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Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.

Tom Waits

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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Capture End Feature Song Writing
The trick is to have a career and have a family. It’s like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.
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Career Family Night Trick Yourself
Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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Kill Kiss Myself See
All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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Love One Liner Yourself
When you’re writing‚ you’re conjuring. It’s a ritual‚ and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you’re inviting into the room.
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Brave Conjuring Invitation Room Writing Yourself
And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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Death Earth Myself Scream
The beginning of it starts at the end.
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Beginning End Start
It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.
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Avoid Habit Hard Old Scatter Stop Togetherness Yourself
She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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Forest Herself Live
I’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
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Guy Ring Sell Type
I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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Lying Myself Talk Truth
I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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Arms Time Yourself
You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
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Children Learning Yourself
The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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Beat Bite Bone Dog Yourself
I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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Inspirational Myself Poor Reach Start
The folks who know the truth aren’t talking. The ones who don’t have a clue, you can’t shut them up!
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Talk Truth Yourself

Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.

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Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.

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