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A Better Place Than Here

by Elly May

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1.
Ginger Haze 02:36
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Give me a good reason The thrill of the chase There’s a fire burning and it’s curling down her face Wrapped In lace, She’s got the ginger haze, Let’s set the world ablaze, She’s got the ginger haze Give me a good reason, A shadow left to chase They never tell you it feels so good, Until you’re running out of space Wrapped In lace, She’s got the ginger haze, Let’s set the world ablaze, She’s got the ginger haze Let’s set the world on fire, Just to watch it burn.
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Chasing Tales 02:52
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6 am, head’s in out the clouds, I saw her there and kicked her out No goodbyes just a pint of ale No surprises this ain’t your fairy-tale Fate, One-way ticket train Shame, No one here to blame One more tale, I’m not your prince She whispers trust but can’t convince I head on out just to find a catch And when I’m done I’m a send her back. Fate, One-way ticket train Shame, No one here to blame I don’t care what the cards say You can’t lose if you don’t play Fate, One-way ticket train Shame, No one here to blame
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Kings 04:54
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I Walk in And I'm feeling down But to my surprise You're still around And I'll reminisce About the bliss The broken bones And the Shattered kiss Looking back I see All them pretty things She used to be my queen But this song is for the kings Natalie, She's feeling down But to her surprise I'm nowhere to be found I didn't leave no note Only cigarettes Had a shot with Jack At the old address Looking back I see All them pretty things She used to be my queen But this song is for the kings This Songs for the kings
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Places 03:52
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She's a place I love by the riverbank Where all the streets are paved in brick All I wanted, she’s haunted, Her body, her heart She's a better place than here Would she take me back for just one summer? But I walked away And I set aside All but the love I had for you Like a bird without a song The feeling that I must be wrong Like a prodigal son I've come undone And I walked away And I set aside All but the love I had for you Oh should have know walked away Oh should have known should have stayed And I walked away And I set aside All but the love I had for you
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Heavy Lies The Crown 03:15
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Give it time, The audience can wait their turn now, So Sublime, I’ve got so many ways to fix us Ten million ways to save a life One way to save your soul I’ve seen their eyes they’re staring back Deception takes it toll Once again, I see all of the promises I broke It’s too much I want to change but heavy lies the crown Ten million ways to save a life One way to save your soul I’ve seen their eyes they’re staring back Deception takes it toll
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All in All 03:49
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Invisible, In such a small town, I can’t give up or I may drown, It's been so long since I've seen her face Tangled up in such a small space All in all I've found one way to live, By giving everything I had to give, All in all she never let it go, Perchance I'll find her on the open road. How could it amount to much? We couldn't talk, we couldn't touch. Feels so close but now she’s gone away, Afraid ill lose my mind if I stay, All in all I've found one way to live, By giving everything I had to give, All in all she never let it go, Perchance I'll find her on the open road Just one way to live, Everything I’ve got to give All in all I've found one way to live, By giving everything I had to give, All in all she never let it go, Perchance I'll find her on the open road
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Silhouette Blues 03:26
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I ain't no stranger to these simple lands I struggle but I make my own plans She says I lost it all with that last shot of Bourbon So sorry babe but I lost your number What could have been is now just a memory Oh, but I'm broken I need a light for my fuse Give me a remedy for this Silhouette Blues I got a job but it don't pay near enough Vacate this, Vacate this I just can't get away She says the wheels are turning but I ain't moving I'm still alive but that ain't my doing Ill have another drink cause i'm still bluesing
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Sunday Matinees 02:40
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Feeling kind of forward in a backwards-thinking world Left my keys on the counter and I forgot my mind at work Two-timed a lovely girl she knew it all too well I’m a fool who thinks he’s hopeless when hopes waiting on his doorstep Counting down the days While Sunday Matinees Fuel my Apathetic rage Sunday Matinees Thinks he’s a psychic but he can’t see past his nose A systematic program that’s taken the whole world hostage I’m an educated traveler, took a wrong turn in my dreams A plains and simple life a mediocre job and wife Counting down the days While Sunday Matinees Fuel my apathetic rage Sunday Matinees
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Broken Bicycle 03:21
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It’s been so long since I’ve seen the light Stolen from me when I was five Atlas gone led me astray Shrugged it off and ill be okay Life gave me a part and I played the fool Lost many a friend trying to help me through Found myself in the bottle with no training wheels Thought myself a king too damn proud to kneel Oh, I’m the boy with the broken bicycle Oh, it’s raining out and I ain’t got no place to go Shattered dreams gone split my life in two Can’t play guitar or sing the blues She made me think I could be free But stoked the fires of my misery You know the city lights don’t seem too bright Flat on your back another blurry night I heard that were all drawn to flames I’m afraid this beast just can’t be tamed. Oh, I’m the boy with the broken bicycle Oh, it’s raining out and I ain’t got no place to go
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So Long 02:55
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It’s got this empty feeling This place don’t feel like home But every time I walk away It seems I’ve got no place to go So I said, I’ve got this broken dream With nothing left to show No final destination Just endless open road So I said, So long I’m gone So long I’m gone Steep hill, the wheels keep turning But should I just turn around? In exile I’m still waiting So farewell to my hometown So I said, So long I’m gone So long I’m gone
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Jimmy McKay 03:47
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A dangerous dance A true romance Threw it all away on a game of chance But then the Devil came Dressed as a Dame You could have sworn that she was covered in flames I should have fled But stayed instead She leaned in real close and baby here's what she said "You're getting old, but here's the toll, I'll take you to the top but it'll cost you your soul" "What does he hope for? Is it plain to see? Will he give up everything? Just to walk out on me?" Dreams of Haze Hot summer days You went and let her set the whole damn world ablaze And if looks could kill you'd fit the bill Jimmy McKay Just got paid He bought himself a rifle for the end of the day Time was spent The night was young Twenty-four bullets but it only took one "What does he hope for? Is it plain to see? Will he give up everything? Just to walk out on me?" "What did he hope for? Was it plain to see? He gave up everything Just to walk out on me!"

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released September 21, 2013

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