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Sad-Eyed Son
02:20
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VERSE
When you woke up and I could not be found
You woke up, I was out and around
You know I took my bike out to the edge of our place
Rode it off a ledge and nearly broke face
Cracked my arm in 2 places, broke my nose now what a face you see
What a face you see
Everybody’s gotta story to tell
I’m no different boy, can’tcha tell
I’m a sad-eyed son with rocks in my pocket
Waiting for the moment
I could throw ‘em like a rocket… Well I
I threw down upon that hornet’s nest
I felt poison sinkin’ in my chest
CHORUS
It’s a real bad way to make your mama cry mercy
It’s a real bad way to make your daddy holla hurry
On a sad-eyed son who said nothin’ can be done
I know the past is over while the future’s come and gone
VERSE
Am I good as I could get, am I low as I could go
Everybody’s talkin’ don’t ya, don’t ya, don’t ya know
You say nobody’s got it quite like me
Can’t hear ya bitcin’ while you’re hangin’ from a tree
I’ll light a fire to your pretty red hair
Am I am man now on behalf of your despair
CHORUS
It’s a real bad way….
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2. |
Bag of Broken
03:08
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Carry me I’m a bag of broken bones
Ready to burst at the seams
Wear me like a necklace on my way back home
Talk to me in my midnight dreams
Under the street light where she was starbright
Had me wishin’ I could break the curse
Oh how she lingered, I barely believe her
I ain’t alive in the way I used to be
More like a shell of my past
But I’m breeahin’ in the redemption when you kiss my lips
Try not to make it my last
They say you’ve got it out for me
But long as you love
At least it’s where I been hurt before
Never could I tell my friends that I love ya
A little late for backin’ out anymore
Now there’s rain in my coffee and mud in my shoes
But I ain’t been this clean as long as I’ve known you
Ya touch me from the dirty sides of places I go
You’re face wears a mask but it’s covered in snow
I’d lose you if I could but I’ll always know, I’ll always know….
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3. |
Scene of the Crime
04:07
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VERSE
My walls are covered with pictures of the scene
Take my heart in exhibit #3
There’s crime scene tape and a chalk outline of me
Been collecting all the old papers
Hoping to find
Some new evidence each time
But you left no trace at the scene of the crime
My grand obsession
Keeps me in a living hell
I’ve been drinking poison straight from the well
To think back now I always knew
But just like they say
The first to notice
Can be the last to admit
CHORUS
I been runnin’ back to the scene of the crime
There’s nothin’ left here but loneliness and time
And like a burned out detective
I been wastin’ all of mine
Just lookin’ for clues at the scene of the crime
VERSE
One final act
Exhibit #1
My life’s a movie I can only rewind
Sad reminders like your hand next to mine
You land a shot out of nowhere
Right through the heart
All the while, saving face
And leaving no trace
CHORUS
I been runnin’ back to the scene of the crime
There’s nothin’ left here but loneliness and time
And like a burned out detective
I been wastin’ all of mine
Just lookin’ for clues at the scene of the crime
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4. |
Good Luck, Good Night
02:39
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VERSE
I’m turning my lights off
I’m settin’ down in the dark
I’m burnin’ my brain down
But I’m not sure where to start
You know I’d rather be lost
Than ever be found
Wanting, needing, and bleeding
So I’m heading underground
I don’t much need a place in the light
I haven’t earned the right.
CHORUS
So good luck, and good night
Good luck, in my fight
Good luck, and good night
VERSE
Good bye you post oak trees
You could learn to be alone like me
Goodbye North Texas wind
All you ever done is chill my bones
I’d rather be lost in the eye
Or tossed in the sea
Wanting, needing, and bleeding
Praying for the dogs of peace
I want it back!
My place in the light
You haven’t earned the right
CHORUS
So good luck, and good night
Good luck, in my fight
Good luck, and good night
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Garrett Owen Fort Worth, Texas
Born in San Antonio, Texas. Raised in Africa and South America. Now residing in Fort Worth,
Texas.
2018 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour Contest winner and nominated for 4 Dallas Music Awards (2017).
New album Fall 2020.
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