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

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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

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But the town square is quiet

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The juke joints are empty

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Everyone’s buying

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What no one can sell

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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?

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As she leaned her ear

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Against a shotgun shell

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Dark was the night

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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

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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

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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

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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