1. |
Candy Cigarettes
04:19
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Dead eyes and broken smiles
Its all you see now
Cool kids in nowhere towns
You see ‘em from the playground
The smoke you inhale it hits your lungs
You’re ready now to come undone
Boy look at you
Acting like you’re 22
With those candy cigarettes in your pocket
Why would you rush
When you only grow up once
Just keep skipping stones
And take it slow
Party on in the crowd
You’re outta here now
It’s everything you’re wishing for
That bourbon and cola it hits your head
It’s racing now, it’s racing fast
Playing so hard, you’re in his bed
All messed up you better slow it down
Slow it down now
You’re counting down to single threads
He’s your savior, he’s gonna stick around now
He’s not around
Boy look at you
Acting like you’re 22
With those candy cigarettes in your pocket
Why would you rush
When you only grow up once
Just keep skipping stones
And take it slow
Playing so hard, you’re in his bed
All messed up you better slow it down
Slow it down now
You’re counting down to single threads
But he’s your savior, he’s gonna stick around now
He’s not around
Boy look at you
Acting like you’re 22
With those candy cigarettes in your pocket
Why would you rush
When you only grow up once
Just keep skipping stones
And take it slow
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2. |
Maraschino
04:17
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At the casino where I first saw you
I was laying by the poolside
Dripping wet and you walked right to me
Yellow glasses covering your eyes
And you said
How you doin’ boy?
This heat is killer
Let’s go inside
Then lemme show you ‘round
I know places you could never find
In the desert night, slip a maraschino
From your lips to mine
I’m seeing red
I’m seeing red
And it’s so sweet
We’re like honeybees
The way we live
Its poetry
Cause I’m seeing red
Darling there’s no going back
Fresh out the shower
Watch you getting ready
Shirt undone like its the seventies
Flash that million dollar smile
I go weak
You don’t know what you’re doing to me
And you said
Baby I love the way you stare
And I said
Baby you’re the one I swear
In the Vegas lights, slip a maraschino
From your lips to mine
I’m seeing red
I’m seeing red
And it’s so sweet
We’re like honeybees
The way we live
Its poetry
Cause I’m seeing red
Darling there’s no going back
I’m seeing red
Here on this motel bed
Darling there’s no going back
I’m seeing red
Come on and raise your bet
Darling there’s no going back
I’m seeing red
Here on this motel bed
Darling there’s no going back
I’m seeing red
Hit me with all your best
Darling there’s no going back
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3. |
Sweeter Than the Rest
03:06
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Waking up on Sunday morning love
Sunlight dancing on the walls
Your starry eyes looking back into mine
I pull you in, we got it all
I been thinking about
That party downtown back where we met
Our hummingbird hearts racing right til we left
I travelled around
But I never found more gold out west
Guess your honey’s just sweeter than the rest
Your sugar rush, oh baby that’s all I need
The simple kind of paradise we made
Its something out a movie scene
a carousel through a hazy dream
Wish time stood still today
You’re flying kites down by the lake again
You sing my name, I hear your call
Glimmering waves behind your silhouette
I whisper then we got it all
I been thinking about
That night downtown back when we met
Our hummingbird heart racing until you left
I travelled around
But I never found more gold out west
Guess your honey’s just sweeter than the rest
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4. |
Back to Blue
03:20
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Its a dangerous game of risk you play all the time
Just hook me up and you cast me out on the line
And I know this love we got is real
I’m discovering I place everything at your heel
And it’s a shame
A crying shame
That it feels like the truth is
That my happiness is a lie that’s designed around you
So if you decide one day I’m not your guy
Well I’ll be back to blue
It’s the simple things, like the way we lay at night
I’m leaving this shadow behind and I’m grabbing that light
and I know, it’s clear that I’m a fool
To go all in on without even knowing the rules
What can I say
I’m not ashamed
Cause I know that the truth is
That my happiness is a lie that’s designed around you
And if you decide one day I’m not your guy
Well I’ll be back to blue
I’ll be back to blue
But I’m happy to
Put all my money on you
All my money on you, you
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5. |
Dark Side
04:52
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There’s something in the way you’re talking lately
You’re always saying that you’re wasting time
It’s driving you insane
So meet me in the backroom on your smoke break
Your troubled mind don’t know what it likes
You’re bored and thats okay
Let’s fall from, lets fall from our graces
Just one night won’t hurt tiger
It’s all on me
Come on let’s get crazy babe
I know you got a dark side
Go on leave your hard life back at home
Take me out on a Friday night
And kiss me under the party lights
I know you got a dark side in that soul
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
If only we stopped playing dumb in high school
I was shy and you were blind
Locked on the road they paved
But now I’m in your back seat, parked down on a back street
Teary eyed in open flames
It’s crazy how the danger for a moment takes away the pain
And we’ll fall from, we’ll fall from our graces
Feel nothing, like Morphine
Tonight we’re free
Come on let’s get crazy babe
I know you got a dark side
Go on leave your hard life back at home
Take me out on a Friday night
And kiss me under the party lights
I know you got a dark side in that soul
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
If we pretend we’re kids then we’ll never have enough to lose
If we’re born in sin then baby tell me what’s the use
If she don’t care, then why should you
this summer’s hot, let’s keep it cool
And trip the light for me
You need to let loose
And we’re far from, so far from our graces
Just one night, won’t hurt right?
It’s all on me
Come on let’s get crazy babe
I know you got a dark side
Go on leave your hard life back at home
Take me out on a Friday night
And kiss me under the party lights
I know you got a dark side in that soul
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6. |
Gardens in the Summer
03:06
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Oh, we’re drifting slow
Smell the fresh tar on the road
It’s reminding me of how we used to stroll
Through the heart of town and they’d all shout at us
But no one’s gonna mess with us again
Cause baby you got guns and they’re all scared
But it fires off something in my head
So darling can we go ride again
Just throw me right up onto your old bike
And we can drive by all the houses we like
And you’re pointing out the things I’d never find
Like gardens blooming in the summertime
Baby you’re just the best for me
You calm down all of my insanity
With a touch, down from heaven
You’d come to defend me
Now no one’s gonna mess with me again
Cause baby you’re so hard, they’re runnin’ scared
You never ask me why I cry sometimes
You simply pick me up and you clear my mind
You throw me right up onto your old bike
And we go drive by all those houses we like
And you’re pointing out the things I’d never find
Like gardens blooming in the summertime
Oh please say you’ll never go
Oh please say you’ll never go
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