phoenix

from if jesus had a gun he'd be alive today by KONKLIN

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When I was young
I climbed the family tree
Where I rose to the Heavens
Fell, and scraped my knees
I bled for the next 3 weeks

Now I don't believe in heights
Never look up toward the sky
As far as I'm concerned
There's no such thing as birds
The sun is another lie

Underneath a magic leaf
I kissed a blonde girl in the evening
She dipped beneath the Earth
Until fires claimed her skirt
and she became the dirt you're kneading

Wish that I stayed in touch
With people that I claimed to love
Instead him myself in a daze
If I had the courage, I would say
Please, don't fade away

I will show you my faith
by what I do
said James, in the morning
as the (car) door slammed shut
and his old life sped into the blue

Take me far away from here
Said the gin bottle to the lips
help me forget her smell, her smile and her hips
put me back to sleep,
said the alarm clock to the hand

When I die, I'll fade
and won't go straight to heaven
I'll float around for a few days
roaming the old haunts where we laid
in Phoenix, Arizona (along the by and by)

Wish that I stayed in touch
With people that I claimed to love
Instead him myself in a daze
If I had the courage, I would say
Please, don't fade away

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from if jesus had a gun he'd be alive today, released October 27, 2014

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