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Sunset
03:03
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When I was 10 we used to go outside
And walk the woods til suppertime
Kings of all mesquite and prickly pear
At the edge of we did not know where
Sunset, purple at the dusk advancing
Drifting on a sea of grass
Darkness, swallowed every path we'd taken
The easy roads were in the past
Now I'm grown the woods are all but gone
But the sinkin' feelin' carries on
You and I don't know where we are bound
If a new way home cannot be found
Sunset, purple at the dusk advancing
Drifting on a sea of grass
Darkness, swallowed every path we'd taken
The easy roads were in the past
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2. |
I'm So Blue
03:04
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Weed just winds me up, whiskey gets me wired
Til each night you come home and find you're on my fightin' side
And I'm so tired
I think I'm gonna put 'em down awhile
Last night I went out walkin' sober as a tree
Into the woods alone to feel the earth beneath my feet
And I cried
I cried so hard the moon turned to hide its face from me
Face from me
I'm So Blue, I'm so blue
But my ragged ways don't lift me up like they used to
Still the same old fire
But I'm gonna find a new way to go wild
It's been three months since you left and I can't blame you
If you never read a word of this at all
And I want so much to tell you how I've been changing
But it's too soon to call
It's too soon to call
I'm so blue, I'm so blue
But my ragged ways don't lift me up like they used to
Still the same old fire
But I'm gonna find a new way to go wild
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3. |
Sugar Ray
03:19
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Sugar Ray had a dream he killed Jimmy Doyle
Sugar Ray had a dream he killed Jimmy Doyle
He stepped up inside the ring like every time before
But Sugar Ray had a dream he killed Jimmy Doyle
Went to a priest who said "no, no, no"
Went to a minister, asked him what to do
He said trust in the lord my child
(What else am I supposed to do?)
Sugar Ray Robinson he's gettin' on now
And Millie keeps him busy when
His head is in the clouds
Sometimes in the morning it's like he never lived at all
But Sugar Ray Robinson he killed Jimmy Doyle
But he's not a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer, a killer.
Sugar Ray had a dream, he killed Jimmy Doyle
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4. |
Drop Thumb Claw
02:56
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The bread was hard the coffee was stale
Over on the table with the 'lectric bill
But I don't give a damn what the landlord says
I gotta drop thumb, claw hammer, and frail
You drew the line, I said "no fair"
You called me from the road, you didn't say where
And you know I'd be a liar if I said I don't care
But I gotta drop thumb, claw hammer, and frail
Don't you give me that three finger, three finger,
Illinois thrash no Newgrass neither
I wanna hear Polly on the mountainside,
But it's gotta be a sawmill Caroline
One more time for the folks over there
The ones with the jean shorts, ones with the hair
We don't give a dumb if it rains or hails
We gotta drop thumb, claw hammer, and frail
Don't you give me that three finger, three finger,
Illinois thrash no Newgrass neither
I wanna hear Polly on the mountainside,
But it's gotta be a sawmill Caroline
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5. |
The Last Good Time
03:28
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Your daddy's rich and your little sister's trying
Your momma smokes so much weed
The world is flat and all the flowers are dying
From Paradise to Mozambique
It was the last good time before the water came over the wall
And I just wish we had tried a little harder is all
It was the last good time and I thought we'd make it through somehow
But none of it matters now
You and me and our sweetest summer comrades
On our way home from the beach
I took your hand, guess you didn't feel like talkin'
When we got home you said your piece
It was the last good time before the water came over the wall
And I just wish we had tried a little harder is all
It was the last good time and I thought we'd make it through somehow
But none of it matters now
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6. |
Cold Water
01:28
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Cold water in the tooth hole, baby
Cold water in the stream
Cold water on the bedside table
Sink into your dreams
We crossed the lake beneath the moon
The grass grew up inside our shoes
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7. |
Keep Moving
03:23
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Buried your mother and you turned 18
Can't stand still, gotta keep moving
Hometown shimmered like a worn out dream
Bought a pair of shoes and a pocket knife
You packed it up and hit the road
Seen Mojave and the Ponchartrain
Can't stand still, gotta keep moving
Slid through a Denver bend in the rain
Cried 'Hail Mary' and the road obliged
You settled down and fell asleep
Yeah you settled down and fell asleep
Danced your shadow in the possum moon
Can't stand still, gotta keep moving
Thought you would get to the bottom soon
Daylight clattered on the dark horizon
Everything was what it seemed
Full September on the Great Divide
Can't stand still, gotta keep moving
Didn't quite know what to do so you cried
Had a good lover in a nowhere town
But you couldn't stand another day
No you couldn't stand another day
Got no worries, got no dreams
Don't recall another way to be
Broke camp early and you felt brand new
Can't stand still, gotta keep moving
Found a little work on a warehouse crew
Couldn't say certain when the spring arrives
If you'll hang around or slip away
Yeah will you hang around or slip away
Yeah hang around or slip away
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8. |
End of the World
04:17
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Well that fire rained down, you could find us there
At the Cha-Cha Lounge drinking whiskey and beer
Singin' "Oh my my, don't you think it's weird,
When it all burns down and we're still here?"
It's the end of the world
It's the end of the week
And I'm so tired I can hardly speak
Well that fire rained down and the smoke rolled in
And if that wind picks up it'll all start again
Well some horses died and some folks did too
And if those mudslides come well you know just what we'll do
It's the end of the world
It's the end of the week
And I'm so tired I can hardly speak
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9. |
The Grifters
02:18
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10. |
Wild Hearts
03:46
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Chopper city by the dashboard light I gotta let it go
I'm never going back this time
Say goodbye to ma and pa you gotta let it go
Close your eyes before the waterline
Wild hearts can't be broken
You gotta push that push that pony from the platform
He will understand and say 'well done'
Wild hearts can't be broken
Woke up and the world was dark
And I could not see how it wouldn't creep across my heart
I gotta man and he's true and fine
He's gonna reach on over and pull me back across the borderline
Caught us there in the morning light
Landlady said, 'Not in my house, never in my life'
Let 'em hear your life is your own
They're gonna say,
'Young lady, you better think twice before you take that tone'
Wild hearts can't be broken
You gotta push that push that pony from the platform
He will understand and say 'well done'
Wild hearts can't be broken
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