The Way I Am

from Country Boys Don't Know How To Quit by The Surviving Kenneallys

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Take a look around, what do you see
do you see all those old time face turning away from me
i've been digging this hole out in the garden
i've been washing away my sins
realizing finally the way things were and the way my soul has been
saving up my strength set my body on fire
if you were up all night thinking about me
it was me who was the liar
don't doubt the way i looked at you so long ago
i got it in my heart to let you know i'm finally through
we've spent so long tangled up in the way i am
i wish there were ways outside these words to understand
i've been spending my whole life long
to get you to come away with me my love

one coffee one whiskey and i'm headed for the door
the walls of this establishment they don't need me anymore
bartender, you've read me with that smile long enough
this seat it ain't my friend and this drink it ain't my love
we've spent so long tangled up in the way i am
i wish there were ways outside these words to understand
i've been wasting my whole life long
to get you to come away with me my love

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from Country Boys Don't Know How To Quit, released November 10, 2013

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The Surviving Kenneallys Cambridge, Massachusetts

Joseph Kenneally - Lead Vocals/Guitar
Brighid McHugh Mullane - Fiddle/Vocals
Jesse Wellman - Banjo/Vocals
Ryan Dalley - Guitar/Vocals
Ian Dalley - Bass Guitar
Stephen Boyd - Mandolin

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