because we can never have too many weird, usa-themed mix cds, amirite?
o1. JEN TITUS | O DEATH
well I am death, none can excel,
i'll open the door to heaven or hell.
o2. GIVERS | I SAW YOU FIRST
i saw you first
it was in a dream, it was in a dream
o3. JOHN DOE | GOLDEN STATE
you are something in my eye
and i am the shiver down your spine
you are on the lick of my lips
and i am on the tip of your tongue
o4. BRANDON FLOWERS | ONLY THE YOUNG
only the young can break away, break away
lost when the wind blows, on your own
o5. SCARS ON 45 | GIVE ME SOMETHING
give me something;
something to hold on to,
and I'll wear your wedding ring for a lifetime.
o6. RYAN ADAMS | COME PICK ME UP
when they call your name
will you walk right up
with a smile on your face
or will you cower in fear
in your favorite sweater
with an old love letter
o7. THE CIVIL WARS | BARTON HOLLOW
ain't going back to barton hollow
devil gonna follow me e'er i go
won't do me no good washing in the river
can't no preacher man save my soul
o8. NEEDTOBREATHE | DRIVE ALL NIGHT
beg the book to turn the page
cause i get stuck where the villains get away.
somewhere in this wretched tale, there must be a line where the victim get his way, just one time.
oh i'll get mine.
o9. RAY LAMONTAGNE | HEY ME, HEY MAMA
there's something outrageous
'bout that evening sky
just this side of dangerous
that look in your eye
1o. ALISON KRAUSS | DIDN'T LEAVE NOBODY BUT THE BABY
go to sleep little babe
go to sleep little babe
come lay bones on the alabaster stones
and be my ever-lovin' baby
11. BOBBY LONG | BEING A MOCKINGBIRD
the night it rests like a hammerblow
and breaks the morning in brings
the mad man are down on the crypt floor
sleeping through there favours and sins
i trained myself to be hardened
and greet the bird like the day
i soared the greet lusty gamblings
and drenched myself in the dusk where they lay
12. EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS | HOME (RAC REMIX)
man, oh man, you’re my best friend,
i scream it to the nothingness
there ain’t nothin’ that i need
well, hot & heavy, pumpkin pie,
chocolate candy, jesus christ
there ain’t nothin’ please me more than you
13. PATTY GRIFFIN | LONG RIDE HOME
long black limousine
shiniest car i've ever seen
the back seat is nice and clean
she rides as quiet as a dream
someone dug a hole six long feet in the ground
i said goodbye to you and i threw my roses down
ain't nothing left at all in the end of being proud
with me riding in this car, and you flying through the clouds
14. COLIN HAY | I JUST DON'T THINK I'LL EVER GET OVER YOU
i don't want you thinking i'm unhappy
what is closer to the truth
is if i lived 'til i was one hundred and two
i just don't think i'll ever get over you
15. AMOS LEE | LONG LINE OF PAIN
and tonight i'm feeling lost and
headin' down the highway out to boston
i get the sense i might lose it
i thank god tonight for the light i got in music
16. KYLA LA GRANGE | VAMPIRE SMILE
baby you need to leave
'cause i'm getting drunk on your noble deeds
17. IRON & WINE | UPWARD OVER THE MOUNTAIN
so may the sunrise bring hope where it once was forgotten
sons are like birds, flying upward over the mountain
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