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Start anew
02:42
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Lost in Between
04:58
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Some Unlucky Star
02:39
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Some Unlucky Star
I’m getting nothing done, I’m getting nothing done
I get up just to find I’m getting nothing done
Don’t know why I bother I don’t bother anyone
Ain’t got no one to love, I ain’t got no one to love
I thought I did but it turns out I ain’t got no one to love
Guess I’m not the kind of man she’d been dreaming of
I guess it’s in my blood, I guess it’s in my blood
My mamma tells me so I guess it’s in my blood
Nothing that I do is ever done the way it should
I just want to leave, I just want to leave
There’s nothing that I’d like to take away with me
Some might call it freedom, hell I just want to leave
Don’t think I’ll get too far, don’t think I’ll get too far
I’ll end up getting nowhere with the luck I’ve had so far
I’m getting nothing done
Ain’t got no one to love
I guess it’s in my blood
I just want to leave
I guess that I was born under some unlucky star
I’ll never get a break with the way things are
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Ballad of Johnny & Ginny
Johnny came looking for a good time, met Ginny behind the bar
He said: “set ‘em up honey I ain’t going nowhere
and I love you just the way you are.”
“Who knows baby later tonight by the time that you get off
if you keep setting ‘em up like that well, we might be in love.”
Ginny said “boy you may be as handsome as they come
but I ain’t falling for no fancy lines ‘cause that has all been done.
I ain’t looking for a man I just need a ticket out.
if you’ve got a set of wheels maybe we can work things out.”
So the two of them drove off into the sunset that same day
Without having a clue of where to go but they went anyway
Ginny’d always talked about leaving town for good
Though we all said that we would too, she knew we never would
Days went rolling by and I guess we were kinda slow
In admitting just the very thing we didn’t want to know
But summer came to pass and Ginny left the very month of May
Now Ginny ain’t tending bar no more, Ginny’s gone away
Then word came down to my hometown about Johnny doing time
And Ginny’s coming back today and we’re back to feeling fine
“Now isn’t that the greatest news”, I heard somebody say
“I never liked the whole idea to begin with anyway.”
Dreams are very nice and all but they’re not what life’s about
When tending bar is all you know there ain’t no ticket out.
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5. |
Walk back in the rain
02:31
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Walk Back in the Rain
You never know when luck runs out
until the cards are in your hands
You think you know what love’s about
until you’re cheated on again
So walk me to the station and put me on a train
Wait until I’m gone before you walk back in the rain
The saddest songs I love to sing
when deep into the night
Let’s play the blues and I’ll confuse
this bottle with a mic.
So walk me to the station and put me on a train
Wait until I’m gone before you walk back in the rain
Wherever I may travel to
I know I will return
With every scar to prove
that I was not afraid to learn
So walk me to the station and put me on a train
Wait until I’m gone before you walk back in the rain
Take me to the station or put me on a plane
Wave goodbye but don’t you cry when walking in the rain
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Driving Down the Black Top
There ain’t nothing like driving down the highway
Making up for lost time, I’m gonna be fine
feel the road is all mine going down the white line
There ain’t nothing like driving down the freeway
Just a going nowhere ain’t nothing like it anywhere
feeling like an outlaw, I’m a nothing good for
Baby can’t you picture me getting high on liberty?
Talking to myself because there’s nobody to talk to me
Got no time for kiss and tell just to love and leave ‘em well
driving down the black top...I ain’t gonna ever stop
There ain’t nothing like driving in the sunset
Looking at the red sun, only thing I ever done
nothing to look back upon I don’t know what I’m running from
Shifting gears, burning miles, places I ain’t been a while
Filling up the ashtray shows I’ve come a long way
I got to keep behind the wheel the devil licking at my heels
driving down the black top...I ain’t gonna ever stop
There ain’t nothing like driving like a madman
Can’t afford to break the spell nothing that I do so well
Got a little tale to tell I’m going down the road to hell
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Sweet little girl blue
02:05
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Sweet little girl blue
have you ever had a dream come true,
someone waiting just for you,
Sweet little girl blue
Sweet little girl cry
did you dream of walking down the aisle,
has anybody ever seen your smile
sweet little girl cry
Don't you know there's no such thing as once upon a time?
So put on your dancing shoes and make it worth your while
How much longer will you wait on what tomorrow brings
waiting for prince charming who can change your everything
Sweet little girl blue
did you ever tell a joke or two
or do you feel the joke's on you?
Sweet little girl blue
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8. |
These wasted days
04:37
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My dear,
there’s only little of a Romeo left in me
And I just can’t seem to find what I need
to make myself to play that part again
If my feet could take me back in time
If I could only grow wings
it would take us next to nothing to fall in love again
My dear,
this ain’t the best ever written letter by my hand
For nothing I mean to say to you
can inspire me like it used to do
This ain’t no fire burning in the night
there ain’t no bells that ring
and it would take all of those things to fall in love again
And it’s these wasted days
How can we ever make it through
these wasted days
My dear,
these ain’t the most loving words I ever said before
But can’t you see it’s all I can do
to make us face what we don’t want to come true
If my feet could take us back in time
if we could only grow wings
it would take us next to nothing to fall in love again
And it’s these wasted days
How can we ever make it through
these wasted days
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But for the Grace of God
03:36
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But For the Grace of God
Here goes nothing but for the grace of God
Some have purpose I fear that I have not
Here’s to those who are safe and sound asleep
Good luck to you and whatever dreams you keep
I’ve got my own
There were times much more than I can count
I was looking where there’s nothing to be found
There were days I was weighed down by sin
I’ve been low but I came back up again
Time and again
So don’t point your finger at me I’m not ashamed
I’ve nothing to my name
So won’t you let me be on my way
Men have gone where others fear to tread
Some have tried and others haven’t yet
Who is to judge and who will sympathize
Some are true and some will be telling lies
All of the time
Some have gained more than worldly things
Some let go and others choose to cling
Some will steal to fulfill their every need
Some die rich some die by their own greed
So don’t point your finger at me I’m not ashamed
I’ve nothing to my name
So won’t you let me be on my way
Here’s to those and the ones that I forgot
And every one of those who know not we all go
But for the grace God
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Got you where I want you
02:12
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Got You Where I Want You
I’ve got you where I want you
I can write a song about you
I’ve got you right where you belong
I’ll dress you up the way I want to
I’ll make up everything about you
I’ll cut you down to size in just a song
And I could make you do anything I please
I could have you begging on your knees
I’ll make you kiss the ground I walk on
You’ll do me every night and so on
Girl you could never ever love me more
And I could make you love me every night
I’d come home drunk and that would be all right
I’ll never break my back to please you
I’ll lock you up so no one ’ll see you
Better not bite the hand that feeds you, dear
I’ve got you where I want you
Now I wrote this song about you
I’ve got you right where you belong
I’ll cut you down to size in just a song
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Me and my love
03:20
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Me and My Love
I came in last week at the outskirts of this town
I picked up my back as my ride pulled out
And I must have looked like I needed a break
For he sure did take me a long, long way
But I still don’t know how many miles will ever be enough
So I’m putting down the miles between me and my love
I’ve found a job and I’ve found a place to stay
The room ain’t much to look at and I’m on my feet all day
I never needed much and I always travel light
It sure feels like a long, long way from where I came all right
But I still don’t know how many miles will ever be enough
I’m putting down the miles between me and my love
I wonder if we’ll ever be together someday
But I guess she never ever even thought of me that way
And leaving town was all that I could do to make a start
Still trying to forget is gonna be the hardest part
And I still don’t know how many miles will ever be enough
I’m putting down the miles between me and my love
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Remains of the day
03:02
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Remains of the Day
Words that were spoken still float through the air
some of them needless to say
a touch of a promise and butterfly kisses
get lost in remains of the day
Dreams can be broken when acted upon
some just whither away
I’m left with the smell of yesterday’s flowers
and lost in remains of the day
I didn't mean to drink as much as I did
I didn’t mean to say those things but I did
Bitter excuses so rightly refused
tears can not make one regain
respect and the shell of the man I’ve become
gets lost in remains of the day
I didn't mean to drink as much as I did
I didn’t mean to say those things but I did
The stains on the table have made you unable to stay
I drink to forget but get lost in remains of the day
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Go easy on me now
02:43
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Go Easy on Me Now
Why is it so hard to tell me what you want from me
Why go silent on me when I need to hear you speak
Why don’t you sit yourself down?
Don’t make me do all the talking
It won’t do us no good if you started walking
I was never one with words I never knew exactly how
But if you’re gonna let me down please go easy on me now
I just want to do what’s right but I haven’t got a clue
Of whatever’s on your mind and eating you
I was never one with words I never knew exactly how
But if you’re gonna let me down please go easy on me now
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Ballad of a jilted man
03:04
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Ballad of a Jilted Man
I have cried before but never like this
I have experienced heartache and bliss
But it all seems like nothing compared to what now
I have to get over and live with somehow
You’ve made me feel bitter and I don’t want to be
I don’t want to feel life is bigger than me
And that love will always out of my reach
And you’d be just another one of my defeats
I’ve no intention to hold it against you
But I need a release from all this tension
You say it’s my fault, it’s all within me
but I can make it your burden if I want it to be
I’m just gonna have to find a way to get back at you
I love you like crazy but I just can’t let you
leave without doing anything about it
It takes a much bigger man than me to allow it
So I’m gonna leave you with a scar on your heart
and where ever you go it’ll set you apart
If anyone should ask you what’s your pain
you will have to live it over again and again
I’ll get me some rope and find a big old tree
And I’ll make sure you won’t forget about me
If our love wasn’t anything worth living for
Than me dying would surely mean a whole lot more
Oh maybe it’s all just as well
I never really loved you like I love myself
I ain’t crying and I sure as hell
Am not going to, so fare thee well
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That was all she wrote
04:33
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That Was All She Wrote
That was all she wrote my friends
No I won’t stand in your way
All that’s begun must come to end
I’ll be fine but I won’t ever be the same
You’ve got to leave the place you’re born and raised
Away from the blood and all loving praise
From the ties that bind you to everyday life
That never changes and you slowly die
That was all she wrote my friends…
See for yourself see your own way
In the darkest night and by the cruel light of day
By the burning bridges and shimmering flames
Out of the ashes you’ll rise up again
Laughter and tears and all your losses and gains
will be measured in years and in the lines of your face
We’re born again with each new day
And when we die is by the way
That was all she wrote my friends…
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