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• Twenty Years - Dwight Yoakam
• Twenty Years - Poco
• Twenty Years - Placebo
• Twenty Years - Something For Kate
• Twenty Years - AUGUSTANA
• Twenty Years - Blane

Hey look yonder, Henry, comes the sheriff
And he's carrying a warrant in his hand
Don't you run, poor old Henry, for he'll shoot you
Not long will you be a free man
Now twenty years, you must spend behind steel bars
For a crime that you did not do
Yeah, the lie she swore in that district court
Has proved to be the ruin of you
Tried to warn you, Henry, not to cross her
Tried to tell you about her vengeful ways
When you turned and left her for another
She swore, Henry, that she'd make you pay
Now twenty years, you must spend behind steel bars
For a crime that you did not do
Yeah the lie she swore in that district court
Has proved to be the ruin of you
Listen well, all you young rounders
Heed the lesson poor old Henry never learned
That even hell with all its fiery power
Hath no fury like a woman's scorn
Now twenty years, you must spend behind steel bars
For a crime that you did not do
Yeah the lie she swore in that district court
Has proved to be the ruin of you
Yeah, the lie she swore in that district court

I've thought about the things I need
And I'm willing just to let them be
There's nothing that I'd want anyway
That could take the place of you and all the things you do and say
We've come so very far in such a little time
And looking back there is only you that I find
Who was willing to give and maybe lose
You've got me tying up my walking shoes, these walking shoes
Twenty years on the run
I've only known a setting sun
Burning out on a lonely road
I've come to feel a lighter load
Twenty years on the run
I've only known a setting sun
Burning out on a lonely road
I've come to feel a lighter load
Now it's time we can turn the page
I believe you and I have come of age
All along it was there to see
What was really meant to be
Oh baby, it's a game, it's the only one in town
It's a game all the changes going 'round
It's taken twenty years to get it on the way

There are twenty years to go
and twenty ways to know
who will wear
who will wear the hat.
There are twenty years to go,
the best of all I hope.
Enjoy the ride, the medicine show.
And thems the breaks for we designer fakes.
We need to concentrate on more then meets the eye.
There are twenty years to go,
the faithful and the low.
The best of starts, the broken heart, the stone.
There are twenty years the go,
the punch drunk and the blow.
The worst of starts, the mercy part, the phone.
And thems the breaks for we designer fakes.
We need to concentrate on more then meets the eye.
And thems the breaks for we designer fakes.
But it's you I take 'cause you're the truth not I.
There are twenty years to go.
A golden age I know.
But all will pass, will end to fast, you know.
There are twenty years to go,
and many friends I hope.
Though some may hold the rose some hold the rope.
And that's the end and that's the start of it.
That's the whole and that's the part of it.
That's the high and that's the heart of it.
That's the long and that's the short of it.
That's the best and that's the test in it.
That's the doubt, the doubt,
the trust in it.
That's the sight and that's the sound of it.
That's the gift and that's the trick in it.
You're the truth not I.
You're the truth not I.
You're the truth not I.

he is alive and kicking
he calls it gymnastics, calls it velocity
and you spend twenty years climbing and never change your mind
and you call it the path of least resistance
and you have everything you ever need
and you sing if you can't beat them join them
all the way up to your floor
memorize and repeat it
and sing it like you mean it
they are talking to me and i am nowhere to be found
there's somewhere else i had to be
call it necessity, mutiny, entropy
they think i'm down
they tell me i should brighten up
but that's just 'cause they don't know an explosion when they see one
and they sing if you can't beat them join them
all the way up to your floor
memorize and repeat it
and sing it like you mean it
all the way home to your front door
yeah you better believe it
sing it like you mean it
(repeat first chorus)

Well, I've been running from something
Twenty years in my car
Down a road that's leading me nowhere
Yeah, we drive through the farmland
No one knows where we're from
Could I kiss you and make you a queen
Or something in between?
Do you want to see
The place where I am free?
'Cause in my mind I need it
But you're nowhere near to me
Move to New York City
Take your woman by the hand
Leave her there with your things on the doorstep
And there's no way around it
Could this be our last dance?
So fall asleep with the TV, darling
I'll be back again
Do you want to see
The place where I was free?
'Cause in my mind I've been there
And there's no one here but me
In the morning it'll find you
Let the light shine away
Down a road that's leading me nowhere
And there's no way around it
Could this be our last dance?
Just fall asleep with the TV, darling

Twenty years until this will end
Scream out loud to reach for it
These feelings fill my chest for days
Glancing out my window pane
I blink for a minute than I
Sink back into memories of better days
I'm not conceited
More or less
I'm oblivious to all the wrong I do
I'm all about second chances
On lost and failed romances
I swear, over and over again
Twenty years until this will end
Scream out loud to reach for it
These feelings fill my chest for days
It's not that I chose to leave you
Besides it's only fair
Don't miss a step
I stumble whenever I try
Oh, why does it have to be this hard?
I called the shots, but broke all the rules
A false sense of liberation
Leads to me falling away from you
In our last conversation
It was said,
"You are the only one
Who can save us"
Save us
"So save us please
I'm down on my knees
Can you accept that
You'll save us?
Twenty years until this will end
Scream out loud to reach for it
These feelings fill my chest for days
It's not that I chose to leave you