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Battle Lines

2/4/2019

(Capo 2 Shapes)
Verse: E A
Chorus: B A

1. she eats her dinner hovered over the sink
bends down to the faucet when she wants a drink
she don't sit at the table, pour herself some wine
she don't love herself enough, she won't give herself the time

she grew up faster than most kids
now all the boys treat her like her daddy did
as far as she's concerned she's just rotting on the vine
she don't love herself enough, she won't give herself the time

she don't love herself
she won't give herself the time
she don't need nobody else
telling her she ain't worth a dime
the only hand she's been dealt
is the hurting kind
the battle scars are hard inside her heart so
she keeps drawing deeper battle lines

2. she makes her money taking off her clothes
it ain't what she likes it's just what she knows
she ain't smiled for real since '89
she don't love herself enough, she won't give herself the time

she don't love herself
she won't give herself the time
she don't need nobody else
telling her she ain't worth a dime
the only hand she's been dealt
is the hurting kind
the battle scars are hard inside her heart so
she keeps drawing deeper battle lines

3. no one's coming to save the day
they would've come by now if it worked that way
she's just flickering out like a neon sign
she don't love herself enough, she won't give herself the time

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Big Magic (How to Be a Winner When You Lose)

12/29/2016

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*some lines from this song are pulled from Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic as reference/wink to the book. How to Be a Winner When You Lose was a song prompt from Eagles Songwriter Jack Tempchin

Verse: D C Bm A
Chorus: D A G A // G A D C Bm G A

it's not like i was asking loss to be my best friend
but she stuck around when the chips were down
i've always found her at the bitter end
it's not like i've forgotten where the doors are or how to knock them
i quite like the sound of the pavement pounding
underneath the steps of my ambition

i wanted big magic
the kind of life that shoots across the sky
lighting up the dark
i've got this book of matches
wet with regret, splintered with time
and I can't find the spark
seems like big magic's only big hat trick
is to go when she knows you blew a fuse
she'll leave you sitting in the dim
learning how to be a winner when you lose

it's not like I'm complaining about the waxing and the waning
i prefer the rise and fall of a curve ball
i'm always honored by her visitation
it's not like i am choiceless or powerless or voiceless
but i feel so weak, it gets hard to speak
in the ruthless furnace of expectation

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Boat Train

4/6/2013

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Various Voicings of Bm A G

we built a freight train, it carried cargo
we set the train out to sea if it would float
we had a false hope
we had so far to go
if only trains had buoys

we should have built a boat, we should have let it sail
instead we built a train and let the train derail

we built a strong ship upon a railroad
sang sailor songs and dreamed of moving in one lane
we had a true love, we called it music
the anchor dropped, there was no steam

we should have built a train, we had a thousand tries
instead we built a boat and let the boat capsize

i'll dock my boat out in calmer waters
close enough to see land and i'll look for you
your locomotive will pass along the harbor
just close enough to squeeze my hand as you fly through

i'm going to build a boat, i'm going to hoist the mast
you're going to build a train, you're going to hear my name
a voice from the past

we're going to learn and grow, we're going to have some fun
go our separate ways and maybe meet some day
out by the setting sun

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Beauty in the Dim

8/3/2010

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you take up space, yeah, you give good face
but you can’t remember the last time someone saw you small
you touch so high, others rely
on you to light their sky when you don’t feel bright at all

so take the time you need to find
the light that shines deep within
and we’ll be alright with less of your light
cause we see the beauty even through the dim

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Beautiful

4/1/2010

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*verses co-written with Veronica May (chorus/bridge partial cover of Snoop Dogg/Pharell song of the same name)

starting out it was the shot heard round the world
a committed lady going after a noncommittal girl
but then time, time finally took its toll
life was the objective and love was the goal
and then i said...

you're beautiful, i just want you to know, you're my favorite girl

finally settled down and things got better
consider this song a little love letter
it's like a whole new life now that you're in it
baby be my wife, and let's begin it

i just wanted you to know that you are really special

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Bethel and Ollie

3/29/2010

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*Co-write with Veronica May. (first verse lyrics corrected - we got it backwards in the video)

she was late to church one day
and they need someone had to play
so he picked up her guitar right when she pulled up in her car
bethel and ollie met that day

they were full of love (bethel and ollie)
they were full of light (bethel and ollie)
he was more than a husband (bethel and ollie)
she was more than a wife (true love)
they were true to their vows (bethel and ollie)
til the day the died (always falling)
bethel and ollie always falling into love

he tended to their fields as she tended to their home
they intended to give love and had five children of their own
camping in the summers, cotton in the spring
and in the fall they were falling

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Breakdown

11/20/2009

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Verse: E Esus E7sus E
Chorus: A G E // A B E A F

i hate the pity in your voice
please don’t take that tone with me
yeah, i feel shitty but that was my choice
i’m just trying to find a moment of happy

i’ve been better but i’ll be fine
it’s not easy losing your mind
the buildup’s better than the breakdown
cause when i breakdown nobody’s around

i feel like shouting every word
please don’t take that from me
i’m tired of getting what i deserve
it’s time i deserve some happy

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LYRICS

Battle Lines

Big Magic (How to Be a Winner When You Lose)

Boat Train

Beauty in the Dim

Beautiful

Bethel and Ollie

Breakdown

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