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Life Ain't Worth Livin'
01:40
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Life ain’t worth living
If I can’t live it, live it with you
When I gave you my heart
Then I was cheated
You didn’t give me love
Love that I needed
Was it a fair exchange?
My love for cheating
Now I die each time
You give a kiss away
Life ain’t worth living
If I can’t live it, live it with you
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2. |
Miles Between Us
04:17
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Well once, girl, you loved me
But you failed to see it through
Black sky hung above me
On that pale blue afternoon
Guess it’s time to start runnin'
Round my tiny little track
So many miles between us now
Thought I’d never make it back home
Cigarettes at the airport
And I thought I saw your face
Goddamn what’d you leave for
All that gas we burned to waste
You’re one of three people
Who can really make me cry
Just take that as a compliment
You don’t have to roll your eyes at me.
Guess it’s time to start runnin'
Round my tiny little track
So many miles between us now
Thought I’d never make it back home.
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3. |
Brother Dear
03:30
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Brother dear, please
Please don’t go
I want you to stay
Share a drink with me
Bring your camera out
Into the night
Snap a picture as I
Step into the light. (La la la la light. La la la light.)
Well you can’t move a mountain
All alone with nobody else
Call me up when you go downtown
Don’t get stoned all by yourself
I’ll wear the shirt that
You stitched for me
Smile so you can see
My vitamin D
You in a bolo tie and
Drinking a cup of coffee
Old cat on your knee
You defy gravity (Tee tee tee tee tee. Tee tee tee tee.)
Well you can’t move a mountain
All alone with nobody's help
Call me up when you go downtown
Don’t get stoned all by yourself
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4. |
Still Still
02:50
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Chasin’ the blood moon
With the sunrise at our backs
Bodies held up on a string
Light spills liquid
Across the still still plains
Shadows float on in relief
Why does it feel so odd
When you can’t break even
Line in the bright white sand
Crossed over but you’re back again
Long way from home
Far from alone, oh no
Static, suspended
Above the cold cold earth
Turning slowly underneath
Following shadows
Projected from behind
The morning stillness is brief
Why does it feel so odd
When you can’t break even
Line in the bright white sand
Crossed over but you’re back again
Long way from home
Far from alone, oh no
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5. |
Smilin' in the Dark
02:16
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I knew you were smilin' in the dark
Your breath was stilled by a hangin' question mark
I’d thought I’d read enough to know how deep this all could go
But ... I don’t know
You thought I had drifted off to sleep
That was just my arm, I was still counting sheep
They ran, they jumped, they fought, this life is long, this song is not
Well ... guess I’ll stop
You come around to say ‘goodbye’
I turn around and say ‘I’ll try’
The longer we dance this dance of ours, the spinnin spins our spins apart
‘goodnight.’
‘sleep tight.’
‘we’re through.’
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6. |
Fickle Lover
03:08
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Fickle lover,
I want you to see
That what you do
Is nothin’ to me
Lovin’ you
Is like watching tv
But I got books
And I read happily
Nothin’ changes in my head
If you want to leave my bed
You can tell your friends
That I’m too sweet and kind
But it’s not enough
For you to change your mind
Well I can see
That you got to be free
But that’s a state of mind
What’s that got to do with me?
Nothin’ changes in my head
If you want to leave my bed
If you lose faith
Girl, you’re bound to change your mind
Then you’re back to stay
It’s the same scene every time
When it’s time to leave
Just hand me the keys
I’ll be on my way
Instead of on my knees
Nothin’ changes in my head
If you want to leave my bed
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7. |
Guitar Interlude
02:13
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8. |
Freight Train
04:35
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Have you ever heard the low rumble
Of a freight train miles away?
But no matter how you try you know that in the end
It will lay you in your grave
It seems these days that I ain’t nothin
But a kid, kickin rocks in the street
Lookin’ up, at the house that our love used to fill
And wonderin what’s gone wrong with me
I swear it’s not some sense of betrayal
Or misguided jealousy
What hurts the most on this darkest of nights
Is that the man you want just isn’t me
You’ll always be my first true love
Cause you taught me what love could be
If I could take you from this lonesome heart of mine,
There’d be no heart left for me.
Have you ever heard the low rumble
Of a freight train miles away?
But no matter how you try you know that in the end
It will lay you in your grave
It will lay you in your grave
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9. |
Long Been Longin'
03:26
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I wonder where you’re goin'
Cuz I don’t know where you’ve been
The heat of summer is wanin’
The chill of fall’s in the wind
Long been waiting, long been longin’
To see how all this shit will end
Workin’ backwards and wonderin
How did all of this begin?
Night yields slowly to the mornin’
Black becomes gray becomes blue
Pinks and purples play a swan song
That’s just a prelude to lovin’ you
I learned lately that we’re not alone
And we never will be
Today here, but tomorrow gone
So much for the royal we
I wonder where I’m goin
Cuz I don’t remember where I’ve been
The winter’s hard freeze is lifting
Another springtime’s around the bend
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10. |
Full Heart
03:10
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Head full of nothin but a pile of mean thoughts
Things I have said and things I have not
Full hearts and empty words
And bitter ones you’ve never heard
Ooowop ooowop ooowop ooo-ooo ooo
I am not a loose cannon I’m nailed to this deck
My barrel is full but my powder is wet
The sailors roll me round and round
But I refuse to make a sound
Ooowop ooowop ooowop ooo-ooo ooo
My momma once told me if you can’t say it nice,
Keep your mouth shut and a smile will suffice
Better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it’s true
Ooowop ooowop ooowop ooo-ooo ooo
I’ll thump the Good Book and I’ll point to my heart
If you don’t believe me you’re fucked from the start
‘Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s shit’
And I’m sorry Joe, that’s not your kid
Ooowop ooowop ooowop ooowop
Ooowop ooowop ooowop ooo-ooo ooo
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11. |
Oh Me Oh My
05:32
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Well I can’t stop my mind
From wanderin’ sometimes
No matter what I see or where I go
I’ll get to worryin’ again
I’ll make worry my best friend
When I’m solo
I’ll try to get myself together
Step out into sunny weather
But then bad thoughts
They’ll start to creepin in
But my spirit is set free
In moments that I truly see
From deep within
Everywhere you go,
Everywhere you go, there you are
Well I flew to Hawaii
I’m a pretty lucky guy
Yeah I was livin’ high up on the hog
But I am only flesh and blood
And we are muckin’ in the mud
Searchin’ in the fog
It’s the best I can do
To admit I’m someone who
Has two, three, four, five sides
Inside of me
But so long as I reflect
These parts of me they will connect
In harmony
Everywhere you go,
Everywhere you go, there you are
Oh me, oh my
The only people left is you and I
No one before and no one after
They say that first come tears
But then comes laughter
Oh me, oh my, oh no
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When I was young I said
Get me outta here
I can’t wait to skip this town
Oh I just can’t stay around
The next stop down the line I’s
All alone I wanted
Nothin’ more than company
Missed my friends and family
How’re things in old Kentucky?
You know I’m askin’ for a friend
Though he’s rambled and he’s wandered this land
His journey is far from its end
Another hour another
Way to trade my hard-earned
Time away for little pay
How much money’s worth my day?
One year older and
No more wise I wonder
Who did I expect to be?
I don’t know what’s best for me
How’re things in old Kentucky?
You know I’m askin’ for a friend
Though he’s rambled and he’s wandered this land
His journey is far from its end
Breakin’ down my body
Feels its age despite this
New nostalgic revery
Where on earth is home for me?
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OLD PAL Austin, Texas
OLD PAL is a four-piece Americana band based in Austin, TX. The lead vocalists + songwriters - Alex Huninghake and Parker
Keyes - have shared roots in Kentucky where they bonded over a love of bluegrass, the Everly Brothers, Paul Simon and Neil Young.
In Austin, they were joined by friend + multi-instrumentalist Dwight Benignus and drummer + garage-haver Chris Befeld, and OLD PAL was born.
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