THE
TOWN
HEROES

Guts For Days  

When I said, “I won’t let you down!”  
You believed my every sound  
So when I say, “It’ll all be fine!”  
You can trust me every time  

CHORUS  
Though it hurts to be afraid I know you got guts for days  
And you’re stronger than the sum of the whole world’s armies guns  
Though it hurts to be afraid I know you got strength in ways  
That I’ve never seen before and I’ll never see again  

When I say “I won’t let you go!”  
You are never on your own  
When the days are getting hard  
You got me and all my heart  

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Babe Ruth  

Follow me out to the pier  
Tell what you want me to hear  
I can make everything good  
I promise to do what I should  

Give me their legs and a swing  
Mantle (Babe Ruth) got nothing on me  
I can make anyone feel  
Whatever you want them to feel  

There’s no way that I would ever let you down  
Hang right on, don’t let go I got you now  

Hang on, I got you right now  

Feel the American dream  
Drip all its guts and esteem  
Over your legs in Nepal  
Write out our names on the wall  

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Couple Pills   

Can you hear me now? Can you hear at all?   
Have you heard the news? They’ve begun to fall   

When the hurtin’s done, and I can feel again   
I will never let it back in my head   

Every time I feel this way I’ll close my eyes recall the day that   
Every part of what we’re fighting for was gone. I’ll feel this way no more   

I need a couple pills to help me fall asleep   
I used to think that strength was not being weak   

As long as my heart is beating   
I will hold onto this   
As long as my heart is beating   
Hold onto it   

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Cowboys and Aliens

I got my face in the fire but I'm falling asleep  
Might be the liquor, might be the weeks –that I fell in to  

Turned my guitar into a piano, cowboys and aliens- both in my blood  
I'm covered in blood, I'm covered in blood  

Chorus  
Maybe if I prayed I would be luckier  

Glass is broken, stuck in my feet  
Calloused shin-splints, lucky teeth  
Can't jump to the moon no more 

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Words For Days   

I’ve got an old book says it’s got the words to figure it out if you figure you’re worth something a little more than the world’s been telling you   
got you down by the throat while it’s yelling at you   
“Get in touch with your T.V. screen, get in line put some money on the latest scene!”   
And I’m out here on my own looking for clues on the wrong side of home   
I might not have the words when I’m face to face, unlace my lace, cover in mace I’ve got words for days I’m gonna talk till I’m blue gonna figure out something before I’m through.   

Gotta shut down rest assured ‘cause you ain't too sure about what you heard   
You’re not a gambling man but you’ll bet when you’re dying   
You’re dying to know if you’re doing the right thing   

Every now and then it feels like it’s written   
Who’s to say it’s over? Who’s to say that it’s done?   
And you’re beautiful just the way you are don’t worry about nothing ‘cause you’re gonna get far   
And I’m not sure what I’m doing for the summer gonna figure it out while I hit the ground running   
Like a speed demon stuck in reverse, can’t see the future ‘cause you figure you’re cursed   
And I don’t see why it can’t be good, just figure out the hurt like we said we could   
It’s the nicest stretch of weather that we had in years but we’re waiting for the part where the fog it clears maybe see a little better, maybe see it on our own maybe figure out the world, maybe figure where we’re going.   

Gotta shut down rest assured ‘cause you ain't too sure about what you heard   
You’re not a gambling man but you’ll bet when you’re dying   
You’re dying to know if you’re doing the right thing  

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Poets  

I guess I’m out here on my own  
It’s sinking in that I’m alone  

Did you hear that thunder roll?  
Could you feel it in your bones?  

Who’s gonna be the one to hold you  
when you’re goin’ outta your head?  
Who’s gonna be the one to love you  
when you’re written off for dead?  

Closing my eyes I’m going back in my mind  
I’m going up in my head was it something I said?  
Closing my eyes I’m going back to the time  
I’m going up to your bed show you poets I’ve read  

I heard the day the market crashed  
You were calling us the past  
It’s shaping up to be a cold winter  
What could I do to get you back? 

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New York City  

I know the perfect place but I can't afford the gas fare  
There's buildings into space and the faces never sleep there  
I guess it's made of gold, maybe we could steal a piece  
Before we get to old, maybe we could see it  

Chorus  
There's room for you in New York City  

We're playing for the door but we're supposed to get a pitcher  
If you buy me more, I'll take a mental picture  
And put you in my books, my one of my many books  
Looks like we're gonna be saved, he's wearing a business suit  
Shaved and ready to take on the world  
Are you ready to take on the world?  

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Cambridge  

I heard something Good  
Heard you're disappearing soon  
I'd disappear myself  
If I knew I'd make it through  

Would you meet me on my good side?  
Meet me before dark 
Meet me on my good side 
Before this falls apart  

'Cause I got everything that you'll ever need  
If I'm wrong, I'll let you look inside of me  
Come with me we'll disappear into the night  
All my words mean nothing till you know I'm right  

Chorus  
So, if I followed you to Cambridge  
If I followed you through fire  
Would you tell me I'm still wrong?  
Say everything you want to tell me  
I'll believe you like a cold wind  
I'll believe you like it burns  

I heard something good  
Heard you're leaving before sunrise  
Getting on a plane  
Moving far away  

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More  

If I die here, take my organs  
Find a robot, safely store them  

When I close my eyes  
I see something more  

Teach him recall, give him memory  
Let him go on, from my ending  

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Everything   

Where am I   
Slowly going?   
Tell me why   
They’re all knowing   

Sink right in   
Let it own me   
Tell me what   
You can show me   

All I want   
Is to feel   
Everything   
That is real   

Do you know   
Where you’re going?   
Tell me what   
You can show me   

They don’t get to be scared for us   
we feel it alone while they’re sending out drones again   
They don’t get to be there for us   
we feel it alone while they’re turning out clones again  

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The Good News  

I wanna fight the good fight, I wanna end the war  
I wanna be the good news arriving at your door  

Let’s feel it the real world, fuck the digital  
Take it as it’s comin’, I swear it’s better girl  

I wish I could do techno so I could watch you move  
All I got are lyrics and the hope they’re close to truth  

I’ll try to make a bad day better with my words  
I wanna be the good news, the best you’ve ever heard  

I wanna be the sunrise bringing on the day  
I wanna be the good news that never goes away  

I wanna be a story, the one you need to tell  
I wanna be the good news, the words you’d never sell  

I don’t wanna let you  
Fall apart alone  

I wanna be a clear sky telling you it’s fine  
I wanna be the good news that Lets you come alive

Heat 

I hope it meant something to you because it did to me 
And I remember it all like yesterday 

It must of meant something to you because it did to me 
And I remember it all like yesterday 

CHORUS 
The walls are shaking, my heart is taking the heat of this 
My mind is racing, my heart is breaking in two for this 

I hope I meant something to you because you did to me 
When I remember it all, it was better then 

Do you ever think that maybe if we held our breath it would all go back to what it was? 

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Constellations 

I fell in love with a new constellation 
On the shores of Dunvegan 
I fell in love with an old conversation 
Even more than when it began 

I watched the sun as it set on the west side 
Heard a story I needed to hear 
Found everything that I needed to find 
Felt the flesh of your cheek as you neared 

Chorus 
I wouldn’t change it at all, not a thing, no 
All that I need is right here, waiting for me 

I watched the town as it danced to “Vampires” 
Dipped my wounds in the salt of the sea 
Built an old driftwood campfire 
Was whatever I wanted to be 

If this winter ends, I will be there with my friends 
On the shore we did before, every other year we did before 
If this winter ends, I will be there with my friends 
I will hold it in my mind no matter where we go when it is time. 
I will hold it in my mind no matter where we go 

We can feel it more each time 
Everyone is on our side 

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Baton Rouge 

I figured out the only way, the truth will get you through the day 
The only way I've ever learned, was through fucking up and getting burned 

I fought a man in Baton Rouge, he beat me down my face was bruised 
He taught me something I should know, don't judge a man by size no more 

I kissed a girl in Mexico, she said "Please don't ever let me go!" 
And I loved her till the day she disappeared with all my pay 

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Holdin' Up Grants 

Worryin` bout coyotes and the girls on your mind, on top of an old mountain you`ve climbed a thousand times, eagle up above, legs can go forever, my hands aren`t even cold the weathers getting better 

Thankful for the glaciers, you say it out aloud, no one`s even near you, to hear you or your sounds 
You feel it in the air, you feel it in your blood, things are really changing, they really are 

Chorus 
When you make it home, we can make it happen 
When you feel it too, you know that it`s coming 

Summer's getting close make it home for the good days: Livin' on the coast with your fires and your own pace, getting younger, getting stronger, she's so pretty, ya belong with 'er 

Holdin' up Grants because you did when you were seventeen 
Can feel it in your hands you'd swear that it's a better dream 
Than any were before 
Gonna hold on a little more 

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Hercules 

Working man's hands and a heart like the Nile River 
Big strong arms that are going a mile a minute 
He can explain the Ukraine Crisis, chop a chord of wood, tell you clearly what life is 

Working out west in the Fort Mac sands 
Travelling back and forth gets hard on a man 
Was waiting on a call for a promised "name hire" but the bastards don't call so he's poor for a while 

There's politics no matter what you do 
It's all who you know and not what you've proved 
I'm gonna write hit, open new doors, you don't worry about the fuckers in the union no more 

For what it's worth I think you're doing good, Dad 
I'm proud of you and I'm certainly glad 
To call you my father and tell who I know that you're Hercules in working man's clothes 

Chorus 
If I knew God I would ask for a raise 
Trade in this winter for some summer days 
If I knew Allah I would call in a favor 
Show me the way and I'll call you my saviour 
If I knew Jesus I would learn some tricks 
Walking on water making wine for kicks 
If I knew (the right) people we wouldn't have to worry no more 

I'd probably make more money if I didn't curse and swear 
Sang about blue eyes and pretty long blonde hair 
Used words like baby and lines like "I love you" too, but that's all for singers with no mud on their shoes 

I don't care about money but I'd like some dough 
So dad don't have to work out west no more 
Mom can retire, I'll put my niece through school, buy my brothers new cars and take my girl to Peru

New York City 

I know the perfect place but I can't afford the gas fare 
There's buildings into space and the faces never sleep there 
I guess it's made of gold, maybe we could steal a piece 
Before we get to old, maybe we could see it 

Chorus 
There's room for you in New York City 

We're playing for the door but we're supposed to get a pitcher 
If you buy me more, I'll take a mental picture 
And put you in my books, my one of my many books 
Looks like we're gonna be saved, he's wearing a business suit 
Shaved and ready to take on the world 
Are you ready to take on the world? 

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Berlin Wall 

I can feel you everywhere, you're on the street and in my air 
I don't think that I can let you go 
'cause I'd push down the Berlin Wall, fight the war or take the fall 
I would do whatever gets you through 

Chorus 
'Cause you got all a guy like me would ever want or ever need 
I won't ever let you go, now it's the truth you need to know 

When I'm strong I'm strong enough, If I'm wrong is it wrong to love? 
I don't think that I could want you more 
I could fill a book or two, tell you everything is true 
Build you your own mountain when I'm through 

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Laser Eyes 

If you founded the gold rush, then you must have that old lust, running through your blood like the rhythm of your heart must 
I guess I know the way but I guess I guess too much and I'm stuck inside a shitty movie moving like a lush 
If you got your movin' shoes I will move with you but I move like glue, you're stranger than the strangest man I kinda know but I wish I knew 
I'm stuck right here, all night long, I'll tap my feet to my favourite song, got no diamonds near my soles, just the knowledge of how shit goes 

Chorus 
And she turns around and she's got lasers for her eyes 
I'd tell her that I'm different, but I'm different I don't lie 
I got no place to take you and I'm older than I look, 
But I'd let you in my world if my world is what it took 

She looks at me with those future eyes, burns my face so I turn to the side 
She takes out some kinda organizer, marks an X by 'bored and denied her' 
walks into the smoke and the crowd, disappears and the drums get loud 
And I'm left alone again, stuck right here as the music sends 
Something through my body that I wish that hers would do 
Oh, oh oh, Oh oh oh 

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Cambridge 

I heard something Good 
Heard you're disappearing soon 
I'd disappear myself 
If I knew I'd make it through 

Would you meet me on my good side? 
Meet me before dark
Meet me on my good side
Before this falls apart 

'Cause I got everything that you'll ever need 
If I'm wrong, I'll let you look inside of me 
Come with me we'll disappear into the night 
All my words mean nothing till you know I'm right 

Chorus 
So, if I followed you to Cambridge 
If I followed you through fire 
Would you tell me I'm still wrong? 
Say everything you want to tell me 
I'll believe you like a cold wind 
I'll believe you like it burns 

I heard something good 
Heard you're leaving before sunrise 
Getting on a plane 
Moving far away 

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Rust Away 

Spill out your guts all 28 feet of 'em 
Looks good on a plate with all your sins lined up good, chronological order 
I'm not like the others but I'm pretty much the same 
I'm an old soul playing new games, gonna rust away 
Gonna rust the same 

Chorus 
Every time I face the world it's gonna tell me that, I shoulda changed, I shoulda changed when you did 
Everything you face yourself is a reminder, that we burn, that we burn out alone 

I don't even know where we go when it's over do you? 
Could be heaven, could be hell, could be coming back an ant... 
Could be sleeping forever 
I don't want you crying and I don't want ya scared, 
Gotta find consolation in the fact that we all get there, 
That we all get there. 

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Sunday Movies 

Pills, puffers, mist and lovers are gonna fix me but I gotta fix another part of all of this 
Before we can move 

Some ways you lie to yourself, you're giving just a little more 
To hope that you're right 

If we're gonna make it work, then we need a little disappearing 
Find if we're fine on our own like a searching Buddah 

Chorus 
If I come around then I'm coming for you 
I'll wait at the ends of those Sunday Movies 
If you mighta' found what I'm running from then 
I'll wait in the lows of those Sunday movies 

Take all the steps that we need that we're supposed to take 
And leave all the rest to the gods 'cause they're gonna take care 
Of you 

Run baby, stay maybe, don't disappear or hate me 
Lay with here and I'm not gonna tell you that we shouldn't 
Be alone and we shouldn't be a hidin' from the world 
It's all gonna be fine 

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Holdin' Up Grants 

Worryin` bout coyotes and the girls on your mind, on top of an old mountain you`ve climbed a thousand times, eagle up above, legs can go forever, my hands aren`t even cold the weathers getting better 

Thankful for the glaciers, you say it out aloud, no one`s even near you, to hear you or your sounds 
You feel it in the air, you feel it in your blood, things are really changing, they really are 

Chorus 
When you make it home, we can make it happen 
When you feel it too, you know that it`s coming 

Summer's getting close make it home for the good days: Livin' on the coast with your fires and your own pace, getting younger, getting stronger, she's so pretty, ya belong with 'er 

Holdin' up Grants because you did when you were seventeen 
Can feel it in your hands you'd swear that it's a better dream 
Than any were before 
Gonna hold on a little more 

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Pile of Bones 

I found your face in a pile of bones 
Don't ever think that I'd leave you alone 
I know you're a liar and you're probably a thief 
Don't ever think that I'd leave you alone 

I found you in pieces but I'll piece you together 
Give me your bones and I'll fix you forever 
They're two Faced you say but we all are in ways 
Don't ever think that I'd leave you alone 

Chorus 
Promise me that today will be the last I see you this way 

I watch so many clocks because the mirrors we broke 
Are counting the days till this turns, we hope 
You're cold, you're getting scared, you got no money, got no home 
Don't ever think I'd leave you alone 

You gotta try a little harder 

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Bulletproof 

I Saw him last night, he was a little afraid 
I think we all are too x 2 
I said that I'd see you, when the weathers warm 
When the summer's here, and we're all gone home 
Oh oh oh 

I said don't you worry 
Keep your head up high 
Your gonna make it through x2 

Everything's changing, I guess you're following times 
I think we all are too x2 

Just because we've grown doesn't mean that we're invincible 
But I'm bulletproof, if you got my back 
Just because we know doesn't mean that we'll be sensible 
But I'm bulletproof, if you got my back 

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Cowboys and Indians

I got my face in the fire but I'm falling asleep 
Might be the liquor, might be the weeks –that I fell in to 

Turned my guitar into a piano, cowboys and Indians- both in my blood 
I'm covered in blood, I'm covered in blood 

Chorus 
Maybe if I prayed I would be luckier 

Glass is broken, stuck in my feet 
Calloused shin-splints, lucky teeth 
Can't jump to the moon no more

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Card Reader 

The winter's fallin', I've been wet since christmas, a new pair of boots would do me better than 
This kiss 
I would venture to tell you the truth but the truth aint so pretty, I'd have to admit 
I do think that you're beautiful but when you're worryin' bout somethin' it's hard to ignore 
It is 

Cup of tea and a pocket of knowin', seems so long since my body stopped growin' 
I dunno what the card reader said but i'm willing to venture it's "Stay away from that boy" 
I dunno if you like the hits, but you can sing along girl it's goes(STOP) like this 
Oh oh oh oh oh 

Couches are decent but i'd rather a bed, maybe the comfort's just a thing in my head 
I kill at teen jeopardy think that a celebrity girl would be cool hangin on my arm 
I like the fire but I hate the war, I think that maybe(STOP) i'm better keepin' time on the floor 
Keep time... (percussion break) 

Workin on my dance moves lettin' out my feelings, shakin to the trance grooves know it's what I'm needing 
I'll teach you what I know I'm a prophet in the world of the lowest of the low 
I'm the lowest of 'em all 
I dunno what the card reader said but that's cool with me 
Yeah that`s cool