Strings and Arrows Lyrics

i just killed autumn's best friend

i tried, but could not make amends

i ran her over

crushed her as i drug her

now i wish that i never lived

out on moon's grove

we'd been to celebrate the day

the year before i asked her if she'd stay

we were feeling groovy

alone and at a movie

how i wish that i'd never lived

out on moon's grove

moon's grove

well I seen you going

straight outta town

I seen you going

straight outta town

county line, county line

seen them tail lights

shine and fade

seen them tail lights

fade away

county line, county line

seen you headed

that way too

pulpwood truck

rusted blue

county line, county line

seen your brother

in the jail

couldn't get no

one to bail

county line, county line

in your patience

planted greed

hope to riven

something's seed

whoop your mammy

whoop your paw

whoop your baby

and kill'em all

county line, county line

christmas time is in the air

santa's sleigh will soon be here

i'm gonna play with the girls and boys

get on the floor, play with their toys

don't wanna hang with the grown-ups at christmas

christmas time is almost here

santa's sleigh is getting near

i'm gonna hang with the girls and boys

planes and trains and lots of noise

don't wanna hang with the grown-ups at christmas

santa's sleigh will soon be here

led by eight magical reindeer

no more loneliness

at least for a day

you can't be sad when santa's on his way

yeah

christmas day is finally here

kids across the world will cheer

i'm gonna play with the girls and boys

get on the floor, play with their toys

don't wanna hang with the grown-ups at christmas

billy's got a bat and ball

sally's got a brand new doll

don't wanna hang with the grown-ups at christmas

spent the day away

left without a trace

and found a quiet place

to mourn the human race

spent the day away

took a walk today

had to hide my face

from this world’s disgrace

i quickened up my pace

took a walk today

don’t it bring you down

we had so much to give

don’t it bring you down

we’ve forgotten how to live

spent the day away

left without a trace

and found a quiet place

to mourn the human race

spent the day away

i think I might just stay

here in my hide-away

no one to lead astray

drink like Hemingway

i think I might just stay

don’t it bring you down

alone again I’m found

just to stroll around

the same old parts of town

don’t it bring you down

alone I guess I’ll stay

just another clown

living in this town

don’t it bring you down

nothing too profound

just kick'em when they’re down

you know I’ll be around

won’t make a single sound

staying bottle bound

don’t it bring you down

you want to see him

want to be the

only mate to share that soul

''tween fits of crying

there's no denying

that you've lost control

it gets no better

like a chain letter

received and promptly sent

but still you get up

put on your make-up

and go pay the rent

put it down

put it down

before you go too far

better put it down

put it down

put it down

let it go too far

now you put it down

through trained suspicions

all the magicians

that take and disappear

they play upon you

cajole and conjure

every single fear

still you stay, love

get on to play the...

just a delicate rose

and when it's over

you're only older

that's just the way it goes

you want to see him

want to be the

only mate can make him whole

you wait a while

for the man-child

allay what he stole

it get's no better

 love letters

you wrote and never sent

you keep on thinking

he'll stop sinking

if he'd just state his intents

faith

that runs deep

can't compare

to the memories

that we share

if only fleeting

here

in this room

silence

only breathing

time for healing

faith

that runs deep

can't compare

to the memories

that we share

if only fleeting

here

in this room

silence

only breathing

cut the air

through the ceiling

my baby

be the death of me

she calls my name

and my senses leave me

my baby's

so an american girl

she's cool

and kinda crazy

no pretensions

and no apologies

my baby's

so an american girl

she might yet make a man of me

on that her mom would disagree

she puts me

 through her paces

i follow her

to all the right places

my baby's

so an american girl

she might just make a man of me

on that her paw would disagree

she's cool

and kinda breezy

no pretensions

and no apologies

my baby's

so an american girl

my baby

be the death of me

she calls my name

and my senses leave me

my baby's

so an american girl

american girl

instrumental

kelsey page - viola

when I was a young buck

i had all i wanted

got by on dumb luck

and my demons I taunted

madame alcohol

she was my best friend

madame alcohol

come this way again

there were a few years

me and a few good friends

must've a drank about a million beers

the means to every end

madame alcohol

she was always there

madame alcohol

wash away my cares

so now I'm much older

but not too much wiser

any good idea i get

erupts a shit geyser

madame alcohol

she took me in

madame alcohol

i came to depend

madame alcohol

brought me to my knees

she wakes with a sudden quiver

she says, 'boy, stand and deliver

we shake with anticipation

ceiling drips with condensation

rolls by in a coral pink zephyr

the motor whines like birthing heifer

she puts the goods out on the table

don't need no jumper cables

oh lordy, lordy, mercy me

i got the burning in the first degree

lost my cool with a ball-peen hammer

60 days in the Dekalb slammer

now the bull's free from the stable

the name's Cain and I'm damn sure able

we ride this chopped up hawgy

she's my old lady, i'm her dirty dawgy

three sheets and i'm feeling froggy

no bars held on the eff'd up Augie

oh lordy, lordy, mercy me

i got the burning in the first degree

the first degree

just got paid

and the sky looks pretty

we take a little drive

down to phenix city

don knows dancer down there

and her name's mai

load up the cooler

put the t-top down

round about dark

 hit c-bus town

grab a top hat

sin city's on the way

drive a bit faster

 'til we hit the state line

me and big don  was feeling fine

roll across the hooch

and I could see those

 pretty lights

the tattoo parlors 

and the titty bars

the fort benning boys

 in their tricked-out cars

don said he was itchin'

for a fight

 pulled in a place

called, 'the easy lounge'

pretty young girls from korea town

don bolts in

he's got that look

in his eye

grabs the bartender

yells, go find mai

tell her don's here

and I'm from ellijay

the racket boys glare

and I know we're gonna die

phenix city

come to my town

for a long weekend

stay for a while

my lonely friend

i lose track of time

when i'm with you

we could count the stars

as we lie upon the roof

cold and alone

in this bed

reliving words

 that we both said

i would never try

to be cruel

i will not deny

i've been a fool

come to my town

for a long weekend

i wouldn't mind

if it never ends

while away the hours

they are so few

I get high

when I get next to you

count the stars

as we lie upon the roof

i get high

when I am next to you