1.Sitting On Top of the World
Lyricist：Chester Burnett
Looking out on these back streets that you brought me
All I see has been bought, kept for safety
Trade the rift of the change for the landing
Save the light for the few that's left standing
I tried to tell you these are the good times
Guess we'll find out down the line, down the line
Walking out used to be so easy
Close the door while the light was still fading
But those times seem to fade into memories
And bring us here while the streets are left sleeping
You tried to tell me these are the good times
Guess we'll find out down the line
It's what we left behind, what we found inside
So what is on your mind？
Now that we're wasted, sitting on top of the world
Sitting on top of the world
Sitting on top of the world
Sitting on top of the world
Sitting on top of the world
2.Long Fall
The waves are settling down, and the sun has sunk into the sand
And the only calm this city gives is living in these ocean
sounds
Well, it's not as bad as it could be, it's just not as good as I
thought it would be
You'll find out what you miss most when you're out alone on the
West Coast
In a longfall, yes, it's gonna be a longfall
I'm not sure why I'm still here, when I left my life seemed so
clear
Now my dreams are heavy things that are muddied by reality
Cause I can't find good pay, and there's no game days on
Saturdays
Yes, the only tailgates I see down are loading smack and crack
cocaine
For a long haul, up the West Coast in this longfall
My girl loved the price of fame, I lost her when she changed her
name
Her face used to feel so soft, 'til her agent's doctor pulled it
off
She got a new nose and cheekbones, and a bit part on a TV show
But a home can turn to a frozen place, when the one you love's
got a stranger's face
It's a longfall, out in LA, It's a longfall. Still no rain, and
I don't feel the same
Just when I thought I'd head on back, I saw a black haired girl
on the concrete path
She flung her hair back with her hands, between the setting sun
and a coffee stand
And in the fading light I could barely see, when she fired up a
Winston and gave it to me
She said, 'You look like someone I know';
I said, 'I do, well, thanks for the care, cause it shows.'
In this longfall, there's fine folks out on the West Coast
It's just a longfall, where there's no cold, and no one gets old
In this longfall, there's no rain, but I know Jane will change
In this longfall, yes, I know things have got to change
3.Down in the Valley
I lost my soul today along the river's edge.
I gave it all away I won't see it back again.
She says I've lost all feeling;
Oh what's a man supposed to do？
But it's sun down, blood horizon,
Now it feels alright.
No one fears the darkness
Down in the valley tonight.
She hides her diamonds in her secret places drawer,
In case our livelihood should fall right through the floor.
But in our darkest season,
We had some good times even then.
Now it's sun down, blood horizon,
Now it feels alright.
No one fears the darkness
Down in the valley tonight.
I watch them come and go, I'll watch them go again.
The door is opening now so tonight I'm busting in.
We've all got our reasons,
Mine's a chance at breaking even now.
'Cause it's sun down, blood horizon,
Now it feels alright.
No one fears the darkness
Down in the valley tonight.
4.Atlanta
It's getting late and she's in bed.
And all she ever said was get to Atlanta.
The summer's coming and I'm heading home.
So I hung up the phone and looked outside
Turned my head and cleared my mind.
To Atlanta
The summers coming and I'm heading home
And the hardest part, yeah the hardest part
Is the way, It's the way
Nobody hears you when you're poor
So I'll shut my mouth some more
Til Atlanta
The summer's coming and I'm heading home
And the hardest part, yeah the hardest part
Is the way, It's the way
For Atlanta
For Atlanta
For Atlanta
For Atlanta
The Summer's coming and I'm heading home!
5.Mary
You've got walls worth tearing down.
You've got words worth listening to.
But you've been scarred just like your Mama said you might.
But you still treat people right, every night.
But you've got ways to make people drop their pain.
And that's worth everything you take; everything.
Mary, ain't it something; they never thought that you could make
it this far.
But now you're standing at the corner of Broad and Hollywood
Boulevard.
Mary, ain't it something; they never thought that you could make
it at all.
Without a dollar or a place you could fall, but it's all just
ahead of you now.
You've got a past worth bringing out.
You've made a path worth following.
But you've got arms that need to hold more than the streets,
And the cold beneath the sheets.
'Cause you've got ways to make me drop me my pain.
And that's worth every mile it takes to LA.
Mary, ain't it something; they never thought that we could make
it this far.
But now we're driving past the corner of Broad and Hollywood
Boulevard.
Mary, ain't it something; they never thought that we could make
it at all.
With out a dollar or a place you could fall, but it's all just
ahead of us now.
Mary, ain't it something, we had nothing at all, we had nowhere
to fall,
Now, we've got it all.
6.Walking Blind
Tide keeps creeping, squeezing me to row.
Sad surrender of the summertime of my soul.
Water will you wash me down and away.
Carry me home, to the place where I need to lay.
Carry you there and halfway here again.
Trying to freeze-frame, when the second hand seems to spin.
I wonder can you tell me how to keep on flowing to then from
now.
There's a quiet and a rest,
It ain't that bad, but far from the best,
And my dream keeps getting pulled away from me.
And the time I wait will be my time to tell
If I'm walking blind or if I'm running well,
And my dream keeps getting pulled away from me.
Rain crash harder, leave a ripple on my front page.
Flood rise higher to drown out my age.
Wave break down over me; send me walking to where I need to be.
There's a quiet and a rest,
It ain't that bad, but far from the best,
And my dream keeps getting pulled away from me.
And the time I waste will be my time to tell
If I'm walking blind or if I'm running well,
And my dream keeps getting pulled away from me.
7.Averly Jane
I caught her face in horizon clouds, soak up the smoke from her
last goodbye
But I can't feel pain cause there's no one to blame
Averly was always meant to be free, when she left she thought it
best to take some company
That's when she broke my chains and we took off
They never knew we were gone till the dawn cried
Hey Hey, Averly
Ain't it 'bout time to see
Where you need to be tonight
If you've got the mind to spare
Send it to the ones who care about you
Don't waste your breath on running alone
Just bring it on home sweet Averly Jane
Walkin' down these ol' graveled tracks, cause I lost her at the
Great Divide
I got my sweat-stained sleeve to wipe my brow dry
every footprint is caked in rust, while my boots are shining
rails I fight the rising dust
Then I feel her face up in the sunrise
They never knew we were gone till the dawn cried
And if you feel the highway scream beneath your feet
Just take a look around and remember what you see
Cause you might find a friend you know, burning through the
morning cold
To help you find your way back home through the misty haze
Hope to see you down again Averly Jane
I caught the glare of a passerby, just a sittin' on the side of
the street
He wore his heart on his sleeve, just to watch it bleed
He said, 'Son, you look a lot like myself, if I was you I'd put
my dreams back on the shelf.'
I said, 'When I come home, I won't be alone
I won't be sittin' on the side of the road while the sun cries.'
8.The Battery
I woke up on The Battery on a Charleston Friday night
With my dirt-stained Corduroys and Balances crumpled up by my
side
I said goodbye to my company, then I shook it on down the line
Sometimes I get a little lonely, and wish I hadn't left her
behind
'Cause every highway bears a bright sign, posted on the side of
a roaring world
And every passerby rolls back again, and in the end, you get
what you're looking for
So just give me my good friends, And a good hearted woman
Just give me some high times to fall back on
Sometimes I might need a cool drink and the good Lord to save me
Then I will be found, then I will be found
Ran out of gas on the freeway, 'bout a quarter mile from Abilene
That Texas sun just-a hung in the sky, smiling on me
A stranger stopped named Casey, said he's a friend of a friend
of mine
He said, 'It shore is a small world.' I said, 'It suits me just
fine.'
Well they put me in a jail cell before a race in Bristol,
Tennessee
Don't you go to Sully County if you want to be free
But there are two ways you can take things, you can make them
right or keep them wrong
So I kept my mouth closed and played Dominoes 'til the judge
sent me home
So just give me my good friends
And a good hearted woman
Just give me some high times to fall back on
Sometimes I might need a strong drink
And the good Lord to save me
Then I will be found, I will be found
9.Love and War (In a Small Town)
The sun is up and I'm on the rise
Head to work but I'm feeling fine
Seems like everybody I know has come around
We're just a small town
When al and john and I were kids
I did what a younger brother did
I would watch them chase rattlers from the ground
And I prayed they'd never leave this town
But al and john went to Iraq
When al came home he held my mothers hand
As the church bells rang the whole town broke down
War in a small town
Yeah!
When my work is done and the moon comes up
I'm gonna call the preachers daughter and start my truck
Everybody but the preacher knows where were bound
But ain't no one talkin since my brother went down
We're gonna cross the strip to the liquor store
We're gonna pass the party on the river's shore
Tonight she says she wants higher ground
Way above the lights of our home town
And one day she'll be my wife
And the preacher will swear that we've done it right
But if he could hear tonight these sounds
Love in a small town
Yeah
Well I don't guess that I'll ever see
Paris, rome, or nyc
The strip and the river thats were I'm found
We're just a small town
We're just a small town
Yeah
10.Bad Habit
I'm not asking you to understand.
All that I do that's just the way I am.
But all I want is to be your man.
Just let me be your....your bad habit.
Just tell me what you need and you'll have it now
Just tell her heart to release me
I'm only with her cause I've had to fight against the world that
wants to run our lives.
But I would stop to be with you tonite.
Just let me be your....your bad habit
Just tell me what you need and you'll have it now
Just tell her heart to release me
And you still please me so come on babe release me.
Leaving her now, I'm never thinking
'Til we went out by the river now I'm sinking down
Those days are gone
Thanks to you, now all I wanted is the love thats flowing
through you
Just let me be your....your bad habit
Just let me be your....your bad habit
Just let me be your....your bad habit
Just let me be your....your bad habit
Just let me be your....your bad habit
Just let me be your....your bad habit
Just let me be your....your bad habit
Just let me be your....your bad habit
I'm not asking you to understand.
But all I want is to be your man
11.Overcrowded Town
I watch the sunset falling down
I hear the voices coming through this overcrowded town
And yes, I know that time it flies by so fast
You better find yourself something that lasts
There is just not enough time to hold onto the past
It either makes you bitter or keeps you looking back
But if you need someone to help you in moving on
I have a will to make right what has been goin' wrong
What you need it will be coming around
Yes, I will bring it back somehow
If this web could be broken, don't you think I would
But I am just a fly caught in this neighborhood
These streets are cracked and scattered and baked beyond belief
One day I'll shake myself free and step out from the heat
What you need it will be coming around
Yes, I will bring it out somehow
12.Yellow Rose
There's an old man standing by a pond
Smiling like the world could do no wrong
Cool water runs against his toes
As he holds the petals of a yellow rose
Years ago in Central Park
He and his woman disappeared in the dark
And underneath the city's glow
They left the petals of a yellow rose
So would you be my, my yellow rose
Would you stand beside me when the wild wind blows
I'm only asking cause I, I'd like to know
Oh, would you be my Yellow Rose
They came in on a Jersey train
He took her hand and said, 'I love you Jane.'
She saw the passing of a garden's row
And said, 'I'd be yours if I had one of those.'
So would you be my Yellow Rose
Would you wake beside me in the morning glow
I'm only asking cause I'd like to know
Would you be my Yellow Rose
The water is still, and the woman is gone
But the old man ain't moving on
Cause there are moments when all you need
Is a cool pond and a memory
13.West End
There's a place still inside of me
Passed the highways of the evergreens,
Where you can hear the music in the midnight breeze.
I went there when I was a kid, and I walked the same streets
that my father did.
When I left, I never thought I'd go back again
Now my heart, it bleeds for you,
And all those things that we used to do.
'Cause I remember how it was back then.
There are times when I wish I could find those moments again;
But I left them in Nashville, out on West End.
And I think about it now and then
I remember the very first day that I picked up a guitar and
tried to play.
I wrote a song and I sang it wrong, but I never looked back.
I found some players and we played it loud,
I wanted to move on, but they wanted to settle down,
So I called my best friend and he said,
'I'm in,' we grabbed his roommate and my brother and we hit the
road.
Now my heart, it bleeds for you,
And all those things that we used to do.
'Cause I remember how it was back then.
There are times that I wish I could find those moments again;
But I left them in Nashville, on Elliston Place.
And I never thought it'd go away.
Now the road's getting longer, but the seats are filling in.
I swear to God when they fill up, I'm gonna want to go back
again.
I remember long ago, being broke and times of war;
I remember long ago, when peace of mind had room to grow.
Can you hear me？ Can I go back？
No, you can't go back, stop living in the past.
Now my heart, it bleeds for you,
And all those things that we used to do.
'Cause I remember how it was back then,
There are times that I wish I could be that man again;
But I left him in Nashville, out on West End.
And I think about it now and then.
14.Fire on the Pontchartrain
The cocaine bag, and your lovers numbers
Found in the bottom of our baby's crib
I've never asked for what you have given
And I can't take it for another day
And if you say I've become a stranger
In this house that I built for you
Then I would ask you to reconsider
Your rendezvous out on Lake Pontchartrain
I have been wronged and I have been mad
I have planned violence in the face of love
I tore the wires, and left them tattered
I swear the both of you won't make it back, Hey, Hey
I never knew why men would turn to violence
Then I met you and it came all too clear
The whiskey, whining, and constant lying
And the cheating in our very own bed
So cheating men and cheating women
Don't deserve half of what they tore away
Just a brief float in my old johnboat
And blow them up upon the Pontchartrain
Fire on the Pontchartrain (Fire on the Pontchartrain
I'll watch the rising flame, and make a toast
then I'll buy myself a brand new boat
Fire on the Pontchartrain (Fire on the Pontchartrain)
Fire on the Pontchartrain (Fire on the Pontchartrain)
Fire on the Pontchartrain (Fire on the Pontchartrain)
Fire on the Pontchartrain
Such a beautiful light, such a beautiful light
Such a beautiful life, such a beautiful life
Such a beautiful life
That night on the Pontchartrain
I saw you leaving in the pouring rain
Turned my head and I count to ten
Now I want you back again, Such a beautiful life
That night on the Pontchartrain
I saw you leaving in the pouring rain
I turned my head and I count to ten
But I want you back again
It's a beautiful light...for such a beautiful lie
It was a beautiful light, such a beautiful lie
Such a beautiful life
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