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Gaslighter
written by Emily Strayer,Jack Antonoff, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines

 

Gaslighter, denier

Doing anything to get your ass farther

Gaslighter, big timer
Repeating all of the mistakes of your father

We moved to California and we followed your dreams
I believed in the promises you made to me
Swore that night ‘til death do us part
But you lie lie lie lie lied

Hollywood welcomed you with open doors
No matter what they gave you, you still wanted more
Acting all above it when our friends divorced
What a lie lie lie lie lie

You’re such a gaslighter, denier
Doing anything to get your ass farther

Gaslighter, big timer
Repeating all of the mistakes of your father
Gaslighter
You broke me, you’re sorry but where’s my apology

Gaslighter

You liar

 

You thought I wouldn’t see it if you put it in my face

Give you all my money you’ll gladly walk away

You think it’s justifiable, I think it’s pretty cruel

And you know you lie best when you lie to you

 

‘Cause boy you know exactly what you did on my boat

And boy that’s exactly why you ain’t coming home

Save your tired stories for your new someone else

Cause they’re lies lie lie lie lies

 

Look out you little

Gaslighter, denier
Doing anything to get your ass farther

Gaslighter, big timer
Repeating all of the mistakes of your father

Gaslighter

You broke me, you’re sorry but where’s my apology

Gaslighter

You liar

 

Just had to start a fire, had to start a fire,

Couldn't take yourself on a road a little higher

Had to burn it up, had to tear it down

Tried to say I'm crazy, babe we know I'm not crazy

 

That's you gaslighting

You're a lie-lie-lie-liar

Oh honey

That's you gaslighting

You made your bed and then your bed caught fire

 

Gaslighter, I'm your mirror

Standing right here until you can see how

You broke me, yeah I'm broken

You're still sorry and there's still no apology

 

Gaslighter, denier

Doing anything to get your ass farther

Gaslighter, big timer
Repeating all of the mistakes of your father

Gaslighter
You broke me, you’re sorry but where’s my apology

Gaslighter

You liar

 

Sleep All Night

written by Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire, Teddy Geiger, Justin Trantor

 

Not that you asked

But I’m getting past everything

Everything

I’m doing ok

Just glad it’s not yesterday

Huh

 

My husband’s girlfriend’s husband just called me up

How messed is that

It’s so insane that I have to laugh

But then I think about our two boys trying to become men

There’s nothing funny about that

 

How do you sleep at night

How do you tell those lies

Lookin’ me in the eye

Livin’ a double life

Tell me how do you sleep at night

How do you sleep at night

 

You’re only as sick as your secrets

So I’m telling everything

Half of the shit

You won’t believe

But I know it’s not unique to me

 

Remember you brought her to our show at the Hollywood Bowl

She said I love you I’m such a fan

I joked that you can love me as long as you don’t love my man

There’s nothing funny about that

 

How do you sleep at night

How do you tell those lies

Lookin’ me in the eye

Livin’ a double life

Tell me how do you sleep at night

How do you sleep at night

 

So caught up in your story

You don’t care what you’re ruining

So caught up in your story

But you don’t care

 

How do you sleep at night

How do you tell those lies

Lookin’ me in the eye

Livin’ a double life

Tell me how do you sleep at night

How do you sleep at night

 

Oh oh

How do you tell those lies

How do you tell those lies

Lookin’ me in the eye

Livin’ a double life

Tell me how do you sleep at night

How do you sleep at night

 

Texas Man

written by Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, Jack Antonoff, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter

 

I could use a Texas man

But one who can feel at home

Yeah here in the California sand

Who holds me like he'll never let go

It's been way too long

Since somebody's body was tangled with mine

Yeah tangled up with mine

 

Everybody wants top market

But I'm a little bit unraveled

Everybody wants the new model

But I'm a little bit more traveled

If you got the strength I do

Then sign me up

If I'm not too much for you

Then sign me up

Sign me up

I'm a little bit unraveled

But I'm ready

Uh huh huh uh huh huh

And I'm ready

Uh huh uh huh huh

 

Yeah I could use a Texas man

Who's not afraid to take his time

He's gotta have patient hands

Cause the way to my heart is through my mind

Been way too long since somebody's body kept me up all night

Yeah that good kinda keepin' me up all night

 

Everybody wants top market

But I'm a little bit unraveled

Everybody wants the new model

But I'm a little bit more traveled

If you got the strength I do

Then sign me up

If I'm not too much for you

Then sign me up

Sign me up

I'm a little bit unraveled

But I'm ready

Uh huh huh uh huh huh

And I'm ready

Uh huh uh huh huh

 

Feelin' my way in the dark

Steal a kiss in your car

Feelin' your way in the dark

Steal another one at the door

 

Everybody wants top market

I'm a little bit unraveled

Everybody wants the new model

But I'm a little bit more traveled

If you got the strength I do

Then sign me up

If I'm not too much for you

Then sign me up

Yeah Sign me up

Oh oh oh oh

 

Feelin' my way in the dark

Steal a kiss in your car

Feelin' your way in the dark

Steal another one at the door

Fallin' asleep in your arms

Under the West Coast stars

 

Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

And I'm ready...

 

Everybody Loves You

written by Charlotte Lawrence, Gene Penner, Michael Spargur

 

I am so tired I have to tame my mind

Before I get too frustrated
Can't go back in time

To change in someone's eyes
No I was not something to play with
Try not to talk about it

I'm too mad

I'm too late

I'm too gentle
It's too hard to explain I'm not helpful

No

 

It's my body and I'm trying to

Hate you 'cause I want to
It's my body and I'm trying to

While everybody loves you
It's my body and I'm trying to

Forgive you I don't want to
It's my body and it hates you

Why does everybody love you

 

Sometimes I close my eyes amidst the dancing lights
When it feels too wild for breathing
I can't sleep at night unless I start to lie

And believe it like a story

no no
Try not to think about it

So insane I'm so used to my nightmares
It's ok 'til it's not and I'm back there

No no

 

It's my body and I'm trying to

Hate you 'cause I want to
It's my body and I'm trying to

While everybody loves you
It's my body and I'm trying to

Forgive you I don't want to
It's my body and it hates you

Why does everybody love you


Why does everybody love you
They don't know enough about you

Why does everbody love you

They don't know the things that I do
Why does everybody love you
They don't know enough about you
Do they know that I regret you

Do they know I shouldn't have to

 

For Her

written by Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire, Ariel Rechtshaid, Sarah Aarons

 

I'm a lover

Cause I can't help myself

A natural mother

Since the day that I fell

Not a martyr

I'm just someone who cares

 

So dig a little bit deeper

And be a little bit kinder

And a lot less guarded

Cause it takes it takes

It takes a lot of hard work

To get a whole lot stronger

Cause it's real tough girl

 

Why can't we be together

Why can't we love her for her

 

Wish I could go back

And tell my younger self

You're a fighter

You just don't know it yet

 

So dig a little bit deeper

And be a whole lot louder

And a lot less guarded

Cause it takes it takes

It takes a lot of hard work

To get a whole lot stronger

Cause it's real tough girl

 

Why can't we be together

Why can't we love for her

 

Stand up show love for her for her

Stand up show up for her for her

Stand up show love for her for her

Stand up show up for her for her

 

Why can't we be together

Why can't we love for her

 

So dig a little bit deeper

And be a little bit kinder

Cause it takes it takes

It takes a lot of hard work

To get a whole lot stronger

Cause it's real tough girl

 

Stand up show love

Stand up show up

Stand up show love

For her for her

 

Stand up show love

For her for her

Stand up show up

For her for her

 

Oh stand up

Oh stand

For her

 

March March

written by Dan Wilson, Emily Strayer, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jack Antonoff, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Ross Golan

 

March, march to my own drum

March, march to my own drum

Hey, hey I'm an army of one

Oh, I'm an army of one

March, march to my own drum

March, march to my own drum

Hey, hey I'm an army of one

Oh, I'm an army of one

 

Brenda's packing heat 'cause she don't like Mondays

Underpaid teacher policing the hallways

Print yourself a weapon and take it to the gun range

(Ah, cut the shit)

(You ain't goin' to the gun range)

 

Standing with Emma and our sons and daughters

Watching' our youth have to solve our problems

I'll follow them so who's comin' with me

(Half of you love me)

(Half already hate me)

 

March, march to my own drum

March, march to my own drum

Hey, hey I'm an army of one

Oh, I'm an army of one

March, march to my own drum

March, march to my own drum

Hey, hey I'm an army of one

Oh, I'm an army of one

 

Tell the ol' boy in the white bread lobby

What they can and can't do with their bodies

Temperatures are rising, cities are sinkin'

(Ah, cut the shit)

(You know your city is sinkin')

Lies are truth and truth is fiction

Everybody's talkin'

Who's gonna listen?

What the hell happened in Helsinki?

 

March, march to my own drum

March, march to my own drum

Hey, hey I'm an army of one

Oh, I'm an army of one

March, march to my own drum

March, march to my own drum

Hey, hey I'm an army of one

Oh, I'm an army of one

 

My Best Friend's Weddings

written by Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire, Jack Antonoff, Justin Tranter

 

Met you at my best friend's wedding

There was somethin' about you

You set off fireworks that evening

With a flicker of untruth

Jump twenty years jump twenty years twenty years yeah

Lookiin' back in retrospect

I was never safe I was never safe still not safe yeah

You'd torch me any chance you'd get

 

I see a wildfire comin'

Burnin' the world that I've known

Watch me

Watch me outrun it

Take what I need and go

 

Strangest thing not having you here with me

Then I realized

That I prefer my own company

To yours anytime

In twenty years in twenty years twenty years yeah

I'll still be younger than you

And I'm better off I'm better off better off yeah

Without your gloom and your doom

 

Cause I can see a wildfire coming

Burnin' the world that I know

Watch me watch me outrun it

Take what I need and go

Go it alone

Go it alone

Go it alone

Go it alone

 

I'm back here at my best friend's wedding

Yeah she married again

I've never seen her look more happy

Guess from ashes we can really grow

 

And my wildfire's comin'

Burnin' the path that I've known

Watch me yeah watch me run with it

Take it wherever it goes

And I'll go it alone

Go it alone

Go it alone

Go it alone

Oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh

Go it alone

Go it alone...

 

Tights On My Boat

written by by Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, Jack Antonoff, Julia Michaels

 

Okay

I hope you die peacefully in your sleep

Just kidding I hope it hurts like you hurt me

I hope that when you think of me you can't breathe

I hope you never find a sock to match the other one

Hey will your dad pay your taxes now that I am done

I can promise you're not foolin' anyone

 

And you can tell the girl who left her tights on my boat

That she can have you now

Yeah tell the girl who left her tights on my boat

That she can have you now

 

You're gonna get what you got comin' to ya

You're gonna get what you got comin' to ya

You're gonna get what you got comin' to ya

You are you are

You're gonna get what you got comin' to ya

Can't be the first one to ever tell ya

You're gonna get what you got comin' to ya

You are you are

If it's the last thing I see

Yeah

If it's the last thing I see

 

Remember when you wouldn't come away with me

Sent your mom instead yeah that was a real thing

I should have known you were in trouble

Just save myself from all the trouble

You came to visit on tour and you made me cry

Wouldn't speak to me for weeks and now I know why

Yeah

 

And you can tell the girl who left her tights on my boat

That she can have you now

Yeah you can call her right now and tyell her

That she can have you

Right now

 

You're gonna get what you got comin' to you

I bet I won't be the last one to tell ya

You're gonna get what you got comin' to you

You are you are

You're gonna get what you got comin' to you

Just cause I'm singin' don't let it fool ya

You're gonna get what you got comin' to ya

You are you are

 

If it's the last thing I see

If it's the last thing I see

The last thing I see

Ah you're gonna get what you got comin'

Get what you get what you got comin'...

 

Julianna Calm Down

written by Jack Antonoff, Julia Micheals, Natalie Maines

 

Julianna calm down

You know he's about to leave but don't panic

Don't give him the satisfaction that you can't handle it

Breathe

It'll be okay

 

And Harper hold on

To the piece you know he's gonna try to take when he's gone

And you know exactly where he'll try to take it from

Breathe

It'll be okay

 

Just put on put on put on your best shoes

And strut the fuck around like you've got nothing to lose

Show off show off show off your best moves

And do it with a smile so he doesn't know it's

Put on put on put on

Put on put on

 

Don't' think about his lips

How every time he'd kiss you'd tremble

Try to only think about the bad things you remember

Breathe

It'll be okay

 

I guess this is the time to remind you

Sometimes what's going through your head

Is just a temporary situation

And light will soon be shed oh

 

Just put on put on put on your best shoes

And strut the fuck around like you've got nothing to lose

Show off show off show off your best moves

And do it with a smile so no one knows it's

Put on put on put on

Put on put on

Put on put on put on

Put on put on

 

And Katie calm down

You know there'll come a time you think you can't handle it

But dig down and know that you can handle it

Breathe

It'll be okay

 

And Eva hold on

To everything you know to be true

Don't let the wolves get the best of you

Breathe

You're gonna make it through

So just

 

Put on put on put on your best shoes

And strut the fuck around like you've got nothing to lose

Show off show off show off your best moves

And do it with a smile so that no one knows it's

Put on put on put on

Put on put on put on

Yeah

Put on put on put on

Oh put on put on

 

I guess this is the time to remind you

Sometimes what's going through your head

Is just a temporary situation

And light will soon be shed

Oh just

Put on put on put on

Hey

Put on put on put on

Yeah

Put on put on put on

Yeah

Put on Put on

 

And Violet calm down

And Juno calm down

And Yaya calm down

And Berta calm down

Hesper calm down

And Amelia calm down

Naomi calm down

Juliana calm down

Julianna calm down

Juliana calm down

 

Young Man

written by Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire, Jack Antonoff. Annie Clark, Justin Tranter

 

I had no words for you that Saturday

As we both watched our entire worlds change

Your hero fell just as you came of age

And I had no words but now I know what to say

 

You're of me not mine

Walk your own crooked line

I promise you'll be fine

Take the best parts of him

As your own life begins

Leave the bad news behind you

 

Young man

Take a good look at my life and

Try to understand I've done my best

The best that I know how to

And my blues aren't your blues

It's up to you

 

After this storm there's nothing you can't navigate

Point to the truth you'll see it's the only way

 

You're of me not mine

Perfect in my eyes

You're gonna be alright

Take the best parts of him

As your own life begins

Leave the bad news behind you

 

Young man

Take a good look at my life and

Try to understand I've done my best

The best that I know how to

And my blues aren't your blues

It's up to you

It's up to you

 

Young man

Take a good look at my life and

Try to understand I've done my best

The best that I know how to

And my blues aren't your blues

You'll walk in your own shoes

It's up to you

 

Hope It's Something Good

written by Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire, Jack Antonoff

 

There I go trying to keep myself distracted

So I make the bed call a friend do the dishes

Shouldn't I have known should I have seen a sign

When did you know why'd you pretend to try

 

If you're gone

I hope it's really worth it

Twenty years of hanging on

Now it all adds up to nothin'

Gave up on the moon and back

Thought you'd found a better half

I hope it's something good

 

High and lows we fought our wars with silence

I'd have called you out but baby I knew you'd deny it

After so long I learned to hold my tongue

And now that you're done I get to write this song

 

And if you're gone

I hope it's really worth it

Twenty years of hanging on

Now it all adds up to nothin'

Gave up on the moon and back

Thought you'd found a better half

I hope it's something good

 

If you're gone

I hope it's really worth it

Twenty years of hanging on

Now it all adds up to nothin'

When you gave up on the moon and back

Thought you'd found a better half

I hope it's something good

 

Set Me Free

written by Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire, Jack Antonoff, Ben Abraham

 

I've done what I know

To help me move on

I've been sick from the hurt

I've cried alone

 

Why oh why do you keep me tethered

You've taken enough from me

Untange me from your lifeline

Why not just set me free

Don't you feel you're wastin' time

You have the power to make it right

 

Decency

Would be for you to sign and release me

If you ever loved me

Then will you do this one last thing

Set me free

Set me free

Oh set me free

 

To have and to hold

Oh the weight of this hate was exhausting

You risked my body broke my spirit

And still I've let you go

 

Just because you've been a bad guy

I've seen it with my own eyes

There's a good guy in there

 

Decency

Would be for you to sign and release me

If you ever loved me

Then will you do this one last thing

Set me free

Set me free

Oh set me free

Set me free

Let me free

Oh set me free

 

 

 

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