The Avett Brothers

[fox69]

"I Killed Sally's Lover"

"I Killed Sally's Lover"



Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally's been layin' with another man
And he's sleeping in my place
Somebody get my shotgun
Gonna shoot him sure as rain
You can run as fast as you want to boy
I'll kill you just the same

Somebody get my pocket blade
Gonna cut him don't you know
You can try to hide all you want to boy
There ain't nowhere to go
Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally's been layin' with another man
And he's sleeping in my place

Now Sally don't go thinkin'
That you got off so clean
I'd kill you too if I had the nerve
But I just ain't that mean
So I go and get my murder tools
I throw them in the lake
Gonna steal me an automobile
And drive so far away
Now I am a fugitive
I'm always on the run
Sally told the policeman
Exactly what I'd done
I went and got my shotgun
I went and got my blade
Killed poor Sally's lover
And I put him in the grave.

Now all you ramblin' fellas
You listen close to me
That woman gonna bring you pain
Your heart is gonna bleed
But it ain't worth the trouble
The sufferin' or the grief
A bleeding heart is better than the penitentiary
I killed Sally's lover
One dark and dreary day
Sally got another
And I got sent away
Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally's been laying with another man
And I set him in his grave

 

[fox69]

"I Love You Still"

"I Love You Still"



Two AM, the night is clear and cool
To be out at this hour, decent folk would tell me I'm a fool
But leaving Jenny's arms feels like a sin
I want to run back to her bed and hold her 'til the sun comes up again

Have I changed your life?
I love you still and I always will

Four AM, the night is over soon
Her eyes, they shine like diamonds, they glow just like the stars in her old room
And I know we make each other mad sometimes
But love is behind all of it, and we'll still be in love when pain subsides

Now I hope I've changed your life
I hope you can be forever with me

Three years and counting
The three best years of my life
But don't confuse our love with memories
You know the best is yet to come

Two AM, and I'm on my way home
I think of no one but you
I sing my song for you and you alone

And I'm glad you changed my life
Now I love you still
And I love you still
And I love you still

 

[fox69]

"I Never Knew You"

"I Never Knew You"



Well I guess it's kind of funny how
I loved you so way back when
You say I wouldn't know you now
Well I didn't even know you then

We change a lot
And no one here can stop
That train before
It gets to where it's going
At all

So I guess it's kind of funny how
I loved you so way back when
You say I wouldn't know you now
Well I didn't even know you then

I heard about the company you're keeping
And from someone who didn't have much interest
In keeping us apart

So I guess it's kind of funny how
I loved you so way back when
You say I wouldn't know you now
Well I didn't even know you then

And so I go out Friday night
And talk to anyone I can
If they can see me they can hear me
Run my mouth
I tell them all
I'd love to see you once again
Or maybe
Just run into you hanging out

You know I lie, so it comes as no surprise
When I admit that I don't really want to reunite

So I guess it's kind of funny how
I loved you so way back when
You say I wouldn't know you now
Well I didn't even know you then

No I didn't even know you then

 

[fox69]

"I Would Be Sad"

"I Would Be Sad"


[Chorus:]
I would be sad because you left me all alone.
I would be sad because the lies that you had told.
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adore.
I would be sad because the love I had before.

I meant what I said when I said I would settle down with you although I know it's not something that you were asking me to do.
And I know we are young but we won't always be, so marry me; lets not be that predictable young couple changing, moving on.
But I can tell by watching you that theres no chance of pushing through.
The odds are so against us; you know most young love it ends like this.

[Chorus:]
I would be sad because you left me all alone.
I would be sad because the lies that you had told.
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adore.
I would be sad for all the love I had before.

I meant what I said when I said I would rearrange my plans and change for you.
You know me; I've always been the kind with easy confidence.
Confident enough to honestly beleive that nothing out there stopping me especially not someone who's not loving me.
Now listen here I told you I could live on with out loving you.
I was bluffing then, but it seems that just might have been the truth.
Well my dad told me, "One day son, this girl will think of what she's done and hurting you will be the first of many more regrets to come."
And he said, "If she doesn't call, then it's her fault and it's her loss."
I say, "It's not that simple see, but then again it just may be."

[Chorus:]
I would be sad because you left me all alone.
I would be sad for the lies that you had told.
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adored.
I would be sad for all the love I had before.
I would be sad for all the love I had before.

 

[fox69]

"If It's The Beaches"

"If It's The Beaches"



Don't say it's over
Cause that's the worst news I could hear
I swear that I will
Do my best to be here just the way you like it
Even though its hard to hide
Push my feelings all aside
I will rearrange my plans and change for you

If I could go back
That's the first thing I would do
I swear that I would
Do my best to follow through
Come up with a master plan
A homerun hit, a winning stand
A guarantee and not a promise
That I'll never let your love slip from my hands

If it's the beaches
If it's the beaches' sands you want
Then you will have them
If it's the mountains' bending rivers
Then you will have them
If it's the wish to run away
Then I will grant it
Take whatever what you think of
While I go gas up the truck
Pack the old love letters up
We will read them when we forget why we left here

 

[fox69]

"Ill With Want"

"Ill With Want"



I am sick with wanting
And it's evil and it's daunting
How I let everything I cherish lay to waste
I am lost in greed this time, it's definately me
I point fingers but there's no one there to blame

I need for something
Not let me break it down again
I need for something
But not more medicine

I am sick with wanting
And it's evil how it's got me
And everyday is worse than the one before
The more I have the more I think:
I'm almost where I need to be
If only I could get a little more

I need for something
Now let me break it down again
I need for something
But not more medicine

Something has me (Something has me)
Oh something has me (Something has me)
Acting like someone I don't wanna be
Something has me (Something has me)
Oh something has me (Something has me)
Acting like someone I know isn't me
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed

Temporary is my time
Ain't nothin on this world that's mine
Except the will I found to carry on
Free is not your right to choose
It's answering what's asked of you
To give the love you find until it's gone

I need for something
Now let me break it down again
I need for something
But not more medicine

Something has me (Something has me)
Oh something has me (Something has me)
Acting like someone I don't wanna be
Something has me (Something has me)
Oh something has me (Something has me)
Acting like someone I know isn't me
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed

 

[fox69]

"In The Curve"

"In The Curve"



I've never taken this curve
Drivin' this fast before
A glowing stop sign
But both lanes are mine
No seat belts attached to my door

Well my speed meter don't work
So I'm gonna to guess ninety-five
Well maybe I'll fix it
And maybe I won't
It depends on my being alive

Well my bottle of bourbon is gone
It flew away all by itself
So if ever you find it
My photo will go behind it
In memory of me on your shelf

Well it's been raining all day
And it's been raining all night
A slip 'n slide highway
And I'm moving sideways
I'm loose but my steering wheels tight

Well my '63 Ford is a bull
She's four thousand pounds at least
But metal surrenders
When oak trees meet fenders
And engines go through the front seat

Well I lost control in the curve
And a gas line broke in the wreck
I walked from the ashes
With just a few scratches
My crucifix warm on my neck

Well my good Lord was with me tonight
Just ridin' beside me tonight
And now we're just talking
We're hitch hiking walkin'
We'll see you in Concord tonight

 

[fox69]

"Incomplete And Insecure"

"Incomplete And Insecure"



i haven't finished a thing since i started my life
i don't feel much like starting now
walking down lonely has worked like a charm
i'm the only one i have to let down

but watching you makes me think that that is wrong

i can go on with my insecure nature
i can keep living on sympathy
i can tell all the people that all of the success
is a direct reflection on me

but watching you makes me think that that is wrong

what is important
what's really important
am i not to know by my name
will i ever know silence without mental violence
with a ringing it might go away

it's up to you
my father called on me

i haven't finished a thing since i started my life
i don't feel much like starting now
i haven't finished a thing since i started my life
i don't feel much like starting now
i haven't finished a thing since i started my life
i don't feel much like starting now
i haven't finished a thing since i started my life
i don't feel much like starting now
i haven't finished a thing since i started my life
i haven't finished a thing since i started my life

 

[fox69]

"It Goes On And On"

"It Goes On And On"



I lost my fear in your arms
I lost my tears in your car
I lost my will in your candle lit eyes
And all my love in your yard
Baby would you leave me if you knew that I was making it up?
And underneath the love you got to wonder am I giving you up?
No way am I, it goes on.
Violent is the motion in my heart and in my body and mind.
And silent is the feeling that I lost but I'm determined to find.
And love is but an ocean, unrealistic notion, but I cling to her devotion, and I let it pull me down to the floor.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
I found my will in your car
I caught my tears in your arms
I found myself on that poor county drive
And found my love in your guard
Oh, Baby would you leave me if you knew that I was making it up?
And underneath the love you got to wonder am I giving you up?
No way am I, it goes on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.

 

[fox69]

"January Wedding"

"January Wedding"



She keeps it simple
And I am thankful for her kind of lovin'
'Cause it's simple

No longer do we wonder if we're together
We're way past that
And I've already asked her
So in January we're gettin' married

She's talkin' to me with her voice
Down so low I barely hear her
But I know what she's sayin'
I understand because my heart and hers are the same
And in January we're gettin' married

And I was sick with heartache
And she was sick like Audrey Hepburn when I met her
But we would both surrender
True love is not the kind of thing you should turn down
Don't ever turn it down

I hope that I don't sound to insane when I say
There is darkness all around us
I don't feel weak but I do need sometimes for her to protect me
And reconnect me to the beauty that I'm missin'
And in January we're gettin' married

No longer does it matter what circumstances we were born in
She knows which birds are singin'
And the names of the trees where they're performin' in the mornin
And in January we're gettin' married
Come January let's get married