Ballgame-Kevin Devine

[ti:Ballgame] [ar:Kevin Devine] [al:Kevin Devine Live At Maxwell's] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ballgame - Kevin Devine [00:40.62]A good man doesn't drink [00:42.93] [00:44.18]And I've been drinking alone [00:46.61] [00:47.92]So what does that make me [00:51.30] [00:54.36]My hands they always shake [00:56.73] [00:57.98]And no one's calling my phone [01:00.66] [01:01.78]So what does that make me [01:03.78] [01:05.09]And I know the kid with his guitar [01:07.94]So drunk and anxious [01:09.49]Has been done to death [01:11.05]But tell me what hasn't [01:12.86]I'll try it [01:14.79] [01:18.60]Because I'm selfish enough [01:21.15]To wanna get better [01:22.96]But I'm backwards enough [01:24.46]Not to take any steps to get there [01:27.45] [01:32.31]And when you realize it's a pattern [01:34.99]And not a phase [01:36.68]It's what you＇ve become [01:38.11]And it's what you will stay [01:40.05]That's ballgame [01:41.48] [01:45.80]Cause I don't got room in my life [01:51.04] [01:51.85]For anyone else [01:53.73] [01:58.78]And I've driven away all the [02:02.15] [02:03.06]People that could help [02:05.94] [02:10.50]And I still don't even know what I [02:15.36]Need to do to fix myself you see [02:21.28] [02:41.20]And there's a clamp around my chest [02:43.57]It tightens every time I lapse into [02:47.81]Another sorry story [02:50.43] [02:54.30]About my miserable collapse [02:56.85]A bronze box I keep encased in glass [03:00.04]And dust off whenever I want your pity [03:04.20] [03:05.26]Cause lately I've had to come to grips [03:07.63]With scope and figure [03:09.25]How my problems stack up in a world [03:11.43]Two steps from ruin [03:13.93] [03:14.99]Or maybe it's rapture [03:16.74] [03:18.11]Well either way I realize that my sh*t's [03:20.61]About as small as it could be [03:22.42]But that makes me feel worse for even feeling [03:24.51]This bad in the first place [03:27.40] [03:31.21]Cause there's a war starting soon and all [03:33.76]The flags'll be waving [03:35.07]And Daniel's 20-year-old friend will be ready [03:37.94]And willing and waiting [03:41.00]He's a Marine and he told me [03:43.75] [03:44.31]And that makes me sad [03:46.55]Really really f**king sad [03:48.99] [03:50.05]But at least he'll act [03:51.76] [03:57.38]I'll just bite my tongue and then say: [03:59.56]Daniel you wish him luck＂ [04:01.94]I pray that he comes back [04:06.62] [04:09.99]For his mother's sake and then I'll drink [04:13.23]Those thoughts away [04:14.54] [04:16.04]I've gotten good at that [04:19.39] [04:23.51]Cause when you realize it's a pattern [04:26.13]And not a phase [04:27.38]It's what you've become [04:28.69]And it's what you will stay [04:30.44]That's ballgame [04:33.30]Oh oh oh [04:34.62] [04:36.24]Yeah when you realize it's a pattern [04:38.80]And not a phase [04:40.05]It's what you've become [04:41.57]And it's what you will stay [04:43.38]That's ballgame [04:44.63] [04:49.32]Yeah when you realize it's a pattern [04:51.88]And not a phase [04:53.38]It's what you've become [04:54.82]And it's what you will stay [04:56.63]That's ballgame