Middle Brother Album

Early in the morning, too hungover to go back to sleep
Every sound is amplified, every light so dizzying
Listen for a while to the neighbors having sex
Wishing I could lay my aching head upon your breast

Can't I dream another dream?
Can't I close my eyes and wander back to sleep?

But I'm daydreaming about you
I know that it's wrong
That I'm daydreaming about you
Yes, I've been daydreamin' for so long

A bloody mary afternoon, waste my time out in the sun
Hum myself some melodies, baby I could sing you one
Maybe I could find you sitting down at the café
Maybe I could join you at your table today

Can't I just get what I want?
Can't I be the man that steals away your heart?

But I'm daydreaming about you
I know that it's wrong
That I'm daydreaming about you
I've been daydreaming for so long
Hell, I've been daydreaming for so long

Later in the evening, take the bus down to see the show
You'll be behind the bar, I'll get a beer, leave the tip and lay low
I'm just a kid that gets his drinks from you
That stands around and doesn't have a clue

Can't I hold you close to me?
Can't I ever say to you just what I mean?

But I'm daydreaming about you
I know that it's wrong
That I'm daydreaming about you
Yes, I've been daydreaming for so long
Oh yeah, I've been daydreamin' for so long.

Her blue eyes are turning green
But mine have always been that way
Soft kisses are hard to buy
Been knocked down since yesterday

A black eye and a blue heart
And a blue heart and your soft kiss
Don't get me started by holding your hand
You'll send my ass to the hospital again

I've been lookin for some time
In a room full of pennies for my dime
Well it ain't easy to find
A girl like you to be mine

Just a look at you made my heart skip
And a think of you does jumping-jacks
Told myself that you're the one
And I told myself I could get you back
When I came back you still weren't mine
Then I left again and you still weren't mine
I'm back again so just be mine
I am so tired of runnin

I've been looking for some time
In a room full of numbers for my prime
But it ain't easy to find
A girl like you to be mine

She's a southern girl without a drawl
She's a good girl who wears black bras
Only one who could make me crawl
But she's just too sweet to force me

Got a hard head but not on her
I got a foul mouth that she's never heard
Hear her sing just like a bird
She'll write a song about me

I've been looking for some time
In a room full of numbers for my prime
It ain't easy to find
A girl like you to be mine

I got off of the plane ok
Now I have a city to myself
Strangers in the coffee shop, the sidewalks and the way the evening smells
None of it distracts me in the way I had planned
It doesnt bring me back my smile like I was hoping
There's a distance between me and the world that is offering it's hand
And I have you to thank for that, thanks for nothing

Its probably raining off in london
If it;s snowing here in nashville TN
Oh i hope hes taking care of you
And showing you that you are where you need to be
But I dont want you to leave him
When he gives himself away
The way a match looks after it is done glowing
Oh you don't know how it feels to think that you will never be the same
And I have you to thank for that, thanks for nothing

Now the only girls i meet all look for hearts they can fix
When mine is more like a kid that has gone missing
Now there's a pretty girl in front of me
That I know I won't let in
And I have you to thank for that, thanks for nothing

Stay hydrated from from a double shot
get my nourishment from a punch in the gut
never really felt I had the best of luck
I gotta big big mouth that just won't shut up
Hop in the car and turn the radio on
Out from the speakers a familiar song
Head down the road decide to hum along
made it all the way home and left the tv on

But I'm gonna learn to fly an airplane
and its gonna make my Mama proud
I'm going to get my Dad to notice me
even if I have to fly it into the ground

I know my days are numbered but I'm bad at math
I got a dick so hard that a cat could scratch
made some bad decisions I shouldnt go back
I cant see her, its just a not like that
You see I had this lovin baby but I roughed her up
A little ounce of pain behind every grunt
All the noise that I make, I shouldn't complain
regrets, tourettes, I guess it's the same

But I'm going to learn to fly an airplane
I'm gonna make my children proud
I'm gonna make their mom respect me
like when I first showed up in town
Oo Yeah!

Ain't no money comin in 'cause I got child support
Ain't a fat old woman gonna leave me alone(?)
its a terrible way to live but it ain't my choice
I signed away all of my earnings on the living room floor
Well I could be the hero on the evenin' news
Smilin' in the face of danger like theres nothing to lose
takin out terrorists for himself, that's me(?)
Tell the kids to stay in schools and always get good grades

Well I'm gonna learn to fly an airplane
I'm gonna make my country proud
I'm gonna send this song Nashville
Sell my soul to a whole new crowd
O yeah

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If we got to know each other well enough we might end up as friends
I get along with everyone but recently I’m spent
I’m most happy when I’m dreaming of success
And all my good friends call me wilderness

Well every book I read gives different reasons to be free
And I’m being asked to say goodbye to the man I’ll never be
I’m actually fine with how things are turning out, I guess
And all my good friends call me wilderness

I plan to be the guy who when he drinks, he disappoints
They’ll say “you’ll kill yourself before you know it”
Well isn’t that the point? To make it all the more easier to digest?
And all my good friends call me wilderness

And I’m waiting for the day I can explain myself to you
But just because it’s honest, well that doesn’t make it true
And that’s the answer to the questions we have left
And all my good friends call me wilderness

Well I’ve found all my answers in a plan to be a star
To shine along in the sunrise towards which I lend no part
I’m not invited, but I hope they’re having guests
And all my good friends call me wilderness

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Mama gave her camera to her little star
All she gets is pictures of hotels & bars
No Big Ben, No Statue of Liberty

Loose women and one-night stands
Kinda wish I wasn't living in other people's hands
No control, no lack of shit for free

But I was born in the wrong place
And at the wrong time
But I don't know why
I never spoke up, no I never spoke up

Dad gave his son some good advice
But his son's in bed cuz he's been up all night
Even too tired for another shot and a beer

Shaky days & incredible nights
Never going down without a fight
Looks like I'm all booked up next year

But I was laying my soul down
For the wrong price
For the very first time of my life
My life
Oo, oh,

Mama gave her camera to her little star
All she gets is pictures of hotels & bars
No Big Ben, No Statue of Liberty

Loose women and one-night stands
I kinda wish I wasn't living in other people's hands
No control, no lack of shit for free

But I was born in the wrong place
And at the wrong time
But I don't know why
I never spoke up, no I never spoke up

When it hits me that she's gone
I think I'll run for President
And get my face put on the million dollar bill
So when these rich men that she wants
Show her ways that they can take care of her
I'll have found a way to be there with her still

oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh,

When it hits me that shes gone
I'll think I'll be an astronaut
Make the moon my home and leave this world behind
So when she steps out to the night and find the light that makes her pretty
She'll be facing me everytime she shines

oooh, ooooh, ooooh, ooooh, oooh

When it hits me that shes left me alone
When I finally move on with my life
Her goodbye written into stone
And her shadow moving through the night

When it hits me that shes gone
I'll think I'll be a movie star
Be the finest man the world has ever seen
The lovers that she has found
Tell her ways they have learned to talk to her
Behind each perfect word is a little bit of me