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What are you, what are you running from?
All that you were, or all that you have become?
What are you, what are you running from?
Maybe you missed the mark
It's all in your head, its not a late start
You can place the blame upon yourself but what good would that do?
If the house is burning and the ceilings caved doesn't mean that the floors fell through
What are you, what are you running from?
All that you were, or all that you have become?
What are you, what are you running from?
Maybe you'll hit that home run
Shout it out to a field void of anyone
If a tree crashed in the woods and no one witnessed the fall
Doesn't mean that it never happened or that it never once stood tall
What are you, what are you running from?
All that you were, or all that you have become?
What are you, what are you running from?
Ooo
What are you, what are you running from?
All that you were, or all that you have become?
What are you, what are you running from?
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Warren County
03:46
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Living in a small town
Everyone loves Jesus
Loves their neighbor love a stranger
They love themselves
But then they shun the cheerleader
Most likely to succeed
For falling for her best friend Natalie
They call her a sinner
Claim they can't believe
How she'd choose a life that's
That unholy
Well
Hang on, hang on
There's a world outside of Warren County
Hang on, hang on
There's a world outside of Warren County
Growing up in a small town
Some people think the same
They're hoping that it'll never change
You got knocked up in high school
and they made you keep the baby
and somehow you're the only one they blame
Jesus hates a sinner
Gotta keep what you create
Doesn't matter if you're ready
You made the mistake
Well
Hang on, hang on
There's a world outside of Warren County
Hang on, hang on
There's a world outside of Warren County
Winding down the backroads
You're more likely to see
Make America Great give my freedom back to me
Well ignorance is bliss my friends
Like church pews filled on Sundays
Don't matter if you don't practice what you preach
Well
Hang on, hang on
There's a world outside of Warren County
Hang on, hang on
There's a world outside of Warren County
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Eroded
02:58
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I'm so sorry baby
Things have gotten crazy
all the leaves are turning brown
Can't you feel it changing
Footsteps shake the pavement
Let's burn the whole thing down
I don't recognize this place
Though the street names are the same
It seems time has erased
With buildings tall and wide eroded view
From the window seat in my mama's car
We drive and drive we won't get far
cause I don't recognize this place
It's a mile a minute
It's a dollar an hour
We can't afford a free view now
What do you say hunny
Guess it's kind of numbing
They went and tore our red barn down
I don't recognize this place
Though the street names are the same
It seems time has erased
With buildings tall and wide eroded view
From the window seat in my mama's car
We drive and drive we won't get far
cause I don't recognize this place
Blueprints spread on tabletops
We can buy the land the mountains fought to keep
Pluck the trees a chess piece
Place them where you want
Checkmate the queen
I don't recognize this place
Though the street names are the same
It seems time has erased
With buildings tall and wide eroded view
From the window seat in my mama's car
We drive and drive we won't get far
cause I don't recognize this place
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Mint Condition
03:41
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Worried mind
It's weighing heavy
Can't find the strength to pick yourself up this time
One little thought
It creeps and lingers
Strike a match to a box it runs wild and unruly
No one sees you the way you see you
You're not the person you were back then
We've all got bruises we've all got scars
and everyone pretends
They're still in mint condition
Your favorite ring
Tarnished your finger
Turns it green but you wear it anyway
That pair of jeans
With all the patches
Feels more like home than the pair that's looser on the waist
No one sees you the way you see you
You're not the person you were back then
We've all got bruises we've all got scars
and everyone pretends
They're still in mint condition
Old converse
Have walked for miles
Steps nobody else has ever known
All those lines
On well worn faces
Are topographic maps of who we are and who we were
No one sees you the way you see you
You're not the person you were back then
We've all got bruises we've all got scars
and everyone pretends
They're still in mint condition
Mint condition
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Welfare Warrior
03:44
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She's waiting tables at the local diner
Pumping gas on the weekends
Got pregnant from a one nighter
Grew up quick lost all her friends
And they talk about her when she walks in
Think they're better than
Think they're better than
A welfare warrior
Coupon queen
She's penny pinching
Working for her baby's dreams
She's a food stamp fighter
Got a good thrift store score
She works hard cause she's a welfare warrior
Wants to give him everything she never had
A little house with a lot of love
Wants him to grow up someday
Feel proud of where he comes from
She's a welfare warrior
Coupon queen
She's penny pinching
Working for her baby's dreams
She's a food stamp fighter
Got a good thrift store score
She works hard cause she's a welfare warrior
And they talk about her when she's not there
Maybe they just don't see
Or they just don't care
About welfare warrior
Coupon queen
She's penny pinching
Working for her baby's dreams
She's a food stamp fighter
Got a good thrift store score
She works hard cause she's a welfare warrior
Welfare Warrior
Welfare Warrior
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Drive
03:36
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Driving South down the highway
Light reflecting off of stranger's license plates
Everybody washed up in a sea of gray
Learning how to navigate
What to give and what to take
When you got a long list to get to
Each day turns over then it's brand new
Rip the bandaid off
Do what you can
Let the rest drop off
Whoever said you can't have it all
Is flawed by design
You can have everything
Just
Not at the same time
Taking out the trash day by day
Rifling through those things you wished you'd never said
Wondering if words get in the way
Heavy on the mind
You'll get there in your own time
Whoever said you can't have it all
Is flawed by design
You can have everything
Just
Not at the same time
If you want it
Come an get it
Grab the fruit from the top of the tree
Nothing, no nothing
Is ever out of reach
Whoever said you can't have it all
Is flawed by design
You can have everything
You can have everything
You can have everything
Just
Not at the same time
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Shape of You
04:33
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You hold me steady babe
I know every freckle on your skin
yes I know , everywhere you've been
The pattern of your breathing
Your chest rise and fall
Every fear every dream
I know them all
You calm me down when the storms are raging
No your patience don't run thin
I know the shape of you
Where you end and I begin
Your sway to the music
It's your new favorite song
Too shy to sing so you strum along
You know my every weakness
Every flaw in the design
You take these roadblocks and break them with time
You calm me down when the storms are raging
No your patience don't run thin
I know the shape of you
Where you end and I begin
If I told you I was dying
Would you treat me differently
Would we spend everyday
Like we do anyway
Til' we get there
Til' we get there
You calm me down when the storms are raging
No your patience don't run thin
I know the shape of you
I know the shape of you
I know the shape of you
Where you end and I begin
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8. |
End of the Rainbow
04:30
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I'm trading late nights for a cup of tea
Right now for a memory
A flashback for reality
No more living in a dream
I'm sleeping hard on clean white sheets
Growing inward, getting deep
Washing clean my hands
Gonna eat cold tangerines
I am done explaining
Everything I'm not
So
I'm not saying yes
If what I really mean is no
I know there's no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
Nobody wins
When everybody's losing
Everything you've heard
it's all just an illusion
I'm trading in my haste for need
Of a steady going speed
A mindless scroll for a good read
I'm giving up on the mainstream
I'm taking in the afterthought
I'm holding onto what can't be bought
Taking time to blossom
When the rosebush is in bloom
I am done pretending
To be something I'm not
I'm not saying yes
If what I really mean is no
I know there's no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
Nobody wins
When everybody's losing
Everything you've heard
it's all just an illusion
I am done explaining
Everything I'm not
I'm not saying yes
If what I really mean is no
I know there's no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
Nobody wins
When everybody's losing
Everything you've heard
it's all just an illusion
I'm not saying yes
If what I really mean is no
I know there's no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
Nobody wins
When everybody's losing
Everything you've heard
it's all just an illusion
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Where it all Began
04:20
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Down the old stone steps
Passed the mulberry bush
A U-Haul's packed up to the brim
Not much room is left in him
I spent most of who I was
Dreaming up who I'd become
Gotta make it out this town somehow
Thought I'd be long gone by now
But that front porch was for sitting
When I feel like quitting
I read the letter
From the drawer of my armoire
No matter miles I put on
How long I've been gone
I know that turn
Like the back of my hand
It doesn't matter who I was
Or who I am
I remember
Where it all began
Lying out in the street
On the yellow lines
Arms form a T
Watching as the traffic light
Flashed from red to green
No cars are passing through
Just a wishing star or two
And someday all those dreams came true
Cause I willed them to
But that front porch was for sitting
When I feel like quitting
I read the letter
From the drawer of my armoire
No matter miles I put on
How long I've been gone
I know that turn
Like the back of my hand
It doesn't matter who I was
Or who I am
I remember
Where it all began
Lying in my childhood room
Trying to learn the notes
Just a nobody
From some nowhere town
That no ones ever known
But that front porch was for sitting
When I feel like quitting
I read the letter
From the drawer of my armoire
No matter miles I put on
How long I've been gone
I know that turn
Like the back of my hand
It doesn't matter who I was
Or who I am
I remember
Where it all began
I remember where it all began
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10. |
Roots Run Deep
03:43
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Well my mother turned 60 on a Sunday
I talk to her most days on the telephone
Sometimes she asks me honey when are you coming home?
I tell her I realize I am there
It's more than a spot on a map
It's the people the places and everywhere we've been inside of that
It's old familiar it's brand new
It's a little bit of everyone we meet
Our branches may be different
But our roots run deep
The apple don't fall far from the tree
I see her when I look into my own eyes
Future re-written when we get older
I am my mother's child I hear her words fall from my own mouth
I know now she is living through me
I long everyday to make her proud
From where I'm standing we broke the chain ma we made it out
It's old familiar it's brand new
It's a little bit of everyone we meet
Our branches may be different
But our roots run deep
The apple don't fall far from the tree
We've grown further than we ever thought we'd be
That's okay cause you're still you and I'm still me
Our branches may be different
But our roots run deep
Cause the apple don't fall far from the tree
Well my mother turned 60 on a Sunday
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Emily Barnes Denver, Colorado
With a voice that cuts to the bone and songs that pull on the heart strings, Emily Barnes has the ability to turn any room
into a listening room.
With a diverse four albums and many miles under her belt, Barnes is a seasoned singer-songwriter who continues to build a grassroots following from city to small town, one new believer at a time.
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