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(Written by Jason Kelly Richards & J. Shields)
Your memory’s like a ghost
It haunts me in my sleep
I tried to forget you
Another promise I can’t keep
Our love was young and reckless
I thought you’d always be mine
But ill winds kept blowing
Until we just stopped trying
Whiskey won’t wash away
This emptiness and pain
My tears fall to the ground
Like magnolias in the rain
Darling, when I first met you
Daylight would never end
Now I curse the dawn
Call the darkness friend
Inside this hopeless heart
There’s no place to run
Can’t find my way
From the shadows to the sun
Whiskey won’t wash away
This emptiness and pain
My tears fall to the ground
Like magnolias in the rain
You were the only one
I’d ever want to take my name
Time may heal these wounds
If you want the truth
I’ll never be the same
Whiskey won’t wash away
This emptiness and pain
My tears fall to the ground
Like magnolias in the rain
Whiskey won’t wash away
This emptiness and pain
My tears fall to the ground
Like magnolias in the rain
Like magnolias in the rain
Like magnolias in the rain
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(Written by J. Shields, D. Shields)
When I was a young boy, I wanted to be on T.V.
I’d dance with the stars and the judges would all vote for me
N’ Mama would tell me that God has a plan for us all
But gravity reminds us, what goes up is surely to fall
I met a man who was dying for reasons to live
‘Cause his children won’t call him, and he thinks he’s got nothing to give
So he puts on a circus with a cigarette and a brown paper bag
N’ he dances for no one and pretends he doesn’t feel sad
When you were a child imagination was king
The world was your castle, you thought you could do anything
Now that you’re older your dreams are whispers in wind
They float to the heavens never to be heard from again
You make excuses trying to squeeze blood from a stone
When a small shift in focus is all you need to get home
When you were a child imagination was king
The world was your castle, you knew you could do anything
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Chains
05:35
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(Written by J. Shields)
All I give is all I am
Never be your perfect man
‘Cuz I foresee this road divides
And in the end we both say goodbye
You, my dear
Have no shame
You’ve got our love bound up
My heart’s in chains
My heart’s in chains
Crack your whip I’m on my knees
I bow like you’re my deity
I hear you calling out my name
But I can’t feel beneath this pain
I hear your voice
Call out my name
I have no choice
You go and I’ll follow
You, my dear
Have no shame
You’ve got our love bound up
My heart’s in chains
My heart’s in chains
Crack your whip I’m on my knees
I bow like you’re my deity
I hear you calling out my name
But I can’t feel beneath this pain
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You Used To Be
04:55
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(Written by J. Shields)
You used to be, so understanding
You used to live with passion
You used to walk and talk for hours
About anything with anyone
You’re one to say that nothing changes
Look at how life has changed you
Oh no, don’t go,
Please don’t turn and walk away from me
Don’t change, honey
Always be the light you used to be
You used to live like there’s no tomorrow
Guess you feel safer now
Used to return all you’d borrow
Maybe you have forgotten how
You used to fight for something better
You used to dream just like me
Funny how time just makes us grayer
So full of doubt and compromise
Oh no, don’t go,
Please don’t turn and walk away from me
Don’t change, honey
Always be the light you used to be
You once believed in God and heaven
Ubiquitous entities
But now your thoughts are bound by reason
You tell yourself it just can’t be
Oh no, don’t go,
Please don’t turn and walk away from me
Don’t change, honey
Always be the light you used to be
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