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the underdogs

by Jen Foster

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Won't you please tell me just where you're going I'm on edge with this uncertainty I know I have made it hard to get to know me It's terrifying you may not like what you see And I know that you would love to break me down But some things are just too hard to talk about All this time I've been lyin', been lyin' to you So afraid that you'd leave me if you knew the truth All this time I've been tryin' to reach out to you All this time I've been lyin', where you goin', where you goin'? Please don't leave, I never meant to hurt you I'm just locked up in this solitary pain I learned young that keeping secrets is a virtue What happened to me - I can't bring myself to say And I know that if I say it, it is true And I'm scared that you would leave me if you knew All this time I've been lyin', been lyin' to you So afraid that you'd leave me if you knew the truth All this time I've been tryin' to reach out to you All this time I've been lyin', where you goin', where you goin'? As you leave I say a quiet prayer for mercy One more time, just turn around and look at me And as I pray, you say you never would desert me "In fact, come with me I was just going out for groceries." And the stars fade out in the sky tonight And the dawn breaks in and spreads the light
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The black and white picture taken by a stranger Out in the streets of New Orleans The blanket I stole from that hotel in London You asked if I thought that I was the Queen Myy big blue sweater - you made it look better Is folded in the corner of your suitcase You're taking everything, you've got my heart on a string Come on tell me where we are going All I am is where you are And I never knew you could go so far All I am is in your heart You took me with you, you took me with you The broken wine bottle that fell off our mantle We couldn't stand to throw that sweet memory away The book by Fitzgerald that I bought for your birthday Is packed in a box with my love letters you saved And you're taking Bob Dylan, oh, the times must be changing Maybe you'll listen as you're driving away You're taking everything, you've got my heart on a string C'mon tell me where we are going All I am is where you are And I never knew you could go so far All I am is in your heart You took me with you, you took me with you Those shells from the ocean, that one, yellow rose and The incense and candles and your old tambourine Your sweatshirt from college, that painting that you wanted And I'll take the promise that you could not keep?. All I am is where you are And I never knew you could go so far All I am is in your heart You took me with you, you took me with you You're taking Bob Dylan?. Tell me how does it feel?
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Second grade, Billy Simms Playing out by the jungle gym All the boys laughed at him For some sort of speech impediment And they knocked him down And I pushed them off And they kicked our asses 'Cause we were the underdogs Seventh grade, Cindy Sloan Eating in the lunchroom all alone They called her strange, but I could see She was just different like me So I asked her over And she blew me off It made perfect sense to me 'Cause we were the underdogs When everyone's above you, there's nowhere you can go When nobody calls you, 'cause it's all in who you know When the self-righteous say they're for you, telling you to win this fight Nobody understands you, no they don't know what it's like Freshman year, Judson Tate He didn't have a Homecoming date He asked me out, we never kissed We told each other our big secret He said he fell for James And James broke his heart And I understood him 'Cause we were the underdogs When everyone's above you, there's nowhere you can go When nobody calls you, 'cause it's all in who you know When the self-righteous say they're for you, telling you to win this fight Nobody understands you, no they don't know what it's like Senior year, Billy Simms His parents said it was an accident...
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amen 03:23
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broken 03:34
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saturn 03:24
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we were gods 04:30
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released October 5, 2012

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Jen Foster Nashville, Tennessee

A rock ‘n’ roll Texan living in Nashville and award-winning singer/songwriter who runs Fosterchild Records. Film/TV placements include the theme to Emmy winning Venice: The Series. Creator of "The Writer's Share", to benefit the TJ Martell Foundation. Keynote speaker at Tin Pan South & the Indiegirl Conference. Artist/writer representative at the Nashville Songwriters Association International ... more

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