Now all the places have all gone away
where we used to hang out with our friends and say
"one day we're gonna live, we're gonna live, we're all gonna live
gonna live it up."
So close to the surface our hearts beating
was the only sound we'd hear deciding
what we were gonna, we were gonna do
we were gonna do to push on through.

And if I told you I was worth it would you tell me you won't go?
Lord knows I've tried but I'm not perfect
but I told you so. Yes i did you know.
And if it's all show, then we're already gone.

And I know it's only been a while but I still miss you.
I'd give anything if it would make me be here with you.
See the more that things change, the more they're the same,
but there'll always be you and me.

Seems all we tried to do's been undone.
Maybe we can maybe someday run away.
We could be new, we could be new,
we could be new girl, me and you.
Or we'll laugh at stupid things that we've done,
never realising what we've become,
until it's too, until it's too, until it's too late to be true.

And if I told you I was worth it would you tell me you won't go?
Lord knows I've tried but I'm not perfect
but I told you so. Yes i did you know.
And if it's all show, then we're already gone.

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...AND WE'LL DANCE ON THE ASHES OF WHAT'S LEFT
Lyrics © Mat McHugh

Guess we came up in a ghost town.
Now all those buildings have burned down.
Another price to be paid for being free.

It's getting harder to see now that the lights have all gone out.
Can't pay for the electricity.

And all along they've been saying nothing new to me.
Lately, seems right is wrong and wrong is everything we need maybe.
And still the beds are burning, burning in our sleep.
Take me away from everything I see.

There's gunshots on the dancefloor.
Please tell me what do we die for?
And by the way, yesterday, bet you were me.

Seen hard days, probably see more.
There's police at the front door saying
"by the way, yesterday, heard you were free."

And all along they've been saying nothing new to me.
Lately, seems right is wrong and wrong is everything we need maybe.
And still the beds are burning, burning in our sleep.
Take me away from everything I see.

And we'll dance on the ashes of what's left,
as long as these hearts beat in our chests.
And we fell through the railings and pavements,
while I wondered if they get what I get.
And I promise you I won't be leaving,
without taking you when I go.
See the price of belief's in believing.
Anywhere that we go we'll sing this same old song.

And we'll be standing singing.
As if it's life we're living.
As if it's blood we're spilling.
As if we're leaving here some day.

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THE BIGGEST LIE I EVER TOLD
Lyrics © Mat McHugh

The biggest lie I ever told was when I said
" I don't love you no more"
The biggest fake you'll ever know.
Sometimes I feel it's everything I don't show.

And I'm over always thinking 'bout relationships.
Wanna let the rhythm flow and feel the bassline slip.
Leaving all that fussing and a fighting to them crazy, crazy fools.
But it's time I told you something I thing you should know.
All about why I ran away and why I let this go.
Guess I got tired of always feeling like my heart just broke.
Tired of missing you.

And I don't want to fight with you no more.
Really, how many times can we go to war?
Really, how many days do we have to waste,
before we can see that we've both made mistakes?

And I'm over always feeling like some hypocrite,
telling you things are ok when they don't feel like it.
But I'm not sure that once your heart gets broke the pieces fit
together quite the same.
So if you don't mind just for a while
I'm a keep this mess
that I call a heart, here cracked and bleeding in this chest.
Dear God I wish sometimes that we had never met.
Still, I love you anyway.

But hey, yo what difference does it make?
There's no sense in this.
No reason's I guess, gonna make it hurt less.
You know, I'll miss this absence of distance when it don't exist.
This mess, baby look at this mess.
Baby look at this mess.

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LET'S TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME
Lyrics © Mat McHugh

So tired of this heavy load.
I've been carrying it for so long.
I don't know what it wants with me.
Lord, please let me be.

Rolling dice on my hotel room bed.
"Man, it feels so nice to love some one" she said.
"Cause when the evening comes I'm scared to be bad all by myself."
And I know exactly how it feels to be by myself.

And now she's singing,
"Happiness always scared me half to death.
Never had myself no lovin' to caress."
Little darling stop those tears and dry your eyes, I'm a be right here.
And I'd really love to stay tonight, if you'll have me here.

Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Little girl you know I love you so.
Let's take it easy now and simmer down.
Little girl, let's take the long way home.

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SKIPPING CRACKS
Lyrics © Mat McHugh

Skipping cracks on the street in the summertime.
Screaming as the days go slipping by.
Working two jobs just to get on by these days.
Two kids, no husband, on the streets.
Been spending all her money on some food to eat.
Been sleeping in her car on the back seat these days.

Keep moving, get through this, get to this, don't do this.
She's sick of her life, living this way.
Keep flowing, keep going, been so long since knowing,
just how it feels to be ok, these days.

Rollin', parking her car in the alleyway.
Leaving in her keys for the getaway.
Dropped her kids off at her folks today so they,
wouldn't see what it is mama had to do,
just to get on by, just to push on through.
"There'll be a better day and it's coming soon" she prays.

Keep moving, get through this, get to this, don't do this.
She's sick of her life, living this way.
Keep flowing, keep going, been so long since knowing,
just how it feels to be ok, these days.

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THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN
Lyrics © Mat McHugh

Well, I heard you wanna come criticize me.
Well, I hope you're strong enough to even try.
See, hold up, we ain't got nothing to lose.
Better think twice before you try come and find me.
With a crew as rough as this, you must be crazy.
Hold up, we ain't playing with you.

'Cause when you hear the one drop and you feel that reggae bassline,
music set you free.
Hold up Mr. DJ, don't stop.
All these troubles up in my mind, well they keep chasing me.

Dub party down the street, bring the music.
Represent where we came up, never lose it.
Hold up, we ain't trying to impress you.
Blew up this industry, it made me sick.
Set a fire under all those sycophantics.
We're the new presidents.
We take over soon.

She said "You don't like hip-hop,
then don't keep wasting my time, somewhere else I could be."
God, I'm joking, please stop.
Let's take a little more time, maybe see what we'll be.

And you want to know the facts, then learn your history.
We ain't playing games, quit acting like you're near to me.
You better hope we don't run you down.
When we see you on the street, have you believing you may be on
the wrong side of town.

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GIRL, LATELY THINGS HAVE BEEN CHANGING
Lyrics © Mat McHugh

Girl, lately so many things, they've been changing.
And I promise you from now on,
I'm a try and be a good, good man.
I never used to know what I wanted.
Until I got it.
Then I didn't want it no more.
But it's been too long now,
with my heart breaking on this floor,
and it's killing me.
Dead.

Girl, lately so many things, they've been changing.
And it's you and me from now on.
Gonna save each other maybe.
I'll tell you the truth if you want it.
That's if I got it.
You see, I'm really not sure.
Guess it's been too long now,
to know the difference anymore,
and it's killing me.
Dead.

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WHEN I HAD YOU WITH ME
Lyrics © Mat McHugh

Another day it goes by, it goes by
and still I am far away
from your side, from your side.
And oh, my heart
how it aches sometimes, it aches sometimes.
And though we're apart,
I've got you on my mind.

You're on my mind.

The end of this road we'll never know, we'll never know.
And all that we have
we'll never hold, we'll never hold.
But somedays I just can't seem to find, seem to find
not a single way to get you off my mind.

You're on my mind.

And one day when all this traveling has ceased,
I will lay my head and rest my feet,
and dream of older days when we were young and free.
When I had you.
When I had you with me.

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SHOT DOWN
Lyrics © Mat McHugh

Wise man he says "I'm a treat you like you wanted".
Foolish man says "I'm a treat you like I want to".
Evil you spread now is gonna come right back,
come right back and haunt you.
Love that you share now,
it will guide and protect you.
Guide and protect you.

Met a policeman, said he was a soldier.
Told me to get out of his face and hit the road ya.
But see I don't need me no army 'cause I don't want no fight.
But I'm a stand up for the difference between wrong and right.
Mistakes are lessons and lessons learned
take the place of ignorance in return.
No, don't judge a man 'til you walk in his shoes.
Some men ain't got nothing to lose.

Shot down all over town.

Better believe there's war on up ahead ya,
Until we can settle the score and share the bread ya.
Some people got no choices from the day they are born.
Some other people got many but their reasons are wrong.
Catch a fire, you're gonna get burned.
Sow the seed, it will come back in return.
Some people think they are above it all,
and everything but they will fall.

Shot down all over town.

I'm not sure anymore,
about those places that I once knew.
See, I don't see you when I walk these streets in the night.
It's so hard without you here by my side.
But on one fine day, under the sun we'll be there with everyone.
Everybody that has been and gone.

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NO WRONG, NO RIGHT
Lyrics © Mat McHugh

Wait for me by my dying chair.
Tell God and the Devil meet me there.
They can use my soul as a battle ground,
but until then, they can leave me out.

There is no wrong, no right
but there's a million constellations in the sky tonight.
Take me down when you're feeling low.
There will never be a place with you that I won't go.
Let's let them say we're crazy.
We may never know.

Wait for me by your anywhere,
and in a while I will meet you there.
And if it hurts, least we're feeling now.
Least if we feel then we live somehow.

There is no wrong, no right
but there's a million constellations in the sky tonight.
Take me down when you're feeling low.
There will never be a place with you that I won't go.
Let's let them say we're crazy.
We may never know.

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