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Made a Mess
02:44
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I Know I’ve Made a Mess This Time
When the smallest things turn over
Into the biggest fight
We’re always saying that we’re sorry
Losing track of who was right
It’s like cleaning up the kitchen
That gets dirty every night
I know I made a mess this time
If I was standing in your shoes
I’d be walking out the door
I don’t know how you have the courage
To keep coming back for more of this
It’s like sleeping on our sofa
That's uncomfortable, but sorely missed
I know I made a mess this time
It’s like digging through old photographs
To recreate those captured laughs
To find a smile through all of those tears
It’s like counting backwards ten to one
It’s hard to hear, hard to listen
Without falling down on two deaf ears
I know I made a mess this time
Oh I made a mess, I see it
Oh I made a mess, I’ll clean it
Oh I made a mess, I’ll fix it
Oh I made a mess, I see
I know I made a mess this time
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Empty Cup
03:27
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She was an empty cup
We watched her fill herself up
On whiskey with water then wine
My college friends still
Call her the mystery
Who crashed our party to have a good time
To have a good time
[Did she] have a good time?
The answer was never
Mine in the morning
It was a quarter to something
And I was still waiting in the hospital room
I couldn’t answer the questions they were asking
Like what were her last name or the name of that tune
On the radio
On the radio
I don’t remember the words
But think I still know
How the melody goes
I don’t remember the words
But the song went like so
La, La, La, La, La
La, La, La
I walked through the door empty handed
My friends asked me what the hell happened
After I took her home
I silently counted the cups on the table
My friend said I'll never able
To get a girl alone
Before they left I asked them
If they knew the song that went like so
That went, "La, La, La, La, La
La, La, La"
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Love & Be Proud
03:13
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“Love and Be Proud”
We went to see a movie before we
Split a bottle of cheap champagne
The film was about a soldier who kept his
Worried gun well maintained
He always kept a Bible in his
Front pocket to save his heart
He wrote his wife a letter while the
Sky was ripped apart
And it said there will
Always be sunshine
Always be rain
We can count all of our blessings
Or we could sit here and complain
There always will be blue skies
Even if there are a few clouds
I can’t always be there
But I will always love you and be proud.
We went for a long walk
[It was] quite cold for late July
And every step you took
[Felt like a] question in disguise
Why must we, why must we
say goodbye so soon
I would trade all my money
For just another chance in June
There always will be sunshine
Always will be rain
We can count all of our blessings
Or we could sit here and complain
There always will be blue skies
Even if there are a few clouds
I can’t always be there
But I will always love you and be proud...
There will always be oceans
Always be land
I can still remember your touch
Even if I can’t hold your hand
There always will be blue skies
Even if there are a few clouds
I can’t always be there
But I will always love you and be proud.
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I Will (If Your Plane Is Late)
Before you left we said some things
That we didn't mean
At the baggage claim, I placed the blame on you
You placed the blame on me
Then you were gone
And I was here alone
Now your trip is done, and you're coming home
With more than souvenirs
I've got the sound of your voice
Ringing in my ears
Saying, "If my plane is late, will you still be standing
at the gate waiting there for me"
I will
I will
I will
‘Cos I, I missed you from an empty bed
And I should’a chased you, you came back instead
Some think love is just a lie for lust
But I learned distance is a trial of trust
If your plane is late,
I'll still be standing at the gate,
Waiting there for you
I will
I will
I will
I will
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Mike Vial Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mike Vial is a singer-songwriter from Michigan. He drinks too much coffee, plays Heritage and Taylor guitars, teaches writing at Community High in Ann Arbor.
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