Save Yourself-James Mcmurtry

[ti:Save Yourself] [ar:James Mcmurtry] [al:Candyland] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Save Yourself - James Mcmurtry [00:10.25]You couldn't get what you were after [00:12.50] [00:15.10]After all was said and done [00:17.06] [00:19.51]Amid the echoes of the screams and the laughter [00:22.91] [00:23.74]Cracking the blinds to the noonday sun [00:27.01] [00:28.09]Running out of room tugging at the tether [00:31.72] [00:32.83]Old desires on the closet shelf [00:35.61] [00:36.64]You read between the lines until the lines ran together [00:40.69] [00:41.86]Somehow had to save yourself [00:44.77] [00:46.44]Somehow had to save yourself [00:49.74]'Cause it don't come back once it's gone [00:53.23] [00:54.23]Now you wonder why you had to wait so long [00:57.83] [00:59.00]Wasn't no sense being where you don't belong [01:02.78] [01:05.48]Got to save yourself [01:06.87] [01:13.53]Now your bad boy runs you ragged [01:16.18] [01:17.85]But the nice guy bores you flat to tears [01:20.61] [01:22.42]He sends you flowers and birthday cards [01:25.92]He tries so hard and he's out of here [01:29.50] [01:30.23]'Cause it's all you can handle just to stay okay [01:34.28] [01:35.64]You don't need nobody's pain [01:37.76] [01:40.13]You've got no room for baggage [01:42.62] [01:44.63]Passengers must now de-plane [01:47.87]'Cause it don't come back once it's gone [01:51.31] [01:52.36]Now you wonder why you had to wait so long [01:55.82] [01:56.94]Wasn't no sense being where you don't belong [02:00.69] [02:03.49]Got to save yourself [02:05.02] [02:08.04]Got to save yourself [02:09.61] [02:38.38]Your new job keeps you busy [02:39.95] [02:42.84]The old car runs alright [02:45.03] [02:47.19]The hot wind off the concrete [02:49.63] [02:51.80]Sometimes keeps you up at night [02:54.96] [02:55.61]The lights go off in the building [02:57.63]And you're sitting there alone [03:00.07]'Cause the girls and boys you run with [03:02.34]Have all up and gone home [03:04.54]And you're sifting through the ashes [03:06.57]Getting way down dark and deep [03:08.50] [03:09.02]You've got your life all figured out [03:11.12]But you still don't get much sleep [03:12.86]'Cause it don't come back once it's gone [03:16.42] [03:17.22]Now you wonder why you had to wait so long [03:20.92] [03:21.76]Wasn't no sense being where you don't belong [03:25.83] [03:28.33]Got to save yourself [03:30.07] [03:32.91]Got to save yourself [03:34.49] [03:37.35]'Cause it don't come back once it's gone [03:40.82] [03:41.81]Now you wonder why you had to wait so long [03:45.29] [03:46.40]Wasn't no sense being where you don't belong [03:50.24] [03:53.09]Save yourself [03:54.01] [03:57.42]Got to save yourself