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Tattoos & Bruises

by Mary Bragg

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1.
How and Why (free) 03:50
How long will this go on Til the rising day when I turn away How long will this go on Will I make it through, make it through with you How wide is your love Is it wider than a desert sun How strong is your love Is it quick to leave or will it rescue me You don’t have to answer You don’t have to say You don’t even have to answer When you look at me that way Why call if you won’t come To my open door, just won’t ask no more Why call if you won’t come When I need you most, when I need you most You don’t have to answer You don’t have to say You don’t even have to answer When you keep yourself away How long can this go on Will the rising day help me turn away How long can this go on Hope I make it through, hope I make it through You don’t have to answer You don’t have to say You don’t even have to answer When you look at me that way ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
2.
I'll take a drink, a whiskey neat I'll take a punch that knocks me right back in my seat But I can't take you, not even a taste There'd be no telling how many rules I'd break If I lose my ten foot pole Don't count on self control Tempting me all day But I'm gonna have to keep on saying no I gotta turn you down You wanna take me outta town, it's not okay When your heart belongs to another Show me a man, dark and tall Bet I wouldn't hardly feel anything at all But one look at you, sweet simple face Spins me around and brings me right back to this place If we drove down a long dark road No telling where this would go Tempting me all day But I'm gonna have to keep on saying no I gotta turn you down You wanna take me outta town, it's not okay When your heart belongs to another Keep tempting me all day But I'm gonna have to keep on saying no Tempt me all you want But I’m gonna have to keep on saying no Cause my heart belongs to another ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
3.
Tattoos and bruises, two burning fuses Hot as the sun, loud as a gun for all those years Drinking at dive bars, rode bikes never had a car It was alright just getting by When you were near I’m trying to forget I try my very best I try You kept your wallet in your back left pocket Denim and steel, ain’t gonna feel Like it did back then Drop another quarter in so I can hear that record spin My favorite song, used to sing along Again and again I’m trying to forget I try my very best I try A thousand dimes in a mason jar Wondered what you were saving for Too young to see that you’d never be my only man Thinking about when you left that day There wasn’t anything I could say That would bring us back to what we had I understand I’m trying to forget I try my very best I try I’m trying to forget I try my very best I try Tattoos and bruises, like two lit fuses Burned like the sun, loud as a gun for all those years Drinking at dive bars, rode bikes never had a car Only a blur the way that we were all those years Only a blur the way we were all those years ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
4.
What if I go, leave tonight There ain’t nothing you can say I haven’t heard What if I don’t leave tonight You might beat me to that road with first goodbye When I was just a girl I should’ve listened to my mama when she said Stay away from a smooth talking man But every time I thought I’d leave you for sure I couldn’t even make it to the door I know I won’t leave tonight and I won’t break your heart like you’ve been breaking mine When I was just a girl I should’ve listened to my mama when she said Stay away from a smooth talking man But every time I thought I’d leave you for sure I couldn’t even make it to the door I know I won’t leave tonight and I won’t break your heart like you’ve been breaking mine no, I won’t break your heart, so please stop breaking mine ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
5.
Lost in another sunny day Clouds making movies in the sky Open highway going too fast Nothing between your skin and mine Drunken spirit Endless weakness Hanging on the wheel Who knows where we're going Leather and the steel burning Pull me closer and don't let go Keep one hand right here And keep one hanging on the wheel Let me taste your fingertips Hair blowing wild in the wind I can hear the hot metal click But it still feels dangerous as sin Drunken spirit Endless weakness Hanging on the wheel Who knows where we're going Leather and the steel burning Pull me closer and don't let go Keep one hand right here And keep one hanging on the wheel Even if we run out of road Chasing after something we can't see Don't try to stop, and don't tell me to go You know my heart and know that I can't leave Drunken spirit Endless weakness Hanging on the wheel Who knows where we're going Leather and the steel burning Pull me closer and don't let go Keep one hand right here And keep one hanging on the wheel ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
6.
The General 05:18
He was born in Ohio five years before me And I came to rely on him at only fourteen I wanted to love him unconditionally But he wasn’t the man that I thought him to be He forgot what it felt like to lose his home And the land he’d worked so hard to win on his own He lit up Atlanta just to watch it burn I could still see the fire in his eyes when he returned But where is the man I sent off to war The one I’m still waiting for On the way down to Georgia from the north to the south Already the victor, he wouldn’t put it out With his name in the headlines, a hero at war He kept burning and burning all the way to the shore And I forgot how to love him like I know I could Cause an army of fire just can’t do any good When he got to Savannah where the moon hung low In the garden at midnight something got to his soul He said hold your fire, leave this one alone Put down your torches, move on He won Carolina but we both paid the cost Trying to hold on something we had already lost Where is the man I sent off to war The one I’m still waiting for ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
7.
Gone 03:31
I woke up early on Saturday Waited for the dawn to break And while I lay there, your face to mine We were almost out of time I said in a whisper, I’m not goin’ nowhere You looked back at me with a long blank stare Gone, you didn’t wanna tell me I was wrong You left me long before you were ever gone We made some breakfast in the afternoon Just like we used to do When there were questions to be ignored We put them off a little more I knew by the way you were looking at me You’d soon be off for Tennessee Gone, you didn’t wanna tell me I was wrong You left me long before you were ever gone ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
8.
Wildflower 03:54
Wildflower, wildflower I wanna know, so can you tell me How do you grow, so proud and tall? So carefree you are Have all you need, make it look so easy Just sway in the breeze, until the fall Here on 55 Sycamore Street Feeling the floor break apart under my feet My roots grow down Grow down down down Have mercy on me Birds keep singing The same old song day in, day out Don’t they ever get tired of singing that way Tree tops turning Here comes the end of another season Year after year Never thought that I’d stay Here on 55 Sycamore Street Seeing the floor break apart under my feet My roots grow down Grow down down down Have mercy on me I remember the day you rose from that lonely dirt on the hill Standing up strong was easy for you But I can’t get past the trying still Wildflower, wildflower I wanna know so can you tell me ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
9.
Kitchen cupboard, quiet cover Turning knobs with careful hands Morning lover I remember you, I remember me And everything we used to say and think and dream I keep thinking I’m through with lying to you Then I am back in the same mess I walked into Valient charmer, verbal armor I’ve made a fool for selfish love How much longer I remember fall, I remember truth When everything I said and thought and dreamed was you Trying not to be seen but I wanna come clean So I can get back to loving you and me Kitchen cupboard, quiet cover Turning knobs with careful hands Morning lover Morning lover Morning lover ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
10.
Hurricane 03:32
I used to love you all the time Tell everybody that you're mine Giving me something to say every day I always wrote home Do you remember how it was We used to laugh just because Things were going our way weren't they We should have known Every ocean that's wide with its beautiful tide Is gonna turn into a problem When that strong gust of wind gets real mad and moves in We are headed for the bottom How can a woman keep a smile Talking to me like I’m a child Pulling pictures from the frames, like I’m to blame For everything wrong There are certain things that can't be taught Trying to be who we are not Building castles out of sand but they won’t stand Very much longer Every ocean that's wide with its beautiful tide Is gonna turn into a problem When that strong gust of wind gets real mad and moves in We are headed for the bottom Hurricane Hurricane Hurricane Hurricane Hurricane Hurricane ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

credits

released June 7, 2011

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Produced by Lee Alexander
Recorded by Tom Schick
Mixed by Tom Schick and Lee Alexander
Recorded and Mixed at The Coop, New York City
Mastered by Nathan James at The Vault Mastering Studios, New York City

Design by Elizabeth Daggar, Electrofork
Photography by Corey Hayes
Hair and Makeup by Marisol Miller-Wave

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Singer-songwriter from Brooklyn, by way of south Georgia.

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