(Mary Gauthier/Crit Harmon) You're crying cause I'm not crying You're crying while I sit here looking strong You're sad 'cause I don't feel the pain
Well, the grasses are swaying, the suns going down Music is playing, you?re weaving through town Pull into the drive way, toss it in park You stare out
This is not my street This is not my house That is not my bed This is not my town Another day another night Another night another day I wanna go home
(Mary Gauthier/Crit Harmon) Davey stole a Christmas tree from K-Mart last night red ribbons and silver bells, angels dressed in white He tied, it to
Tell me that you love me one more time Before you leave, before you leave Wrap your arms around me hold me tight Before you leave, before you leave
(Mary Gauthier) I felt the flames on my face When I found the nerve to meet your eyes, so green I stumbled towards your elegance I tumbled, wide awake
(Mary Gauthier/Keri Powers) He's lying on the double bed acting self-assured In his T-shirt ana his underwear he's barely said a word She pours a cup
It's a cheap hotel, the heat pipes hiss The bathroom's down the hall, and it smells like piss It's another night in another town And I'm another blues
My name is Michael Joe Alexandre I've been a queer since the day I was born. My family, they don't say much to me, my heart knows their silence has
(Jonathan Pointer) A warm wind blows Across my windowsill tonight Like a ghost, like a ghost Soft and low In this other- worldly light I dream of Rose
(Mary Gauthier) Born a bastard child in New Orleans to a woman I've never seen I don't know if she ever held me All I know is that she let go of me
She said, " You are not my lover, So don't look at me that way. Just cause I let you touch me, Don't mean I'll let you stay." She said, "Lovers try to
He'd get home at 5:30, fix his drink And sit down in his chair Pick a fight with mama Complain about us kids getting in his hair At night he'd sit alone
Happy Anniversary, baby It's been a year now since you moved away Even though I asked you to go I miss you every day I miss you in the evenings Alone
Broken on the inside, that?s what I used to say Then I?d pack my bags, raise a white flag and drive away I thought that?s what made me strong Well, I
There's a tiny village with its landscape painted green A firehouse, a general store, all the streets are clean The people at the depot love to hear
When they ask about us As friends always do Remember the good times Honey, we had a few I'll never condemn you I'll take all the blame You got a good
A little girl lost, her world full of pain. He said it feels good, She gave him her vein. The dope made her numb and numb felt like free. Until she came