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40 Proof
03:26
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What are we doing here, drinking like we were twenty-one
Staying out and stealing beer, and waiting up to see the sun
Rise as it shines through the last empty glass
Taking our time and reliving the past
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I make believe I’m 40 Proof to hold onto my youth
It’s strange to see this gray on me, so I deny the truth
And still pretend I’m 40 Proof
A long time ago…I got a job, threw in the towel
But I couldn’t let it go…been spittin’ blood and cryin’ foul
There’s nothing I’d change if we did it again
Those were the days…I don’t want them to end
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I make believe I’m 40 Proof to hold onto my youth
It’s strange to see this gray on me, so I deny the truth
And still pretend I’m 40 Proof
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I'm Over You
04:13
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It’s not the creepy people that you know…it’s not the strange behavior that you show
It’s not the way you live, the way you go…it’s not the fact that you don’t know
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It’s not you…it’s me…and I’m over you
I’ve heard it all before; you work all night…it doesn’t matter if you’re wrong or right
It seems that I’ve been alone a lot…and I’ve noticed that you’re not
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It’s not you…it’s me…and I’m over you
It seems like every other day I have to ask myself, “Why the hell am I still here?”
While there might not be a name for what it is you’ve got, something’s wrong…that much is clear
It’s not the girl I’m seeing late tonight…it’s not that I want to have a fight
I’d rather leave here without a fuss…but you can blame me, if you must
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It’s not you…it’s me…and I’m over you
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Tammy, won’t you come on down? C’mon down to safer ground
I’m such a nervous wreck…tell me, Tammy, what the heck?
Tammy, won’t you please come down?
Tammy, don’t you make that call…he’s not gonna blink at all
We’ve been here before…he don’t want you any more
Tammy, don’t you make that call
And Tammy, you have wasted years…Tammy, he’s not worth your tears
Tammy I could blow your fears away…
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Hold me closer, if you dare (I’m gonna make you…)
See how much I really care (I’m gonna make you…)
Tammy, there’s no time to spare…we gotta cross that line… I’m gonna make you mine
Tammy, try to have some fun…c’mon, get out in the sun
I hate to see you blue, ‘cause I know what you should do
And Tammy, you’re the only one
Who’ll ever make me feel this way…the only one who makes my day
Every time you come away with me…
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Hold me closer, if you dare (I’m gonna make you…)
See how much I really care (I’m gonna make you…)
Tammy, there’s no time to spare…we gotta cross that line… I’m gonna make you mine
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Current Drag Me Down
05:40
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Standing here safely on the river’s edge…watching life flow by
Don’t have the nerve to wade across for fear I won’t survive
So I sit here and watch you walk by…I didn’t have the nerve to try
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Let the current drag me down…’cause it don’t matter if I drown
If I can’t have you
I didn’t have the nerve to call, like I was never here at all
If I can’t have you
Shouldn’t just sit here while my dreams flow by…while I watch you dance with him
If I’m gonna reach you on the other side, I have to dare to swim
So I sit here and watch you walk by…I didn’t have the nerve to try
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Let the current drag me down…’cause it don’t matter if I drown
If I can’t have you
I didn’t have the nerve to call, like I was never here at all
If I can’t have you
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Well, it’s time to leave the Ritz for the stadium show
Could you help me find my pants? I really gotta go
Honey, you were great….by the way, could you please tell me your name?
And can you tell me what town I’m in? They all look the same
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Well, if I could be Keith Richards for a year
Do you think I’d survive all the groupies and the beer?
Playing guitars and trashing bars, shooting dope and crashing cars
Firing lawyers and chasing stars…it’d surly do me in
I’ll have blondes to the left, brunettes to hold me tight
Several pretty Asian girls to tuck me in late at night
I'd buy a brand new Lear jet to fly me from Bangkok to Bourbon Street
Get high with the pilot at 30 thousand feet
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Well, if I could be Keith Richards for a year
Do you think I’d survive all the groupies and the beer?
Playing guitars and trashing bars, shooting dope and crashing cars
Firing lawyers and chasing stars…it’d surly do me in
If my liver needs a jump start, I’d run off to rehab
And tell my fans, “He’s just dehydrated, girls, don’t be sad”
But I’m not the rock and roll superman that my hero seems to be
And trying to live that way will be the death of me
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Well, if I could be Keith Richards for a year
Do you think I’d survive all the groupies and the beer?
Playing guitars and trashing bars, shooting dope and crashing cars
Firing lawyers and chasing stars…it’d surly do me in
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The Skin I'm In
04:35
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You tell me you’re not worried, don’t think I don’t see you lookin’ cross your shoulder at me
Doesn’t seem to matter what I say or do now…can’t tell what you want me to be
All…of the times I tried to have some fun I… didn’t mean to disappoint no one
What’cha gonna do now? What’s it gonna be now? Will I do the right thing today?
Why’s it such a big deal? Can’t you see how I feel? What the hell you want me to say?
All…of the times I thought that I was cool, you…couldn’t stop from making me the fool
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And what a royal mess it’s been…you pin me down, you lock me in
You try to make me be your twin
Pretending things are silver when they’re tin
It’s the skin I’m in (4X)
What’cha gonna do now? What’s it gonna be now? Will I do the right thing today?
Why’s it such a big deal? Can’t you see how I feel? What the hell you want me to say?
You tell me you’re not worried, don’t think I don’t see you lookin’ cross your shoulder at me
Doesn’t seem to matter what I say or do now…can’t tell what you want me to be
All…of the times I tried to have some fun I…didn’t mean to disappoint no one
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And what a royal mess it’s been…you pin me down, you lock me in
You try to make me be your twin
Pretending things are silver when they’re tin
It’s the skin I’m in (4X)
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40 Proof Oceanside, California
40 Proof is a Rock and Roll/Americana band from Oceanside, California. Established over 10 years ago, we play original music and covers for your listening pleasure!
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