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by Ryan Joseph Rossner

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1.
Come on Down 03:22
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
2.
(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)
3.
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
4.
Canis lupus 06:23
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)
5.
City Gates 08:53
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
6.
Annie 04:03
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
7.
Where We Go 01:46
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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Makin' Hay 03:18
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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released July 21, 2013

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