Luke Grimes Album Lyrics by Luke Grimes

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Burn

Warning signs everywhere
I know I'm playing with fire, girl
And I just don't care
See the flames in your eyes
When I wind up hurt, know the fault's all mine

Ain't no sense in trying to hold you tight
If I'm a bridge you're trying to cross tonight

Let it burn
Till I'm a pile of ashes
Smokin' on your goodbye dirt
Rip that rearview off, girl
And do what you do
You were gone from the start
So if this breaking my heart's
Just a lesson I've gotta learn
When it's time to run
Light me up and let me burn

I'd be lying to the world
If I said I didn't want you to stay here, girl
Till you're gone, hold me tight
Till I'm standing in the red of your taillights

The truth is I don't wanna let go
When it's time for the rubber to meet the road

Let it burn
Till I'm a pile of ashes
Smokin' on your goodbye dirt
Rip that rearview off, girl
And do what you do
You were gone from the start
So if this breaking my heart's
Just a lesson I've gotta learn
When it's time to run
Light me up and let me burn
Yeah, let me burn

When too good to be true
Turns and hurts like hell
And it's just me and that whiskey bottle on the shelf

Let it burn
Till I'm a pile of ashes
Smokin' on your goodbye dirt
Rip that rearview off, girl
And do what you do
You were gone from the start
So if this breaking my heart's
Just a lesson I've gotta learn
When it's time to run
Light me up and let me burn
Yeah, let me burn

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Playin' On The Tracks

Try to keep my mind on the present time
My pride on the task at hand
If I let it slip too far behind
I might start not givin' a damn

I throw a lot of irons in the fire
Keep my heart from getting cold
Ain't none of us ever gettin' any younger
All we ever gonna do is get old

No, I never grow up
I'll never slow down
If you can't hear the train whistle
Listen up 'cause it's leavin' town

A rollin' stone don't gather moss
Like a broken record don't play
It's easy to listen but if you ain't lived it
I guess it's just words on a page

Ain't no reason in the settin' sun
I find rhyme in the moonshine
Ain't no way of knowing where I'm goin'
'Cause there ain't no end to the line

No, I'll never grow up
I'll never slow down
If you can't hear the train whistle
Listen up 'cause it's leavin' town
No, I'll never grow up
I'll never slow down
If you can't hear the train whistle
Listen up 'cause it's leavin' town

No, I'll never grow up
I'll never slow down
If you can't hear the train whistle
Listen up 'cause it's leavin' town

No, I'll never slow up
I ain't tryin to get found
If you're playin' on the tracks
Watch your back 'fore ya get run down

Yeah, if you're playin' on the tracks
Watch your back 'fore ya get run down

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Hold On

Hold me but I don't recommend that you adore me
If you do, don't say I didn't warn you
Trust me, I know how to start a fire from a flame

Oh, I always
Leave before the curtain hits the floorboard
When I hear you talking like you know me
You don't know me, you don't know me

Wish that I could not go crazy
Wish that I could make you hate me
Maybe I should change my name and run
So I don't have to hold on

Maybe you and I would make it
It ain't the kind of risk I'm taking
Maybe I should change my name and run, run, run
So I don't have to hold on
Hold on, hold on

I'm only human and I get a little lonely
But I don't wanna hit you while I'm falling
While I'm falling, while I'm falling

Wish that I could not go crazy
Wish that I could make you hate me
Maybe I should change my name and run
So I don't have to hold on

Maybe you and I would make it
It ain't the kind of risk I'm taking
Maybe I should change my name and run, run, run
So I don't have to hold on
Hold on, hold on

Wish that I could not go crazy
I wish that I could make you hate me
Maybe I should change my name and run
So I don't have to hold on

Maybe you and I would make it
It ain't the kind of risk I'm taking
Maybe I should change my name and run, run, run
So I don't have to hold on
Hold on, hold on

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Black Powder

Good guy done it again
Good girl is doing me in
I'm not a beggar, but I'm on my knees
I'm sorry, honey, but your sugar's too sweet

Lock the door, baby
Turn it up louder
Light me up like black powder

Sky high, can't come down
Bed-sheet queen, baby, keep the crown
Need your nicotine
Breathe it in 'til I feel it
Come on, give me some of that cowboy killer

Lock the door, baby
Turn it up louder
Light me up like black powder

Lock the door, baby
Turn it up louder
Light me up like black powder

Lock the door, baby
Turn it up louder
Light me up like black powder

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Ghost Of Who We Were

When I walk out that door
I don't see a front yard anymore
There's probably still a picket fence
And a mailbox by the curb
But all I see's the ghost of who we were

When I drink at this bar
Don't feel like talkin' much anymore
Jukebox is probably playin'
But the only thing I've heard
Are the whispers of the ghost of who we were

Are you happy? Do you miss me?
Are you dancin' with our memory?
Did you get everything that you wanted?
Or are you haunted by the ghost of who we were?

When you lie in your bed
Do you wish you were in mine instead?
Are you in the arms of someone who can heal away the hurt?
While I'm sleepin' with the ghost of who we were

Are you happy? Do you miss me?
Are you dancin' with our memory?
Did you get everything that you wanted?
Or are you haunted by the ghost of who we were?

Would you answer if I called you?
Am I the last one you wanna talk to?
Did you get everything that you wanted?
Or are you haunted by the ghost of who we were?
Are you haunted by the ghost of who we were?

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Oh Ohio

Have you always been this bitter
Have you always been this cold
Or have I just been gone too long, gettin' bought and sold

Did someone steal your sunshine
Have you always been this grey
I don't know if it's me or it's you, but one of us has changed

Oh-oh-oh
It's been nice to know ya
Guess, it's time I get on down the road
When you're forgetting crucify my memory
Know I bleed Ohio
Oh-oh-oh-hio

I remember you
The way you used to be
Before they parked their trains on the tracks
And parking lots grew weeds
I could stay a little longer
And try to find the spark
But I'd be like them fireflies, burned out in them jars
Guess we are who we are

Oh-oh-oh
It's been nice to know ya
Guess, it's time I get on down the road
When you're forgetting me, crucify my memory
Just know I bleed Ohio
Oh-oh-oh-hio

When you're forgetting me, crucify my memory
Just know I'll bleed Ohio
Oh-oh-oh-hio

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God And A Girl

She said quit hiding from me, I wanna see who you are
Show me the tattoos and scars on your heart
The roads you've been down, the habits you kicked
The man in the mirror you hate living with

She wasn't scared of the walls
I built to protect me
She knew where I was
And that's right where she met me

She leads me to Jesus, loves me like hell
She keeps me believing in more than myself
She picks up the pieces and turns down the demons
I finally found what I never knew I'd need in this world
God and a girl

I tell her 'bout days chasing highs to come down
And hitting rock bottom just to find solid ground
'Til God shed some light on this broke down and blind
The man that I was before our worlds collided

She wasn't scared of the walls
I built to protect me
She knew where I was
And that's right where she met me

She leads me to Jesus, loves me like hell
Keeps me believing in more than myself
Yeah, she picks up the pieces and turns down the demons
And I found what I never knew I'd need in this world
God and a girl

She points to the cross when the weight of my sins
Are pulling me under and my faith's wearing thin
She holds onto me, puts her hope in red letters
Says you tried all the highs, well, I got one that's better

She wasn't scared of the walls
I built to protect me
She knew where I was
And that's right where she met me

She leads me to Jesus, loves me like hell
Keeps me believing in more than myself
Yeah, she picks up the pieces and turns down the demons
And I finally found what I never knew I'd need in this world
God and a girl
I'd need in this world
God and a girl

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What Angels Do

I'm always wondering where I went right
After all the wrong turns that I've made
But I wound up here in your arms tonight
And there ain't a thing that I'd change

Never prayed all that much
Wasn't too big on love
Now I'm thanking my lucky stars up above

I owe a hell of a lot to heaven
For sending you on down
Turning lost into found
You know where I'd be, there's no telling
Keep waiting on the day for you to fly away
And put those wings to good use
But that ain't what angels do

You go where I go, ain't afraid of the dark
Can't help but light up every room
You don't hold back, you go straight for the heart
And love me right down to the truth

Never prayed all that much
Wasn't too big on love
Now I'm thanking my lucky stars up above

I owe a hell of a lot to heaven
For sending you on down
Turning lost into found
You know where I'd be, there's no telling
Keep waiting on the day for you to fly away
And put those wings to good use
But that ain't what angels do

I owe a hell of a lot to heaven
For sending you on down
Turning lost into found
You know where I'd be, there's no telling
I keep waiting on the day for you to fly away
And put those wings to good use
But that ain't what angels do
At least not like you

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No Horse To Ride

I'd be spinnin' my wheels goin' nowhere fast
Pocket full of sorrys and an empty glass
All hat and no cattle and some tumbleweed boots
I'd be blowin' in the wind if I didn't have you

I'd be a drunk without a drink to drink
A guitar with a broken string
Without you, I'd be a fallin' star without a midnight sky
A cowboy with no horse to ride

I'd be drivin' in the dark with no headlights on
On a one way highway that didn't go home
I'd have to borrow from the devil just to pay my dues
I'd have nothin' worth havin' if I didn't have you

Be a drunk without a drink to drink
A guitar with a broken string
Without you, I'd be a fallin' star without a midnight sky
I'd be a train runnin' out of tracks
Missin' pages in a paperback
Without you, I'd be the kind of lost that's hard to find
Walkin' through this world a liar
A cowboy with no horse to ride

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Wait For The Rain To Die Down

Baby, we got caught in a hurricane
Too late to evacuate
Couldn't even hear you scream my name in the dark

Nails can only do so much
Trying to hold together what's been busted up
Love can be so tough on a tender heart
Yeah, but our kind don't give up

Fall into my arms and we'll wait for the rain to die down
I'll be laying here still beside you when the sun comes out
This bed can be all that we need
'Til heart beats are the only sound
Fall into my arms and we'll wait for the rain to die down

Don't know where you start or where I end
This tumbleweed we're tangled in
We're taking cover from that friendly fire
Yeah, but our kind don't give up

Fall into my arms and we'll wait for the rain to die down
I'll be laying here still beside you when the sun comes out
This bed can be all that we need
'Til heart beats are the only sound
Fall into my arms and we'll wait for the rain to die down
Wait for the rain to die down

Fall into my arms and we'll wait for the rain to die down
I'll be laying here still beside you when the sun comes out
This bed can be all that we need
'Til heart beats are the only sound
Fall into my arms and we'll wait for the rain to die down
Wait for the rain to die down
Wait for the rain to die down

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Ain't Dead Yet

Ain't much with words, ain't got a lot of money
But I've got a lot of lucky when I got you, honey
You'll never have to worry about where I'm gonna be
'Cause I meant what I said when I was down on one knee

I'm gonna love you till I die and I ain't dead yet
Till the wheels fall off, till my very last breath
Won't leave your side till they lay me to rest
Gonna love you till I die and I ain't dead yet

You're the wind in my sails, apple of my eye
Sweet in my heart and the blue in my sky
When I get to heaven and my lights go dim
When I meet my end, can we do it all again?

Gonna love you till I die and I ain't dead yet
Till the wheels fall off, till my very last breath
Won't leave your side till they lay me to rest
Gonna love you till I die and I ain't dead yet

No, I ain't dead yet
I ain't dead yet
No, I ain't dead yet

I'm gonna love you till I die and I ain't dead yet
Till the wheels fall off, till my very last breath
Won't leave your side till they lay me to rest
Gonna love you till I die

I'm gonna love you till I die and I ain't dead yet
Till the wheels fall off, till my very last breath
Won't leave your side till they lay me to rest
Gonna love you till I die, I'm gonna love you till I die
I'm gonna love you till I die and I ain't dead yet

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South On 75

Tonight I'm taking a ride
South on 75
My baby and me, shooting the breeze
She's all I need
She's all the news I need

I believe even more this time
I won't mind how the story ends
As long as we enjoy the ride
You and me, south on 75

We might go crazy filling these pages
Whatever it takes to feel alive
She's all I need
The only news I need

I believe even more this time
I won't mind how the story ends
Long as we enjoy the ride
You and me, south on 75

Pay no mind to the exit sign
Try to keep it between the lines

I believe even more this time
I won't mind how the story ends
As long as we enjoy the ride
You and me, south on 75
You and me, south on 75

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Worst Of Me

Every dive bar, every dance hall
Every first taste of the last call
Every soft place for a hard fall
Every lie told through my teeth

Every get high just to lay low
Every time I couldn't say no
Every chance I had to let go
Of who I thought I'd be

I don't know that I was broken
Or just in need of repair
Until I looked around
And only you were there
Throwing out the stories
Half-written in my mind
You helped me leave
The worst of me behind

Every time I lost the battle
Every fall out of the saddle
Every empty road I traveled
That didn't lead me home

Every one more year growing older
Every heart I let get colder
Every devil on my shoulder
Saying I'm better off alone

I don't know that I was broken
Or just in need of repair
Until I looked around
And only you were there
Throwing out the story
Half-written in my mind
You helped me leave
The worst of me behind

I don't know that I was broken
Or just in need of repair
Until I looked around
And only you were there
You saw in me the promise
That I could never find
You helped me leave
The worst of me behind

You helped me leave
The worst of me behind