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There’s a lot you might have done
To make this sit better with me
More than wringing your hands
And claiming double jeopardy
Somewhere along the way
It seems I missed a warning sign
Now you’ve aired your grievances
Let me spare you most of mine
With a last long goodbye
The weight of things unsaid
Still hanging in the air
As a last long goodbye
This road ends at the water
Sink or swim, I’ll follow it there
Head out west to Amarillo
Where they bury their dead cars
Straight across Arizona
Desert-dry and cut from stars
On through a country worn out
From tearing itself in two
The more I look, the more I see
It’s uncannily you
On my last long goodbye
For whatever it’s worth
I’m trading up my share
To a last long goodbye
This road ends at the water
Sink or swim, I’ll follow it there
Night falls on the shuttering motels
Postcards from the ghosts of travels past
Turn in by the vacancy sign
And toast another dream that’s fading fast
There’s a lot you might have done
To make this sit better with me
But then maybe the distance
Is its own diplomacy
Take my chances with the terra firma
Sliding below
A thousand miles behind me
With five hundred left to go
Of my last long goodbye
There’s nothing to defend
And nothing to declare
Just a last long goodbye
This road ends at the water
Sink or swim, I’ll follow it there
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Outta Sight
02:56
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You look so familiar
But I can’t remember where I was last night
Or this morning
Maybe it’s November, maybe not
Well, it’s okay
We can find a day
We can find a way
And maybe say goodnight
Outta sight
Well, you’re one in a million
A room of fifty people gathered ‘round
My creation
I made it just for you or maybe not
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Light at the Windows
03:15
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What have you done with my lost loved one?
Blood on your fingers
And blood on your tongue
Powder keg-bright, warm up to the fight
There’s light at the windows tonight
Knots to untie, excuses to buy
Rail at your life
With both fists to the sky
Tetherless kite drifting out of sight
There’s light at the windows tonight
Light at the windows and shouts from the door
A sign in the front yard would hardly say more
Cut glass shattered by the rocks thrown within
I’m tired of singing this story, but here I go again
Stuck in our past – wear it like a cast
Craving the grudge
Enmity built to last
Tinderbox spite; you watch it ignite
There’s light at the windows tonight
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Forgettable
03:12
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She’s not laughing this time
It’s gone too far, it’s not fine
A look on her face I can define
It says, “run away and hide”
What did I do to you
To make it hard for you
To make me so forgettable?
I think I better find out
I’m in my car, it’s in drive
Pulling away for the last time
A look on her face I can define
It says, “give it one more try”
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Victrola
02:38
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Hollywood Ending
03:53
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Nobody told me I was right
I guess I’m not right so much
Nobody told me what to do
I guess I’ll just muddle through
But they told me you would cry
And even before your weeping eyes have dried
Well, I’ll take my chances - I’m letting go
And heading out on my own
Oh, I want to get away
Like they do in the movies
With a tipped hat and a wave
They say the Wild West Is gone to stay
But I take my car
And turn it that way anyway
I’m looking for a lonesome town
Where a beer and a country song
Well, they’re all I need
And they turn me back around
Oh, I want to get away
To a Hollywood ending
With a sunset and a fade
Oh, I need a chance to see
A change in the scenery
Everybody knows just where this story goes
And everyone can see what you and I need
Is for me to find me
Oh, I want to get away
Like they do in the movies
With a tipped hat and a wave
To a Hollywood ending
With a sunset and a fade
Well, there’s more to life than just this scene
I need somewhere to find me
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Stephen Rippy Dallas, Texas
Stephen Rippy is a Texas-based game soundtrack composer; notable releases include the "Age of Empires" series, "Halo Wars,"
"CastleVille," and "Dungeon Boss."
Maintaining a separate body of work as a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Stephen has independently released numerous solo albums as well as 2 EP's with Dallas band The Presumptions.
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