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Fence
03:31
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I ain’t nothin’ you’ve ever seen
Not the new King or the next James Dean
Try as you may
You’ll never put a Fence around me
Outside chance at an inside straight?
Babe I never hesitate
Try as you will
You’ll never put a Fence around me
Hey whatcha doin’?
You can’t save me from myself
Dangerously close to ruin
Is the way I move
And you’ll never put a Fence around me
Knew this girl she was half past crazy
They come take her away see
I know they never put a Fence around her
Darlin’ I look into your eyes
I can see your soul’s the same as mine
Don’t you ever let them put a Fence around you
Cuz Babe they’ll sock it to ya
Or maybe you’ll just coast on through
Amen and Hallelujah
Choose your own path and don’t let ‘em put a Fence around you
Cuz the floor dropped out and the roof caved in
It’s no wonder I’m in the shape I’m in
Life’s a very short walk down a very long road
I gotta strong back but it’s a heavy load
When everything they said that you’d go through is
Completely different and completely true
You learn it’s really just a matter of finding the truth for you
Hey where ya headed?
Why you got to leave so soon?
OK alright I get it
Well you take care
And don’t let ‘em put a Fence around you
They never put a Fence around me
Don’t let ‘em put a Fence around you
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Such good love still it reached its end
The smoothest cut leaves a jagged rend
Some hearts break and some just bend
Over don’t mean it’s through
Learned it late but I learned in time
Sour grapes make for a bitter wine
You got yours but you still want mine
Well maybe I’m just like you
Cuz we were fool enough to say we could simply walk away
But being all alone don’t mean you’re free
If they ask me well it’s true; I’m still in love with you
Oh the taste that lingers from defeat
Is the Honeyed and the Bittersweet
Heart forgives what the head forsakes
Still repeating all the same mistakes
One heart gives and one just takes
Ain’t it time we faced the truth?
We got stuck on yesterday and lost ourselves along the way
But there’s a difference between surrender and retreat
If you ask me well it’s true; I’m still in love with you
Sad the place regret and forgiveness meet
Between the Honeyed and the Bittersweet
Maybe love needs a more patient hand
Maybe time leaves a rosy hue
Maybe if the stars aligned
A different place, a different time
There’d be more to tell ‘bout me and you
Maybe what we’ve learned
Is that the story twists and turns
Baby yours and mine feels incomplete
Cuz it’s pretty plain to see, you’re still in love with me
Maybe there's a place that we can meet
Between the Honeyed and the Bittersweet…Between the Honeyed and the Bittersweet
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3. |
Rapscallion's Rhapsody
05:44
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Lord knows life’s a long road and you can’t go in revoize
It’s high time you walked a straight line cuz you just might find you don’t get a choize
But you’re never one to heed a word to the wise
Confronted with the truth you proffer the lies
Oh no, well then there you go
Layin’ it all down on a sucker bet
It’s hard not to believe you got nothin’ up your sleeve
When you’re runnin’ through the rain without gettin’ wet
I can’t say if your fate’s shaped by how youze raised or how you born
But some day when your luck fades don’t you say you ain’t been warned
A wise man knows that he reaps just what he’s sown
Even a fool knows to leave well enough alone
But not you, that’s not what ya do
You push and pull and work on every nerve
Don’t say it’s a shame cuz you got no one else to blame
When in the end you get just what you deserve
Whoa no it’s long past time you go
You can’t see that you’re welcome is wearin’ thin
Your Rapscallion’s Rhapsody, out of time and way off key
Your bullshit symphony caused the mess we’re in
And now that it’s all come crashin down
Where you gonna run? Where you gonna hide?
Your Rapscallion’s Rhapsody has sealed your destiny
And now you’ll pay for all the time that you lied
And we’re gonna see that justice won’t be denied
And we ain’t gonna stop until we’re satisfied
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4. |
Sooner or Later
04:19
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Sooner or later you get movin’
Sooner or later you get stuck
Sooner or later you take the gamble
Sooner or later you’re out of luck
Met a man so consumed with sadness it bordered close to madness
Cuz fortune came but he was too afraid
There he is among the walking wounded, if he never learned he soon did
Sooner or later it’s too late
Sooner or later you let love in
Sooner or later you’re on the brink
Sooner or later you learn that it can leave you
Sooner or later than you think
Knew a girl, she had the perfect lover but she preferred another
So wicked girl, she practiced to deceive
Such a fool - she wanders lost and lonely cuz she lost her one and only
Sooner or later love will leave
Rise above, time that you wise up
There ain’t no time to hesitate
Seize the day, there ain’t no other way
Sooner or later it’s too late
Sooner or later you learn the lesson
Sooner or later you face the truth
Sooner or later you have to look in the mirror
Sooner or later it’s up to you
Rise above, time that you wise up
There ain’t no time to hesitate
Seize the day, there ain’t no other way
Sooner or later it’s too late
Sooner or later it’s too late
Sooner or later it’s too late
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5. |
Stuck in the Middle
03:12
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Well I don't know why I came here tonight,
I got the feeling that something ain't right,
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,
Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
And I'm wondering what it is I should do,
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face,
Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place,
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
Well you started out with nothing,
And you're proud that you're a self made man,
And your friends, they all come crawlin,
Slap you on the back and say,
Please, please
Trying to make some sense of it all,
But I can see that it makes no sense at all,
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor,
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
Well you started out with nothing,
And you're proud that you're a self made man,
And your friends, they all come crawlin,
Slap you on the back and say,
Please, please
Well I don't know why I came here tonight,
I got the feeling that something ain't right,
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,
Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you,
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
Stuck in the middle with you, here I am stuck in the middle with you
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6. |
Consolation
05:23
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When you drank up all the poison
Did you wait for him to die?
Honey all of that resentment
Is just a waste of time…
I’m not the one who hurt you
Girl every heart breaks
But I just can’t stay here payin’
For someone else’s mistakes
I know he left you reelin’
I know you’ve got your pride
And a promise without feelin’
Is just another way of lyin’
If you’re looking for some Consolation
I can give you some Consolation
But I won’t be your Consolation Prize
Now it’s laid out there before you
Even a blind man could see
You’re so focused on the old hurt
You can’t see that you’re losin’ me
I know you couldn’t claim him
That must’ve hurt your pride
But I really couldn’t blame him
Now that I’ve seen the other side
If you’re looking for some Consolation
I can offer you some Consolation
But I won’t be your Consolation Prize
Forgive me for sayin’ cuz this might just strike a nerve
I may be half of what you wanted but I’m twice what you deserve
So I suppose it’s little Consolation
To offer you this revelation
That I’ll never be your Consolation Prize
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7. |
Always on Your Side
03:50
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So you stumbled and you fell and blamed it on me
Well I guess you might as well I mean who’d believe?
Always knew you had it in ya
Never could get past your pride
It’s been that way since I met ya and I bet ya never tried
But I was always on your side
So now you’re back on top; all hail the queen
The applause it never stops, honey that’s your scene
What’d ya tell them all about me?
Pretty obvious you lied
Not the first time you broke my trust and I just let it slide
Cuz I was always on your side
Didn’t I give you what you needed?
You always were up for a fight
All my warnings went unheeded
I was defeated and denied
But I was always on your side
When there’s no more happy endings
When there’s nowhere left to hide
Maybe then you’ll remember your defender and how he tried
Cuz I was always on your side
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Pacific Standard San Francisco, California
Disciples of The Band, Eagles, and The Dead, Pacific Standard draws inspiration from the Laurel Canyon tradition of strong songwriting, top musicianship, and colorful vocal harmonies. Based in San Francisco, Pacific Standard fuses Americana, Alt-Country, and Folk Rock into a seamless blend of original and accessible music as featured on their new album, “The Honeyed and the Bittersweet, Volume I”. ... more
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