I spent a whole lot of years
In an imaginary race
Learning to ignore
What was in front of my face
Forty-seven lies
And a bottle of gin
Tell yourself a story
Every time you don't win
I lived a sprawling dream
I signed above the line
Took a spin around the world
With my head in my behind
Forty-seven lies
And a bottle of gin
Like I never even saw
All the places I've been
Like a good little soldier
I had a happy little life
While every nephew and his uncle
Took a turn with my wife
Forty-seven lies
And a bottle of gin
I wonder if my son
Is my next of kin
Built myself a mansion
Then I tore it all down
When your whole life tumbles
It barely makes a sound
Forty-seven lies
And a bottle of gin
Tell yourself a story
Every time you don't win
Forty-seven lies
And a bottle of gin
Tell yourself a story
Every time you don't win
by Richard W. Bray
Sometimes life is gonna hurt
Attacking others makes it worse
It's gonna take a lot of work
But you don't have to be a jerk
Please, get some help with your disease
It really isn't very smart
To have a hatey hatey heart
A lot of bad things going on
That’s why we have to carry on
You don’t have to be so dour
Go outside and smell a flower
Please, get some help with your disease
It really isn't very smart
To have a hatey hatey heart
Don't wanna let your insides rust
Like your soul is full of pus
The thing you really need to know
Is how to let your anger go
Please, get some help with your disease
It really isn't very smart
To have a hatey hatey heart
Please, get some help with your disease
It really isn't very smart
To have a hatey hatey heart
by Richard W. Bray
living the heartache
in all those country songs
i broke a lot of rules
i did a lot of wrong
My daddy used to say you get what you give
There's a price to pay for the way that you live
being this stupid
should hurt a lot more
lying don't work
the body keeps score
My daddy used to say you get what you give
There's a price to pay for the way that you live
i turned love into dog shit
turned heaven into hell
left a mountain full of sunshine
at the bottom of a well
My daddy used to say you get what you give
There's a price to pay for the way that you live
ran through a brick wall
crawled over broken glass
there ain't no redemption
for my sorry old ass
My daddy used to say you get what you give
There's a price to pay for the way that you live
by Richard W. Bray
I knew you for a night
And before it was day
You turned off your light
And fluttered away
You're the kind of girl who always breaks my heart
I never learn my lesson cuz I’m not very smart
Fairest of creation
You make molecules spin
My lowly situation
I ain't never gonna win
You're the kind of girl who always breaks my heart
I never learn my lesson cuz I’m not very smart
Your smile could light a city
Your song could be a band
You're a miracle of matter
I'm just a hired hand
You're the kind of girl who always breaks my heart
I never learn my lesson cuz I’m not very smart
by Richard W. Bray
You acted like
You liked me a lot
Then you said
You didn't like me at all
You're a legendary genius of hurt
It feels like I crashed into a wall
You acted like
You liked me a lot
Then you said
You didn't like me at all
I was such a silly stupid mindless fool
Prancing like a puppy with a ball
You acted like
You liked me a lot
Then you said
You didn't like me at all
The world was a wonder and a dream
Then suddenly everything was small
You acted like
You liked me a lot
Then you said
You didn't like me at all
One moment I was standing on a cloud
I never knew I had so far to fall
by Richard W. Bray
I drank up a brewery
I burned this city down
I don’t care about anything
Since you’re not around
Pain in action is a chain reaction
Destructing so busily, I pass along my misery
Got a lot of rough edges
I’m bitter to the core
I’m mean and I’m dirty
I wake up on the floor
Pain in action is a chain reaction
Destructing so busily, I pass along my misery
I hurt a lot of people
To get back at you
It don’t make no sense
But that’s what I do
Pain in action is a chain reaction
Destructing so busily, I pass along my misery
by Richard W. Bray
The dirty rotten lowdown
Things you do
Leave a trail
Of misery and blue
Pleeeeeeeeeease
Don't treat me
Like dog shit
I ain't dog shit
I'm a man
Sabotaging
Other people's lives
With treachery and slander
Sharp as knives
Can't you seeeee
All the hope
And the sunshine?
Like a big red ruby
Like a grape on a vine
You cheated on
A dozen different guys
Your dog won't even
Look you in the eye
You could beeeee
Like an angel
Of mercy
But you just hurt me
And I don't know why
I finally found
The nerve to walk away
I’ll always think
About you every day
I'll be freeeee
But I'll always
Be lonely
Dreaming about the woman
You're never gonna be
by Richard W. Bray
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