Don’t Knock It – Adams
Don’t knock it ’til you try it
I mean to treat you well
Didn’t say you have to buy it
Let’s go raise a little hell
Don’t want to hear no anymore
Just open your mind and say yes
Don’t you close that door
It might be what’s best
You know this ain’t right
It’ll only cause a fight
But I just want to
Only look at me
Just don’t let me be
Comfort comes familiarity
Just try it and see
Here I Sit – Anderson
Here I sit broken hearted
I can’t quit what I never started
Wry smiles, furtive glances
I’ve had a lifetime of missed chances
Here I sit empty-handed
Why does nothing go like I planned it
Sittin’ at the bar alone
My only friends are on my phone
Here I sit thinking bad thoughts
I keep actin’ on all those should-nots
My propensity to do the wrong thing
Has only left me with a sense of longing
Here I sit hearing voices
Makin’ all questionable choices
Try to go by my first instinct
I’m unable to be succinct
And here I am
I can’t walk away ’cause here I sit
Here I sit heart on my sleeve
Not sure what I want to achieve
Lookin’ sad, lookin’ lonely
Just wanna be your one and only
Here I sit with my fake grin
Enabled by all this cheap gin
False bravado, liquid courage
Got me behavin’ all with a flourish
And I’m probably just a disaster
My mistakes pile up faster and faster
I can’t plaster over them anymore
I’m done for, there’s no encore, no more this you can’t ignore
Here I sit bruised and battered
All my hopes and dreams are shattered
No one loves me as much as me
This is my new reality
Here I sit eyes wide open
This ain’t goin’ like I was hopin’
I accept my limitations
There ain’t no end to my frustrations
Here I stand, hands are shakin’
Tryin’ to pretend my heart’s not breakin’
All my life’s led up to this
I’m on the precipice of bliss
Here I stand walking toward you
At least we can make our debut
Can’t believe that this is real
Is this how I’m supposed to feel
Cheers– Adams
Walking through like I own this town
Don’t always recognize what’s around
My oh my how time goes so fast
All my friends aren’t in the past
Cheers to you
Cheers to me
Raise your glass to set you free
All my friends are here with me
No other place I’d rather be
Pull up to my favorite bar
This is the best place by far
Never say no and stop at one
All my friends are here ’til we’re done
Now and Then – Olk
Now and then take the long route
Short way to an end
Stand up to be counted, or sit down and shut down
It’s true.. have we disappointed
Living proof it’s all disjoined
Take back the time
Parliamentary, fine wine over time
Talk about the past, cloture over airtime
Not envisioned over a thousand times
Sadly just as the sunrise
Can we get there again
Shut down – end inner demons
Silence, dissidence, disillusionment
Take it back to the beginning
Prodigal Son – Anderson
I am the brother of the prodigal son
He always gets a party while I don’t get none
He was a waste but he came back today
He got laid I got a 401k
Every woman has eyes for him tonight
My red Solo cup is filled with Sprite
He’s a blast, I was always outdone
I am the brother of the prodigal son
I am the brother of the prodigal son
He blew is fortune in L.A. then lived on the run
I lived clean, he lived off his charms
Now daddy says “you’re back” with open arms
Now everyone acts like he’s back from the dead
I’ve been here the whole time not a word was said
He’s perpetually twenty-one
I am the brother of the prodigal son
I know I should be happy that he’s home
I wish he’d stayed away, and left us all alone
They loved him more and seeing proof’s not fun
I am the brother of the prodigal son
I am the brother of the prodigal son
My time to shine has begun
Time to start livin’ life for me
Footloose, merry, fancy free
Hit the ATM and then I’ll pack
I look forward to the feast when I get back
It’s time to look out for number one
I am the brother of the prodigal son
Austin City Limits – Anderson
I grew up in a little town in southeast Minnesota
Couldn’t get away with anything ’cause everybody knowed ‘ya
High school was an awful drag, and so was church on Sundays
So my friends and me killed our free time just cruisin’ down those one-ways
Our dads worked at the packing plant, tryin’ to make ends meet
Our moms worked hard just to make our homes, cook the dinner, clean the loveseat
My summer job I worked at the pool, sun and girls who stole the show
Little’d I know that’d turn out to be the best job that I’d ever know
I’m a little rough around the edges, no matter how you spin it
I’m not from the country but those Austin City Limits
There were parties out on country roads, and maybe some underage drinking
Pay no mind to those empty Miller cans, that can’t be what you’re thinking
Friday nights were football games, those fight songs really lit the spark
And afterwards there in the gym we’d dance to Fishing In The Dark
My parents told me life ain’t fair, so just bear up and grin it
I learned about life’s ins and outs in those Austin City Limits
I think I grew up fine and well, but if my cards were on the table
I wanted to get out of there just as soon as I was able
I’ll always look back with a smile, remembering those good days
When I was young and life was simple, before my current rat-race maze
My childhood seemed to fly right by, it seemed less than a minute
Some days it feels like I just left those Austin City Limits
It’s said that town made me who I am, I s’pose that could have been it
I’ll look back fondly at my time in those Austin City Limits
Clear and Free – Adams
Country roads, everybody’s got them
It’s the place you go to get clear and free
Country roads, it’s not about them
Gotta go to the place and see
Living day by day and taking it as it comes
Looking around to get my head on straight
Walk to the edge then pull it on back
Sitting in the dark and looking for the light
You and me on this road together
Hand in hand, gotta come with me
Never been a better time to walk on through
In that place I can be me
Panic Tomorrow – Adams
Turn on the TV and see the bad news
People killing in the street
People running from the police
It’s just negative news, watch the negative news
The weather you know is changing
Can’t decide if it’s warming or cooling
All the experts are calling for the end
Politics can’t decide on which side to stand
Panic like there’s no tomorrow
Here today nothing but sorrow
Panic like there’s no tomorrow
Give me some, just need to borrow
Desolation desperation
Where did all the good people go
Lose a house, lose a car
News is the same no matter where you are
There are break-ins and there are beatings
Bring on the news even while you’re eating
Watch the news when you get into bed
Might wonder if you’re better off dead
Wanna grab your family run for the hills
No one can find you to pay the bills
Won’t listen to the mongering
Don’t bother me with the rhetoric
Want the good life
It has to be out there
Won’t listen to the radio
Won’t turn on the TV
Won’t choose fear
Choose positive
Pay Phone – Anderson
I dropped my quarter in the pay phone
But that thing hasn’t worked for years
I dropped my quarter in the pay phone baby
But those things are souvenirs
How do I tell you I love you
In this new age that we’re in
How do I tell you I love you
I’m so old I don’t know where to begin
I tried to make you a mix tape
How do I do that on my phone
I tried to make you a mix tape baby
But Siri says that app’s unknown
How do I tell you I love you
My Spotify says I’m offline
How do I tell you I love you
My heart’s stored on cloud 9
When I saw that you texted me
You don’t know how that affected me
I’d say your virus infected me
But that don’t sound very good
I tried to write you a love note
Where can I buy a stamp
I tried to write you a love note baby
But my hand it starts to cramp
How do I tell you I love you
Do I swipe left or right
How do I tell you I love you
I just wanna come over tonight
Money Walks – Adams
Money walks, money talks
It’s what makes the world go around
It’s what everyone wants, but it it always haunts
Bring on greed even if it drives you do the ground
It always could even though it’s misunderstood
They always try to tell you it cannot bring joy
There is always a want and a reason to flaunt
Even if can’t it’s sure a fun ploy
Money, you know you really want it
Money, you know you gotta have it
So just give me some, just give me some
Never enough, just more more more
A necessary evil let’s make a deal
Working every day to just bring home a score
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