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"Smooth Out the Lines"

by Jonathan Kingham

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1.
SHE PULLS UP IN A CAR ONE YOU NEVER COULD AFFORD KEEPS THE ENGINE RUNNING TIL YOU OPEN UP THE DOOR SHE’S GOT A BEVERLY HILLS SMILE BUT STILL YOU CAN’T RESIST AND YOU KNOW SHE’S TEN YEARS OLDER THAN SHE’D EVER ADMIT SHE’S SO CALIFORNIA SHE’S PERFECT IN SOME SAD WAY I GUESS NOBODY WARNED YOU SHE COULD NEVER STAY YOU’D DO ANYTHING TO HAVE HER AND THE WORST PART IS SHE KNOWS MOVE HALF WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY SELL EVERYTHING YOU OWN BUT YOU COULD NEVER KEEP HER HAPPY OR GIVE HER WHAT SHE NEEDS EVERYTHING BELOW THE SURFACE ITS NEVER WHAT IT SEEMS SHE’S SO CALIFORNIA SHE’S PERFECT IN SOME SAD WAY I GUESS NOBODY WARNED YOU SHE COULD EVER STAY SHE’S SO CALIFORNIA SHE’S PERFECT IN SOME SAD WAY I GUESS NOBODY WARNED YOU THAT SHE WOULD NEVER SAY THAT SHE COULD EVER STAY CAUSE SHE’S SO CALIFORNIA
2.
Grace 04:44
I have stared down the devil gone toe to toe with God I have wrestled with my demons I've walked where angels trod Still my best intentions fail me And I give in to my frailty Wind up on my face In spite all my misgivings all you ever give is grace I'm the fool who never gets it, A second chance is just a start Although I know that I'll regret it, I've got a hopeless heart Still my best intentions fail me and I give in to my frailty Wind up on my face In spite all my misgivings all you ever give is grace I have taken life for granted, When I don't deserve to live I have given up on trying, in is all I've left to give Still my best intentions fail me and I give in to my frailty Wind up on my face In spite all my misgivings all you ever give is grace In spite all my misgivings all you ever give is grace
3.
SHE WAS SOMETHING LESS THAN PERFECT A LITTLE UNREFINED AND BEFORE HE EVEN NOTICED HER SHE HANDED HIM A DRINK AND SAID “I KNOW YOUR KIND” “YOU’RE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES, PROBABLY ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY, BUT YOU’RE NOT ASKING FOR A BREAK FROM ME OR MAKING UP EXCUSES FOR THE WAY YOU’RE MADE HE TRIED TO WARN HER, DON’T GET TO CLOSE I’VE GOT A HISTORY OF HURTING ALL THE ONES I LOVE THE MOST AND I’VE GOTTEN MUCH TO COMFORTABLE WITH LEAVING TIME AFTER TIME SHE SAID YOUR STORIES DON’T SCARE ME I’VE HEARD EM ALL BEFORE YOU’RE NOT THE FIRST WORK IN PROGRESS TO STUMBLE THROUGH MY DOOR ALL WE NEED IS A LITTLE TIME TO SMOOTH OUT THE LINES WELL THE MOONLIGHT IS FORGIVING AND THE DETAILS TEND TO BLUR AND THE SCARS FADE IN THE SHADOWS AND THE THINGS THAT USED TO MATTER ARE OF NO CONCERN LATER THAT SAME EVENING, WHEN HE WALKED HER HOME FROM WORK HE SAW SOMEONE DIFFERENT, LOOKING BACK AT HIM WHEN HE LOOKED AT HER HE TRIED TO WARN HER, DON’T GET TO CLOSE I’VE GOT A HISTORY OF HURTING ALL THE ONES I LOVE THE MOST AND I’VE GOTTEN MUCH TO COMFORTABLE WITH LEAVING TIME AFTER TIME SHE SAID YOUR STORIES DON’T SCARE ME I’VE HEARD EM ALL BEFORE YOU’RE NOT THE FIRST WORK IN PROGRESS TO STUMBLE THROUGH MY DOOR ALL WE NEED IS A LITTLE TIME TO SMOOTH OUT THE LINES SMOOTH OUT THE LINES- ALL WE NEED IS A LITTLE TIME TO SMOOTH OUT THE LINES YEAH WE’VE ALL GOT IMPERFECTIONS WE’D LIKE TO ERASE BUT LOVE CAN OVERLOOK THOSE THINGS AND HAPPEN IN THE MOST UNLIKELY TIME AND PLACE
4.
Please come close so that I can hear you breathing Please come closer, tell me secrets you've been keeping Hidden safely, silent like a stone There's no need to keep them hidden With me you're not alone Please come close, let me put my arms around you Please come closer, I'm so glad that I found you No more waiting, no more lonely nights For all the times I missed it, yeah for once I got it right Please come close And when I pull you in skin to skin I tremble when we touch And in your eyes I see why, I was born to love What I've been searching for so much more Holding on to hope Never been sure before but this time I know Please come close feel the way my heart is pounding Please come closer let your guard fall to the ground and Close your eyes now let the world just slip away Right here in this moment this is where I want to stay Please come close And when I pull you in skin to skin tremble when we touch And in your eyes i see why I was born to love What i've been searching for so much more  Holding on to hope Never been sure before  But this time I know And when I see that light in your eyes, you look at me that way I see the reason why my whole life has led me to today  What i've been searching for so much more  Holding on to hope Never been sure before  But this time I know Please come close
5.
Ghost Train 04:34
Everybody talks about some fateful day And I guess that this was mine I may be here to tell some kind of story But I think it's gonna take a little time See I'm rockin' in a cradle Down the hall somewhere and I am Lost inside a dream Maybe I am falling Maybe I am flying But I know if I am crying she is Holding me And then the sky broke up And the rain came down And it washed away everything on the ground Wash it away Wash it away Wash it away Now baby's got that bottle Filled with lightning and rain He keeps calling out for someone But she's riding on a train Riding on the ghost train And she keeps on riding She's gonna keep on riding Mama keep on riding Keep on riding Some trains they leave in the moming Some leave in the afternoon Some trains they leave here Right on time And some they just leave too soon Yeah some they just leave too soon
6.
Somewhere in Springfield She parks the car A little too far from the curb Sits in the silence Head in her hands Wonders what’s happening to her She thought it’d be easy At the time it sounded so right Baby the city’s so lonely Lately the lights seem so bright And on the outside everyone’s smiling But we’re all just trying to get by Down here on Broadway Life moves so fast Nobody asks how you’re doing Step off the subway People rush past I guess they’re just trying to keep moving Makes me wonder Who they run to when the sun’s going down Baby the city’s so lonely Lately the lights seem so bright And on the outside everyone’s smiling But we’re all just trying to get by Are we better off broken or can we try To put the pieces back together Baby the city’s so lonely And lately the lights seem so bright On the outside everyone’s smiling But we’re all just trying to get by
7.
LIKE THAT BOOK THAT I’VE STARTED A HUNDRED NIGHTS HALF WAY THROUGH THE CHAPTER I TURN OUT THE LIGHTS I CAN’T GET TO THE END OF YOU YOU’RE THAT BLACK AND WHITE CLASSIC THAT NEVER GETS OLD BUT THE STORY REPEATS AND THE CREDITS DON’T ROLL I CAN’T GET TO THE END OF YOU YOU’LL ALWAYS BE THE SONG WITH NO LAST LINE THE REFRAIN THAT COMES AROUND ONE MORE TIME AND THE WORDS JUST GET STUCK IN MY MIND THEY GO ON AND ON YOU’RE THAT UNENDING PLAY THAT GOES ROUND AND ROUND THE LIGHTS WON’T COME UP AND THE CURTAIN JUST WON’T FALL DOWN I CAN’T GET TO THE END OF YOU YOU’LL ALWAYS BE THE SONG WITH NO LAST LINE THE REFRAIN THAT COMES AROUND ONE MORE TIME AND THE WORDS JUST GET STUCK IN MY MIND THEY GO ON AND ON LIKE A ROAD THAT ENDS JUST OFF THE MAP NEVER THOUGHT I’D GET LOST IN A LOVE LIKE THAT I CAN’T GET TO THE END OF YOU OH NO I CAN’T GET TO THE END OF YOU
8.
Let it go 03:31
PUT YOUR TREMBLING HAND IN MINE DON’T LET GO THIS FEELS LIKE THE PERFECT TIME FOR ME TO SHOW ALL OF THE CARDS I HOLD SO CLOSE TIGHT TO MY CHEST BUT FOR JUST THE QUEEN OF HEARTS I’D TRADE THE REST I’D LET EM GO, LAY EM ALL OUT ON THE TABLE LET EM GO, I DON’T WANT THEM ANY MORE OH THERE’S FREEDOM WHEN YOU FINALLY FIND WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR AND YOU LET GO I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL OF ME MY STUBBORNNESS AND PRIDE I’LL GIVE YOU ALL THE BROKEN THINGS I USUALLY TRY TO HIDE AND IF YOU’LL LOVE ME EVEN THEN I PROMISE FROM THE START WITH EVERY BREATH AND EVERY STEP I’LL GIVE YOU ALL MY HEART I’LL LET IT GO, LAY IT ALL OUT ON THE TABLE LET IT GO I DON'T NEED IT ANY MORE OH THERE’S FREEDOM WHEN YOU FINALLY FIND WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR AND SOMEBODY COMES ALONG AND PICKS THE PIECES OFF THE FLOOR THAT YOU LET GO…..
9.
Why’d she pack her favorite sweater Paper says its perfect weather She won’t need that pair of cotton gloves It aint that cold in California She said you never can be too prepared There could be a chill in the air Maybe so but baby I’ve been there And it ain’t that cold in California What is she doing does she think I can’t see There’s something going on around here Why in the world would a girl need a coat At the coast this time of year Lately things have been a little rough There’s been distance tween the two of us We don’t talk about the obvious And it aint that cold in California Maybe I’m wrong imagining things Like my mind tends to do She said she’ll be back so that’s what I’ll believe But I just don’t think its true Why’d she pack her favorite sweater Paper says its perfect weather She won’t need that pair of cotton gloves It aint that cold in California She won’t need this pair of open arms It aint that cold in California
10.
When the shadows grow long and the summer fades When the leaves all turn and start to fall In the September skies I see your face And on the wind I hear you call Its always here I can find you On the edge of the fading light And its here I can feel that your near me In the September skies Walk the shoreline and watch the water flow Hold my breath and let you go Its still hard not to miss you Hard not to wonder why And its always here I can find you On the edge of the fading light And its here I can feel that you're near me In the September skies September skies September skies When my days grow dark and the curtain's drawn When the last rays of sun are all but gone That's when I'll come to meet you On the edge of the fading light That's the moment when my soul Will float like a bird in flight To that distant crystal horizon Where there are no goodbyes Somewhere far beyond these September skies
11.
I have stared down the devil gone toe to toe with God I have wrestled with my demons I've walked where angels trod Still my best intentions fail me And I give in to my frailty Wind up on my face In spite all my misgivings all you ever give is grace I'm the fool who never gets it, A second chance is just a start Although I know that I'll regret it, I've got a hopeless heart Still my best intentions fail me and I give in to my frailty Wind up on my face In spite all my misgivings all you ever give is grace I have taken life for granted, When I don't deserve to live I have given up on trying, in is all I've left to give Still my best intentions fail me and I give in to my frailty Wind up on my face In spite all my misgivings all you ever give is grace In spite all my misgivings all you ever give is grace

credits

released June 5, 2010

Produced by Jonathan Kingham

Drums- Greg Morrow, George Aragon, Darin Watkins
Bass- Dave Pomeroy, Jonathan Kingham, Myles Corbin
Electric Guitar- Adam Shoenfield, Jonathan Kingham
Piano- Bob Patin, Jonathan Kingham
Organ- Ryan Shea Smith, Roger Wood, Jonathan Kingham
Acoustic guitar, pedal steel, mandolin, and banjo-Jonathan Kingham
BGV- Jonathan Kingham, Glen Phillips, Ryan Shea Smith, Skip Peri
Cello- John Catchings
Violin- Dave Davidson
String arrangements- Jonathan Kingham

Mixed by George Seara at Manic Sound, Toronto, Canada
Mastered by Chris Athens at Sterling Sound, New York
Engineered by David Hall at the Parlor Studios, Nashville
and by Jonathan Kingham at the Track Shack, Seattle
David Hall assisted by John Sparks 2nd Engineer
Strings recorded by Daewoo Kim
Piano on track 6 recorded by Evan Brubaker at David Lang Studios
Photos by Puja Parakh
Graphic Design by Jonathan Kingham
Jonathan Kingham plays Taylor Guitars and Elixir Strings and Mono cases

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