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Ex Wives 03:29
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Carne Diem 03:46
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EX WIVES
Churches with many walls seem to be built to fall / We build the tallest steeples and forget all the people / If not for fame and fortune what are we / Invisible for all the world to see / A self made god with an ever fading kingdom / Lord take this crown from me and set us free / When the flames consume this ship / I'll bet we all are lost in the worship of ourselves as we slowly sink into the ocean of our wealth and greed / Churches without walls are guaranteed to never fall / Snap the steeple in two / Place your fellow man above you / There's no need to save me from hell / Oh God, just save me from myself.

BREEZES THROUGH TREEZES
I stared at the moon and the moon stared back at me / I stared at the sun and now I cant see / I climbed the shortest mountain to take the furthest fall / I took note of every image / But now my imagination is gone / If these are my last words / If this is my last breath / They’ll dissect every part and try to make sense of it / Whether they’re right or wrong my words will carry on / You take what you want / But you want what you don’t have / As we strive for the future / But hold tight to the past / Please know that I love you / But I love myself more / Here’s the shirt off my back / I’m buying the store / Oh god my savior / What a wretch I am to save / The darkness approaches / Lord help me to be brave / Pockets full of silver / Mouth full of gold / Hands covered in dirt / With a buried heart and soul / Oh lord come soon / This all began when I stared at the moon.

PIGGLY WIGGLY
I’m so far down and dirty now / Giving new meaning to the dirty south / And this southern man is way too proud / With a heart of stone you can’t break down / Swing low sweet chariot / Take me home I’ve lost my way / Remind me of all I’ve lost / Before I cling to what I’ve gained / I feel I’m neither hot nor cold / I’m lukewarm in the mouth of the Lord / So spit me out and send me straight to hell / Remind me exactly where I fell / I’d drown myself in the river if it meant I could wash myself clean / I’d hammer nails through my hands if it meant I could be set free.

CARNE DIEM
Breathe new life in me / Come and make me new / So I can go my own way and turn my back on you / This is the anthem of the modern church / Not hands and feet of Christ / just mouths of empty words / We started this out of love / Now we’re just businessmen / It’s all so routine / Lost all its meaning / We’re not here to preach / No shoving down the throat / God forbid that they knew we stood for something / We all look the same / But we don’t act much different / How do we expect anyone to listen / Let’s sing a new song and light a fire within / Burn it down / Bid farewell to what we’ve always been.

HAN SHOT FIRST
We are all prisoners to this world / Nothing more than flesh made from its dirt / With no escape in sight all we do is fight / But we’ve grown so tired of the night / It kills me to see your tears every day another reason to fear / But what we fear isn’t very clear / The unknown grips us by the throat / Falling to our knees / There must be something more / I’ve searched the seven seas / And come back oh so bored / Give me freedom or a war to fight for it / I can’t be ruled by this / Weight of the world cannot hold me down / Such a seductive kiss followed by emptiness unbound / I’d rather fight a war with purpose than live with meaningless peace.

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released March 20, 2012

All songs written and performed by The Tug Fork River Band

Recorded at Threshold Studios

Artwork by Justin Foxworth

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