1. |
I Live for These Nights
04:14
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Another bar rail whiskey night
slicking my hair back in the spotlight
on the stage of this old bar
I swear I've been here before
This is all I know
Sucking up shots back at the spot
gunnin' Dogs out in the parking lot
jamming quarters into the jukebox
getting high on old Skid Row
This is all I know
I live for these rock and roll nights
living life after midnight
barking these songs up to the moon
killing myself just to feel how I used to
have I wasted my whole life
yeah, I ask myself that all of the time
but, as long as these drinks flow
I won't for awhile
Some other place, another time
another story that got left behind
I remember it once in awhile
and it always makes me smile
This is all I know
I live for these rock and roll nights
living life after midnight
barking these songs up to the moon
killing myself just to feel how I used to
have I wasted my whole life
yeah, I ask myself that all of the time
but, as long as these songs flow
I won't for awhile
You know, I live for the nights out in open spaces
under clear midwestern skies
after years and so many places
I get caught up in disguise
so unlike the books up on the shelf
this old boy gets down on himself
when I pull up to the station as the train is leaving
and you're all waving
goodbye
I live for these rock and roll nights
living life after midnight
barking these songs up to the moon
killing myself just to feel how I used to
have I wasted my whole life
yeah, I ask myself that all of the time
but, as long as this night flows
I won't for awhile
I live for these nights
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2. |
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I woke up in a jail on Sunday morning with a headache and red eyes
and the memory of a girl that I've been trying to get rid of
after all that I have done
just to forget we were in love
this jail cell seems to be the only thing that's keeping us apart
I took a bus to New York City
just to try and break your heart
I came back to Minneapolis with a fire in m heart
but it burnt out ofter the weekend
after a couple of gallons of booze,
a few failed attempts at getting laid and I was back in bed with you
after all that I have done
just to forget we were in love
this jail cell seems to be the only thing that's keeping us apart
I wrote a song to tell you off
yeah, to finally come clean
and when I finished it I was certain there'd be no more you and me
but that song didn't ever spin
and that record never sold,
but when you finally heard it you said that it was your favorite that I'd wrote
after all that I have done
just to forget we were in love
this jail cell seems to be the only thing that's keeping us apart
I've got four months in and four to go
I've had some time to sit and think while I lay in the cell alone
if there's one thing that I've learned
I think you ought to know
Honey, I can look pathetic all on my own
without any help from you
after all that I've been through
just to keep myself from you
and after all that I have done
just to forget we were in love
after all that time with you
and all that we'd been through
this jail cell seems to be the only thing that's keeping me from you
and all of the foolish things I do
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3. |
Tornado Alley
05:04
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we chop lines across the table
and chase the drip with Rumpleminze
we pass bottles in the driveway
and watch the daylight slip away
some pile into cars
or drunk drive in Dodge Ram vans
I'll catch ya downtown after these next shots
we blow our paychecks all on shot wars
and blow our minds in bathroom stalls
I blow my high pacing the dance floor
I circle back and start over
on these nights we're rolling deep
with pretty girl and high self esteems
it's times like these I hope will never end
So, let's raise a drink in toast to all the we know
let's raise another glass to here and now
some day everyone we love
will come to pass
so let's treat these nights as though they'll be our...
last call in a half an hour
one last chance to seal the deal
I overdraft my bank account to ensure the party lasts all night
one last trip to the broom closet
on these nights I'm high as hell
whiskey shots
cocaine rails
so what's one more round before we crack the ball?
So, let's raise a drink in toast to all the we know
let's raise another glass to here and now
some day everyone we love
will come to pass
so let's treat these nights as though they'll be our last
the bars flood out into the street lights
I missed my chance with that one girl
when the party is over
I'll walk home to sit alone on the rooftop
and watch the sun come up
where I'll raise a drink in toast to all the I know
and I'll raise another glass to here and now
some day all of you I love
will come to pass
that's why I treat these nights as though they are my last
So, let's raise a drink in toast to all the we know
let's raise another glass to here and now
some day everyone we love
will come to pass
so let's treat these nights as though they'll be our
they're going to be our last
So, let's raise a drink in toast to all the we know
let's raise another glass to here and now
some day everyone we love
will come to pass
so let's treat these nights as though they'll be our
I hope we always last
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4. |
The Days
03:41
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you took the high road
I took the low road
then got stoned and got lost on the drive home
I watched you leaving
as I kept repeating
if this is hell there's no need to see heaven
there are times in your life when you're just getting by
and you hold on to someone for a short little while
they weren't our best days
they weren't our worst days
they were just days that we made it through
they weren't my best days
they weren't my worst days
they were just nights that I spent with you
now nothing more
than memories
now I have trouble breathing
in this season
felt like years, but was just a few weekends
time on the fault line
rolling with you all night
god damn those evenings felt so right
but there are nights in your life where you're set on "goodbye"
some nights are just there to regret for all time
they weren't our best days
they weren't our worst days
they were just days that we made it through
they weren't my best days
they weren't my worst days
they were just nights that I spent with you
now nothing more
than memories
now sometimes
when I'm wasted
I pick up my phone and I dial your digits
but then I
just hang up and think how long it has been
since we went out and got drunk and high and made love and just laid around talking all night
there are times in your life when you're just getting by
and you hold on to someone for a short little while
they weren't our best days
they weren't our worst days
they were just days that we made it through
they weren't such bad days
probably my best days
were the days and nights I spent with you
now nothing more
we're now nothing more
than a memory
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5. |
Fly by Night
04:38
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have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight
out of hatred for yourself?
I know I have
I'm just wondering
if you've ever sank so low
and what you see in me
because I don't see
much in anyone these days
I've spent all this time
searching for someone who feels the same
cause I've got a feeling
deep inside of me
maybe I'm being cheated
or I'm being hustled
cause I've been cursed to be
a bad Leroy Brown
the last Cool Hand Luke left in this town
Mr. Fly By Night
slow down, baby, so I can do you right
I'm that guy
I dress to kill
and I wear my sunglasses at night
and I know you wish that I'd love you
sometimes I wish I knew how to
if I just had one day
where I didn't have to feel all confused
I didn't have to feel ashamed for everything
then maybe I wouldn't fight these feelings
somehow
someway
maybe someday
we could be something
something more than this
something more
than a feeling deep inside of me
maybe I'm being cheated
but you're being hustled
cause I've been cursed to be
a bad Leroy Brown
the last Cool Hand Luke left in this town
Mr. Fly By Night
slow down, baby, so I can do you right
I'm that guy
I dress to kill
and I wear my sunglasses at night
and I know you wish that I'd love you
awkward and silent
drunk with impatience
stuck inside of these dreams
I'm not sure what to do now
except for what I'm used to
or maybe die
a bad Leroy Brown
the last Cool Hand Luke left in this town
Mr. Fly By Night
slow down, baby, I never did you right
I was your guy
I dressed to kill
and I wore my sunglasses at night
and I know you wish that I'd loved you
sometimes I wish that I had, too
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6. |
Do You Even Remember?
04:58
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do you even remember
the feeling
of leaving
the city
the long nights
car rides
same album
repeating
do you even remember any lines
to any of our old songs
do you even remember?
do you even remember?
we broke up
when I went back to jail
I haven't seen you
in a few months
but I heard that you moved on
so why in the hell
have you been
phoning me
every friday
after midnight
girl, you goy me wondering
if you even remember
the feeling
of leaving
the city
the long nights
car rides
same album
repeating
do you even remember any lines
to any of our old songs
do you even remember?
do you even remember?
on the way
from the cell to commissary
I get a message saying that you'd tried for me again last week
oh baby, why in the hell
have you been
phoning me
every friday after midnight
girl, you got me wondering
if you even remember
the feeling
of leaving
the city
the long nights
car rides
same album
repeating
do you even remember any lines
to any of our old songs
do you even remember?
do you even remember?
do you even remember
the feeling
of leaving
the city
the long nights
car rides
same album
repeating
do you even remember any lines
to any of our old songs
do you even remember?
do you even remember?
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Jordan Carr Minneapolis, Minnesota
Despite the darkened nature of some of Carr's songs, hope shines through. Armed with a beat-up guitar and a cutting grin, Carr has traveled the globe and spread his tales of heartbreak, incarceration, empty bottles and full hearts.
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