 Genius Lyrics
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Midland – Drinkin' Problem
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“Drinkin Problem” is the debut single for Midland, and the first track of their Midland EP. The track depicts the singer’s attempt to cure his heartache with alcohol.
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Fair to Midland – Vice/Versa
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[Verse 1] / Mountains of molehills / A grapevine in my ear / Spots on the tiger / While the townspeople gather to hear / While the nest in my hands starve for air / Sticklers for
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Midland – Up In Texas
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[Verse 1] / Blue eyes cried in the rain tears for it / Shiner Bock poured a beer for it / The Lone Star shinin' in the sky / Santa Anna tried for it / Davy Crockett died for it
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Midland – Cheatin' Songs
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“Cheatin' Songs” is a country love ballad describing the thought process of a man who suspects his wife is cheating on him. The narrator parallels this with the popularity of
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Midland – Burn Out
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[Chorus] / Watchin' cigarettes burn out / 'Til all the neon gets turned out / I was so on fire for you it hurts how / Fast a cigarette can burn out / [Verse 1] / Just watchin
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Midland – Mr. Lonely
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[Verse 1] / We got debutantes and socialites / And mamas from the PTA / We got bachelorettes dressed up in white / And little black dress divorcees / [Pre-Chorus] / Long live the
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Midland – Playboys
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[Verse 1] / She said, "I guess there ain't no right way / For you to say goodbye again / You been looking at the highway / Where your heart has always been / I could cuss you from
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Fair to Midland – Musical Chairs
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[Intro] / Aye, aye, aye, a-yeah / [Verse 1] / You should be counting your blessings / From the sky, your eagle eyes found the great blind faith / I could be kickin' the bucket
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Midland – Fourteen Gears
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[Verse 1] / Darlin', I still hear your name / Through the windshield wipers and the drivin' rain / I'll be 'cross the rocky mountains in the mornin' / And it's one too many lonely
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John Baumann – Midland
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[Verse 1] / You come from West Texas in a Mercedes-Benz / With your Louis Vuitton, and your debutante friends / Your step-mom came with you to watch you unpack / She'll go home in
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Midland – The Last Resort
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[Verse 1] / The ACs broke, but I got the ocean breeze / I got nothin', but nothin's all I need / 'Cause it's free / Sail away, kind of c'est la vie / [Chorus] / I've hit every bar
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Midland – Tougher Than the Rest
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[Verse 1] / Well it's Saturday night, you're all dressed up in blue / I been watchin' you awhile, maybe you been watchin' me too / So somebody ran out, left somebody's heart in a
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Midland – I Love You, Goodbye
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[Verse 1] / We could stay up all night trying to right all the wrongs / But let's live this moment together, fade out like a song / Hearts come uncrossed / I guess somewhere, we
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Midland – Put the Hurt on Me
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[Verse 1] / Girl, you already got me / Go on and throw out the key / You'd lock me up with your body / That's the only way I'll ever be free / [Chorus] / Kill me softly, baby, with
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Fair to Midland – Walls of Jericho
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[Verse 1] / Splendidly weaved from an atom bomb / Retrieved from a teleprompt / Practical, you are not / Break the ice with a cotton swab / A fever that cools us all / Handshake's
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The Mountain Goats – Midland
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Come and stay with me as long as you like / I live outside of town where the straight highway curves / Three years I lived next door to the airport / So nothing you can say to me
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Midland – Fool's Luck
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Spend enough time around / This nowhere small town / Sooner or later you're gonna see what kind of / Trouble can be found / And I was just sixteen / Feelin' ornery and mean / The
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Arthur Beatrice – Midland
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[Verse 1] / All I want is to be / Warm and home / And well known / All I need is to be / Oh give it me all / I am entitled it now / And I've worked hard / Deserve it full well
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Fair to Midland – Rikki Tikki Tavi
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Listen to me / Hey rikki tikki, rikki tikki, rikki tikki tavi / I am not a machine so don't treat me like buttons / Rikki tikki, rikki tikki, rikki tikki tavi / We're not identical
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Midland – And Then Some
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[Verse 1] / Finally shaved my face again and I / Finally opened up the window shades / And I was able to get up without / Whiskey in my coffee cup today / [Pre-Chorus] / They all
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Midland – Out of Sight
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[Verse 1] / Clothes ain't in the closet, shoes ain't under the bed / I should've believed her when she said what she said / "You'll never change I know you never will" / I just sat
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Midland – Out of Sight
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[Verse 1] / Clothes ain't in the closet, shoes ain't under the bed / I should've believed her when she said what she said / "You'll never change I know you never will" / I just sat
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Midland – Two To Two Step
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[Verse 1] / You been tappin' your fingers, while you stare at your phone / I bet you didn't slide those tight jeans on for nothin' / Oh, and I didn't come here to drink alone / You
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Midland – Lonely for You Only
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Lonely For You Only is the first track off of Midland’s debut album, On The Rocks. It was released on September 22, 2017.
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Fair to Midland – Coppertank Island
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[Verse 1] / Ladies and gentlemen / We are in a little bit of a predicament / He said take your time / But didn't back his words / Heroes and holy ghosts / Which one of you steps on
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Midland – Sunrise Tells The Story
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[Verse 1] / There's a half cigarette swimmin' in red wine / The records still spinnin' the scene of the crime / It's lookin' like a tornado might've come crashin' through the door
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Midland – Life Ain’t Fair
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[Verse 1] / Down on the midway / The sideshow barkers say / "Step right up, y'all, I got a game you can't lose" / There's a sucker born every minute / Long as the wheel keep on
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Midland – Take Her Off Your Hands
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[Verse 1] / There's a Saturday night, sad in her eyes / I'm watchin' her watchin' him watchin' ice / Just meltin' his drink, and I can't help but think / If she was with me, she'd
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Midland – Gettin’ the Feel
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[Verse 1] / At night when I look at the sky / Where the stars used to be / Before they walked out on me / Left me here in the dark / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Girl, I used to live the high
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The Panhandlers – Midland Jamboree
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Well, fix your hair up big as Heaven / I'll go down to the 7-11 / Pick up screwtop wine and a case of beer / 'Cause it's that time to laugh or cuss / Celebrate the boom or bust
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Fair to Midland – Uh-Oh
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[Verse 1] / I went right back home / You would have done the same / (You'd) Never wash your hands / If you knew they'd dig up dirt again / It took a drought / To wash her out / [
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Midland – Wicked Game
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The world was on fire and no one could save me but you / It′s strange what desire will make foolish people do / I'd never dreamed that I′d meet somebody like you / And I'd never
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Midland – This Old Heart
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[Verse] / I've been drowning / Down and out and / Givin' myself a good draggin' around and / Living my life like an old country song, for too long / I've been lonesome / And out
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Dwight Yoakam – Fair To Midland
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Fare to Midland is all that I need / If I had fare to Midland, I'd take the first seat / On a fast train, bus, or plane / Whichever proved the quickest way for me / I left her in
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Midland – Let It Roll
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[Verse 1] / Southern girl, I'm her favorite man / And the sun is shining, darling to beat the band / I said you're a strong, curvaceous woman, with all due respect / I'll give you
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Midland – The Gator Boys
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Gator Boys just shootin' pool in an ol' honky tonk / When that girl came through the door you could've heard a pen drop / She walked right up and said, "Tell me the truth / Why
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Fair to Midland – Kyla Cries Cologne
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[Verse 1] / Let me introduce you to a pair that strikes crude oil / But I see pyrite / It is the same old pattern, the goose that feeds the gander / They choose to act, but not I
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Midland – Whiskey
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Here comes another mornin' / Just like the other wasn't was / I been doin' some rearrangin' / Oh Lord, only just because / My former situation / Just ran into a brick wall / The
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Fair to Midland – Amarillo Sleeps On My Pillow
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[Intro] / (Oh, o-oh, oh) / (Oh, o-oh, oh) / Oh, o-oh, oh / [Verse 1] / Stay close if you wanna keep up / But don't dare turn around / Go ahead, find a bull's-eye, my friend / But
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Sean McConnell – Midland
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Jenny wakes up half past ten / Pours a coffee cup and folds the linen / Just another here we go again day in Midland / She grabs the keys and the Marbole Reds / Off of the table
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Midland – Cowgirl Blues
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[Verse 1] / So long, my hill country woman / Don't cry / But I gotta be up in Fort Worth tonight when / That gate opens wide / [Chorus] / My home is the saddle / These highways in
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Fair to Midland – Golden Parachutes
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[Verse 1] / Here they come, shaking in their boots / They'll be skipping stones with your bones / When these ants know / Where to find you / And steal all your thunder / The
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Midland – More Than a Fever
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[Verse 1] / The sweat is dancing on your skin / And I can't help this devil's grin / Temperature's rising in your eyes and the way you're looking girl / [Pre-Chorus] / You know you
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Midland – Altitude Adjustment
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[Intro] / I need an altitude adjustment / Get higher and higher 'til I feel nothing / Blue mountain air and good clean loving / And I need an altitude adjustment / [Verse 1
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Midland – This Town
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And, this town's grown strange / It don't ever do nothin' but get in the way / Of gettin' over you / And this was a different place / Just like us this town used to be great / But
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