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Nine Lives
04:19
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He got his first tattoo sitting in the pen
The day his mama died
With some ballpoint ink and the scratching of a pin
A heart saying “mama tried”
He got a heart saying mama tried
Well I met him in a motel party in the days
We drove down to see a show
He was cutting up a pill he wasn’t gonna share
I watched him put it up his nose
Well I watched him put it up his nose
That was one of my nine lives
He nearly took me out
But I moved on down the line and
Now it’s just a thing to sing about
That was one of my nine lives
I’m on 8 7 6 by now
It wasn’t love at first sight but it was by the time
He agreed to hit the road
See I didn’t have a car and I knew it would be far
A place that I could really let go
I was looking for a place to let go
And his heart was broke when he was just a kid
By his dad and the D.E.A.
Daddy tried to make it right it was too late by the time
They finally put daddy away
Well they came and took his daddy away
That was one of my nine lives
He nearly took me out
But I moved on down the line and
Now it’s just a thing to sing about
That was one of my nine lives
I’m on 8 7 6 by now
We were two broken hearts looking for another half
To smooth in the jagged side
Yeah we fit alright but nothing ever healed
His knives cut right across mine
Well his knives cut right across mine
When we finally called it off I was full of blame
He snuck in my room and covered the wall in black shoe paint
It said “you know what you want, and that I ain’t”
I left him scratching at the door
Now that was quite a long time ago
That was one of my nine lives
He nearly took me out
But I moved on down the line and
Now it’s just a thing to sing about
That was one of my nine lives
I’m on 8 7 6 by now
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All The Time
02:45
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I’ve been out walking alone
I don’t know if I should return
It’s too bad I need so much you’re going out of your mind
To say you want my love but you don’t want it all the time
Too much coffee makes me shake
One more straw would make the camel’s back break
So I guess I understand it then what you’re trying to say
You really love me you can’t really love me everyday
You wanted in you were sold
You started sweating when the rubber hit the road
I feel bad for that baby now you’re under my spell
You might not be happy but you’re good enough and well
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3. |
The Difference
02:31
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Born on a lucky sign
My life was saved by a rolling dice
And there is no good reason why
I never had to fear I never had to fight
What did you do when Perry died
Did you pull your blinds and hide
Or did you run down screaming through the night
And let the barricades light the sky
Some people mourned the loudest
For the loss of property
And it makes me sick to see them
When those people look like me
Life in uncertain times
I was alone three months on ice
Said I was a prisoner of my mind
Until I heard the news
I was reminded
That all my family knows is crime
And nobody knows hard time
But the cops kicked in the door
And they took sweet Breonna’s life
They say you’re born and you die alone
Well you know that’s not true
You’re born into a legacy
Of what went down here before you
How can you wear your great grandmother’s pearls
And you tell me the past is gone
The books closed on yesterday
But tomorrow’s coming fast along
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4. |
Hold On
02:48
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I woke in static darkness
With my eyes two saucers glowing
And I rose and went to walk in the
Deserted streets of morning
‘Cause I wanted you
So I could not be soothed
I drove across the country
In my rusted wagon racing
When the wheels tore off I drove along
The sharpened hub and bearings
‘Cause I wanted you
So I could not be soothed
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
Like I hold you
I walked through darkened canyons
My skin shining like a mirror
My sweat dropped into the sand until
The sand was made a river
‘Cause I wanted you
So I could not be soothed
In sleep the world is lovely
As you hold me spinning rocking
I awake into the longing
And I want to sleep a century
‘Cause I wanted you
So I could not be soothed
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
Like I hold you
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5. |
Beautiful and Dangerous
03:06
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Hair as black as a raven’s wing
Spread across the pillow
While she’s soaring through a world of dreams
Crying softly in her sleep
Looked over from the bed beside
Glowing blue in the tv light
She says she’s ready to change her life
I could never count the ways she already changed mine
Little as a tinker bell
Mean as hell
Pretty as the lightning in the midwest
That cracks the sky into electric blue
Beautiful and dangerous
In the old house kitchen she’d be
Sitting on the floor and laughing so loud
You couldn’t help but smiling
Even if you missed the joke
Back in San Francisco she was
Dancing in a peep show I would feed my dollars in
And you could feel her healing light
When the curtain was rising
Little as a tinkerbell
Mean as hell
Pretty as the lightning in the midwest
That cracks the sky into electric blue
Beautiful and dangerous
If I let you go
How far will you go
And how will I know
But if I hold you close
Will I sink like a stone
There’s a light you shine
Cozy and warm
But we all know the story of the girl
Who flew too close to the sun
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6. |
Change in Tide
03:19
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You were a beauty queen dressed in rags
You were a sailor never looking back
We rode the highway like a bucking horse
With no concern but daring
Who could say there’d be a change in tide
The clock would turn to face me
I believed I was a friend of time
And danger always would be on my side
Life is a game I don’t intend to win
I do play crooked just to get my kicks
I’ll never say we wasted any time
On laughing or drinking
Who could say there’d be a change in tide
The clock would turn to face me
I believed I was a friend of time
And danger always would be on my side
Live on fire or go down in flames
Love me even though I’m going away
When we were young it’s not that we were brave
Only we were yearning
Who could say there’d be a change in tide
The clock would turn to face me
I believed I was a friend of time
And danger always would be on my side
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7. |
Scales Fall From My Eyes
04:06
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Sunlight breaks unto my garden
On the blooms and on the barren
Dirt where I can’t find
No seed no sign
Of life
Blue the winter all December
Blue the springtime oleander
I turn blue inside
As blue as bright
As sky
Let it roll
The credit score again
So in leaving so do come alight
And on the road again
Heading home the scales fall from my eyes
Do you love me would you swear it
On your grave and then go dig it
I’ll dig mine beside
True love demise
Right
Let it roll
The credit score again
So in leaving so do come alight
And on the road again
Heading home the scales fall from my eyes
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8. |
Luck Run Out
03:28
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Don’t go down to the bar tonight
I’ve got a feeling things just aren’t right
Three blackbirds sitting on the wire
I got a call that the lights aren’t on
Nobody’s there and nobody’s home
Are you gonna keep calling me a liar
I wanna run
I wanna run
I wanna run
Are you gonna come
I’ve got to go but I know the place
The parking lot’s covered by the gate
You pay in cash you can give any name
It’s a place of luck run out
A cigarette glowing in a shadow’s mouth
Just nod your head to show your good will there
I wanna run
I wanna run
I wanna run
Are you gonna come
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Dawn Riding Oakland, California
Dawn Riding is the musical project of singer-songwriter Sarah Rose Janko, who was born and raised in Northern California and currently lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dawn Riding’s songs of love, loss, and friendship, present characters chiseled out of Janko’s own experience & memories, and you can feel it in her intimate, tough-as-nails depictions of American life, ... more
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