"Voices"
Sturgill Simpson
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
[Verse 1]
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There's a voice that I can hear sometimes out here on the mountain
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When it's dark and the sky is pouring acid like a fountain
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Memories like coal dust stain the windows of my eyes
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So ask them no more questions, they can't sell you no more lies
[Verse 2]
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I hear voices all around me in society's depression
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Over and over they all recite their first impression
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The rivers are all crying but the ocean cannot speak
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Until her waters crash into uncharted shores so dark and bleak
[Chorus]
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How I wish somebody'd make these voices go away
D A
Seems they're always talking but ain't got much to say
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Well a picture's worth a thousand words but a word ain't worth a dime
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We all know they'll go on talking 'til the end of time
[Solo]
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[Verse 2]
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Don't call it a sign of the times when it's always been this way
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Forked tongues and voices behind curtains with no name
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They plot their wicked schemes setting fate for all mankind
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With evil that can fill God's pretty skies with clouds that burn and blind
[Chorus]
G D
How I wish somebody'd make these voices go away
D A
Seems they're always talking but ain't got much to say
G D
Well a picture's worth a thousand words but a word ain't worth a dime
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We all know they'll go on talking 'til the end of time
