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Blues for Two
04:11
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I was sitting in a barroom
just me and my lonesome
me and my lonesome and my beer
when this gal walked in
with those blue eyes I crave
Well I fell off my stool
hit the floor and I said
I’ve got blues for two, blues for two
darlin won’t you come and spend some time with me
cuz I’ve got blues for two and I can see that you do too
I just need someone to help me off my knees
It was just the other day
when she called me up on the phone
that's right she called me up on the phone
she said thanks for all your time, but I've got me a ramblin mind
I'm halfway cross 50, I'm sure you'll do just fine
Now I’ve got blues for two, blues for two
darlin won’t you come and spend some time with me
cuz I’ve got blues for two and I can see that you do to
I just need someone to help me off my knees
I’ve got blues for two and I just don’t don’t what to do
my heart keeps sinking lower each day
hell I wish it wasn’t so but I can’t stand to see her go
Tell me something I can do to make her stay
I’ve got blues for two, blues for two
darlin won’t you come and spend some time with me
cuz I’ve got blues for two and I can see that you do to
I just need someone to help me off my knees
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Well she smells real good, like a TV dinner
and she’s always polite like you just met her
She don’t believe in Jesus, says she knows better
She’s my banjo pickin', tobacco spittin' girl
Well she gets high on apple pie
and she'll brew up shine that’ll make ya whine
She’s a renaissance woman with a nasty lip
My banjo pickin' tobacco spittin' gal
She’s rips the five with a lip full of dip
She’ll pick it so fine, she’ll have you shaking your hips
She don’t give a damn and she never will
She grows her own tobacco way up on the hill
Now if you see her coming don’t be alarmed
It’s hard to resist such a natural charm
She’s big and strong and stands up straight
She’s my banjo pickin' tobacco spittin' gal
And she sings too, hell she loves to sing
Ya oughta see it yourself, it’s no everyday thing
How all that dip don’t get in the way, it don’t fly out her mouth
Well I wish I could say
But lord knows it’s a sight to see
How does she sing so in tune with so few teeth
Well we call that a scientific anomaly
She’s my banjo pickin' tobacco spittin' gal
She’s rips the five with a lip full of dip
She’ll pick it so fine, she’ll have you shaking your hips
She don’t give a damn and she never will
She grows her own tobacco way up on the hill
And she loves me good, hell she loves me ragged
Won’t say too much, don’t want to sound like I’m bragging
I’ll just leave it at that, that's my story about
My banjo picking tobacco spitting gal
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3. |
Don't Go to College
03:01
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Don’t go to college
Go live in the woods
keep in touch with your grandma
let her know you’re doing good
learn how to take care of yourself
before you go out trying to make a buck in this world
where your dollar’s worth a dime
Get on up to the mountains
Go the highest you’ve been
Look down at the world below
look up to the sky
see the freedom, see it before you
and when you come back down
take some with you before you go
Get on out to the ocean
when the water’s cold
take all your clothes off
when you get to the shore
dive right in and swim on out, roll on with the waves
let it cool your restless ways
And when i reach the heaven and meet the one
I hope to thank her for all she’s done
but if she won’t throw me a bone
help me pay off my student
I don’t mind
I’ll just roll up a bone of my own
Don’t go to college
Go live in the woods
keep in touch with your grandma
let her know you’re doing good
learn how to take care of yourself
before you go out trying to make a buck in this world
where your dollar’s worth a dime
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4. |
When I Say...
04:30
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I love you, can’t you see that
You tell me you love me too
So why can’t you believe me
When I say it to you
I try, lord knows it
but are you trying too
I believe you when you say you are
and lord that scares me too
Sad tears of love have fallen
yet I still want you near
I’ll wait alone the best I can
If you can’t stand to hear me
I wish there weren’t anything
that could hurt your trust in me
and that one day you’ll choose to stay
and it won’t be out of pity
I keep fighting and so do you
but what are we fighting for
who cares who’s right now as
tears trail the floor
I'm still here because I love us
and I know that you are too
so why can’t you believe me
when I say that i love you
Broke down, losing hope again
wondering could it be
that we’re running around in circles
and swallow that as free
I’m not strong enough to tell you
every time it worries me
but if I’m just a burden on your mind
then darlin tell me and i’ll let you be
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5. |
Dreamin'
02:41
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I remember dreaming, i remember how things were
Wide blue eyes wondering what’s next and what’s the worth
I've known it in myself, seen it everywhere i go
there ain’t no time to think about it, no time to know
What happened to you, what’s happened to everyone
Where has all the time gone, too much going on to get along
But no one cares, no one cares to contemplate
Ain’t no time to think about it, no time to relate
But does it even matter
the way things are going
no it won’t be long till the way we know is gone
and the cracks are starting to show it
Ain’t no time for thinking,
this ships already sinking
So let’s get it straight
before it’s too late and we’re left
turning through the ages
And what will you do, when all your power’s gone
when everything you’ve known’s drifted off like a song
Will you be there for yourself when you need the help
will you try your best to help someone who can’t help themselves
Bridge
And who will seed the soil and who’s fate to farm and feed
Bereft of any spoils just to keep up on our feet
and how could we go on, alone with all our hate
alone with all that money, and it don’t mean a thing
But does it even matter
the way things are going
no it won’t be long till the way we know is gone
and the cracks are starting to show it
Ain’t no time for thinking,
this ships already sinking
So let’s get it straight
before it’s too late and we’re left
turning through the ages
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6. |
The High Road
02:39
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I'm gonna make some changes
gonna do some rearranging
won't ever have you back again, this time
I'm taking the high road and leaving you behind
You've used me up so many times before
and it ain't ever long til you're back at my door
why can't you understand, I ain't your fool anymore
And everytime you've left and come back again
I've gone out of my way just so you could have a friend
I've been wasting my time acting like you ain't done me wrong
I'm gonna make some changes
gonna do some rearranging
won't ever have you back again, this time
I'm taking the high road and leaving you behind
And the next time you come callin'
I'm making time on some old highway
You can hop on your high horse mama
but you ain't ever catching up with me
Now don't you come around here sticking out your hand
I'm gonna find me a woman who respects a decent man
Well you took me for granted and this heart won't need you to mend
I'm gonna make some changes
gonna do some rearranging
won't ever have you back again, this time
I'm taking the high road and leaving you behind
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This morning, my baby left me
that’s why I’m sitting here with nothing to say
So don’t put a nickel in the jukebox
I couldn’t stand to hear those sad old songs today
I’ve been here so many times with her
But I’ve never walked in here and felt like this before
we’d put in our order, grab our singles and our quarters
I’d light us a smoke to share, and the jukebox revved it’s motor
But this morning, my baby left me
that’s why I’m sitting here with nothing to say
So don’t put a nickel in the jukebox
I couldn’t stand to hear those sad old songs today
And the records spun...
George and tammy, conway and Loretta,
Porter and Dolly, Merle and Bonnie,
Emmy and Rodney and Johnny and June
and Waylon and Jessi in a diner for two
But this morning, my baby left me
that’s why I’m sitting here with nothing to say
So don’t put a nickel in the jukebox
I couldn’t stand to hear those sad old songs today
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8. |
Moon Sang
03:48
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The moon sang along with your parting
The mountains they hummed along
I swear that I heard your soul moving
In the air, i heard your so long
And the rain beating down on my rooftop
soothes me we with it’s heavy pulse
and the wind that’s shaking my little house
helps ground my troublesome soul
and if it snows again I might go wander
watch the shadows sway in the moonlight
come spring love unfolds with the blossoms
And I’ll still be singing your song, I’ll still be singing your song
7 years is all it was, all we got
just long enough to listen to the music in your heart
and I hear the songs that we could sing and the tunes that we could play
Ring for no one to hear
And I can hear your song when I'm alone
as the grass falls to the setting sun
So's passed your time, one morning you left mine
Gone with the dew, I'll sing this song for you
and if it snows again i might go wander
watch the shadows sway in the moonlight
come spring love unfolds with the blossoms
And I’ll still be singing your song, I’ll still be singing your song
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9. |
Knockin' Boots
02:49
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Getting off work, gonna hit the town
just as soon as that sun goes down
just a little drive, not far to go
bout a mile more, and I’m at the show
I’m looking for this gal I know
likes to swing out on the floor
here's hoping i can find a way
knock some boots til the break of day
Knockin boots (knocking boots!)
Knockin boots (knocking boots!)
The big ball’s in Cowtown,
we’re all getting down
Knockin boots (knocking boots!)
Knockin boots (knocking boots!)
Till the morning light comes shining bright
And we've long waltzed out of that neon light
Knockin' boots
I reached out and caught her hand
spun her round and made a fan
she spun me back, she spun me fast
pulled back her hand, she smacked my ass
I caught myself, she got me good
we fell right back into the groove
feet straight stomping on sweat damp wood
feels just like a dance floor should
Knockin' boots (knockin' boots!)
Knockin' boots (knockin' boots!)
The big ball’s in Cowtown,
we’re all getting down
Knockin boots (knocking boots!)
Knockin boots (knocking boots!)
Till the morning light comes shining bright
and we’ve long waltzed out of them neon lights
Knockin boots
We cradled left, she slid out right
rolled back in and we both held tight
eyes all bright with smoke stained light
the band kept playing and we felt alright
I pushed her out and spun her round
She pulled me in, my ear to her mouth
she said if you feel like i feel toots
than c'mon home, let’s knock some boots
Knockin boots (knocking boots!)
Knockin boots (knocking boots!)
The big ball’s in Cowtown,
we’re all getting down
Knockin boots (knocking boots!)
Knockin boots (knocking boots!)
So if you want to get along like me
knockin boots in your favorite key
it don’t come out of the blue
ya gotta ask someone to dance with you
Knockin boots
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10. |
One More Night
03:59
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One more night
One more night with you
Just one more night
Darlin’ please don’t be blue
One more night
for our love to go on
It’s just one more night
’Til I’m all alone
I’m headed on down that road
That lonesome road on home
Let the long white lines hyptonize my mind
and I’ve been on this same road for such a long, long time
When we finally found each other, I was just saying good bye
But you let me know, knowing soon I’d go
and I was grateful to have laid by your side
One more night
One more night with you
Just one more night
Darlin’ don’t you be blue
One more night
for our love to go on
It’s just one more night
’Til I’m all alone
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11. |
American Dreams
04:10
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I’m tryin' to get some sleep
I’m tryin' to get some rest
you know it’s been a while
I’ve been running round this country so long
I’ve been through Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana
Washington Houston, shit man, wrong song
like i said, it’s been a while
and I’m tryin' to get my head on straight
that collection man’s been calling me for days
and I still gotta pay my rent
I'm home for three days and two of em I'm working
before I'm on the road again
that ain’t much time to keep my home-life going
and tie up all of my loose ends
well my baby keep's complaining, you know she keeps saying
that i ain’t calling home enough
so I’m trying to get my life together, hell the best that i can
living by the wheel of a van
well it ain’t easy, but you get what you put in
my life will be full of living and losing but I’d never let that do me in
all hell can’t stop me, it’s just the way I’ve always been
I’m gonna live this way, I get to die this way
running the highways of American dreams
Hell I don’t mind, I’ve spent enough time
doing what other told me to
got me burnt out and losing it, trying to make the best it
i’d done everything thing I could do
at a fork in the road, about four ways to go
I put it all on the line
I did what I wanted to, made a plan, saw it through
and left that old life behind
this is my 9-5, best that I could find
but I’m gonna make it work, i ain’t got much else in line
gotta hit the road, gone another night
Gonna hope ol' desi don’t put up a fight
well it ain’t easy, but you get what you put in
my life will be full of living and losing but I’d never let that do me in
all hell can’t stop me, it’s just the way I’ve always been
I’m gonna live this way, I get to die this way
running the highways of American dreams
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12. |
Peace of Mind
04:08
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I’m scared of wasting time, but may waste more than most
I’m grateful for good company, but not always the best host
And I try to tell the truth even when it hurts
I don’t claim to be perfect, but I’ve found some things that work
I stopped watching the news when I got tired of the yelling
Hell the pictures that they show ain’t from the stories that their selling
I can save myself that stress, save myself that time
save myself from myself further on down the line
And I have found some peace of mind
Yes I have found some peace of mind
living a way that’s inherently mine
back in my hometown, i’d been living on the road
wandered for a while, didn’t know just where I'd go
Stayed with friends in the mountains, i drove south and i drove north
lived in Boston for a while, i think that city might be cursed
I'd like to pay my band, what I think they’re worth
unfortunately that’s relative to the industry standard
hell I hope to get paid for my effort and my days
and i think that honest, hard work is worth an inflation-ajdusted wage
And I have found some peace of mind
Yes I have found some peace of mind
living a way that’s inherently mine
I always thought I’d have dog again, and someday I just might
so far I’ve had a couple cats and they’ve treated me alright
Batman ran off and joined some coyote gang
I hope she’s doing well, now I’ve got Bobbie in her place
(And I’ve found myself a love, and she knows just how to live it
She knows just what I need, just how much, and how to give it)
And I hope that you don’t mind that I tell it like I do
But this story’s my own and you’ve got one of your own too
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