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We're Gonna Die This Way

by Ghost Town Gospel

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1.
I taste the grit of the sand in my mouth and I know I never wanna go home again I seen the bottle rockets burstin' in the sky like stars and I know I'm never goin' home again It's been a long time since home was a place that meant more than where I laid my head and I'm not worried about all the things I own I'll just burn 'em and walk away again I don't really know what else to say We're all gonna die this way so pack your bags let's all walk away I'm gettin' back on the road because home is just just another word for where I lay my head I've got some friends and they are leavin' too we're gonna chase this dream until the bitter end Chorus I've never ridden trains without a ticket but but that don't mean I ain't as free as you and maybe money means more to me than it does to you but at least I ain't spangin' on the street So stranger won't you put another dollar in the hat we're just tryin' to make it to the next town and maybe if we have a little extra we'll buy ourselves a drink because that's all we really want Chorus
2.
Throw My Body Overboard, give me to the deep Scatter my ashes on the wind or bury me on my feet I stand before the firing squad, a smile on my face Don't cry for me, don't shed a tear, just lay me in my grave Sing me a song and hold my hand As you lay me down to sleep I don't care whats on the other side My soul is yours to keep Waltz with me to the gallows, I'll hold my head up high I don't care whats in store for me, I don't want you to see me cry Darling won't you bury me, beneath the midday sun Dig my grave in the cold dark clay, when my time here is done Chorus Marry me, marry me, your the only love I know Marry me, oh marry me, and I'll wait for you below Darling wont you bury me beneath the midday sun Dig my grave in the cold dark clay when my time here is done
3.
will you stand with me at the gallows if I stand with you on the street shoulder to shoulder bare knuckles and bone its time we sharpened our teeth they tell me I am a madman they want to see me behind bars they say I hear voices in the dark of the night from the old ones lost far beyond stars so tell me oh opulent daughter tell me great son of the damned when babylon rises up from the dunes will you bury your head in the sand Chorus I saw the old world burn to ashes, watched great cities sink to the deeps I waited alone in the ruins of time with dead men's secrets to keep Chorus so tell me one more time tell me brave soldier again how your empire means so much to the world that it's rein should never end will you stand with me at the gallows if I stand with you on the street the time has come to rip tendon from bone to tear their flesh with our teeth will you stand with me at the gallows if I stand with you on the street shoulder to shoulder bare knuckles and bone
4.
there ain't no trouble like the kind you get me in and there ain't no better way to get to heaven I feel my teeth growin' rotten at the roots 'cuz honey I am sweet on you these days I feel like a broken old man just waitin' in the shade for my own passin' our bright lives, they are fadin' to the dark and the sap is flowin' slow beneath this bark listen my love and I will tell you no lies about all the roads and paths I'm taken those pretty one I left with tears in their eyes and the choices that I know I had to make somehow I feel I got lost along the way like my grip slipped free in the haze and I don't know if you could find me if you tried beneath the sun, beneath the clouds, beneath the sky chorus and though we part I will give you my heart to carry to the corners of this world and when I'm gone set my ashes to the wind that my heart may know my body once again listen my love and I will tell you no lies about all the roads and paths untaken those pretty ones I left with tears in their eyes and the choices that I know I had to make and though we part I will give you my heart to carry to the corners of this world and when I'm gone set my ashes to the wind that my heart may know my body once again
5.
Father 02:59
Some of my earliest memories are of blue skies as far as the eye can see and some of my earliest thoughts of you are of pain I know you never meant for that, but that don't change what you have done I still remember the old oak trees, you and me, us and them swayin' in the wind A father and a little boy Sat side by side by an empty grave And each in his own thoughts he wandered Which one of them, will find it first Some times I lie awake at night Just thinkin' 'bout me and him I know I know, I love my brother But father I am jealous of him How different our lives have been Him blissfully ignorant Me carrying the burden for us, Always remembering (Chorus) And brother will you ever know How hard he fought for us So despite all the damage that's done My father I forgive you (Chorus)
6.
I know, I know we've got a long fuckin' way to go you and me, we're gonna cross the seas until we find our way back home I know I've found, I've found I've got to travel the whole world round to feel at home, I've got to roam until I find my way back home I've found So long my friends, something tells me we'll meet again In another year, far from here I'm gonna find you with a drink in your hand My friends So what I'm tellin' you is I'm never gonna be too far Gonna walk for a mile or two until I Find my way back home My friends So long, my town I'll see you around the bend I'll look for you in a year or two when I've found my way back home My town So long, my friends...
7.
You and me we're as thick as thieves from the bottom of the bottle to these oakland city streets and there's no lookin' back no there's no tomorrow just you standin' beside me fillin' our hearts so hollow so let's sail together right off the map when we leave this town there ain't no comin' back I remember when we stormed the south some left hearts there and some fell out singin'... (chorus) when we take up our arms again aim for the stars sugar, shoot to win get back in the van just one more time drive along that yellow line sing it (chorus) when we drive along that yellow line pass the whiskey kill some time we'll be drunk when we hit the show finish your beer Dillie, it's time to go (chorus)

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released May 16, 2015

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