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| 1. |
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Someone looking out for me You can step right up and show yourself if you will It seems like I've been hiding from my friends too long You can take over for a while I need the rest A chance to laugh it off I ain't made sense in so long I almost quit trying This can't be the way it's supposed to work I've tried by myself and now I want to try it out with you You may not believe I need it I haven't shown it in the past It took me a while to get above myself I barely made the test you're out there and I feel you So come on out of hiding Someone looking out for me You can step right up and show yourself if you will It seems like I've been hiding from my friends too long You can take over for a while I need the rest A chance to laugh it off I ain't made sense in so long I almost quit trying |
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| 2. |
| 2:24 |
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Ripped off and run out of town Had my guitar burned when I was clownin' Haven't slept in a bed for a week And my shoes feel like they're part of my feet Let me come down where I won't be a bother to no one Let me unwind please give me a hole to recline in Knocked on my friend's door in moody texas And asked if he had a place for me His hair was cut off and he was wearing a suit And he said not in my house, not in my house You look like you're part of a conspiracy Now I'm six hours out on strawberry flats Trying to get to Waco 'fore it freezes over They're stopping every one who looks too wierd At the ghoul bust Texas road block Oh let me come down where I won't be a bother to no one Let me unwind please give me a hole to recline in Got a ride on a highway king Made the cross road by nine fifteen If I don't find a place to crash Well I might as well cash it all in If I was a no 'count gambler or a Texas fool Or a millionaire with a suit and real short hair Or do you even care |
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| 3. |
| 2:32 |
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His tail-lights flickered as he pulled up to the truck stop The same old crowd was hanging out again tonite He said fill up my tank while I go check my load It feels like it's shifting all around He was the kind of man Do all he could Above all he had integrity But he was so young And on a ten city run In love with a truck stop girl As he went inside hew was merrily greeted By the girl with who he was in love She held out a glass and said have another This is the last time we can meet With her hair piled up high and a look in her eye That would turn any good man's blood to wine All his eyes could see, all his eyes could see Was the stares from all those around him He ran out to the lot and climbed into his rig And drove off without tightening down It was a terrible thing To see what remained of the rig that poor danny was in But he was so young On a ten city run In love with a truck stop girl But he was so young On a ten city run In love with a truck stop girl |
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| 4. |
| 3:23 |
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Matthew stood by the wall and watched his love below Her pale hair came in golden rings down below her shoulders As she waved and slowly turned around To find the path that led her to the ancient gate was closed She said Matthew why won't you tell me what it is you see Your smile so wide this figured grin You look as if, you look as if you're looking right through me Why won't you tell me how it is you see Through the darness all around me No amulets or chains will work to keep the demons from Or hide the night filled eyes from the brides of Jesus The brides of Jesus The brides of Jesus Keep them over me Keep them over me, can't you see On tender-hooks and to be pleasure bent His voice it scratched the air May bring you so much sorrow That you may be entertaining angels unawares |
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| 2:25 |
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I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin' Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head light Alice, Dallas Alice I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari Tehachapi to Tonapah Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed And if you give me: weed, whites, and wine and you show me a sign I'll be willin', to be movin' I've been kicked by the wind, robbed by the sleet Had my head stoved in, but I'm still on my feet and I'm still... willin' Now I smuggled some smokes and folks from Mexico baked by the sun, every time I go to Mexico, and I'm still And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari Tehachapi to Tonapah Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed And if you give me: weed, whites, and wine and you show me a sign I'll be willin', to be movin |
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| 6. |
| 2:30 |
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Square knees was asking for a reason
How can I go sleeping in a car I got red hot tires my tires are smokin' I'm so broke I don't wanna stop My gears are crying My gears are crying I got the ha hamburger ha hamburger I got the ha hamburger midnight blues Got a grease mother she's a holder finder Keeper of the scooter gas You gotta lift your tail and seal you fate Snort the crank your old man stashed And ride a tin can Ride a tin can street machine Square knees was asking for a reason How can I go sleeping in a car I got red hot tires my tires are smokin' I'm so broke I don't wanna stop My gears are crying My gears are crying I got the ha hamburger I got the ha hamburger I got the ha hamburger midnight blues |
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| 8. |
| 2:19 |
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I don't even know what I did wrong But her old man said if I didn't get out of town I might not live too long And I can still see her mother with her hair up in rolls As she cast a telling glance at that young girl's red hot eyes Sometimes I think I could lose All my troubles but here I stand They're trying to cure me with nicotine and whiskey Watching their faces passing me by And I've been holding out my hand Waiting for love to come at my command But the glow from around my head is gone And if I don't get a ride real soon I might be dead in the ground Sometimes I think I could lose All my troubles but here I stand They're trying to cure me with nicotine and whiskey Watching their faces passing me by There's no need to follow Look into the eyes of this wandering stranger I won't rob or steal your money So don't let the wind through the crack in your door Don't let the wind through the crack in your door |
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| 2:24 |
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I've been the one who has been frightened And almost borne away By the very thoughts that I feared yesterday And it must be dust or smoke that's in my eyes How can I cry about something from someone that I won't see Oh my friends all say she had her chance Let's go shoot some pool You know a fool is just a fool And I've tried everything that whiskey cures But the pain endures And now I'm feeling that pain I put my pride in my pocket That's how I'll spend my loneliest days And it must be dust or smoke that's in my eyes Don't know what to do Hold the lamp above the rafters These smoke-filled rooms will not replace her I've been the one who has been frightened And almost borne away By the very thoughts that I feared yesterday And it must be dust or smoke that's in my eyes |
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| 10. |
| 3:50 |
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I'm just takin' my time so please don't rush me I gotta sort out some things I didn't know existed I've been here before I know where the traps lie I can only take what's there 'cause the rest doesn't matter I'm tired of talk so please don't rush me You know I want the same things that you do You're wastin' your time the way you come on to me Slow down your rhymes and try to reason You can't make things move any faster By second-wishing them to death You seem to be living on a level that's decent enough You got what you wanted so why do you tell me I'm on the wrong track I'm doing the best I can do Why try to out-guess a situation That I know you're not even fully aware of I want you to know that if it keeps on this way I can't keep on letting you bring me down |
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| 11. |
| 1:57 |
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Crazy Captain Gunboat Willie Growled out his commands And all the able seamen Clicked their heels and swore They would protect the noble ship In peace-time and in war And they danced a jig until the dawn Sang a loyal sailors song Drank a pot of steaming rum Did all the things that loyal sailors do Captain Bill expressed great glee All the things that he had planned Were made to go his way All the fares he had collected and salted away Made his lips turn in a smile Just then Luke the rat from down below Called to Gunboat Bill He said Listen to those madmen wail They've been at sea for ninety days Without the sight of land No it doesn't look so good to me No it doesn't look so good at all The captain pondered what the rat had said Until he could think of nothing more Then he threw his crew into the foaming sea At least a thousand miles from shore And he danced a jig until the dawn Sang a loyal captain's song Drank a pot of steaming rum Did all the things that loyal captains do The rat looked hard at Gunboat Bill And he said in a serious style As he leapt into the water Don't believe, no don't believe Don't believe everything that you hear |
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