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Try Hard, Forever

by Cities Never Sleep

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1.
Providence 03:36
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Meet me in Texas And we’ll take the world by storm We’ll make way for California Where we’ll stay until we’re old The snow drifts across the highway And I stay connected to you By thousands of miles of copper wires The road feels like a second home But home is where the heart is baby But the road is all we know Meet me in Texas And we’ll take the world by storm We’ll make way for California Where we’ll stay until we’re old The seasons change while we’re apart I watch the leaves all fade away You see me coming when the lights go out And I become a cyclone You see me tearing through the Midwest skies to find our way home Meet me in Texas And we’ll take the world by storm We’ll make way for California Where we’ll stay until we’re old And I know you hate the winter So let’s avoid the snow We’ll heat up San Francisco And we’ll turn it into gold I’ll be just fine if I have to be alone sometimes You’ll be just fine if you have to be alone this time Meet me in Texas And we’ll take the world by storm We’ll make way for California Where we’ll stay until we’re old And I know you hate the winter So let’s avoid the snow We’ll heat up San Francisco And we’ll turn it into gold Meet me in Texas And we’ll take the world by storm We’ll make way for California Where we’ll stay until we’re old And I know you hate the winter So let’s avoid the snow We’ll heat up San Francisco And we’ll turn it into gold
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Bring Your "A" Game to a "B" Movie 03:43
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Oh no! Here it goes again We get this feeling that we’ll never make it out alive And this time we’re taking bets On who can make it to the finish without leaving it a bloody mess Let’s take this back to the place where we lost it and let’s figure out how we get it back again So show me your stuff kid Show me what you’ve got So where will you be when your walls are burning down And there’s no place left to sleep but in the fire Honey, I’ll always be your best friend when you’re in need but I can’t always be your fire fighter I feel like a ship in the ocean You are the wind in my sail Blowing us to the places we wanna be But never staying too long We’re making our own way home Keep it up keep it up and get down We’re so close No one can stop us now So where will you be when your walls are burning down And there’s no place left to sleep but in the fire Honey, I’ll always be your best friend when you’re in need but I can’t always be your fire fighter Hey! So where will you be when your walls are burning down And there’s no place left to sleep but in the fire Honey, I’ll always be your best friend when you’re in need but I can’t always be your fire fighter So where will you be when your walls are burning down And there’s no place left to sleep but in the fire Honey, I’ll always be your best friend when you’re in need but I can’t always be your fire fighter I’ll always be your best friend when you’re in need but I can’t always be your firefighter
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Won't Let You Go 03:51
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This place will be the death of me if I never leave Suffocating on the thought of my broken dreams We won’t make it if we don’t try Buried alive by the snow from these gloomy Midwest skies. Hey Oh! I won’t let you go Baby don’t say so You don’t have to go In my broke ass car let’s get in go We’ll leave this town and see how far We can make it if we just drive This time tomorrow you can find us in another state By the ocean side In the sunshine Drinking a high life Maxing out our credit cards As stop at each dive bar off the 405 Laughing till our lungs give out Hey Oh! I won’t let you go Baby don’t say so You don’t have to go We’ll watch waves crash down Knowing we’re nowhere bound We’ll spend the rest of our cash going nowhere fast Say goodbye to our fears Leave that shit in the past I don’t even know what I’ve got but I’m sure of one thing and that thing is you My heads forever spinning Love drunk is so dizzying I know you feel it too Hey Oh! I won’t let you go Baby don’t say so You don’t have to go
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Our Time Down Here 03:20
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It seems that counting change is never worth that much to me But when you add it up and break it down A dollar’s worth it’s weight in gold I’m gonna aim this drag at the dashboard So I can watch the smoke clear for once This is my time This is my time To save me from myself I’m strapped for cash but money can’t buy anything for me, no You get what you get when you only put a little into it It can’t rain all the time You’ve gotta give what you get from this Pick your battles carefully Cuz one day you might learn from your mistakes From your mistakes I’ve watched the world Rest on my shoulders for far too long If history repeats itself I’ll dig an early grave I’ve seen the skies come crashing down Lonely bodies littering the ground But I’ll hold my place with time and sound If you could see me now I know exactly what you’d say That boy sure cleans up well This is my time This is my time To save me from myself I’m strapped for cash but money can’t buy anything for me, no This is my time I’ll quit when I’m dead It can’t rain all the time You’ve gotta give what you get from this Pick your battles carefully Cuz one day you might learn from your mistakes From your mistakes It can’t rain all the time You’ve gotta give what you get from this Pick your battles carefully Cuz one day you might learn from your mistakes From your mistakes
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Kerosene 03:11
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I've been talking to myself more lately I'm the only one who listens This burden is my badge to wear This place feels like a prison Maybe, I need a shot of self esteem with some kerosene and a match Cuz I feel at home in the back draft When it's my last chance I lie through my teeth and I'm lost in the panic With the promise of fortune and glory I'm spinning out of control I can't take anymore Some might say it's best for me One more drink to pretend this never happens at all I'll tell another lie of how I'll leave it behind These demons take control of me Maybe, I need a shot of self esteem with some kerosene and a match Cuz I feel at home in the back draft When it's my last chance Lately, I need a dose of reality Cuz I feel at home in the undertow When it's time to breath And it's my last chance In the event that I don't make it out alive Tell my family I tried But I just can't take another day in my mind The bottom of this empty bottle leaves me broken and alone If I take enough of these white pills, maybe I won't feel sad Maybe, I need a shot of self esteem with some kerosene and a match Cuz I feel at home in the back draft When it's my last chance Lately, I need a dose of reality Cuz I feel at home in the undertow When it's time to breath And it's my last chance Tell me everything will be fine Help me start things over
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Trying to Make a Dollar Out of What Makes Sense 04:20
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Let's take a walk out by the city Where the interstate surrounds us But we're oh so very far away from everyone we know And when the sun goes down the city lights will guide our way back home We can make it We can make it We can make it if we try Sweetness, I love those flowers in your hair And the way you look at me right now Makes me take mental photographs When we get older We can look back at this moment That I've memorized entirely Where you're dancing with those flowers in your hair Our fingers were designed to fit perfectly together such craftsmanship could only come from heaven above I remember everything I remember everything We can make it We can make it We can make it if we try We can make it We can make it We can make it if we try Sweetness, I love those flowers in your hair And the way you look at me right now Makes me take mental photographs When we get older We can look back at this moment That I've memorized entirely Where you're dancing with those flowers in your hair Sweetness, I love those flowers in your hair And the way you look at me right now Makes me take mental photographs When we get older We can look back at this moment That I've memorized entirely Where you're dancing with those flowers in your hair
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I Coulda Been a Contender 03:04
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You need to buy yourself a ticket For a one way on the last train out of town You need to go where the sun shines all the time Instead of always living life out in the dark You need to paint yourself a picture To remind you of the life you should have We are the liars and thieves Stealing our last looks And leaving everything behind So here we go again Another gun shot marathon Where we We know We only run so far So hear me out now baby Come on, Come on I think we're falling apart You're slowly building your walls Just like Berlin I can break down anything We are the liars and thieves Stealing our last looks And leaving everything behind So here we go again Another gun shot marathon Where we We know We only run so far So stop, turn around, take a look at yourself And what you are You never know if you don't go to the place that scares you the most So when it's your time to shine And you're feeling it all Don't let your heart stop beating You're all you need to be When everything that you want is everything that you are Don't let your heart stop beating And you'll never be the same So when it's your time to shine And you're feeling it all Don't let your heart stop beating You're all you need to be When everything that you want is everything that you are Don't let your heart stop beating And you'll never be the same
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Badwolf 03:18
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I've gotta say something And get this off my chest I'm scared as hell to be a no one Can't give up without a fight Everyday I try to get so far Taking shots from the world from a loaded gun I've never felt so fucking beaten down But we'll give em hell kids Aim high, swing low, swing hard Let's make some battle scars Show em what it's like to be black and blue Mixing blood and sweat to repair your wounds I feel more alive right now when I'm laying one foot in the grave It sears and it spreads In its violence, it's cathartic Lie to my face like it's an art form Oh god, the innocent I've ripped apart to pay my dues I've fucked the world that fucked me too It's too sweet Aim high, swing low, swing hard Let's make some battle scars Show em what it's like to be black and blue Mixing blood and sweat to repair your wounds I feel more alive right now when I'm laying one foot in the grave Aim high, swing low, swing hard Let's make some battle scars Show em what it takes to be black and blue Mixing blood and sweat to repair your wounds I feel more alive right now when I'm laying one foot in the grave We've come too far to turn back now We've come too far to turn back now We've come too far to turn back now We've come too far to turn back now We have the heart of a champion Maybe someday we'll get better
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Tear Me Up Like a Dancefloor 04:04
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And I'll always be remembering when I felt your love It's a double cross You're telling me one little lie to hide the other You're a foxy double agent with the lips to murder me so kill me We've gotta pick up the pace here If you think that I am gonna sit around and wait for you to make your move again You took my heart and you tore it a new one And left me bleeding all over the floor I'm sick and tired of all of this cleaning up Sew me up now Sew me up now And when it's over and there's nothing left to say I'll be forgiving but you cut me up this way I'll keep your ghost close to my heart And I'll always be remembering when I felt your love You're so sure of yourself You've got the stuff to bleed a boy dry You're so malicious Everyday is just the way that you like it You tear me up like a dance floor You took my heart and you tore it a new one And left me bleeding all over the floor I'm sick and tired of all of this cleaning up Sew me up now Sew me up now And when it's over and there's nothing left to say I'll be forgiving but you cut me up this way I'll keep your ghost close to my heart And I'll always be remembering when I felt your love You took my heart and you tore it a new one And left me bleeding all over the floor I'm sick and tired of all of this cleaning up Sew me up now Sew me up now And when it's over and there's nothing left to say I'll be forgiving but you cut me up this way I'll keep your ghost close to my heart And I'll always be remembering when I felt your love You took my heart and you tore it a new one And left me bleeding all over the floor I'm sick and tired of all of this cleaning up Sew me up now Sew me up now You took my heart and you tore it a new one And left me bleeding all over the floor I'm sick and tired of all of this cleaning up Sew me up now Sew me up now And when it's over and there's nothing left to say I'll be forgiving but you cut me up this way I'll keep your ghost close to my heart And I'll always be remembering when I felt your love
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What It Feels Like 03:58
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Let's take a trip to 2003 When everything we did meant so much to me 2005 and the tour life Everything we did made us feel alive Played so many shows that we couldn't count Broke so many hearts, we probably shouldn't count You're my best friend, you're my family I cherish every thought and every memory Here we are now hardly talking 600 miles away I hate the way we are now I know a lot of it is my fault and I want to take it back This is what it feels like to love somebody What it feels like to lose control Bury me we're so close to dead and gone This is what it feels like to hurt somebody What it feels like to lose yourself Sorry cannot live when forgiveness dies Remember all the days we would waste our time Call in sick to work to watch Family Guy All our Aussie fans from the Napster days The summer mom was gone and we lived like kings I want you to know as I watched you grow I applied it to myself it worked at every show I look up to you and everything you do I'm the man I am because of you Here we are now hardly talking 600 miles away I hate the way we are now I know a lot of it is my fault and I want to take it back This is what it feels like to love somebody What it feels like to lose control Bury me we're so close to dead and gone This is what it feels like to hurt somebody What it feels like to lose yourself Sorry cannot live when forgiveness dies This is what it feels like to love somebody What it feels like to lose control Bury me we're so close to dead and gone This is what it feels like to hurt somebody What it feels like to lose yourself Sorry cannot live when forgiveness dies This is what it feels like to love somebody What it feels like to lose control Bury me we're so close to dead and gone

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This is the first full length record by pop punk band Cities Never Sleep.

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released September 13, 2019

Produced by Cities Never Sleep
Recorded and Mixed @Defhaus by Jacob Carlson
Mastered @ Rareform Mastering by Greg Reierson

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