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the Last Twelve Hours

by Messerly & Ewing

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1.
I Fell 03:57
I could find trouble even in my Sunday best Hell fire on the lords day of rest Wrong turns in my life are plan to see But how I wound up with you is a mystery Don’t know how I fell into lovein’ you Don’t know how I fell into lovein’ you For me the rule would break before they’d bend And even if I could sit down I’d be on the hot seat again Trouble follow me where ever I go So how I wound up with you I’ll never know Don’t know how I fell into lovein’ you Don’t know how I fell into lovein’ you I can still see your face, the first time we met There was something in your eyes that I will never forget And I can still hear your voice, when you first spoke my name But there is no thing I will never know, that’s how you can feel the same You make your own luck at least that’s what they say But I’ve never been good with my hand that way Wrong turns in my life are plan to see But how I wound up with you is a mystery Don’t know how I fell into lovein’ you Don’t know how I fell into lovein’ you
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Everything 03:55
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Lucky Town 05:25
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Drive 03:47
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the Story 05:29
When your young you live, summer to summer and in-between you do the things your suppose to do you drink your milk and you get good grades listen to your mother and don’t stay out to late all the time your wondering’ what’s gonna happen as you grow you live heart ache to heart ache and in-between you do the things that you want to do you can hear them talkin’ but not what they say you know in your own time you’ll find your own way all the time your wondering’ what’s gonna happen I know, that life is hard and decisions are easy to make it all depends on the path that you take a little bit older now, you live year to year and in-between you do the things you have to do get to bed early, get to work by 9 you only know your friends on the telephone line all the time your wondering’ well how did this happen a little bit wiser now, you live miracle to miracle and in-between you do the thing that you need to do first your married and then your expecting the last thing you ever expected to happen all the time your wondering’ well how did this happen chorus I guess the key is just to live day by day and in-between you do the things you believe you should do the world is yours it’s all up to you just leave it a little better then the one you came into and don’t spend to much time wondering what’s gonna happen no you shouldn't spend to much time wondering what’s gonna happen
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City of Sin 02:38
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By Heart 04:26
If I am lonely I think of your touch and know what it means to miss you that much when I’m unhappy I remember the times you told me you loved me and know I’ll just fine If I said I you know that I do If you look in my eyes you’ll know that it’s true if there’s one thing that keeps me going while we’re apart it’s the fact that I know every inch of your face by heart If I am angry I think of your smile and lose myself in your arms for awhile and if you find the world too much to bare look over your shoulder and find me standing
10.
Rain fall silent, thunder is her voice storm turn violent, by nature not by choice but I will stand my ground, as the rain run down my face fears will slowly drown, to everything it’s place No time wasted, on a journey once begun that not tasted, will soon begin to run soon it fills up Johnson’s creek and runs past Miller’s field when good earth is washed away, secrets are reveled I want to live my life like Johnson’s creek, It knows not where it goes In want to feel her stones beneath my feet, Grow stronger as it flows I want to live my life like Johnson’s creek, May rise and it may fall But come morning when it reach the sea, It’s missed nothing at all It’s touched every mile Path is turning, it follows no design never certain, but never falls behind running, twisting wild and free, but safe here in her banks learn to never take for granted, and always to give thanks It’s touched every mile It’s seen everything
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We’ve been down this road I know we’ve been here before everything look so familiar I don’t even need the tour We’ve been down this road seems like yesterday I can still hear you talking without a damn thing to say all day listening you put me in my place from scream to whispering it never seem to end until your blue in the face We’ve been down this road one too many times it seems you say the same things over and over but I still don’t know what you mean We’ve been down this road you tell me what and why but I ain’t listening’ to you no more I’m gonna live until the day I die I gave you everything you take and ask for more you leave me wondering if this is what you call love, god what could be instore We’ve been down this road it may seem new to you but that because you pay no attention to the things that you say or do We’ve been down this road We’ve been down this road We’ve been down this road We’ve been down this road
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How Long 05:37

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The emphasis is on melodic rock married to pointed lyrics adding up to a tale that says “exuberant despite everything.” Ewing and Messerly penned numbers that work as harder rockers (” I Fell”, “Drive”, the title track) mid-tempo twangy pop (”I Own A Cemetery”, “Lucky Town”) and ballads (”How Long”, “By Heart”.) One scruffy rocker, “City Of Sin”, even comes off as a sort of American variation on the Pogues’ territory.

-No Depression

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released July 14, 2001

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Messerly & Ewing Cincinnati, Ohio

When Mark Messerly and Brian Ewing went on hiatus, it wasn’t even official. Cincy band Wussy kept Messerly busy and Ewing had a similar schedule with Catalog Cowboys. But somehow they still found time to do acoustic gigs. In 2009, the pair resolved to celebrate their 15th year together by adding Sean Rhiney and Bill Donabedian as their backing band and turn up the volume. ... more

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