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On vices and fate

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I don't sleep when I dream
I stare wide awake into the high beams
I pay now for my then
I'm going down but I don't know when
I don't know when

I got a one and one that makes three
I'm overdrawn from the big bank of me
I got collateral damage piling up to the sky
And every reason is the reason why
Every reason is the reason why

Yeah, you know me
I need everything
I don't sleep when I dream
And this dream won't let me be

And this boulder on my shoulder's
Got me feeling older
And I pulled all the leaves
From my four leaf clover
Dumped all my change
Into the wishing well
And I hear it crashing loud
Down the tunnel to hell

I don't die when I'm dead
Girls and whiskey keep me up on my hind legs
I ain't found when I'm lost
And it's my body that pays the cost

Yeah, you know me
I need everything
I don't sleep when I dream
And this dream won't let me be

I'm going down

And this picture in the mirror
Is getting way too clearer
Running faster to stand stiller
The crowd's a painkiller
My last three dollars
Slapped down on the bar
Dammit if I can walk
Then I can drive my car

I don't know how it ends
With my candle burning hot in the summer winds
Sing the song till I'm done
Gazing into the setting sun

Yeah, you know me
I need everything
I don't sleep when I dream
And this dream won't let me be

I'm going down

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from Swear Jar EP {ep album}, track released October 15, 2020
Executive Producer: Jeffry Simms
Produced by the matthew show
Engineered and mixed by Taylor Tatsch at Audio Styles
Mastered by Arthur Winer at Canaveral Skies
Artwork by jumpingsack
Written by the matthew show (BMI)

matthew - vocals, guitar, bass
Gerald Ray - guitar
Jeffry Simms - percussion
Taylor Tatsch - slide guitar and backing vocals

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the matthew show Fort Worth, Texas

the matthew show's songs, books, and podcasts are acclaimed widely, and have been featured on NPR & PBS. He has worked with Grammy-winning producers Matt Ross-Spang and John Hampton. He is also half of Ah Pook the Destroyer.

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