[00:00.00]Circle Wars (Album Version) - Kelly Joe Phelps
[00:40.44]The sidewalk coughed up
[00:41.71]Weeds and cracks
[00:44.82]A book a magazine and
[00:47.91]A penny and a dime
[00:51.67]Oh and Carl looked behind him
[00:55.16]Making sure the scene was empty
[00:58.46]Breathed a sigh of bewilderment
[01:02.20]Noting that it was
[01:09.91]Not that he expected to
[01:12.71]See Anita coming up
[01:14.67]With a brown bull whip or a
[01:17.71]Box of daffodils
[01:21.66]Yeah the night quiet bruised his ears
[01:24.60]And forced him into alleys
[01:27.74]Where the gravel crunch was friendly
[01:30.59]Under polished army heels
[01:37.81]Under polished army heels
[01:45.63]The steps on St Andrews
[01:47.95]Seemed the best bet
[01:51.55]Catch a little shut eye Anita
[01:54.34]Could sweat some
[01:58.29]Bleed a little inside or find
[02:01.07]Him in the morning
[02:03.51]Hunkered down like a derelict with
[02:07.32]Mustard on his chin
[02:14.51]Oh then the concrete froze his ass
[02:17.29]Through the holes in his pants
[02:20.65]Winter's not the best time to make
[02:24.18]A martyr's point
[02:27.60]Carl caught the corner where the
[02:30.34]Wind wouldn't get him
[02:33.01]And he absentmindedly spun the
[02:35.72]Ring 'round his finger with his thumb
[02:40.67]Yeah with his thumb
[02:50.72]Tomcat screams like a baby
[02:52.86]In the backlot
[02:56.11]Just as Carl's dreams kick in tight
[03:02.12]The light keeps stuttering hailstones
[03:05.11]Between the boughs of a maple
[03:08.40]So many voices in a one man night
[03:19.57]And he starts to see the fool
[03:22.07]Behind the windshield
[03:26.43]One hand on the steering
[03:27.59]Wheel another in the air
[03:31.87]Trying hard to catch the jet
[03:33.99]Stream to make the flying easy
[03:38.01]But only grabbing hunger
[03:41.06]For another man's life
[03:47.91]For another man's life
[04:23.17]And Anita makes the corner 'cross
[04:26.34]From Jones wrecking yard
[04:29.10]She been walking half the night
[04:30.84]And oh her legs are tired
[04:35.22]Why she thinks does Carl have
[04:38.30]To take it so hard
[04:41.09]Is it me that makes him lose
[04:44.12]Who he truly think he is
[04:52.44]He's the same damn man
[04:55.48]He's always been
[04:57.06]And I love him like I always
[05:00.50]Did like always
[05:04.33]What on earth will make him
[05:07.84]Feel satisfied
[05:10.96]I love him like I always did
[05:13.64]Like I always did
[05:20.67]Like I always did
[05:28.35]She leans against the street
[05:29.90]Light watching him sleep
[05:34.70]Watching him turn and turn
[05:36.54]In a tide pool
[05:39.76]And she slowly walks across
[05:41.72]The steps of St Andrews
[05:46.10]And stands there looking a
[05:48.95]Minute or so longer
[05:56.86]Yeah she tugs on his coat sleeve
[06:00.68]"Carl please let's go"
[06:03.13]But she stands oh doesn't
[06:05.63]Say a word
[06:09.31]And they walk side by side
[06:12.33]Not touching nor explaining
[06:15.52]Just walking home to face
[06:18.19]Down the circle wars
[06:22.00]Yeah yeah yeah the circle wars