Feel Alright - Steve Earle

Two different angles But it's the same though High and low Willing and able to walk away But it's comfortable So is it all in my head? It's not making sense What is the truth? And do I love you this much Or is this just something to do? Lord knows I really wanna believe you're gonna change my mind I go numb and I turn the other cheek just to feel alright I wouldn't tell you to come back just to hold me If I wasn't so scared of being lonely Like holding on to the edge of a knife just to feel alright When I come to my senses about you That's when I find myself again by losing you I remember how it all began I was vulnerable and broken And that's how you got under my skin And it's almost never been the same So is it all in my head? It's not making sense What is the truth? Do I love you this much? Or is this just something to do? 'Cause Lord knows I really wanna believe you're gonna change my mind I go numb and I turn the other cheek just to feel alright I wouldn't tell you to come back just to hold me If I wasn't so scared of being lonely Like holding on to the edge of a knife just to feel alright Just wanna feel mmm, yeah Just wanna feel alright Just wanna feel mmm, yeah Just wanna feel Just wanna feel, yeah Just wanna feel alright Just wanna feel, yeah Just wanna feel alright

Take a little sip Have a little trip but don't you know we're going nowhere? But I'm feeling like I feel alright Don't you let it slip, don't you lose your grip Don't let us vanish into thin air Because we feeling like, I feel alright And we're gonna break up with this tide Cause we start just guessing way too much Remember 21, when the night felt younger When we danced into our daydreams? You had me feeling like, I feel alright Off for somewhere new, But it feels insane when you know you're going nowhere We should be feeling like, I feel alright And we're gonna break up with this tide Cause we start just guessing way too much And we're gonna break up with this tide Cause we start just guessing way too much And we're gonna break up with this tide Cause we start just guessing way too much And we're gonna break up with this tide Cause we start just guessing way too much

I woke up this mornin' and none of the news was good And death machines were rumblin' 'cross the ground where Jesus stood And the man on my TV told me that it had always been that way And there was nothin' anyone could do or say And I almost listened to him Yeah, I almost lost my mind Then I regained my senses again And looked into my heart to find That I believe that one fine day all the children of Abraham Will lay down their swords forever in Jerusalem Well maybe I'm only dreamin' and maybe I'm just a fool But I don't remember learnin' how to hate in Sunday school But somewhere along the way I strayed and I never looked back again But I still find some comfort now and then Then the storm comes rumblin' in And I can't lay me down And the drums are drummin' again And I can't stand the sound But I believe there'll come a day when the lion and the lamb Will lie down in peace together in Jerusalem And there'll be no barricades then There'll be no wire or walls And we can wash all this blood from our hands And all this hatred from our souls And I believe that on that day all the children of Abraham Will lay down their swords forever in Jerusalem

I am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man And I come from County Clare And the Brits would hang me for a Fenian So I took me leave of there And I crossed the ocean in the Arrianne The vilest tub afloat And the captain's brother was a railroad man And he met us the boat So I joined up with the 20th Maine Like I said my friend I'm a fighting man And we're marchin' south in the pouring rain And we're all goin' down to Dixieland I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine And we fight for Chamberlain 'Cause he stood right with us when the Johnnies came Like a banshee on the wind When the smoke cleared out of Gettysburg Many a mother wept For many a good boy died there, sure And the air smelted just like death I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine And I'd march to hell and back again For Colonel Joshua Chamberlain We're all goin' down to Dixieland I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine And I damn all gentlemen Whose only worth is their father's name And the sweat of a workin' man Well we come from the farms and the city streets And a hundred foreign lands And we spilled our blood in the battle's heat Now we're all Americans I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine And did I tell you friend I'm a fightin' man And I'll not be back this way again 'Cause we're all goin' down to Dixieland

If you're all alone And you need someone Call me up And I'll come running Reconsider me Reconsider me If it's still the past That makes you doubt Darlin', that was then And this is now Reconsider me Reconsider me And I'll never make you sad again Cause I swear that I've changed since then And I promise that I'll never make you cry Let's let bygones Be forgotten Reconsider me Reconsider me You can go and be What you want to be And it'll be alright If we disagree I'm the one who cares And I hope you'll see That I'm the one who loves you Reconsider me Let's let bygones Be forgotten Reconsider me Reconsider me And I'll never make you sad again 'Cause I swear I've changed since then And I'll never make you sorry if you'll try And I'll never make you sad again 'Cause I swear that I've changed since then And I promise that I'll never make you cry

Keep your eyes on them rolling wheels 15 solid forward gears They glide like butterflies down the highway They'll move you down the line They'll bring you home in time They'll sing you songs of love returning Oh, our brother's gone away Now he can't play like he used to But his words still ring true They curl like dust clouds on the roadside He's been broken by a heart But still does not live apart From all the sorrow he has shown me Oh, our brother's gone away Don't you wish that he could stay? To walk you to the county line To see you shining in your time Don't you wish there was a way? Like a kid who's been out throwing stones Into a river close to home I've taught myself to trust the melody So I sing when I've got the time First to lose and then to find If I don't make it, don't you worry Oh, our brother's gone away Don't you wish that he could stay? To walk you to the county line To see you shining in your time Don't you wish there was a way? Oh, our brother's gone away Don't you wish that he could stay? To see you finally settled down To see your children gathered round Don't you wish there was a way?