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Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury (2019)
[radio tuning] Does that mean you found...
In your face now... [man 1] Ladies and gentlemen, there is an overwhelming volume against the supports and conspiracy with the global... [man 2] The problem with this country is consumption... [music playing] ["Remember to Breathe" playing] Go out late at night Just to see what I can find Stayin' in the shadows Where the light don't ever shine Havin' one-way conversations With the darkness in my mind He does all the talking 'Cause I'm the quiet kind Spend it all Pull 'em down Let me see it turn around Just lay back, let it happen Remember to breathe Stayin' off the radar Like a bomber on the run Do another lap around the target just for fun Stayin' quiet, keepin' calm Till I find the one Feel the wave wash over me When the deed is done Spend it all, pull 'em down Let me see it turn around Just lay back, let it happen Remember to breathe Well, just lay back Oh, just lay back Oh, just lay back Oh, just lay back Oh, just lay back Oh, just lay back, let it happen Remember to breathe Well, just lay back, now Let it happen Remember to breathe ["Sing Along" playing] Words can stab as deep as night And cut like a razored thorn Bitter air and the winds of spite Like the cold of a winter's scorn Leaves may fall on sleeping ground But the wind sweeps them away Like hurt lovers in the final round What once was is now decayed I can't go on livin' alone Now that you're gone A single strand of spider's weave is dancin' in the sun Please don't turn around and leave You are my only one Compromise is made out of peace But history's made out of violence After the war of the worlds has ceased All that's left is the deafenin' silence I can't go on livin' alone Now that you're gone You done me wrong, So here's your song Now sing along, baby Well, I know you know That you're killin' me But it's worth it Just to see you smile Tell 'em to carve my name in the barstool, baby You know I'm gonna be here awhile A single strand of spider's weave Just dancin' in the sun Please don't turn around and leave You are my only one I can't go on livin' alone Now that you're gone You done me wrong, so here's your song Now sing along ["A Good Look" playing] Star of David Don't belong to David at all He borrowed it from Peter Just so he could pay off Paul But Peter helped to rally the Star Now he owns the plain But a star is still a star By any other name Well, now everybody worried 'bout a good look But they need to be worried 'bout a good hook Instead of skipping straight to the last page [unclear lyrics] I write my poems in the dirt With an oily rag I have to wear a gas mask just so I don't gag Got a SOCOM style And 20 extra mags And a couple severed heads in my bugout bag Well now everybody worried 'bout a good look But they need to be worried 'bout a good hook Instead of skipping straight to the last page [unclear lyrics] Why you gettin' tense 'Cause you're getting discovered? Are you talkin' all that shit Just to get on the cover? Well then how you gonna eat When you bitin' the hand? Well you know they don't like it When you take a stand So enjoy it while you can And say hi to all the boys in the band 'Cause it's all over now Just a plan to sing your pain And now everybody's worried 'bout a good look But they need to be worried 'bout a good hook Instead of skipping straight To the last page [unclear lyrics] ["Make Art Not Friends" playing] Looking out the window At a world on fire It's plain to see the end is near Seen all the sights Tired of the lights So you can let me off right here This town's getting crowded Truth's been shrowded I think it's time To change up the sound Well, the wheels keep turning And flames get higher Another cycle goes around Facing the mirror All skin and bone Bloodshot eyes and a heart of stone Never again Rather be alone Think I'm gonna just stay home To make art, not friends I love saying no To all the yes men Just to see the look on their face Love how everybody knows what's best But nobody knows their place A sucker every second Stack 'em up to the sky For every winner There's a hundred bad guys So you get yours Stay out of mine Here's to the memories Where do I sign? Facing the mirror All skin and bone Bloodshot eyes and a heart of stone Never again Rather be alone Think I'm gona just stay home To make art, not friends Oh, it's getting hard To find a good friend So close the door behind me Before any more come in Nobody writes, nobody calls Nobody bother 'Cause I'm over it all Facing the mirror All skin and bone Bloodshot eyes and a heart of stone Never again Rather be alone Think I'm gonna just stay home To make art, not friends [clock ticking] ["Best Clockmaker on Mars" playing] [unclear lyrics] [unclear lyrics] [unclear lyrics] [unclear lyrics] Good worker, but damn She's best clockmaker on Mars Some days I hate everything I am But your love holds a mirror to me You showed me your love But can't understand The sins of the world I've seen Good worker, but damn She's best clockmaker on Mars [unclear lyrics] [unclear lyrics] Till you say you're through [unclear lyrics] [unclear lyrics] Good worker, but damn She's the best clockmaker on Mars Good worker, but damn Be the best clockmaker on Mars ["All Said and Done" playing] Spent the last year Going out of my mind Looking for reasons I could never find Until I put my finger on it I saw every sign Take all you can get Keep your fingers off of mine Sittin' in the tower Without a clue or care Angered by opportunities hanging off of my head Handing several lighters out To anyone who dares Climb my way up to the top Just to get kicked down the stairs Been put a million ways all at the same time It's enough to make anyone go insane When you find yourself forgetting all your own rhymes Givin' up on dreams Floathing 'round inside your brain Been put a million ways all at the same time It's enough to make anyone go insane When you find yourself forgetting all the wrong rhymes Givin' up on the dreams Running around inside your brain Keep starin' at the pages Comin' up with the same lines It's all been said and done by now Two, three times ["Last Man Standing" playing] [unclear lyrics] [unclear lyrics] Either part of the solution or your part of the problem [unclear lyrics] Time to turn on the heat It's gettin' cold on the street And, man, this shit will get you down Fuck all the old season Don't give me a reason To watch your house burn to the ground I remember drawing out the flames I never learned how to play So I blew up the game Now I'm tipping the board With an infinite sword Walkin' 'round causing all the blames I'm gonna ride off into sunset While it all burns to hell behind me Somewhere I haven't been yet Somewhere they can't even see Well, you know Daddy likes his alone time That's why he doesn't have any friends Yeah, but watch and see You'll be looking at me The last man standing in the end Books gettin' sticky Got no time for gettin' picky 'Bout the who, what or when or the where [unclear lyrics] Girl, I'm not gonna say It was a woman who said [unclear lyrics] Don't even try, because I already did it Bullshit sells, don't you ever forget it Goin' full speed Is the greatest escape Slammin' on the gas And can't find the brake I don't know how or how much more I can take Well I'm gonna keep going till I find out Well, your mama didn't raise nobody's dumb law [unclear lyrics] Well, you know Daddy needs his alone time That's why he doesn't have any friends Watch and see you'll be lucky to be The last man standing in the end ["Mercury in Retrograde" playing] I got a haircut in Norway When all the waves Started pulling me down Smellin' like a waterlogged wet dog Ain't no way to tell But as soon as I chopped it all off It just grew back thick and brown I keep tugging on the thread Hoping it all might come unraveled I keep trying to pull it all the way But it comes right back around They come backstage and on my bus Pretending to be my friend Shakin' hands, un-grandstands All wearin' the same old grin Oh, but none of them bother knockin' Oh, they all just come on in Askin' me what all my songs mean Wonderin' if they're all about them Mercury must be in retrograde again But at least it's not just hanging around Pretending to be my friend Oh, the road to hell is paved With cruel intentions If it's not nuclear war It's gonna be a divine intervention Livin' the dream Makes a man wanna scream Light a match and burn it all down Head back home to the mountain Far away from all the bull Oh, all the journalists and sycophants Building their brands And all the traveling trophies and award-show stands And all the haters Wishin' they was in my band Sorry, boys The bus is plumb full Mercury must be in retrograde again At least it's not just hanging around Pretending to be my friend Oh, the road to hell is paved With cruel intentions If it's not nuclear war It's gonna be a divine intervention And there's nothing for me Outside this hotel room But another let-down, lonely day The tour is almost over And I'll be home soon And it's all been done Two, three times anyway Mercury must be in retrograde again But at least It's not just hanging around Pretending to be my friend Oh, the road to hell is paved With cruel intentions If it's not nuclear war It's gonna be a divine intervention ["Fastest Horse in Town" playing] I've been wastin' All my best days I've been bested On my worst ways I've been thinking about all the plans [unclear lyrics] [unclear lyrics] [unclear lyrics] Instead of searching for words to say All the words I can't find Everybody's trying to be like someone Hell, is it me I'm trying to be? Or something? [unclear lyrics] And keep this girl from fleas [unclear lyrics] [unclear lyrics] [unclear lyrics] [unclear lyrics] You make him so he's all spent By the time he gets back Everybody's trying to be someone Is it me I'm tryin' to be Or something? Is it me I'm tryin' to be Or something? Everybody's trying to be like someone Is it me I'm tryin' to be Or something? Is it me I'm tryin' to be Or something? [radio static] [man] Are y'all listening to me? This is what I want. I want a gift card from God. You can keep it all. I want a gift card from God. |
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