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Young Lungs

by The Only Sons

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1.
Modern Men 03:38
Modern Men: Hear the short man talking about how he can’t touch the sky Hear the lonely kid saying his heart beats too loud at night Hear the old man saying he did more wrong than right Well, if you always thought you’d lose, why’d you even bother to fight? As the rain came down on the west side of town We retreated like an army defeated Just a huddled mass, that could not see past The only convenience we’ve known And you can’t see the sky if you’re always looking down at the road You can spend you’re whole life looking for a direction home Hear the preacher praying for the souls of modern men Hear the widower just wishing God would come take him Hear the new born child crying in his second hand crib Well, if you never had to crawl how would you know how much you can stand? As the sun came up and swelled over the dock We were just patterns in the sand And we scattered like leaves in the wind Because once that breeze is at your back And you abandon those thoughts that made you act like a fool Well, this time you’ll get it right for sure As the sun laid down in the west side of time We lent our shadows to the east Just laying low with no where to go And maybe this time could’ve been better spent But I don’t know how and I sure ain’t thinking about No, a roll of the dice always seemed adequate ------------------------------------------------------------
2.
Do You Wrong 02:39
Do You Wrong: Did I do you wrong? Wearing those Sunday shoes Won’t help you kick your blues Did I do you wrong? What was it that was said That made you go and lose your head? Leave the gravel in the road The white fence on its posts Because that fire in your mind It won’t burn out till you let it Did I do you wrong? Wearing your Sunday best Just ain’t enough to impress Did I do you wrong? What was it that you heard That made you crawl when you should've stood? Leave the reference in the frame The leaves crowding the drain Because that flood in your mind Won’t dry up until you let it -------------------------------------
3.
Signal Fire 04:06
Signal Fire: The day was smothered like a signal fire Dry leaves under heavy autumn rains The Holy Ghost was no where to be seen The less we earn the more we learn That living’s not about getting paid No everything you truly love is free But the days run away Like wild horses over the plains And the survivors live To tell about their father’s dreams And you may exaggerate a bit But that’s how he would have wanted it If he was still around And all I’ve ever known Is how to get gone. This quiet night, it knows no light Except for the fire that’s burning in our minds We’ll drown it for sure this time You hiding out afraid of doubt That steered you toward those tired streets Well you don’t gotta win but don’t be the first one to claim defeat But the months are chased away Like some poor scrawny stray Left out there in the streets to stay And he might come crawling back Like those thoughts that make you sick And your heart, it will race But all I’ve ever known Is how to get gone ------------------------------------------
4.
Leave Us Now 03:25
Leave Us Now: Make my way to the mighty Mississippi When I cross that state line All those southern states that hold my mind Rest my soul in strangers home Somewhere off the Jersey pike In this crowded of a room you can’t be uptight And darling carry me Because all these feet do is lead Oh Lord, don’t leave us now Gave my hands on my fathers land Past the Mason Dixon line All those interstates that crowd my mind Dug my heels in a cotton field Beneath a burning sky But spring had arrived, Not one leaf did I recognize And darling, distract me Because all this mind does is lead ------------------------------------------------
5.
Devil Wind 02:15
6.
Slowdown Georgia: These lungs are heavy with borrowed air And the plateau’s calling me home But I’m not going back there Because I can’t, So I won’t And you can’t fix what was never broke Slow down Georgia, can you slow it down? Slow it down tonight These hands are steady With a mind much less ready To do what must be done Let the reins go loose for once But I can’t, So I won’t I have to at least pretend to be in control Slowdown Georgia, can you slow it down? Slow it down tonight -----------------------------------------------
7.
Sweet Ghost of Mine: You sold the house down the street It’s always covered with leaves Even in the spring Took all your mother’s possessions To the street and just left them Like out-of-date magazines And I love losing it And oh sweet ghost of mine Who haunts that lonesome river side You never took the time to know That all you had was gold Now I’m not gonna lend you a thing I put my ear to the ground I made piece with the sounds That shake me from my sleep Because I’m always looking for distractions All those private reactions That won’t let me be ---------------------------
8.
Bad News 03:49
Bad News: While the devils in the cellar God’s up in the sky Counting my steps until salvation Got to learn to do better than I’ve done If I want to be the one To tell you what it’s like to be certain Sang some verses to clear my mind Songs pleading for redemption Anticipation, it claims my heart And I think I’ve found the key So I spend most of my time looking for the lock I want no more bad news from you Though I told you so I didn’t actually know Which way was the right way to go Bluebird’s singing its song to the sky Church bells are calming lonesome lives Headlights burn the pavement wide As we’re watching from the neighbor’s gravel drive My old man, he took care of his hands Heart full of nothing but discipline And though he was sent overseas He ended up back here in middle Tennessee ------------------------------------------------------------------
9.
Lowlands 04:07
Lowlands: Hold your tongue You ain’t saying nothing I ain’t already heard You’ve got nothing to give that I deserve How about that halo around you head? I’ll take it I don’t anymore than you do about living right But at least I’m trying to This gravel road It knows which way to go It knows the lowlands from the plateau Oh- Down in the valley below How it held my soul --------------------------

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released June 1, 2008

Words and Music: Kent Eugene Goolsby
Stocked Pond Publishing (BMI)

Engineered by Mikey Allred and The Only Sons
Produced by Mikey Allred
Mastered by Mikey Allred

Recorded at The Pigeon Hole in Murfreesboro, TN
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