Category: 2018 - LINDSAY WHITE

LYRICS

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Quit Hanging Out With Those Friends

12/18/2018

1. quit hanging out with those friends
they mess with your reputation
as long as they keep judging
what they think is a sin
i just can't stand for them

2. quit letting them spoil your name
don't you feel like you're being framed?
they shoot you like bullets of blame
and i don't like their aim
don't you feel the same?

3. i'd love it if you could come back
not just airplanes and panic attacks
i just don't think that it would last
considering our past
so i don't even ask

4. they say every day that they serve you
they're lying cause they got the nerve to
make me feel like i don't deserve you
i got no one to turn to
god dammit i urge you

5. to quit hanging out with those friends
they mess with your reputation
i don't like to give ultimatums
but i fuckin' hate 'em
why'd you even create 'em?

quit hanging out with those friends

This Flame (Melt With You)

11/13/2018

Lyrics ("melt with you" portion attributed to song of the same name by Modern English)

fire’s coming round the mountain, babe, start running for the car
no time for family photo albums, records, or guitars
freeewheelin’ dylan was my savior but I cannot return the favor
i know them all by heart anyways
they’ll be blowin’ in the wind after the blaze

you’re the only thing that i refuse to lose
even driving toward death’s door, you’re my refuge
when the world stops burning, this flame will continue
and i’ll melt with you

smoke’s clouding up our eyes, babe, open your ears and try to hear me
they may not recognize our bodies but I’ve memorized your spirit
leaving life is really scary but skin and bones are temporary
my love for you’s the only truth that stays
it will be blowin’ in the wind after the blaze

you’re the only thing that i refuse to lose
even driving toward death’s door, you’re my refuge
when the world stops burning, this flame will continue
and i’ll melt with you

Red Today

11/11/2018

red today, i’m seeing red today

i’m seeing red today
not in an angry way
red like a cross that saves on disastrous days
or a heart that loves in fantastic ways
read like the cartoons when you’re searching for laughter
red like a curtain that falls from the rafters
at the end of a play, we all make our way off the stage

and i don’t pretend to be certain
but i’m pretty sure that curtain will rise again
it’s just a matter of when

but I’m seeing red today...

Like Home (This Ain't No Place)

11/10/2018

this is what we get
this is who we are
we’re the tin man who ran
away from a heart

this is who we are
it’s easy to explain
we’re the scarecrow who said no
to a brain

you see, that rug is getting bigger
the broom is getting thicker
we ain’t worth keeping, so it’s sweeping us under
we’re reaping what we’ve sown
this ain’t no place like home

this is what we get
this is what we’ve become
we’re the wicked and the cowardly
just eating up our young

this is who we are
this is what we get
ain’t no yellow brick gonna get
us out of it

and that rug is getting bigger
that broom is getting thicker
we ain’t worth keeping, so it’s sweeping us under
we’re reaping what we’ve sown
this ain’t no place like home

Halloween Since 2016 (boo)

10/30/2018

(To the tune of "Lil' Red Riding Hood" by Sam Sham and the Pharaohs)
Capo 4 shapes:
Section 1: Em G Am C7 B7 Em
Section 2: G Em Am D7

it's been halloween ever since 2016
trump makes freddy seem like a nice daydream (boo)
talk about doom & gloom when you can't afford the emergency room
and you're terrified w/ chills cause your wages won't pay the bills

what big lies they tell
i'd rather live at the bates motel
than watch my country slip away
to the nra & the kkk
what big hypocrites
getting rich for the apocalypse
i gotta say, it's a scary day
now that putting kids in cages is the christian way

it's been halloween ever since 2016
trump makes freddy seem like a nice daydream (boo)
talk about horrifying putting predators in power and ignoring science
when every fox news line sends a shiver up & down my spine (boo)

what big lies they have
i'd rather jason chase me in a hockey mask
than watch rights get stripped away
for brown, trans, female, homeless, poor, or gay

what big hypocrites
placing blame on the journalists
aspiring to be like our enemies
& conspiring to murder our democracy

it's been halloween ever since 2016
trump makes freddy seem like a nice daydream (boo)
here's what we're gonna do listen up now i'm talking to you
this red's gonna kill us dead so please vote blue

High Horse

9/27/2018

Verse: Bm (F#) G // A Bm A G
Chorus: D A Bm G // A Bm G A

why you trying so hard to rein me in?
you whistle when i trot, but not when i’m galloping
is it getting out of hand, am i getting too wild?
is it a shame i’m so untamed, so unbridled?

i climbed up on my high horse
cause it wasn’t safe to come down
but i kinda miss the feeling
of my feet running on the ground
i don’t have no remorse
cause now i've got a better view
i’ll gladly dismount
when i can start counting on you
until you stop hurting me,
i’ve been saddled with a burden you see
that’s the only reason why
i climbed up on my high horse

you think i’m chomping at the bit
i’m just trying to help you out
you’re trying to throw me off
trying to kick me in the mouth
you wish i would just stay in the stable
laying in the hay
you don’t want no trouble
long as i’m not in the way

Ego

9/20/2018

Verse: Bm A
Chorus: E D
Bridge: E Bm

are you my friend
are you my enemy
remember when
you used to take good care of me
lately you’ve been
treating me unbearably

ego, ego
please let me know
where did we go off track
ego, ego
you got my brain
do you got my back

are you Jekyll or Hyde
it’s still not clear to me
are you on my side
or just tired of being near to me
are you satisfied
you got another tear from me

we’re gonna have to make things right
you gotta let me have a say
cause we can’t keep having this fight
and i can’t live this way

I Didn't Ask You

9/6/2018

you say, girl i like it fast
i say, boy that don’t surprise me
for what it’s worth i didn’t even ask
but you just gotta advise me

i’m not hoping i’m not wishing
i’m not asking for permission
you keep talking i’m not listening
my existence ain’t on trial
here comes that crazy bitch again
why does she get sensitive when
you tell her she’d look better if she’d only fucking smile

i didn’t ask you (woah)
how you see me (ooh)
i don’t need you (boy)
just to be me (yeah)

you say, girl you’re so emotional
i say, boy you’re just afraid of
living in a world where you’re losing control
you cower in the power that i’m made of

but it’s physical, political,
emotional and spiritual
it’s sexual, perpetual,
habitual assault
here comes that short skirt argument
why does she get sensitive when
you put your hands all over her
and tell her it’s her fault

Time is on the Way

8/24/2018

is the weight of the world wreaking its havoc
is the state of affairs so scary it hurts
is that venomous voice in your head automatic
just letting you have it
making you feel like dirt

baby you're the damn grand canyon
baby you're a big great lake
you got that majesty, that beauty you can see from outer space
all those tall sequoias
they didn't grow in just one day
you know a landmark kind of life takes time
and time is on the way
time is on the way
carving marvels out of clay
yeah time is on the way

is the hardest part of your day in the morning
turn on your phone, feel alone, and lament
does the pressure you feel steal your breath without warning
feel that furrowed brow forming
making you feel irrelevant

baby you're the damn grand canyon
baby you're a big great lake
you got that majesty, that beauty you can see from outer space
all those tall sequoias they didn't grow in just one day
you know a landmark kind of life takes time
and time is on the way time is on the way
carving marvels out of clay
yeah time is on the way
time is on the way
coming round to save the day
so slow down, let it pave the way
yeah time is on the way

Cat Got Your Tongue

7/21/2018

Verse: Gm7 C7 Gm7 // C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7
Chorus: D7 C7

another unarmed black man
lying dead in the sun
another flag-hag pigskin patriot
walks fast past the homeless veteran

what the hell do you stand for?
what the hell will you fall for?
what the fuck are you waiting for?
does a cat got your tongue?

another ar15 minutes
another thought, another prayer
another nra-hole politician
too tightly tucked into bed to care

another brown child in a cage
while an orange man turns tricks
you turn a blind eye to grabbing pussy
do you like to watch him suck dictatorships?