Open Ended Life

Open Ended Life Lyrics

Song Open Ended Life
Artist The Avett Brothers
Album Magpie and the Dandelion
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[00:11.97] Pack a change of clothes
[00:13.65] and a pillow for the road for
[00:16.72] when we drift off to sleep
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[00:22.62] Put the sketches and the notes
[00:25.02] in a box labeled "burn with furniture"
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[00:33.33] We will watch the fire burn
[00:35.39] the whole entire house
[00:37.90] we built down to ashes
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[00:44.15] From the mirror we'll admire
[00:46.83] how the flame quickly retires
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[00:49.52] we won't waste no long goodbyes
[00:52.01] on the smoke or foolish lies
[00:54.70] that finally passed us
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[01:00.56] I was taught to keep an open-ended life
[01:04.37] and never trap myself in nothin'
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[01:09.31] Let's find something new to talk about
[01:12.67] I'm tired talkin' 'bout myself
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[01:20.00] I spent my whole life
[01:21.37] talking to convince everyone
[01:24.12] that I was something else
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[01:30.68] And the part that kinda hurts
[01:33.12] is I think it finally worked
[01:35.68] and now I'm leaving
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[01:40.87] I get the feeling things have changed
[01:43.94] but the mystery to me
[01:46.33] is where and when along the way
[01:49.24] did anyone decide that they believed me
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[01:57.64] I was taught to keep an open-ended life
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[02:01.63] and never trap myself in nothin'
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[02:08.51] I was told to keep an open-ended life
[02:12.54] to never trap yourself in nothin'
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[02:51.43] When we settle down in another nowhere town
[02:55.64] let's tell our neighbors
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[03:01.83] We won't be here long
[03:03.39] and we'll be quiet
[03:04.95] but don't go asking any favors
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[03:11.70] I can't stand the unexpected,
[03:14.39] uninvited visits from too many strangers
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[03:22.37] My trust has dwindled down
[03:24.55] and I can leave here
[03:25.99] just as abruptly as I came here.
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[03:32.62] I was taught to keep an open-ended life
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[03:36.68] never trap myself in nothin'
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[03:43.58] I was told to keep an open-ended life
[03:46.95]
[03:47.87] never trap yourself in nothin'
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[03:54.89] I was told to keep an open-ended life
[03:58.59]
[03:59.15] never trap myself in nothin'
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