Don't Say You Don't Know What You Want

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lyrics

I've been here before
or I never left
just me and my skin
me and my best guess
how strange to stand
and disconnect
the things the mirror
and mind reflect

don't say you don't
know what you want

I want to leave the memory inside the muscle
and keep that last authority
I've got the answers that i need
I'm gonna get it together
then I'm gonna get out and seriously

maybe another name
the greatest of temptations
I could just let it take the lead
you want to wait for the right words
you want to make it look easy
oh, keep that cowards tongue behind your teeth

as good as blood
as many years
what do my sisters
and brothers fear
to look too long
to leave to soon
to be revealed
a bald buffoon

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from Don't Say You Don't Know What You Want, released February 26, 2009
Galen Hartley - vocals, acoustic guitar
Jamie Cummins - accordion, vocals
Marc Jenkins - pedal steel, vocals
Kelby MacNayr - drums, vocals
Glen Manders - bass

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