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Give Up the Ghost
02:16
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(mischief party time)
Let everyone know
That sadness comes and goes
You’re going to see a little bit of death
On the side of the road,
Side of the road, side of the road
A little bit of death on the side of the road
Well you can’t speak for me
I’ve hidden the meaning
When everything’s said and done
I count myself the lucky one
And I won’t give up the ghost
I just hang on and I stay afloat
My daddy always smiled and my momma never moped
So I won’t give up the ghost
She tells me of her years
Liberated from fears
She shakes a fist in the air
And knows that time takes care
Cause I won’t give up the ghost
I just hang on and I stay afloat
My daddy always smiled and my momma never moped
So I won’t give up the ghost
Is it worth the work?
Well I don’t know
Whatcha goin’ find down in that hole
Well my daddy he always smiled
And my momma never moped, 1 2 3 4
Well I won’t give up the ghost
I just hang on and I stay afloat
My daddy always smiled and my momma never moped
So I won’t give up the ghost
No I won’t give up the ghost
I just hang on and I stay afloat
My daddy always smiled and my momma never moped
So I won’t give up the ghost
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2. |
Last Drop
04:19
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I always seem to paint another landscape
I try and tell myself we use the same paint
Will being bitter help me to relate?
Being honest is a risk I don’t take
I wear this smile in some glorified state
You talked me out of feeling okay
I let you drink the last drop
And watched it go down
Astonished by my own fault
Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why
I keep you around?
What was appealing now feels like a hole
Going down and down this endless scroll
And I resent giving up my control
I let you drink the last drop
And watched it go down
Astonished by my own fault
Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why
I keep you around?
Run, run, run and I tell myself I need to go faster
Run, run, run and I tell myself I just can’t catch her
That’s why I need a break, I need you to go away
That’s why I need a break, I need you to go away
Oo, oo, oo Oo, oo, oo Oo, oo, oo
I guess I am just all about myself
And after all this unnecessary help
I choose to direct my attention somewhere else
I let you drink the last drop
And watched it go down
Astonished by my own fault
Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why
I keep you around?
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3. |
All My Life
03:00
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I didn’t have anything left
You came along and said, “Baby what’s next?”
I couldn’t spend my whole life waiting on you
You’ll be the one dream that I’ll make come true
Darling, you will be mine, you will be mine
Darling, you will be mine all my life, by my side
You made me cry when I heard that song
I needed to tell my story for so long
You took one step into my world
And I’ll take great care to appreciate you there
Darling, I will be yours, I will be yours
Darling, I will be yours all my life, by your side
Darling, I will be yours, I will be yours
Darling, I will be yours all my life, by your side
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4. |
Keep Your Ways
03:40
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One night I went out to take a walk
To clear my mind
I looked down to the ground but I could feel somebody’s eyes
From behind
It was a girl that I once knew
Happy as the sky is blue
Made me think to myself
Well she has got so far to go
She don’t even know
Well that night thunder broke
Lightning flashed and the rain fell from the sky
And drowned the night
I didn’t know where to go
Who to hold what shelter I could find
To stay dry
Well that girl said, “hey you listen here”
I’ve got something I could share
The love I know it may be old
Something you thought you’d outgrown
But it never lost its hold
And you’ve got to keep your ways about you,
Your ways about you
And sometimes they may not understand you
They may not understand you
Well I stared at her and she stared at me
Soon I felt a familiar feeling creeping on in
There’s a sadness behind those eyes from something buried deep inside
And kept from mind
Well I know I’ve felt this way before
But these revelations are becoming a bore
She told me this was nothing new
And I’ve got to find some way, some way to push on through
And you’ve got to keep your ways about you,
Your ways about you
And sometimes they may not understand you
They may not understand you
But you’ve got to keep your ways about you,
Your ways about you
And sometimes they may not understand you
They may not understand you
Well one night I went out to take a walk
To clear my mind
I looked down to the ground
But only found the rocks and cracks
Staring on back
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I stare into your face to find you
Time won’t matter
If I could break with all I’ve wasted
Time won’t matter
When a late night turns to daylight
Time won’t matter
And I’m left here to leave all my fears
Time won’t matter
If you’ve got one thing on your mind
It better be to be here with me all the time
One more time I will tell you that you are so out of touch it kills me
But I don’t have anything better to do
Run until they try to catch you
Time won’t matter
First is the worst but second’s no better
Time won’t matter
If nothing gets done then wander on cause
Time won’t matter
And I’ll be seeing you so don’t be blue
Time won’t matter
If you’ve got one thing on your mind
It better be to be here with me all the time
One more time I will tell you that you are so out of touch it kills me
But I don’t have anything better to do
Give me purpose, filled with answers
Don’t forget some people get cancer
And I, I’m racking my mind
Just to find how to stay kind
When your insides are thriving on some kind of blindness
Then time is left to survive
Is left to decide, is left to decide
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6. |
Big Top
03:49
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You had your left hand on my heart right from the start
and if you should go well I might fall apart
I thought I struck gold at least that’s what I was told
by my inner dialogue, I’ve been alone for so long
Everything you lost, you lost in a heap
I didn’t even recognize what I chose to keep
Well you existed to get me this far
now go get your ass in your expensive car
and leave me be, cause I stopped listening
And the big top goes excuse me,
Well I’m just passing through ya see
Make no mistake, I was here for today and I’ll be on my way
I saw life real small until they told me to think big
I put all the weight of the world on one trivial thing
Well get yourself together before you go on living
Cause I’m sick of trying and lying to myself
And the big top goes excuse me,
Well I’m just passing through ya see
Make no mistake, I was here for today and I’ll be on my way
And the big top goes excuse me,
Well I’m just passing through ya see
Make no mistake, I was here for today and I’ll be on my way
You’ve got a lovely town
Well I can’t stick around but I see why you do
And I know that you’ll be
anything I want but nothing I need
You’ve got a lovely town
Well I can’t stick around but I see why you do
And I know that you’ll be
anything I want but nothing I need
And the big top goes excuse me, (Beg your pardon)
Well I’m just passing through ya see (We really must be going)
Make no mistake (This show is one night and one night only)
I was here for today and I’ll be on my way
And the big top goes excuse me (Thank you so much for your patronage)
Well I’m just passing through ya see (Exit to the sides and rear)
Make no mistake, I was here for today and I’ll be on my way
(Give yourselves a round of applause)
Make no mistake I was here for today (Get home safely now)
and I’ll be on my way (Get outta here kid, you bother me)
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7. |
Tiny Little Table
04:10
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Well I walked in
Looked around
Found a little tiny table
And I sat down
Had a drink
At the little tiny table
She came in
Said what can I say
To make you have a better day
What can I say and I said, and I said
Come on sit down
Come on sit down
Come on sit down
Come on sit down with me
I might have some big plans
But I didn’t write them down
And I might understand
when you say you don’t have
The time to get out of town,
To get out of town,
To get out of town
And I said and I said come sit down
Come on sit down
Come on sit down
Come on sit down
Come on sit down with me
Won’t you come, won’t come, won’t you come on sit down
Won’t you come, won’t come, won’t you come on sit down
Won’t you come, won’t come, won’t you come on sit down
Won’t you come, won’t come, won’t you come on sit down
And I said and I said come on sit down
Won’t you come, won’t come, won’t you come on sit down
With me, won’t you come, won’t come, won’t you come on sit down
With me, won’t you come, won’t come, come on sit down
And I said and I said come on sit down
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8. |
Myself
03:53
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Well I tense up and I forget my lines
And you just sit there trying to read my mind
And I think to myself
What did I do this time?
I need to take a pause and then hit rewind
But I can’t, so I won’t
And I bleed cause I’m broke
And I hope cause if I don’t
One by one hearts begin to realize
And two by two people’s lives become intertwined
But I find myself alone at the end of the day
Feeling like a kid when no one can come out and play
And the games aren’t as fun
When you’re not playing with someone
How can you stop something that has already begun?
Oh, quiet tears can only be explained in the rain
And a heavy mind sinks down in time
But the heart can’t hold the weight
Oh, quiet tears can only be explained in the rain
And a heavy mind sinks down in time
But the heart can’t hold the weight
Can’t hold the weight, can’t hold the weight
No it can’t and it won’t
And it bleeds cause it’s broke
And I hope that you know
Well I’m gonna laugh and cry from time to time
Whether you sit there or leave I’ll be just fine
I take a look at myself
And stop pulling apart the lines
I have what I have and life is letting me get by
Gotta sort through the thoughts
What I am, what I’m not
Live the sound and the moment
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9. |
Drained
03:28
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Take my money for the train
Don’t you know that everyone’s got somewhere to go?
Well I live alone
In a quiet house at the bottom of a hill
And I used to walk a lot
Just to clear my mind
But now when I walk
I’m just reminded of those thoughts
Nothing’s what it was
And my resentment is frustrating
A life that once was
Well it never amounted to anything
And makes loving that much harder
Makes the night that much darker
and sorry is just a worn out word
That never has an honest reply
I can get down on myself
But I think I enjoy the cry
Does something for myself
Washed away in a lullaby
Why is it that I hold this pain?
Try and see my fault in the blame
and two sides just rack my brain
and I am left feeling, a little drained,
a little drained, a little drained
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10. |
In the Dark
03:50
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You feel you’re choking randomly
You feel you’re choking randomly
But it’s okay, it allows for space,
To see what’s in between
My thoughts turn on me and I can’t breathe
My thoughts turn on me and I can’t breathe
Contentment’s lost from my mind
It really drives home reality
I’ll tell you just a little bit more about it
In the dark of the room
You listen with an open mind and soon
It’s filled with words
That quietly cause the hurt
To be thankful is no small thing
To be thankful is no small thing
I’ll show you mine, if you show me yours
Maybe then we’ll deplete the feeling
I’ll tell you just a little bit more about it
In the dark of the room
You listen with an open mind and soon
It’s filled with words
That quietly cause the hurt
And I have no clue what’s going on
I have no clue what going on
It’s too much my dear friend you’re strong than me
It’s time we take some much needed rest
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Kyleen Downes Dayton, Ohio
Guitarist/songwriter Kyleen Downes has chosen music as her way to interact with the world. Her songs are sonically approachable, like scanning the radio dial in search of a companion on a road trip. Her high energy stage performance and infectious optimism transcend the stage leaving everyone a little happier after a show. ... more
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