Grace Potter and The Nocturnals Album

Came home with a jewel missing out of my crown
Let me inside put my empty bags on the ground
Open this door come on, I'm not messing around
Can you believe I'm standing here, you used to call me proud
Well believe me I'll be gone by the time you get back from work
I just left a few things I don't want no one to get hurt

CHORUS
Just give me back my hammer
Give me back my nail
Give me back my jeans and my J.J. Cale
Give me back my box with the quarter inch cable
And don't forget my toothbrush and me table

You got a good thing going on I wouldn't want to take you away
C'est la vie, so it goes dirty business or so they say
I know I done you wrong but here we are face to face
Boy I sure am glad I don't have to hang around this place
Well believe me, baby, this ain't fun or me neither
So get out of my way or I'll start blasting “Cat Scratch Fever”

Chorus (x1)

I don't care which way you think the story might have went
I've already recollected all the love I wish I had not spent
Baby you know I paid more than my share of the rent
There ain't nothing in my heart for you except a big ol' dent
So try to pin it down try to tear it up or try to get me gone
I'll just need a few things for the road that I'll be on

Chorus (x2)

VERSE 1
I believe you try
To read too much between the lines
And you wonder why I
Don't separate my heart from my mind

Broken down let go
You always seen to be in the know
And you move me just so
I can't tell if you're for real or for show

CHORUS
Well you're setting me up for the big collide
All I know is that you're taking me for some kinda ride

Got your hands on the wheel
I can't believe how you make me feel
Oh you let me down so hard
I fall over like a playing card

And I believe the lies
‘Til they hit me right between the eyes
Open up come inside
You'll be surprised what you might find

Chorus (x1)

Some kinda ride (x4)

Verse 1 (x1)

I said,
You're setting me up (x4)
(repeat)

O' lord I think I'm falling, to my disbelief
I'm cursing like a sailor and lying like a thief
It's hard to heed the calling from the better side of me
When I'm blaming everybody else, and no one's coming clean

O' lord can you see, my thick skin wearing thin
And the demons of a lesser me, are beckoning me in
Those who gathered'round me, I'm watching them all leave
'Cause I am my own ragged company

You can take a trip to China, or take a boat to Spain
take a blue canoe around the world, and never come back again
But traveling don't change a thing, it only makes it worse
Unless the trip you take is in to change your cruel course

‘Cause every town's got a mirror
And every mirror still shows me
That I am my own ragged company
I am my own ragged company

Won't you help me lord . . .
Won't you help me lord . . .
Someone cut the cord . . .
And I'm falling back again . . .

Oh it's lonely, lord it's mighty cold
And I don't want to live this way, afraid of growing old
It's hard to heed the warning, when you cannot see the crime
The only way to remember is to forget in a rhyme

And I'm scared to tread the red road, that leads to Galilee
'Cause I am my own ragged company
I am my own ragged company
Oh I am my own ragged company
I am my own ragged company

Well he's gone to find his way again
He said he's lost his only friend
He's got a jar of cash to spend
He's running off just like he done before

And he made a stop down the track
He sold his favorite leather hat
He told the man he won't be back
And rounded out an old unsettled score

But ooh... this ‘ain't the first time that I've been left behind

I'd cook his lunch and wash his clothes
He'd tend the fence and shoot the crows
And somewhere in there we got close
They say a handy man is hard to find

He bought the farm, I sold my car
He left me with a silver scar
He's colder then a steel guitar
He always said he ain't the loving kind

But I said ooh... this ‘ain't the first time that I've been left behind

Well some days I cry like a child
Other days I ramble wild
He's got me so goddamn beguiled
And I don't even know his middle name

And he's been lost and found before
I've stopped waiting by the door
But I still love him to the core
I only wish that he could do the same

But ooh... this ‘ain't the first time that I've been left behind

Well he don't call and he don't write
He slips on in after midnight
I never turn off my porch light
He always finds his way back my place

And I never ask him for a ring
But he gave my this old song to sing
And helped himself to everything
And now I'm here without a speck of grace

But ooh... this ‘ain't the first time that I've been left behind
Left behind

Treat me right, and don't you let me down
You brush me off, and you run around
I have tried, to get through to you
But love and leave, is all you do

Treat me right, and don't you do me wrong
Play for keeps, don't just play along
You say you love me, but you don't say it right
I'm at the end of a tunnel, but there ain't no light

(REFRAIN)
Oh but like so many done before
You always leave me wanting more
And as you walk right out that door
My heart falls to the floor
And I say:

(CHORUS)
C'mon, C'mon, C'mon
You've got to treat me right all the time,
Squeeze me like a key lime
C'mon, C'mon, C'mon
You've got to quit the fight
And fall into the night

Treat me right, every single day
Stick around, and don't you run away
O will give you, all the love I got
If you'd just, entertain the thought

Refrain (x1)

Chorus (x1)

Please love, don't you do me like you've done before
Please love, can we stop this keeping score
Please love, let me in don't lock the door
Give me all the love that I know you can afford

Chorus (x2)

C'mon, C'mon, C'mon
C'mon, C'mon, C'mon
C'mon, C'mon, C'mon… (repeat fade)

(VERSE 1)
Tuesday night, feet on the floor
Keys in hand, headed out that door
I look to you, but you don't look back
There's a slow train coming, and a clickety-clack

Come on baby, ah give it to me
If I chase, you're running up that tree
Seems there's nothing, I can do
To get a little bit of love, from the hands of you

(CHORUS)
You've got the sweetest little hands
On this side of the Rio Grande
And if you love me, you've got to love me right
So take your sticky little fingers and hold me tight

It's like touch and go without touch
It's all I ask but it's still too much
You've got to love me tender
You've got to love me tough
But what you're giving me just ain't enough

Chorus (x1)

[instrumental break]

Chorus (x1)

Verse 1 (x1)

Chorus (x1)

I come home from working hard
I pull up to my yard
And there's a man I used to know

He used to love me right
But then we had a little fight
And now he's on parole

Well he's lookin' mighty mean
He's like to cause a scene
Just hit reverse and pull out slow

(CHORUS)
And don't pay no mind to Joey
'Cause Joey don't treat me good no more
No, don't pay no mind to Joey
'Cause Joey don't treat me good no more

He wears his shirt untucked
He's got one eye covered up
And he's got a big ‘ol 44

He likes to drink ‘til late
Then he'll break down your gate
And he'll throw you to the floor

When he looks me in the eye
He'll hit me ‘till I cry
He's trying to get inside my door

Chorus (x1)

Well, well, well, well . . .

You can't even stomp and shout
'Cause it's all over now
And there ain't nothing left to say

Chorus (x1)

He saw me with another man
But he did not understand
That I grew up with him in the same crib

Joey started flaming red
He didn't hear a word I said
Now my brother's got a broken rib

Well, the judge and jury all agreed
That Joey did a dirty deed
And 50 yards is what order said

Chorus (x1)

He didn't understand
The judge raised up his hand
And said “You'd better leave that girl alone"
Leave her alone . . .

Chorus (x1)

No don't pay no mind to Joey
'Joey don't treat me good no more, no more
That's what I said, I said
Well don't pay no mind, pay no mind
Pay no mind, pay no mind (repeat to fade)

You stormed out of my house, quarter after two
You stormed out of my house, quarter after two
But by sixteen after baby, I ways crying after you

Well ya turned on your engine, I watched you drive away
You turned on your engine, I watched you drive away
But I'm such a big headed woman, I could never make you stay

Well I, told your mama, you're like the dirt beneath my toes
Um yes, I told your mama, you're like the dirt beneath my toes
But deep down in my heart, I know you're made of solid gold

Yes I'm a big headed woman, I can live alone, yes I can
Oooh, I'm a big headed woman, I can live alone, yes I can, yeah
But I'd live a little better, baby, with my great big headed man

Well ya stormed out of my house, quarter after two
You stormed out of my house, quarter after two
Oh but seven minutes later, baby, I was loving your brother Lou

I've forgotten, the reasons, for loving you
And I've forgotten, the love, that you gave

All the days, on the run
Sitting shotgun
All the things, that I loved
All but one

I know better, then to tell you, I miss you
And I know, how hard it was, just to go

But I've forgotten, the fun
It set with the sun
All the things, that I loved
All but one

There's just one thing I'll hold to forever
There's just one little glint in your eye
And it will hunt me inside like the devil
No matter how hard I try

I've forgotten, the reason, for loving you
And I've forgotten, the love, that you gave

All the days, on the run
Sitting shotgun
All the things, that I loved
All but one
All but one . . .

[No lyrics]

I have seen, what man can do
When the evil, lives inside of you
Many are the weak
And the strong are few
But with the water
We'll start anew

Won't you take me down to the levy,
Take me down to the stream,
Take my down to the water,
We're gonna wash our souls clean,

Take me down to the river,
Take me down to the lake,
Yes, we'll all go together,
We're gonna do it for the good lord's sake

I have fallen, so many times
For the devil's, sweet cunning rhymes
And this old world
Has brought me pain
But there's hope
For me again

Well, won't you take me down to the levy,
Take me down to the stream,
Take my down to the water,
We're gonna wash our souls clean,

Take me down to the river,
Take me down to the lake,
Yes, we'll all go together,
We're gonna do it for the good lord's sake

I tried my hand at the bible,
Tried my hand at prayer,
But now nothing but the water,
Is gonna bring my soul to bear,
But now nothing but the water,
Is gonna bring my soul to bear.

I have tried, to find my way,
To make it through, to a better day
I have cried, a mighty song,
But in the morning, everything was gone

(CHORUS)
So come on water, sweet water, wash me down
So come on water, sweet water, wash me down

I have tried, so many times
To put out, the devil's fire
But every time, I sit down to pray,
The devil's charm, pulls me away

Chorus (x1)

Up in heaven, they know the rule,
You've got to get down, to the bathing pool
Everybody, you've got to get in line
Down at the river, we're doing fine

(REFRAIN)
With the water, sweet water, wash me down
Come on water, sweet water, wash me down

Now I'm ready, it's my time
If I give a nickel, I might get a dime
Only the water, can help me now
I'll find glory, somewhere somehow

Refrain (x1)

Tried my hand at the bible,
Tried my hand at the prayer,
But now nothing but the water,
Is gonna bring my soul to bear,
(repeat once, repeat to fade)