All that we let in

Whatever it was, is wasn't manumission To spill the blood, to pull the weed You can bury the past, but it's a mausoleum With the ghost of a fist that won't let us be Can we bring it together, Can we...

dog at the window still looks all day never gets her fill cause a glance means a chance to break the birds out congregating I have seen a look like that you licked your chops from where you sat make...

A hard knock A cold clock Ticking off my time A long look But no luck Couldn't seem to find Or unwind Into peace of mind While I was trying A quick glance A big chance My heart beat like a drum I saw...

Dark clouds are comin’ in like an army Soon the sky will open up and disarm me You will go just like you’ve gone before One sad soldier off to war, with enemies that only you can see. Dishes stacked,...

Won't have you see me as your sad sack Lost my something and I can't get it back Or a kill on your trophy rack I checked my schedule now my train is rolling down a track Past the sadness of the salt...

words and music by emily saliers I've seen the sun on a funeral, the full moon in a midday sky Tactician politician hold his head and wonder why I'm always struck that much harder by the power of...

I heard that you were drunk and mean down at the dairy queen. there's just enough of you in me, for me to have this sympathy and take it in stride. I know I had mine, and you were as kind, I am told....

words and music by amy ray The volunteers come for your prayers and some souvenirs, With ivory skin and boycott lessons Year after year. Well I'm tracing your face up in the space of the bottom bunk,...

you spent five years saying you'd come my way. well that's a little more waiting than a heart can take yeah but now that I know it's just a fantasy, I feel a hard time coming around for me. I said oh...

Words and music by Emily Saliers Oooooooo Oooooooo Oooooooo Dust in our eyes our own boots kicked up Heartsick we nursed along the way we picked up You may not see it when it's sticking to your skin...