Dwight Yoakam - Blame The Vain (2005) by Dwight Yoakam (보컬) on maniadb.com

I blame the vain for what we wear,
And I blame the blind when we can't see.
I blame it all on someone else,
Till there's nobody left, then I just blame me.

I blame her mind for the thoughts we share,
Whoa, and I blame her heart for the time we cared.
I blame it all on how we used to be,
Till she's finally gone, then I'll just blame me.

So go ahead and blame,
Anything that you want.
'Cause it all ends up the same,
When everything that you've been claiming is wrong.

Oh and don't you know that blame,
Is always never enough.
It just keeps you in the game,
Till you've only got yourself left to bluff.

So I blame the vain for what we wear,
Yeah, and I'll blame the blind when we can't see.
I'll blame it all on someone else,
Till there's nobody left, then I'll just blame me.
Till she's fin'lly gone, then I just blame me

Have you ever seen a heart as it lays dyin',
Or what's left of it's life slips away?
Well any tears that get shed ain't worth cryin',
'Cause I've seen plenty I'm lucky that way.

Have you ever heard a voice start to moanin',
After despair's choked its last words away?
Well, any worse sound defies your ears even knowin',
And, Lord, I've heard plenty I'm lucky that way.

So wrap your warm arms around me,
And let our weak hands delight love's sad face.

Then press your soft lips against me,
And let the first bets on new love be made.

Have you ever watched a couple where a woman stands cryin',
While begging the other to please stay?
The awful truth is, it ain't the worth the cryin',
Lord, I've watched plenty: I'm lucky that way.
Lord, I've watched plenty: I'm lucky that way.

She drove South I-95 straight through Carolina
She didn't use no damn map to find her way
She pulled off on the state route just north of Charlotte
And took mostly country roads the rest of the day

She said I'll give him an intentional heartache
That'll hurt a lot worse than the one he left in me
Would you all step back so a girl might to get started
And he won't have to look twice to see

She drove up across the yard and though his mama's garden
Didn't touch the brakes, she slammed right into his Chevrolet
Tossed out his clothes, boots, bud cap, and signed Dale Jr. poster
Then shot the whole mess neon green, a can of DuPont spray

She said I'll give him an intentional heartache
That'll hurt a lot worse than the one he left in me
Would you all step back so a girl might to get started
And he won't have to look twice to see

She said I'll give you an intentional heartache
That'll hurt a lot worse than the one that you left in me
And tell your little tramp to step back so your ex-wife can get started
And you won't have to look twice to see

Just watch this
Then she sprayed that Bud cap bright green
Said honey put that can of spray paint down
Just watch this
Then she pulled them Nakona boots out, sprayed them neon too
Put the can down honey
She give it hell with that can of spray paint
He kept yelling at her
Put the can down
And she sprayed to him
Then she did a little dance on top of that Dale Jr. poster
Just kind of a hoochie coochie
Alright honey
He said I saw you comin', now put it down
Just watch this, she run over to the passenger side of that Monte Carlo
And she sprayed tramp
On the hood on the back of the house
She tried to call her sister
What was that girl's name
Said you gotta come get this girl
Nancy, I think
Said Look at here
Look at here
She run that girl back up on the porch

Does it show as I watch her walking by?
Does it show that I'm trying not to cry?
Does it show that he's the reason why?
Does it show that every smile is a lie?

Does it show even when I am discreet?
Does it show I fall right down at her feet?
All on its own, my heart lets me know I'm love's biggest clown.
Do you think that shows even when no-one is around?

Please, tell me honestly:
Am I fooling anyone,
Or is the truth kinda hard not to see?

In ways that I'll never know, does it show?

Please, say its not too late,
So I can stop while there's still time,
An' avoid me some small bit of ache.

Does it show with each flickering memories final glow?
As night's cold shadows wrap around where hope let go.
An' I sit there in the dark, does it show?

Well, I'll give you three good reasons for leavin'.
Number one is that I've forgotten number two.
Number three is in a place that's been kept hidden,
For so long I can't remember, but its true.

Then I'll give you three more reasons for leavin'.
Where the first no, weren't so bad as the next two.
But rest assured that the third will leave you grieving,
From a tale that's as sad as it is true.

Every night, all night long,
I sit and count alone.
But every day, nothin's new,
I can't find one and two.

Every night, all night long,
I sit and count alone.
But every day, nothin's new,
I can't find one and two.

But I'll give you three good reasons for leavin'.
Number one is that I've forgotten number two.
Yeah, number one is that I've forgotten number two.
Number one is that I've forgotten number two.

Just passin' time with everyone I meet.
I'm just passin' time as I wander through the streets.
Just passin' time wrestlin' with thoughts that fight my sleep,
She left behind just passin' time.

I'm just passin' time inside these empty rooms.
I'm just passin' time where small lost hopes stil loom.
Just passin' time appears unlikely to heal any wounds.
Love is kind I'm just passin' time.

An' time hangs around more every day.
Why keep searching,
For a place that old thoughts might stay,
And not just end up right back in my heart's way?

Time don't ever answer nothin' new.
Least not here lately,
In any way that I could use,
For figurin' out what's left to lose.

I'm just passin' time with everyone I meet.
I'm just passin' time as I wander through the streets.
I'm just passin' time wrestlin' with thoughts that fight my sleep,
She left behind I'm just passin' time.

I'll make believe that the sight of her in my head's seldom seen.
And then insist that I can't still taste the inside of her kiss.
With luck in time, I might even fool myself about those lies:
Till there's no need, I'll make believe.

I'll just pretend that she really never left me in the end.
And all night long, swear right up and down, round here, there's nothin' wrong.
With work, my mind could cause the truth to get lost or hard to find,
But until then, I'll just pretend.

Oh, how I wish you could have seen her,
Come crawlin' back a-beggin me.
'Cause if you had, I wouldn't need her,
Like I do so desperately.

I'll just pretend that she really never left me in the end.
And all night long, swear right up and down, round here, there's nothin' wrong.
With work, my mind could cause the truth to get lost or hard to find,
But until then, I'll just pretend.

She came in and she told me.
She said: "I'm leaving you."
I said: "Oh, you are?"
"Let me tell you something:
"If you leave, I suggest you stay gone.
"And I mean stay gone forever, you hear me?
Ever!
So she left, and then I missed her.
I'm not gonna go into why mister,
But there's one particular thing that she used to do late at night,
I miss that especially.
I can count off, I suppose a thousand things I miss,
But I don't wanna go into it right now.
No, I don't want to count.

One, two. One, two, three, four.

Another day I spent alone,
Here lately, I cry and only she'll remember,
Yeah, will she'll remember?
Early mornings, I just suffer through,
Since feelin' empty's what I'm bound to do,
But she'll remember, yeah, oh, she'll remember.

When every choice filled with regret,
Even though they haven't yet,
Make her thoughts surrender,
Then she'll remember.

Late afternoon, I curl up tight,
To fight back tears I shed all night,
But she'll remember, yeah, she'll remember.
Denote a bad and right a wrong,
Its just a matter of how long,
Will life defend her, then she'll remember.

She'll try, she'll try, but there won't be,
No more escape from her old lonely memories.

Mine may be the only scars that show,
From every break one heart could know,
But she'll remember, yeah, she'll remember.
Once all that's left is what's been used,
An' any chance to hide from the truth,
Keeps gettin' slimmer, then she'll remember.

So one more day I'll spend alone,
Like every other, I'll cry and moan,
But she'll remember, yeah, whoa, she'll remember.
In early mornings, late afternoons,
Each empty night I'm still sufferin' through,
But she'll remember, yeah, she'll remember.

When every choice filled with regret,
Even though they haven't yet,
Make her thoughts surrender,
Then she'll remember.

She'll remember.
She'll remember.
Yeah yeah, remember.
Whoa, she'll remember.
She'll remember.
She'll remember.
She'll remember.
Then she'll remember.
Then she'll remember.

When every choice filled with regret,
Even though they haven't yet,
Make her thoughts surrender,
Then she'll remember.

I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.
Go back before I cried, or ever tried,
To understand life without you.
I wanna hold your hand, and just pretend,
We're starting out brand new.
I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.

I wanna love again, and softly mend,
Any ache we ever knew.
Then kiss till there's no place, not one small space,
That our lips leave unused.
I wanna have what takes my breath away,
Be just the slightest touch from you.
I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.

Baby there are countless reasons why,
This is something only fools would try.
But life sure gets lonely with just pride,
So if you'll risk yours, I'll risk mine.

I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.
Aw, go back before I cried, or ever tried,
To understand life without you.
I wanna hold your hand, and just pretend,
We're starting out brand new.
I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.

When I first came here, I was empty, lost and weak.
When I first came here, in your arms I found relief.
When I first came here, well, I was empty, lost and weak.
When I first came here, in your arms I found relief.

When I first came here, I was searching for a friend,
When I first came here, it was your heart that took me in.
When I first came here, I was searching for a friend,
When I first came here, it was your heart that took me in.

So I wasn't wrong to long for your beauty.
And my eyes were not blind, to trust your smile.
What they once never showed were the endless moments alone,
That you'd leave behind.

No, they once never showed these ceaseless moments alone:
Or what you'd leave behind.

When I first came here, your lips were where each thought began.
When I first came here, my craving for you knew no end.
When I first came here, your lips were where each thought began.
When I first came here, my craving for you wouldn't end.

When I first came here, each morning we woke, spent the week,
When I first came here, we seldom used our bed for sleep.
When I first came here, we woke each morning, spent the week.
When I first came here, our bed was seldom used for sleep.

When I first came here, I fell victim to your touch.
When I first came here, I saw and craved this constant blush.
When I first came here, well, I fell victim to your touch.
When I first came here, I saw and craved this constant blush.

When I first came here, when my memory first arrived.

Watch how she tore me all apart.
Watch how she ripped up my heart.
Watch how she cut that thing clean through.
Watch out she'll do the same to you.

Watch how she wrecked this hope filled train.
Watch how she revelled in my shame.
Watch how she learned me who was boss.
Watch out, or that's what you'll get taught.

Well, iIt was gone before it ever went away:
Got up and left before it even really tried to stay.
Any doubt that hung around sure ain't here now,
Oh, she's the best dirty trick love ever played.

Watch how she tossed my passions round.
Watch how she drug 'em cross the ground.
Watch how she claimed they're hers to use.
Watch out she'll drag yours for you.

Watch out, I never felt such pain.
Watch out, I've never been the same.
Watch out, she don't need no excuse.
Watch out she'll do the same to you.

Take her away
but don't let me see
who the last heart in line
turns out to be

I'll never know
there won't be any sign
how close it came
for the last heart in line

And though for awhile
I'll still be
waiting around for my chance
patiently

The fact that she's gone
is bound to finally dawn
on me, eventually



Though for awhile
I'll still be
just waiting around for my chance
patiently

The fact that she's gone
is bound to finally dawn
on me, eventually

I guess for her
it'll all work out fine
but who's going tell
the last heart in line