Tipjars and teardrops


They say that music calms the savage beast
And helps a heartache settle down
That’s what I need tonight to sooth me
And dull her memory when it comes around

Tipjars and teardrops
Sad songs for lonely hearts
A temporary cure for the blues I got
I get loose when I hear guitars but then the music stops
And all that’s left is tipjars and teardrops

She used to fill my heart with melody
Lovin’ words I’d never heard before
Now without her I’m in quiet misery
And I can’t take this silence anymore

Chorus

I get loose when I hear guitars but then the music stops
And all that’s left is tipjars and teardrops

Warm safe place


I feel like an old guitar
Looking for some brand new strings
Never thought I'd get this far
Without saving anything
For me
Do you still have that smile for me
And could I stay here for a while

I'm looking for a warm safe place
To feel your hand on my face
Let the past roll off of my back
Baby let's not talk about that
I just wanna make it through the night
Lock the door and hide away
I'm looking for a warm safe place

I'm too young to pack it in
I'm too damn old to weather this wind
The rain it just won't stop it seems
And I'm too stubborn to quit these dreams
With you
I can finally find some peace with you
Won't you lay down next to me

I'm looking for a warm safe place
To feel your hand on my face
Let the past roll off of my back
Baby let's not talk about that
I just wanna make it through the night
Lock the door and hide away
I'm looking for a warm safe place

With you
There is shelter from the storm
With you
Come and lay here in my arms

I'm looking for a warm safe place
To feel your hand on my face
Let the past roll off of my back
I don't even wanna talk about that
I just wanna make it through the night
Lock the door and hide away
HIde away
I'm looking for a warm safe place.

Weight

I pulled into Naserath
Was a feelin' 'bouta half past dead.
I just need some place,
where i can lay my head
Hey mister can you tell me
where a man might find a bed.
He just grinned and shook my hand
and "No" was all he said.

Take a load off Annie,
Take a load for free,
Take a load off Annie
and you put the load right on me.

I picked up my bag,
I went a looking for a place to hide.
When I saw Carmon and the devil
Walking side my side.
I said, "Hey Carmon, come on lets go downtown."
She said, "No. I gotta go but my friend can stick around."

Take a load off Annie,
Take a load for free,
Take a load off Annie
and you put the load right on me.

Crazy Chester followed me
and he caught me in the fog.
He said, " I'll fix your rack if you take Jack, my dog."
I said," Wait a minute Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man."
He said, "That's okay boy, wont you feed him when you can."


Take a load off Annie,
Take a load for free,
Take a load off Annie
and you put the load right on me.

Go down Mrs.Moses, there aint nothing
that you can see.
It's just old Luke
and Lukes been waiting on a judgment day.
"Well Luke my friend, what about young annalee?"
He said, " do my a favor son would you stay and
keep annalee company."

Take a load off Annie,
Take a load for free,
Take a load off Annie
and you put the load right on me.
oh yeah yeah

Catch a cannonball, thata take me down the line.
My bag is sinking low and I do believe its time.
To get back to Mrs.Fanny, you know she's the only one.
Who sent me here with her and god to everyone.

Take a load off Annie,
Take a load for free,
Take a load off Annie
and you put the load right on me.
you put the load right on me yeah yeah
ohhhh ohhhh

What some people throw away


An old piece of rope held up his pants
As I backed up he threw up his hands
So, I got out and closed the door
And asked him what he stopped me for
He reached down and picked up a burlap bag
There at the city dump he showed me all he had

A blanket for the colder nights
An old King James and a pocket knife
A worn out watch and a lucky rabbits foot
A picture in a broken frame
He said, “I wish I knew her name”
As he gently brushed his hand across her face
“What some people throw away”

I turned to hide my tear-filled eyes
Then shook his hand and said goodbye
To me it was just a second load
But he held it like a bag of gold
I was too ashamed to tell him at the time
Everything he was holding was mine

A blanket for the colder nights
An old King James and a pocket knife
A worn out watch and a lucky rabbits foot
A picture in a broken frame
He’ll never know I knew her name
What I’d give to put that smile back on her face
“What some people throw away”

A picture in a broken frame
He’ll never know I knew her name
What I’d give to put that smile back on her face
“What some people throw away”

Oh, it broke my heart to hear that old man say
What some people throw away

You can't say that I didn't love you


Well that's how it is when it's over and done
All bets are off and we both go runnin' for cover
Blamin' eachother
Yeah the grapevine will hum with the fiction or fact
Gets kinda messy in the aftermath of a meltdown
It's always a small, small town

Chorus:
You can doctor the spin when you tell all your friends
But you can't say that I didn't love you
Does it make me a jerk 'cause it just didn't work
When you can't say that I didn't love you
There were some things we could not overcome
But love or the lack of it never was one
You can put a new face on that old twist of fate
But deep down inside you can't say that I didn't love you

Now It's only normal to criticize
How it all went down 'cause the tension's running high
And we say things, that we don't mean
But that doesn't change last summer and fall
If that wasn't love then what do you call, september
Do you remember?

Chorus:2
You can doctor the spin when you tell all your friends
But you can't say that I didn't love you
You can vilify me to a certain degree
But you can't say that I didn't love you
There were some things we could not overcome
But love or the lack of it never was one
You can tailor the truth till it fits like a suit
But deep down inside you can't say that I didn't love you

There were some things we could not overcome
But love or the lack of it never was one

Chorus:3
You can doctor the spin when you tell all your friends
But you can't say that I didn't love you
Does it make me a jerk cause it just didn't work
When you can't say that I didn't love you
You can vilify me to a certain degree
But you can't say that I didn't love you
There were some things we could not overcome
But love or the lack of it never was one
You can put a new face on that old twist of fate
But deep down inside you can't say that I didn't love you