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Hardwood Floors

by Jonathan Kingham

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1.
Drive 04:28
Just a bit past sundown, sky is still red And I’m trying to find a way to drive you from my head And I’m a million miles from nowhere but I don’t care Watch the city lights fading in my mirror And every mile more it becomes a little clearer That there’s only one thing left for me to do So I’ve gotta drive, never turning round again Only slowing down just enough time to fill her up again And when your memory comes to me at night And I’ve nowhere left to run I just face the west and chase the setting sun And just the other day on a crowded city street I swore I saw your face and my heart skipped a beat And I quickly moved to the other side of the road I couldn’t stand for you to see me in this state that I’m in I’d try to force a smile and I’d ask you how you’d been But I know that the pain in my eyes would surely show
2.
Rain 03:18
I see those black clouds coming, Rolling cross the hills Right up to my front door, Then they begin to spill Out there precious raindrops Falling down like liquid pain Filling up my day with sorrow And pounding in my brain And old noah had it easy, With 40 days and nights That’s just a little summer shower Must have been nice Cuz if you’ve been living where i’m living You better learn to float If you’ve been living where i’m living Gonna need more than a boat It’s rain pouring down And the flood’s all around And I fear I might drown Cuz this rain does not end Now it’s time for the clearview forecast Live at 7 o’clock He says there’s a chance of sunshine And chance the rain might stop But I know the man is lying, So I switch to channel 10 And sure enough the truth be told There’s another storm rolling in So why bother with the weather man When the weather’s all the same Why bother with the weather man When you know it’s gonna rain You’d be better off packing that suitcase And running for the train So why bother with the weather man, When his forecast’s all in vain
3.
I have never seen such beauty Or that smile that lights her face The way she glides across the floor to me Defying gravity and defining grace No I can’t explain this feeling that's come over me Her touch it makes me tremble and her smile it makes me weak Whenever she’s around me I find it hard to speak No I can’t explain this feeling that's come over me I have never seen that look before The one that cuts me to the bone And I have never felt a touch so gentle That’s says you’ll never be alone No I can’t explain this feeling that's come over me Her touch it makes me tremble and her smile it makes me weak Whenever she’s around me oh I find it hard to speak No I can’t explain this feeling that's come over me
4.
We danced so close I thought I’d lose my mind In this old world where love’s so hard to find We danced and reeled across the hardwood floors Young lovers not knowing what love held in store Oh but life was so simple in the summer of 89 I was yours and you were mine I still remember the first kiss beneath the willow tree Your smiling eyes could set the captives free But sometimes I wonder why it can’t be the way it used to be Two kids, one road and an endless sky of stars Full tank, full moon and the night was none but ours Top down, hopes up and our hearts out on our sleeves Young lovers so blind and a love that’s so naive Oh but life was so simple in the summer of 89 I was yours and you were mine Yeah but I still remember the first kiss beneath the willow tree Your smiling eyes set this captive free But sometimes I wonder, I lie awake and wonder, Why it can’t be the way it used to be
5.
Late At Night I Lie Awake In The Hours When I Should Sleep With A Heart Full Of Worries And A Head Full Of Numbers When All I Should Be Counting Is Sheep And The Blankets Lie In A Twisted Mess At The Foot Of My Bed On The Floor A Reminder Of So Many Nights Like Tonight And A Sign Of So Many More And Deep Down Inside Me There’s A Battle That’s Raging It’s A Battle To Gain Control So I Stand At The Crossroads To Make My Decision Do I Hold Them Tight Or Let Go And Its Amazing How After All Of This Time Your Worries Can Become Your Friends A Faithful Crutch You Can Lean On But They’ll Kill You In The End So I’ll Run To The Edge Of The Water I Will Throw Them Into The Sea I Will Laugh In The Face Of Danger I Will Shout My Victory I Can Smile In Uncertain Times I Know Change Will Not Change Me And I Will Lay This Burden Down I Will Lay This Burden Down I Will Lay This Burden Down
6.
Walk away 04:42
You stepped out of the doorway folded your arms and looked at the sky Six o’clock in the morning but the moon was still high The last pale fires of starlight were dying in the west And I remember the way that you trembled when I held you to my chest It’s ironic the things that we wanted never seemed to get said Now we’re left with this hunger that never got fed I would be lying if I did not say That I know that I was the one who walked away I walked away but I crumpled like paper And I walked away but I shattered like glass When life pulls you down the road And love begs you not to go Bury it deep and retreat and walk away We can blame it on timing or we can blame it on chance But there’s no sense in denying what I said with my glance Something was pulling me farther away Though my eyes were weary from searching all I saw was my way
7.
She was the parson's only daughter And a poor sharecropper's dream Her voice as sweet as falling water From the cool clear mountain stream We came to share a love forbidden A union cursed by family To be forever unforgiven When we swore eternity We settled hard on twenty acres Ploughed the fields and worked the land But the fever came to take her With its unforgiving hand I tried to soothe her shaking body But no peace could I provide She said I hear the angles singing softly From across that Great Divide Take my ashes to the river Where the water's cold and deep Take my ashes to the river Pray the Lord my soul to keep One mournful morning in late November Faithful to her last desire I burned her body down to embers Scooped the ashes from the fire Down on the banks of the Blackstone River For to drown her memory As her spirit I delivered I heard her calling out to me
8.
She used to tell me I was the one And we’d talk for hours till the moon kissed the sun I swore in the moonlight I would never leave But here I am alone tonight the moon and me And I hear the wind whisper her name But an old memory is all that remains All of my friends say only a fool Would go and walk out on a love so true But if you know me, I’m no exception to the fool All my friends warned me, a fool doesn’t know When to hold on and when its time to go But I swore over whiskey that would never be me But here I am alone again just the whiskey and me And I hear the wind whisper her name But an old memory is all that remains All of my friends say only a fool Would go and walk out on a love so true But if you know me, I’m no exception to the fool I’ve tried to put it behind me but I haven’t yet What I did to her she can’t forgive and even a fool can’t forget And I hear the wind whisper her name But an old memory is all that remains All of my friends say only a fool Would go and walk out on a love so true But if you know me, I’m no exception to the fool
9.
He asked her where she’d been, His hand clenched in a ball But her answer was never good enough And his fist went through the wall But some nights she wasn’t so lucky Some nights his aim was true and he Painted her body with his fists Unnatural shades of blue, unnatural shades of blue Unnatural shades of blue No make up can disguise Unnatural shades of blue In the ring around her eye In the ring around her eye And those nights when the bottle did the talking Those were the worst He’d tell her all the things she wasn’t good for And he’d scream at her and curse Whoever said with sticks and stones The pain is never true Has never felt the deepest pain Of an unnatural shade of blue, unnatural shade of blue Unnatural shades of blue No make up can disguise Unnatural shades of blue In the ring around her eye Unnatural shades of blue Now it’s long sleeves in the summer time She cries herself to sleep and swears That this is gonna be the last time Some days she wonders what it is she did And God knows she’d be long gone if it wasn’t for the kids She keeps telling herself over and over Everything’s going to be fine Then the screen door slams again And its one more last time Unnatural shades of blue No make up can disguise Unnatural shades of blue In the ring around her eye Unnatural shades of blue Now it’s long sleeves in the summer time She cries herself to sleep and swears That this is gonna be the last time
10.
AM Radio 04:27
Turn down the lights turn on the radio Dial up the AM find me something slow Maybe an all night station at the end of the dial Where I can hear the sweet voice of Etta Some horn blowin from Myles And we can slow dance Yeah we can slow dance real slow We can slow dance to the all night glow Of the AM Radio Kill the TV pull the Venetian blinds Kick off your shoes and slip your hand in mine Unplug the telephone and deadbolt the door I’ll swing you on the 1 and 3 until its 2 or 4 And we can slow dance Yeah we can slow dance real slow We can slow dance to the all night glow Of the AM Radio So I’ll sneak into the kitchen Pull some vino from the shelf Pour a tall glass for you and a taller one for myself Push back the furniture pull back the rug Forget the glasses we can sip from the jug And we can slow dance Yeah we can slow dance real slow We can slow dance to the all night glow Of the AM Radio Yeah we can slow dance We can slow dance real slow We can slow dance to the all night glow Of the AM Radio

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released October 10, 1999

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