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Sitting at a Red Light
04:49
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Sitting at a Red Light
Kent Agee
There’s a laughing girl behind the wheel in my peripheral vision
The radio is dancing through her hair
There’s a black man on the corner yelling like he’s on a mission
With his head back and his arms up in the air
The lights crawl through their cycles, everybody talks to no-one
And the anger’s barely sleeping in their hands
All this movement sitting still would surely stop if looks could kill
The light is green, I think she’s seen me, here’s my chance
Hey you, in the rusted out Nova
with “just do it” stuck on the glass
Hey I think that maybe I know ya
but its hard to tell, cause everything’s changing so fast
There’s a rattle in the trunk and there’s a trash-truck up ahead
And I’m not really sure how I got here at all
I can remember getting in, I turned the key and took a left
It’s automatic now, I just hold on and fall
Her car’s another kind of blue, it prob’ly isn’t safe to drive
But everybody knows there are no accidents
It’s way to warm for late October, I think she’s pulling over
Maybe this is where the trip starts making sense
(chorus)
there’s a face in every back seat there’s a wasp on every dashboard
Let me out, let me in, let me out let me in
There’s no street just intersections, the illusion of connections
There you are, here I am, where’ve you been...
(chorus)
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Tear Gas (You’re Like Mine)
Kent Agee
You’re like tear gas, every time you fall somebody cries
You’re like night-court, full of wicked thoughts and alibis
You’re like gold dust, you glitter for a while and then blow away
You’re like a pop song, I can’t believe a pretty thing you say
But you’re like something else
That I let fool me every time
When you’re sleeping next to me at night….
You’re like mine, if I close my eyes
You’re like mine, if I change your mind
You’re like mine, if I live with lies
You’re like mine, if I turn back time
You’re like an Earthquake, when you’re shakin’ there’s nowhere to hide
You’re like a mobile home, I never know what’s going on inside
We both see what’s coming
You’ll be leaving me behind
But for now when I turn out the light….
You’re like mine, if I close my eyes
You’re like mine, if I change your mind
You’re like mine, if I live with lies
You’re like mine, if I turn back time
Someone’s getting hurt, and someone’s gonna be just fine
Who is who, well I think we both know
So I just tell myself that love’s imperfect by design
And make believe we’ve got it ’til it goes
You’re like moonlight, the darker that it gets the more you shine
You’re like everything, and I keep pretending
You’re like mine, if I close my eyes
You’re like mine, if I change your mind
You’re like mine, if I live with lies
You’re like mine, if I turn back time
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The Meteorite
03:28
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The Meteorite
Kent Agee
She can’t complain, her life’s too beautiful for that
Her home’s too big, her closet’s full, her bank account is way too fat
Her husband’s cute, and all he touches turns to gold
Except his heart, except her hand, except a world grown too cold
She wonders how she got so far away
Wasn’t there a time just yesterday she was at the Black Crows concert singing
Didn’t give a damn then who could hear happy just to be alive and now
Staring at the empty too-blue sky, feeling like her face might crack and thinking
Maybe this will be her lucky night and God will send a meteorite
The light is green, has she been sitting here too long
It might have changed, she isn’t sure, is someone shoutin, what’s gone wrong
Her hands won’t drive, she thinks of biting through the wheel
Or through her arm, or through this smile, how would it taste how would it feel
All she wants to do is drive away
Wasn’t there a time just yesterday she was at the Coldplay concert singing
Didn’t give a damn then who could hear happy just to be alive and now
Staring at the empty too-blue sky, feeling like her face might crack and thinking
Maybe this will be her lucky night and God will send a meteorite
Just one innocent disaster, one brilliant ball of flame
Out of her control, no-one has to know
Just erase and start again
Wasn’t there a time just yesterday she was at the White Stripes concert singing
Didn’t give a damn then who could hear happy just to be alive and now
Staring at the empty too-blue sky, feeling like her face might crack and thinking
Maybe this will be her lucky night and God will send a meteorite
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Too Late To Leave Her Alone
Kent Agee/Ben Glover
She wears the Sun in her hair when it’s raining
She wears the rain like some women wear pearls
When she smiles my hands shake, when she laughs hearts will break
But she cries like the end of the world
She says I’m a fool to believe her
When she whispers she loves me at night
But when she’s in my bed, there’s a voice in my head
That says “people don’t change ...but she might”
She’s got a wild streak that shines in the moonlight
Got some high cards I know she ain’t shown
And if there’s scars I can’t see...well that’s alright with me
It’s too late to leave her alone
it’s too late to leave her alone
I know she don’t want to be needed
She just needs to be wanted so bad
She swears I’ll get hurt, truth is I’m using her
Cause she gives me what I’ve never had
She gives me that light in the distance
She gives me a place to be strong
And if I give her just two hands she can trust
Tell me how that can be wrong
She’s got a wild streak that shines in the moonlight
Got some high cards I know she ain’t shown
And if there’s scars I can’t see...well that’s alright with me
It’s too late to leave her alone
it’s too late to leave her alone
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Disintegrate
03:59
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Disintegrate
Kent Agee
Fall apart if you want to and I’ll pick you up piece by piece
I’ll get down on my hands and knees and put you back together
Go on and leave if you’re going to but I’ll tear the dark out of the sky
I’ll use the Moon’s unblinking eye to reach you...so you better…
Disappear without a trace, into the air, disintegrate
Change the past and then erase my mind too
Run out tonight, it’s not enough, do anything you’re thinking of
But if you leave a breath of love behind you
I can close my eyes and find you
Tell me that you don’t need me and I’ll shine the truth into your soul
I’ll hold you and I won’t let go until the night surrenders
Rip my heart out completely or I’ll whisper through these bleeding lips
I’ll make you want just one more kiss forever…so you better...
Disappear without a trace, into the air, disintegrate
Change the past and then erase my mind too
Run out tonight, it’s not enough, do anything you’re thinking of
But if you leave a breath of love behind you
I can close my eyes and find you
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I've Been There
04:33
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I’ve Been There
Kent Agee
She’s riding down lover’s lane the wrong way
Singing Sgt. Pepper’s while Sinatra plays
Looking in her rearview, messing with her hair
She’s holding hands with a man she doesn’t know
She tries to tell herself it’s love but it’s not so
If you’re cold enough it doesn’t matter what you wear
But oh the lights look pretty as you’re flying by
From so very high
I’ve been there, broken blue, anything to hang on to
Who needs right, real will do when you’re floating in thin air
I’ve been there, so far gone, giving up is holding on
Hoping Chance will have some change to spare
I’ve been there
Another morning sneaking through the curtain crack
Another mirror asking who is looking back
Wondering if you’re waking from another sad affair
Trying to read the future in a coffee cup
Checking if your ringtone’s loud enough
Wishing they would call or that you didn’t care
The world ends at 10:30 but another face
Will take it’s place
I’ve been there, broken blue, anything to hang on to
Who needs right, real will do when you’re floating in thin air
I’ve been there, so far gone, giving up is holding on
Hoping Chance will have some change to spare
I’ve been there
You laugh in ultra-violet though you’ve seen it all before
Dancing madly backwards toward an accidental door
The World seems well rehearsed but no-one gave a script to you
And hurting is so easy when there’s nothing else to do
I’ve been there, too far down, looking up to see the ground
in my head the siren sound of dreams too big to dare
I’ve been there, broken blue held together just like you
Looking for an answer anywhere
Hoping Chance will have some change to spare
I’ve been there
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Kent Agee Nashville, Tennessee
First known in Nashville as the creator and lead-singer of Warner rock act, Jane His Wife, Kent Agee has become recognized as one of the most versatile writers in the music industry. With cuts by acts as diverse as Barbra Streisand, Jon Pardi, Vanessa Williams, Tom Keifer, Rodney Atkins, Evan & Jaron and Del McCoury to name a few. ... more
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