Rural Suburbia Lyrics
Enemy Line
Sometimes you cant find an explanation. You’re shooting blanks at the enemy line. And sometimes you stand under hopeless streetlight. It’s just another one I left behind. You make mistakes and theres no one there to tell you. How your ever going to get out of this. It’s no suprise when your left in this condition. It’s no suprise how you tell them lies (CHORUS) Somebody told you a story. You don’t believe it but you’ve got no choice. So you want somebody you an stand here and talk to but. I was him and you were gone. I was him and you were gone.(END) Born and raised with a little education. It’s never much but it gets you by. And theres no strings that are tied to your displacement. And I was never one to hold you back. I was never one to hold you back.(CHORUS) So you try to call just to say you were sorry. It’s just like you to always be late. And it’s no kindness is no forgiveness. But I’m better than I was those days. I’m better than I was those days (END) Sometimes you ask far too many questions. I’ve got the answers you don’t want to hear. I don’t have time to make nice with anybody. There many reasons I should get out of here (CHORUS) No matter how I tell you. You’re always tripping on my delicate lines. It’s a slow hand and a change in the scenery. Where I was here but now I’m gone. I was here but now I’m gone.
If I Wanted To (I Can)
Well my good friend he left out of here and headed west for California. He said call me in about 2 weeks so I could settle in. Then we can go down to the left coast, and we can go out on the ocean. Then we can take a drink from every bar somwhere in Hollywood. Well you know I’d be right on that plane but my money has all been tied up. And if it’s OK with you I’m too scared to fly cause things have changed these days. (CHORUS) And it seems I spent my whole life watching the sun rise in Carolina. And those winters in Chicago were just too much for me to stand. And you know I aint never been out to Los Angeles. But I know that I could get there. If I wanted to I can. (END) Then you called me on the weekend it's been a long time since you heard from me. All them women made you crazy, all that liquor set you free. Well you know I had to settle down and try hard to be a man. But those winds when I was younger I can still hear them again. (CHORUS) And it seems I spent my whole life making something out of nothing. And I don't know if you really care it's too hard to understand. And you know I aint never been much for saying sorry. But I know that I could do that. If I wanted to I can. (BREAK) And it seems I spent my whole life waitling for some self destruction. And I don't want to stand and argue cause I know that you don't care. And you know I aint never one to say that I'm all wrong. But I know that I could do that. If I wanted to I can.
Rural Suburbia
Breaking off this ball and chain. Somehow she don't feel a thing. Like does she hear the street lights talk and try to hold it down. Said she came from distant lands, a proud and high American, with homemade clothes and silver boots and a tattoo on her hand. (CHORUS) Somehere in St. Christopher a queen had lost her crown. Where the locals and the idiots they try to hold her down. Said she found them greener hills down bt Arcadia. But she got lost somewhere in rural suburbia. (END) She drank herself to sleep one night. She took some pills and almost died. It would have been an overdose but the ambulance had came. Pulling up the headlights dim and showing off your brand new skin. And just a hit of oxygen and lay your money down. (CHORUS) Well somewhere in your resolutions vanity got lost with all the quarterbacks with crooked stacks it wasn't worth the cost. Your heading straight for nothing and you could use a little luck. But she got lost somewhere in rural suburbia. (BREAK) Hanging out in late night bars with cocaine eyes and credit cards. You try so hard to be a star but you cant ever refuse. Somehow you just sit and dream your face upon those magazines. And then you'll quit this dirty scene when the money rolls around. (CHORUS) Well somewhere in a motel they found her in the end. With a bottle and a rosary still clutched inside her hand. She's buried by the greener hills down by Arcadia. But she got lost somewhere in rural suburbia.
Some Of Us
Sometimes I wonder in these older days where all of my friends are, we doin ok? You ask me now I'll tell you that I've been doing fine. Well I guess I havent seen you in about 20 years. I've been writing this music that nobody hears. I know someday it's going to have to pay off down the line. (CHORUS) Some of us are married and some of us are grown. Some of us we left town and moved away from home. I hear you got a couple of kids and your doing alright. Some of us got older and some of us just waited. Some of us found Jesus before it's too late. You know you got your problems and I know that I've got mine. But lifes been pretty good to me and I'm doin alright (END) Well these days are getting harder for keepin up you see. And I'll bet you always wondered what happened to me. You know I'm not the same kid that I was way back then. I've been dreaming so hard babe for something a little bigger. I've got too many plans aint got none of the figured. I know it's getting close it's a matter of where not when. (CHORUS) Some of us found riches and some of us alone. Some of us we went to war and didn't come home. Some of us we still get wasted and waste our time. Some of us are angry and some of us unkind. Some of us got lucky and some are doin time. Sometimes I'm holding on I feel barely alive. But lifes been pretty good to me and I'm doin alright. (BRIDGE) But theres so much more that I need to get by. And everythings getting me down no matter how hard I try. Oh and somebody waits for you. And somebody hurt you too. Well you know we're getting older. You know I've been there too.(END) Well I know it's been a long time remember seventeen and I still got this guitar and those crazy dreams. I guess that what I'm saying is not much here has changed. Well I quit smoking marijuana it was messin with my conscience. I don't know who god is or if he wants me. Guess I'm gonna find out someday when I die. (CHORUS) Some of us are losers and some of us waste time. Some of us we stay up late and still in our prime. Guess you got to grow up sometime but not right now. Some of us help others and some had the blues. And some had their faces on the ten o'clock news. Some of us we wonder if the others are doin alright. Lifes been pretty good to me and I'm doin alright.
Eisenower's Got Me
They marched down on a funeral parade the homecoming queen had died. They made cars here once from auto parts and tall ships toward the sky. The union man said his hands were tied, they don't like the mess their in. He packed the wife and kids and left his home for Dearborn Michigan. They put him on that assembly line and worked hard for seventeen years. And those fighter planes fly towards the south. They're not much welcome here. They held signs while the traffic went by theres not much that they could do. They just wrote them off and cut their loss and no one would see this through. (CHORUS) They'll be sleepin outside the unemployment line, the newspaper made it seen. Theyr'd be real estate unsold for miles and kill the economy. But Eisenhower's got me running out the back door taking us one at a time (END) They sent him off to be a man to conquer foriegn land. They told him it would be vacation somwhere in the sand. Well the letters came from an APO, he said that he missed her bad. They took him home for his eternal rest beneath our countrys flag. (CHORUS) Well someone let the fire out of 21 guns it's all to common here. We gather 'round with friends an family to a hero's welcoming. But Eisenhower's got me spending all my money and he's taking it one at a time.
This Is Going To Hurt
Well I am the only one, and I stayed right here. It's more than I've ever known, for the rest of my years. There's times I feel older than, than I want to be. But I was so much better then, when I couldn't see (CHORUS) Someone turned you on the inside out ,when you wanted things all different and you said that you were different. I believed you when you told me that. So I found you when you were way down, someone came and burned your eyes out. I know exactly how that works. Well I know ,I know you want to but don't expect me to believe you. I guess you know I got there first. So don't roll inside and tell me this is going to hurt. (END) And I am my father's child. But what a stranger he's been. He said "You know I couldn't stay." You know I couldn't care. And the deeper you fall away it gets harder to hold. But I was so much younger then. I believed all I was told. (CHORUS) And every morning on the counter lying there's a pictue where you stood here. But I don't think you ever stood here. I don't think that you know yourself. Well you lied there broke and hurting and I know I don't deserve this. I guess you're not what I had planned. Well you tried and couldn't make it while your best friend there was waiting. I guess you think that I was blind. So don't roll inside and tell me this is going to hurt.
Long Way Down
Whose gonna pick you up when you can't settle down. Whose gonna call your name when there's no one else around. Whose gonna tell you when he's sorry. Whose gonna tell you when your wrong. Whose gonna treat you like you wanted. Whose gonna hold you to their skin. Whose gonna stand with you forever. Just be careful who you let in. (CHORUS) Well how are you gonna love someone when you cant even love yourself. And now watch out for the pitfalls, you might need a little help. It's been a long way down from here. It's been a long way down from here (END) And I can't say if it's for certain. Hell somtimes well I don't know. And I can't take you any places that you want me to. If your not sure you want t go. (CHORUS) Then your morning turned to nighttime and lifes got you uptight. You just stayed up in the evening and you know that it's alright. It's been a long way down from here. It's been a long way down from here (BRIDGE) Well you said that I've been diffrent. It's been 2 years down the line. Well I cut my teeth and cut my hair to get where I am now. And there's no need to apologize I just hope that all is well. And I know that things will get better for you, you can use some luck yourself. (END) Whose gonna stand in your apartment. Across that highrise on the second floor. I know it's always where you want to be. On the beach down by the shore. (CHORUS) Then someone left the lights on and you don't look at things the same. And you still need those chemicals that run inside your brain. It's been a long way down from here. It's been a long way down from here.
Don't Have Much To Say
Summers got a way to change you. And I wondered why you came. The pieces don't fit together when there's no one left to blame. You taste like poison apples fallen from the tree. And I fell back into the bottom of the well and you wont rescue me. (CHORUS) Well I know your looking for trouble. And you know I want the same. And you never did say what you do for work and you don't know my name. Well I'm here looking for pleasure, pleasure from the pain. Then you just smile and take a cigarette drag and don't have much to say. No you don't have much to say (END) Well my confidence is shaky and I feel a bit out of place. And my heart belonged to another girl until she went away Moonlight fills the air here and I've got no place to go. Can I stay here until the morning comes and find my way back home. (CHORUS) But I just want to leave here. And I feel right out of place. And don't take offense cause you're a little bit ugly and I aint had much to drink. Well I think I need a drink. (END) Sorry honey I can't help you. Maybe you can change your mind. Can you help me find the keys to my car I'm running behind. (CHORUS) Well I know that I can't stay here and I just want to leave. And I gotta find a story better think of something quick, I know you might believe. But I feel so bad and helpless and I can't stay the night. But you stand there and look at me like I was kinda crazy and don't have much to say. No you don't have much to say.
Rosewood
Long way down through the streets of this old town. We went down to Rosewood and layed our money down. And we talked around in circles just to find a place to stand. I guess it's hard to realize he aint coming home again. (CHORUS) It's so hard to have to let go. You don't need it in your life. We talked close about your mother and the day you said goodbye. It's all different when your older. When you're young you just don't care. You can find me on the radio cause I am always here. (END) And sometimes it was hard to tell you all the secrets of my past. Well I know you kind of understand you've been through Hell and back. And sometimes I don't understand what makes a man refuse. And you tried so hard to love him but you somehow can't get through. (CHORUS) And somehow I tried to tell you that it's going to be ok. I was smokin your last cigarette you were drinking him away. It's a different when your lonesome, with someone you just don't care. You can find me on the telephone cause I am always here. (END) We left out of Rosewood cause I ran out of money now. And we ran down to every late night bar till they had shut us down. And we ran into his old friends that you introduced to me. Well I guess it's time to go on home and get a little sleep. (CHORUS) And you cry and want to shut down. And you won't forget the night. When somebody tried to call you and they said that he had died. It's all diffrent when you're trying. It's so hard to want to care. You can find me here tomorrow cause I am always here.
Pocket Full Of Gold
Some of my friends they ran out of town. Down past the water where the money was found. There was no explanation they were looking right at me. But I couldn't tell you what I couldn't see. No I couldn't tell you what I couldn't see. In the gulf stream floating was a desperate man. With fire in his soul and some chains on his hands. He told me a story about falling in love as he sank to the bottom. Guess his heart weren't enough. He sank to the bottom guess his heart weren't enough. (CHORUS) Somtimes I just need a vacation and sometimes I'm comfused. About how they say you shouldnt count your blessings till you've got them notarized and filed under living proof. (END) And I met a woman with a message and a smile. She only come around every once in a while. She told me her secrets and I couldn't ever leave. I guess you only seeing what you want to see. I guess you only see what you wat to see. And in the end you're feeling dirty and it makes you want to cry, how you ever loved somebody and you didn't know why. You know you're feeling guilty and your knowing it's the end. But I couldn't find redemption in any of my friends. No I couldnt find redemption in any of my friends. (CHORUS) And somtimes it's hard and I really shouldn't take it and somtimes I'm being used. And sometimes they tell you but the girls don't want it, it gets hard enough to have to try and see it through. (END) And it's almost time I'm gonna leave this country. Gotta get away cause I'm getting pretty old. Gonna lay back on them white sandy beaches but only for a week cause then I gotta go home. Only for a week cause then I gotta go home. (CHORUS) And sometimes im broke but I'm not unhappy cause life can be a little too cold. And I've spent my life searching for a lost sunken treasure, It was right there in front of me honey with pockets full of gold.
What I Came Here For
Well I woke up in a late afternoon im a main street American town. Where the old men talk about the early days before they turned this place around. There's a cafe and a used bookstore and a shop full of cheap guitars. And they close this place around 7 o'colck and there aint any hometown bars. (CHORUS) Well the record store man didn't carry my songs he said he never heard of me. But theres got to be a used one somewhere laying around between Abba and Queen. And they park their cars streetside like they did in '44. Well this place is just a ghosttown I don't know what I came here for. (END) Well I rolled in to Wrightsville and those kids were far from home. They were drinkin to St. Patrick it was the first time on their own. And they were lined in the sreets all dressed in green and they marched in the home parade. But somehow I just didn't fit in but I still had to play. (CHORUS) And they were tearing down signs, all the cops at a roadblock were standing there waiting on guard. And so I finished up early, got the hell out of there. They couldn't pay me I was headed for the bar. And they'll wake up late tomorrow and forget the night before. But this place is just a madhouse I don't know what I came here for. (BRIDGE) There was a time I was standing there playing for nobody you know I've paid some dues. I guess it's too late now to have to want to go back guess I was just passing trough. (CHORUS) Well trying real hard just to make a few dollars and I don't even know why. Guess it's never for the money or the girls or the drugs. I'm getting too old to even want to try. And sometimes I get tired but you know that I want more. Somehow I keep trying I don't know what I'm doing this for.
Knoxville Girl
I met a little girl in Knoxville a town we all know well. And every Sunday evening out in her home I'd dwell. We went to take an evening walk about a mile from town.I picked a stick up off the ground and beat that fair girl down. She fell down on her bended knee for mercyshe did cry. Oh Willy dear don't kill me hereI'm unprepared to die. She never spoke another word I only beat her more. Until the ground around us with all her blood did pour. I took her by her golden curls and drug her 'round and 'round. Throwing her into the river that flows through Knoxville town. Go down go down you Knoxville girl with the dark and rolling eyes. Go down go down you can never be my bride. I headed back to Knoxville got there about midnight. My mother she was worried and woke up in a fright. Saying dear son what have you done to bloody your clothes so. I told my anxious mother I was bleeding out my nose. I called for a candle to light myself to bed. I called for me a handkerchief to blind me aching head. Rolled and tumbled the whole night through a troubles was for me. Like flames of hell around my bed and in my eyes could see. They carried me down to Knoxville and they put me in a cell. My friends all tried to get me out but none could go my bail. I'm here to waste me life away down in this dirty old jail. Because I murdered that Knoxville girl the girl I loved so well.
Pictures Of My Life
I've got pictures of my life now when I was 8 years old. I spent too much time all by myself I was better left alone. And sometimes the days were different and somdays it wants to rain. I've got no friends left to call my own but that's usually the case. (CHORUS) Take a long hard look, and now I remember when. These are pictures of my life I may never see again.(END) Well I smoked some now in high school and I never had a car. I ran away from home a 16 and I never got real far. And somtimes you sit and wonder how the days go by so fast. It comes creepin there up on you and you never get it back. (CHORUS) It's a long hard road if you dont know where you stand. These are pictures of my life I may never see again.(END) Well I guess that I'm a sinner and I've told some crooked tales. Spent my 20's drinking all alone I've spent the night in jail. I was driving on that freeway on that late December night. And I rolled that truck about 3 times, how the hell did I survive. (CHORUS) Take a long hard look in the mirror where you stand. These are pictures of my life I may never see again.(END) Well I caught it at the right time and she said that she'd be mine. I spent too much money on that ring that I know that she would like. And I told here that I loved here, and she said that she loved me. We go married in October and she was beautiful to see.(CHORUS) It's a long hard life and I'll be here till the end. These are pictures of my life I may never see again. These are pictures of my life I may never see again.
