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from Broken Ghost by James Byous

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we sleep through our dreams

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In the grand scheme of things,we're as fortunate as kings
but we're drinking ourselves to death just to feel alive
yeah, we sleep through our dreams, as backward as it seems
yeah, we're wracking our empty heads trying to get it right

sleeping on the floor don't have the keys to my own door
and even if i did i still couldn't get inside

and we slide, we're only getting by

in the autumn of our youth, we went searching for the truth
we left no stone unturned and what did we find?
but a new drug we can use and a substance we can abuse
and all to stay amused and to lose our minds

i wish i had a car, i'd drive it fast and drive it far
and i'd leave this broken heart i found behind

we slide…

play us a sad song, the saddest song that you know
we would be glad to sing along
play it to four chords, live the beat as you go
only so we can sing along

if you want to tell it straight, we have cause to celebrate
so let's pretend that it's the weekend all of the time
we've been getting when we can
more than you can count on your hands
sliding through the complication only getting by

I'm gonna ride that northbound train
i feel hear the rails calling out my name
i'm gonna let that wind carry me back to your side

we slide...

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from Broken Ghost, track released April 10, 2013
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Chris Lawrence.. pedal steel
Aubrey Richmond.. fiddle
Billy Watts.. acoustic guitar
Ted Russel Kamp.. upright bass
James Byous.. electric guitar
David Raven.. Drums

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James Byous Los Angeles, California

James Byous is a singer songwriter from Los Angeles. After living on the street and selling off slightly less than vital organs to buy his first guitar, he began writing strangely compelling songs and singing them on street corners until he was taken in by a buddhist monk in 2012. Since then he's been playing his songs around LA and learning the way toward enlightenment from his unlikely friends. ... more

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