1. |
IDK
03:22
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[Verse 1]
Who is calling?
Got me running 'round, catching feels
Who's talking?
Got me running 'round, without no wheels
[Chorus]
If I would have met you, I
Wouldn't have worked no fields
The lights they stay on, but
Now you're soldiers still
How come it seem like we never build?
I been sleeping with lights on for weeks, an' I see ghosts still
See ghosts still
[Refrain]
And I don't know why, no I don't know why, love
No, I don't know why, I don't know why, love
Is hard
[Verse 2]
By the end of the week, I need pick-me-ups
Wagon wheels
By morning I swear that my breath is cut
Heart's been sealed
How's it feel, when winding road runs on?
I'm for real
It's hard when you get grown
[Chorus]
If I would have met you, I
Wouldn't have worked no fields
The lights they stay on
But am I your soldier still?
How come it seem like we nеver build?
I been sleeping with lights on for weeks, an' I can't see still
I don't know where to go
[Bridge]
I'vе been holding them out and begging my peoples to pull me out this hole
I don't want no love, I want a place to stay, somewhere to eat and a place that's home
[Refrain]
And I don't know why, I don't know why love is
I don't know why, I don't know why love is
I don't know why it's so hard
[Verse 3]
And what I'd do if someone ever came up on you
Use my butane, I'd use my crew
To do whatever I needed to
Nothing sinks, nothing moves
Ever since you came through
[Outro]
And I could tell why, I could tell why love is
I could tell why, I could tell why love is
I could tell why it's so hard
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2. |
Going Going
04:18
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[Verse 1]
Some days you'd find us inside with the lantern on
Blood on the doorstep, armor of God
Eyes to the savior, the gun in my pocket
Waiting for morning to come
[Pre-Chorus]
Come on down and get me
Come on down and get me
[Chorus]
When you're gone, you're gone
I can tell you'd always run
Now you're gone, gone, gone
[Verse 2]
Black folks who dance, we were glad, on a tightrope
The women who loved me whipped me with switches
Out in them ditches, dodging tornadoes
Hoping the cavalry come
[Pre-Chorus]
Come on down and get me
Oh, come on down and get me
Oh, just come on down and get me
[Chorus]
When you're gone, you're gone
I can tell you'd always run
Now you're gone, gone, gone
[Verse 3]
On a base far away
I'm where it's hot in the morning sun
There's a sense that I am still with the men and the pews
Beneath Plymouth Rock
[Outro]
And you're gone, you're gone
You're gone, oh, you're gone
And you're gone, gone, gone
Yee
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3. |
HAGS
03:32
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[Intro]
"HAGS" take seven
[Verse 1]
Won't you say you'll need her?
I've never been to a beach party
I thought we would, if you would call me
I know it's not the easiest way
I'm on AIM for meet-ups
Some days I wish that maybe you would try me
I heard about your best friend, her name's Stacey
I heard that she's just started dating Jay
[Chorus]
What's the problem? Why don't you wanna go?
See, I can pick up all the pieces, I could build you a boat
I'll roll the J's, I know you smoke, no, I ain't tried it before
But I practiced so I could hang
[Verse 2]
I've been playing at meet-ups
I got invited to a beach party
I really hoped that it would be morе naughty
I didn't know that you would be so lame
I heard my [?] I got nervous
I didn't realize that was a party
Then I thought, "Well damn, that sure sounds gnarly"
I thought that you were somebody you met
[Chorus]
What's the problem? Why don't you wanna go?
See, I can pick up all the pieces, I could build you a boat
I'll roll the J's, I know you smoke, no, I ain't tried it before
But I practiced so I could hang
[Outro]
You know you can't turn the shower on without [?]
HAGS
That's good, that
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4. |
Best Of You - vinyl only
03:02
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[Verse 1]
What else could I want?
I want breathe without the pain
I want things to go as planned for once
I don't believe a thing
I walk alone sometimes
There's nights I don't look
There's nights I just step into the street
[Chorus]
If I found the best in you then I'd know the way to get by
Hell, I don't call enough, I'm having the time of my life
I'd run away from here just to see the other side
Don't wait, I'm headed out and I'll find the way
[Verse 2]
Kindness cuts in me
Yes, I'm better now
But there were times I'd jump in the deepest hall on the darkest nights
I'd fought alone in a cold creek
There's times that I needed a drink
I'm so exhausted, I can't stand anyone
[Chorus]
If I found the best in you then I'd know the way to get by
Hell, I don't call enough, I'm having the time of my life
I'd run away from here just to see the other side
Don't wait, I'm headed out, I'll find the way
[Bridge]
And your not honest
I can see it in your eyes
This is rewarding
No time to watch your eye
[Outro]
If I found the best in you then I'd know the way to get by
Yeah, I don't call enough, I'm having the time of my life
I'd run away from here just to see the other side
Don't wait, I'm headed out, I'll find the way
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5. |
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[Refrain]
Go eat your heart out
I've got myself to blame
Go eat your heart out
I've got myself to blame
Go eat your heart out
I've got myself to blame, yeah, yeah
Go eat your heart out
I've got myself to blame, yeah
Go eat your heart out
I've got myself to blame
Go eat your heart out
I've got myself to blame
[Outro]
I will put my trust in you, Lord
I will put my hope and love into your light
I will still before your presence and sing for your [?]
I will worship you in the valleys and your mountain tops
I will put my trust in [?]
I will trust in you
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6. |
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[Verse 1: Bartees, & Bartees with Project Diem]
Ezra lost a lot, but not like I have
And still you can't deny me
Now and again looking out into you
Darling, oh, there's something about consistence and knowing what's coming
[Pre-Chorus: Bartees, & Bartees with Project Diem]
But I don't feel comforted
I feel sorry
[Chorus: Bartees, Project Diem, & Both]
At least you know I'm here
I keep walking between line
Most diamonds don't shine until you blow
Who's to say what is right?
Comfort me in silence
Oh, comfort me in silence
But keep me if you dare
[Verse 2: Bartees, & Bartees with Project Diem]
Beyond the shattered knee
And underneath my skin
Dropping remnants for who I've been
An anchor drops down and bounds me to thinking I'll never change again
[Pre-Chorus: Bartees, & Bartees with Project Diem]
And I don't feel comforted
I'm sorry
[Chorus: Bartees, Project Diem, & Both]
At least you know I'm here
I keep walking between line
Most diamonds don't shine until you blow
Who's to say what is right?
Comfort me in silence
Oh, comfort me in silence
But keep me if you dare
If you dare
[Outro: Bartees, Project Diem, & Both]
So finish me (Finish me)
Just finish me (Finish me)
So finish me
It's war when you're here (It's war when you're here)
It's war when you're near (It's war when you're near)
It's war when you're here (It's war when you're here)
It's war when you're here
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7. |
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[Verse 1]
They're burning crosses from West Texas to Memphis
I've seen 'em burning out there by the lake
No-one gives a fuck when they up there burning
They hit you later like "Ey blood, you okay?"
[Verse 2]
I call my mother every morning for power
And if I didn't I'd have died a wreck
I count it back so I could stay with my people
Count it back so I could be there for me, oh
[Chorus]
Count it back, my friend
There's a-way to many going
I've seen, I've been so far you shouldn't have to go
Where thеy at, your friends?
There's too many that wе're mourning
Outlast, my skin
[Verse 3]
We used to stay up late and whip that chorizo
Smoking e'er before we hit the rep
Now I see you when you hop out the Rigo
Got a chevy now, you so select
[Verse 4]
I swear to God, you know about all my brothers
I bet Diablo know my last name the best
I count it back so I can be with my people
I count it back so I could stay there for me, oh
[Chorus]
Count it back, my friend
There's way too much been mourning
I've seen, I've been, so far you shouldn't have to go
Where they at, your friends?
There's too many of us going
Outlast my skin
[Outro]
He's got sunshine an', he's got big dreams
It's hard to know how, he'll found his way
If you've got some inclination
You know right where I stay
Put your shoes on and hammer the last
Hard to walk tall, but you will be fine, oh
Take your shots, boy, I got all the time, I know
We'll find a ways out and you will be mine
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[Verse 1: Bartees]
Though bygones is bygones, there's nothing that I can't remember
Patience and virtue go off to the wind like embers
If you let me down, I won't get over it
If you let me down, I won't get over it
[Verse 2: Lizzie No]
Your shoulders like iron above this river, and hell's gate, red
I gave no thought to the years I've been walking over and over and over and over your back
I can get over it
Over your back, I can get over it
[Verse 3: Bartees, & Bartees with Lizzie No]
I can't carry this no more, I'm struggling
One more glass for the courage to find my way back
To my dying hill
If you let me down, I won't get over it
If you let me down, I won't get over it
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9. |
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[Verse 1]
Oh, we used to play Lion King
And I got thrown off the bed
I shouldn't have made you play those dark characters
It's why I broke my wrist, my bad
How we used to play on the rocks
Every day after school you'd get sluts
I would beg and plead why me, not him?
I know I can take the males and walk
[Chorus]
And I wonder
How far you'd go
And I miss you
Like I miss home
Heard you called me
And gave me love
And I didn't pick up
Didn't pick up the phone
[Verse 2]
You'd hold the grudge
And I'd come home late
You didn't drink much the, and I appreciate that you held the hair from her face
I would always brag about your height
How you would save the world some day
Boy, you look like you done saved everyone
Maybe I knew that you'd be safe
[Chorus]
And I wonder
How far you'd go
Boy, I miss you
And, I miss home
Did you find me?
I'm in my hold
I can't pick up
I can't pick up the phone
[Bridge]
I can't pick up
Can't pick up the phone
I can't pick up
Can't pick up the phone
I can't pick up
Can't pick up the phone
I can't pick up
Can't pick up the phone
[Verse 3]
And now that you've grown up
I await my call
And you know that things change but, after this time there's a few that don't change at all
We've been brothers since were born
Way before I knew you, you were
You existed in my minds eye, in the dark spot in my brain
And I miss you, my little brother
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10. |
Going Going (reprise)
04:55
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[Verse 1]
Some days you'd find us inside with the lantern on
Blood on the doorstep, armor of God
Eyes to the savior, the gun in my pocket
Waiting for morning to come
[Pre-Chorus]
Come on down and get me
Come on down and get me
[Chorus]
When you're gone, you're gone
I can tell you'd always run
Now you're gone, gone, gone
[Verse 2]
Black folks who dance, we were glad, on a tightrope
The women who loved me whipped me with switches
Out in them ditches, dodging tornadoes
Hoping the cavalry come
[Pre-Chorus]
Come on down and get me
Oh, come on down and get me
Oh, just come on down and get me
[Chorus]
When you're gone, you're gone
I can tell you'd always run
Now you're gone, gone, gone
[Verse 3]
On a base far away
I'm where it's hot in the morning sun
There's a sense that I am still with the men and the pews
Beneath Plymouth Rock
[Outro]
And you're gone, you're gone
You're gone, oh, you're gone
And you're gone, gone, gone
Yee
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Bartees Strange Washington, D.C.
Bartees Strange is a producer and songwriter in Washington, D.C.His mother is an opera singer. His dad served in the military for decades. He traveled widely for his parents jobs — born in Ipswich, England 1989, his family did stints in Germany, Greenland, and a number of states across america before he hit his 12th birthday when they settled down in Mustang, Oklahoma. ... more
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