01 AT NIGHT, ALONE.

02 I TOOK A PILL IN IBIZA

03 NOT THAT SIMPLE

04 BE AS YOU ARE

05 IN THE ARMS OF A STRANGER

06 SILENCE FEAT. LABRINTH

07 IRIS

08 ONLY GOD KNOWS

09 JADE

10 ONE HELL OF A SONG

11 BURIED IN DETROIT

12 THANK YOU

BONUS REMIXES13 I Took A Pill In Ibiza

seeb remix 14 Not That Simple

kyle tree remix 15 Be As You Are

jordanxl remix 16 In The Arms Of A Stranger

brian kierulf remix

17 Silence feat. Labrinth sluggo x loote remix

18 Buried In Detroit feat. Big Sean lucas löwe remix

“ Mike Posner is one of the most clever, talented writers I know and this is his best work yet. This is a very important album. It should be listened to from start to finish.” BIG SEAN

“ These are the best songs Mike Posner has ever written.” AVICII

“ Mike Posner has reinvented himself as an introspective pop artist– which sounds like it could be insufferable but for the fact that these songs are deeply authentic and astonishingly personal while being relentlessly catchy at the same time. This is one of the first times I’ve listened to an album before it’s released knowing it’s going to be a worldwide hit because it strikes two simultaneous bulls-eyes: unforgettable hooks and unforgettable lyrics. It’s a confessional pop masterpiece.” AMANDA PALMER

“ Mike Posner can write one hell of a song. I thank him for sharing his truths with us.” LABRINTH

“ Mike Posner is at the head of a new genre.” ROLLING STONE

“ The last artist I listened to was Mike Posner because I’m obsessed with that song I Took a Pill in Ibiza. That’s my favorite song right now.” CHRIS MARTIN

The American singer/songwriter was born in Detroit, Michigan and has lived alone in Los Angeles, California since 2010. His prior works include Reflections of a Lost Teen (2006), A Matter of Time (2009), One Foot Out the Door (2009), 31 Minutes to Takeoff (2010), and The Layover (2011). In addition, he has recorded two albums, Sky High (2012) and Pages (2014), that have never been released.

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Rest In Peace.

This album is dedicated to my teacher, mentor, and friend: Norman Henry Mamey.

Credits

2. I Took A Pill In IbizaWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER AND MARTIN TEREFE | DRUMS: GEOFF LEA | BASS AND BKGRND VOCALS: MARTIN TEREFE | PIANO, WURLITZER AND WHISTLE: NIKOLAJ TORP | ADDITIONAL PERCUSSION: OSKAR WINBERG | GUITAR: EUGENE HUANG | RECORDED BY SAM KEYTE AT KENSALTOWN RECORDING STUDIOS, LONDON AND BY MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, N. HOLLYWOOD, CA ASSISTANT MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | © 2015 NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)

3. Not That SimpleWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER & ELY ‘THE CREEP’ RISE | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER, ADAM FRIEDMAN AND MARTIN TEREFE PIANO & SPACE ECHO: MIKE POSNER | PIANO & ORGAN: GLEN SCOTT | BASS: MARTIN TEREFE DRUMS AND | PERCUSSION: KRISTOFFER SONNE | GUITAR: ADAM FRIEDMAN | STRING ARR.: FORREST D. GRAY | BKGD VOCALS: MIKE POSNER | VOCALS RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE | RECORDED BY SAM KEYTE AT KENSALTOWN RECORDING STUDIOS, LONDON ASSISTED BY KRISTIAN LARSEN | ADDITIONAL RECORDING BY OSKAR WINBERG | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASST. MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | © 2015 N. GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)//LOVE TUNNEL PUBLISHING/THESE ARE SONGS OF PULSE (ASCAP), ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY THESE ARE SONGS OF PULSE

4. Be As You AreWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER & ADAM FRIEDMAN | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER & ADAM FRIEDMAN | ADDITIONAL PRODS. BY MARTIN TEREFE | DRUMS: ALEX TOFF & ADAM FRIEDMAN BASS: SIMON HUBER | KEYBOARDS: ADAM FRIEDMAN | GUITAR:

ADAM FRIEDMAN | PERCUSSION: ADAM FRIEDMAN AND OSKAR WINBERG | CELLO: RO ROWAN | BACKING VOCALS: MIKE POSNER, ADAM FRIEDMAN | VOCALS RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASSISTANT MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | © 2015 NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)//ADAM FRIEDMAN PUBLISHING (ASCAP)/BURNETT MUSIC GROUP (ASCAP), ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY BURNETT MUSIC GROUP

5. In The Arms Of A StrangerWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER, ADAM FRIEDMAN, MARTIN TEREFE & MDL | SPACE ECHO: MIKE POSNER | KEYBOARDS: MIKE POSNER, GLEN SCOTT BASS: MARTIN TEREFE | DRUMS: KRISTOFFER SONNE | GUITAR: ADAM FRIEDMAN | BACKGROUND VOCALS: MIKE POSNER VOCALS RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE RECORDED BY SAM KEYTE AT KENSALTOWN RECORDING STUDIOS, LONDON | ASSISTED BY KRISTIAN LARSEN | ADD. RECORDING BY OSKAR WINBERG | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, N. HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASST. MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | © 2016 N. GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/ SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)

6. Silence feat. LabrinthWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER & MARTIN TEREFE | DRUMS: KRISTOFFER SONNE | BASS: MARTIN TEREFE | KEYBOARDS: MIKE POSNER, GLEN SCOTT | PIANO AND SPACE ECHO: MIKE POSNER | GUITAR: ADAM FRIEDMAN RECORDED BY SAM KEYTE AT KENSALTOWN RECORDING STUDIOS, LONDON | ASSISTED BY KRISTIAN LARSEN | ADD. RECORDING BY OSKAR WINBERG | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASST. MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | LABRINTH APPEARS COURTESY OF SYCO MUSIC | © 2016 NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)

1. At Night, Alone.RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE

7. IrisWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER AND ADAM FRIEDMAN | PRODUCED BY ADAM FRIEDMAN AND MDL | RECORDED BY ADAM FRIEDMAN, MDL AND MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE GUITAR: ADAM FRIEDMAN | KEYBOARDS: ADAM FRIEDMAN DRUMS: MDL, ADAM FRIEDMAN | PERCUSSION: ADAM FRIEDMAN, MDL | BKGRND. VOCALS: MIKE POSNER, ADAM FRIEDMAN | BASS: ERICK “JESUS” COOMES | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASSISTANT MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | © 2016 NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)/ ADAM FRIEDMAN PUBLISHING (ASCAP)/BURNETT MUSIC GROUP (ASCAP), ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY BURNETT MUSIC GROUP

8. Only God KnowsWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER WORDS OF WISDOM: NORMAN HENRY MAMEY | BKGRND. VOCALS: MIKE POSNER | RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASSISTANT MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | © 2016 NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)

9. JadeWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MDL AND MIKE POSNER | PROGRAMMED BY MDL | DRUMS: MDL | GUITAR: NICK MAYBURY | BASS: BANA HAFFAR | KEYBOARDS, ORGAN: ELY

‘THE CREEP’ RISE | PERCUSSION: MDL | BACKGROUND VOCALS: MIKE POSNER | RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AND MASON LEVY AT MIKE’S HOUSE | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASSISTANT MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | © 2016 NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)

10. One Hell Of A SongWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER, ADAM FRIEDMAN AND MDL | DRUMS: ADAM FRIEDMAN, MDL GUITAR: JAMES VALENTINE | BASS: ERICK “JESUS” COOMES PERCUSSION: ADAM FRIEDMAN | BACKGROUND VOCALS: ADAM FRIEDMAN | RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AND ADAM FRIEDMAN AT MIKE’S HOUSE | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASSISTANT MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | JAMES VALENTINE APPEARS COURTESY OF INTERSCOPE RECORDS | © 2016 N. GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)

11. Buried In DetroitWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER & MARTIN TEREFE | PIANO: MIKE POSNER | DRUMS & PERCUSSION: KRISTOFFER SONNE | ADD. PERCUSSION: OSKAR WINBERG BASS: MARTIN TEREFE | RHODES: GLEN SCOTT | ORCHESTRA ARRANGEMENT/CONDUCTOR: NORMAN HENRY MAMEY ORCHESTRA RECORDED BY DENNIS SANDS AT EAST WEST STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES | ORCHESTRA CONTRACTOR: BOB O’DONNELL | VIOLINS: MICHAEL MARKMAN (CONCERTMASTER), NEIL SAMPLE, LESLIE KATZ, REBECCA CHUNG, LISA DONDLINGER, LORAND LOKUSZTA, LORENZ GAMMA, TAMAA CHERNYAK-PEPP, MARISA SORAJJA, RADU PIEPTKA, | VIOLAS: NANCY ROTH, PAMELA GOLDSMITH | CELLOS: DENNIS KARMAZYN, PAUL HOCHHALTER | BASS: KEVIN AXT | WOODWINDS: BRIAN SCANLON, JEFF DRISKHILL, | PHILLIP FEATHER, BOB CARR FRENCH HORN: BRIAN O’CONNOR | TRUMPETS: GARY HALOPOFF, CHRIS TEDESCO | TROMBONES: CHARLES MORILLAS, DAVID RYAN, CRAIG WARE | PERCUSSION: JOHN MAGNUSSEN DRUMS: STEVEN PEMBERTON | HARP: AMY WILKINS | ADD. ENGINEERING: ADAM OLMSTEAD | PIANO & ADD. VOCAL RECORDED BY JOSH CONNOLLY, DOMINIC JORDAN, JIMMY GIANNOS AT THE HIDEOUT RECORDING STUDIO, LAS VEGAS, NV | RECORDED BY SAM KEYTE AT KENSALTOWN RECORDING STUDIOS, LONDON | ASSISTED BY KRISTIAN LARSEN | ADD. RECORDING BY OSKAR WINBERG | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASST. MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | © 2015 NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)

12. Thank YouRECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE

13. I Took A Pill In Ibiza seeb remixWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER AND MARTIN TEREFE | REMIXED BY SEEB | PROGRAMMED BY SIMEN ERIKSTRUD AND ESPEN BERG | BASS GUITAR: SIMEN ERIKSTRUD AND ESPEN BERG | KEYBOARDS: SIMEN ERIKSTRUD AND ESPEN BERG | DRUMS & PERCUSSION: SIMEN ERIKSTRUD AND ESPEN BERG | NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)

14. Not That Simple kyle tree remixWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER AND ELY ‘THE CREEP’ RISE PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER, ADAM FRIEDMAN AND MARTIN TEREFE | REMIXED BY KYLE TREE | GUITAR, BASS GUITAR: KYLE TREE | KEYBOARDS: KYLE TREE | DRUMS & PERCUSSION: KYLE TREE | NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/ SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)//LOVE TUNNEL PUBLISHING/THESE ARE SONGS OF PULSE (ASCAP), ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY THESE ARE SONGS OF PULSE

15. Be As You Are jordanxl remixWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER AND ADAM FRIEDMAN | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER AND ADAM FRIEDMAN | ADD. PRODUCTION BY MARTIN TEREFE | REMIXED BY JORDANXL NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP) //ADAM FRIEDMAN PUBLISHING (ASCAP)/BURNETT MUSIC GROUP (ASCAP), ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY BURNETT MUSIC GROUP

16. In The Arms Of A Stranger brian kierulf remixWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER, ADAM FRIEDMAN, MARTIN TEREFE & MDL | REMIXED BY BRIAN KIERULF | MIXED BY ERIK MADRID | N. GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)

17. Silence feat. Labrinth sluggo x loote remixWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER AND MARTIN TEREFE | REMIXED BY DAVE KATZ & JACKSON FOOTE | BASS: DAVID KATZ, JACKSON FOOTE | KEYBOARDS: DAVID KATZ, JACKSON FOOTE | DRUMS/PERCUSSION: DAVID KATZ, JACKSON FOOTE | LABRINTH APPEARS COURTESY OF SYCO MUSIC | NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)

18. Buried In Detroit feat. Big Sean lucas löwe remixWRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER & SEAN ANDERSON | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER & MARTIN TEREFE | REMIXED BY JORDAN ORVOSH | MIXED BY JORDAN ORVOSH | RECORDED BY MAXIMILIAN JAEGER AT D.O.E. STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES, CA | ADDITIONAL RECORDING & ENGINEERING BY GREGG ROMINIECKI AND MAXIMILIAN JAEGER | VOCALS: SEAN ANDERSON | BIG SEAN APPEARS COURTESY OF G.O.O.D. MUSIC/DEF JAM RECORDINGS | N. GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/ SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)//UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING CORP./MY LAST PUBLISHING LLC (ASCAP)

MANAGEMENT: RYAN CHISHOLM AND TOM GATES AT NETTWERK MUSIC GROUP | LEGAL: AARON ROSENBERG AND JOSH KARP, MYMAN GREENSPAN FINEMAN FOX ROSENBERG & LIGHT LLP A&R: ZEKE SILVERA & MATT D’ARDUINI | A&R ADMINISTRATION: GABRIELLE ROSEN / MEREDETH OLIVER | A&R COORDINATION: JAMES PETRONIO | MARKETING: TONY COREY | MASTERED BY CHRIS GEHRINGER AT STERLING SOUND, NYC | PUBLISHER: LOU AL-CHAMAA, SONY/ATV | COVER ILLUSTRATION: MIKE POSNER ART DIRECTION: KYLE GOEN, DESIGN: BRANDON KIZART-HAYNES PHOTOGRAPHY: MEREDITH TRUAX | MASTERED BY CHRIS GEHRINGER AT STERLING SOUND, NYC | PACKAGE PRODUCTION: PAUL LANE | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: LYNN GONZALEZ, ANTOINETTE TROTMAN, IAN ALLEN, VOL S. DAVIS III

bonus remixes

credits

tHank youThank You Ram Dass, Alan Watts, Tara Brach, Dr. Wayne Dyer rest in peace, and Esther Hicks.

Thank you Wayne Miller, Kevin Rice, Jacob Scensy, Andrew Perusi, James Bowen, Ben Darwish. Here we go!

Thank you Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr., Phil Levine, Dave Eggers, Dan Inloes, Susan Mundy, and Willie Nelson.

Thank You Ryan Chisholm & Tom Gates for helping me share this music with the world. You guys are amazing. Thank you Sameer Sadhu for doing the same. Love.

Thank you Terry McBride for inspiring Matt and I.

Thank you Patrick Cline for your hard work and unparalleled loyalty to help get me here. Love you.

Thank you to my entire Island team for never losing faith that the world would hear my music even while I was living in a van and playing shows for cans of lentils in parks: David Massey, Eric Wong, Charlie Walk, Tony Corey, Billy Zarro, Zeke Silvera, Matt D’Arduini, Rani Hancock, Julie Kubacki, Lauren Schneider, Nadia Ali, Ileana Diez, Gary Spangler, Dave Ingenloff, Rob Harvey, Toby Russell, The Republic Promotion Team, Mike Alexander, Brian Sutnick, Steven Rowen (and the incredible Island/ Universal teams worldwide), Jenna LoMonaco, Ethan Geltzer, Kevin Lipson, Theda Sanford, Amy Hartman, Sara Connally. Mauro DeCeglie, Gabrielle Rosen, Lynn Gonzalez, Antoinette Trotman, Ian Allen, Vol S. Davis III, Donna Fetchko, Jamie Sudhalter, Meredeth Oliver, Paul Lane, Audrey Benoualid. Thank you sincerely.

Thank you to all the musicians, producers, and engineers who worked on this album. Before this record I just made beats on my laptop and sang to them. Recording live music takes a team and I had the best in the business. Thank you Steve Jordan, Martin Terefe, Geoff Lea, Nikolaj Torp, Oskar Winberg, Eugene Huang, Sam Keyte, Tony Maserati, Tyler Scott, Ely

“the Creep” Rise, Adam Friedman, Glen Scott, Kristoffer Sonne, Forrest D. Gray, Kristian Larsen, Alex Toff, Simon Huber, Ro Rowan, Mason “MdL” Levy, Labrinth, Erick

“Jesus” Coomes, Nick Maybury, Bana Haffar, James Valentine, Bob O’Donnell, Adam Olmstead, Josh Connolly, Dominic Jordan, Jimmy Giannos, Simen Erikstrud, Espen

Berg, Kyle Tree, JordanXL, Brian Kierulf, Erik Madrid, Daniel Omelio, Eric Bogle, Miley Cyrus, Dennis Sands, Bob O’Donnell, Michael Markman, Neil Sample, Leslie Katz, Rebecca Chung, Lisa Dondlinger, Lorand Lokuszta, Lorenz Gamma, Tamaa Chernyak-Pepp, Marisa Sorajja, Radu Pieptka, Nancy Roth, Pamela Goldsmith, Dennis Karmazyn, Paul Hochhalter, Kevin Axt, Brian Scanlon, Jeff Driskhill, Phillip Feather, Bob Carr, Brian O’Connor, Gary Halopoff, Chris Tedesco, Charles Morillas, David Ryan, Craig Ware, John Magnussen, Steven Pemberton, Amy Wilkins and Chris Gehringer.

Thank you Miles Comaskey.Thank you Chris Gehringer.

Thanks to all the fans that helped us on the Ninja Tour and gave us cans of lentils that eventually turned into farts.

Thank you for listening. -mp

Thank you Mom, Dad, and Emily. I love you forever. Thank you Jake Owen for exposing me to the influencers of this album and being a true friend. Thank you to David Massey for believing in me. Thank you Adam Friedman for believing in me and sharing your talent with us. Thank you Martin Terefe, Adam Friedman, and MdL for making the music sound like it did in my head. Thank you Super Matt Chatigny for EVERYTHING …literallly EVERYTHING.

Thank you Phil McIntyre and John Taylor and everyone at PhilyMack for believing in me. Thank you Black Coffee and Reece. Thank you Mike Bayer. Thank you Nick Jonas. Thank you Zenani Shakur for loving me. Thank you Kevin Liles. Thank you Scooter Braun. Thank you Aaron Rosenberg for believing in me. Thank you Jody Gerson for believing in me. Thank you Josh Karp. Thank you Lou Al-chamaa and everyone at Sony ATV. Brian Manning, Kasey McKee, Nigel Hassler and all at CAA. Thank you Daniel Weisman. Thank you to Steve Jordan. Thank you Greg Fowler. Thank you Big Sean, turn the lights on in your Castle. Thank you all of Finally Famous. Thank you Jay John Henry, Boogy, A Dubb, Zeno, John Conyers III.

Thank you Jake Morayniss, Milo Frank, Jacob Smith, Adam Duke, BEATLOAF, Nils Hanson, Dr. Nasseri, Daniel Milstein, Dr. Greene, Casper, Dubs, Alex, Jon Jon, Mego, Daniel Osher, In-Q, Zach Allia, Valerie Morehouse, Dave Stroud, Jean Marc Bekaldi, Lang Lang, MJ Karmi, Karim Karmi, Vic Mensa, Casey Veggies, Jacy Cunningham, Eric Leider, Eric Small, Tim Ferriss, Amanda Palmer, Maria Popova, Jeffrey Brant, Jeff Rosenthal, Elliot Bisnow, George M. Roberts, Uncle Art Samberg, Aunt Becky, Joe Samberg, Zack Samberg, Max Samberg, Sandy Samberg, my entire Posner family, Aunt Betty rest in peace, Uncle Fred rest in peace, Aunt Stephanie, the TBC, the entire Onslow crew, Marion McMillan IV, Robert Dugan, Afnan, Alex Peterson, Tini Courtney, Mikki Willis, Dave the GOOD DOCTOR Wood.

1. At Night, Alone.This album is best listened to At Night and Alone. I hope you enjoy. February 16, 2016.

2. I Took A Pill In IbizaI took a pill in Ibiza | To show Avicii I was cool | And when I finally got sober | Felt 10 years older | But fuck it, it was something to do

I’m living out in LA | I drive a sports car just to prove | I’m a real big baller | Cause I made a mil-lion dollars | And I spend it on girls and shoes But you don’t wanna be high like me | Never really knowing why like me | You don’t ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone | You don’t wanna ride the bus like this | Never knowing who to trust like this | You don’t wanna be stuck up on that stage singing, stuck up on that stage singing | All I know are sad songs, sad songs | Darling, all I know are sad songs, sad songs I’m just a singer | Who already blew his shot | I get along with old timers cause my name’s a reminder of a pop song people forgot | And I can’t keep a girl, no | Cause as soon as the sun comes up | I cut ‘em all loose and works my excuse | But the truth is I can’t open up No you don’t wanna be high like me | Never really knowing why like me | You don’t ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone | You don’t wanna ride the bus like this | Never knowing who to trust like this | You don’t wanna be stuck up on that stage singing, stuck up on that stage singing | All I know are sad songs, sad songs | Darling, all I know are sad songs, sad songs I took a plane to my hometown | I brought my pride and my guitar | Well my friends are all gone | But there’s manicured lawns | And the people still think I’m a star | I walked

around downtown | I met some fans on La-fayette | They said “tell us how to make it | Cause we’re getting real impatient” | So I looked ‘em in the eye and said You don’t wanna be high like me | Never really knowing why like me | You don’t ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone | You don’t wanna ride the bus like this | Never knowing who to trust like this | You don’t wanna be stuck up on that stage sing-ing, stuck up on that stage singing | All that I know are sad songs, sad songs | Darling, all that I know are sad songs, sad songs

3. Not That SimpleWhen we first met I was just a soph-omore | We spent the night on Lydia’s couch | I didn’t know you were gonna break my heart then | I didn’t know the pain I’d feel right now | And I smile, yes I smile, but underneath are memories | That I’m trying, yeah I’m trying to let go

But it’s not that simple | Type of misery, All these mixed up signals | In my headI still hear these echoes of when you loved me | But now you’re just someone in my mind | That used to be mine

And people used to say that I didn’t de-serve you | I was cool with that ‘cause I felt the same | But then they played my song on the radio | But I don’t think you liked who I became | And so you left, yeah you left for someone else’s arms | And now I’m trying, yeah I’m trying to let go

But it’s not that simple | Type of misery, All these mixed up signals | In my headI still hear these echoes of when you

loved me | But now you’re just someone in my mind | That used to be mine

Cause baby your beauty marks are like shooting stars | And my goofy heart is one of Cupid’s darts | I’m just a nervous guy and these words of mine | Won’t reverse the time to when you were mine

Cuz it’s not that simple | Type of misery, | All these mixed up signals | In my head | I still hear these echoes of when you loved me | But now you’re just someone in my mind | That used to be mine

4. Be As You AreVirginia Woolf and poetry | No one seemed to notice me | Being young was getting so old | Cheap beer and cigarettes | Life was like a movie set | And I seemed to be given no role But in times of trouble I can turn to my mother | And I know that she gon’ understand | So at age 18 I cried to my mother | And she told me young man There are moments when you fall to the ground | But you are stronger than you feel you are now | You don’t always have to speak so loud, no | Just be as you are | Life is not always a comfort-able ride | Everybody’s got scars that they hide | And everybody plays the fool sometimes | Yeah, just be as you are They played me on the radio | And every-thing was changing so | I thought I was all the way grown | But I can still remember in, that cold November when | I realized

I’m all alone | But in times of trouble I can turn to my mother | And I know that she gon’ understand | So at age 22 I cried to my mother | And she told me young man

There are moments when you fall to the ground | But you are stronger than you feel you are now | You don’t always have to speak so loud, no | Just be as you are | Doesn’t matter if you become some star | Life is better when you open your heart | You don’t always have to act so hard. | Just be as you are.

If I’m speaking truthfully | I’m not who I used to be | And I know some people might laugh | Cuz my music doesn’t sound the same, | And my heads no longer shaved | I’m worried if I’m on the right path.

But in times of trouble I can turn to my mother | And I know that she gon’ un-derstand | So at age 26 I spoke to my mother | And she told me young man

There are moments when you fall to the ground | But you are stronger than you feel you are now | You don’t always have to speak so loud, no | Just be as you are

Doesn’t matter if you become some star | Life is better when you open your heart | You don’t always have to act so hard. | Just be as you are.

5. In The Arms Of A StrangerI was 16 with a rocket | And some sun-shine in my pocket | It was how you used words | I didn’t know. | And the way you said my name and | Cut up peaches, and

them brown eyes | Lit a flame up, that we pretend | Doesn’t glow You know space and time | Wouldn’t let you be mine | What I’ve come to under-stand | Is entropy | Wouldn’t leave you to me | I’m right back where I began In the arms of a stranger pretending its love | Holding her closely remembering your touch | And I’m wrapped on your fin-ger | Even though I’m wrapped up | In the arms of a stranger | Pretending its love There were times I think about us | Overcome by the nostalgias | I am on call when you need me | Let me know | But we’re drifting in a strange way | I’m aware that it’s a mistake if | I love you | It’s a mistake | If I don’t You know space and time wouldn’t let you be mine | What I’ve come to under-stand | Is entropy wouldn’t leave you to me | I’m right back where I began In the arms of a stranger pretending its love | Holding her closely remembering your touch | And I’m wrapped on your fin-ger | Even though I’m wrapped up | In the arms of a stranger | Pretending its love And she smelled like Michigan | And it felt like lust | And the nostalgia’s killing me | And it’s all because | In the arms of a stranger pretending it’s love | Holding her closely remembering your touch | And I’m wrapped on your finger | Even though I’m wrapped up | In the arms of a stranger | Pretending its love

6. SilenceYou only love me in bits and pieces | I keep on working, you keep your secrets | That’s not an insult, that’s not a lie | That’s just a statement, proven by time

‘Cause even when I have you I don’t re-ally have you | I am not your last dude where’d you get this attitude | Talking

‘bout you’re leaving ‘cause you don’t believe in | Me and all my reasons left me with these demons | And this little past, in this nostalgic feeling | Won’t leave me alone, I’m faking all my smiles

And you’re just killing me with silence And you’re just killing me with time | I don’t know where to put my sorries | You’re running laps around my mind | How could you leave me on this tightrope? | And not feel nothing when it storms | You know you’re killing me with silence | You hold your halo up with horns

You know you’re clever, I’ll give you that | You gave me heaven and took it back | That’s not an insult no, that’s just the case | You’ve had your pretty mask on for so damn long that everybody thinks that it’s your face

But underneath my eyelids, I can hear the silence | Spreading like a virus | Why you wear disguises? | Why you have to cut me, then act like it’s noth-ing? | This time I’m not bluffing, how you know I’m bluffing every single time | Wicked little mind | Gets inside of mine | And I can fake a smile | But you’re just killing me with silence

But you’re just killing me with time | I don’t know where to put my sorries | You’re running laps around my mind | How could you leave me on this tight-rope? | And not feel nothing when it storms | You know you’re killing me with silence | You hold your halo up with horns x2 | Oh Lord, you hold your halo up with horns | You hold your x6 | And you’re just killing me with silence

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7. IrisIf I could be just one thing | I would be what you’re craving | Six foot three with steel blue eyes | Sweep you off of your feet before you count to five

But the truth is I am just a man | Stand-ing five foot ten doing the best I can | And I’ve lived long enough to see | You will never be craving me

Ohh I watched her go | After she plant-ed her love in the top soil | And from the top soil an Iris bloomed | It was pretty in May but it died in June

If I could sing the way I feel inside | It’d sound happy and sad at the same damn time | ‘Cause when you smiled at me on that dance floor | It was the prettiest mask that you ever wore

Ohh I watched her go | After she plant-ed her love in the top soil | And from the top soil an Iris bloomed | It was pretty in May but it died in June| From the top soil an iris bloomed | It was pretty in May but it died in June

8. Only God KnowsOnly God Knows | Only God Knows how hard I’ve been trying | Only God Knows Only God Knows the trouble on my mind

There’s more to life than living, a wise man told me this | Or maybe it was me that wrote it, I can’t remember which | In any case what I mean, life’s an unfinished poem | Don’t go mad trying to figure out the ending | The day that Norman died, I found out through an email | The irony of that I won’t discuss in detail | My future is on thin ice, and my past is all online | But only God knows the trouble on my mind

Only God Knows | Only God Knows how hard I’ve been trying | Only God Knows | Only God Knows the trouble on my mind

My walls are filled with artwork; my art is filled with paint | My head is filled with big

‘ol thoughts of all the things I ain’t | I bet you know what that’s like, though you never drop your guard | Only God knows the plac-es that you’re scarred | I’m sitting on a park bench, in a city I don’t know | Trying to con-vince myself that I’m not all alone | But my immediate surroundings suggest otherwise | Only God knows the trouble on my mind

Only God Knows | Only God Knows how hard I’ve been trying | Only God Knows | Only God Knows the trouble on my mind x3

9. JadeMet a girl her name was Jade | Cuts her nails with a razor blade | Says she lives by no one’s law | Ran my pride through a big chainsaw

Have you heard of D.B Cooper? | I got pulled over by an old state trooper | I met a girl, her name was Jade | She cut my face with a razor blade | Yeah, I screamed out in Fury | Yeah, My cries were not heard | Yeah, The judge and the Jury | Yeah, They could offer no cure

I met a girl her name was Jade | She got a brand new man and they got engaged | The wedding’s gon’ be on a big green hill | They hope it won’t rain but it prob-ably will | Her man he was a football star | He broke his knee, now he sells cars | Only so much that words can do | Love was blind but they cured that too | You know Gandhi has a son my age? | He said the freedom thing’s just one big cage | I met a girl her name was Jade | Her husband died but she kept his name | Yeah, She screamed out in Fury | Yeah, but her cries were not heard | Yeah, her momma’s so worried | Yeah, but she could offer no cure | Boss man calls for a meeting at noon | Big city garb in an old courtroom | We’ve got an idea and we think it’s great | Seven was too much so we’re gunna try eight

| Who made love to Scarlet Jo? | And where the hell did Josh Harnett go? | I met a girl her name was Jade | Lived her whole damn life in a masquerade | Yeah, I screamed out in Fury | Yeah, but my cries were not heard | Yeah, they said I’d never see thirty | Yeah, but they offered no cure | I met a girl her name was Jade She cuts her nails with a razor blade

10. One Hell Of A SongThis is what the Lord wants me to do | In my heart I just believe that there’s no proof | I think about the chorus | The melody’s important | But nothing sounds sweeter than the truth. | I used to sip the whisky and hit the bong | I gave that up now all my friends are gone | And my folks don’t understand | I ain’t no macho man | But I know how to write one hell of a song Yeah I’m a shy young man | With a real big heart | I still haven’t found where I belong | But you know my sweet Lord gave me just one thing | Darling I know how to write one hell of a song | Yea I know how to write one hell of a song Wrote one for Snoop did not take long | Wrote one for Bieber and one for Sean And Jay-Z offered me a deal | I said

“dog throw in another mil” | Cause you know I can write one hell of a song Yeah I’m a shy young man | With a real big heart | I still haven’t found where I be-long | But you know my sweet Lord gave me just one thing | Darling I know how to write one hell of a song | Yea I know how to write one hell of a song (James) Sometimes I stay up well past dawn | If God puts one in my head that’s what he wants | I’m a simple type of artist | I don’t like to walk red carpets | I would rather write one hell of a song | I wrote this and it’s one hell of a song

11. Buried In DetroitI’m a writer and a lover, I’m a middle-west music man | And I’ve been to a lot of plac-es but I’m gonna end where I began | I took class in Carolina, got high smoking joints | And now they know my name in Paris but I’ll be buried in Detroit

Next to my father, and my father’s father too | I used to live in New York City but baby that ain’t no substitute | Not for my home-town, that place people avoid. | I made love in every city but I’ll be buried in Detroit

I don’t claim to be a prophet, I just speak my mind | I try to tell it like it is and some-times God makes it rhyme | I like my songs how I like my women, honest and to the point | You see I got fucked up in Stock-holm but I’ll be buried in Detroit

Next to my father, and my father’s father too | I used to live in New York City but baby that ain’t no substitute | Not for my home-town, that place people avoid | I made love in every city but I’ll be buried in Detroit

You know I ain’t gonna live forever, baby it won’t be long | At the wake they’ll say he made a lot of mistakes but he could write a hell of a song | And I made a kill-ing, though I never really was employed | I had a girl from San Diego but I’ll be buried in... | I killed a show in Indonesia, but I’ll be buried in… | I made love in ev-ery city, but I’ll be buried in Detroit.

12. Thank YouThanks for listening.