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Well there's a ruckus on the levee
Unruly crowd on the courthouse steps
And if I make it to Sunday
I'm sho'nuff going to ask the good lord for help
With a mouthful of salt, I tried to explain
If money was sand, I couldn't hold one grain
Feel like a thief that knows he's been framed
For leaving the watch but stealing the chain
Good morning captain
I wish there was another way
But my baby is wantin'
Me to roll around in her bed all day
Well the late night's got me reeling
Spilling out the bottle right into the next day
Got a funny little feeling
Gonna be like this until my dying day
There's mud in my eye but I can still see
Everybody in town is trying to murder me
If they don't get me, s'pose the hangman will
I better think twice about making this deal
Good morning captain
I wish there was another way
But my baby is wantin'
Me to roll around in her bed all day
Magnolia, magnolia
Let me rest under the shade of your leaves
Good morning captain
I wish there was another way
But my baby is wantin'
Me to roll around in her bed all day
Good morning captain
I wish there was another way
But my baby is wantin'
Me to roll around in her bed all day
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Earthbound wingless dream
Child born to necessity
Tied to crimson velvet wings
(She flies)
New moon midnight star
Medicine is in the jar
Head full of going far
(She flies)
Lost out on the dream road
Looking for a key hole
Never try to fight it
Feeling right inside it, girl
Low country blushing bride
Blind to the ways of time
Clear crystal burning mind
(She flies)
Falling through liquid air
With music everywhere
Stone faces silent stare
(She flies)
The old guard on the hill
Can feel the chill
Deep into the freeze
Of those who don't believe
Been a long time (waiting on love)
Been a long time (waiting on love)
Been a long time (waiting on love)
Been a long time (waiting on love)
Damp with this morning dew
The world is bright and new
Her word is always true
(She flies)
Step into the birthday
Right over the old way
We are the horizon
See our future smiling
Been a long time (waiting on love)
Been a long time (waiting on love)
Been a long time (waiting on love)
Been a long time (waiting on love)
Lost out on the dream road
Looking through the key hole
Never try to fight it
Feeling right inside it, yeah
Been a long time (waiting on love)
Been a long time (waiting on love)
Been a long time (waiting on love)
Been a long time (waiting on love)
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To be struck by the arrow of weakness
On the guilded path to forgiveness
And find my way home when the morning comes
To stay your friend when it's all said and done
Simple as lightning, starting wild fire
Just down from a trip off my high wire
Just coming home to walk my own floors
Just coming home to the one I adore
Appaloosa
Appaloosa
Appaloosa
Take me home
Where I can dream my days away
We took your tears back to the river
Knowing all the while there'd be more later
So it goes in a rainy day town
Come on and won't you let me lay you down
Sometimes the sun makes beggars believers
And sometimes the shrine is built to deceivers
In between let oblivion ring
Oh, let me hear all you sad angels sing
Appaloosa
Appaloosa
Appaloosa
Take me home
Where I can dream my days away
Appaloosa
Appaloosa
Appaloosa
Take me home
Where I can dream my days away
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As I listen to the wheels
Hear them going 'round and 'round
It reminds me of the train
That still makes a lonely sound
It reminds me of the girl
That came from Knoxville town
And how on that April day
When she took this old boy down
Oh Tennessee, you got me runnin'
But I'm not coming back this time
Way out west is where I'm going
To forget the one I have left behind
Well I might have seen Moses
Standin' on the Penn State line
Just another wanderer
With an angel on his mind
I know love it has its reasons
The way it comes and it goes
There's no mystery in seasons
Or of this hard, cold road
Oh Tennessee, you got me runnin'
And I'm not coming back this time
Way out west is where I'm going
To forget the one I left behind
Oh Tennessee, you got me runnin'
And I'm not coming back this time
Way out west is where I'm going
To forget the one I left behind
Oh Tennessee, you got me runnin'
And I'm not coming back this time
Way out west is where I'm going
To forget the one I have left behind
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rust on my pickups
and blood on the stage
seeds in the ashtray
and coke on the blade
NYC delivers thats a guarantee
the only thing that keep the day from me
line at the bathroom
line at the bar
take it outside and do the rest in the car
our candy baby's in a bright light fright
rock and roll rat race everybodys up tight
thats right
Chorus:
Aint your saint aint your enemy
Im a long shadow on the highway
I know this aint how it's supposed to be
Baby i aint hiding
stayed on the dance floor cause you can't find the door
can't run out cause there is always more
keep on rocking cause it's not even four
turn up the bass until your ears get sore
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Sad and sorry
Troubled and tired
Wild with worry
Mad with desire, oh
Junky jitters
Bed bug critters
Now who would die for love?
Midnight favors
Sweet sick flavors
Now who would die for love?
You can see by the look in my eyes
That the devil takes his own
You can see by these holes in my heart
That I've still kept my soul
Well you can take it, go on and take it
Sick and waiting
Down and blue
C-c-c-c-cold and kickin'
What to do?
Creepy crawlin'
Non-stop jawin'
Now who would die for love?
Look who's holding
Sister rolling
Now who would die for love?
You can see by the look in my eyes
That the devil takes his own
You can tell through these holes in my heart
That I still kept my soul
You can take it, go on and take it
I ain't bitchin'
But I been itchin'
Now who would die for love?
No use praying
If it ain't worth saving
Now who would die for love?
You can see by the look in my eyes
That the devil takes his own
You can see through these holes in my heart
That I still kept my soul
Well you can see by the look in my eyes
That the devil takes his own
You can see right through these holes in my heart
That I still kept my soul
You can take it, go on and take it
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As I stare into the frozen starlight
My hands burn with the scars of past lives
I see past all the falling chimneys
Home for me
What is home for me?
As I charge into the foothills of your life
Stand under fading sunlight, hope
It will return next morning
Home for me
What is home for me?
I can't wait to find
A home for me
Silence gauge me
Into my soul
I approach you this morning
Which one will you be?
You're far too important to me
As I stare into the frozen starlight
My hands burn with the scars of past lives
I see past all the falling chimneys
Home for me
What is home for me?
I cannot wait to find
A home for me
Home for me
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Another week in the driver's seat
With your feet up on the dashboard
Rain, it kept a steady beat
As I watched you dream of Houston
I ain't never going back
Yes sir, that's a fact
As you waved your cowboy hat
And sang "The Yellow Rose Of Texas"
Just trying to make high ground
Has kept us on the run
There's no crime in towing the line
'Cause fortune is smiling on us, baby
And we're gonna walk in the sun
I might dream about Houston
But Houston don't dream about me
If I could keep it between the lines
Who knows what will be?
Loose change days and motel nights
Day old coffee, dollar postcards
State trooper's flashing lights
As we listen to the thunder
As we talk about our past
So we see our coming future
You tell me you know love can last
While staring out the window
Just looking for a place to hide
A place to ease our minds
A place away from yesterday
Close to tomorrow, away from the sorrows
Of living other people's time
I might dream about Houston
But Houston don't dream about me
If I could keep it between the lines
Who knows what will be?
(How long, how long) Till we feel the change?
(How long, how long) Will the skies be gray?
(How long, how long) Will it be this way?
(How long, how long) Will she stay?
I might dream about Houston
But Houston don't dream about me
If I could keep it between the lines
Who knows what will be?
I might dream about Houston
But Houston don't dream about me
If I could keep it between the lines
Who knows what
Who knows what
Who knows what will be?
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Ballad and dagger
Amazing grace
Sons of rock bottom
Take your rightful place
Gold tooth and top hat
And an ace up your sleeve
Show me your pistol
So I can believe
(Make glad) Find the beauty in the broken
(Make glad) May your heart always be open
(Make glad) Keep an eye out for your brother
(Make glad) I will see you in the other, oh yeah
Turpentine babies
One foot in the south
Turned out the turn key
For runnin' his mouth
"Jump," said the sheriff.
"Get up outta that hole
Get in line
And do what you're told."
(Make glad) Find the beauty in the broken
(Make glad) May your heart always be open
(Make glad) Keep an eye out for your brother
(Make glad) I will see you in the other
(Make glad) Find the beauty in the broken
(Make glad) May your heart always be open
(Make glad) Keep an eye out for your brother
(Make glad) I will see you in the other
(Make glad) Find the beauty in the broken
(Make glad) May your heart always be open
(Make glad) Keep an eye out for your brother
(Make glad) I will see you in the other
(Make glad) Keep an eye out for your brother
(Make glad) I will see you in the other
(Make glad) Keep an eye out for your brother
(Make glad)
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Did you hear Gabriel blow his horn?
Then what sent those blackbirds on the wing?
Into this house we were born to leave
Like an arrow shot over the mountain
Like a bottle tossed in the sea
I have journeyed, I have traveled
Now home calls me
Let's all gather 'round the grand piano
Let's all raise our glasses in the air
Give a cheer to the jolly good fellows
And everyone who's cared
Who will mend this wagon wheel
To get this show on the road
The music sounds just like it feels
Like an arrow shot over the mountain
Like a bottle tossed in the sea
I have journeyed, I have traveled
Now home calls me
Let's all gather 'round the grand piano
Let's all raise our glasses in the air
Give a cheer to the jolly good fellows
And everyone who's cared
And the band played on
Through the storm
Through the wicked, wicked rain
And the band played on
In golden harmony
What straw will break this camel's back?
Will we grow to love the load?
Can't wait to be what time reveals
Let's all gather 'round the grand piano
Let's all raise our glasses in the air
Give a cheer to the jolly good fellows
And everyone who's cared
Well, everyone who's cared
Oh, everyone who's cared, oh
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Up high in a mansion
On a mountain of jagged rock
Behind two iron doors
So heavy they need no lock
Is the last place that love lives
Where the sad woman cries
Is the last place that love lives
Behind your eyes
You hold up your finger
And you place it to my lips
And you tell me that anger
Can never get rid of this
Is the last place that love lives
Where the sad woman cries
Is the last place that love lives
Behind your eyes
Never blind to misfortune
Never deaf to the sorrowful moan
Set adrift on an ocean
Until I find that peaceful shore
Is the last place that love lives
Where the sad woman cries
Is the last place that love lives
Behind your eyes
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Hey boys gather 'round
We'll put it up and they'll tear it down
Hey boys rockabye
Kiss the pretty girls goodbye
Hey boys up on high
Don't you stop till you reach the sky
Hey boys let it ring
A song for everyone to sing
A song for everyone to sing
A song for everyone to sing
A song for everyone to sing
A song for everyone to sing
A song for everyone to sing
A song for everyone to sing
A song for everyone to sing
A song for everyone to sing
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Meet me by the banks of the sweet primrose
Follow it down to the shady grove
Bonnie blow the breeze by the cabin door
No two lovers could ask for more
So grab your fiddle and your old banjo
Play a country blues so sweet and slow
We'll sing along to the drunkard's doom
And rock all night by the silvery moon
These old trees grow straight to heaven
So it goes in the shady grove
When the old hen crackles and the ground gets cold
Our fine buck skin dances through the snow
We'll take to town on a Saturday night
You and me baby make such a sight
Whiskey, wine, name your pleasure
So it goes in the shady grove
Hey boys gather 'round
We'll put it up and they'll tear it down
Hey boys rockabye
Kiss the pretty girls goodbye
Hey boys up on high
Don't you stop till you reach the sky
Hey boys let it ring
A song for everyone to sing
When the fish start biting at the noon day fry
The muddy roads have all done dried
The honeysuckle says it's summertime
That old yellow sun is mighty kind
Hear the seasons come with reasons
So it goes in the shady grove
Hey boys up on high
Don't you stop till you reach the sky
Hey boys let it ring
A song for everyone to sing
Won't you be my lullabye, babe
In the sweet bye and bye, babe
It's okay to cry and let the sadness pass you by
And know I'll always love you, babe
Hey boys gather 'round
I'll put it up and they'll tear it down
Hey boys rock a bye
Kiss the pretty girls goodbye
Hey boys up on high
Don't you stop till you reach the sky
Hey boys let it ring
A song for everyone to sing
A song for everyone to sing
A song for everyone to sing
A song for everyone to sing
A song for everyone to sing
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Brown eyed girl, precious flower
From your slumber, awake
We have come to this fateful hour
And our love cannot wait
Meet me at the gate, at the garden gate
Meet me at the garden gate
You made a promise, now don't be late
Meet me at the garden gate
Meet me at the gate, at the garden gate
Meet me at the garden gate
You made a promise, now don't be late
Meet me at the garden gate
Don't tell your mother, don't tell your father
We both know it's far too late
When we fly, they won't come after
They will know our love is great
Meet me at the gate, at the garden gate
Meet me at the garden gate
You made a promise, now don't be late
Meet me at the garden gate
Meet me at the gate, at the garden gate
Meet me at the garden gate
You made a promise, now don't be late
Meet me at the garden gate, all right
You are sweet as you are tender
You are wise beyond your years
You are a jewel amongst the cinders
So don't shed a sorry tear
Meet me at the gate, at the garden gate
Meet me at the garden gate
You made a promise, now don't be late
Meet me at the garden gate
Meet me at the gate, at the garden gate
Meet me at the garden gate
You made a promise, now don't be late
Meet me at the garden gate
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Greenhorn dreams of salty seas
Of maidens fair and lovely
Who beckon and call from emerald walls
Of cities far and strange
Greenhorn hears melodies
From mountaintops and low valleys
Of chimney smoke and Easter's hope
And love not lost in vain
I wanna wake up in the morning
(Wake up in the morning)
Wake and look into your eyes
Wake up in the morning
Wake and look into your eyes
Before I see the world
Under darkening skies
Gonna wake up in the morning
Wake and look into your eyes
Greenhorn feels the cold winds blow
Now he knows it's time to go
Now he longs for open roads
He longs to leave the pines
And leave he will with a tearful eye
But he won't stop to wave goodbye
He won't stop to look behind
On just what used to be
I wanna wake up in the morning
(Wake up in the morning)
Wake and look into your eyes
Wake up in the morning
Wake and look into your eyes
Before I see the world
Under darkening skies
I wanna wake up in the morning
Wake and look into your eyes
Days to years
Child to man
Lonely fears
She understands
Ah, ah, ah
I wanna wake up in the morning
(Wake up in the morning)
Wake and look into your eyes
Wake up in the morning
Wake and look into your eyes
Before I see the world
Under darkening skies
I wanna wake up in the morning
Wake and look into your eyes
I wanna wake up in the morning
(Wake up in the morning)
Wake up in the morning
(Wake up in the morning)
Wake up in the morning
Wake and look into your eyes
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Well my rider done left me
Mama wouldn't even close the door
Now I'm drunk and I'm ornery
Sitting here on my dirty floor
Shine along, shine along
Someday love is gonna take me home
Shine along, shine along
Someday love is gonna take me home
Now I'm broke and I'm hungry
I've been out on the rails too long
Got a mind that is worried
That the end is coming up on me strong
Shine along, shine along
Someday love is gonna take me home
Shine along, shine along
Someday love is gonna take me home
Ah, woah, woah
Ah, woah, woah
Shine along, shine along
Someday love is gonna take me home
Shine along, shine along
Someday love is gonna take me home
If you see my old rider
If you see her out on some Friday night
Tell her I don't miss her
Well, won't you tell her time is treating me right
Shine along, shine along
Someday love is gonna take me home
Shine along, shine along
Someday love is gonna take me home
Shine along, shine along
Someday love is gonna take me home
Shine along, shine along
Well, someday love is gonna take me home
Ah, woah, woah
Ah, woah, woah
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Roll old Jeremiah
Roll it all night long
Roll old Jeremiah
The fox jumps over the hollow log
Wave goodbye to Albuquerque
Say hello Sioux City Falls
You got three good wheels still rolling
Don't let the dust set on you long
It's just another day from here to there
It's just another night alone
Yeah the wind, it is a simple friend
What brought you here can take you home
Lean as these hard times
Dry down to the bone
Roll old Jeremiah
Roll that whiskey barrel home
When you hear that whistle blowin'
When your smoke is in the air
Roll on Jeremiah
Roll on home without a care
It's just another day from here to there
It's just another night alone
Yeah the wind, it is a simple friend
What brought you here can take you home
Double mounted double gal
Lifted a pistol in Jesuit Bend
Up to Viper she did run
Careful Jeremiah now
You know how this is gonna go down
A bullet don't care where it comes from
Run Jeremiah, run, run, run
It's just another day from here to there
It's just another night alone
Yeah the wind, it is a simple friend
What brought you here can take you home
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You said goodnight
Wrapped your scarf up tight
And left into a winter scene
The Lower East Side
Is just a place to hide
A place to privately dream
Good times and lost nights on Avenue A
Don't let the bright lights take you away
You just can't believe what the city folks say
My lady of Avenue A
These old downtown streets
Where lovers meet
To sometimes laugh, to sometimes cry
A strange parade
All new things fade
But somehow this place stays the same
Good times and lost nights on Avenue A
Don't let the bright lights take you away
You just can't believe what the city folks say
My lady of Avenue A
You fall asleep
I hear you breathe
The snow outside, I make some tea
The cat's awake
And plays with string
As I slip into a dream
Good times and lost nights on Avenue A
Don't let the bright lights take you away
You just can't believe what the city folks say
My lady of Avenue A
My lady of Avenue A
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So many times
I've been fooling myself
It's a hard hand to play
Falls on nobody else
Those in the city
Reaching out to grab hold
Of something they've only heard about
And never been shown
Who do you turn to and what do you say?
When she's got the power and she got the way
Does it matter at all
Who survives and who falls
When we live under darkness
And hide behind walls?
Why would anyone
Even try to hold sway
Over somebody else
In such a small way
Where are the answers
To the problems we face?
Who would teach us
About sharing and living in grace?
Who do you turn to and what do you say
When she's got the power and she got the way?
Does it matter at all
Who survives and who falls
When we live under darkness
And hide behind walls?
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The wine may have gone sour
But you can't blame the band
Like you can't blame the locusts
For drought on the land
You can't blame the sea
'Cause it's full of your tears
And you can't blame me
For wanting you here
There's a fork in the river
No time to think twice
A change in the weather
So keep close at night
A hissing in the wood pile
A voice on the wind
A fork in the river
Is where we begin
I once found a rainbow
Lyin' flat on the ground
But I just kept walkin'
Thinking more were around
The buzzard, the joker
The beggar, the throne
The roses, the sugar
No safe passage home
There's a fork in the river
No time to think twice
A change in the weather
So keep close an eye
A hissing in the wood pile
A voice on the wind
A fork in the river
Is where we begin
A fork in the river
No time to think twice
A change in the weather
So keep close an eye
A hissing in the wood pile
A voice on the wind
A fork in the river
Is where we begin
A fork in the river
Is where we begin
A fork in the river
Is where we begin
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