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No Way Out But Through
04:26
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Let me tell you something friends
Here’s a story seems to never end
It affects both me and you
And we sometimes don’t know what to do
It’s this crazy thing called life
We get bogged down by struggles and strife
Then we can feel mighty blue
That’s why I’m here with a reminder for you
No way out but through
No way out but through
No way out but through
No way out but through
I saw my buddy by the door
I said, “hey man, where you heading for?”
He said, “any place will do”
I said, “man I’m gonna go with you”
Stepped outside into a fight
Punches were flying left and right
We took a lot but gave a few
When you’re under fire, whatcha gonna done?
No way out but through
No way out but through
No way out but through
No way out but through
When this world weighs down on you
Listen up, I’ll tell you what to do
Take a deep breath and start anew
Laugh and say, “there’s no way out but through”
When you say, “ I love you”
You know I’ll say, ‘I love you too”
Hug it out with all our might
That’s a feeling no-one’s gonna fight
No way out but through
No way out but through
No way out but through
No way out but through
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2. |
Listen To The Rain
05:54
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Staring at the gulf between us
watching our emotions
drift like clouds into the night
I watch you walk along the shoreline
staring at the darkness
like something there is calling to you
skipping stones into the waves
I can’t walk on water
But i can listen to the rain
No, I can’t walk on water
But I can listen to the rain
I can’t walk on water
But i can listen to the rain
No, I can’t walk on water
But I can listen to the rain
When I was young and naive
Searching for my brother
You were there beside me all the while
A cup was all I needed
To catch what you were pouring
All you ever wanted was a friend
To make you smile
I can’t walk on water
But i can listen to the rain
No, I can’t walk on water
But I can listen to the rain
I can’t walk on water
But i can listen to the rain
No, I can’t walk on water
But I can listen to the rain
Hear the rain I hear the rain
Hear the rain I hear the rain
Hear the rain I hear the rain
Hear the rain I hear the rain
I hear the sound of the pouring rain
Slapping at my window pain
There’s the whistle of a south bound train
I grab my bags and I’m gone again
Thunder claps and rolls away
Live to fight another day
There really isn’t much to say
I hope it all works out someday
I can’t walk on water
But i can listen to the rain
No, I can’t walk on water
But I can listen to the rain
I can’t walk on water
But i can listen to the rain
No, I can’t walk on water
But I can listen to the rain
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3. |
Cornbread's Cookin'
03:22
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Get back home where Cornbread’s cooking
Out the back door your Mamma’s looking
Hop on your ride and head back home
Gotta getchoo some before it’s gone
Get back home where Cornbread’s cooking
The smell comes a-drifting on down the tracks
Ain’t nothin’ better for an afternoon snack
Mamma cooks ‘em up in the big black skillet
At the county fairs she always kills it
Get back home where Cornbread’s cooking
Three miles down the tracks is where I’ve been
Messing with my Daddy’s old cotton gin
The train come by at a quarter to two
Carrying along a smell that I knew
I gotta get back home where Cornbread’s cooking
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4. |
What's Done Is Done
03:59
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Another tale about you-done-me-wrong
Sad little stories we put down in song
It’s how we keep going, it’s how we all deal
Where we clear the air and say just how we feel
Well you ripped me off and then vanished in air
I thought we were friends but you didn’t care
Now you come around and I’m supposed to forget it
So I called you out now I hope you regret it
What’s done is done
And it can’t be undone
Not even if you offered
The moon and the sun
What’s done is done
And it can’t be undone
Not even if you offered
The moon and the sun
I hear the frantic ramblings of a car salesmen
Trying to make good on a promise broken
There’s nothing you can do, just so’s you know
That can make up for your deeds so mean and so low
What’s done is done
And it can’t be undone
Not even if you offered
The moon and the sun
What’s done is done
And it can’t be undone
Not even if you offered
The moon and the sun
You keep spinning your wheels just digging in deeper
Thinking somehow it’ll help pay the reaper
Trying to buy back a friend you done so wrong
But that ship has sailed and now it’s long gone
NOW you say, “sorry and let’s make amends
Can I give you a present so can be friends?” But
What’s done is done
And it can’t be undone
Not even if you offered
The moon and the sun
What’s done is done
And it can’t be undone
Not even if you offered
The moon and the sun
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5. |
Rainin'
05:22
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Fixed on a point in space
Within these walls each day
Craving some recognition
Surrounded by heartache, sorrow, pain
Starving for connection
Purple fades to blue,
Orange dissolves to red
Staring at a ribbon of green
About a mile inside my head
Haven’t seen the sun in days
All it seems to do is rain
All it does is keep on rainin’
All it does is keep on rainin’
All it does is keep on rainin’
All it does is keep on rainin’
Nothing in life is certain
There are no guarantees
Do the best with what you’re given
Be kind along the away
No matter what they say
You don’t know their situation
All it does is keep on rainin’
All it does is keep on rainin’
All it does is keep on rainin’
All it does is keep on rainin’
Rain rain go away
Can’t take no more rain today
Gray gray the sky’s still gray
Can’t take no more rain today
All it does is keep on rainin’
All it does is keep on rainin’
All it does is keep on rainin’
All it does is keep on rainin’
Battle intense malaise
Ain’t seen the sun in days
Lord! I need some redemption
And it’s rainin’, rainin’, rainin’, rainin’, rainin’, rainin’, rainin’,
Rainin’, rainin’, rainin’, rainin’, rainin’, rainin’, rainin’ (etc)
All it does is keep on rainin’
All it does is keep on rainin’
All it does is keep on rainin’
All it does is keep on rainin’
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6. |
Sleepy Little Town
05:02
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Back when the mill was still standing
Often saw 5 trains a day
People came from as far as Detroit
One time even as far as L.A.!
This place was vibrant then
You knew your neighbor was your friend
Saturday night’s where really something
Barn dances were held across the lake
And the sun goes down on a sleepy little town
Almost gone, it's almost gone, but not forgotten
And the sun goes down on a sleepy little town
In the heart, in the heart of the nation
We used to have a Veterans’ hall
The ladies played bingo there on Thursday nights
Wednesday night was league bowling
Simple people living simple lives
Now nothing even happens here
The movie theater closed years ago
Farmer Jack’s been gone about 10 years
Now it’s just the Baumann’s and Dollar store
And the sun goes down on a sleepy little town
Almost gone, it's almost gone, but not forgotten
And the sun goes down on a sleepy little town
In the heart, in the heart of the nation
And the sun goes down on a sleepy little town
Almost gone, it's almost gone, but not forgotten
And the sun goes down on a sleepy little town
In the heart, in the heart of the nation
In the heart of the nation
In the heart of the nation
In the heart of the nation
It’s almost gone, but not forgotten
Your word meant something back then
We knew everyone and they knew you
No one ever left ‘cause who’d want to?
If you were born here, here’s you stayed
And the sun goes down on a sleepy little town
Almost gone, it's almost gone, but not forgotten
And the sun goes down on a sleepy little town
In the heart, in the heart of the nation
And the sun goes down on a sleepy little town
Almost gone, it's almost gone, but not forgotten
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7. |
Stupid Smart Phone
04:04
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Butt-dialed my mom at 3 am
Took a selfie of my pocket again
There’s an app for this and an app for that
Cell phone companies think that our wallets are fat
Stupid smart phone! Stupid smart phone!
Why can’t we leave them alone?
Stupid smart phone!
There’s another screenshot that I didn’t take
You’d better not drop it or the screen will break
It took a swim in the toilet water
They’re making us dumber instead of smarter
Stupid smart phone! Stupid smart phone!
Why can’t we leave them alone?
Stupid smart phone!
You can tag me, text me, Tweet me, Skype me
So why are you calling?
You can tag me, text me, Tweet me, Skype me
Oh you better not call
You can tag me, text me, Tweet me, Skype me
So why are you calling?
You can tag me, text me, Tweet me, Skype me
It’s just another call…
“Hello. I’m not available at the moment
so leave me a message and I’ll get
back to you as soon as I can. Thank you"
“Uh, yes, we’ve been trying toreach you
about extending your car warranty… “
Stupid smart phone! Stupid smart phone!
Why can’t we leave them alone?
Stupid smart phone!
I sent my photos up to the cloud
Now they’re in the Upside-Down
Another update and now it’s dead
I wish I had my old flip phone instead
Stupid smart phone! Stupid smart phone!
Why can’t we leave them alone?
Stupid smart phone!
Stupid smart phone! Stupid smart phone!
Why can’t we leave them alone?
Stupid smart phone!
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8. |
Down In My Soul
03:54
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Down in my soul
Way down in my soul
I’ve got a song down in my soul
If I get to old
To sing no more
Won’t you toss me in that deep dark hole
I ain’t afraid to enter the grave
Just as long as there’s a song down in my soul
When all is said and done
Time keeps marching on
But we’re still got that song down in our soul
Friends may come and go
The loss of love one’s I’ve known
But I still got that song down in my soul
I ain’t afraid to enter the grave
Just as long as there’s a song down in my soul
Down in my soul
Way down in my soul
I’ve got a song down in my soul
If I get to old
To sing no more
Won’t you toss me in that deep dark hole
I ain’t afraid to enter the grave
Just as long as there’s a song down in my soul
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9. |
Where It All Went Wrong
04:27
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I don’t know where it all went wrong
Maybe it was heading this way all along
I’ll pick up the pieces and try to carry-on
I don’t know where it all went wrong
I’ve been thinking back on that night
I was searching for answers, you were searching for a fight
I know when you’re right you’re right
But when you left you were wrong
I don’t know where it all went wrong
Maybe it was heading this way all along
I’ll pick up the pieces and try to carry-on
I don’t know where it all went wrong
Remember way back years ago
I’d take you to dinner and a late night show
We’d dance and carry on until the break of dawn
I’m wondering where it all went wrong
When you’re down and all you feel is pain
When everything’s wrong and you feel like you’re to blame
You try to pick yourself up and start all over again
But it’s so hard knowing where you’ve been
Now I’m sitting here in my pickup truck
Sippin' cold coffee from a paper cup
I feel about as cold and bitter as this nasty joe
Wondering where did our love go
I'm wondering where it all went wrong
Maybe it was heading this way all along
I’ll pick up the pieces and try to carry-on
Wondering where it all went wrong
I'm wondering where it all went wrong
Where did it all go wrong
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Ol' Matt Donald Atlanta, Georgia
Matt Donald is a singer/songwriter based in Atlanta, GA who has spent 30 years honing his songwriting. He grew up in the 70's singing with his father, a folk singer/guitarist in the 60’s. He is a veteran of the Atlanta music scene since the early 90’s. Matt writes from life experiences with honesty and an optimistic outlook on life with a deep belief in love and connection between all things. ... more
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