we’re movin’ lightspeed, movin’ lightspeed
i’ll pray to slow you down
i’ll pray to slow you down
movin’ lightspeed, movin’ lightspeed
i’ll pray to slow you down
i’ll pray to slow you down
down
and i ain’t prayed in awhile
left home
broke my phone
wore a permanent frown
somebody tell me when a wanderer sees water to dock
does he leave his ship behind and leave the life that he got
for the life that he sees
more like the life that he needs
for a pasture of his passion
aint sure if its green
crabs in the barrel pinch you it ain’t a dream boy
forced to take a chance with a heart with no strings boy
and damn
i miss my friends
yeah the small few
green light sessions
huddled in a small room
i used to walk about a mile to the train
on the bus to show up late for a job that ain’t payin
bridge 2x:
all the hair i’m losin’ thinkin’ out in the cold
growing weak in the writing
feel a leak in my soul
can’t take that
bet i make a couple dollars off the payback
(chorus)
give me good love
i’m running on fumes
give me good drug
i’m numbin my mood
and before i get dismissed
and try to work an honest job and clock out the distance
between the want and need to move on for the money
and a side that’s seldom shown
smoking haze when it’s sunny
boy you better bring the bacon or the hens ain’t layin
aint no crop turnin’ up
thanksgiving is cancelled
champagne in the vase
fill it up with the oj
name the exhibit
and proceed up the hallway
and babe
darling sweet as the dawn
by the time the sun set
bet you we can get on
why we doin’ 75 in a 50
dramamine pills for my mind
feelin dizzy, dizzy
(chorus 2x)
credits
from maple water,
released September 2, 2015
produced by kendall elijah dynamite
bass guitar by ian gallagher
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