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It's a Game.

by Lo Jones

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1.
Laurenland 03:56
I’m safe in my dreams You cannot, you cannot get to me This is where I’m happy In a world you’ll never see And I-- am bored by conversation ‘Bout the same old things every day Oh I never get tired of the way that my imagination Seems to comfort me by faithfully never growing old Chasing my tail around the globe And I’m the only one who knows it’s a game that I play I’m not here to stay Soon you’ll watch me fly away To lands where children like me escape Will I see the day that my dreams become real? And as the good years slip away Nothing is the same But my imagination stayed Chasing my tail around the globe And I’m the only one who knows it’s a game that I play I’m not here to stay Soon you’ll watch me fly away To lands where children like me escape
2.
You got me sippin' on wine bought from the bottom of the se You got me rollin' out lines I never thought would make it out of me You got me so in love with the reckless way that you breathe You got me hypnotized by the evil in your eyes, baby you got me There's nothin' like rulin' the world or even a beautiful girl Who'll do anything you ask for Call me lover, call me fighter. Tell me your hearts desire Make me a criminal Tell me nothing's up your sleeve I'm not one of your enemies You may have made me bad, but I'm standing By your side while no one else can take your crime Well I don't mind cause, you'll never believe I've got blood up my sleeve And I want you, and I need you Wherever you are, whenever, you know I'll be there too To please you, but I've deceived you Every night I gotcha thinkin' I'm good for you But I'm bad too
3.
I was set on loving someone But followed my heart’s deception Married myself to the edge of the world And left it without question When I was a girl, I would dress up in pearls I would sing and dance and twirl Before I grew up, I thought that ‘ould be enough But I was just a little girl Told my father and mother that I Was just feeling a little tired Walked up the stairs with it hidden inside I was feeling a little tired You don’t know what you’ve got Til you’re missing a lot, like a hole inside your chest Colored red that’s so stunning, then you’ll be wondering Why there’s a hole inside your chest You don’t know what you’re feeling ‘til something goes wrong You don’t know what you’re leaving ‘til you’re completely on your own You don’t understand the price you’ll pay for what you have done Empty holes in hearts and chances missed all because - Here I lie with my arms at my sides As tight as the lids of my eyes My view has grown dark, but my ears are much sharper To hear my mother cry
4.
You may have helped me grow A life I'd never know without you- Made me forget all this stupid bliss Is not as infectious as it seems There are plenty of remedies I was so in love I thought you'd be the one Next to me at my grave I thought Forever we'd be slaves We were bound so tight, it felt so right. I thought.. I would know you any way I would know you any day But I don't know you now I don't know you I'd barely have to think of what to say Being around you came naturally Well look at us now We can barely say hello- My memories, was it worth it when you left me? Did you end up reaching that 'better time' Ya 'find yourself?' Did you ever pine for me? Or did you forget me completely? Well I would've known you any day I would've known you any way But I don't know you now I don't know you Ohh, I was your fall. You owe it all to me Ohh, I was your fall. You owe it all to me
5.
I can smile, I can smile I can laugh, oh I can laugh until I cry And I can press my hips into strange men And they'll love me for the night But it'll never feel right "It was good seeing you" were the bravest words I could find I didn't know I was missing you 'til I tried to catch your eye And I can tell myself that I'm fine, but I'm not fine. I'm not fine I can be happy without you, but it'll never feel right Mmmm mmm
6.
Formaldehyde 05:08
Brother is this what you thought you’d find? Is this what you meant by the key to life? Look at you now, you’ve got your own throne Your door’s made of iron, your bed’s made of stone You kept your treasure hidden in your own home A box full of needles, but nothing to sow You once qualified for America’s best And you fucked it up and now you know the rest The weight on your shoulders is all you passed up All that your pride told you wasn’t enough How do you manage, what keeps you going? Do you think it will last long? What with you knowing.. That the formaldehyde in your veins Is what keeps you living to waste another day Since you lost track of where you’re going Despite all the hearts that kept on showing you where you should be. Well honestly I still haven’t judged you by your cover Though it may seem a little rougher Than all the rest I understand what you meant And by the way, I hope you know you’re not a slave To the sweet, sweet syrup you thought you craved I’m still holding out for you There’s not a doubt That you’ll find your path again Whenever you’re ready to start, remember There’s formaldehyde in my own heart Keeping you there When you come to When you wake up from the trance That you fell in when momma wasn’t looking And oh, oh remember the boy that you were? He ruled you first You owe nothing at all To that mistake that helped you forget your fall The smoke that rose from your actions has cleared You still belong here No matter how long the fire The love for a brother never expires So I’ll take you to the river and wash your burns
7.
The floor is far from empty, no one waiting to dance The lights start dimming gently, everyone grabs their man The hair the shoes, the band all perfet for a night like this He knows her better than any and still he calls her 'Miss' He says 'Dance with me. Dance with me Oh please, if you would. You make even me look good Dance with me. Dance with me' When I smile. When you smile.. The blush, the trips, the stumbles all worth it to dance with him They dance while others mumble, they like his silly grin And thought they missed the turn they'd practiced times before They laugh it off together. What are best friends for? Dance with me, Dance with me. Oh please, if you would. You make even me look good And oh, when I spin away too far, You know we'll still be dancing in my heart You keep my feet on the ground when my rhythm falls apart You never failed me before, you kept the beat from the start So dance with me. Dance with me Oh please, if you would. You make even me look good Dance with me. Dance with me when I smile. When you smile.
8.
It's a Game 05:59
All alone, I feel betrayed Even though nothing’s changed Deep inside I always knew I was just a kiss to you I can’t promise you won’t hear from me I loved you and I meant it So sorry it wasn’t the same To me it wasn’t a game And I shouldn’t, but I’d take you back in a heartbeat So please, please don’t ask me After all that we’ve been through From drunken fights to kisses beneath the moon Don’t I owe myself to find another love? But could I lie? I can’t promise you won’t hear from me I loved you and I meant it So sorry it wasn’t the same To me it wasn’t a game And I shouldn’t, but I’d take you back in a heartbeat So please, please don’t ask me Please Oh, you were always the one who understood And I was the fool who believed you But I’ll soon forget, just like you Oh you make it seem easy I’ll be good as you, a heart still works in pieces Thanks for the lies and pretending to care, like you needed me For playing so dumb, cause you freed me From your little games that wrapped me in chains I admit, I thought if I was caught, I was stuck in a good place Turns out love just isn’t that easy Is it?
9.
Oh Please 03:43
Well here I am, right where you left me I'm still broken, got my bucket of tears From all the years I wasted on you Crippled and torn, but I'm no longer yours And since I left your sorry ass I've never felt so strong and free Caught in the magic of love songs and coffee runs And promises of unconditional love, ohhh I won't ask for more, only that you enjoy that whore You little sleaze. Oh darlin' please Oh darlin' please I'll tell you what's coming for you, what's coming for you, It's coming, something bad My goodbye gift to you I'll give it to you And I'll give it to you again Hot as the fire in my eyes Just take another look and you'll find your prize I'll exact my revenge with ease Oh darlin' please You think you got my heart on a string What you need is a ring. Come on, a ring of fire Prove it or lose it What happened to those cocky words? The only words that I ever heard And now you say you want me once more But I bet that you'd be lost of those cocky words If I asked you, what for? Oh darlin' please I'll tell you what's coming for you, what's coming for you, It's coming, something bad My goodbye gift to you I'll give it to you And I'll give it to you again Hot as the fire in my eyes Just take another look and you'll find your prize I'll exact my revenge with ease Oh darlin' please Oh darlin' please Oh darlin' please

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released November 4, 2016

Piano, vocals, string arrangements - Lauren Jones
Producing & engineering - Sam Starobin
Mastering - Jeremy Kinney
Guitar -Mike Turnwall, John Benoit
Bass - Sam Starobin (electric), Arden Yonkers (upright)
Drums - Brian Kenney, Dan Keegan
Violin - Savion Washington, Heather Münch
Viola - Brian Vegh
Cello - Julie Sonne

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