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And hang out, make lots of noise
And lay out late with a boy
Make the mistakes that she made, ‘cause she knew all along

CHORUS
I was already gone
I was already gone
I was already gone
Life is a runaway train you can’t wait to jump on

They say the first time won’t ever last
But that didn’t stop me the first time he laughed
All my friends tried to warn me, the day that we met
“Girl, don’t you lose your heart yet”

But his dark eyes dared me with danger
And sparks fly like flame to a paper
Fire in his touch burnin’ me up
But still I held on

CHORUS
‘Cause I was already gone
I was already gone
I was already gone
Life is a runaway train you can’t wait to jump on

Last time I saw him, I packed up my things
And he smiled like the first time he told me his name
And we cried with each other, we spread the blame
For the parts that we couldn’t change

Pictures, dishes, and socks
It’s our whole life down to one box
There he was wavin’ goodbye on the front porch alone

CHORUS
But I was already gone
I was already gone
I was already gone
I was already gone
I was already gone

And hang out, make lots of noise
And lay out late with a boy
Make the mistakes that she made
Life is a runaway train

(KRISTIAN)
My momma, my daddy
The road that she knows
Which hands to shake
Which hands to hold
My hand-me-down Mercury

(BOTH)
Life is a runaway train you can’t wait to jump on

If I could walk on water
If I could tell you what’s next
Make you believe
Make you forget

CHORUS:
So come on get higher
Loosen my lips
Faith and desire
And the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love

REPEAT CHORUS

I miss the sound of your voice
The loudest thing in my head
And I ache to remember
All the violent, sweet, perfect words that you said

If I could walk on water
If I could tell you what’s next
Make you believe
Make you forget

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

I miss the sound of your voice
I taste the sparks on your tongue
I see angels and devils and God when you come on
Hold on…

Sing sha la la la
Sing sha la la la

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

Because everything works love
Because everything works in your arms

Could be the windows down on a Sunday drive
Smell of rain on a summer night
Anything that brings a little more comfort my way
But sometimes, there’s those times
It’s gotta be you

CHORUS
I keep telling myself I’m movin’ on
But I’m stumbling
Believin’ my heart was strong enough
And now I’m wanderin’
But every step I take that leads me away
Just circles back to your door
Wishin’ I didn’t love you anymore

I’ve tried turning to the arms of someone new
But I can’t seem to fool this fool
I’ve seen closin’ times with every bottle dry
And I’ve seen days alone in my own room
I’ve asked God and magazines, stacks of books and movie screens
Anything to bring a little more comfort my way
But sometimes, there’s those times
It’s gotta be you

CHORUS
I keep tellin’ myself I’m movin’ on
But I’m stumbling
Believin’ my heart was strong enough
And now I’m wandering
‘Cause every step I take that leads me away
Just circles back to your door
Wishin’ I didn’t love you anymore
Will you give me more?

I’ve done everything I can to forget
If there is a way, I ain’t found it yet

I keep tellin’ myself I’m movin’ on
Believin’ my heart was strong
But every step I take that leads me away
Just circles back to your door
Wishin’ I didn’t love you
What I’d give if I could touch you
Wishin’ I didn’t love you anymore

Well, this bottle’s been working on my concentration
(Operation, working vacation)
The more I drink, the more the waves keep ‘a waving
(Operation, working vacation)
The office keeps calling with complications
A big break down in communication
They keep leaving messages I keep erasing

Chorus:
Operation, working vacation
Operation, working
You’ve gotta get out sometime
And let in the big sunshine

So, I made a little space for inspiration
(Operation, working vacation)
Might have to go back to school, post graduation
(Operation, working vacation)
And get my degree in intoxication
Gonna re-define higher education
Maybe i’ll inspire a whole generation

*Repeat Chorus*

Operation, working vacation

When your faith is stretched so thin
that you can see straight through your soul
and you cant find a nickel to buy a smile cuz all your pockets all got holes
you wanna shut the door and
hide before the day can get much worse
I wanna be the one you reach for first

Fall into me
my arms are open wide
and you dont have to say a word
cuz I already see
that its hard and your scared
and your tired and it hurts
and I wanna be the one you reach for first

I wanna be the bottle youve been drinkin with your eyes
or the road you run away on
you’ve been runnin all your life
the third row pew that you last knew
as a child in church
I wanna be the one your reach for first

Fall into me
my arms are open wide
and you don’t have to say a word
cuz I already see
that its hard and your scared
and your tired and it hurts
and I wanna be the one you reach for first

Before your turn the key
before you fall asleep
before your drift away
to find those demons waiting for you
in your dreams
before your arms are stretched wide open
before you are reaching to the sky
before your searching for direction
and for all the answers to your why’s

Fall into me
my arms are opened wide
and you don’t have to say a word
cuz I already see
that its hard and your scared
and your tired and I know it hurts

Yes its hard and your scared
and your tired and it hurts
and I wanna be the one you reach for first

This one here’s my mama
With the long, brown hair
I’m 40 years older today than she was in that picture there

CHORUS:
But if life stayed the way it was
And loves never fell out of love
If memories didn’t last so long
If nobody did nobody wrong
If we knew what we had before it was gone
If every road led back home
This would be
The very last country song

These are all my babies
Lord knows how we survived
The first one was hard and that last wasn’t planned
What a big surprise
That’s him with his daddy’s eyes

I loved the man in this one
It’s faded but I don’t care
There are nights when I wake up and know he’s beside me I swear
Sometimes I still feel him there

REPEAT CHORUS

If we knew what we had before it was gone
If every road led back home
This would be the very last country song

Chorus
Steve Earle, Steve Earle, please write a song for me.
I promise I won’t take a dime when it comes my time to leave.
The others wanted your whole heart, but I just want your sleeve.
Steve Earle, Steve Earle, please write a song for me.

Well I heard he loves each one the same,
As much as Ireland loves the rain.
Steve, it rains at my house everyday.
He met ‘em all in every port,
‘Cause falling in love is a pilgrim sport.
And as long as I can be the pirate, I’m ok!
You moved to the city. Baby, you had to go.
But I love apples and I could learn to love the snow.

Chorus

Come on!
[Instrumental break]

I could walk around in your favorite shoes.
Come on, just one line,
What do you got to lose?
And I don’t bruise.

Steve Earle, Steve Earle, please write a song for me.
I promise I won’t take a dime when it comes my time to leave.
The others wanted your whole heart, but I just want your sleeve.

(spoken)
And the shirt that goes with it ’cause it smells like you, and you know I like to sleep in that in the vacation house at the
beach and a really small wedding, only ’bout 300 people.
Did I tell you I have kids?
You’re gonna love ‘em.
They’re gonna need to go to college.
Do you like reggae?
I love reggae.
On Tuesday nights, I like to go to trivia, so that’s your night to go out with the boys and then you can…
Is this thing on?

Steve Earle, Steve Earle, please write a song for me.

I do!
Yeah!
Fine!
Cool!
Should we come listen then?

What I’d give to make you coffee
Find out how you like your eggs
Wrapped around you in the morning
A tangled lace of arms and legs

Chorus:
What I’d give to let you love me
Find out everything that brings you joy
Wake up to your face above me
I’d be that girl and you could be that boy
Find out what that feeling is
Oh, what I’d give

What I’d give to take you dancing
What I’d give to make you mine
If you’ve got questions, I got answers
And my answer’s “yes” to you every time

What I’d give for just one minute
What I’d give to count all the ways
If your heart was dark with nothin’ in it
I’d give you mine and take your place

Repeat Chorus

Oooh, what I’d give

Chorus:
I say, it’s love
I say, it’s love

Is it the one you call home
Is it the Holy Land
Is it standing right here holding your hand
Is it just like the movies
Is it rice and white lace
Is it the feeling I get when I wake to your face

Repeat Chorus

Is it the first summer storm
Is it the colors of fall
Is it having so little
And yet having it all
Is it one in a million
Is it a chance to belong
Is it standing right here singing this song

Repeat Chorus 4 times

Is it a veil or a cross
Is it the poet’s gift
Is it the face that has launched over thousands of ships

is it making you laugh
is it letting you cry
Is it where we believe that we go when we die
Is it how you were made
Is it your mother’s ghost
Is it the wish that I’m wishing for you life, for you life, for your life the most