The Avett Brothers Lyrics

The Carpenter (2012)

The Once And Future Carpenter
Live And Die
Winter In My Heart
Pretty Girl From Michigan
I Never Knew You
February Seven
Through My Prayers
Down With The Shine
A Father's First Spring
Geraldine
Paul Newman vs. The Demons
Life
Standing With You (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Die Then Grow (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

The Once And Future Carpenter lyrics - The Avett Brothers

I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas

And I know the lonesome sound is following

I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand

And when to hold, when queens are staring back at me

Once I was a carpenter, and man my hands were calloused

I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight

But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry

And I left the timbers rotting where they lay

Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me

And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky

And when the black cloak drags upon the ground

I'll be ready to surrender, and remember

We're all in this together

If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die

And I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pulled me

And I followed till I finally lost my way

And now I spend my days in search of a woman we call purpose

And if I ever pass back through her town I'll stay

Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me

And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky

And when the black dress drags upon the ground

I'll be ready to surrender, and remember

We're all in this together

If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die

And my life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket

Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind

Hope and fear go with it, and the moon and the sun go spinning

Like the numbers and the fruits before our eyes

Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind

Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me

And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky

And when the black cloak drags upon the ground

I'll be ready to surrender, and remember

Well we're all in this together

If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die

Live And Die lyrics - The Avett Brothers

All it will take is

just one moment and

you can say goodbye to

how we had it planned

Fear like a habit,

run like a rabbit out and away.

Through the screen door

to the unknown.

And I want to love you and more.

I want to find you and more.

Where do you reside

When you hide? How can I find you?

'Cause I want to send you and more

I want to tempt you and more

can you tell that I am alive?

Let me prove it.

You and I, we're the same.

Live and die, we're the same.

Hear my voice, know my name,

you and I, we're the same.

Left like a pharaoh,

sing like a sparrow anyway.

Even if there is no land or

love in sight.

We bloom like roses,

leave like Moses out and away.

Through the bitter crowd

to the daylight.

And I want to love you and more.

I want to find you and more.

Can you tell that I am alive?

Let me prove it to ya.

You and I, we're the same.

Live and die, we're the same.

You rejoice, I complain,

but you and I, we're the same.

Live and die, we're the same.

You and I, we're the same.

Hear my voice, know my name,

you and I, we're the same.

And I want to love you and more.

I want to find you and more.

Where do you reside

When you hide? How can I find you?

'Cause I want to send you and more

I want to tempt you and more.

Can you tell that I am alive?

Let me prove it.

You and I, we're the same.

Live and die, we're the same.

You rejoice, I complain,

but you and I, we're the same.

Live and die, we're the same.

You and I, we're the same.

Hear my voice, know my name,

you and I, you and I.

Winter In My Heart lyrics - The Avett Brothers

It must be winter in my heart

There's nothing warm in there at all

I missed the summer and the spring

The floating yellow leaves of fall

A million colors fill my eyes

The roman candles and the stars

The calendar says July 4

But it's still winter in my heart

They say flowers bloom in spring

Red and golden, blue and pink

They say seasons turn in time

Theirs are changing, why won't mine?

It must be winter in my heart

There's nothing warm in there at all

I missed the summer and the spring

The floating yellow leaves of fall

The air in there is frigid cold

I don't know what the reasons are

The calendar says August 1

But it's still winter in my heart

They say flowers bloom in spring

Red and golden, blue and pink

They say seasons turn in time

Theirs are changing, why won't mine?

It must be winter in my heart

I don't know what the reasons are

It must be winter in my heart

Pretty Girl From Michigan lyrics - The Avett Brothers

Can you not see

What you've done

You gave your heart away like that I didn't want to fall

In love

With anyone but you did

I can still hear

The song

The melody behind the kiss you gave me

You were wrong

I was right so I walked away

And left you there

Alone

I got so tired of talking on the telephone

How many times would we say the words "Goodbye"?

I made mistakes

And one

Was telling you that I'd be there when telling-time had come

I should've said I didn't care

Oh the time I would have saved

If I had been less willing to accommodate

You'd been a little less likely to cry

You go back to the high life

And I'll go back to the low

I should've known

But now I know

There'll be no words

From you

Describing how it felt to go through what I put you through

It all makes perfect sense

The way you cut

The rope

That kept you dangling from such pitiful amounts of hope

I would have cut it too

I Never Knew You lyrics - The Avett Brothers

Well I guess it's kind of funny how

I loved you so way back when

You say I wouldn't know you now

Well I didn't even know you then

We change a lot

And no one here can stop

That train before

It gets to where it's going

At all

So I guess it's kind of funny how

I loved you so way back when

You say I wouldn't know you now

Well I didn't even know you then

I heard about the company you're keeping

And from someone who didn't have much interest

In keeping us apart

So I guess it's kind of funny how

I loved you so way back when

You say I wouldn't know you now

Well I didn't even know you then

And so I go out Friday night

And talk to anyone I can

If they can see me they can hear me

Run my mouth

I tell them all

I'd love to see you once again

Or maybe

Just run into you hanging out

You know I lie, so it comes as no surprise

When I admit that I don't really want to reunite

So I guess it's kind of funny how

I loved you so way back when

You say I wouldn't know you now

Well I didn't even know you then

No I didn't even know you then

February Seven lyrics - The Avett Brothers

I went on the search for something true

I was almost there when I found you

Sooner than my fate was wrote

A perfect blade, it slit my throat

And beads of lust released into the air

When I awoke you were standing there

I was on the mend when I fell through

The sky around was anything but blue

I found as I regained my feet, a wound across my memory

That no amount of stitches would repair

But I awoke and you were standing there

There's no fortune at the end of the road

That has no end

There's no returning to the spoils

Once you've spoiled the thought of them

There's no falling back asleep

Once you've wakened from the dream

Now I'm rested and I'm ready and I'm ready to begin

I went on the search for something real

Traded what I know for how I feel

But the ceiling and the walls collapsed

Upon the darkness I was trapped

And as the last of breath was drawn from me

Light broke in and brought me to my feet

There's no fortune at the end of the road

That has no end

There's no returning to the spoils

Once you've spoiled the thought of them

There's no falling back asleep

Once you've wakened from the dream

Now I'm rested and I'm ready and I'm ready to begin

I'm rested and I'm ready to begin

Through My Prayers lyrics - The Avett Brothers

Hard to believe I won't see you again

We were just fighting when winter began

The coldness of our words competing with the wind from the north

Still they make me shiver but in a very different way

The pages of the calendar kept turning away

I have some better words now but it's too late to say them to you

My dream of all dreams and my hope of all hopes

Is only to tell you and make sure you know

How much I love you and how much I always did

And yes, I know you loved me I could see it in your eyes

And it was in your struggle and it was in your mind

And it was in the smile you gave me when I was a kid

Feels like no one understands

And now my only chance

To talk to you is through my prayers

I only wanted to tell you I cared

Every night after and every day since

I found myself crying when the memory hits

Sometimes it knocks me down, sometimes I can just put it away

Down in my mind where I don't care to go

The pain of a lesson is letting me know

If you have love in your heart let it show while you can

Yes now I understand

But now my only chance

To talk to you is through my prayers

I only wanted to tell you I cared

Down With The Shine lyrics - The Avett Brothers

Down with the shine, the perfect shine

That poisons the well, and ruins my mind

I get took for a ride every time

Down with the glistening shine

It's in with the new, and out with the old

Out goes the warm, and in comes the cold

It's the most predictable story told

It's in with the young, out with the old

Down with the shine, the perfect shine

That poisons the well, and ruins my mind

I get took for a ride every time

Down with the glistening shine

A belly full of high-dollar wine

A fat hand, a fat wallet too

Things change and get strange

With this movement of time

It's happening right now to you

Down with the shine, the perfect shine

That poisons the well, and ruins my mind

I get took for a ride every time

Down with the glistening shine

It's a real bad time to bring up the truth

Though we've searched we found no

Fountain of youth

Not in Spain, no where near anywhere

Close to here

There's nothing good because nothing lasts

And all that comes here, it comes here to pass

I would voice my pain but the change wouldn't last

All that comes, it comes here to pass

Down with the shine, the perfect shine

That poisons the well, and ruins my mind

I get took for a ride every time

Down with the glistening shine

I get took for a ride every time

Down with the glistening shine

A Father's First Spring lyrics - The Avett Brothers

The sweetest surrender of winter

She put up a flag it is waving

The thunder of summer is rumbling in.

And I haven't seen you in days.

And my how that feeling has changed.

Oh I have been homesick for you since we met.

I have been homesick for you.

I've got to take to the sky.

And I'll tell you what that means for you and I,

If I die it's for you.

I never lived til I lived in your light

And my heart never beat like it does at the sight

Of you baby blue, God blessed your life.

I do not live 'less I live in your life.

The realest thing I ever felt

Was the blood on the floor and the love in your yell.

I was a child before

The day that I met Eleanor.

Kiss of the wind in the hills,

The clearness, the morning, the late evening thrill

Blurry and grey like the roar

The wheels on the highway above them I soar.

When I'm in my sweet daughter's eyes

My heart is now ruined for the rest of all times

There's no part of it left to give.

I never lived til I lived in your light

And my heart never beat like it does at the sight

Of you baby blue, God blessed your life.

I do not live 'less I live in your life.

I do not live

Geraldine lyrics - The Avett Brothers

I come from a place where every name

And every face seem so familiar

In came Miss Progress in her black dress

Look at the mess, she is a killer

Much like you and I

In every case that's made

There has to be a traitor

It's me this time

And I'm trading fun for right

Will I regret the notion later?

Geraldine's a name that comes to mind

When I go back to reminiscing

Abilene's a woman for my childhood

I spent the evenings kissing

I'm a fool for dreaming her alive

And loving something cold and rocky

The homophobic gentlemen built barricades

But their efforts couldn't stop me

In came Miss Progress in her black dress

Look at the mess, she is a killer

Paul Newman vs. The Demons lyrics - The Avett Brothers

You may have to drag me away from my demons

Kicking and screaming

It's been so long now, I've been with them

Don't know where they stop and I begin

We draw a line in the sand

Will you cross it? Oh, will you die for this?

Got nothing to tell you that you don't

Through your sadness below, already know

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Live through the past again

How many times must I live through the past again?

No more

Truth beyond truth and by our design

It is very fine like Newman's wine

Oh, to be like him and walk a path

To lend a hand, do something worth a damn

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Live through the past again

How many times must I live through the past again?

No more, wait

You may have to drag me away from my demons

Kicking and screaming

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Live through the past again

How many times must I live through the past again?

No more, wait

Life lyrics - The Avett Brothers

One comes of it, love it, love it

Let go of it, love comes from it

We're not of this world for long

Faith and promise, keep me honest

When starvation falls upon us

Daylight told me he would be

Gone with cold words spoke among hers

Wretched is the tongue of their world

We're not of that world at all

We will never be

Wouldn't it be fine to stand behind

The words we say in the best of times

Oh, and you and I know all too well

About the hell and paradise right here on earth

Keep it, use it, build it, move it

Claims can't touch how time will prove it

Watch us fly as loud as we can

Let her heartbeat change what I am now

Wouldn't it be fine to stand behind

The words we say in the best of times

Oh, and you and I know all too well

About the hell and paradise right here on earth

Standing With You lyrics - The Avett Brothers

Well it's been a pretty rough

Couple of years but I think things

Will change for us

And I always will put you before me

Unless, of course, it's dangerous

Standing with you

I might miss the rhythm

But I'm catching the tune

And that's something for me

Yeah that's something for me

Well I told you I won't make the same mistakes again

But you know I probably will

And so many nights, go by like a flash

From a camera without any film

But we don't need to remember every single moment we've had

And I don't need understanding for every single moment I've had

As long as I'm

Standing with you

I might miss the rhythm

But I'm catching the tune

And that's something, for me

Yeah that's something, for me

And I'll be walking with you

And Walking with you

I might miss the meaning

But I'm catching the truth

And that's pretty good for me

Yeah that's pretty good for me

[x2:]

Well it's been a pretty rough couple of years

But I think things will change for us

Die Then Grow lyrics - The Avett Brothers

Can you say your name to me, put mine after yours?

Can we build a house of glass without windows or doors?

Will you learn to love yourself the way I know you should?

Will we find the courage there to call our friendship good?

Call it good, call it good

The world is closing in on me, I think it's time I go

And with your sad young eyes you've taught me things I didn't know

And my heart broke down to powder there and I wish I'd let it show

And I listened as you said to me you'd rather die than grow

Die than grow, die than grow

Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you

Don't let romance and beating hearts change what we came to do

Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you

So I watched as those who ask for love, demanding some respect

Became the last in line to have what they come to expect

As what nobody taught them that they so rightly deserve

And the hums of their misfortune peaked, the hardest lesson learned

Lesson learned, lesson learned

Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you

Don't let romance and beating hearts change what we came to do

Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you

To watch us fall is why they came

And fall we did, to the call of the highway

Don't go home, don't look ahead, don't look behind

Everything we were is dead

Then a well of hope and talent sprang, and I caught a glimpse of light

And I drank from there as the colors rang out loudly from your eyes

Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you

Don't let romance or beating hearts change what we came to do

Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you

Die then grow

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Closer Walk With Thee lyrics - The Avett Brothers

Just a closer walk with Thee

Grant it, Jesus, is my plea

Daily walking close to Thee

Let it be, dear Lord, let it be

I am weak but Thou art strong

Jesus, keep me from all wrong

I'll be satisfied as long

As I walk, let me walk close to Thee

Through this world of toil and snares

If I falter, Lord, who cares?

Who with me my burden shares?

None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee

When my feeble life is o'er

Time for me will be no more

Guide me gently, safely o'er

To thy Kingdom's shore, to thy shore

Cripple Creek lyrics - The Avett Brothers

Going down to Cripple Creek, going in a run

Going down to Cripple Creek to have some fun

Going down to Cripple Creek, going in a run

Going down to Cripple Creek to have some fun

I got a girl and she loves me

She's as sweet as she can be

She's got eyes of baby blue

Make my gun shoot straight and true

Going down to Cripple Creek, going in a run

Going down to Cripple Creek to have some fun

Going down to Cripple Creek, going in a run

Going down to Cripple Creek to have some fun

Well, Cripple Creek's wide and Cripple Creek's deep

Wade o'er Cripple Creek before I sleep

Pull my britches to my knees

Wade o'er Cripple Creek when I please

Going down to Cripple Creek, going in a run

Going down to Cripple Creek to have some fun

Going down to Cripple Creek, going in a run

Going down to Cripple Creek to have some fun

Going down to Cripple Creek, going in a run

Going down to Cripple Creek to have some fun

Going down to Cripple Creek, going in a run

Going down to Cripple Creek to have some fun

Diamond Joe lyrics - The Avett Brothers

Well, there is a man you'll hear about

Most every place you go

All his holdings are in Texas

And his name is Diamond Joe

And he carries all his money

In a diamond-studded jar

He never was much bother

By the process of the law

I hired out to Diamond Joe, boys

Did offer him my hand

And he gave me a string of horses

So old they couldn't stand

And I liked to starved to death, boys

He did mistreat me so

And I never saved no dollar

In the pay of Diamond Joe

His bread it was corn dodger

His meat I couldn't chaw

Nearly drove me near distracted

By the wagging of his jaw

Oh, the telling of his story

Oh, I hate to let you know

There never was no rounder

That lied like Diamond Joe

Well, I tried three times to quit him, boys

Oh, he did argue so

I'm still punching cattle

In the pay of Diamond Joe

And when I'm called up yonder

And it comes my time to go

Give my blankets to my buddies

Give my fleece to Diamond Joe

Gamblin' Man lyrics - The Avett Brothers

I'm a gamblin' man, man, man

I'm a gamblin' man

I'm a gamblin' man, man, man

I'm a gamblin' man

Well, I gambled up in Washington

I gambled up in Maine

I'm on my way to Georgia

To knock down my last game

I'm a gamblin' man, man, man

I'm a gamblin' man

Well, I had not been in Washington

Many more weeks than three

When I fell in love with a pretty little girl

And she fell in love with me

I'm a gamblin' man, man, man

I'm a gamblin' man

Well, she [?] in her parlour

Cooled me with her fan

She whispered low in her momma's ear

"I love that gamblin' man"

I'm a gamblin' man, man, man

I'm a gamblin' man

Well, Momma, my dear Momma

You know I love you well

But the love I hold for the gamblin' man

No human tongue could tell

He's a gamblin' man, man, man

He's a gamblin' man

Well, Daughter, my dear Daughter

How can you treat me so?

Leave your dear old momma

And with that gambler go

He's a gamblin' man, man, man

He's a gamblin' man

Well, I would not marry a farmer

He's always in the rain

I'd rather marry a gamblin' man

With a big old watch and chain

He's a gamblin' man, man, man

He's a gamblin' man

Well, I would not marry no banjo man

He's going just to pray

I'd rather marry a gamblin' man

With a big old watch and chain

He's a gamblin' man, man, man

He's a gamblin' man

I hear that train a-coming

It's rolling around the curve

It's whistling and a-blowing

Straining every nerve

Gamblin' man, man, man

Gamblin' man

Gamblin' man, man, man

Gamblin' man

Happy Trails lyrics - The Avett Brothers

Happy trails to you

Until we meet again

Happy trails to you

Keep smiling on till then

Who cares about the clouds when we are together

Just sing a song about sunny weather

Happy trails to you

Until we meet again

Happy trails to you

Keep smiling on till then

Some trails are happy one, other trails are blue

It's the way you write that counts

Here's a happy one for you

Happy trails to you

Till we meet again

I'll Fly Away lyrics - The Avett Brothers

Some glad morning when this life is o'er

I'll fly away (in the morning)

To my home on God's celestial shore

I'll fly away

I'll fly away, oh glory

I'll fly away (in the morning)

When I die, Hallelujah by and by

I'll fly away

When the shadows of this life have grown

I'll fly away (in the morning)

Like a bird from prison bars has flown

I'll fly away

I'll fly away, oh glory

I'll fly away (in the morning)

When I die, Hallelujah by and by

I'll fly away

Just a few more weary days and then

I'll fly away (in the morning)

To a land where joy shall never end

I'll fly away

I'll fly away, oh glory

I'll fly away (in the morning)

When I die, Hallelujah by and by

I'll fly away

I'll fly away, oh glory

I'll fly away (in the morning)

When I die, Hallelujah by and by

I'll fly away

I'll fly away, oh glory

I'll fly away (in the morning)

When I die, Hallelujah by and by

I'll fly away

Neapolitan Sky lyrics - The Avett Brothers

From the foot of the bed

To the cold Neapolitan sky

From the back of my mind

To the front of this tired disguise

What's with this moment?

What's with this feelin'?

What's with January and the locks on the door?

How do I make my escape?

How do I find what I'm lookin' for?

From the memory of the walk

From the pyramid of cans to the call

From the tender touch of your lips

To the straps slippin' off of your hips

What's with this moment?

What's with this feelin'?

What's with January and the locks on the door?

How do I make my escape?

How do I find what I'm lookin' for?

Hospitals and lobby lust

Truth in all of its disgust

Love was never blind

But I was

Clouded glass and surface rust

Voices I could never trust

Love was never blind

But I was

From the paper

To the glue

On the letters written to you

From the start of the affair

To the last kiss we would share

What's with this moment?

What's with this feelin'?

What's with January and the locks on the door?

How do I make my escape?

How do I find what I'm lookin' for?

Hospitals and lobby lust

Truth in all of its disgust

Love was never blind

But I was

Clouded glass and surface rust

Voices I could never trust

Love was never blind

But I was

Pick Up The Tempo (Live) lyrics - The Avett Brothers

(originally by Willie Nelson)

Some people are saying that time will take care of people like me

That I'm livin' too fast and they say I can't last much longer

But little they see that their thoughts of me is my Saviour

And little they know that the beat oughta go a little faster

So pick up the tempo just a little and take it on home

The singer ain't singin' and the drummer's been draggin' too long

Time'll take care of itself so just leave time alone

And pick up the tempo just a little and take it on home

Well I'm wild and I'm mean I'm creatin' a scene I'm goin' crazy

I'm good and I'm bad and I'm happy and sad and I'm lazy

I'm quiet and I'm loud and I'm gatehrin' a crowd and I like gravy

About half off the wall but I learned it all in the Navy

So pick up the tempo just a little and take it on home

The singer ain't singin' and the drummer's been draggin' too long

Time'll take care of itself so just leave time alone

And pick up the tempo just a little and take it on home

Take it on home

Rejects In The Attic lyrics - The Avett Brothers

I've been hanging out with the rejects in the attic

Can't get out of my head the way you left

I got a sense of belonging but what does it matter

The winter's on its way here to collect

The colors we thought were ours to protect

I was born on the outskirts of a dream

My daddy was a miner of almost anything

And I've been busting stones

Too proud to go back home

Admit that all my digging was in vain

But don't we talk different than we did?

Am I more quiet than I've been?

Don't you look brighter than the moon?

Don't I look different without you?

I'm taking rain like an Appaloosa hoofprint

And you know I'm drinking sunlight all day long

I'm opened up just like a dogwood flower

And winter's on its way here to collect

But don't we talk different than we did?

Am I more quiet than I've been?

And don't you look brighter than the moon?

Don't I look different without you?

I was taken on the outskirts of a dream

I had a been a miner of almost everything

Well I stopped busting stones

I'll have to go back home

Admit that all my digging was in vain

But don't we talk different than we did?

Am I more quiet than I've been?

And don't you look brighter than the moon?

Don't I look different without you?

Don't I look different?

Winter's on its way here to collect

Don't I look? Don't I look?

Winter's on its way here to collect

Don't I look? Don't I look?

Winter's on its way here to collect

Don't I look? Don't I look?

Winter's on its way here to collect

Don't I look? Don't I look?

Winter's on its way here without you

Roses And Sacrifice lyrics - The Avett Brothers

Words only won't suffice

Roses and sacrifice for you

Darling don't get me wrong

I've loved for long enough to tell

You're not slowing down

Waiting for anyone anymore

You know just what you want

Spent too much time apart

God bless, we got to start again

Your heart's been suffering

I try to hold it every now and then

You're not slowing down

Waiting for anyone anymore

You know just what you need

Our life together

Couldn't start too soon

And so we gladly settle for

A short honeymoon

Move heaven and earth for you

Prove we can make it through the pain

Can't always disagree

We'll find somewhere to meet, I know

Between our wildest dreams

And where reality seems to fall

(I'm not slowing down)

I'm not slowing down

(Waiting for)

I'm not waiting for anyone anymore

I know just what I want

And I know just what I need

I know just what I want

This Land Is Your Land lyrics - The Avett Brothers

This land is your land, and this land is my land

From the California, to the New York Island

From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream waters

This land was made for you and me

As I went walking that ribbon of highway

I saw above me that endless skyway

I saw below me that golden valley

This land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream waters

This land was made for you and me

I've roamed and rambled, and I've followed my footsteps

To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts

All around me a voice was sounding

This land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream waters

This land was made for you and me

When the sun comes shining as I was strolling

And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling

The fog was lifting a voice come chanting

This land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream waters

This land was made for you and me

As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there

And that sign said "No trespassin'"

But on the other side... it didn't say nothin!

Now that side was made for you and me!

This land is your land, and this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream waters

This land was made for you and me

In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple

Near the relief office - I see my people

And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'

If this land's still made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream waters

This land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream waters

This land was made for you and me

Nobody living can ever stop me

As I go walking that freedom highway;

Nobody living can ever make me turn back

This land was made for you and me

Trouble Letting Go lyrics - The Avett Brothers

Paint love in a lonely light

Monochrome only when I go without

Got light in the soul tonight

Every color I've ever heard about

It feels so good I'll have trouble letting go

Strobe light lightning bolts

Dance floor spinning like a hurricane

Love current 10,000 volts

Heavy win bending up the weather vane

It felt so good I had trouble letting go

The magic is there for us all to feel

Naming it isn't what makes it real

Rushing around for us all to know

Noticing isn't what makes it so

Wanna walk side by side a while

Just a few blocks up 7th Ave

By the time we hit the park

You're gonna be too old to wanna hold my hand

It feels so good I'll have trouble letting go

The magic is there for us all to feel

Naming it isn't what makes it real

Rushing around for us all to know

Noticing isn't what makes it so

I cry when I have it, I cry when I don't

And everyone walks away

Still I ask if I can stay

The magic is there for us all to feel

Naming it isn't what makes it real

Rushing around for us all to know

Noticing isn't what makes it so

I cry when I have it, I cry when I don't

And everyone walks away

Yeah everyone walks away

Still I ask if I can stay

I And Love And You Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Load the car and write the note
Grab your bag and grab your coat
Tell the ones that need to know
We are headed north

One foot in and one foot back
But it don't pay to live like that
So I cut the ties and I jumped the tracks
For never to return

Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in
My hands they shake my head it spins
Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in

When at first I learned to speak
I used all my words to fight
With him and her and you and me
Oh but it's just a waste of time
Yeah it's such a waste of time

That woman she's got eyes that shine
Like a pair of stolen polished dimes
She asked to dance I said it's fine
I'll see you in the morning time

Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape im in
My hands they shake my head it spins
Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in

Three words that became hard to say
I and love and you
What you were then, I am today
Look at the things I do

Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in
My hands they shake my head it spins
Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in

Dumbed down and numbed by time and age
Your dreams to catch the world, the cage
The highway sets the traveler's stage
All exits look the same

Three words that became hard to say
I and love and you
I and love and you
I and love and you

January Wedding Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

She keeps it simple
And I am thankful for her kind of lovin'
'Cause it's simple

No longer do we wonder if we're together
We're way past that
And I've already asked her
So in January we're gettin' married

She's talkin' to me with her voice
Down so low I barely hear her
But I know what she's sayin'
I understand because my heart and hers are the same
And in January we're gettin' married

And I was sick with heartache
And she was sick like Audrey Hepburn when I met her
But we would both surrender
True love is not the kind of thing you should turn down
Don't ever turn it down

I hope that I don't sound to insane when I say
There is darkness all around us
I don't feel weak but I do need sometimes for her to protect me
And reconnect me to the beauty that I'm missin'
And in January we're gettin' married

No longer does it matter what circumstances we were born in
She knows which birds are singin'
And the names of the trees where they're performin' in the mornin
And in January we're gettin' married
Come January let's get married

Head Full Of Doubt / Road Full Of Promise Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right
And it comes in black and it comes in white
And I'm frightened by those that don't see it

When nothing is owed or deserved or expected
And your life doesn't change by the man that's elected
If you're loved by someone, you're never rejected
Decide what to be and go be it

There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I'll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out

There's a darkness upon you that's flooded in light
And in the fine print they tell you what's wrong and what's right
And it flies by day and it flies by night
And I'm frightened by those that don't see it

There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I'll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out

There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I'll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out

There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right
There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
And I'm frightened by those that don't see it

And It Spread Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

there was light in the room
then you left and it was through
then the frost started in
my toes and fingertips

and it spread into my heart

then for I don't know how long
I settled in to doing wrong
and as the wind fills the sail
came the thought to hurt my self

and it spread into my home
and it spread
and it spread into my soul

well there are no lines
separating the truth from the lie

then you came back from space
with a brand new laugh and a different space
you took my hand and held it up
and shot my arm full of love

and it spread
and it spread into the world
and it spread
and it spread into the world

The Perfect Space Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

I wanna have friends that I can trust,
that love me for the man I've become not the man I was.
I wanna have friends that will let me be
all alone when being alone is all that I need.

I wanna fit in to the perfect space,
feel natural and safe in a volatile place.
And I wanna grow old without the pain,
give my body back to the earth and not complain.
Will you understand when I am too old of a man?
And will you forget when we have paid our debt
who did we borrow from? Who did we borrow from?

Okay part two now clear the house.
The party's over take the shouting and the people,
get out!

I have some business and a promise that I have to hold to.
I do not care what you assume or what the people told you.
Will you understand, when I am too old of a man?
Will you forget when we have paid our debts,
who did we borrow from? Who did borrow from?

I wanna have pride like my mother has,
And not like the kind in the bible that turns you bad.
And I wanna have friends that I can trust,
that love me for the man I've become and not the man that I was.

Ten Thousand Words Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Ten thousand words swarm around my head
Ten million more in books written beneath my bed
I wrote or read them all when searchin’ in the swarms
Still can’t find out how to hold my hands

And I know you need me in the next room over
But I am stuck in here all paralyzed
For months I got myself in ruts
Too much time spent in mirrors framed in yellow walls

Ain’t it like most people? I’m no different
We love to talk on things we don’t know about
Ain’t it like most people? I’m no different
We love to talk on things we don’t know about

And everyone around me shakes their head in disbelief
And says I’m too caught up
They say young is good and old is fine
And truth is cool but all that matters
Is that you have your good times
But their good times come with prices
And I can’t believe it when I hear the jokes they make
At anyone’s expense except their own
Would they laugh if they knew who paid?

Ain’t it like most people? I’m no different
We love to talk on things we don’t know about
Ain’t it like most people? I’m no different
We love to talk on things we don’t know about

And after we are through ten years
of making it to be the most of glorious debuts
I’ll come back home without my things
‘Cause the clothes I wore out there I will not wear ’round you
And they’ll be quick to point out our shortcomings
And how the experts all have had their doubts

Ain’t it like most people? I’m no different
We love to talk on things we don’t know about

Kick Drum Heart Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

The footprints over the snow
the fabric of all the lonely
C-Covering only
the fables and hands
the rest is out in the cold
holding the last of the season
F-F-F freezin' Yeah

My my my heart like a kick drum
My my heart like a kick drum
My my heart like a kick drum
My love like a voice.

We're walkin' in to the fields.
We're walkin in to the forest.
The moon is before us.
Up above
We're holdin' hands in the rain
S-sayin' words like I love you
D-d-d'you love me? Yeah

My my heart like a kick drum
My my heart like a kick drum
My my heart like a kick drum
My my love like a voice

Mother Mary heard us approaching her door
Although we didn't make a sound.

There's nothing like finding gold
within the rocks hard and cold
I'm so surprised to find more
Always surprised to find more

I won't look back anymore
I left the people that do
Its not the chase that I love
Its me following you.

Laundry Room Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Don't push me out,
Just a little longer
Stall your mother,
Disregard your father's words.

Close the laundry door,
Tiptoe across the floor
Keep your clothes on,
I got all that I can take
Teach me how to use
The love that people say you made

Stop your parents' car
I just saw a shooting star
We can wish upon it
But we wont share the wish we made
But I cant keep no secrets,
I wish that you would always stay

Last night I dreamt the whole night long
I woke with a head full of songs
I spent the whole day
I wrote 'em down, but its a shame
Tonight I'll burn the lyrics,
'Cause every chorus was your name

Break this tired old routine
And this time don't make me leave

I am a breathing time machine,
I'll take you all for a ride

Ill With Want Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

I am sick with wanting
And it's evil and it's daunting
How I let everything I cherish lay to waste
I am lost in greed this time, it's definately me
I point fingers but there's no one there to blame

I need for something
Not let me break it down again
I need for something
But not more medicine

I am sick with wanting
And it's evil how it's got me
And everyday is worse than the one before
The more I have the more I think:
I'm almost where I need to be
If only I could get a little more

I need for something
Now let me break it down again
I need for something
But not more medicine

Something has me (Something has me)
Oh something has me (Something has me)
Acting like someone I don't wanna be
Something has me (Something has me)
Oh something has me (Something has me)
Acting like someone I know isn't me
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed

Temporary is my time
Ain't nothin on this world that's mine
Except the will I found to carry on
Free is not your right to choose
It's answering what's asked of you
To give the love you find until it's gone

I need for something
Now let me break it down again
I need for something
But not more medicine

Something has me (Something has me)
Oh something has me (Something has me)
Acting like someone I don't wanna be
Something has me (Something has me)
Oh something has me (Something has me)
Acting like someone I know isn't me
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed

Tin Man Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

you can't be like me
but be happy that you can't
I see pain but I don't feel it
I am like the old tin man

I'm as worn as a stone
I keep it steady as I can
I see pain but I don't feel it
I am like the old tin man

I miss it
I miss it (oh)
I miss that
feeling of feeling

I used to fill the sky around
with happiness and joy
I had news to give the wind
to keep my sails and heart employed

I felt people move around me
I felt loneliness and shame
back then everyday was different
now each moment is the same

I miss it
I miss it (oh)
I miss that feeling of feeling

I miss it
I miss it (oh)
I miss that feeling of feeling

the feeling of feeling

the wind upon my face
and caring what it brings this way
the feeling of feeling
these minutes pass away
and caring what I do with them
baby bring me life or something else

so it goes a man grows cold
some would say a man grows strong
they say life only grows short
I say the road only grows long

as long as there's a road
my feet will never touch the ground
if you won't give my heart back
I've no need to stick around

I miss it
I miss it (oh)
I miss that
feeling of feeling
the feeling of feeling
the feeling of feeling

Slight Figure Of Speech Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

They say you've got to lose a couple fights to win
It's hard to tell from where I'm sitting
They say that this is where the fun begins
I guess it's time that I was quitting

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like I was hoping now?

They said "I hope that you will never change"
I went and cut my hair
They say "Don't take your business to the big time"
I bought us tickets there

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like I was hoping now?

What did you expect
And what did you forget
That to live you let go of me with each step
It becomes a progression I won't let regret manifest
To aggression
Are you to assess what I've been? What I am? Or become?
Did you stop to accept how pathetically dumb
It can be to
Attack those around 'cause you're
True to color, a town, a time, or a place?
It's not you, it's not mine
And besides it is gone
And you never will find it again
But I don't want to fight
I just ask let me be
I won't give the chance to be my enemy
So go home
Think it through

A jet plane and a big idea
I jump over the sea
What ifs hot on my trail
But that can't catch me, no

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like I was hoping now?

It Goes On And On Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

I lost my fear in your arms
I lost my tears in your car
I lost my will in your candle lit eyes
And all my love in your yard
Baby would you leave me if you knew that I was making it up?
And underneath the love you got to wonder am I giving you up?
No way am I, it goes on.
Violent is the motion in my heart and in my body and mind.
And silent is the feeling that I lost but I'm determined to find.
And love is but an ocean, unrealistic notion, but I cling to her devotion, and I let it pull me down to the floor.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
I found my will in your car
I caught my tears in your arms
I found myself on that poor county drive
And found my love in your guard
Oh, Baby would you leave me if you knew that I was making it up?
And underneath the love you got to wonder am I giving you up?
No way am I, it goes on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.

Incomplete And Insecure Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

i haven't finished a thing since i started my life
i don't feel much like starting now
walking down lonely has worked like a charm
i'm the only one i have to let down

but watching you makes me think that that is wrong

i can go on with my insecure nature
i can keep living on sympathy
i can tell all the people that all of the success
is a direct reflection on me

but watching you makes me think that that is wrong

what is important
what's really important
am i not to know by my name
will i ever know silence without mental violence
with a ringing it might go away

it's up to you
my father called on me

i haven't finished a thing since i started my life
i don't feel much like starting now
i haven't finished a thing since i started my life
i don't feel much like starting now
i haven't finished a thing since i started my life
i don't feel much like starting now
i haven't finished a thing since i started my life
i don't feel much like starting now
i haven't finished a thing since i started my life
i haven't finished a thing since i started my life

EP: "The Second Gleam" (2008)

Tear Down The House Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Tear down the house that I grew up in.
I'll never be the same again.
Take everything that I've collected,
and throw it in a pile.

Bulldoze the woods that I ran through.
Carry the pictures of me and you.
I have no memory of who I once was,
and I don't remember your name.

Park the old car that I love the best.
Inspection's due and it won't pass the test.
It's funny how I have to put it to rest,
and how one day I will join it.

I remember crying over you,
and I don't mean like a couple of tears and I'm blue.
I'm talking about collapsing and screaming at the moon,
but I'm a better man for having gone through it.
Yes, I'm a better man for having gone through.

Ever since I learned how to curse.
I've been using those sorry old words.
But I'm talking to these children and I'm keeping it clean.
I don't need those words to say what I mean.
No, I don't need those words to say what I mean

Tear down the house that I grew up in.
I'll never be the same again.
Take everything that I used to own,
and burn it in a pile

Bulldoze the woods that I ran through.
Carry the pictures of me and you.
I have no memory of who I once was,
and I don't remember your name.

Murder In The City Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

If I get murdered in the city
Don't go revenging in my name
One person dead from such is plenty
No need to go get locked away
When I leave your arms
The things I think of
No need to get over alarmed
I'm coming home

I wonder which brother is better
Which one our parents loved the most
I sure did get in lots of trouble
They seemed to let the other go
A tear fell from my father's eye
I wondered what my dad would say
He said, "I love you and I'm proud of you both,
In so many different ways"

If I get murdered in the city
Go read the letter in my desk
Don't bother with all my belongings
Pay attention to the list
Make sure my sister knows I love her
Make sure my mother knows the same
Always remember there was nothing worth sharing
Like the love that let us share our name
Always remember there was nothing worth sharing
Like the love that let us share our name

Bella Donna Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Baby, I asked you not to keep me waiting.
I told you now to keep me waiting.
Now the afternoon is fading on.

Donna, Bella Donna have you seen me?
Have you ever really seen me
Like I want for you to see me now?

Lonesome like you were when you were sixteen.
When maybe even I weren't listening.
Did I help when I was kissing you?

Donna, Bella Donna are you listening?
And were you ever really listening
Like I want for you to listen now?

The Greatest Sum Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

This and who I used to be
don't matter much at all to me
The pit you dug to plant your feet's
a far cry from my destiny
Not even the clouds
Not even the past
Not even the hands of God
could hold me back from you

Dark and lonely is the ride
the devil always by my side
Though no match for what lies between
a thought of you, your trust for me
Not even the sun
A bullet from a gun
No nothing that this world could bring
Or anything someone could do
Could hold me back from you

No count of gold placed in my hand
the largest find, the greatest sum
Though some would say it'd easy our pain
we know that it can't be done
Not even the sun
Not even the clouds
Not even the past
No nothing that this world could bring
Or anything someone could do
Could hold me back from you
Could hold me back from you
Could hold me back from you

St. Joseph's Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

We spent the night at St. Josephs
Shaking and shivering in fever
Nurses and criminals before us
I will stay here with you, my love

We sat at Lake Junaluska
Cried over where we would wed
If it's this place or any other
It's not where I am it's who I'm with

News came of a child
Born unto a world
Of people demented and wild
I will be here for you, my love

What was our reason for fighting?
Selfish and centered at best
I give up on trying
To understand why we were blessed

We'll spend the night at St. Josephs.

Souls Like The Wheels Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Souls like the wheels
Turning, taking us with wind at our heels
Burning, making us decide on what we're giving
Change this way of living

One little song
Give me strength to the leave the sad and the wrong
Bury safely in the past where I've been living
Alive but unforgiving
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go

One little girl
Bring me life from where I thought it was dark
Be the spark that has a chance to light the candle
Love that I can handle
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go

Souls like the wings
Spreading out away from bad memories
Make us capable of taking off and landing
Alive with understanding
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go

"Emotionalism" (2007)

Die Die Die Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

She's fighting with the sky
She thinks she can
Livin' within a lie
She thinks she can
But nobody knows what lies behind
The days before the day we die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die

She puts her hands against
The life she had
Living with ignorance
Blissful and sad
But nobody knows what lies behind
The days before the day we die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die

You can try to swim the sea
But say goodbye to you and me
You can try to swim the sea
You can try to hold the breeze
You can try to hide the sun
But say goodbye to everyone
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die

Shame Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Okay so I was wrong about
My reasons for us fallin' out
Of love I want to fall back in

My life is different now I swear
I know now what it means to care
About somebody other than myself

I know the things I said to you
They were untender and untrue
I'd like to see those things undo

So if you could find it in your heart
To give a man a second start
I promise things won't end the same

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

Okay so I have read the mail
The stories people often tell
About us that we never knew

But their existence will float away
And just like every word they say
And we will hold hands as they fade

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

I felt so sure of everything
My love to you so well received
And I just strutted around your town
Knowing I didn't let you down
The truth be known, the truth be told
My heart was always fairly cold
Posing to be as warm as yours
My way of getting in your world
But now I'm out and I've had time
To look around and think
And sink into another world
That's filled with guilt and overwhelming

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

And everyone they have a heart
And when they break and fall apart
And need somebody's helping hand

I used to say just let 'em fall
It wouldn't bother me at all
I couldn't help them now I can

Paronia In B-Flat Major Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

I keep tellin' myself that it'll be fine
You can't make everybody happy all of the time
I found myself in a place that I never been
A place that I thought that I would never be
There's people looking back at me

I keep having this dream; I'm at a party
There's people throwing drinks and screaming telling me that I don't belong
Lately life's been the same I find this comfortable place
With all my friends then my friends start telling me that I've always been wrong
And I'm so tired of being wrong

There was a time I could move there was a time I could breathe
The crowded spaces filled with angry faces
It didn't once cross my mind
With paranoia on my heels; Will you love me still
when we awake and you find that the sanity has gone from my eyes?

I got secrets from you, you got secrets from me
Because you're so worried about what I'm gonna to think,
Baby I'm worried too
But if love is a game, girl, then you're gonna win
I'll spend the rest of my life bringing victory in
If you want me to

The Weight Of Lies Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Disappear from your home town
Go and find the people that you know
Show them all of your good parts
Beat down when the bad ones start to show

Going with a woman
A pretty girl that you never met
Make sure she knows you love her well
But don't make any other promises

The weight of lies will bring you down
And follow you to every town 'cause
Nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
When you run make sure you run
To something and not away from 'cause
Lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere

I once heard the worse thing a man can do is draw a hungry crowd
Tell everyone his name in pride and confidence
But leaving out his doubts
I'm not sure I bought those words
When I was young I knew most everything
These words have never meant as much to anyone
As they now mean to me

The weight of lies will bring you down
And follow you to every town 'cause
Nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
When you run make sure you run
To something and not away from 'cause
Lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you down

The weight of lies will bring you down
And follow you to every town'cause
Nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
So when you run make sure you run
To something and not away from 'cause
Lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere

The weight of lies will bring you down
And follow you to every town 'cause
Nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
So when you run make sure you run
To something and not away from 'cause
Lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you down

Will You Return? Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

I open my door and here's what occurs.
A pretty little gal with pretty little curls.
Leans to the side, leans on my mind.

I don't want to live, but I sure don't want to die.
I'm stuttering again and tellin' her goodbye.
Oh m-m-my, Goodb-b-bye

Will you come again? It's hard to say.
I surely hope so.
Will you come again? It's hard to say.
I surely hope so.

She walks up to me with something more to say.
Then hello and goodbye I hope that you're okay.
Well I'm doing fine… I'm doing fine.

Will you come again? It's hard to say.
I surely hope so.
Will you come again? It's hard to say.
I surely hope so.

I wish you'd see yourself as beautiful as I see you
Why can't you see yourself as beautiful as I see you?

I open my door and this is what I see.
The hope inside a girl just looking back at me.
Ohh my… Goodbye…

Will you come again? It's hard to say.
I surely hope so.
And will you come again? It's hard to say.
I surely hope so.

The Ballad Of Love And Hate Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Love writes a letter and sends it to hate.
My vacations ending. I'm coming home late.
The weather was fine and the ocean was great
and I can't wait to see you again.

Hate reads the letter and throws it away.
"No one here cares if you go or you stay.
I barely even noticed that you were away.
I'll see you or I won't, whatever."

Love sings a song as she sails through the sky.
The water looks bluer through her pretty eyes.
And everyone knows it whenever she flies,
and also when she comes down.

Hate keeps his head up and walks through the street.
Every stranger and drifter he greets.
And shakes hands with every loner he meets
With a serious look on his face.

Love arrives safely with suitcase in tow.
Carrying with her the good things we know.
A reason to live and a reason to grow.
To trust. To hope. To care.

Hate sits alone on the hood of his car.
Without much regard to the moon or the stars.
Lazily killing the last of a jar
Of the strongest stuff you can drink.

Love takes a taxi, a young man drives.
As soon as he sees her, hope fills his eyes.
But tears follow after, at the end of the ride,
Cause he might never see her again.

Hate gets home lucky to still be alive.
He screams o'er the sidewalk and into the drive.
The clock in the kitchen says 2:55,
And the clock in the kitchen is slow.

Love has been waiting, patient and kind.
Just wanting a phone call or some kind of sign,
That the one that she cares for, who's out of his mind,
Will make it back safe to her arms.

Hate stumbles forward and leans in the door.
Weary head hung, eyes to the floor.
He says "Love, I'm sorry", and she says, "What for?
I'm your and that's it, Whatever.
I should not have been gone for so long.
I'm your's and that's it, forever."

You're mine and that's it, forever.

Salina Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Salina, I'm as nowhere as I can be
Could you add some somewhere to
Ahh Kansas, I'm kneeling, Ah Kansas, please

Cleveland I ain't never felt nothing so strong
Been believin' the words to my song
Ohio I'm leaving, Ohio I'm Gone

From town to town and State to State,
There's people everywhere that try to capture us.
We Stole the cash and left our names
And almost slipped in Indianapolis.
The Rain it fell, The Story went on
The Rain it fell, and we got gone.

Poughkeepsie hang up the telephone
I won't answer your phone calls no more
New York, quit calling, New York let me be

I'm changing the plans I've been setting on
I'm scared by the way that my life's getting gone
Carolina, one day I'll, Someday I'll come home.

Home, home

Pretty Girl From Chile Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

I'm no more than a friend girl
I can see that you need more
My boots are on my feet now
My bag is by the door

And the love and the attention
That you need and ask me for
Are weakened by my actions
And lies that I have told
I'm scared to think that I've abandoned you
I'd like to say that I'm a faithful man but it may not be true

And my heart is like a mason's
Hands of weathered skin
Each scar makes it harder
For me to hurt again
I'm scared to think that I've abandoned you
I'd like to say that I'm a faithful man but it may not be true

Gabriella, the things that I tell ya
Are all meant to help ya
Are they working out
Have I gone, have I gone and failed ya
Gabriella, have I let you down

Gabriella, the things that I tell ya
Are all meant to help ya
Are they working out
Have I gone, have I gone and failed ya
Gabriella, have I let you down

All My Mistakes Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Shooting off vicious collections of words
The losers make facts by the things they have heard
And I find myself trying hard to defend them

I made decisions some right and some wrong
And I let some love go I wish wasn't gone
These things and more I wish I had not done

But I can't go back
And I don't want to
'Cause all my mistakes
They brought me to you

I have some "friends" they don't know who I am
So I write quotations around the word friends
But I have a couple that have always been there for me

And I missed some fun 'cause I worked through the dawn
Expecting your praise when I returned home
But I paid the cost 'cause I got left alone for the songs

But I can't go back
And I don't want to
'Cause all my mistakes
They brought me to you

Tales Of Coming News Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

I'm so tired of hearing tales of coming news
Telling tales of a changing sky
It's just a shame I didn't notice you
Till someone I loved had to die
What made us think that this was so different
Who is driving behind those things you say
Why do you insult me and my friends
Who are my friends anyway
I've spent my life lying now I pay the price
Are these really words of a young man or a worthless human life
I don't mean to scare you with the things I say
I take it back, yes it's a beautiful day
I watched you from the beach when your ship sailed
You made it clear that nothing stays the same
It's getting darker I wonder if you can tell
I wonder when all that changed

You never used to let me go un---
I was so distracted I never saw the rain
You promised you meant every word you said
I wonder when all that changed
It hurts so bad to hear such pretty words coming from somebody like you
I've been looking for so long that I've lost touch
With what's the best something to do
I've got a friend who makes good choices
Everybody likes the way that he sees things
I've got a problem and it walks me daily
Can't you see no one is proud of me
It's a long road alone and I'm not proving
Anything going by myself
When your love life is all that's really moving
Oh sugar girl I really appreciate the help

I had my time with money gold and diamonds
Both went sour before they got to me
I'll be waiting girl but don't be counting hours
I'm not waiting for any other three
I was just a peasant from the highlands
She said don't you call me your mountain girl
I said don't bother me I'm trying to write and don't worry you ain't my mountain girl
I can call you but I'd probably make you cry
These days it's what you often times do
Call the preacher then go call your father
Tell them that the wedding plans have moved
I send a message saying I'll be gone forever
The letter of reply never came
She said that she'd be true but I wouldn't let her
I wonder when all that changed

Hell has no fury like a woman
Happy scorned or otherwise
You can do what you want to with your name
But you can bet I'm changing mine
Well I'd give a $100 to get a letter
If at the bottom it said I miss you bad
See but the truth of the matter is that back home no one really misses me
See how I talk when I'm sad
Since I was young I've known a lot of women...
[fades]

I Would Be Sad Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

[Chorus:]
I would be sad because you left me all alone.
I would be sad because the lies that you had told.
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adore.
I would be sad because the love I had before.

I meant what I said when I said I would settle down with you although I know it's not something that you were asking me to do.
And I know we are young but we won't always be, so marry me; lets not be that predictable young couple changing, moving on.
But I can tell by watching you that theres no chance of pushing through.
The odds are so against us; you know most young love it ends like this.

[Chorus:]
I would be sad because you left me all alone.
I would be sad because the lies that you had told.
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adore.
I would be sad for all the love I had before.

I meant what I said when I said I would rearrange my plans and change for you.
You know me; I've always been the kind with easy confidence.
Confident enough to honestly beleive that nothing out there stopping me especially not someone who's not loving me.
Now listen here I told you I could live on with out loving you.
I was bluffing then, but it seems that just might have been the truth.
Well my dad told me, "One day son, this girl will think of what she's done and hurting you will be the first of many more regrets to come."
And he said, "If she doesn't call, then it's her fault and it's her loss."
I say, "It's not that simple see, but then again it just may be."

[Chorus:]
I would be sad because you left me all alone.
I would be sad for the lies that you had told.
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adored.
I would be sad for all the love I had before.
I would be sad for all the love I had before.

Living Of Love Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

For just one chance to find
Love was someone that you loved to find
For just the sense to try
To walk ahead and leave the pain behind
If the days aren't easy and the nights are rough
When they ask you what you're thinking of
Say love, say for me love
Say love, say for me love

Your heart says not again
What kind of mess have you got me in
But when the feelings there
It can lift you up and take you anywhere
But the gravel beneath you and the limbs above
If anybody asks you where your coming from
Say love, say for me love
Say love, say for me love

Say yes we live uncertainty
And disappointments have to be
And everyday we might be facing more
And yes we live in desperate times
But fading words and shaking rhymes
There's only one thing here worth hoping for
With Lucifer beneath you and God above
If either one of them asks you what your living of
Say love, say for me love
Say love, say for me love
Say love, say for me love
Say love, say for me love
Say love, say for me love
Say love, say for me love

Pretty Girl From San Diego Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Tell her, tell her what I'm thinkin'
Tell her, tell her what I'm dreamin'
And, hey, she just might just understand
Baby would you listen to me
Come across the kitchen to me
And I will tell ya best I can
'Bout how I know you love me
And how I want to love you back

People, people, people, they make it sound so easy
They say just do what your heart tells you to
But sometimes you cannot feel it
Sometimes you cannot hear it
Sometimes it won't talk back to you
And yeah I know you love me
And yeah I want to love you back
And how I know you love me
And how I want to love you bad

Far away I hear the rhythm of a song
Far away I get the feeling I belong, and so do you
And it goes like this

Oh no, no, don't want to leave you
Oh no, I want to keep you
Oh but I want to let you be
Oh no, I don't want to hear you
Say I don't want to be near you
Oh but I've got to set you free
And how I know you love me
And how I want to love you back
And yeah I know you love me
And yeah I want to love you bad

Far away I hear the rhythm of a song
Far away I get the feeling I belong, and so do you
And it goes like this

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Go To Sleep Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Lay back, lay back, go to sleep my man
Wipe the blood from you face and your hands
Forgive yourself if you think that you can
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man

Twenty-one days lost at sea I fought
For twenty-two years non-stop I've talked
Through the desert, pissed drunk, and confused I walked
I spit a tooth in the palm of my hand

Lay back, lay back, go to sleep my man
Wipe the blood from you face and your hands
Forgive yourself if you think that you can
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man

Well the wind and the trees are ganging up on me
They sing my funeral song in harmony
Well I just want to walk home on the drunk I need
But they keep singing and singing and singing to me...
La, La, La, La, La, La (I hear them singing)
La, La, La, La, La, La (Singing for me)
La, La, La, La, La, La (Oh!)

Well I wish things were different, true, and deep
But everything that's so shallow is everything about me
If only I could just take all my money and leave
I hope the people on the ground will understand
I hope the people out there will understand

Lay back, lay back, go to sleep my man
Wipe the blood from you face and your hands
Forgive yourself if you think that you can
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man
La, La
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man
La, La
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man

Hand-Me-Down Tune Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

I dreamt of a suit a suit so fine I dressed my words in
Sewn and tailor made with song in mind made of melody
Stitched by threads of notes with perfect pitch, perfectly composed
Sound in tune and key, a code of rhythm, and harmony
But when I awoke my coat was worn and my words were plain
Each song that I sang all the notes were wrong and poorly played
Both my sleeves had holes, my knees were patched, my shoes needed soles
No clever disguise no way to hide my offensive tone

But I, I wish for you more than I can give, than I can do
Yeah you, you deserve the best an anthem not my hand-me-down tune
Yeah you, you deserve the best an anthem not my hand-me-down tune

In The Curve Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

I've never taken this curve
Drivin' this fast before
A glowing stop sign
But both lanes are mine
No seat belts attached to my door

Well my speed meter don't work
So I'm gonna to guess ninety-five
Well maybe I'll fix it
And maybe I won't
It depends on my being alive

Well my bottle of bourbon is gone
It flew away all by itself
So if ever you find it
My photo will go behind it
In memory of me on your shelf

Well it's been raining all day
And it's been raining all night
A slip 'n slide highway
And I'm moving sideways
I'm loose but my steering wheels tight

Well my '63 Ford is a bull
She's four thousand pounds at least
But metal surrenders
When oak trees meet fenders
And engines go through the front seat

Well I lost control in the curve
And a gas line broke in the wreck
I walked from the ashes
With just a few scratches
My crucifix warm on my neck

Well my good Lord was with me tonight
Just ridin' beside me tonight
And now we're just talking
We're hitch hiking walkin'
We'll see you in Concord tonight

EP: "The Gleam" (2006)

Sanguine Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Make me sanguine
Help me genuinely
Kill the doubt that strangles myself worth
Paint the picture that I swore I heard

Spiritless and mean
Ghost that comes between
I will keep my wits about myself
Disregard directions sent from hell

When it brings the gleam
Longer lasting than me
Oh my love but we are bound to die
My heart is broke but you won't hear me cry
Oh my love but we are bound to die
My heart is broke but you won't see me

When I Drink Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

When I drink
I say things I don't want to say
I do things I don't wanna do
I talk mean to you
But if I think
I just might get something out of this
My parents taught me to learn when I miss
Just do your best
Just do your best

It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be
At least a little better than I've been so far

But when I drink
I hear things that aren't really there
I feel things when I shouldn't really care
Have fist fights with the air
But if I think about someone besides myself
I lived through the silver and the bell
With something to tell
Just do your best

It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be
At least a little better than I've been so far

But when I drink
I spend the next morning in a haze
But we only get so many days
Now I have one less
Just do your best

It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be
At least a little better than I've been so far
Oh, at least a little better than I've been so far

Yardsale Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

I wonder if this blade ran through someone's side
The blood wiped away to hide
How evil you grandfather was 'fore he died
But war can make monsters out of us all
I'm sure I'd become one if I was called
And then it would be my blade
Here at this yardsale

The guitar I am holding is way out of tune
The neck it is warped and the saddle is through
I wonder if sweet music ever was played
From the hands of a boy to a girl in the shade
From this rickety ghost of a song
Here at this yardsale

A dollar for anything here on this quilt
A price tag for hands from which all things are built
A blanket of voices speak pleasure in shame
Flowers of plastic and fruit of the same
A basket of nothing at all
Here at this yardsale

So if I had the money I'd buy everything
And cover the whole lot with good gasoline
And burn it for all that I care for the past
And rid mother earth of what never should last
And give her the present of ash
Made of a yardsale

Backwards With Time Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Folk always told me that my heart would grow
The older the man, yeah, the stronger the stone
Am I losing my mind?
Am I growing backwards with time?

Some say with age that a purpose comes clear
I see the opposite happening here
Are we losing the fight?
Are we growing backwards with time?

I was young and love was fun
Now it's so serious
Now all the fun has equal pain
There's something wrong with this
For all I know there's more I don't
Oh the little I have learned
For every year of knowledge gained
Is a negative year I've earned

Folk always told me that my heart would grow
The older the man, yeah, the stronger the stone
Am I losing my mind?

If It's The Beaches Lyrics – The Avett Brothers

Don't say it's over
Cause that's the worst news I could hear I swear that I will
Do my best to be here just the way you like it
Even though its hard to hide
Push my feelings all aside
I will rearrange my plans and change for you

If I could go back
That's the first thing I would do I swear that I would
Do my best to folow through
Come up with a master plan
A homerun hit, a winning stand
A gaurantee and not a promise
That I'll never let your love slip from my hands

If it's the beaches
If it's the beaches' sands you want
Then you will have them
If it's the mountains' bending rivers
Then you will have them
If it's the wish to run away
Then I will grant it
Take whatever what you think of
While I go gas up the truck
Pack the old love letters up
We will read them when we forget why we left here

Find My Love lyrics - the avett brothers

What makes it easy to treat people bad?
Some things you say and you can't take 'em back
What makes it easy to run from the past,
like a child runs from the dark?
Which is the poison and which is the wine?
The scent and the colors are so much alike
And how much of each will it take to decide,
when your at the table alone?
Where do you go when it's perfectly clear?
You might find your way but you won't find it here
What makes it easy to sound so sincere,
when you know that you don't care?
Love gets lost
Love gets lost
Find my love
Find my love

How can you tell when goodbye means goodbye
Not just for now, for the rest of you life
How can you stand there with love in you eyes
And still be walking away
Love gets lost
Love gets lost
Find my love
Find my love
Find my love
Find my love

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