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Fire one up and you toss one down
Everybody knows you been downtown Been downtown late last night Busted your head in a barroom fight Fightin' with your brother fightin' with your wife Seems you been fightin' every day of your life Can't stand still, still can't run You put it all together but it came undone Your soul is junk, your brain is dust All your memories are eaten up with rust Your nightmares real, dreams too stark You love the night but you hate the dark Your mother your daddy little sister too Told you a secret they were countin' on you You were dying to tell but your dad said son Button your lip but it come undone So they turned you out when you turned them in They told you don't come back again Now the years stack up like old beer cans Dead end jobs payment plans Broke down trucks welfare checks Child support and back-seat sex You'd kill yourself but you hocked your gun You built a noose but it come undone So you're livin' in a shack bu you wanna be rich And you would if it wasn't for the sonovabitch The sonovabitch the dirty old whore The butcher the baker the grocery store You hate them they hate you What in the world are you gonna do It ain't your fault but they need someone To blame it on when they come undone Now the storm's comin' in the sky's turned black It's too late now you can't turn back Lightnin' strikes on the telephone wire You're drunk as a skunk your shack's on fire The wife took the baby and the other two kids The dogs are a-howlin' and the chickens are dead It's your last night out and you're gonna have fun They'll read it in the papers when you come undone |
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I slipped through your fingers into the clouds
Ran down the concrete hallways Pushed through the crowds. I watched by the water Reached for the sun Why did I bother What's done is done Chorus And all that's left of me now Is waiting to drown Over the waterfall (falling down) Over the waterfall (falling down) Over the waterfall (falling down) I fall down Soldiers of fortune Stand by your door You can't remember What you hired them for You cleared your conscience And I left a stain The beauty of sadness is Feeling the pain Chorus And only the sad stone man can hear my cry And only the tall blue girl can see I lost my way I have no alibi So no one will know you knew me Randomly speaking Pieces of light The clowns from the circus Got drunk here last night They talked of reunion Then left on their own What they've never known Is what you've always known. Chorus |
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| 5:11 |
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Flatter than a tabletop
Makes you wonder why they stopped here Wagon must have lost a wheel or they lacked ambition one On the great migration west Separated from the rest Though they might have tried their best They never caught the sun So they sunk some roots down in the dirt To keep from blowin' off the earth Built a town around here And when the dust had all but cleared They called it Levelland, the pride of man In Levelland Granddad grew the dry land wheat Stood on his own two feet His mind got incomplete and they put in the home Daddy's cotton grows so high Sucks the water table dry Rolling sprinklers circle round Bleedin' it to the bone And I won't be here when it comes a day It all dries up and blows away I'd hang around just to see But they never had much use for me in Levelland They don't understand me out in Levelland And I watch those jet trails carving up that big blue sky Coast to coasters watch 'em go And I never would blame 'em one damn bit If they never looked down on this Not much here they'd wanna know Just Levelland Far as you can point your hand Nothin' but Levelland Mama used to roll her hair Back before the central air We'd sit outside and watch the stars at night She'd tell me to make a wish I'd wish we both could fly Don't think she's seen the sky Since we got the satellite dish and I can hear the marching band Doin' the best they can They're playing "Smoke on the Water", "Joy to the World" I've paid off all my debts Got some change left over yet and I'm Gettin' on a whisper jet I'm gonna fly as far as I can get from Levelland, doin' the best I can Out in Levelland - imagine that |
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| 4:09 |
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I wonder where my baby is tonight
I wonder where my baby is tonight That street lamp ain't sayin' The moon is out of sight I wonder where my baby is tonight I love her more than roses love the sun I love her more than roses love the sun I've told her and I've told her Baby you're the only one I love her more than roses love the sun She's been gone since early morning She left here early yesterday I lost my head and said some things I didn't mean to say She's been gone since early yesterday She doesn't know the danger she'll find She doesn't know know the danger she'll find With no one to protect her In a world that's so unkind She doesn't know the danger she'll find I've been every place from Cherry Street to Main Every place from Cherry Street to Main My mind is sick with worry From callin' out her name Every place from Cherry Street to Main I wonder where my baby is tonight I wonder where my baby is tonight That street lamp ain't sayin' The moon is out of sight I wonder where my baby is tonight |
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| 5. |
| 5:24 |
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I'm long past hungry
I need a bed I got some real wild things Runnin' through my head Oh Rosie, don't forget me now I've been to Tulsa And New Mexico Still got Tucson and Colorado left to go Oh Rosie don't forget me now Chorus: Do you remember Our lucky star We gave all our wishes to Now I'm in Denver In this old bar Tryin' to do anything to hang on to you And not be blue It's all-night TV With nothin' on I should be goin' but I'm Too far gone Oh Rosie, don't forget me now There's rotten singers Lousy art Western swingers And my old broken heart Oh Rosie, don't forget me now Chorus It's a hard old highway A long slow burn I think about ya Rosie At every little turn So don't you worry Please don't cry When we're together That old time will fly on by Oh Rosie, don't forget me now Chorus It's a hard old highway A long slow burn I think about ya Rosie At every little turn Oh Rosie, don't forget me now |
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| 4:16 |
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It's midnight on the interstate and I'm flying like a bird
I was talking to a friend of mine, he said "Have you heard the word?" "I've got some people comin' by to celebrate the show, Some of them are new in town and some of them you know" I've got a local station on, Tejano music playing I do my best to sing along but I don't know what they're saying No le puedo entender but you know that it's alright I'm headed down to San Antone, runnin' with the night I've never been no daytime guy Love the neon light I'm a saxophone, flash of chrome Runnin' with the night I lost my job a month ago so I took a small vacation I went out west to make the best of my lowdown situa-tion Moved in with my sister you know she works every day We don't see each other much but I guess it's just that way I've never been no daytime guy Love the neon light I'm a swingin' door, a meteor Runnin' with the night I've settled down a time or two and tried the other way But I don't know what to do with myself all day The sun goes down you give you love one last long goodnight kiss Then you stay awake thinkin' 'bout everything you miss I've never been no daytime guy Love the neon light I'm a secret plan, a highwayman Runnin' with the night I was born in the wintertime under-neath a purple sky I packed my things at seventeen and I kissed my folks goodbye Got no complaints, no regrets, I got no grand de-sign I'll ride the horse that brought me here 'Till I cross that finish line I've never been no daytime guy, love the neon light I'm an amber eye, a coyote's cry Runnin' with the night I'm a wall of fire, an angel choir Runnin' with the Night with the Nighta|a|. With the Nighta|a| with the Nighta|.. |
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| 8. |
| 5:07 |
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We made Oklahoma a little after 3
Randy, his brother Bob and my old GMC We had some moonshine whisky And some of Bob's homegrown We were so messed up we didn't know If we were drunk or stoned Randy was a sad-sack, tall kinda frail Bob was a raving maniac, crazy in the head They been kicked out of high school several years ago For pushin over port-a-cans at the 4-H rodeo Since then they've done their little dance Right outside the law Popped twice in Oklahoma, once in Arkansas And I don't know what possessed me To want to tag along Cause I was raised a Christian And I knew right from wrong Right or wrong, black or white Cross the line, you're gonna pay In the dawn before the light Live and die by the shades of gray We stole two Charolais heifers from Randy's sweetheart's paw Sold them at the livestock sale Outside of Wichita We got $900 and never did suspect The world of hurt we'd be in once We cashed that check Next day we heard the story On the local radio Made our plans that very night To go to Mexico I swear we would have made it If it wasn't for that shine I got sick about the time we crossed That Kansas line Right or wrong, black or white Cross the line, you're gonna pay In the dawn before the light Live and die by the shades of gray I was layin in the bar ditch Prayin I would die When a light come on above us And a voice come from the sky A half a dozen unmarked cars Came screeching to a halt They grabbed bob, he started screamin It was all my fault There were men and dogs And helicopter buzzin all around They had the brothers on the Pickup hood and me down on the ground Bob flew all to pieces but randy he Held tight when a black man in a Suit and tie stepped out into the light He told his men to turn us loose They put down their guns He said these are just some Sorry kids, they ain't the ones Right or wrong, black or white Cross the line, you're gonna pay In the dawn before the light Live and die by the shades of gray They left us by the roadside Down hearted and alone Randy got behind the wheel Said boys I'm going home We turned around to face our fate Downhearted but alive on that Mornin in late April, Oklahoma, 1995 Right or wrong, black or white Cross the line, you're gonna pay In the dawn before the light Live and die by the shades of gray |
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| 4:00 |
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Dave Alvin
She's waiting for me when I get home from work But things just ain't the same She turns out the light and cries in the dark Won't answer when I call her name Chorus On the stairs I smoke a cigarette alone The Mexican kids are shooting fireworks below Hey, baby, it's the Fourth of July Hey, baby, it's the Fourth of July She gives me her cheek when I want her lips And I don't have the strength to go On the lost side of town in a dark apartment We gave up trying so long ago Repeat Chorus Whatever happened, I apologize So dry your tears and baby, walk outside It's the Fourth of July Repeat Chorus |
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| 3:57 |
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There were lean times, they were tough
There were mean times they were rough And the good times didn't outweigh the bad I was sad you were bitter But you were no quitter When nothin' was all that we had We were drinkin' a lot We were thinkin' of tyin' the knot Or maybe throw in the towel Make up have a kid Break up and we did But only just for awhile Then came lo mein and going insane At the Chinese cafe way downtown I was steamed I was fried but you stood by my side When I had my nervous breakdown There were noodles galore All over the floor And hot mustard sauce everywhere But I held your hand a?til you calmed down again And picked out the rice in your hair After that we agreed When in fact what we need Is to pack up and take the first plane Take a bus take a bike Take care take a hike Take out but leave the lo mein I remember it now when we order kung pao And bow our heads to say grace The day we left town and that nervous breakdown At the all-you-can-eat Chinese place At the Chinese cafe way downtown |
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