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The Joker's Hand

by Billy Simons Jr.

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1.
The Truth 04:21
'Cause I said so don't mean I don't miss you Seems you know that words don't mean too much And I would trust a thousand other answers Like how you look at me or your touch Lips can move to change the world I'm living And never speak a second's worth of truth And building trust can sometimes take a lifetime And doubt can soon destroy it without proof So you don't need to tell me What you think about me I can tell cause you show it I'm just glad that I know it's The Truth Crazy things are always said from anger And stupid things are always yelled from fear So if you're thinking things were never better Then maybe you just shouldn't come around here Cause I don't want to hear what you think I'm feeling Or what you think I need now in my life Just go ahead and do what makes you happy And prove that what I'm saying now is right So you don't need to tell me What you think about me I can tell cause you show it I'm just glad that I know it's The Truth
2.
Body 03:59
She's crawling out my window In the middle of the night She left behind her pillow And her shape there by my side She said something 'bout tomorrow She said something 'bout her life I decided not to follow And decided that was right I want your body next to my body I want your body next to my body Her shadow in the moonlight Still falls across my mind And sleeps under the covers In the space she left behind And sometimes in the night time I see footprints in the lawn But then sunrise plays the villain And then just like her they're gone I want your body next to my body I want your body next to my body
3.
Give It All 05:23
You play it tough and act like the things that I'm saying Don't throw you off But I see all the moves that you're playing Can't let them see the rust or the holes in your armor How would it be if they say the feelings you harbor? So you give it all each day To hide it all away You give it all each day Oh no, oh no See the strongest cry and don't mind the least when they tell you But the weakest try concealing the feelings that creep through Oh I know it all, the reasons behind all your methods They can't see you fall or shed any blood on the edges You give it all each day To guide it all away You give it all each day Oh no, oh no So just hear me out And you'll have your chance to appeal it But without a doubt you'll run out of ways to conceal it You give it all each day To hide it all away You give it all each day Oh no, oh no How you live with good intentions How you're reaching for the best Seeking round about directions To mislead your shallowness Always striving for perfection Always getting what you want Never limit your descrection At the cost of what I thought Got to prove it cause you're able Got to follow what they say But your hands under the table Give your secrets all away You give it all each day To hide it all away You give it all each day Oh no, oh no
4.
Sister Agnes 03:53
Back of the class, daydreaming drooling on my desk Filling bubbles to spell your name Yeah spell your name across my test I kinda hoped you'd notice My notebook was full with your first name and my last I wrote "I love her" in a page long paragraph On every page to show this Needed help spelling four letter words Couldn't find a single bible verse Love to see you get mad and that's why I curse every day during class Cause I, oh Agnes Oh oh, Sister Agnes I'll take you by the hand Oh oh, Sister Agnes I'll take you to the holy land Oh oh, Sister Agnes I love you Sister Agnes And didn't you wonder how again and again and again I'd sharpen my pencil at your desk but all my work was done in pen I kinda hoped you'd notice And cafeteria and recess I was watching And I saw you keep your eye on which girls I was touching You didn't think I'd know this Spreading rumors that I think are true Involving me, involving you Well you are the only woman that I want to do But I, oh Agnes Oh oh, Sister Agnes I'll take you by the hand Oh oh, Sister Agnes I'll take you to the holy land Oh oh, Sister Agnes I love you Sister Agnes Oh oh, Sister Agnes
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Our Hero 04:14
Our hero is tall, dark, and handsome and witty And losing has never been a part of his past So when dueling with demons at the apex of tension You know that those demons won't last He draws his gun first and he does it so quickly The bodies they fall as the body counts rise And those you may see it, your eyes won't believe When you learn that your hero has died Now the pauper's a person, but he ain't the same people As the people who live on the nice side of town And though he may save her from the clutches of danger She'll end up someone she's used to being around Well I hate the movies where the good guy gets the bad guy And the chump gets the hard to get girl 'Cause what happens in real life and the best of all outcomes In the best of all possible worlds
6.
This Fight 03:47
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You pack it up, you move it on, You said all the things worth saying She understood, you knew she would, It feels so good to know she's not staying She'll go on without you, she'll miss you In a way that's not crazy And she won't say "later this may work" And you don't say "maybe" But that's a dream, it always seems like someone leaves Someone else crying She can't understand it's not your plan, it's not like man You weren't trying When you've got these feelings then you don't need Reasons to sell her You know what to say but you can't find the way to Go on and tell her How do you say leave? How do you go? Why would you say yes when you really mean no? How do you hold ground when she's holding your hand? Why don't you jump when you know where you'll land? How do you say leave? How do you say leave? How do you say leave? Well things were, well good enough But what's enough? I want better You heard her say that she's afraid while she's away You'll go and forget her But you can't foresee where the future will be by this evening And telling a lie will sure get you by 'til you're leaving How do you say leave? How do you go? Why would you say yes when you really mean no? How do you hold ground when she's holding your hand? Why don't you jump when you know where you'll land? How do you say leave? How do you say leave? How do you say leave? How do you say leave?
8.
Part II 03:22
Well Teddy's been spending his nights in the slammer And writing us letters back home We're constantly checking the minutes collecting Accepting his calls from Walpole See his dad and his mom they have packed up and gone And left him to deal with this strife While fighting the bottle he's building the model Of what not to do with your life But he goes on... I'm gonna fire up this engine and spin out these tires And leave all this baggage behind I won't let this town screw me up, break me down Or drive me right out of my mind I'd rather beg for forgiveness than ask for permission I'm living my life on the only condition I do what I want when I think it's right to do Well this is Part Two Now Peter's been cheating, for 10 years misleading And fooling his wife and his kids The lies he's been spewing bout what he's doing He'll tell you that he never did But when he's out til morning and sleeping til dinner With cocaine and booze in his ride Your friends see him dating these hooker-like ladies The damage that he's done inside You see his plan falls to pieces, His method releases the text messages on his phone He'll try to deny it, but they all won't buy it He'll probably die all alone, but she goes on... I'm gonna fire up this engine and spin out the tires And leave all this baggage behind I won't let this town screw me up, break me down Or drive me right out of my mind I'd rather beg for forgiveness than ask for permission I'm living my life on a moment's decision I do what I want when I think it's right to do Well this is Part Two I'm gonna fire up this engine and spin out the tires And leave all this baggage behind I won't let this town screw me up, break me down Or drive me right out of my mind I'd rather beg for forgiveness than ask for permission I'm living my life on on my own conditions I do what I want when I think it's right to do Well this is Part Two Yeah well this is Part Two
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Wonderin' 04:19
Oh well I don't know why But so often my timing is so wrong Like how I can't decided what to order when the waitresses come Yeah well I don't know why But life has the reasons she does Yeah and I realize that sometimes it's just because You see people come and they go my friend And I can't help but keep wonderin' Is this where it starts or is it where it ends This is more than just coincidence Yeah well I don't know why But so often my timing is so wrong Like how I just arrive at the party when the pretty girl's gone Everyone, everything well it seems has a place and a time Oh but I don't know why well the world spun yours different than mine Oh and I, I won't fight where you choose to leave your footprints behind But just know, when you go, that you'll be where you are and still be on my mind You see people come and they go my friend Yeah but I can't help but keep wonderin' Is this where it starts or is it where it ends We deserve much more than coincidence Yeah with all I don't know There's one thing that I'm sure is true Lord I'm glad life's so cruel that it gave me the chance to lose you.

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released December 7, 2007

All songs by Billy Simons (c) 2007

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