TITLE Puppets with My Heart (by Morgan Wade and The Stepbrothers)

DATE January 19, 2018

LABEL Self-Released

RECORDED at Summit Sound

  • written by Morgan Wade

    The July heat got to my head
    And I did not hear
    A single word that boy said
    Yeah, I, I didn’t mean to

    Well, things went fine 
    For about two weeks
    Til I found out he was nothing but [?]
    Yeah, I didn’t mean to

    Well, don’t go blamin’ mama
    Cos I swear she tried to raise me right
    No, she ain’t the reason I’m in this here situation tonight
    I, yeah, I didn’t mean to

    Well, when I got home
    The door, it was locked
    But it’s my house, shouldn’t have to knock
    Yeah, I didn’t mean to

    So when I walked in, they were both in my bed
    And I realized right then 
    That they were both better off dead
    Yeah, I didn’t mean to

    Well, don’t go blamin’ mama
    Cos I swear she tried to raise me right
    No, she ain’t the reason I’m in this here situation tonight
    I, I didn’t mean to 

    Well, I went down [?]
    And I came back
    With muddy boots and bloody hands
    Yeah, I didn’t mean to

    And now there’s a hole about six feet deep
    And you can go ahead 
    Go ahead and call the cops on me
    And tell them I didn’t mean to

    Well, don’t go blamin’ mama
    Cos I swear she tried to raise me right
    No, she ain’t the reason I’m in this here situation tonight
    I didn’t mean to

  • written by Morgan Wade

    Won't you please take me back to the 
    Moments before I knew you quite like that 
    Crowded bar and I lean into you 
    You got drunk and ran your fingers all over my tattoos 

    And so fast, so soon 
    I met you in May 
    And I fell in love by June 
    And I don't know what's wrong with you 
    But I fell in love and it’s a foolish thing to do
    But I fell in love 
    So I guess I am that fool 

    You don't know a thing about me 
    You've got no idea the reasons I can't
    sleep
    You don't know these thoughts in my brain 
    And loving a boy like you could drive me insane 

    And so fast, so soon 
    I met you in May 
    And I fell in love by June 
    And I don't know what's wrong with you 
    But I fell in love and it’s a foolish thing to do
    But I fell in love  
    So I guess I am that fool

    You left town and he got married 
    Even though you acted like commitment was too scary 
    Yeah, it's okay now, baby, it's alright 
    I still got a couple secrets about some old nights

    And so fast, so soon 
    I met you in May 
    And I fell in love by June 
    And I don’t know what’s drawn me to you
    But I fell in love and that’s a foolish thing to do
    Yeah, I fell in love
    So I guess I am that fool

  • written by Morgan Wade

    I was out of my head
    As I climbed in your bed and
    I thought I'd found something real
    You were asleep
    I could feel you breathe
    I still love how that made me feel
    Cos I am not much of anything
    And you will always be everything

    Turn that car around
    You don't need to be leaving me now
    Come to bed and I will shut my mouth
    Cos I don't know what's wrong with me
    But you came along and finally I see
    The type of love I know I need
    No words spoken
    I'm so broken
    I hope you can mend

    And then we walked around
    Every inch of this town as
    I nearly gave you my heart
    I fell too fast
    And I knew it wouldn't last
    Yeah, you said I was bad from the start
    My white flag is up
    I'm surrounded
    But you've got me feeling grounded

    Turn that car around
    You don't need to be leaving me now
    Come to bed and I will shut my mouth
    Cos I don't know what's wrong with me
    But you came along and finally I see
    The type of love I know I need
    No words spoken
    I'm so broken
    I hope you can mend 

    Yeah, you walked away
    Didn't know what to say
    So I just waved goodbye
    And I took a step and
    Let out my breath
    And I stared straight into that sky
    I felt like you betrayed me
    Now I'm thinkin’ you've saved me

    So turn that car around
    You don't need to be leaving me now
    Come to bed and I will shut my mouth
    Cos I don't know what's wrong with me
    But you came along and finally I see
    The type of love I know I need
    No words spoken
    I'm so broken
    I hope you can mend 

  • written by Morgan Wade

    Got a faded leather jacket
    And some off brand RayBans dark sunglasses
    And a dirty shirt and a pair of jeans
    Yeah, I think I'm 'bout to die cos it’s ninety eight degrees

    Well, I smell like American Spirit
    But I don’t smoke so I must’ve been near it
    Got a guitar with two strings broken
    There’s a pounding in my head and I sing the words I spoke

    So take me out and get me drunk
    Teach me things I forgot about love
    And sing me songs I won’t remember
    Get high at home
    Windows down, singing The Rolling Stones
    And sing me songs I won’t remember

    Well, you look at me like it’s my time
    But the closer you get, the more my skin burns
    Don’t get what you can’t see
    But tonight I can be what you want me to be

    So take me out and get me drunk
    Teach me things I forgot about love
    And sing me songs I won’t remember
    Get high at home
    Windows down, singing The Rolling Stones
    And sing me songs I won’t remember

    Well, downtown it sure burns bright
    As you see your reflection in the cigarette light
    You don’t get what you don’t understand
    Tonight I’ll say you can be my man

    So take me out and get me drunk
    And teach me the things I forgot about love
    And sing me songs I won’t remember
    Get high at home
    Windows down, singing The Rolling Stones
    And sing me songs I won’t remember

  • written by Morgan Wade

    You're an early morning open ended chat
    Yeah, I think you might kill me
    But I'd love to burn out like that
    Then you're stumbling down the street
    Wasted
    You're the kind of innocence I'd never tasted

    Now you're crossing state lines
    And I'm trying real hard to get over you
    You never wanted me and I sure wanted you to
    I never held you tight and I never tasted your lips
    Yeah, I thought I found heaven and what kinda hell was this

    Yeah, you're talking too loud in a crowded theater
    Almost said too much
    And you said, "Let's save the rest for later"
    You're a black t-shirt end of that bar at 12AM
    I'm headed to work hungover
    Saying, "I ain't ever drinking again"

    Now you're crossing state lines
    And I'm trying real hard to get over you
    You never wanted me but I sure wanted you to
    I never held you tight and I never tasted your lips
    Yeah, I thought I found heaven and what kinda hell was this

    Well, you came so late, but you left so fast
    Well, what coulda been a future is now my past
    I'm a memory that with each and every day will fade
    I'm sure you forgot me by the time your car hit the interstate

    Now you're crossing state lines
    And I'm trying real hard to get over you
    You never wanted me but I sure wanted you to
    You never held me tight and I never tasted your lips
    Yeah, I thought I found heaven and what kinda hell was this

  • written by Morgan Wade

    Tell me something that I don't know
    I don’t want to stay here tonight if I gotta sleep alone 
    And you tell me everything that you know 
    I want to hear you but 
    You’re hiding behind everything
    Because you’re so full of fear

    And there’s always someone out there drinking 
    And they're always gonna want to waste your time
    And you’re always gonna have more than you’re thinking
    Sleep with a lover while the other is on your mind

    You’re standing right in front of me 
    But you're hesitating 
    As you say you know what we could be 
    In your screwed up imagination 
    And you're trying hard
    Yeah, to just forget about me
    But you know you can't 
    When your alcohol is your weekly therapy 

    And there’s always someone out there drinking 
    And they're always gonna want to waste your time
    And you’re always gonna have more than you’re thinking
    Sleep with a lover while the other is on your mind

    Well, you turn the lights off, stumble back to bed in the dark
    As you try to fall asleep awkwardly in someone else’s arms
    And I’m trying hard to overlook your constant madness 
    And I may be wrong but I’ll sing my songs that capitalize on the sadness 

    And there’s always someone out there drinking 
    And they're always gonna want to waste your time
    And you’re always gonna have more than you’re thinking
    Sleep with a lover while the other is on your mind

    And there’s always someone out there drinking 
    And they're always gonna want to waste your time
    And you’re always gonna have more than you’re thinking
    Sleep with a lover while the other is on your mind

  • written by Morgan Wade

    Well, I didn’t want to have to write this
    I hate when I talk about you 
    Anything is better than the silence 
    That you've been putting me through 

    You were kinda like the last man in Roadside Cafe 
    You'd linger around like cheap cologne
    Your vocabulary could not quite say (?)
    And in the end I can't leave you alone 
    Yeah, I can't leave you alone 
    I can't leave you alone 

    And why would I want to when I got high off of wanting you 
    And the lights all dim and the party is over
    And I still
    And I still
    And I still want you when I’m sober

    Well, I hope that you hear this and feel like me 
    I hope you get it, all of my pain 
    To know that you wasted creative energy
    Cause nothing wants to rhyme with your name 
    Yeah, I can't forget your name 
    I can't forget your name 

    And why would I want to when I got high off of wanting you
    When the lights all dim and the party is over 
    And I still
    And I still
    And I still want you when I'm sober 

    Well, maybe one day I could move on
    And I could forget you
    Wonder why it took us so long
    But we'll sleep with no regrets
    Yeah, I won't regret 
    No, I can’t regret

    And why would I want to when I got high off of wanting you
    When the lights all dim and the party is over 
    And I still
    And I still
    And I still want you when I'm sober 

  • written by Morgan Wade

    You said I got too many tattoos on my arms 
    And since the last time that I saw you I think I done screwed up my heart 
    But then again it wasn't too far from falling apart 
    You said I got too many tattoos on my arms 

    Last time I saw you I don't think your eyes looked so great 
    And who's the reason behind all those lines on your face 
    And I know the truth is the last thing that you'd say 
    I don't remember your eyes looking that great

    You didn't know it but I was falling in love with you 
    And I know you're married and there's nothing I could do 
    And I had to leave cause I did not like this town 
    You made the better choice
    Because I would only have let you down 

    Don't look too happy but who am I to judge 
    I hear a problem and I'm the very first one to hit it and run
    And it got real old drinkin’ when you're drinkin’ is to have fun 
    Don't look too happy but who am I to judge

    And I wonder if there's even an ounce of love left in you 
    And I know you're married and there's nothing I could do 
    And I have to leave and you don't wanna hang around
    One more night
    And I know you’d only let me down 

    Yeah, but maybe your hair was brown or maybe it was black 
    Whenever you were around
    My mind got a little too far off track 
    And you took an innocence that I'll never get back 
    I can't remember if your hair was brown or maybe it was black 

    But I'm thinking that you just might love me too
    And I know you’re married and there's nothing we could do 
    And I have to leave but I don't wanna leave right now
    Boy, one more night
    Know I’d love you to let you down

  • written by Morgan Wade

    Sometimes to help me feel alive
    I take a ride down Kelley's Drive
    Just to see if you were home
    And to help me not feel so alone

    And I done drank about a fifth of Jack
    I'm feelin' pretty low but I'm not turning back
    I'd like to call you up, see where you are
    But I'll just pass out here in my car

    And I’ll never forget July 19th
    That evening you and I got back from the beach
    And I crashed at your place, you held me so tight
    It was one hell of a special night

    And I do not know that I could ever move on
    But I’ll write about you in some of these songs
    I'll continue to love you with every beat in my heart
    Till that last beat falls apart

    Well, I wrote this for closure, my final goodbye
    My last moment to break down and cry
    And I know you say that we are friends but it
    Does not feel like we've made amends

    And I've just got one more thing to say
    You're so damn perfect, don't ever change
    And I, I'll always have a place for you
    I'll always be in love with you

    Sometimes to help me feel alive
    I take a ride down Kelley's Drive
    Just to see if you were home
    And to help me not feel so alone

  • written by Morgan Wade

    I'm walking down a dirty street 
    I've got my mind on your smile 
    Look for you in every face I meet 
    No comparison yet and I've walked for miles 

    Don't close your eyes, don't go to sleep 
    You're not with the right one
    If you're not lying next to me 
    I've loved you so long that it's true 
    Cut me open and I, I bleed for you
    I bleed for you

    I stare at the bottom of a coffee cup 
    You say your name but I put my head down
    I think about all the mornings I couldn't shut up 
    I wonder where we’d be right now

    Don't close your eyes, don't go to sleep 
    You're not with the right one
    If you're not lying next to me 
    I've loved you so long that it's true 
    Cut me open and I, I bleed for you
    I bleed for you

    I stand overlooking this city
    But I got drunk as it got dark
    I thought about all the nights you stood next to me
    I know now that I broke my own heart

    Don't close your eyes, don't go to sleep 
    You're not with the right one 
    If you're not lying next to me
    I've loved you so long that it's true 
    Cut me open and I, I bleed for you

  • written by Morgan Wade

    Well, I built myself quite the reputation 
    But I'm not so sure that’s one I wanted to build 
    And I got myself a bad attitude 
    Yeah, if looks, if looks from me could kill 

    Mama said don't go takin' no candy from strangers 
    She never said nothin' bout no shots from boys in bars 
    Everybody in this place looks like pure danger 
    And I’ma let them play puppets with my heart

    Well, I’m tryin’, I’m tryin’ real hard 
    To better myself now, tell me baby, can't you see?
    But with all of my tattoos and these songs I sing about booze
    They rank me the black sheep of the family 

    Mama said don't go takin' no candy from strangers 
    She never said nothin' bout no shots from boys in bars 
    Everybody in this place looks like pure danger 
    And I’ma let them play puppets with my heart

    Well, tomorrow I’ll be sick
    But tonight I’ll keep chattin’ with these guys 
    Cos I know with all the lies I spit 
    Not one of these drinks am I gonna buy 

    Mama said don't go takin' no candy from strangers 
    She never said nothin' bout no shots from boys in bars 
    Everybody in this place looks like pure danger 
    And I’ma let them play puppets with my heart

    Well, Mama said don't go takin' no candy from strangers 
    But she never said nothin' bout no shots from boys in bars 
    Everybody in this place looks like pure danger 
    And I’ma let them play puppets with my heart