Augustana Album

Sky black and blue
blue turned to red
it's quiet in the streets now
it's screaming in your head

i ain't a fool
i've got my doubts
say it doesn't hurt
doesn't matter anyhow
anyhow

saying hey you're bleeding for nothing
it's hard to breathe when you're standing on your own
we'll kill ourself to find freedom
you'll kill yourself to find anything at all

so lock all the doors
and put your child to rest
it's quiet in the streets now
it's screaming in your head
we're passing the time
we're breaking apart
we're damned at the end
we're damned at the start
blame it on the roses
blame it on the red
running out of time
running out of breath

saying hey now you're bleeding for nothing
it's hard to breathe when you're standing on your own
we'll kill ourself to find freedom
you'll kill yourself to find anything

you say good-bye
every day and night
with writing on the walls
everybody's gonna need somebody
to take our troubles, and our worries, and our problems all away

'cause, hey you're just bleeding for nothing
it's hard to breathe when you're standing on your own
we'll kill ourself to find freedom
you'll kill yourself to find anything at all

hey now you're bleeding for nothing
it's hard to breathe when you're standing on your own
we'll kill ourself to find freedom
you'll kill yourself before
you'll kill yourself again

hey now, hey now, hey now
right now
hey now, hey now, hey now
right now
hey now, hey now, hey now
right now

hey now, hey now

Out of luck and out of tune
Half a day and I'm confused
Love may wash away the bruise
But I still ain't over you

Damn the day that I forgot
Came so close and almost lost
It's been one year and fourteen months
But I still ain't over you

Hey, I'm the blood in your veins
I'm a colding rain
Love you hard when it rains
Time, no it ain't all aside
On the truth she lies
Love your tear when you cry

Back and forth and side to side
Right ain't wrong if wrong ain't right
I will love you day and night
'Cause I still ain't over you

Hey, I'm the blood in your veins
I'm a colding rain
Love you hard when it rains
Time, no it ain't all aside
On the truth she lies
Love your tear when you cry

'Cause when the walls come crashing in
When flames come coasting in
Just remember time again
I still ain't over you

Oh hey, I'm the blood in your veins
I'm a colding rain
Love you hard when it rains
Time, no it ain't all aside
'Cause on the truth she lies
Love your tear when you cry

anywhere you go, anyone you meet
remember that your eyes, can be your enemies

I said, hell is so Close, and heaven's out of reach

but i ain't givin' up quite yet
i've got too much to lose

[chorus]
hold me down, sweet and low, little girl
hold me down, sweet and low, and i'll carry you home
hold me down, sweet and low, little girl
hold me down and i'll carry you home

the rain is gonna fall
the sun is gonna shine
the wind is gonna blow
the water's gonna rise
she said, when that day comes,
looK into my eyes, no one's givin' up quite yet, we've go too much to lose

hold me down, sweet and low, little girl
hold me down, sweet and low, and i'll carry you home
hold me down, sweet and low, little girl
hold me down and i'll carry you
all the way,
and you say your fine
but your still young
and out of line
when all i need's to turn around
to make it last to make it count
i ain't gonna make the same mistakes that put my mama in her grave
i don't wanna be alone

hold me down, sweet and low, little girl
hold me down, sweet and low, and i'll carry you home
hold me down, sweet and low, little girl
hold me down and i'll carry you home

Well I've been running from something
Twenty years in my car
Down a road that's leading me nowehere
Yeah we drive through the farmland
No one knows where we're from
Could I kiss you and make you a queen?
Or something in between

Do you want to see
The place where I am free?
Cos in my mind I need it
But you're nowhere near to me

Move to new york city
Take your woman by the hand
Leave her there with your things on the doorstep
And there's no way around it
Could this be our last dance?
So fall asleep with the tv darling
I'll be back again

Do you want to see
The place where I was free?
Cos in my mind I've been there
And there's no one here but me

In the morning it'll find you
Let the light shine away
Down a road that's leading me nowhere
And there's no way around it
Could this be our last dance?
Just fall asleep with the tv darling
I'll be back again
I'll be back again

Climb up on a mountain, just to watch it come down
But sooner or later babe, you're gonna need me around
'Cause you're getting older, there ain't no stopping that
It's a backstabbing world honesty, just lean your head back

The fool in me
It's like a dream, you see
But if the world is right
I'll drive all night
And meet you there someday

Six in the morning, never felt so sweet
Just put on Lucinda baby, and dance with me
I know I'm hard to count on
Forget half what I'm told
You probably only know my voice from
A goddam microphone

It's a waste
A teenage taste of me
But if Daddy cries
Just say goodnight
And I'll come
If I could change
I'd keep away the rain
And the sun would shine every night
And I'll come meet you there someday...

No it don't come easy
no it don't come fast
lock me up inside your garden
take me to the real side

Fire burning me up
desire taking me so much higher
and leaving me home

they you are in your black dress
moving slow to the sadness
i could watch you dance for hours
i could take you by my side

fire burning me up
desire taking me so much higher
and leaving me

Its like fire turning me on
desire taking me so much higher
and leaving me home

All I have are the way things go
Well I don't know
I just don't know
Make up some simple lies
And compromise
How I live

Cuz' either way I'll break your heart someday
But leaving you is the last thing on my mind
So when I call
Baby kiss me slow so I don't forget my way back home
When its cold

Sail away
On a wayward ship
With candy lips in my grip
Cheap perfume
Oh it never lies
It can't surprise
Any good advice

Cuz' either way I'll break your heart someday
But leaving you is the last thing on my mind
So when I call
Baby kiss me slow so I don't forget to make my way back home
When its cold

Well I miss you in the winter
Your friends say I should listen
Can't you see I've loved you all along
Well if America don't like me
You can say I finally
The kind of man who only likes the gun
Shoot anyone, shoot anyone

Cuz' either way I'll break your heart someday
But leaving you is the last thing on my mind
So when I call
Baby kiss me slow so I don't forget my way back home
When its cold

So go on and tear it up
Black and cold with the dust
Cuz I believed in the lord
And he don’t show up anymore

If you can’t trust the wind who can you trust?
If you cant love sin who can you love?
If I begin will you let me finish up?
If I fell down would you pick me up?
If I don’t drink from a silver cup, like you
Would you say, ‘so long, farewell, good luck’

So go on tear it up
Black and cold with the dust
Cuz I believed in the Lord
But he don’t show up anymore

If a man can’t lie how can he speak?
If the sun don’t rise would the moon be out of reach
If I came home would you get down on your knees?

So go on tear it up
Black and cold with the dust
Cuz I believed in the Lord
And he don’t show up anymore
Ohhhhhh

Cuz I believed in the lord
Cuz I believed in the lord
Cuz I believed in the lord
But he don’t show up
He don’t show up anymore
No, not anymore
Not anymore

Breaking up with your breakdowns,
Standing tall in your white gown,
You're going nowhere, you're going fast
You're slowing down but you'll never last
Take your time honey, take your time,

It's the wrong dream, with the wrong man,
With a cold gun, in your wrong hand,
get it right this time, get it off your mind,
let the summer rain bring you rest
and shame and love

Carve your name in a black stone,
Swear to god we won't let go,
If you cant love babe, then you cant hurt,
We take the good times, with the worst,
Take your time honey, take your time.

It's the wrong dream, with the wrong man,
With a cold gun, in your wrong hand,
get it right this time, get it off your mind,
let the summer rain bring you rest
and shame and love

The day is done and now we're older,
The feelings gone, so now you'll show her,
Where love went wrong, on your shoulder,

But I tried,
I tried, goodbye,

You're all alone, and you can't take it,
You're just too tired to suffocate it,
And all along we'll just fake it,

But I tried,
I tried, goodbye,

You try to breathe, you try to save it,
But it marks your skin, until they break it,
Well could you call when
They're taking all that you left for me

But I tried,
I tried, goodbye