I Wish I Was The Avett Brothers

I wish I was a flame dancing in a candle Lighting up your living room high on the mantle I could bring some romance without any scandal And then when you were done you'd just put me out I wish I was a

Laundry Room The Avett Brothers

Don't push me out Just a little longer Stall your mother Disregard your father's words Close the laundry door Tiptoe across the floor Keep your clothes on I got all that I can take Teach me how to use

Distraction #74 (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum/2009) The Avett Brothers

I was in love with your beauty from the day you walked my way Oh how I wish that was enough to have made me want to stay See I'm as true as I try to be and I must say my girl I tried the best to give to

All My Mistakes The Avett Brothers

Shooting off vicious collections of words The losers make facts by the things they have heard And I find myself trying hard to defend them I made decisions some right and some wrong And I let some love

Pretty Girl At The Airport The Avett Brothers

Wish me luck I know you think I'll need it For all the hardest roads we have to walk alone And you don't have to tell me that you love me For all the words I've never understood I know, I know The wind

February Seven The Avett Brothers

I went on the search for something true I was almost there when I found you Sooner than my fate was wrote A perfect blade, it slit my throat And beads of lust released in to the air When I awoke you

Pretty Girl From Cedar Lane The Avett Brothers

I had a moment, when I thought I might be wrong But Ashley how could it be I waited on the rooftop, all night long But you weren't coming for me And now I'm sitting here like a mixed up little kid You

Fisher Road To Hollywood The Avett Brothers

Regret for every step I took From Fisher Road to Hollywood Feelin' bad and actin' good Never was content It was hostel moves and hotel rooms Watch my friends promote their dooms From Pontiac to Newport

Laser Pants The Avett Brothers

Seth Avett: Fire laser pants at will. Scott Avett: Fire laser pants at will? Seth Avett: I will try. Scott Avett: Don't get 'em mixed up with your lazy pants.

Through My Prayers The Avett Brothers

Hard to believe I won't see you again We were just fighting when winter began The coldness of our words competing with the wind from the north Still they make me shiver but in a very different way The

Mama, I Don't Believe The Avett Brothers

I lay here pretending to sleep Someone's always asking for something of me I try to hide but I'm stripped of my strength Bound by the truth, bored by the speed And the promise of the fortune it brings

Head Full Of Doubt/Road Full Of Promise The Avett Brothers

it When nothing is owed or deserved or expected And your life doesn't change by the man that's elected If you're loved by someone, you're never rejected Decide what to be and go be it There was a

Head Full Of Doubt/Road Full Of Promise (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum/2009) The Avett Brothers

When nothing is owed or deserved or expected And your life doesn't change by the man that's elected If you're loved by someone you're never rejected Decide what to be and go be it There was a dream and

Head Full Of Doubt / Road Full Of Promise The Avett Brothers

When nothing is owed or deserved or expected And your life doesn't change by the man that's elected If you're loved by someone you're never rejected Decide what to be and go be it There was a dream and

True Sadness The Avett Brothers

You were a friend to me when my wheels were off the track I know you say there is no need, but I intend to pay you back When my mind was turning loose and all my thoughts were turning black You shined

The Traveling Song The Avett Brothers

Well I guess if my daddy hadn't brought me up Down a long dirt road in a pickup truck I'd feel alright, 'neath the city lights Couldn't leave the city lights it just ain't right I was born out west of

Pretty Girl From Michigan The Avett Brothers

You gave your heart away like that I didn’t want to fall in love with anyone but you dear I can still hear the song, the melody behind the kiss you gave me You were wrong, I was right so I walked away

Slight Figure Of Speech The Avett Brothers

They say you've got to lose a couple fights to win It's hard to tell from where I'm sitting They say that this is where the fun begins I guess it's time that I was quitting A slight figure of speech I

The Perfect Space The Avett Brothers

I wanna have friends that I can trust that love me for the man I've become not the man I was I wanna have friends that will let me be all alone when being alone is all that I need I wanna fit in to the

The Perfect Space (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum/2009) The Avett Brothers

I wanna have friends that I can trust that love me for the man I've become not the man I was I wanna have friends that will let me be all alone when being alone is all that I need I wanna fit in to the

A Fathers First Spring The Avett Brothers

The sweetest surrender of winter She put up a flag it is waving The thunder of summer is rumbling in And I haven't seen you in days And my how that feeling has changed Oh I have been homesick for you since

Paranoia In B Major (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum/2009) The Avett Brothers

I keep tellin’ myself that it’ll be fine You can’t make everybody happy all of the time I found myself in a place that I never been A place that I thought that I would never be There’s people looking back

One Line Wonder The Avett Brothers

I love you but I can't remember why Stars fallin' from high forgotten sky I was a one-line wonder in my own love song I keep a little journal by my bed Dreams help me find the words I haven't said Like

January Wedding The Avett Brothers

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

It Goes On And On The Avett Brothers

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

Shame (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum/2009) The Avett Brothers

Okay so I was wrong about My reasons for us fallin' out Of love I want to fall back in My life is different now I swear I know now what it means to care About somebody other than myself I know the things

And It Spread The Avett Brothers

There was light in the room. Then you left and it was through. Then the frost started in my toes and fingertips. and it spread and it spread into my heart.

Tin Man The Avett Brothers

you can't be like me but be happy that you can't I see pain but I don't feel it I am like the old tin man I'm as worn as a stone I keep it steady as I can I see pain but I don't feel it I am like

Pretty Girl From Matthews (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum/2009) The Avett Brothers

Hold on a minute it ain't time to leave Tell me how you're feeling one more time Four long years and I just can't believe That I'm still yours and you're still mine While I was gone yes I fell in love

The Once And Future Carpenter The Avett Brothers

I ain't from Texas but I made my way from Dallas And I know the lonesome sound is following And I ain't a gambler but I can recognize a hand And when to hold when queens are staring back at me Once I was

Wanted Man The Avett Brothers

Till I became a wanted man, I never owned a gun, But now they hunt me like a mountain cat, And I'm always, always, always on the run I killed poor Jed Bryant In a bad Laredo fight, Killed him with my bare

The Ballad Of Love And Hate (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum/2009) The Avett Brothers

Love writes a letter and sends it to hate My vacations ending I'm coming home late The weather was fine and the ocean was great and I can't wait to see you again Hate reads the letter and throws it away

SSS The Avett Brothers

never thought I'd feel Feel the way I do When I'm in your arms ba da ba ba Sing your melody to me And if you want me to leave I'd walk away from this old farm ba da ba ba Baby, baby, There ain't no cows

Live And Die The Avett Brothers

Let me prove it You and I, we're the same Live and die, we're the same Hear my voice, know my name You and I, we're the same Live like a pharaoh Sing like a sparrow anyway Even if there is no

When I Drink (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum/2009) The Avett Brothers

When I drink I say things I don't want to say I do things I don't wanna do I talk mean to you But if I think I just might get something out of this My parents taught me to learn when I miss Just do your

Signs The Avett Brothers

"It's the place and your friends that got me down Tellin' me I should not hang around There's a sign in the window Tellin' me I've got to go I see the signs everyday In your face and in the way

Please Pardon Yourself The Avett Brothers

As I turn my head to your side of the bed While you wake, What's on your mind?

Murder In The City (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum/2009) The Avett Brothers

If I get murdered in the city Don’t go revengin in my name One person dead from such is plenty No need to go get locked away When I leave your arms The things that I think of No need to get over alarmed

Letter To A Pretty Girl The Avett Brothers

Hey, hey, Carla It's a long way to Missouri From this highway East of Roanoke We had a moment That felt like summer Now in slumber I can see your smile We drive for miles Through corporate Ohio Rest stops

You Are Mine The Avett Brothers

You are mine The edge I need when I am out of line The air I breathe when I believe I'm dying I guess you are there It is told With age our hearts are destined to grow cold Well I won't argue that but

I And Love And You The Avett Brothers

Load the car and write the note Grab your bag and grab your coat Tell the ones that need to know We are headed north One foot in and one foot back But it don't pay to live like that So I cut the

I And Love And You (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum/2009) The Avett Brothers

Load the car and write the note Grab your bag and grab your coat Tell the ones that need to know We are headed north One foot in and one foot back But it don't pay to live like that So I cut the ties and

My Last Song To Jenny The Avett Brothers

Oh tell me please that I don't have to read between the lines Hey this is me and you don't have to keep something heavy on your mind Did you sleep?

I Killed Sally's Lover The Avett Brothers

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

I Killed Sally's Lover (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum/2009) The Avett Brothers

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

Talk On Indolence (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum/2009) The Avett Brothers

Well I've been lockin' myself up in my house for sometime now Readin' and writin' and readin' and thinkin' And searching for reasons and missing the seasons The Autumn the Spring the Summer the snow The

Ill With Want The Avett Brothers

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

Incomplete And Insecure The Avett Brothers

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

Smithsonian The Avett Brothers

Call the Smithsonian I made a discovery Life ain't forever and lunch isn't free Loved ones will break your heart with or without you Turns out we don't get to know everything Get the young scientists,

A Gift For Melody Anne The Avett Brothers

I wanna get back I wanna get square I wanna get back on the hopes and dreams that I had That the good lord above us can spare Like that actor said I don't wanna lose heart I don't wanna get beat beat down