Wrecking Ball

The Currys  

• Lyrics

  There are days I can recall
  You and me and a wrecking ball
  How the buildings' walls would crumble
  We would dance upon the rubble
  I still have some storied scars
  From drunken brawls outside the bar
  That was all before we'd grown
  But boy, we sure could hold our own

  Somewhere down the line you went and changed your mind
  Found some other things to help you waste your time
  Now you said goodbye to all you knew
  Went diving in the water though it's cold as ice
  Are you reaching out for me and praying I could save your life,
  I could save your life?

  I won't wait for you
  Nothing that you said ever made me want to
  I won't wait for you
  I won't wait for you
  Nothing that you've done ever made me want to
  I won't wait for you

  Towers tumbling to the ground
  You gave the word I tore them down
  Entire cities blown apart
  From time bombs we disguised as hearts
  You could not be satisfied
  Mischief burning in your eyes
  Kicking open every door
  And always crying out for more

  Somewhere down the line you went and changed your mind
  Found some other things to help you waste your time
  Now you said goodbye to all you knew
  I'm thinking what you're needing is some holy ghost
  Remind you how you said that it was love you loved the most,
  Love you love the most

  I won't wait for you
  Nothing that you said ever made me want to
  I won't wait for you
  I won't wait for you
  Nothing that you've done ever made me want to
  I won't wait for you

  I'm thinking what you're needing is some holy ghost
  Remind you how you said that it was love you loved the most,
  Love you love the most

  I won't, I won't, I won't... WAIT!

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Water From The Well

The Currys  

• Lyrics

  I'll fetch the water from the well now, darling,
  If you'll watch the burners on the stove
  Light some candles as the night grows quiet, baby,
  Don't this feel like home
  Don't this feel like home

  Let's not go to town on Monday baby
  No, let's not return at all
  'Cause they don't have a thing I can't find here
  And there's nowhere I need to go
  No, there's nowhere I need to go

  Won't you come a little closer
  There is nothing you should fear
  Turn the pictures on the mantle
  So they can't see what we do here

  Wooden stairs up to the front door baby
  With the cracks we've known so well
  Will they last? You kiss my shoulder saying
  Darling, only time will tell
  Only time will tell

  Won't you come a little closer
  There is nothing you should fear
  Turn the pictures on the mantle
  So they can't see what we do here
  Won't you lay down with my, baby
  Let me hold you tight right now
  When you get that morning yearning
  Come and fill me with your sound

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You're Getting Smaller

The Currys  

• Lyrics

  You used to live with me at night after the bars were closed,
  And your smile would obstruct my line of sight, and leave my heart exposed,
  And all I'd want, all I want is you girl,
  To know me, to hold me, to take up my whole mind,

  Oh, but you're getting smaller

  Then I could hold you in my palm, the palm of my hand
  And your hair would wrap around my thumb, like a wedding band,
  In dreams, we'd kiss, we'd kiss just like before,
  With full lips, and pressed hips, up against the door

  Oh, you're getting smaller

  You were all I wanted,
  I was overwhelmed,
  And I swore that I was feeling things I'd never felt,
  An empty nightstand,
  A packed suitcase,
  With every day that passes, you become a name with no face,

  And now you live between my soul, and my heart, my brain, my mind,
  My blood, my bones, but even so, girl, I often find that I,
  I can't recall the way you were,
  Your eyelids, your sweet voice, your features fade away

  Oh, you're getting smaller

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Big, Cold Mountain

The Currys  

• Lyrics

  Last night a big, cold mountain raised up outside my door
  Tall as the clouds it stretches, never once seen before
  I fear should I try to round it I'd be forever lost
  Somewhere by that big, cold mountain covered in frost

  There's one million words for heartache, one million names for pain
  One million tears collecting in rivers as fallen rain
  To cascade in streams and wander aimlessly to the sea
  To drift with the tides and the currents indefinitely

  Last night I braved the mountain, tackled its wintry peak
  Where standing an icy gust lifted me off my feet
  In lover's arms it held me suspended in time and space
  Then the cold mountain tossed me down upon the rocks at its base

  These days I've grown accustomed to the mountain outside my door
  Which, like the wolves, has circled; the path leading round is no more
  I fear should I try to cross it, I'd be forever lost
  Somewhere on that big, cold mountain covered in frost.

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Come On Home

The Currys  

• Lyrics

  Come on home now 'cause I spent some time away crawling on the ground
  Come on home now 'cause I'll be pulling my own weight this time around
  If you don't think you want me anymore
  Can't you try, babe, one more time?

  I've been learning that running 'round ain't always wasting time
  I've been learning to seek without caring what I find
  I've been dying to talk with you, would that be all right?

  Come on home now 'cause I feel a little foolish singing by myself
  Come on home now and tell me, is there anything you see in anybody else?
  If you don't think you love me anymore
  Can't you try, babe, one last time?

  I've been learning that running 'round ain't always wasting time
  I've been learning to seek without caring what I find
  I've been dying to talk with you, would that be all right?

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Rule Of Desire

The Currys  

• Lyrics

  The sun still rose, the stars still shone,
  When two unknown bodies clung to each other just flesh and just bone,
  I ain't no sage, I ain't no seer,
  I can't tell if the love of my future is something to fear,

  And you love who you want to love,
  Don't ask for my guidance, don't ask for some light from above,
  And I,

  It seems alright, yeah, the way we feel,
  The fact that my mind's an issue means that it's real,
  But before I came it was you, it was he,
  We all got to belong, but I want you to belong to me,

  And you love who you want to love,
  Don't ask for my guidance, don't ask for some light from above,
  And I,

  Jealousy is a burning fire,
  The flames come up, and I'm just a heart for hire,
  Another blank slate for your perfect face to inspire,
  That's the very first rule of desire.

  If the passion is real, then that passion is right,
  One man's pain is another's unbridled delight,
  And it don't affect me you say, not even us,
  But it feels like I've been hit by a god damn bus,

  And you love who you want to love,
  Don't ask for my guidance, don't ask for some light from above,
  And I,

  Jealousy is a burning fire,
  The flames come up, and I'm just a heart for hire,
  Another blank slate for your perfect face to inspire,
  You're never alone, that's the very first rule of desire.

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Follow

The Currys  

• Lyrics

  If you lead me where you want me
  I will follow where you go
  If you lead me where you want me
  I will follow you home

  If you tell me all the answers
  I will answer your every call
  If you lead me where you want me
  I will follow you home

  If you lead me where you want me
  I will follow where you go
  If you lead me where you want me
  I will follow you home

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Inches From You

The Currys  

• Lyrics

  Where is he on this lovely evening
  While you and me, darlin', black dress sweeping
  About your legs, pour the red wine
  Come and fill my cup, oh, we'll drink it up, again, again

  He doesn't know, night taking hold and you pull me in close
  You take me to places we shouldn't be going
  Watching you move, now suddenly, oh, we're alone in your room
  And I'm dying here only inches from you
  I'm dying here only inches from you

  He's out of town, but that's no reason
  To call me up and start your teasing
  About those days when we were,
  But you touch my lips, now I'm sinking in, again, again

  He doesn't know, night taking hold and you pull me in close
  You take me to places we shouldn't be going
  Watching you move, now suddenly, oh, we're alone in your room
  And I'm dying here only inches from you
  I'm dying here only inches from you

  All those pictures of you smiling
  Is he holding that gaze in your eye?
  Could I break this? Could I take this?
  Could I make this love mine?

  Where is he, baby? You and me, baby,
  On this lovely, this lovely, this lovely evening
  On this lovely, oh no...

  He doesn't know, night taking hold and you pull me in close
  You take me to places we shouldn't be going
  Watching you move, now suddenly, oh, we're alone in your room
  And I'm dying here only inches from you
  I'm dying here only inches from you

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Catharsis

The Currys  

• Lyrics

  I cracked the world and what emerged
  A gaily-feathered lyrebird
  Calling my name in every tongue but yours

  All flies will struggle against their fate
  The crooked lines that we force straight
  But I know a web when one is placed before me

  Antipsychotics do the trick
  Though neither free of pain nor quick
  They’d core us like so many rotten pears

  My gut would tie in aching knots
  My mind cascade with just such thoughts
  If I could hear them over the tossing of your hair

  This ancient custom learned by rote
  They sound the pitches note for note
  The primal cadence of some grand upheaval

  Life runs downhill until you die
  When the momentum from on high
  Carries you deep into an earthen hell

  We played with matches once when young
  But years have robbed our puerile fun
  We need infernos now to leave the ground

  I bathe in poems, clothe in psalms
  My lips are dripping with napalm
  And all my ire is bent to burn this whole mess down

  Let’s raze it to the ground
  We’ll set it all aflame
  And burn our cares away
  Let’s burn this whole mess down

  (Dust and ashes, brown eyelashes, torch till sable what we’re able)

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Hollow Bones

The Currys  

• Lyrics

  Take a little time just to make your face
  It's a big day, and this house has changed
  Can't take no more, time to cut and run
  This all began when you were both so young
  You're feeling kinda lost with no one to blame
  Except a lonely heart and the mess it made
  There used to be a tone in the words she'd say
  It was beautiful but it's gone away

  Leave a little love so I can take with me
  Part of you that can help me be
  More than these hollow bones

  Realize now what a sad mistake
  So easily done, so easily faked
  Is there another man, she slaps your face
  You know thoughts like these rarely carry grace
  You just want to know how you fell so far
  When life with her never was that hard

  Leave a little love so I can take with me
  Part of you that can help me be
  More than these hollow bones

  You see her now and you're filled with pain
  You love the girl, but you cant make her stay
  Feeling kinda lost and she has your name
  She'll keep the word but it's not the same

  Leave a little love so I can take with me
  Part of you that can help me be
  More than these hollow bones

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How A Man's Supposed To Die

The Currys  

• Lyrics

  I been lying around these last few days
  Afraid that if I start moving I'd find my way
  And that if I start talking I'd have something to say
  Ain't that the way it goes

  I drink to remember the best of my friends
  I'll drink to forget the worst of my sins
  And I'll drink to make love to her once again
  Or to a girl of similar size

  I hate myself come morning, but I love me late at night
  If you ask how I'm doing, I'll say that I'm alright
  Ain't nothing wrong with dying if it helps to pass the time
  I'll be dancing through the graveyard laughing with a friend of mine
  Sharing dreams of a coastline and a road to nowhere
  I'll be drunk driving, wind blowing through my hair
  When that savior comes to take me, Lord, I will not have a care
  As his hands uncover my eyes
  Ain't that how a man's supposed to die?

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Nothing Good

The Currys  

• Lyrics

  I came to in a parking lot and I didn’t know my name
  In an southwest Georgia service stop that I almost made my grave
  I can’t recall particulars though I swear I’m not to blame
  But the gun that’s lying next to me keeps smokin’ all the same

  Cut me out, I’m spreading like a cancer baby
  Peel me back, for all the world to see
  Spit me up, I’m accustomed to rejection
  Nothing good ever could come from me

  They say that nobler men prevail, and lord knows that I'm not one
  I put off all my growing up for the sake of having fun
  I'll do right by you someday, but I’m damned if I know how
  ‘Cause I follow where my compass leads, but it's always pointing south

  Cut me out, I’m spreading like a cancer baby
  Peel me back, for all the world to see
  Spit me up, I’m accustomed to rejection
  Nothing good ever could come from me

  Throw me out, I’m wasted in so many ways
  Toss me back, into that deep dark sea
  Burn me up, just give me to the fire, doll
  Nothing good ever could come from me

  Cut me out, I’m spreading like a cancer baby
  Peel me back, for all the world to see
  Spit me up, I’m accustomed to rejection
  Nothing good ever could come from me

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