Justin Townes Earle - Black Eyed Suzy

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Black Eyed Suzy

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she works the corner

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out on the block on which she was raised

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and I don't how but she

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finds some comfort

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up amongst the rubble

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and the Queen Ann's Lace

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but nobody seemed to notice

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her beauty wither away

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oh Black Eyed Suzy girl

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how much more can you take

we were lovers back when we were younger but
we all know how that can go
it's like one day it's roses and the next it's over and
nobody asks cause ain't nobody wants to know
as soon as find a place far away
from these dirty heat
oh Black Eyed Suzy she's still losing ground to the heat


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well now some make it into the wind

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they'll take a fly just to forget the pain

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ah but Suzy she's dug in too deep

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she knows she's been beat

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but still she stands around and waits

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ah but

as soon as the seasons change
it will bring the winter wind
Suzy she'll try to fight it
it won't be long
before the cold and rain
and the long November will decide it
what am I to do
ah what am I to say
I just walked from a distance as Suzy withers away

Neko Case - People Got a Lotta Nerve

Capo I


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So the saying says

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An elephant never forgets

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Standing in the concrete cave

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Swaying side and sing

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They walked over the ocean

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And their dreams they dreamed awake

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Until the lights grew dim

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Until the cop cars came

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Everybody tells me this is crazy, yes I know

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But I'm a man man man

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man man man man eater

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But still you're surprised prised prised

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when I eat ya

You know they call them killer whales
But you seem suprised
When it pinned you down to the bottom of the tank
Where you can't turn around
It took half your leg and both your lungs
And I craved I ate hearts of sharks, I know you know it

I'm a man man man man, man man man eater
But still you're surprised prised prised when I eat ya

I'm a man man man man, man man man eater
But still you're surprised prised prised when I eat ya

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It will end again in moonlit song
It will end again in moonlit song


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Frontier Folk Nebraska - Restless Heart

Capo IV


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Watching the bluebirds fly

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keep telling myself it's alright

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wishing for my love to come

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as I watch those bluebirds fly

voice in my head never ends
the only fun results through misery
patient it remains in the past
as the wars they never end

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and I wait out these days

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with a restless heart

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with a restless heart

listen to the wind sing songs
stars they shine so bright
lay awake at night
as I hear those lovely songs

and I wait out these days
with a restless heart

Deep Dark Woods - Now Can I Try

G...D...A...D


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how can I even try

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when I'm twenty five hundred miles from my home

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I feel so all alone

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I feel so all alone

sixty five years till I am gone
but I can't wait that long
no I can't wait that long
no I can't wait that long

I'm going back to where I was born
so I don't feel so torn
back to where I was born
so I don't feel so torn
back to where I was born

so I don't feel so torn
back to where I was born
so I don't feel so torn
back to where I was born

Jeffrey Foucault - Ghost Repeater

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All of the drunks

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Dressed up like Santa Claus

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Ring Salvation Army bells

D

But the town square is quiet

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The juke joints are empty

D

Everyone’s buying

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What no one can sell

Bm

And the girl I loved once

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Came to me last night

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In a dream with a secret to tell

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She whispered close

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Can’t you hear the ocean?

D

As she leaned her ear

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Against a shotgun shell

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Dark was the night

G

Cold was the ground

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I could barely make out the song

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Of the Ghost Repeaters

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Singing Hallelujah

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His truth is marching on

Willie Mae’s crying
At the toll booth to heaven
With a bottle of gin
And a gold-toothed smile
Where the dreams pile up
All washed out and broken
As thick as the stars
On the Miracle Mile

But the movie is over
The theater is empty
The credits are starting to roll
The wages of sin
Don't adjust for inflation
It’s a buyer’s market
When you sell your soul

Dark was the night
Cold was the ground
I could barely make out the song
Of the Ghost Repeaters
Singing Hallelujah
His truth is marching on

The plaza is dark
The picadors are dreaming
Of blood in the alleys
And rust on the vines
They sandbag the bulls
And prop up the matadors
It’s a sweetheart contract
They’re taking their time

And all the ghost prisoners
Who aren't in the ghost prisons
Don’t weep at the sound
Of your name
They just stare up at the clouds
Of passenger pigeons
Winging back home
To the cities of the plain

Dark was the night
Cold was the ground
I could barely make out the song
Of the Ghost Repeaters
Singing Hallelujah
His truth is marching on

The star up above
The 5th Avenue Christmas tree
Is shining tonight
Through the cold and the rain
To light all the faces
In the live nativity
Down on the floor
Of the stock exchange

Dark is the night
Cold is the ground
The armies march out to defend
And the Ghost Repeaters
Of the revelators
Are singing "Peace on Earth
And Good Will to all Men"

Cary Hudson - Song in C

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on a gravel road twenty miles from town

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live the writer Larry Brown

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up into the hills feeling free

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red hawk circles high above the trees

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riding on the breeze

talking about a Montana job
who killed Pizza Bob
stopping at the store for more beer and ice
got cigarettes and pizza by the slice
and fuzzy dice

Profit Ridge we made our way
across the county for half a day
and back to Taylor as the sun was sinking low
people on their front porch waving low
take it slow

in front of the old country store in Taylor
a bluegrass band on a flatbed trailer
is laying it down with a sound so bittersweet
I don't know if I should cry or tap my feet
or dance in the street

Jimmy D and Nicky sitting on a bench
surrounded by many a lovely wench
telling a joke, sharing a toke on the slide
I can smell the catfish being fried
hush puppies on the side

Vick laying his widdle on a stick
he moves slow but his wits are quick
takes a sip of whiskey and sighs
says "boys this is paradise"
you know he never lies

band was playing fast and high
the girls were shaking everything they got
hound dogs are howling at the moon
then the singer called out for one last tune
much too soon

so it's time to say goodbye
my oh my how the time does fly
one more round then I'm bound to go
down Campground Cemetery Road
back to my abode

fare you well my good ole friend
until we meet again
I know we will some sunny day
then we'll take out guitars out and play
our blues away

Murray Hammond - Lost at Sea

C

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I'm gonna take the weekend

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and reply to all the letters

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that girl was kind enough to send

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to my youth for my better

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I put my foot up on the room

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that rolls with every boxcar

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oh, I'm gonna ride that restless one

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through every hill and holler


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I'm gonna lay right down

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my family's all around

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the restless ones like me

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I'll comb the ground to find the lost at sea

out among the columbines
and the pickled hills of Coleman
I coughed away from childhood
where a girl and I found true love
but the smokey trap that pulls me now
upsets the sleep I've needed
in a rattled trap of pity
I'm gonna spend my evening

I'm gonna lay right down
my family's all around
the restless ones like me
I'll comb the ground to find the lost at sea

well if I am untimely
and I miss my next engagement
sing peace in the valley
say a word about the pavement
and I cuss with every footfall
on this bent up twisted highway
in rattled trap of free fall
I'm gonna have it my way

I'm gonna lay right down
my family's all around
the restless ones like me
I'll comb the ground to find the lost at sea

Scud Mountain Boys - Holy Ghost

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strung out on the edge of town

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I'm trying to bum a ride

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I know you think I'm yellow

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for the tears I've cried


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can I make you love me

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can I turn the tide

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I'd tempt the Holy Ghost to Heaven

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by my side

on the day I find you
you nearly let me stay
the emptiness and studders
hit me like a glove

can I make you love me
can I turn the tide
I'd tempt the Holy Ghost to Heaven
by my side


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there's a light shining on the town

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that's sleeping

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there's a light shining on the town

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that's sleeping

strung out on the edge of town
trying to bum a ride
I know you think I'm yellow
for the way I hide

but can I make you love me
can I turn the tide
I'd tempt the Holy Ghost to Heaven
by my side

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I'd tempt the Holy Ghost to Heaven

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by my side

Mark Olson and the Creekdrippers - Diamond Davey

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diamond dave jumped into the California aqueduct

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into the river that man made

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diamond dave he had no plan so he floated down stream

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on the waters of industry

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but God had a plan so he saved your diamond dave

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he threw him a line and he brought him back home

a chain link fence was sent by one who cares and keeps his eyes on things
he landed right smack on twenty thousand acre lettuce patch
he had to walk back all soaking wet

but God had a plan so he saved your diamond dave
he threw him a line and he brought him back home


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he wasn't the first and he won't be the last

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there's no time for ladders in a concrete river bed

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and a man came by

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when he was walking back

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but they never did stop

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they had some other business, oh

diamond dave sang in the choir on a summer's day
I was there to here them say

but God had a plan so he saved our diamond dave
he threw him a line and he brought him back home

oh, diamond dave jumped into the California aqueduct
to the river that man made
to the river that man made

The National Lights - Buried Treasure

Capo IV

D...Em..G

D....................................................A
Somewhere there's a heart in your body

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You hide it well, but sooner or later, babe, I'll get to it

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Girl, that face just keeps on smiling

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No, love don't have to be so lonely

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But it has to hurt this bad


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And we'll wait til dark to dig a hole outside

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Big enough for you to fit inside

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All those hearts you broke, still beating

Em...................G
This is helping, honey, this is healing

There was a time when your body kept on beating
Oh, you're good for now
I point to buried treasure in the shoreline
Girl, we'll make the most of what you've got
Until the day when we can find me some more

We'll wait til dark to dig that hole outside
Big enough for you to fit inside
All those hearts you broke, still beating
This is helping, honey, this is feeling

Deep Dark Woods - Nancy

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C...G..C



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farewell Nancy

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to the heavens I'm bound to go

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let my absence be no trouble to you

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for I will see you soon I know


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can't you hear the willows the weeping

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can't you hear them as they moan

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they're taking away my body

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in the spring when the rivers flow

don't let the devil take a hold
don't let your well run dry
when your time on earth is over
I will meet you in the by and by

can't you hear the willows the weeping
can't you hear them as they moan
they're taking away my body
in the spring when the rivers flow

farewell Nancy
to the heavens I'm bound to go
let my absence be no trouble to you
for I will see you soon I know

can't you hear the willows the weeping
can't you hear them as they moan
they're taking away my body
in the spring when the rivers flow
they're taking away my body
in the spring when the rivers flow

Strand of Oaks - Two Kids

Capo V


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and I will sneak into your front window

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and I won't complain when you kick me out

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and I will leave your bed just like I found it

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and I won't complain when you lay me down

and I don't even care if you have two kids
and I won't complain when they keep me up
and I've heard all the things your ex-husband did
and I won't complain when he beats me up


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cause men my age

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it's hard for us to say

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all the places we've gone wrong

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I hope someday

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to whisper and say

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you're the one I rely on

and I wanna have long days
and I won't complain when the crickets get loud

International Submarine Band - Blue Eyes

G
Sometimes I get upset

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When people treat me bad

D
I don't have time to think

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And so I get real mad

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I pull my hair

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And find somewhere

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That I can be alone

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But when I do I think of you

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And then I hurry home


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Where I got chores to keep me busy

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A clock to keep my time

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A pretty girl to love me

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With the same last name as mine

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And when the flowers wilt

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A big, old quilt to keep us warm

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I've got the sun to see your blue eyes

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And tonight you're in my arms


Sometimes I get unwound
When fancy cars drive past
Money don't get me down
But I can't make it last

I bite my nails and if that fails
I go get myself stoned
But when I do I think of you
And head myself back home

Where I got chores to keep me busy
A clock to keep my time
A pretty girl to love me
With the same last name as mine
And when the flowers wilt
A big, old quilt to keep us warm
I've got the sun to see your blue eyes
And tonight you're in my arms

Sometimes I get unwound
When fancy cars drive past
Money don't get me down
But I can't make it last

I bite my nails and if that fails
I go get myself stoned
But when I do I think of you
And head myself back home

Where I got chores to keep me busy
A clock to keep my time
A pretty girl to love me
With the same last name as mine
And when the flowers wilt
A big, old quilt to keep us warm
I've got the sun to see your blue eyes
And tonight you're in my arms

Caroline Herring - Song for Fay

E
sun comes up in the morning

E
see that sunrise forming

A
all the pretty colors

E
shining down on the water

B
I don't know about Heaven

A
but I put in my dollar

B
lets see what it buys me

A
rest and a little dinner

walking down the highway
thirsty for some water
men keep looking my why
wonder what they're wanting
I don't know about Heaven
but I put in my dollar
mister would you show me
don't think I'm not learning

maybe it's my brother
always tried to save
maybe it's my daddy
he ain't good for nothing
I don't know about Heaven
but I put in my dollar
don't you try to stop
till I get where I'm going

watching all the women
making sense of living
all their little babies
aren't we supposed to have them
I don't know about Heaven
but I put in my dollar
answers for the taking
now that I'm a woman

sun comes up in the morning
see that sunrise forming
all the pretty colors
shining down on the water
I don't know about Heaven
but I put in my dollar
I don't know about Heaven
my purse is on my shoulder

I don't know about Heaven
but my purse is on my shoulder

Grayson Capps - Get Back Up

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yesterday was a very fine day indeed

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I got up outta bed went outside and brushed my teeth
put on dirty clothes and go back to work
I gotta get the money to give the money away
at the rich man's store

I live on a place they call south front street
it ain't on a map you couldn't find me if you tried
we got a horse, and a train, and a garden in the backyard
it's a rotten paradise, at times I think I'm gonna die

they try to drag me down
they try to drag me down
I get back up, I get back up again
I get back up, I get back up again

here come the powerman with the waterman by his side
looks like the telephoneman gave them a ride
they killed my house and left me this way
I bought a kerosene lamp and baby you know I don't bathe

they try to drag me down
they try to drag me down
I get back up, I get back up again
I get back up, I get back up again

Jason Isbell - Cigarettes and Wine

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saw her in Roosevelt spring

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time doesn't touch anything

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she never did say she could sing

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but I figured it so

I needed some company then
not sisters or children again
that's a hell of a spot to be in
but she put me in tow

money and liquor and lust
have taken my heart and my trust
I could see ashes of dust
headed my way

she tended bar in town
her alto settled me down
so I started hanging around
didn't need much to say

D7


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she smelled like cigarettes and wine

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she kept me happy all the time

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I know that ain't much of a line

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but it's the God's own truth

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she lives down inside of me still

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rolled up like a twenty dollar bill

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she left me alone with these pills

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and the last of my youth

wings on her shoulders and feat
bar on gasseminey street
I took time to plan retreat
backed out the door

must be attracted to those
witnessed a man in throws
life it ain't grindstone nose
pedal on the floor

she smelled like cigarettes and wine
she kept me happy all the time
I know that ain't much of a line
but it's the God's own truth

she lives down inside of me still
rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
she left me alone with these pills
and the last of my youth

lost on the dry side of town
my memories slowing me down
she shook me and I came around
came back alive

nary a mother or dad
she showed me what I never had
princess believe she got sad
cause I won't take a wife

she smelled like cigarettes and wine
she kept me happy all the time
I know that ain't much of a line
but it's the God's own truth

she lives down inside of me still
rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
she left me alone with these pills
and the last of my youth
she left me alone with these pills
and the last of my youth