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Amtrak to Albuquerque
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Got nobody to blame
Riding all night on a southbound train
Took something for the pain
I see the stars, but it looks like rain
The attendant asks how I feel
I say I'm fine but I must look like hell
How could I get across
The crushing pain of a minor loss
I want to hurt so bad
But it makes me cry, cuz I ain't that sad
Someone help me to understand
Why I feel like I feel
Some vending machines are the dining car
But I couldn't tell you just where they are
I need to stretch my legs, tune my guitar
Or maybe find myself a lonely bar
Cuz when I pull into a brand new town
Well it's a brand new place to let you down
I want to hurt so bad
But it makes me cry, cuz I ain't that sad
Please help me to understand
Why I feel like I feel
I don't know what I'd do
In a world without you
It would tear, it would rend
All my bones to the end
I don't know what I'd do
In a world without you
It would tear, it would rend
All my bones to the end
I want to hurt so bad
But it makes me cry, cuz I ain't that sad
Please help me to understand
Why I feel like I feel
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Billionaires are Dying
04:47
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Billionaires are dying
But their dying prayers ain't worth a single dime
I wish that I was lying
And all these wasted words would save some time
But your prayers don't cure cancer
No, god knows everyone will some day day
And all of our lives
Are over in the blinking of an eye
We're all ghosts
And we lay in concrete vaults under the sun
On the southern coast
Come hell or higher water don't you run
No don't you boast
I'll steal all of your flowers when you're gone
Oh come in close
Cuz we're all ghosts
We built these walls around us
Now they crumble to the ground around our feet
We can't all be builders
We can't change the people that we meet
My flesh might be willing
But my mind it has always proven weak
And I could make a killing
Selling you regrets you should not seek
We're all ghosts
And we lay in concrete vaults under the sun
On the southern coast
Come hell or higher water don't you run
No don't you boast
I'll steal all of your flowers when you're gone
Oh come in close
Cuz we're all ghosts
Walk on
Walk on ahead of me
Won't you walk on
Walk on and be free
Won't you walk on
Walk on ahead of me
Won't you walk on
Walk on and be free
We're all ghosts
And we lay in concrete vaults under the sun
On the southern coast
Come hell or higher water don't you run
No don't you boast
I'll steal all of your flowers when you're gone
Oh come in close
Cuz we're all ghosts
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Ryan Burns & The Vocal Ghosts Chicago, Illinois
Ryan Burns plays genre-bending Americana songs on his banjo and guitar for audiences in Chicago and around the Midwest, winning over listeners with his combination of thoughtful songwriting and cathartic vocals. His debut EP, The Institute, was released in May 2019. ... more
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