The Civil Wars

There's a note underneath your front door that I wrote twenty years ago Yellow paper and a faded picture And a secret in an envelope There's no reasons No excuses There's no secondhand alibis Just some black ink on some blue lines and a shadow you won't...

You`re like a mirror reflecting me Takes one to know one so take it from me You`ve been lonely You`ve been lonely too long Let me in the walls You`ve built around We can light a match And burn them down Let me hold your hand And dance around, aro...

I'm a dead man walking here That's the least of all my fears Ooh underneath the water It's not Alabama clay Gives my trembling hands away Ooh Please forgive me Father Ain't going back to Barton Hollow Devil gonna follow me e'er I go Won't do me no go...

Drink up baby Stay up all night The things you could do You won't but you might The potential you'll be That you'll never see The promises you'll only make Drink up with me now And forget all about the pressure of days Do what I say and I'll make yo...

She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene I said, "Don't mind but what do you mean I am the one Who will dance on the floor in the round?" She said, I am the one who will dance on the floor in the round She told me her name was Billie Jean as sh...

Where she walks, no flowers bloom He's the one I see right through She's the absinthe on my lipss The splinter in my fingertip But who could do without you? And who could do without you? She's the sea I'm sinkin' in He's the ink under my skin Sometim...

Swan dive down eleven stories high Hold your breath until you see the light You can sink to the bottom of the sea Just don't go without me Go get lost where no one can be found Drink so long and deep until you drown Say your goodbyes but darlin' if you p...

D’Arline, hope this finds you well There’s so much I’m dying to tell, but oh That’s how it goes Little things left unsaid That I can’t keep in my head, but oh Just so you know You’ll always be the only one Always be the only one D’Arline, wh...

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic ’til I’m gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love Please, dance me to the end of love Oh let me see your beauty when the w...

Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what have I done? I’ve fallen in love with a man on the run Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I’m begging You please Don’t take that sinner from me Oh don’t take that sinner from me Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what do I do? I’ve fallen for someone who’s nothing...

Disarm you with a smile Cut you like you want me to Cut that little child Inside of me and such a part of you Ooh, the years burn I used to be a little boy So old in my shoes And what I choose is my choice What's a boy supposed to do? The killer in...

It's not your eyes It's not what you say It's not your laughter that gives you away You're just lonely You've been lonely, too long All your actin' Your thin disguise All your perfectly delivered lines They don't fool me You've been lonely, too long...

Idon't want to talk right now I just want your arms wrapped around Me in this moment Before it runs out Oh don't say that it's over Oh no say it ain't so Let's let the stars watch Let them stare Let the wind eavesdrop I don't care For all that we'...

Haven't you seen me sleep walking Cause I've been holding your hand Haven't you noticed me drifting Oh, let me tell you I am Tell me it's nothing Try to convince me That I'm not drowning Oh, let me tell you I am Please, please tell me you know I've...

Draw me a map that I can hold Lines that tell me where to go My head is full of lonely harmonies And questions no one's asking me Who's gonna take my hand, show me the way? How long will I have to wait for someday? It's not the sky I'm asking for I'm...

I've been awaiting for you And you've been awaiting for me Tell me that you'll always be true And you'll be the only one for me Forget me not my dear, my darling Forget me not my love I just wanna hold your hand Hang on every word you say Let's write a...

Oh, the desert dreams of a river that will run down to the sea like my heart longs for an ocean to wash down over me. Oh, won't you take me from this valley to that mountain high above? I will pray, pray, pray until I see your smiling face. I will pra...

There's a pub on the south side of town Time stands still while they're still wine around She's the one you let in out of the cold The one whose always and never alone Did she let him go or did the four winds blow him away? Does she even know she's the g...

Why do you keep looking out the window? Is there something left behind or never found? Mmm do I even want to move? How, if you knew what I was thinking I wonder if they even dry a tear Oh, there's just one way to find out Go, Go, Go Did Sirens steal y...

You forgot your grandmother’s scarf As you walked away that day in the park I watched you disappear into the city Smaller and smaller you faded That’s that Say goodbye and don’t look back So long to happy every after You are my goodbye Goodbye girl...

I had me a girl Who taught me those things A young man should know Down, down on my knees I’d beg and I’d plead To learn a little bit more Oh that woman taught me to pray I saw Heaven every day Lord, she could Oooooooo Ooooooohhhhohhhh Ooooooo Ooo...

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men. I thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along the unbroken song Of peace on eart...

When I had you to myself I didn't want you around Those pretty faces always made you stand out in a crowd But someone picked you from the bunch One glance was all it took Now it's much too late for me to go and take a second look Oh baby give me one more chan...

I've got this friend I don't think you know him He's not much for words He's hidden his heart away Oh I've got this friend A loveless romantic All that he really wants Is someone to want him back Ohh, if the right one came If the right one came alon...

If I didn't know better I'd hang my hat right there If I didn't know better I'd follow you up the stairs Stop saying those sweet things you know I like to hear The horns are blowing louder and they're destroying me Why do I keep drinking Wasting my time...

Run, run, run away Buy yourself another day A cold wind's whispering secrets in your ear So low only you can hear Run, run, run and hide Somewhere no one else can find Tall trees bend and lean pointing where to go Where you will still be all alone Do...

You put the words in my mouth You are the one who spit them right out Oh, you better wait with me You pulled a string to my heart Don’t know where you start Don’t know where I start Oh, you cast a spell on me Dance, dance, dance Dance, marionette Da...

I hear something hanging on the wind I see black smoke up around the bend I got my ticket and I'm going to go home The leaves have changed a time or two Since the last time the train came through I got my ticket and I'm going to go home My father's fa...

I gave you all the love I got I gave you more than I could give I gave you love I gave you all that I have inside And you took my love You took my love I keep crying (I keep crying) I keep trying for you I keep trying (I keep trying) I keep crying...

Oh the grass is green Everywhere but under me Or so it seems Got a wedding band In the name of a wandering man I love the best I can Oh Henry, have you got something to tell me? 'Cause everybody's been sayin You been runnin' around Oh Henry, I know...

You only know what I want you to I know everything you don’t want me to Oh your mouth is poison, your mouth is wine Oh you think your dreams are the same as mine Oh I don’t love you but I always will Oh I don’t love you but I always will Oh I don’t love...

Meet me in the garden where the weeds grow tall Down by the gate I got a secret that I might tell It'll give me away Ooh Whatever you do Ooh Keep it with you Meet me on the back porch where ivy climbs We'll sit on the swing Soak up the color of the midday su...

Quand je marche dans la rue La rue vers le Sacré-Cœur Je me souviens des promesses Au nom de l'amour Je vais t'attendre là Viendras-tu pour moi? Je vais t'attendre là Seulement toi Tu peux me tenir Jusqu'à ce que le soleil se cache Et embrasse-moi do...

I wanna leave you I wanna lose us I wanna give up But I won't I wanna miss this I want a heartache I wanna run away But I won't 'Cause do I love you Oh, I do And I'm going to 'til I'm gone But if you think that I can stay in this same old, same old Well, I d...

To pretend no one can find the fallacies of morning rose Forbidden fruit, hidden eyes courtesies that, I despise in me Take a ride, take a shot now Because nobody loves me, it's true Not like you do Covered by the blind belief that fantasies of sinful s...

When you close your eyes and go to sleep And it's down to the sound of a heartbeat I can hear the things that you're dreaming about When you open up your heart and the truth comes out You tell me that you want me You tell me that you need me You tell me...

You thought you had found a good girl One to love you and give you the world Now you find that you’ve been misused Talk to me, I’ll do what you choose I want you to… Tell Mama all about it Tell Mama what you need Tell Mama And I’ll make everything al...

I never meant to get us in this deep I never meant for this to mean a thing Oh, I wish you were the one Wish you were the one that got away I got caught up by the chase And you got high on every little bit I wish you were the one Wish you were the one t...

You're a red string tied to my finger A little love letter I carry with me You're sunlight Smoke rings and cigarettes Outlines and kisses for silverscreens Oh Dear never saw you coming Oh My Look what you have done You're my favourite song Always o...

Why are you so far from me? In my arms is where you are to be How long will you make me wait? I don't know how much more I can take I missed you but I haven't met you Oh but I want to How I do Slowly counting down the days Till I finally know your name...

You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are grey You'll never know dear How much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away The other night dear As I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you In my arms When I awoke dear I was mistaken so...