1. |
Come on Down
03:22
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I'm no Bible beater
I'm not a preacher
But every night I'm on my knees
Softly sayin'
Humbly prayin'
God help me please
(chorus)
Oh come on down
I'm comin' around
I have walked out on the high desert plain
Met him who would be suzerain
But I'm a man lives by the law
I ride, and on my shield I wear the star
My body bears the scars
From all I've done and all I saw
(chorus) x2
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2. |
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(chorus)
Yippie-yi-yo
Yippie-yi-yay
Don't let your dreams get away
Yippie-yi-yay
Yippie-yi-yo
It's gonna hurt to watch them go
Well I was young
But that don't excuse the things I done
Now I'm grown, and I'm running fast
Running away from a haunted past
(chorus)
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3. |
If I Tell You
06:05
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If I tell you
What I really done
Will you stay
Or will you run?
And if I tell you
There might be something new
Under that old sun
Will you believe me
Or will you just say
There goes another crazy one?
(chorus)
Don't let me go
Down that road alone
I get so scared
And I have been hurt to the bone
If I tell you
Where I really been
Will you just say
I'm covered in dirt?
And if I confess to you
My most shameful sins
Will you forgive me?
Or will you just say
I've caused too much hurt
And now my life ain't worth
A dime a day
Might as well throw it away
(chorus)
Stay with me
I'm gonna open up
My heart to you
And show you
The embers
Inside
Help me
Breathe life
Into them to keep the fire alive
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4. |
Canis lupus
06:23
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Twenty-nine and I'm going on thirty
Got blood on my hands, understand I said my hands are dirty
We all got into this mess over our heads
Now we're just trying not to wind up worse than dead
I've seen bad and I've heard about worse
I'm not taking chances I'm risk averse
But I've still got a heart beating inside my chest
You just can't see it through my bulletproof vest
(chorus 1)
Tick-tock, tippity-top
Don't let your beating heart stop
I once knew
Somebody a lot like you
In the mirror when I see my face
It looks like a dog has taken my place
An ugly dog that bit the hand that feeds
A twisted visage all marred by lust and greed
(partial chorus)
I once knew
Somebody a lot like you
A despot, a strongman put in the dock
All I could hear in my ears was the ticking of clocks
They say mercy is the music of a broken man
These days I show as much mercy as I can
(chorus 2)
Tick-tock, tippity-top
What you gonna do boy, when the music stops?
I once knew
Somebody a lot like you
All the people I hurt with my right hand
I used to render them invisible right where they stand
It don't do you no good to go dying on top of the hill
And there's no honor in a dishonorable kill
(chorus 2)
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5. |
City Gates
08:53
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Told us give up our guns who would join the band
But you know just what they say about the best laid plans
You hew to the middle, you do what you can
Southern born, but if I die it's as a Union man
"Inclosed is a bone ring." The horrors are hard to believe.
I cut haversacks off the dead, but then I took my leave.
Whiskey held sway for so many days
I'm surprised that I'm alive and can walk away.
Walk me through those city gates
White flags flying plain
I never did see your face
But I know we will meet again
I know we will meet again
I know we will meet again
I know we will meet again
I know we will meet again
When it comes you'll know it's real
Whole soul just torn to rags, blown across a field
You could multiply the man by seven a shadow to make
What the war doesn't kill, Andersonville can still break
Walk me thorugh those ciity gates
White flags flying plain
When I finally see your face
'Cause I know we will meet again
I know we will meet again
I know we will meet again
I know we will meet again
I know we will meet again
Could I but annihilate space and time
Travel home o'er charred bones, rejoin you in our native clime
Life's stern duty keeps alive the will
The will to live, and, God forbid, the will to kill
Walk me through those city gates
White flags in the rain
When I finally see your face
I will never fail to be with you again
I will never fail to be with you again
I will never fail to be with you again
I will never fail to be with you again
I will never fail to be with you again
I will never fail to be with you again
I will never fail to be with you again
I will never fail to be with you again
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6. |
Annie
04:03
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Like a train in the days of old
I was rolling right along
Then you came and said my love was cold
So I had to write you a love song
Oh oh oh oh oh
They say that the fire dies
In the heart of the worst kind of man
Annie look into my crying eyes
You know I'll always do the best that I can
Oh oh oh oh oh
(chorus)
Annie
Stay with me
I'm the man you gon' need
One day
You gon' find
You gon' want a man who never leaves
Annie listen girl now so many nights
I go out and I sit down 'neath the stars
And I write and write and write and write
And I write these songs on my guitar
Oh oh oh oh oh
Truth is I could write a million lines
And then I could write a million more
Still in all with all my precious time
I could not write down that love of yours
Oh oh oh oh oh
(chorus) x2
Rolling down that hill
Come what will
Like a Wabash Cannonball
And I'm it for the long haul
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7. |
Where We Go
01:46
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Hey Krazy Kat
Where y'at?
We'll always have New Orleans
Where we go
Nobody knows
But we'll shine like the stars from the golden age of the silver screen
Hey Krazy Kat
Look at my cowboy hat
The shifting sands are of such stuff as our dreams
Where we go
Nobody knows
This world is much more than it seems
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8. |
Makin' Hay
03:18
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Sun shines and I make hay
Make fifty-nine dollars for pay
Sun's gonna shine one of these days
But until then I'm flat broke
Old farmhand told me, "Son,
Nobody's ever thrown the hay like you just done."
Took me down to the corner store,
We had burgers and coke
(chorus 1)
On and on on down the road
All that money I just blowed
Ridin' it high, boy takin' it slow
Only love will make the mare to go
You can fight with all your might
You can kick at the pricks
If you don't want to do what's right,
Boy I hope you like takin' some licks
(chorus 2)
On and on on down the road
Saddle my horse with my heavy load
Ridin' it high, boy takin' it slow
Only love will make the mare to go
Old beekeeper used to say
A swarm in May, that's a month of hay
Get one in June, that's a silver spoon
But in July- you let 'em fly
(chorus 2) x2
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