1. |
Tell Me True
02:57
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If I’m dying would you let me know
Got things to do before I go
Been sleeping much too late to get a damn thing done
It’s the little things I remember less
Like a postcard mailed from my old address
Drinking Tanqueray, my youth is begging for rum
So tell me true
Tell me true
If I’m going down slow would you tell me true
Every stranger on the street looks just like
Someone I once knew
And I ain’t sure I want to know which gate I’d make it through
So tell me true
Tell me true
Got nothing to write home about
Want to fix it up my wallet won’t allow
My burning pockets turn dollars into dimes
Got a storage room for the cross and shroud
Got a hat hook ready for the thorny crown
Plenty of space when all I need is time
So tell me true
Tell me true
If I’m going down slow would you tell me true
Every stranger on the street looks just like
Someone I once knew
And I ain’t sure I want to know which gate I’d make it through
So tell me true
Tell me true
My head is hard but my heart is tender
So I mark my love letters with return to sender
No one gonna keep my sorry self around.
So tell me true
Tell me true
If I’m going down slow won’t you tell me true
Every stranger on the street looks just like
Someone I once knew
And I ain’t sure I want to know which gate I’m headed to
So tell me true
Tell me true
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2. |
Ode To Poor Decisions
04:15
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Well the words of the wise
They don’t reach me at all
Got a litany of lies
At my beck and call
A head full of bad ideas,
I’m just waiting on the axe to fall
Been all around
I ain’t learned a thing
Alarm bells sound
I just let em ring
Take all the red flags
Place them softly at the feet of the king
It’s just a shot in the darkest of night
I’m blind in the fullest of lights
Lord knows I’ve learned what’s wrong
Won’t you tell me what’s right
Dealing from the bottom
But every card is wild
Used to have a conscience
I ain’t seen it for a while
Now I stumble through the world
Clean up blunders after every mile
Been battered and bruised
I never heal
I used to have a conscience
I don’t what’s real
Now I always tell the truth
Unless I have the chance to steal
It’s just a shot in the darkest of night
I’m blind in the fullest of lights
Lord knows I’ve learned what’s wrong
Won’t you tell me what’s right
It’s just a shot in the darkest of night
I’m blind in the fullest of lights
Lord knows I’ve learned what’s wrong
Won’t you tell me what’s right
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3. |
A Better Glue
03:49
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You’ve been speaking a different language
I smile and nod while I scratch my head
All these big ideas do damage
Let’s talk about the weather instead
We don’t need to see the mirror
To know the cracks clear
I know you never ask a question you don’t know the answer to
What should I think when you ask where this is going
If we want to stick together were gonna need a better glue
We’re falling apart and it’s finally showing
You’ve been telling the same old stories
We’re getting older but we never change
Wasting time in purgatory
We never really move we just rearrange
Clutch to ignorance and hope
While we’re running out of rope
I know you never ask a question you don’t know the answer to
What should I think when you ask where this is going
If we want to stick together were gonna need a better glue
We’re falling apart and it’s finally showing
Why would we pretend anymore?
I know you never ask a question you don’t know the answer to
What should I think when you ask where this is going
If we want to stick together were gonna need a better glue
We’re falling apart and it’s finally showing
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4. |
Olivia (What A Shame)
04:00
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You keep your windows open wide all through the winter
As if you’re gonna wake up in a warmer place
Beg for gold, but what you get don’t glitter
And everyone can see it all over your face
Olivia, why you always looking for more?
Olivia, living with a foot out the door
What a shame sweet Olivia
Loneliness stings you never shed a tear
Every year you say you’ll be gone by spring
Why would you care when don’t wanna be here?
On your way out why worry bout the little things
Olivia, why you always looking for more?
Olivia, living with a foot out the door
What a shame sweet Olivia
So you’re hedging your bets
And judging your steps
Saving your luck
But the road is long
Doubt runs wide
And when the moment is gone
You’ll still be stuck
Sweet Olivia
Good intentions, but your mind is a mess
Spend your summers dreaming of fall
You want the world, won’t settle for less
And you wonder why you got nothing at all
Olivia, why you always looking for more?
Olivia, living with a foot out the door
What a shame sweet Olivia
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5. |
Lost Things
03:37
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A ragged mask
A threadbare coat
Holes all in my shoes
Can’t come to grips
With letting go
Of things I never use
Gather up my identity
Before ya throw it all away
Justify the price I had to pay
Sinking again
Throw me a line?
Drowning’s ain’t so bad
All you got is wasted time
I need a friend
Anyone would do fine
It’s easy when you’re desperate
When it comes to love I’ll take what I can find
A broken house
With a busted door
I keep the lock and key
It might be fixed
I can’t be sure
It’s all Greek to me
Don’t waste your time looking
For reasons I’m this way
Seasons change in months
But I change by the day
I’m sinking again
Would you throw me a line?
Drowning ain’t so bad
When all you got is wasted time
I need a friend
Anyone would do fine
It’s easy when you’re desperate
When it comes to love I take what I can find
I’m sinking again
Would you throw me a line?
Drowning ain’t so bad
When all you got is wasted time
I need a friend
Anyone would do fine
It’s easy when you’re desperate
When it comes to love I take what I can find
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6. |
Bag Full of Bones
03:02
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7. |
When It Rains
03:32
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I can’t ever keep my head above water
In a world where it always rains
There’s a lot of people out here drowning
But I know all the tricks of the trade
I keep filling a cracked cup
And I wonder why it slips away
Hope something comes from dwelling on failures
I think about them everyday
Had enough of bad luck and bad weather
It feels like I never get far
I gotta believe life’s gonna get better
Why else would it be this hard
Where all the times when it all lines up
And I feel like I can do no wrong
They’ve been here before, might have been a dream
Cause it feels like it’s been so long
And now all I can say for my days
At least they’re better than the nights
You might show me the right way honey
You can’t show me how to get it right
I had enough of bad luck and bad weather
It feels like I never get far
I gotta believe life’s gonna get better
Why else would it be this hard
You know I asked for help
Nobody heard me
If I ever stand up
Ain't no need to worry
Any ground I’ve gained
I’ll give it all back in a hurry
Maybe I’m just doing this wrong
And I’ll fix it when I try again
But you know I’ve heard it all before
And I always know how it ends
Had enough of bad luck and bad weather
It feels like I never get far
I gotta believe life’s gonna get better
Why else would it be this hard
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8. |
Changing The Guard
04:55
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Changing the guard
Heart’s on the loose
Pull my neck out the hold
Of a handmade noose
Straighten my back
Open my eyes
When you look like yourself
No need for a disguise
Yes I had it coming
Pride before the fall
Wasted time running away
Instead of answering the call
It’s the lesson I needed
It’s the will to scale the wall
Make sure you know what you want
When you finally get it all
So I’m changing the guard
And I’m setting this right
Cleaning my hands of the blood
From an endless fight
Low down days are done
Road rises for me
There’s no need to hide from the light
When you’re dying to be seen
Yes I had it coming
Pride before the fall
Wasted time running away
Instead of answering the call
It’s the lesson I needed
It’s the will to scale the wall
Make sure you know what you want
When you finally get it all
A bitter battle
At the edge of the end
The fading face of your faithless friends
A brand new day
Seen from an old soul
Finding the part that makes you whole
Changing the guard
Raising the gate
The whole world is waiting on me boy
I won’t be late
Yes I had it coming
Pride before the fall
Wasted time running away
Instead of answering the call
It’s the lesson I needed
The will to scale the wall
Make sure you know what you want
When you finally get it all
Make sure you know what you want
When you finally get it all
Make sure you know what you want
When you finally get it all
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Chris Haise Band Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Hailing from Milwaukee, WI, the indie/folk/rock band’s music has been described as “intense, thoughtful songcraft”* with “lyrics so vivid you can practically touch them, (Haise) is among the finer storytellers”. Each of their songs is layered with contagious hook-filled melodies while keeping true to Haise’s Dylan-esque vocals and cello-laced compositions. ... more
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