The Long Game (feat. Courtney Marie Andrews) - Johnathan Rice

How do you break through when the words don't meet your lips? And lump inside your throat or in a pile of could've beens All the small talk and the catch-up and the empty promises How do you dive deeper in a shallow riverbed? When the current pulls you further from what you should've said Getting by on the kindness of strangers Getting by on the kindness of strangers When you're trying to be tender, but instead you come off cold When your sweetness surrenders to the cruelness of this world All the small stuff and the bad luck, when it all becomes too much How do you find solace in a place so quick to judge Do you try and play it cool? Play the part you think they want? Getting by on the kindness of strangers Getting by on the kindness of strangers (Kindness of strangers) (Kindness of strangers) People come and people go and some will make their mark Like an iron to the bowl, a cymbal in your heart And the ones that stick around are the hardest ones to find And if you can't find the closest, you need the kindness to survive Getting by on the kindness of strangers Getting by on the kindness of strangers You're getting by (kindness of strangers) You're getting by (kindness of strangers) Kindness of strangers Kindness of strangers

In the backseat of his car Head out the window, eyes towards the stars Big pink moon through the cypress trees Tells me he loves me and I wanna believe him He's in a Queen t-shirt and baggy jeans When he speaks he says what he means Holds my hand, kisses my cheek Sharing a bottle of something sweet These are the good old days Don't let time slip away These are the good old days Don't let time slip away People like me think feelings are facts Falling in love gives us a heart attack One foot in the future, one in the past Wanna know for sure if it's gonna last These are the good old days Don't let time slip away These are the good old days Don't let time slip away These are the good old days These are the good old days

So many nights looking to find The good that's buried in this heart of mine Lost in a mirror, caught in a bind Seeing myself in them every time Talk too much or not enough Everything tender always comes out rough Someday I'll find the answer somehow But I'm just working on getting in right now Thought that I saw something in you A glimpse of a story that could've come true Playing my part in an ugly disguise And acting like someone I don't recognize You know I talk too much or not enough Everything tender always comes out rough Someday I'll find the answer somehow But I'm just working on getting in right now Call it bad timing Call it whatever you want But I won't spend another lifetime Getting it wrong Talk too much or not enough Everything tender always comes out rough Someday I'll find the answer somehow But I'm just working on getting in right now You know I talk too much or not enough Everything tender always comes out rough Someday I'll find the answer somehow But I'm just working on getting in right now

Table for one I've got no one I'm waiting on I just pulled into town an hour ago From the straights of Houston To this diner in Ohio I'm just waiting for the bar to open 'Cause I'm a little bit lonely A little bit stoned And I'm ready to go home You don't want to be like me This life it ain't free Always chained to when I leave Been dancing with strangers Sleeping in the van when the shows over I've been driving until I get tired Found peace in the redwoods Lost it 20 miles later There is no telling which way this road bends Been wondering how you've been Hoping things have gotten better Hope you finally settle down in Washington 'Cause I'm a little bit lonely A little bit stoned And I'm ready to go home You don't want to be like me This life it ain't free Always chained to when I leave 'Cause I'm a little bit lonely A little bit stoned And I'm ready to go home You don't want to be like me This life it ain't free Always chained to when I leave

Empty promises and a broken heart Hiding in the bathroom of this bar Crossing out your name in my mind I'll cross out yours now that you've crossed out mine I can't believe I got all made up Put on this dress that you love Only for you to go and pretend like All those years meant nothing So go on and forget Act like we've never met Leave with your new friends How quickly your heart mends The jukebox is playing a sad country song For all the ugly Americans Now I feel like one of them Dancing alone and broken by the freedom Now I'm all dolled up for any drunken fool Who thinks he can replace you Lucky I haven't lost my self-respect Despite all you've done and all that you've said So go on and forget Act like we've never met Leave with your new friends How quickly your heart mends How quickly your heart mends How quickly your heart mends So go on and forget Act like we've never met Leave with your new friends How quickly your heart mends How quickly your heart mends How quickly your heart mends

Blvcksheep forever, Blvcksheep for life My antiworld gangsters, GE Records, you get me? Odumodublvck, hey! I know, carry waka I go, carry go I know Who dey check am? Who dey breathe? Native I can do without their policy, I go I must fall in with all my niggas aboy If them wanna bounce person It cannot be mine Men just boku E be like dem be rice I can do without their policy, I go I must fall in with all my niggas aboy If them wanna bounce person It cannot be mine oo Men just boku E be like dem be rice Kwack dem I dey feel like Declan Rice Trillo (Willo) Do like Declan Rice Odumo (Slawno) Do like Declan Rice (Chubbz) Skinny wan kpob them Do like Declan Rice (Ziano) Anytime I come I go push them to the curb Smack them, push them to the wall Ekelebe stunner (Wozz am) Na me be their father (Yes) Trillo tell me say na Native be the matter (Abbas) I leave Abuja come Accra I left my mother (Ehn?) To Addis Ababa Them go erect 'modu placard (Fact) Bastard! Na me dug him pile (Me) Na me rob him mile Zanku runs ibile (Teezee) Na why I dey pompous I go do more than intended (Damn!) Ghen ghen, I go shoot up all their play pens I can do without their policy, I go I must fall in with all my niggas aboy If them wanna bounce person It cannot be mine Men just boku E be like dem be rice I can do without their policy, I go I must fall in with all my niggas aboy If them wanna bounce person It cannot be mine oo Men just boku E be like dem be rice Kwack dem I dey feel like Declan Rice trillo (Willo) Do like Declan Rice Odumo (Slawno) Do like Declan Rice (Chubbz) Skinny wan kpob them Do like Declan Rice (Ziano) Anytime I come (Onazi) I go push them to the curb Smack them, push them to the corner (Ekelebe stunner) Guy, you remember Onazi?

Party girls don't get hurt Can't feel anything, when will I learn? I push it down, I push it down I'm the one "for a good time call" Phone's blowin' up, ringin' my doorbell I feel the love, I feel the love 1, 2, 3, - 1, 2, 3, drink 1, 2, 3 - 1, 2, 3, drink 1, 2, 3 - 1, 2, 3, drink Throw 'em back, till I lose count I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, the chandelier I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist, like it doesn't exist Sun's up, I'm a mess Gotta get out now, gotta run from this Here comes the shame, here comes the shame 1, 2, 3 -1, 2, 3, drink 1, 2, 3 - 1, 2, 3, drink 1, 2, 3 -1, 2, 3, drink Throw 'em back till I lose count I, I wanna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist, like it doesn't exist I'm gonna fly like a bird from the night, feel my tears as they dry I wanna swing from the chandelier, the chandelier But I'm holding on for dear life Won't look down, won't open my eyes I keep my glass full until morning light 'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight Help me, I'm holding on for dear life Won't look down, won't open my eyes I keep my glass full until morning light 'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight On for tonight 'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight Oh, I'm just holding on for tonight Oh, I'm just holding on for tonight On for tonight, on for tonight Yes, I'm just holding on for tonight Oh, I'm just holding on for tonight On for tonight, on for tonight