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Road Block
02:44
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Roadblock © Brian Straub 10/08/09
I been spinning right along with the world
Been writing songs and I got a girl
Money in the bank, guitars on the wall
You never know when you’re gonna fall
Chorus
There’s a roadblock up ahead
There’s a roadblock up ahead
Well I can’t go up, I can’t go down
I can’t go west and I can’t turn around
Up down west turnaround
There’s a roadblock up ahead
My head is muddled my brain ain’t clear
I’m all befuddled like a headlight dear
I never thought it would end like this
Better give myself a goodbye kiss
Chorus
All the things that I used to do
The chorus sings “they’re no good for you”
I’m getting itchy like ants in my pants
I got cut off this self romance
Chorus +
There’s a roadblock up ahead (X3)
Can’t go up can’t go down
Can’t go west can’t turn around
Up down west turnaround
There’s a roadblock up ahead
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2. |
Come Home
04:17
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Come Home © Brian Straub 11/13/08
I come home want to put my feet up
It’s been a long day
I come home want to shut my brain off
I still have work to do
The hours squeeze out the sun
I still don’t have everything done
I come home want to watch the TV
I know it’s not good for me
I don’t care I gotta shut me down
Need some rest before I go to bed
The hours squeeze out the sun
And still I’m on the run
I come home want to turn the heat on
Why am I still wearing pants?
I come home and I’m hungry
It’s still an hour ‘til supper time
The hours squeeze out the sun
I still don’t have everything done
The house squeeze out the sun
And still I’m on the run
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3. |
Bad Memory
03:31
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Bad Memory © Brian Straub 3/1&6/10
Verse 1
Thought about calling you today
But I could not find the way
Past the bad memory I left for you
Remembering all our past times
And the way you made me feel
To sit down and write this song was all that I could do
Verse 2
Thinking about the past
And the shadow that I cast
I wish that I’d never hurt you so
But all that is far behind
Thinking about it’s a waste of time
Still there is so much that I wish you could know
Chorus
And I wonder what are you doing tonight?
Are you with a better man who’s treatin’ you right?
Bad memory, bad memory
It’s easy for me to see, I’m just a bad memory
Verse 3
I’ve done it so many times
Second nature are my crimes
It never works out the way I plan
Maybe someday I’ll learn
Before building a bridge to burn
All I ask for now is forgive me if you can
Chorus
Instrumental break over verser
Chorus 2 ½ X and out
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4. |
Missing Fireflies
04:00
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Missing Fireflies © Brian Straub 9/18/08
I don’t miss wanting to die
And I don’t miss being alone
I just miss the search
And falling in love with every girl that I know
I don’t miss the drinking
or staying out all night
I just miss the notion
Of trying to make everything all right
Chorus
I am not homesick
But where is the lightning
I am not homesick
And I miss fireflies
I don’t miss the weather
And I don’t miss the crime
I just miss the soul
And the heart beats just like mine
I don’t miss the tension
Or the meanness in the air
I just miss my family
And all the friends I have (living) there
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5. |
Family Tree
03:59
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Family Tree © Brian Straub 2/20/10
The BBC says their stopping at the boarder of Poland
I don’t know if I believe what they say
The BBC, they don’t live at my house
Maybe it’s better if we’re all dead by the end of the day
Martha, your brother-in-law says he knows
But if the Russians breach the boarder we’re through
I’m afraid for us to take that chance
We better do it to ourselves before they do
Chorus
And Martha will they see us in the family tree?
Will they be able to feel what I see?
And I don’t know no other way
God have mercy on judgment day
Martha call the boy home from the cousin’s
Just tell him it’s time to come home
I’ll bring all the little ones inside
Start dinner as soon as you’re off the phone
This is our last supper
But I don’t think they’ll put me on a cross
They’ll cry and then they will curse me
But waiting to suffer is a higher cost
Instrumental break – first three lines of chorus
Chorus
Repeat last line of chorus 2X
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Braintwang Seattle, Washington
From Baltimore to Seattle, I've been writing songs for over 30 years and have built up a body of work. My two previous bands, Armadillo Borealis and Secondhand Sunday, performed and recorded some of my songs that are represented here. This year (2016), I started Dog House Prayers and began documenting more of my songs through home recording. ... more
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