DRIFTWOOD FIRE How to Untangle a Heartache Lyrics TURN ON THE RADIO Turn on the radio, crawl into bed Talk down the whirlwind, repeat what's been said Your body is still; your mind is racing Until the memories fade then The world tears by all around you But it's quiet here for tired dark moment Pick the telephone and dial me in Wait for a voice answer on the other end Then lay back your head and pull up the sheets I'll slip in quietly so no one sees And the world can tear by all around us But it's quiet here for a tired dark moment Yeah the world can tear by all around us And there's not that much that you and I can do I'll crawl in beside you, falling apart Both arms around you, through the coming dark Let storm howl outside, let sky churn and moan I'll be you blink of sleep, delay the unknown And the world tears by all around us But it's quiet here for a tired dark moment Yeah the world can tear by all around us And there's not that much that you and I can do SMALL CITY NIGHTS Well it's a cold night, a bright night under the street lights I see my shadow stretch out in front of me I see my feet on the damp and empty street And clouds are parting, wind is stirring My head is dull, but my vision is clearing And I see the night sky, glitter like silvery lies A steady pull light the tide, in your pale blue eyes Small city nights a dim field of stars, steam rising up from the pavement On this street full of rusted out hope And I am trembling, perched on the edge Thinking about letting go, maybe flying 'Cause if you asked, I'd dive in No second thoughts, or lingering Though I know, how this'll probably go Two people, don't stand a chance anymore And I see the night sky, glitter like silvery lies A steady pull light the tide, in your pale blue eyes Small city nights a dim field of stars, steam rising up from the pavement On this street full of rusted out hope Let's watch the clock in the hall With a face like the moon, we're thieves on the garden wall Scattering coals and if the sun would rise and kill this envious moon that's already pale It couldn't be too soon And I see the night sky, glitter like silvery lies A steady pull light the tide, in your pale blue eyes Small city nights a dim field of stars, steam rising up from the pavement On this street full of rusted out hope Small city nights a dim field of stars, steam rising up from the pavement On this street full of rusted out hope LET IT ALL GO Don't break my heart, it'll never mend 'Cause we're starting something and we don't know how it ends Just drive me someplace I've never seen So late at night I mistake you for a dream And kiss me...real slow...and just let it all go They come and tell us about how we ain't no good How we aren't acting in the ways that we should I've got friends who walked away I got things said I've never say I've got a lot of good reasons to not want you to stay And kiss me...real slow...and just let it all go Yeah kiss me...real slow...and just let ourselves go 'Cause you've got eye that break through my skin Make me admit to what's so hard to believe in No matter how I try, no matter what I do I simply cannot stop loving you...so And kiss me...real slow...and just let it all go Yeah kiss me...real slow...and just let ourselves go APPALACHIAN HILLS Where the Civil War...it tore this place apart Soldiers rode past those hills around dark They ripped it up tore it down, burned this place to the ground The Civil War it tore this place apart And I ran through the fields made of sunday Wandered amongst where flesh has met the gun This land has got some shallow graves with deep divides and subtle shades Where mist lies thick with cries and souls to save I grew up in the Appalachian Hills I grew up in the Appalachian Hills Swam at night in the Shenandoah Road my horse through Massadoah I grew up in the Appalachian Hills Things happened there that would make your blood run cold Men in white with crosses of gold Burned that house like a bon fire, a good man's funeral pyre Things happened here that would make your blood run cold And wars they pass but sins go living on So burry those bodies and sing a gospel song 'cause the years pass by and the blood seeps into the rivers, streams and creeks with an aftertaste that would make your skin creep I grew up in the Appalachian Hills I grew up in the Appalachian Hills Swam at night in the Shenandoah Road my horse through Massadoah I grew up in the Appalachian Hills ONE THING LEFT Well there's a car driftin' down back road through this heavy night With that breeze in my window I just can't fight all of these Forgotten nightmares, malignant attacks, the few years there that really set me back And I've got one thing left to tell you... You broke me down, down, down, down. You wrote a letter apologizing for your absence, not realizing It would only hurt me, I read it slowly, shaking like bird, fighting with the wind Shocked I was all alone. So I've got one thing left to tell you... You broke me down, down, down, down It broke me down, down, down, down. Here water is rolling over the dam. Soft light on continental sand. The mist of morning bleeds into a damp and humid day I see we sorted this out in our different way Now I've got one thing left to tell you I'm movin' on, on, on, on, on You still cross my mind time to time, I wish that I could find you Somehow let you know I stumbled into something good And I've got one thing left to tell you I'm moved on, on, on, on, on I'm moved on, on, on, on, on on, on, on, on, on. BACKDOOR Show me again how the sky spins and the planet blur and things ever return to what they were You say there's no other choice the gravity pulls to hard, but I've got the means about me To see where we are. Say that you need me. Just like before. Tell me that you desperately listen to me at night around your backdoor Traffic like the hum of the ocean, rise then fall This background noise static beleaguers us all Give me some kind of filter to distill this noise I believe we all deserve a little choice. Say that you need me. Just like before. Tell me that you desperately listen to me at night around your backdoor The was warm, but clouds hung low I woke up just in time to watch you go and I am constantly amazed at little we really know I'm just smoldering ashed waiting for wind And breath brings a blazing torrent fed from within Prove to me that all of this madness is more than mirrors and smoke Quell this internal firestorm give me some kind of hope Say that you need me. Just like before. Tell me that you desperately listen to me at night around your backdoor Say that you need me. Just like before. Tell me that you desperately listen to me at night around your backdoor PAPER BAG Why'd you come here pouring down rain to even the score of a losing game suitcase packed hand on the door I know I won't be seeing you anymore You have a heart of strong blue steel tempered by fire now too cold to feel I've got fires by the watchtower and fires on your shore but I can't keep this flame for you anymore, no Hard as I try your storm wrecks me time and again oh mine is a heart I've never known how to defend no, no, no On that aching morning with your thundercloud eyes and a mouth that spoke like stones a paper bag of forgotten promises was all you left for me Now late at night I've got ghosts in the walls distant thunder as my heart falls lost at sea with a compass that fails and wind coming on now to threaten my sails, yeah Hard as I try your storm wrecks me time and again oh mine is a heart I've never known how to defend no, no, no I found a picture from way back when your fading smile there in the camera lens I'm not the type to regret the past but somehow you just keep flooding back, and Hard as I try your storm wrecks me time and again oh mine is a heart I've never known how to defend yeah mine is a heart I've never known how to defend no, no, no WHAT WOULD IT TAKE I'm up against all of these walls just waiting for you to let me in Fighting through my disbelief That you're not holding out for me C'mon please hold out for me I thought I saw a light shining Thought I felt a break in the cold Though I heard some words spoken Off of your lips that I could hold on to I'm all right tonight I've got a little faith left to keep me warm I wish that I could stop the motion of you always turing away Nothin' I say can make you stay but I wish that you would hear me out C'mon and please and please just hear me out I thought I saw a light shining Thought I felt a break in the cold Though I heard some words spoken Off of your lips that I could hold on to I'm all right tonight I've got a little faith left to keep me warm Held together by a church and steeple are all the beliefs you're hiding behind What would it take to change your mind and have you believe in me Please just believe in me I thought I saw a light shining Thought I felt a break in the cold Though I heard some words spoken Off of your lips that I could hold on to I'm all right tonight I've got a little faith left to keep me warm So I'm up against all of these walls Just waiting for you to let me in GREY EYED SUNSHINE Grey eyed sunshine, lay my world to rest Leave me breathless and covered in rain 'Cause I've been swept away, but never like this one This is the one put 'em all to shame You in your brown shoes and your hair rolling over My world stopped when you walked into the room Me in my blue jeans and a four leaf clover I knew there was no getting over you So that was the way it felt back when we started Back when I thought that our love was infallible But times goes by, things get busy and tired and it Starts to feel like only a memory You in your brown shoes and your hair rolling over My world stopped when you walked into the room Me in my blue jeans and a four leaf clover I knew there was no getting over you So here I am just thinking about us and how things now just don't feel the same Maybe if I tried with all of my might I could feel the sweetness again, of You in your brown shoes and your hair rolling over My world stopped when you walked into the room Me in my blue jeans and a four leaf clover I knew there was no getting over you I don't want to get over you THE SALTY SEA Warm air is rising I feel the breeze on my skin Wind sets the leaves and the grass a sway Close my eyes and feel the ocean waves I'm leaving North Caroline Leaving North Caroline The salty sea is calling to me As I linger in your arms And while I rock upon the waves I'll build you a harbor in my heart This ocean tempest is like the storms that soaked the fields We had prayed for rain, but I was still lonesome and wanting As everybody came out to watch the thunder clouds roll in The salty sea was calling to me As I lingered in your arms And while I rock upon the waves I'll build you a harbor in my heart Now the sun is fading over everywhere I've known Makes a sound like a mourning call; the last echoes of home And even now though I'm on my own I make a space for you The salty sea is calling to me As I linger in your arms And while I rock upon the waves I'll build you a harbor in my heart The salty sea is calling to me As I linger in your arms And while I rock upon the waves I'll build you a harbor in my heart I'm leaving North Caroline