step towards me,
so you can figure me out,"
Those words echo some in me now
I just want to hold on
I want to be better, stronger, so new
But I don't want to let go
Of the girl on the bottom bunk of my dorm
She still looks beautiful to me now
I don't care what all these smalltown girls
Did to your heart while I was gone
I know I never had the best record
But I'm new now, so damn brand new
I just miss my old roommate's voice sometimes
And the way a hookah's smoke tasted on my tongue
I just miss the Arch, beckoning me
Like a light from God
I know it sounds silly
Holding on to the broken promises of a Classic City
But all my broken hearts
Made me better today
If you'll be my star
I'll be your sky
I promise, I won't let you feel empty anymore
You won't be dark with me
I found all these old papers
Words in aged ink
I don't know what they mean anymore
I don't know how they sing
So Old.
You can't tell me
You were my best friend
You can't promise
You meant to be a happy end
What would happen
If you had won it all?
I was just a prize to you, a game to you, and I took the fal
It was an everyday broken thing
Like a damn toy, you'd make me move, you'd pull my string
You swore you were better for me than him
Prince Charming doesn't chame in a dark snake skin
Even when he was gone you couldn't ruin my life
You were dark
You sang me songs
He didn't know
He didn't need to know
You were a secret
Laid in bed sheets
Left to go cold
I went cold
You swore 'I need you"
I don't need you
Just let me go
He couldn't be here
This isn't your place
Just go home
I wish I could of said goodbye
Just take this mistake all away
I hope I can forgive myself
For all the pain I let you make
But I will not forgive you
I can't forget
You turned my life into a lie
When you see me smile
From far away
Know it's from another guy
You were my best friend
You can't promise
You meant to be a happy end
What would happen
If you had won it all?
I was just a prize to you, a game to you, and I took the fal
It was an everyday broken thing
Like a damn toy, you'd make me move, you'd pull my string
You swore you were better for me than him
Prince Charming doesn't chame in a dark snake skin
Even when he was gone you couldn't ruin my life
You were dark
You sang me songs
He didn't know
He didn't need to know
You were a secret
Laid in bed sheets
Left to go cold
I went cold
You swore 'I need you"
I don't need you
Just let me go
He couldn't be here
This isn't your place
Just go home
I wish I could of said goodbye
Just take this mistake all away
I hope I can forgive myself
For all the pain I let you make
But I will not forgive you
I can't forget
You turned my life into a lie
When you see me smile
From far away
Know it's from another guy
Random Pieces
I'll be your Northstar
Just to fall in your arms
Too many wristbands on my hands
Footprints on your windshield
You scream this is my part
Every part is your part
You were my yellow bird
Bare feet
Cigarette smokes taste of you
Just to fall in your arms
Too many wristbands on my hands
Footprints on your windshield
You scream this is my part
Every part is your part
You were my yellow bird
Bare feet
Cigarette smokes taste of you
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