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Four Closed Walls
03:45
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The hour hand gets slower
As it inches its way toward five
She's running low on self control
And she'll lose it all tonight
She ain't looking for a silver lining
She ain't looking to start a fight
She's gonna head for the store on the corner
And lock the house up for a while
Well good Lord, Mary Ann
Why don't you take some time to think?
You can't confide in your worried mind
Until it's filled up to the brink
You'll never face your problems
Until you finally break the binge
'Cause four closed walls and alcohol
Are now your only friends
She's got her favorite album spinning
And the dial cranked to the right
She can't control her feet, but she
Ain't stepping on none tonight
For some the night is over
But hers has just began
Because the bottle's getting empty
And she's afraid to go to bed
Well good Lord, Mary Ann
Why don't you take some time to think?
You can't confide in your worried mind
Until it's filled up to the brink
You'll never face your problems
Until you finally break the binge
'Cause four closed walls and alcohol
Are now your only friends
Well good Lord, Mary Ann
Why don't you take some time to think?
You can't confide in your worried mind
Until it's filled up to the brink
You'll never face your problems
Until you finally break the binge
'Cause four closed walls and alcohol
Are now your only friends
Yeah, four closed walls and alcohol
Are now your only friends
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Halfway Home
04:12
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Halfway home
For good this time
On the road I felt alone, but you'll make it right
Stand by the phone
Leave on a light
'Cause I'm halfway home
To your arms tonight
I left a message south of Mount Vernon
Once I passed up Livingston
Just to let you know I was returning
Now that I'm no longer on the run
Sometimes
I wonder how you love me
When it seems that all
I do is stay away
But everything that I need is what you show me
The warmest heart I could embrace
Halfway home
For good this time
On the road I felt alone, but you'll make it right
Stand by the phone
Leave on a light
'Cause I'm halfway home
To your arms tonight
Yeah, sometimes
I wonder how you love me
When it seems that all
I do is stay away
But everything that I need is what you show me
The only thing I can't replace
Halfway home
For good this time
On the road I felt alone, but you'll make it right
Stand by the phone
Leave on a light
'Cause I'm halfway home
To your arms tonight
For good this time
On the road I felt alone, but you'll make it right
Stand by the phone
Leave on a light
'Cause I'm halfway home
To your arms tonight
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The Tide
02:41
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All of the words that I threw at the wind
Well, I knew deep down you were listening
And all of the times that I said that was it
Well, you seemed to see right through me
Well, I played the song of your heartstrings
And I broke them one by one
You tried to think on the good things
But I made sure there were none
I thought like the tide I could push you away
Somehow I'd manage to pull you back in
From seconds to moments to hours to days
I realize I'd never have you again
Well, gone are the songs that your heart sang
And gone are your shoes by the door
I wait listening for the doorbell to ring
But it don't make a sound anymore
Well, maybe in time I will take all the blame
And be the mistake that you won't make again
Sometime down the line, Lord, I might change my ways
But until then, I'll be your cloudy day
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The Place in the Middle
03:08
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Boxes stacked beside the door
In the morning they won't be there no more
'Cause when I hear that rooster crow
Is about the time I'll have to go
Raced out the backwoods, no tears cried
I threw an old Coke bottle at the state line sign
I did do that!
Didn't turn around to say goodbye
'Cause I'm gonna try the city on for size
The country was a suit I couldn't wear
And I ran all out of things to do down there
And if the lights in the city don't hypnotize me
The place in the middle's where I'll be
A half a mile's a half hour drive
I can hardly punch my card on time
I know I'd read that print real fine
But I wish I never signed that line
This yoke around my collar's hard to bare
It's a tie that binds my will to someone else
And if the good Lord above could break me free
The place in the middle's where I'd be
Said if the good Lord above could break me free
The place in the middle's where I'd be
The place in the middle's where I'd be
Yeah, the place in the middle's where I'd be
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Dakota Saylor Harlan, Kentucky
Singer/songwriter from Harlan, Kentucky.
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