1. |
One Eyed Girl
03:27
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Swing swing baby
Ain't no ifs and buts or maybes
The way you move is so uptight
Pull yourself together
And forget about the weather
Cause the weatherman ain't ever really right
Oh you push and you pull
Until somebody takes hold
And things don't ever work out like you planned
(Chorus)
You're still living with the one eyed girl
You're still living with the one eyed girl
You're still living with the one eyed
One night stand
Sing sing honey
Even if you think it's funny
Sing until you go out of key
Burn your reservations
And forget your resignation
Cause creation's just the world and
You twist and you shout
Until somebody lets you out
But things don't ever work out like you planned
(chorus)
Speak up shorty
And tell the world your story
Say whatever's on your mind
Don't worry 'bout your failures
And forget about the jailer
'Cause you've already done your time
You're mad
And you're furious
And nobody takes you serious
And you don't ever get out like you planned
(chorus x2)
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2. |
Somebody Told Me
04:01
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Somebody told me that time
It was only a teaspoon
That stirred the waters of the deep
And made the sun come up
Just a bit too soon
Somebody told me the reason
Was inexplicably linked up with the rhyme
And that the rhyme was the reason
For the rhythm that was beating in my mind
(chorus)
Somebody told me that your love was a lie
Is it true?
I'm gonna hang out on the corner
With the trash
How 'bout you?
Somebody told me that my name
Well it was only a number
Well they were gonna try and put one over
While they're pulling us under
Somebody told me that my mind
It would be wasted in the classroom
And so I'm cutting class
And smoking cigarettes behind the gym
'Cause it's cool
(chorus)
I've been looking for something that I could not cefine
I've been looking for something that I could not define
All the time
All the time
Somebody told me that the world
Was really getting em down
It their head right out of the sky
And put them down on the ground
Somebody told me that the moon
It was conspiring with the ocean
To help the law put the people to sleep
With a gentle rocking motion
(chorus x2)
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3. |
Girl, I Know
03:58
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I've been thinking 'bout a girl I know
Most every day
I've been thinking 'bout the way she talks
And all the funny things she says
She says:
Baby won't you come with?
Live a life of A to B
We can do it easily
Oh
What do you say?
I've been thinking 'bout a girl I know
From her head to her toes
I've been thinking bout the way she moves
And all the funny places she goes
Oh she goes to:
Aberdeen and Issaqua
West Virginia and Arkansas
South Dakota, Maine
And East LA
I've been thinking bout a girl I know
Most all of the time
I've been thinking bout her long dark hair
And her beautiful mind
Well I think:
Maybe she could understand
Maybe lend a helping hand
Maybe wipe the dust from out of my eyes
Baby don't you come down...
I've been thinking 'bout a girl I know
Most all night long
I've been thinking 'bout the way she smiles
When I sing her this song
And I sing:
La la la la la la...
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4. |
True Love of Mine
06:32
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This song goes out to the girl with the pretty yellow hair
And the tattoo demeanor
There sure are a lot of pretty girls out there
But this one took me to the cleaner
She read me books by Herman Hesse
Tom Stoppard plays
And the Little Prince
She was a true love of mine
This song goes out to Blue Jean
With clear green eyes and the cold grey concentration
We only met once on crowded city bus
But we sure had a good conversation
When she turned to go
She stopped and gave me a kiss
Said life's a joy when it works out like this
She was a true love of mine
This song goes out to that hippie dude on 84th St
Selling daisies by the bunch
I'm never sure what all those signs he's holding mean
But I think I've got a pretty good hunch
I can't say I always agree with everything he's sayin'
But it's better than saying nothing at all
He was a true love of mine
This song goes to anybody who's still listening
Though there's so few of you left
America's turning into something cold and hard and glistening
And every American's going deaf
But I wasn't born to be just another young American
Tied up by television
Ruled by my pride
You are a true love of mine
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5. |
Bad News, Mama
02:55
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We used to sit out
In the sunshine
Watch the clothes dry
On the clothes line
Eating peaches
Drinking sweet wine
I was all yours
You were so mine
Turn on the radio
Turn on your television too
You're tired of talking to me
I'm tired of disappointing you
We used hang out
On the pavement
Sit and wonder
Where the waves went
Now we're waiting
On the weekend
And We're searching
For some meaning
We've got a ways to go
There ain't no easy way out
You keep on biting your tongue
I'll keep on shutting my mouth
I've got some bad news, mama
Some bad new
Bad news, mama
Some bad news
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It's been a long time coming
With a gun in your hand
You say you wanna give it up
But you're stalked by the man
You got your eyes on a Grayhound Bus
That's pointed outa here
You got one foot in the graveyard
The other in the middle of next year
Well you're gonna move it over
To the old Five n' Dine
You know the food has gone off
But the price is still just fine
You order up a cup of coffee
The waitress brings you out a cup of black mud
You turn your smile on the waitress
She asks you "What for?"
You tell her "Honey, just because/"
In walks a lawman
With a gun on his hip
He's got the sleep deprivation
And the tobacco lip
He sits down beside you
And he orders up a cup of joe
He says "boy, don't I know you?"
You say "Sir, I don't rightly know"
He says "Sure I do, ain't you billy the kid?"
You say "I don't look nearly as pretty as Billy the Kid,
But I wish that I did.
Besides, they say Billy the Kid never aged
And I'm getting migthy old
Besides, didn't Billy the Kid die at the OK Coral?
I mean, that's what I been told."
He whispers "My mistake"
You tell him "Hey man, that's alright."
Finish up your cup of coffee
Wander off into the night
You wander down to the trainstation
Gonna buy yourself a boarding pass
The clerk he asks you for your signature
You smile and tell him "Hey man, no autographs."
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7. |
Sometimes a Great Notion
06:56
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Sometimes I live in the country
Sometimes I live by the sea
Sometimes I live in New York city
But I leave, fore I start to miss
Being free
Sometimes I live
In the valleys
Sometimes I take
To the hills
Some people tell me
That I ought to settle down
I don't that I ever will
Sometimes I make a good living
Sometimes I beg for my scraps
Sometimes I eat from a silver plate
Sometimes I gotta dig through the trash
Sometimes I live like an outlaw
Sometimes I live like a king
Sometimes I make the rules
And Sometimes I break the rules
It all means the same thing to me
But I won't be told
"Yes and no"
I won't be torn from rock n' roll
My name it is my own
I won't give it to nobody
I won't be right
And I won't be wrong
I won't sing no one elses song
I won't give up my voice
Not for love or for money
sometimes I speak
In tongues of angels
Sometimes I spit and I curse
Sometimes I've got to get the last word in
Sometimes I only need the first
Sometimes I speak word of wisdom
Sometimes I stumble and I fall
Sometimes I lead a life of asceticism
Sometimes I've got to have it all
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8. |
Battle of the Radio
05:57
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Johnny had a voice that was thick as smoke
Wanted to write songs like radio
So he spent all of his money
On a bus to LA
Where he tried to sell his songs to anybody who'd pay
(chorus)
Singing
Whoa, oh oh
It was the battle of the radio
Whoa oh oh
Battle of the radio
Johnny had a mind
That was sharp as a nail
But it couldn't seem to keep him out of jail
So he took drinking
Running his business round town
Every time that he stood up
It seemed somebody knocked him down
(chorus)
DJ was a D.J.
She was thin as a wire
Every job she ever got
She was eventually fired
She met Johnny volunteering
At the county pen
Volunteered over and over
Just to see him again
(chorus)
It wasn't a jailbreak
It was a love affair
Twisting and turning
In the midnight summer air
A long fabled rescue
From a scorched earth dragons cave
DJ and Johnny looking beautiful and brave
DJ and Johnny
Going out on the lam
Got themselves a ten cent pistol
And a junkie Grand AM
Drove down to Aulcopolco
Stole a radio tower
Now they're broadcasting a show
They call the Runaway Hour
(chorus)
They're playing Reverend Thunger
Playing Cardigan Soul
They're playing Peter Midnight and the Stereo Hole
They're playing Lucky Silver and the One Night Stand
They're playing Smokey Johnny and his Two Tone Band
(chorus)
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9. |
Maria
03:20
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Whoa Maria
My favorite little sin
Don't fall for me, my love
I am sworn to bring you in
Whoa Maria
We've chosen our paths it's true
The way of the law for me
The way of the thief for you
(chorus)
What place is there
In this world
For a lawman who calls
An outlaw his girl?
Is this hell on earth
Or heaven above?
You can skirt the law
But you can't skirt love
Whoa Maria
I remember as a child
We used to kiss behind the livery
We used to drive eachother wild
Whoa Maria
How times have changed
I wear a badge on my chest
You wear a mask on your face
(chorus)
I still remember
That fateful day
When the lawman he came
And took your daddy away
And though he was innocent
You watched him
And your fists clenched in rage
You take a black oath
You swore on that day
That the law was the devil
And you'd make him pay
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10. |
I Love My Woman
03:53
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I love my woman
And my woman she loves me
Through trials and tribulation
From sea to stormy sea
My face may grow old and weary
But my heart is young and free
I love my woman
And my woman, she loves me
Sometimes I wonder
If I'm strong enough to be her man
Through the rain and the thunder
I'm doing the best that I can
But if the whole world turned against
Well I know, by my side she would stand
I love my woman
And my woman she loves her man
Well you 'd better stop
and listen
In case you
Haven't heard
I'm gonna shout
Gonna sing
Gonna go out and tell the world
I love my woman
My woman she loves me
I love my woman
My woman she loves me
Yeah she loves me
Yeah she loves me
Well, I been thinking
'Bout the man up in the moon
He's always watching
And looking over you
He sees you smiling
But I don't think he'll ever know
How big is my love, babe
How far does it go
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11. |
Carolina (Bang)
03:18
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This song won't ever leave you on your own
This song's gonna bring you safely home
This song will write every single one of your wrongs
This song will be your favorite song
This song will buy you flowers
This song will write you poetry
it's gonna call your name out in a crowd
Carolina
This song will make you want to dance
This song will hold both of your hand
This will make you feel alive
This song makes everything alright
This song will cook you dinner
This song will do your taxes
This song is the perfect evening
Carolina
This song will make you fall in love
This song will fit you like a glove
This song will only tell the truth
This song it loves you, and it only loves you
This song makes good first impressions
This song will make your friends just a little bit jealous
This song ain't the least bit creepy
Carolina
And when you've sold your soul for cigarettes
This song will pay off all your gambling debts
And when his t-shirts smell like cheap perfume
This song is gonna loan you money for a car with a great big trunk
A crow bar
And a hotel rooom
Carolina
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12. |
Morning, Sugar
07:17
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Morning, sugar
In my coffee
Honey in my tea
It's all these words mean to me
Make my bed up
When I want to
Get when I feel
It's all for real
All you touch, turns to gold
Watch it explode
All you touch, turns to gold
You make beauty feel so old
Maybe someday
I might remember
The way you smiled
But not for a while
And your face might haunt me
Your voice might vex me
That's ok though
I don't believe in ghosts
I'm gonna be alright
I'm gonna be alright
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