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1.
Phineas Gage 03:57
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I’m just a one trick pony In a one horse town I’m running from the bull Just like a rodeo clown Goodbye Virginia You’ll never be mine Gonna take my chances On the Cavendish Line I’m sure I’ll be just fine, like Phineas Gage Phineas Gage In the blink of an eye Everything can change In through the cheek Out through the brain He never was the same The tamp iron packed The gunpowder tight The spark from the granite Dynamite! His men heard him speak Said he felt—no—pain In through the cheek Out through the brain Phineas Gage (Chorus) Doctors shook their heads It’s just a matter of time Nothing they could do Still he survived! Who knows why? Every moment’s a blessing Every blessing’s a curse Every curse is a promise It can always get worse Goodbye Virginia We never got it right But it’s too late to fix it It’s too late to fight I’m sure we’ll be alright, just like Phineas Gage (chorus)
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Fireproof 04:17
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We stumbled all the way home Redeemed by grace and style I babbled like a madman Delivered with a smile I loved you like a sister though I was an only child But meanwhile I pledged my allegiance To the God-awful truth A man like me Can’t be told what to do I learned more from my screwups Than I ever learned from you I’m fireproof What can I do I’m fireproof What can I do? I’m fireproof Got nothin’ to lose I’m fireproof I’ll never be burned by you Remember last October One more final second chance We gave those city lawyers What we borrowed in advance I sleep just like a baby Though there’s blood on my hands But meanwhile I heard a voice inside my head Is that you or is it me? Said take what you want but Don’t eat from the tree You hissed a final warning But that don’t bother me I’m fireproof You know I gotta be I'm fireproof (chorus) All you pretty ladies Better leave me alone I finally learned the difference Between right and wrong Here I go I'm fireproof (chorus)
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Didn't Lose Me Pt1 03:21
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Well the leaves are falling And the well’s run dry Thought I heard you calling In a lullaby Felt the touch of heaven In your fingertips Heard the devil whisper From a stranger’s lips And I woke up to the sound Of the children laughing But darkness soon betrayed That it was not real Another winter’s night Would soon be passing A night that would not change The way we feel There’s no more secrets There’s no more games No more pretending we can change Every time I pinned you down You’d always wind up free I know I nearly lost your love But you didn’t lose me No you didn’t lose me Could have lost me a lover Could have lost a friend Let’s make a new beginning From a bitter end Not every love song Has a deeper meaning Not every hero finds A higher call For every one who peaks The highest mountain Another ten before him Had to fall There's no more secrets (chorus)
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Rich By Now 04:09
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Well you could say We’ve done alright If that’s your point of view But if you knew then What you know now What would you do? Would you thank me For the memories Would you try again Keep looking for That change of luck The kind that you can spend The kind of love that you can spend Thought I’d be rich by now Well I thought it would be so easy It would all just fall in line Thought I would be a millionaire It’s just a matter of time But we spent it all On this yellow house That we may never own We spent it on such useless things A million chances blown And we’re still held down We should have known Thought I’d be rich by now I tried every little Get rich quick cliche Did you read my screenplay? It didn’t turn out the way I thought it would be I’m a 41 year old man In a rock n’ roll band Ambition has finally Made a fool of me And what’s it mean to be rich? It’s the only way to be You won’t have to take no more Of that junk you take from me Well my friend that already made it Sure took me by surprise When he took a million little dollars For a million little lies But so would I, so would I So would I Thought I’d be rich by now
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Life Ain't Easy 03:37
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Life ain’t easy Life ain’t fair You and me baby We ain’t got a prayer Making good time On the road to nowhere Life ain’t easy Life ain’t fair We play our broken record At the speed of sound Never moving forward Always turning around You should have been famous Should have had your share Life ain’t easy Life ain’t fair And I take you for granted Happens every day You’ve heard all my stories I’ve got nothing to say So pin the tail on this donkey Let’s play truth or dare Life ain’t easy Life ain’t fair Life ain’t easy (chorus) I left Mississippi With the corn in the ground Memphis took me in Like a dog from the pound Now I’m soft in the middle But I’m your teddy bear Life ain’t easy Life ain’t fair Life ain't easy (chorus) My daddy’s fought off his demons And he’s got them on the run Mama’s found Jesus In the Daytona sun And Billy’s turning 40 That means he’s halfway there Life ain’t easy Life ain’t fair
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Please Be Sweet 03:24
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Halfway home And you call my phone Get the funny feeling That I’m not alone Your blood burns hotter Than a Carolina summer day Mean no harm Just a false alarm Thinking ‘bout running But I won’t get far Fourteen minutes To get my story straight Then I’ll beg Please be sweet Please be kind Don’t have to say everything That’s on your mind Anything you want I’ll do Exactly what you want me to Just please be sweet Please be kind Car door slams Now I’m in a jam Jesus forgives me Cause he understands I’m playing my part In a high wire balancing act This broken body holds My gentle soul But I just work here I do what I’m told Taking my orders From the queens of the cul-de-sac Please be sweet (chorus) Caught me red handed What can I say We always had a deal To look the other way I’m too old To be screwing around And you’re too young To stay home I don’t mind a little freaking out It’s better than going alone Please be sweet (chorus)
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Selfish 04:14
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I’m a selfish man, it’s true I think more of me than you I’m a selfish man But I want to change I’ll stick around ’til I disappear I was never really here I’m a selfish man But I want to change Spent more of my life Running around Than I ever spent time at home All those late night buddies of mine I still wound up alone I’m a selfish man I want to change I’m a selfish man Help me change I’m a selfish man, it’s true I think more of me than you I’m a selfish man But I want to change I’ve given up on getting by Got to put myself aside There must be more than this Spent more of my life (chorus) I tried to tell myself I could make it on my own You tried to reach me Now you’re gone Did I wait too long To come back home? I’m a selfish man, it’s true I think more of me than you I’m a selfish man But I want to change Tell me what I’ve got to do To make things right with you I’m a selfish man But I want to change Spent more of my life (chorus) I’m a selfish man I’m never gonna change
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Panic Attack 02:58
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Panic attack, I’m driving The walls are closing in Feels so good To know that I’m alive Happened once before But I chose to ignore Feels so good To know that I’m alive So many highways So many lanes The world goes by so quickly But I just feel the same Should I pull over or Just grip the wheel and drive Just look in my eyes Look in my eyes I’m still alive I came down the mountain In the rain Never should have gone So far away It’s worse when I’m alone Just wanna get back home Never should have gone So far away So many highways (chorus) Panic attack, I’m driving Death grip on the wheel But I run this machine It don’t run me Slick and sweaty hands I don’t know where I am But I run this machine It don’t run me So many highways (chorus) I'm still alive I'm still alive
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Didn't Lose Me Pt2 03:51
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Well the leaves are falling And the well’s run dry Thought I heard you calling In a lullaby Felt the touch of heaven In your fingertips Heard the devil whisper From a stranger’s lips Well there’s no more secrets No more games No more pretending, child Pretending we can change Every time I pinned you down You always wind up free I know I nearly lost your love But you didn’t lose me No you didn’t lose me Well I’m nobody’s hero No higher call Never climbed me a mountain For no reason at all Goodbye old lover Goodbye old friend Let’s make a new beginning Start over again Well there's no more secrets (chorus) Well there's no more secrets (chorus) No you didn't lose me
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I'll Be Happy 02:16
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Look at that fancy car
 I could drive all the way to Nashville And never come back Guitar in the backseat
 And a lady there beside me who I don’t know Heading for the show When I leave North Carolina
 Then I’ll be happy
 When nobody needs a thing from me And no one knows my name 
I’ll be free My daddy left too soon
 My sisters won’t forgive him Or even speak his name I know he’s out there somewhere
 But I’ll be damned before I judge him like the rest I bet my daddy knows When I leave North Carolina (chorus) Look at that fancy car 
I could drive all the way to Nashville And never come back When nobody needs a thing from me And no one knows my name 
I’ll be free

about

Joined a rock n' roll band, wrote some songs that I really loved. Created this record to "get it out of my system". That plan backfired.

Offered with gratitude to you, listener. As Merle Haggard sings: "I love my old guitar more than God loves the poor, but I love you even more".

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released June 1, 2016

Chris Maughan (guitars, vocals, drums, bass, keys)
Bennett Kane (production, mixing)

Many of these songs were originally brought to life through my bandmates in Back on the Freakout (George Bradford & Tracy Haas). In some cases, this record reproduces our band's arrangements of songs we performed together. I thank George & Tracy for their creativity as musicians and their encouragement as friends & musical brothers.

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Chris Maughan & The Missing Ace Atlanta, Georgia

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