You sat as still as one at the dinner table With nothin' to say after grace You were hard as one 'cause you had to be Yeah, the oldest ones turn out that way And if I had me one for every time you let me down I'd build a wall I guess I did Yeah, you taught me all about Which ones sank, and which ones skipped But there's throwin' ones And rollin' ones And gettin' us to open up Was like gettin' blood from one The steppin' kind The steady kind The "Hey, I've got your back ones" You can stand behind I'm just now findin' out, now that you're gone We were cut from the same stone I sway like you When I get nervous I'm shy like you But most folks couldn't tell I get the same shade of red as you did When I'm angry I'm red right now 'cause I'm mad as hell At the throwin' ones The rollin' ones And gettin' us to open up Was like gettin' blood from one The steppin' kind The steady kind The "Hey, I've got your back ones" You can stand behind I'm just now findin' out, now that you're gone We were cut from the same stone Yeah, there's a lot of things That should be written in one But your name Ain't one of 'em So I carry one And it's a heavy one I'm just now findin' out, now that you're gone We were cut from the same stone The same stone

I traced it back to a couple months before I was born I must've heard my momma tell my daddy That she was tired, 'cause babies make you tired, but Deep down, she was just unhappy I think my father did the best that he could do He rarely made it to the dinner table Said, "He was working late", but he was working late Fogging up the windows of an '89 Sable I, I learned to cry Quietly, I learned to pray Silently, inside a house where the Devil played And I, hate that it runs in my blood I hate how easy it comes I wish I learned how to love the same way, I Learn to Lie I learned to sing to Carole King on the radio Learned to shoot on a little Red Ryder I can drive a stick, and in a pinch I can pop a bottle with a cigarette lighter I learned to cry Quietly, I learned to pray Silently, inside a house where the Devil played And I, hate that it runs in my blood I hate how easy it comes I wish I learned how to love the same way, I Learn to Lie And I, I learned to say things I don't mean Like, stay, when I want you to leave And when you don't come home or call And I swear I don't mind I hate that I know how it's done When a moment just like this one comes I just go numb and play dumb and look you in the eye And lie Oh, and lie

We are human, we are violent We learn our lessons Then defy them We are heartless and immoral We carry hatred Like a bible And there's a hole in my life There's a blackness inside That's eating me alive Leaving me to decide Do I live with this pain? As the rain starts to fall from my eyes Asking myself why I see terrible things I see a sickness in a world on its knees It will take what you love like a thief But in my dreams I believe, we're not these Terrible things (ah-ah-ah) Terrible things (ah-ah-ah) We are nothing without failure But we've chosen ill behaviour With every scar, we have learned Not to heal, but to hurt We've become something else Even I cannot tell just why (why) I see terrible things I see a sickness in a world on its knees It will take what you love like a thief But in my dreams I believe, we're not these Terrible things (ah-ah-ah) Terrible things (ah-ah-ah) If I fall (if I fall) If I run (if I run) That's when I, will become Terrible things I see terrible things (I see terrible things) I see a sickness in a world on its knees (oh! on its knees) It will take what you love like a thief (oh!) But in my dreams I believe, we're not these Look at me and you'll see, I'm not these Terrible things (ah-ah-ah) Terrible things (ah-ah-ah)

My buddies think I'm on the lake Boss thinks I've been sick for days And mama's probably on her way 'Cause I ain't picked up the phone I've been a million places But they're all up in my head Over-drinking, overthinking ever since you left I've been gone, I've been gone I've been sittin' on the couch watching TV all day long All day long, I've been tryin' to figure out how a good thing went wrong Faster than that freight train, farther than that airplane Sadder than a country song Headed down that highway, anywhere but my way Ever since you moved on, I've been gone Took a trip down memory lane Checked into hotel heartbreak Passed rock bottom on the way Without leaving my living room I've been a million places But they're all up in my head Over-drinking, overthinking ever since you left I've been gone, I've been gone I've been sittin' on the couch watching TV all day long All day long, I've been tryin' to figure out how a good thing went wrong Faster than that freight train, farther than that airplane Sadder than a country song Headed down that highway, anywhere but my way Ever since you moved on, I've been gone Yeah I've been gone All the clothes are on the floor All the mail's by the door All the whiskey bottles in my bed All the dishes in the sink All the gas is in the tank All the neighbors probably think I'm dead I've been gone, I've been gone I've been sittin' on the couch watching TV all day long All day long, I've been tryin' to figure out how a good thing went wrong Faster than that freight train, farther than that airplane Sadder than a country song Headed down that highway, anywhere but my way Ever since you moved on, I've been gone (ooh, ooh) I've been gone (ooh, ooh) Gone

It's the keys to your daddy's car It's a night alone 'neath the desert stars It's a five o'clock whistle It's the classroom bell It's a Panama City at the window yell A first kiss after a broken heart We all wanna break the chains Feel the wind against our face Everybody wants the same thing We wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Freedom, yeah It's a pocket full of folded cash It's telling that boss he can kiss your ass That ticket to your favorite show Getting lost in the rock and roll Close your eyes, hands up high Go on and let it all go, oh We all wanna break the chains Feel the wind against our face Everybody wants the same thing We wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Freedom, yeah (Freedom) (Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom) (Freedom, freedom, yeah) That flag on a solider's sleeve All around the world they know what it means And they all want just a little piece of freedom, yeah That flag on a solider's sleeve All around the world they know what it means And they all want just a little piece of this freedom, yeah We all wanna break the chains Feel the wind against our face Everybody wants the same thing We wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Freedom, yeah (Freedom) (Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom, freedom)

Sometimes the weight of the world that's on my shoulders Is nothing, but the heavy thoughts in my head When they get all twisted up and tangled, I unravel Down a less traveled road, where my soul can be fed When there's no peace to be found I head for hallowed ground I still feel at home up on some lonely hill In the blink of an eye, my head's clear as the sky Like the trees with no breeze, my heart's still Where the world's the way God made it still There's nothing like the sound of a rollin' rocky river To help my worries roll right off my back Let that crisp air take my breath away each morning And dip that mountain sunrise in my coffee black When there's no peace to be found I head for hallowed ground I still feel at home up on some lonely hill In the blink of an eye, my head's clear as the sky Like the trees with no breeze, my heart's still Where the world's the way God made it still In the blink of an eye, my head's clear as the sky And like the trees with no breeze, my heart's still Where the world's the way God made it still Let it stay the way God made it still