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Verse 1 You say I'm guarded But baby I'm broken-hearted I used to love somebody like you And I ain't going back to where he took me to And your frustrated Cos I've delayed and I've debated If I can ever love again And how far to let you in Bridge You keep talking 'bout the horizon But I'm still working on surviving Can you light the fire that sleeps inside of me? Chorus Can you be my medicine? Gotta cure this fever I got me some broken dreams Can you be my healer? Can you be my medicine? Make me a believer Can you be my country? Can you be my preacher? Can you be my healer? Verse 2 It's not complicated I got hurt and now I'm jaded But I find peace in your smile Are ya hanging around a while? Cos your eyes man Contain a million stars And loving you would be easy if I could just open up my arms Bridge You keep talking 'bout the horizon But I'm still working on surviving Can you light the fire that sleeps inside of me? Chorus Can you be my medicine? Gotta cure this fever I got me some broken dreams Can you be my healer? Can you be my medicine? Make me a believer Can you be my country? Can you be my preacher? Can you be my healer?

Verse 1 Remember that porch swing? That we fell out of? Cos it got eaten by beetles Like your big mouth ate our love. Remember that bottle? Where I marked the whiskey level on the glass? And you secretly drank it. Cos baby you ain't got no class! And every dollar that you took from me. Was the price of my sanity. Chorus Cos what we called love Yeah what we called love What we called love. Wasn't good enough. Verse 2 I remember your strong hands, Pulling me up to dance. Making me a porch swing, As a gesture of romance. I remember those fingers, How they let go of a ball. And the sand that slipped through, Making losers of us all. And those bonds I thought I'd never break. Now I'm standing on the edge, of an earthquake. Chorus Cos what we called love Yeah what we called love What we called love. Wasn't good enough. Mid-8 Well you said that you were Texas forever, That your heart would never fail. Then you and your brother made some plans together, Now you're eating dinner in a jail. And I thought about you all the Time. Read about you crime by Crime. All that shit you said, Wasn't worth a dime... Cos what we called love Yeah what we called love What we called love. Wasn't good enough.

Verse 1 Oh I would Hate you if could You're a broken gun But every time I run I seem to find a path of broken glass A valley full of bones And walk a great big circle to our home Chorus And just because I am finally leaving Doesn't mean I won't stay standing here And just because I've been deceiving Doesn't mean That I don't care Verse 2 The only one To ever move me is in the ground I know you try But there's a reason why my heart can't be found I need to shed this paper skin I'm in And clean my jaded blood Free my tired body of this mud Chorus And just because I am finally leaving Doesn't mean I won't stay standing here And just because I've been deceiving Doesn't mean That I don't care

Verse 1 I see you standing by the roadside Holding out your sign I wanna call your mamma tell her that you're doin fine Yeah, the last time that you saw her She said never to come back Now you're leaving trails all over With your house upon your back Your house upon your back Chorus They say you can't choose your family But this time Emily You'll choose a new one so carefully That the old one's just a memory Just a memory Verse 2 Ran into the woods last summer Found outsiders inside there Chose a sister and a brother Changed clothes and cut your hair You sell bracelets to the tourists Go to sleep in a cloud of smoke Found joy in a boy called Jordan Wearing his love like a cloak Like a cloak Chorus They say you can't choose your family But this time Emily You'll chose a new one so carefully That the old one's just a memory Just a memory Middle 8 It's been five long years Since you dried those tears And disappeared Emily Emily

Verse 1 I'm so drunk That I don't care about these holes in my shoes And then some punk Offers to kiss away my blues Well I'm full grown Is this gonna keep happening all my life? Before I know'd I'm once again somebody's wife Pre Chorus Well I'm as tired as tired can be So quit your leaning up on me You must be some kinda fool If you think you're gonna move me off this stool Chorus You got love hearts in your eyes But I see that same old compromise I'm thinking how loud my baby cries In the morning Verse 2 These clothes ain't new Who gives a damn baby, neither are you I remember your face Covered in blood at that tractor race Pre Chorus Well it's Friday night and you say that's your 'funday' That makes me laugh cos everyday to me's just another Monday And if I ever find the strength to leave this bar I'll be going home, not to the back seat of your car Chorus You got love hearts in your eyes But I see that same old compromise I'm thinking how loud my baby cries In the morning

Verse 1 I've ridden over a thousand miles for you Through deserts and clover Cos that's what you asked me to do And when I was fading and needed a friend You pulled me home through the rain and the wind Bridge I was all willing and able To feast off the scraps from your table Chorus I worked so hard so hard so hard to get here And you worked so hard so hard so far you got your way If I had your whole heart I'd start believing the dream that we built here But you got me working so hard to stay Verse 2 Is there a place for me between the bottle and the bridle? You once said that hurting me was like burning the bible You're writing our story with a rusted harpoon Well, does it end with our glory or a howl at the moon? Bridge I was all willing and able To feast off the scraps from your table Now I finally pulled up a chair To find out you weren't even there Chorus I worked so hard so hard so hard to get here And you worked so hard so hard so far you got your way If I had your whole heart I'd start believing the dream that we built here But you got me working so hard to stay

Verse 1 Four o'clock in the morning and my house phone starts to ring Yeah I got a old phone on my wall cos I like old fashioned things And on it I receive ugly news I give tele-sales people the blues I can put it down on whoever I choose But try as I might I can't put it down on you You're a hopeful man in a hopeless town And you persuaded me to stick around Till I knew I had to stand up or fall down Turned to the city and I never turned round Pre Chorus And I know what you're crying for But honey we closed that door I can't be that for you anymore Chorus You say: "talk to me about the stars" Well there's nothing here but clouds We should be driving circles in my truck? Well they took it away just now So here's a thing: I haven't touched alcohol in a while, Cos whiskey makes me cry When I think about your smile Verse 2 I got these kinda tennis shoes to get from place to place Every time I lace em up I imagine the look on your face Yeah, you taught me how to grow, And how to reap and how to sew And the meaning of the word sublime And how to tie off fishing line Bridge And I know what you're crying for But honey we closed that door I can't be that for you anymore Chorus You say: "talk to me about the stars" Oh there's nothing here but clouds We should be driving circles in my truck? Well they took it away just now So here's a thing: I haven't touched alcohol in a while, Cos whiskey makes me cry When I think about your smile

I'm fifty/fifty Do I leave right now and take my children with me? Or do I get his gun and stand real tall And shoot him rolling down the hall? It's risky, but I'm fifty/fifty I'm fifty/fifty Got my Daddy's fire and Momma's steel all in me You can toss a coin or choose a hand You'll never know which way I'll land I'm risky I'm fifty/fifty Ma momma made me tough Said: "The whole of life is rough But you're like the two of us And you'll be fine." But this is the gamble of my life I'm twenty eighty I wonder what I did to make him hate me We made a home when I was young Never really knew he had a gun Until that first night he came to take me And now I feel like 25 going on 80 Ma momma made me tough Said: "The whole of life is rough But you're like the two of us So you'll be fine." But this is the gamble of my life And I'm fifty/fifty Am I running Or gunning for you? Kids watching TV in a motel room Am I running Or gunning for you? Oh will there be blood? Ma momma made me tough Said: "The whole of life is rough But you're like the two of us So you'll be fine." But this is the gamble of my life

Verse 1 Do you remember when I left him for you Even though you never asked me to You said babe is this what you really what you wanna do? I looked you in the eye and said: "I'll never lie to you" And it was a while till you could get away And by that time I'd moved to that cabin in Upper New York state I heard the sound of a taxi rolling up on a snow drift day I saw that white bag with all your things in it And I, I, I knew You were gonna stay You were gonna stay You were gonna stay Chorus In that town, words could leave you dead Tried and convicted before you even left your bed Well I tasted all that poison And it left me wanting To fold up with you under the New York mountains instead Verse 2 Seeing your name on my phone makes me wanna dance I'd say you had me at hello, but it was really that first glance I watch you chopping wood and I'm thinking 'bout those hands Scooping me up off my feet, I'm dying to take a chance And I, I, I know You're gonna stay You're gonna stay You're gonna stay Chorus In that town, words could leave you dead Tried and convicted before you even left your bed Well I tasted all that poison And it left me wanting To fold up with you under the New York mountains instead