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Beauty & Barbed Wire

by Tad Overbaugh

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Rick Kotowski Tad, Is by far one of the finest song writers I know ! Favorite track: Tip My Girl.
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1.
Lethal Charm 03:33
Just like every night I stuck around but I should've gone home She came in with those eyes Full of sweet danger and recklessly bold At close range I just fall She is killing me with lethal charm She was friendly fire Should've taken cover but I had to get close Beauty and barbed wire I almost wish I hadn't been the one that she chose At close range I just fall She is killing me with lethal charm At close range I just fall She's got lethal charm She is killing me with lethal charm
2.
Bill stares at the TV It's another weekday night In the seedy bar down the street He sits 'til closing time He ain't really watching the TV Just thinking about his life Used to be so cool, had everywhere to be Now he sits in this bar every night What am I doing here? Goes through his mind Eating beer nuts feeling life passed him by It's clear, under this Michelob sign It's time to get busy living or dying Never chased down any dreams But used to run when love came by Now he sits on the edge of nothing With just the beer in his glass tonight What am I doing here? Goes through his mind Eating beer nuts feeling life passed him by It's clear, under this Michelob sign It's time to get busy living or dying Bill stares at the TV
3.
I moved here never meant to stay Oh man I'm done with this town Nobody's friendly and it's tough to catch a break Oh man I'm done with this town I would leave this town in a heartbeat today I'm not sure where I'd even go anyway I never seem to get along with this place Oh man I'm done with this town There's always traffic think I'm stuck here now Oh man I'm done with this town Too many potholes slowing me down Oh man I'm done with this town I would leave this town in a heartbeat today I'm not sure where I'd even go anyway I never seem to get along with this place Oh man I'm done with this town Don't get me wrong I had some fun along the way But oh man I'm done with this town The girls are pretty maybe I should stay But oh man I'm done with this town I would leave this town in a heartbeat today I'm not sure where I'd even go anyway I never seem to get along with this place Oh man I'm done with this town Now every time I stop and look around I think Man I'm done with this town I'm done with this town I'm done with this town Goddamn I'm done with this town
4.
There's a trace of you out there And a feel, that I used to know But time, brought us out where I watch you, begin to let go Starting to feel like the end of the decade You look at me like a fading style Starting to feel like strangers with plans made I watch you turn, to someone I used to know now There's a change in your stare Used to see, what looked like home Outside, leaves fall through the air Like you, the trees are letting go Starting to feel like the end of the decade You look at me like a fading style Starting to feel like strangers with plans made I watch you turn, to someone I used to know now I thought we were built to last for the ride Like something classic that rolls through changing times Starting to feel like the end of the decade You look at me like a fading style Starting to feel like strangers with plans made I watch you turn, to someone I used to know now Someone I used to know now Someone that I used to know now Feels like the end of the decade
5.
6.
You came by, like a breeze Safe, cool and warm Never saw you coming, didn't think you'd leave You fit just right, next to me And you, can't be gone You slipped by, like a thief Broke inside, got to me And I'm left bleeding, memories You we're a bull's-eye hit for me What we're all, searching for You can chase down anything But the best things, just come to be And you, can't be gone You slipped by, like a thief Broke inside, got to me And I'm left bleeding, memories Can't move on, don't wanna try Can't let go, of something so right Never saw you coming, didn't think you'd leave You fit just right, next to me And you, can't be gone You slipped by, like a thief And you, can't be gone Broke inside, got to me And I'm left bleeding, memories And you can't be gone
7.
We all chase down what we see Out on the horizon Where the sun sinks down and a dream Might be there just waiting But what you want can be far Can get so close, then stuck in park Just idling and waiting in the breakdown lane It all makes sense, so it seems When a heart starts chasing What appears is so, within reach And there for the taking But some roads can be hard Bad bumps, can crack a good heart And leave you waiting in the breakdown lane Looking out from the smoke and gray Nobody wants to pass through this place And feel you're left to dry like paint Waiting in the breakdown lane But some roads can be hard Bad bumps, can crack a good heart And leave you waiting in the breakdown lane Looking out from the smoke and gray Nobody wants to pass through this place And feel like you're left to dry like paint Waiting in the breakdown lane Looking out from the smoke and gray Feeling like you're left to dry like paint Waiting in the breakdown lane Breakdown lane Sometimes you're just waiting In the breakdown lane
8.
There's something my grandfather said When he was running out of daylight Time's a wastin', better get to it And do what you can before tonight Cause it's a good day on the north side of the grass It's another chance to chase down any dream that you have On the north side of the grass It's a strange world, you never know when You'll be thrown off or taken for a ride It can blow you up, build you back again And lead you from darkness to light And it's a good day on the north side of the grass It's another chance to make a memory that'll last We're all just trying to make it through another day And find some peace along the way But too many times, it's like a battle we're in With odds stacked so high you can't win Life's surprising, like the wilderness Full of beauty and fierce things that bite When I'm beaten down and feeling lost within Quietly myself I remind That it's a good day on the north side of the grass It's another chance to chase down any dream that you have And it's a good day on the north side of the grass It's another chance to make a memory that'll last On the north side of the grass
9.
Tip My Girl 03:36
She came here three months before I did Just to make some money, just to try to get ahead Well I know you think she's pretty Well I think so too Let me say that you ain't seen nothing Even though, you've just seen everything Please tip my girl, she's working hard tonight Do you think that it's easy swinging from a cabaret pole at night? Please tip my girl, she's working hard tonight Wish I could say we met between the slot machines But I was feeling all alone one night and hit the Palomino Well she said, I like your eyes They can see right through Somehow they can see inside me Even though, you've just seen everything Please tip my girl, she's working hard tonight Do you think that it's easy dreaming in the smoky cabaret light? While she's dancing for you, she's thinking of me Please tip my girl, she's working hard tonight And even though I'm alone most every night She's coming home to me I'm the only one that can see inside Please tip my girl, she's working hard tonight Do you think that it's easy swinging from a cabaret pole at night? While she's dancing for you, she's thinking of me Please tip my girl, she's working hard tonight

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released February 1, 2015

Produced By Shawn Byrne

Recorded at Great Hill Studio, Nashville, TN
Additional tracks recorded at The Swamp, Swampscott, MA

All songs written by Tad Overbaugh
except tracks 1,2,3,4,7 Tad Overbaugh/James Hankins
c 2018 Open Highway Music, SESAC

Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering Chicago, IL

Artwork/Design by Nicole Anguish/Daykamp Creative

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Tad Overbaugh Boston, Massachusetts

Tad Overbaugh & the Late Arrivals are a 4-piece, heartland inspired, rock 'n' roll band from Boston, MA. Driving down that highway
of roots-rock, alt-country, midwestern tinged power-pop and classic country influences. Tad Overbaugh's songs fall somewhere between the twang of Steve Earle, the gritty dive bar pop of Twin/Tone and chimey, hook-filled songwriting of Tom Petty.
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