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Wheatley Matthews

by Wheatley Matthews

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1.
I'll stay far away from your pain I'm heading back home to my grave You put me down on your own Been rambling too long down this highway road I said Hey, hey , hey, hey don't wait The world's still turning it's too late I left out you're window under you're gate I'm running so hard I cannot wait I walked for days with no shoes Just ridding myself of these highway blues It poured on me for eight days straight When it ended I knew I wouldn't be the same The sun became my closest friend Shining her rays down on my hand Them nights been dark I pushed on Them towns they been rough you know I couldn't go wrong I slept by you're tracks under you're bridge When them trains came roaring you know I done my best to stay hid I pushed my luck and my fate Knowing it'll all end on me one day I gambled when I knew my life was stake When you caught up you done stood over my grave
2.
Release me from your strangle Cut your ties from me Wash your wicked stains from my Eyes so I can finally see Watch my eyes so you can see me dying Turn your head back the other way Kick me back so I can see you lying Tear me down and smile at what they'll say The failing sounds of laughter Charge me like a bull The steering thoughts that take you're brain Leaves you when you lose control Watch my eyes so I can see you crying Turn your cheek as you begin to pray Walk on back so I can see you lying Tear me down and smile at what they'll say Tired & forsaken Shadowed by your past Hanging by your final words Knowing that they'll be your last Grab my hands so I can feel you trying Turn me in as you dig my grave Shut my eyes so I can see you laughing Drift on through and smile at what they'll say
3.
My Final Day 03:59
Sulked in the shadows on the cries of my past Time is getting older & my heart is slowing fast Staring down the barrel of life's loaded gun There ain't no feeling safe until my time is done Laying in the dirt while you staring down on me The road that I face is a road I can't see The hole that I dig is the grave from my dreams They're burning me alive, I'm soaked in gasoline Lower me down from the conscious of my mind As my breathe slips away my brain does unwind A hard stinging pain as my vision starts to fade Shutting down my thoughts on this my final day
4.
You're profit's collect You're name's rejected of you You're wheeling and dealing Will no longer make you anew You're loneliness is making me blue I think I'm ready for you You're painting is cracking You're image is no longer fine This bitter sweet feeling Will stay in the back of your mind You're carelessness it seems so kind I think I'm ready for you You're leaves they are turning You're colors are making they're change You're branches are breaking You're face is shedding the pain You're helplessness it can't be explained I think I'm ready for you You're chapters are passing You're pages are crumbling fast You're widening eyes Just wonder how long this will last You're happiness has got me thinking about the past I think I'm ready for you
5.
Thunder clouds roll, you know our lives are at stake Grab all your goods and food you know you can take The weather is mean you know she's out for our lives No use in trying this town no one survives The end is heading our way You'll know when the sky turns grey The outlaws, the sheriffs, husbands, wives and their kids Everyone's looking for somewhere safe to be hid The weather is fierce, the winds are making a howl Everyone knows there's no escaping this town The lightning it flashes, the fear on our faces gives way The thunder it crashes, the windows are starting to break The weather is flooding, cold rain is starting to burn Where can you go when you've got nowhere else you can turn The powers been cut, the darkness covers our eyes The whistling & screaming is painting the image outside The weather is swirling, the rain is turning to hail An innocent town been forced to an innocent jail No one is spared, the town's been turned into rubble No one will suffer this storm's removed all their troubles This quaint little town has been wiped off the map with a nod A moment of silence for those deceived by their god
6.
I ain't the one who raised a big fuss Got your ass fired then kicked you to the dust I ain't the one who's been taking all your cash Working you for nothing but some food and some gas I ain't the one who sneezed in your face Kissed you on the cheek then crashed at your place I ain't the one who kept you up all night Calling on your phone & staying in your sight Got this feeling when you're cross Full of blame for your loss Cope with anger anyway you please But remember just don't take it out on me I ain't the one who took you out to Grills Had 10 shots of Jack and stuck you with the bill I ain't the one who cut you in your lane Gave you a little wave while I'm riding on the brake I ain't the one who tripped you with a wire Push you in the stove & caught that hair on fire I ain't the one who's been chopping all your tree's Breathing all your air & flooding all your sea's I ain't the one who's been wasting all your time Buying up the store while I'm counting out my dimes I ain't the one who's been greasing up your wheel Jacking up the price while I'm telling you it's a deal I ain't the one who's been pounding on your door Giving you a speech while I'm talking about the lord I ain't the one who snuck into your house Took all your things as quiet as a mouse
7.
You're boots walk the ground where my feet cannot stand Misplaced shadows that follow your command Jumping from the roofs to fall down on your bed I'll die for you if you promise to raise the dead Turning to me face I'm out the door Waking up with no one to ignore Jump the highest bridge to escape from you I've had it up to here now I'm starting new Jump for me because you'll know I'll jump over you Singled out for reasons of my own A constant screaming reminder that you moan Jump back on the saddle I'm heading west Leaving things you remembered of the past Poisoned by my acts I'm running free Blackened by my thoughts of my own greed Jumping on the ship I'm setting sail The thought of us puts me right back on a trail Jump for me because you know that I might fail Trimming off my edges I'm coming clean Laughing while you're acting on your scene Jumping on the rails I start to burn See the smile on you're face as it starts to turn Blowing out my last breathe of sudden grief Like the empty pockets of a thief Jump the nearest train as you pass Seeing through you're eyes of your mask Jump for me because you know that I won't last
8.
From one man's loss we'll all get tossed to the side We'll learn from failure from each other we'll hide Successive thoughts of truth changing the tide Duck from the winds pretending to pin back our ears Speaking in riffs & asking them if they can fear They'll bully our brain keeping our thoughts unclear Swelling from hatred speaking in sacred tongues Wishes are sold keeping the old feeling young Selfishly unwinding our minds until they're undone Freezing a smile, walking for miles in peace Holding it in while keeping a grin on your face Following in line your sheep take their place Rot through your will no reason to kill off your sons Pledging the right to stand up and fight off your guns Kneeling in front of a man whose worshiped and spun Holding a flag that's labeled a tag on your soul Pricing the truth life ice on your tooth is cold Both side of the past are not so easily told Avoid all the cracks directing you back to your home Falling like rain with nothing to gain or atone Severing ties to the ones who left you alone Spitting a portrait it's likely you'll know it in time Ceasing your ears to hold back the tears from your eyes The strings that ties up your tongue start to unwind Racing through thoughts my time has been bought and burned Rigid in sin this deal is the end of our turn Black is the road my eye sits on the stern
9.
We'll stray from the darkness & point our eyes towards the light Homesick as the sun sinks into the mountain Thruway to the coming as you're poker face stares Confessions of our secrets kept us moving Follow like a bullet with intention to dismiss Recalling all the derision's that made you stumble Conscious of suspicion that surround your batting eyes Take my grasp as we drift into the thunder And I'm going back to my lonesome stay Sludging through the trail as you lean on the past Shallow with your nose pointed upward Extending through the night with the clouds rolling fast Lost in you're mind pointing skyward Drowning into the dawn as the sun wakes into the night Slowly reached for the golden lid of the morning As the fields soak the suede & the chills ran down our spine Growling of the gales came without warning In a rusted creaking shed, kept us sheltered from the rain Echoes of the tapping filled the silence With the fleeting of the hours & your voice which stole the time You called out from the hills for your innocence Through the winters of our times your words were cold as frost You're breathe was seen as you left me wondering Though our crossing was foreseen, still left me crooked and lost The wincing of your eyes left me staggering Like a novel that's been written our read will come to an end Counting the times you've made me useless Like a stranger in the alley our borrowed time is gone The steering of the fated keeps me restless
10.
I'm lost in a world that's not of my own Eyes are a watering lips dry as a bone Got a dozen lead bellies that'll sink in my throat And a sweet little thing that's bound to leave me alone Got a dark rain cloud that floats over my head And a mountain of problems that'll bury me dead I'm digging and clawing right out of this hole My knuckles are blazing while my heart stays cold Got a group of old friends that'll stick by my side With stories and tales both far fetched and wide The youth of our days are long in the past Now battered and ageing we're making it last I struggle to ride down this long lonesome road Confused by the turning I'm feeling so bold I'm looking so tired I'm feeling so ill Been tumbling on down this steep rocky hill Got a country that's breaking in a world on it's toes Feel another war coming when nobody knows We're fighting & stealing & lying in vain Please let me be wrong or at least be insane Got a family that's trying and growing everyday With fighting and cursing feel like walking away A big brother & sister, a ma and a dad Without these four I wouldn't have what i have Got a life worth living and I ain't giving in I'm loving & laughing & soaking in sin Got a million bad things that could easily go wrong But it ain't gonna stop me from singing my songs

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First album by Wheatley from the Midwest.

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released September 16, 2014

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