This Damn Song - Pecos & The Rooftops

Them damn, cold vampires Been keeping me awake Tryna build an empire Of things that they can take Don't let 'em steal your hope, child Turn it something green Damn you and damn all Your ties to this machine Ties to this machine You moved to the city, girl To make something of yourself But them vampires are groping you Every night on East and 12th So every night you carry A knife and some spray To keep them bloodsuckers at least A four-inch blade away A four-inch blade away Them damn, cold vampires Been keeping me awake Tryna build an empire Of the things that they can take But don't let 'em steal your hope, child Turn it something green So damn you and damn all Your ties to this machine Ties to this machine So you want to be an artist Make something that makes sense But them vampires will take every ounce Of the blood that you can give Never let 'em speak Don't let 'em tell a lie Let them know that you're walking alone To a warm home tonight Them damn, cold vampires Been keeping me awake Tryna build an empire Of things that they can take But don't let 'em steal your hope, child Turn it something green Damn you and damn all Your ties to this machine Ties to this machine But there's hope for the mortal To stay clear and stay true Look out for the vampires That are on the hunt for you 'Cause they're on the hunt for you Them damn, cold vampires Been keeping me awake Tryna build an empire Of things that they can take But don't let 'em steal your hope, child Turn it something green Damn you and damn all Your ties to this machine Ties to this machine Your ties to this machine

I packed it all on a whim Threw an old Hank cassette tape in Dad's '84 rusty Ford He swore we'd never make it I quit my job, let my momma down Broke an angel's heart on the way out of town Pulled my roots from the ground for The hum of wheels on the blacktop The strum of strings on a flat top It's a neon fever for a small town dreamer Tells you everything you have is worth losin' Damn country music You might get lost in the lights The things that keep you up all night Whiskey straight 3 a.m. Chasin' songs in your head It's the sweetest highs, the lowest lows Needin' yes and hearin' no Just another so-so Believe me I know It's the hum of wheels on the blacktop The strum of strings on a flat top It'll take you, break you Damn sure make you Do things you never thought you'd be doing Damn country music When the money, the fame The lights on your name All fade away Well, you'll still be a slave to The hum of wheels on the blacktop The strum of strings on a flat top It's a neon fever for a small town dreamer Tells you everything you have is worth losing Damn country music Damn country music

If I wanted to know who you were hanging with While I was gone I would have asked you It's the kind of cold, fogs up windshield glass But I felt it when I passed you There's an ache in you put there by the ache in me But if it's all the same to you It's the same to me So we could call it even You could call me babe for the weekend 'Tis the damn season, write this down I'm stayin' at my parents' house And the road not taken looks real good now And it always leads to you in my hometown I parkеd my car right between the Methodist And thе school that used to be ours The holidays linger like bad perfume You can run, but only so far I escaped it too, remember how you watched me leave But if it's okay with you, it's okay with me We could call it even You could call me babe for the weekend 'Tis the damn season, write this down I'm stayin' at my parents' house And the road not taken looks real good now Time flies, messy as the mud on your truck tires Now I'm missing your smile, hear me out We could just ride around And the road not taken looks real good now And it always leads to you in my hometown Sleep in half the day just for old times' sake I won't ask you to wait if you don't ask me to stay So I'll go back to L.A. and the so-called friends Who'll write books about me, if I ever make it And wonder about the only soul who can tell which smiles I'm fakin' And the heart I know I'm breakin' is my own To leave the warmest bed I've ever known We could call it even Even though I'm leavin' And I'll be yours for the weekend 'Tis the damn season We could call it even You could call me babe for the weekend 'Tis the damn season, write this down I'm stayin' at my parents' house And the road not taken looks real good now Time flies, messy as the mud on your truck tires Now I'm missing your smile, hear me out We could just ride around And the road not taken looks real good now And it always leads to you in my hometown It always leads to you in my hometown

There's a dress in the closet That I just can't throw away I know it might sound crazy But I haven't changed your pillowcase A heart half full, or half empty Is half gone either way, with you gone What went wrong? Maybe the hardest part Is we didn't break this heart Nobody cheated or lied I still have to live with goodbye But how can I just move on? I've loved you for way too long I don't want to admit that you're gone I don't wanna write this song Don't wanna write this song Another glass of whiskey By your picture in a frame I'm playin' all the black keys And cryin' out your name I'm holdin' on, or lettin' go It's gonna kill me either way With you gone Oh Maybe the hardest part Is we didn't break this heart Nobody cheated or lied I still have to live with goodbye But how can I just move on? I've loved you for way too long I don't want to admit that you're gone I don't wanna write this song Don't wanna write this song Bobby pins on the dresser Wilted flowers in a vase I left a rose on your headstone I never quite know what to say Maybe the hardest part Is we didn't break this heart Nobody cheated or lied I still have to live with goodbye So how can I just move on? I've loved you for way too long I don't want to admit that you're gone I don't wanna write this song No, don't wanna write this song I don't wanna write this song Mmm, don't wanna write this song, whoa

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset She's going off about something that you said 'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do I'm in my room, it's a typical Tuesday night I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like And she'll never know your story like I do 'Cause she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me, you belong with me Walk in the streets with you in your worn-out jeans I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be Laughing on a park bench thinking to myself "Hey, isn't this easy?" And you've got a smile that can light up this whole town I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down You say, "You're fine", I know you better than that Hey, what you doing with a girl like that? She wears high heels, I wear sneakers She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time, how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, you belong with me Oh, I remember you driving to my house In the middle of the night I'm the one who makes you laugh When you know you're 'bout to cry I know your favorite songs And you tell me 'bout your dreams Think I know where you belong Think I know it's with me Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you? Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time, how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, you belong with me You belong with me Have you ever thought just maybe, you belong with me? You belong with me