Ballgame-Kevin Devine

[ti:Ballgame] [ar:Kevin Devine] [al:Kevin Devine Live At Schubas 0] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ballgame - Kevin Devine [00:32.85]A good man doesn＇t drink [00:34.71] [00:35.90]And I＇ve been drinking alone [00:37.71] [00:39.77]So what does that make me [00:41.64] [00:46.32]My hands they always shake [00:48.00] [00:49.75]And no one＇s calling my phone [00:52.37] [00:53.81]So what does that make me [00:55.68] [00:57.05]And I know the kid with his guitar [00:59.93]So drunk and anxious [01:01.67]Has been done to death [01:02.71]But tell me what hasn＇t [01:04.39]I＇ll try it [01:05.65] [01:10.70]Because I＇m selfish enough [01:13.32]To wanna get better [01:14.94]But I＇m backwards enough [01:16.25]Not to take any steps to get there [01:19.55] [01:24.64]So when you realize it＇s a pattern [01:27.01]And not a phase [01:28.26] [01:29.07]It＇s what you＇ve become [01:30.88]And it＇s what you will stay [01:33.00]That＇s ballgame [01:34.00] [01:38.12]＇Cause I don＇t got room in my life [01:42.67] [01:44.23]For anyone else [01:46.23] [01:51.79]And I＇ve driven away all the [01:55.60] [01:56.42]People that could help [01:57.96] [02:03.76]And I still don＇t even know what I [02:07.57]Need to do to fix myself [02:12.50] [02:34.47]And there＇s a clamp around my chest [02:37.02]It tightens every time I lapse into [02:40.14] [02:41.27]Another sorry story [02:42.64] [02:47.63]About my miserable collapse [02:49.50] [02:50.19]A bronze box I keep encased in glass [02:52.87] [02:53.50]And dust off whenever I want your pity [02:56.69] [02:58.68]＇Cause lately I＇ve had to come to grips [03:01.74]With scope and figure [03:02.79]How my problems stack up in a world [03:04.98]Two steps from ruin [03:06.75] [03:09.00](Or maybe it＇s rapture) [03:10.93] [03:11.74]Well either way I realize that my shit＇s [03:14.74]About as small as it could be [03:16.30]But that makes me feel worse for even feeling [03:18.80]This bad in the first place [03:20.49] [03:24.79]＇Cause there＇s a war starting soon and all [03:27.29]The flags＇ll be waving [03:29.22]And Daniel＇s 20-year-old friend will be ready [03:32.09]And willing and waiting [03:32.74] [03:34.98]He＇s a Marine and he told me [03:37.29] [03:37.98]And that makes me sad [03:39.54] [03:40.29]Really really f**king sad [03:42.10] [03:43.72]But at least he＇ll act [03:45.90] [03:51.33]I＇ll just bite my tongue and then say: [03:54.14]＂Daniel you wish him luck＂ [03:56.68] [03:57.24]I pray that he comes back [03:59.24] [04:03.79]For his mother＇s sake and then I＇ll drink [04:07.22]Those thoughts away [04:08.47] [04:09.78]I＇ve gotten good at that [04:11.59] [04:17.02]＇Cause when you realize it＇s a pattern [04:19.89]And not a phase [04:21.14]It＇s what you＇ve become [04:23.07]And it＇s what you will stay [04:24.94]That＇s ballgame [04:26.00] [04:26.63]Oh oh oh [04:27.63] [04:29.94]Yeah when you realize it＇s a pattern [04:32.87]And not a phase [04:34.24]It＇s what you＇ve become [04:35.74]And it＇s what you will stay [04:37.74]That＇s ballgame [04:38.38] [04:43.55]Yeah when you realize it＇s a pattern [04:45.74]And not a phase [04:47.09]It＇s what you＇ve become [04:48.33]And it＇s what you will stay [04:49.58]That＇s ballgame