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1. |
What Else Is New
02:50
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California’s still on fire
And it don't rain no more in Texas
There's a few less ice caps way up north of here
Mother Russia stays pissed-off
Yeah, she's got some big old bombs
Still throwin' around her weight after all these years
And the price of gasoline is enough to make you scream
Yeah, the cost of livin' goes up and the pay goes down
I don't care what's right or left, y'all
I'm just out here with the rest
In the middle class, that still means broke to me
What Else Is New? I'm tellin' you
I'm tellin' what the blue collar man is goin' thru
We don't let no bad news hang around
It's the same old situation
All the problems facin' our great nation
So to hell to all those bringin' that bad news down
And the politicians will never know
How to let their egos go
No, they could not give two damns 'bout you and me
Yeah, but they still got their pensions
With some tactics they’d rather not mention
That's the price we pay for them livin' free
What Else Is New? I'm tellin' you
All the trouble a blue collar man is goin' thru
We don't let no bad news hang around
It's the same old situation
All the problems facin' our great nation
So to hell to all those bringin' that bad news down
What Else Is New? I'm tellin' you
All the trouble a blue collar man is goin thru
We don't let no bad news hang around
It's the same old situation
All the problems facin' our great nation
So to hell to all those bringin' that bad news down
All to hell with all those bringin’ that bad news down
All to hell with all those bringin’ that bad news down
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2. |
Mamma Song
04:19
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I got a half a six pack of Old Milwaukee
And a half a bag of weed
I can't do it like I did when I was a kid
This is all I'm going to need
Because I know you always worry about me drinking my dinner
But I don't do that anymore
I got me a sweet girl at home
She's keeping food on the table
And at night she keeps me warm
So I've got me this piece of paper
And I got my favorite pen
I know it's been a little while
And talking's not my style
So I just had to write my friend
Hey I'm doing alright Mamma
I'm ok, I know your late night talks with Jesus
Have helped me on my way
I know it wasn't always easy
Raising my father's son
And your son will be alright
If the shows keep comin’
This old guitar and me are still strummin’
I know you always knew I always took it way too far
But I'm doing alright now Mamma
I'm doing alright now Mamma
I'm doing alright now Mamma
I'm doing ok
You remember the time when I was stuck in L.A.
And I didn't have a job
And I didn't have a way to pay the bills that I racked up
Yeah, you kept me from losing my truck
Yeah, I'm a little better off now
Than I was then
But it's sure nice to see you calling me when
I'm out there on the road
Yeah, you calling to say have a good show
Hey I'm doing alright Mamma
I'm ok, I know your late night talks with Jesus
Have helped me on my way
I know it wasn't always easy
Raising my father's son
And your son will be alright
If the shows keep comin’
This old guitar and me are still strummin’
I know you always knew I always took it way too far
But I'm doing alright now Mamma
I'm doing alright now Mamma
I'm doing alright now Mamma
I'm doing ok
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3. |
Cast No Stones
05:06
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I Cast No Stones
I build no walls
And I tell the truth
The truth comes to call
And I try to walk
That narrow way
Sometimes I go over the lines
And I won't make it back till the next day
But I Cast No Stones
What gives you the right
To tell me my business
Good God man your out of your mind
So put up your Bible
Or let me get mine
I'm not draggin’ the whole world to hell
You’re wasting my time
I don't talk with Jesus
As much as I should
I don't read that good book
Everyday like I could
But I like to stop
At the end of the day
I pray that I hurt nobody
And somebody new found their way
But I Cast No Stones
What gives you the right
To tell me my business
Good God man your out of your mind
So put up your Bible
Or let me get mine
I'm not draggin’ the whole world to hell
You’re wasting my time
But I Cast No Stones
What gives you the right
To tell me my business
Good God man your out of your mind
So put up your Bible
Or let me get mine
I'm not draggin’ the whole world to hell
You’re wasting my time
Say a prayer for me brother
And I'll see you on down the line
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4. |
We're Gonna Dance
03:40
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I've been gone for way too long
And I've been working way too hard
And I know, it's taking it's toll on you
But tonight I'll make things right
By the fire with some candlelight
And I'll tell you
What we're gonna do
We're not going out
We're gonna stay right here at home
There won't be anyone in the world
When we're all alone
We're gonna
Lay the worries back and love until we're back on track
If you'll just give me this chance
Move the couch, lock the door, socks move well on a hardwood floor
And We're Gonna Dance
We're Gonna Dance
The rush of life can get you down
If you let it, it runs you to the ground
But that's just life
We're not going out, we're gonna stay right here at home
There won't be anyone in the world
When we're all alone
We're gonna
Lay the worries back and love until we're back on track
If you'll just give me this chance
Move the couch, lock the door, socks move well on a hardwood floor
And We're Gonna Dance
We're Gonna Dance
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Birds
04:11
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Tell me old man, where have you been
I've been reading those stories, about chasing the wind
I guess I've come back with one or two
I've never really quite known what to do
Tell me old man, what are you looking for
Has it been worth all you've given and so much more
Sometimes the things we seek skew the point
Sometimes the whole damn world seems out of joint
And it makes me wonder
And it makes me want to live
So I'll steal freedom while there's still some
And take the whole world in
If I could only leave my worries with the Birds of the wind
And I know one day there'll be solace
So I'll just live ‘til then
If I could only leave my worries with the Birds of the wind
Old man I know you've had questions too
The same ones we've been askin' of you
You just roll on back out of sight
Stealin' away again, like a child in the night
Still full of wonder
And you still want to live
You steal freedom while there's still some
And take the whole world in
You've learned to leave your worries with the Birds of the wind
And you know one day there'll be solace
So you'll just live ‘til then
And you learn to leave your worries with the Birds of the wind
If I could only leave my worries with the Birds of the wind
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Loud and Heavy
03:34
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Loud Thunder Heavy Rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It's a long strange trip it's all insane
You ain't never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
Pistons pumpin’
Minds are racin’
It's hard to sleep man
When I'm shakin’
Bad news surrounds me
Its always found me
Creeping up when things are good
Yeah the dark days find a way
Loud Thunder Heavy Rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It's a long strange trip it's all insane
You ain't never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
The camera captures
All the things that
Make us turn from
What we see
It's always moving
It don't stop rolling
I haven't slept in three damn days
Yeah, but who needs that anyway
Loud Thunder Heavy Rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It's a long strange trip it's all insane
You ain't never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
Loud Thunder Heavy Rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It's a long strange trip it's all insane
You ain't never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
Loud Thunder Heavy Rain
Loud Thunder Heavy Rain
Thin line between joy and pain
A long strange trip it's all insane
You ain't never gonna be the same
Loud Thunder Heavy Rain
Loud Thunder Heavy Rain
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7. |
David
04:35
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My friend David, was a good kid
He had my back, always knew he did
He was different than most
And maybe I was too
Hanging out with the in-crowd just wasn't our thing
There was a whole lot more
Than we could see on these plains
Well, some people just seem to get stuck, and hang around
It's college or trade school for those with the means
There's never been any small town for those in between
Yeah the poor folks they go to work, or they go to war
I did fifteen hundreds days in the corps
And I got back, nothing looked the same anymore
I got on with the local police, it just seemed to fit
Things have changed
By then David had a daughter and a son
And a rap sheet to prove all the time that he'd done
He was just a burned out beat down shell of my old friend
And on a three day binge he was speeding through town
And I bumped the wailers just to try and slow him down
He didn't know that it was me, and he took off
Oh how things change
And I found his truck in the floodplain upside down
It was a hell of a rain I don’t know if he'd drowned
Or if he died on impact, it must have rolled three times
Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse
Is that his mama's a late night ER nurse
And he was DOA, she just about lost her mind
David's wife drops by every once in a while
And childhood stories always make her smile
But somehow we always go back to that day
And I found his truck in the floodplain upside down
It was a hell of a rain, I don't know if he'd drowned
Or if he died on impact, it must have rolled three times
Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse
Is that his mama's a late night ER nurse
And he was DOA, she just about lost her mind
Ain't it the times
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8. |
Me or You
04:39
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You're thinking of leavin' tonight
Go on and go
If you're sure it's the right thing to do
You know I was never the kind for draggin' things out
And I thought neither were you
It hurts me to see you unhappy, and it hurts me to know
It's me that's made you that way
So maybe it's me that should go
So you don't go on hatin'
Us both for just one more day
Out on the line walkin' the tightrope
It ain't always easy
But I've always been true
You don't have to tell me
If you'd done any different
God only knows it's how this one goes
Is it Me or You
If I may just leave you one question
What took so long
What's kept you around all this time
If I'd known somethin' was wrong
I might could'a changed things
it's too late and it seems that I'm blind
I've been so wrong for so long
With no way of knowing, what for
At least I'd have tried if I'd known
But it don't matter, anymore
Out on the line walkin' the tightrope
It ain't always easy
But I've always been true
You don't have to tell me
If you'd done any different
God only knows it's how this one goes
Is it Me or You
God only knows it's how this one goes
Is it Me or You?
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9. |
Folks
02:28
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Some folks like to look, they like to point
They like to push, they like to shove
Some folks like to talk about the things they have
The things they love
But things are that, just things, and I don't give a damn
I must seem trite
I'm not that old, I'm not too young
I'm not too smart, I sure ain't dumb
I walked around and round and round, most every place
I've been found and all I've found
Is most places usually seem the same to me
And I talk to people off the street, my line of work
I tend to meet the kind of folk that seem like-minded
Those of us just trying to find our way
So let's just meet up at some place
We can sort it out
And I talk with people off the street, my line of work
I tend to meet the kind of folk that seem like-minded
Those of us just trying to find our way
So let's just meet up at some place
We can sort it out
This God-forsaken world, it chews you up and spits you out
It scuffs your shoes, it takes most everything you got
And then it tries you with the blues
But that's alright
The blues is somethin' proves that you still feel
Some folks like to look, they like to point
They like to push, they like to shove
Some folks like to talk about the things they have
The things they love
But things are that, just things, and I don't give a damn
And I'm alright
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It's been a too long time with no peace of mind
I'm Ready For The Times To Get Better
I've got to tell you I've been racking my brain
Hopin' to find a way out
I've had enough of this continual rain
Changes are comin' no doubt
It's been a too long time with no peace of mind
And I'm Ready For The Times To Get Better
You seem to want from me what I cannot give
I feel so lonesome at times
I have a dream that I wish I could live
It's burning holes in my mind
It's been a too long time with no peace of mind
And I'm Ready For The Times To Get Better
It's been a too long time with no peace of mind
And I'm Ready For The Times To Get Better
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
It's been a too long time with no peace of mind
I'm Ready For The Times To Get Better
It's been a too long time with no peace of mind
I'm Ready For The Times To Get Better
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
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11. |
Dirt
03:44
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I remember that summer
I was ten years old
When our days, ceased to shine
No, you could not take a breath
When those black blizzards came
Strippin' land, in dire need of rain
There was Dirt on the floor
As mama swept all day long
Leavin' trails of tears and mud down her face
There was Dirt in our beds
And there was Dirt in our clothes
And there was Dirt, in the little that we ate
We had heard about the market's fall
A couple years before
But the fields and the harvest all seemed fine
Sometimes the things that kill us
That which we don't know
That strip the land of everything but pride
Stay close together
That's all we knew to get by
I recall a helpless feelin'
First time that I saw my father cry
Lookin' back on everything we had, on everything we lost
Still makes me wonder, was stayin' worth the cost
Alot of town folk up and left
They boarded up the schools and banks and the churches
And that to me, was wrong
Come next year it would be better
Will the last one standin' tall before the walls
Show the most resolve
They announced the New Deal
With the Conservation Act and then the Relief Fund
But we were on our knees
There was little hope by then
So we just stood there in that line
And we thanked the man for that little bit of cheese
Stay close together
That's all we knew to get by
And I recall a helpless feelin'
The first time that I saw my father cry
Lookin' back on everything we had, on everything we lost
Still makes me wonder, was stayin' worth the cost?
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12. |
Rock and Roll
03:48
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I don't wanna Rock and Roll no more
At least not the way I did, back before
That life tried to kill me
To tell the truth it never thrilled me
I don't wanna Rock and Roll no more
I don't wanna Rock and Roll
I don't need that whiskey anymore
Least not the way I did back before
That stuff tried to kill me
To tell the truth it never thrilled me
I don't want that whiskey anymore
I don’t need that whiskey
I don't mean to disappoint you
But there's chance I'm going to
Some people only like me when I'm stoned
Yeah the crowd was a whole lot bigger
But I just can't remember
I don't need that whiskey anymore
I don't need that whiskey
I don't wanna miss you anymore
I just want you right here in my arms
This ol' life still trying to kill me
You’re the only thing that's filled me
I don't wanna miss you anymore
I don't wanna miss you
And I don't mean to disappoint you
But you know I'm goin to
Sometimes I'd lay it all down and come back home
Yeah, the crowd was a whole lot bigger
When you were right there in the center
I don't wanna miss you anymore
I don't need that whiskey anymore
I don't wanna Rock and Roll
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