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Housebroken Homegirl
03:01
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Housebroken Homegirl
There was a clown
in the morning he'd awake
and he'd be the first to escape the call
From the master of illusion
with his flowerpot nightmares
was told once that all his tales were tall
the go-go dancing midget
threatening to strike
must aim his hopes and dreams somewhere else
he's just like me and my housebroken homegirl
hoping that our habits serve us well
The pigeon faced bigot and the pigeon walking rebel
and the bohemian on the run as well
are quickly losing face
and must mind their own games
before the quietly display their souls to sell
the sun scorched silhouettes come reaching out
their visions left behind them in the sand
just like me and my housebroken homegirl
forgotten once our thoughts are not at hand
Laughing through his teeth
the country handed gentleman
handing all his gamlings to his kin
disguised in his own clothing
like a flesh faced phantom
of whom I'll probably never see again
he's discovered that he is falling ill at heart
with whatever road he is now upon
he's just like me and my housebroken homegirl
we won't promenade this street for very long
he's just like me and my housebroken homegirl
we won't promenade this street for very long
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The Story Man
02:50
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The Story Man - G harmonica no capo
(G) When I (C.) walk out on my (G) own please see me (Em) through (C.) these changes (G) too. (D)
(G) Since you’ve (C.) been through hell and (G) back you should (Em) know
Where (C.) lies my (D) path.
Chorus-
I’ll be a (Em) story man I’ll be the (Bm) story man
When there’s (D) stories and not just dreams (C.) to be (G) spoken
And if I (Em) join your band I know you’ll (Bm) understand
I don’t (D) cry I’ll (C.) always be (G) forgiven (Em).
(G) I’ve been (C.) living in this (G) house since I was (Em) two and it’s (C.) time to (G) move.
(Em) I know I’m (C.) not too young to (G) love and I love (Em) you (C.) and these changes (D) too. (Chorus)
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Loved To Death
02:22
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Loved To Death
You are loved to death
you know just how life leads
how it comes and goes
how time flies and the sun it falls
and how trust is just a joke
and you try.
You are loved to death
you are featured on stages
how you dance and twist
inward outcries
they can't hear
that's something they've missed
how you try
You are loved to death
you are the cowgirl angel
and just one among the rest
they know your pain
maybe they don't
but the stage is your nest
fly up there again
there's nothing to live up to but yourself.
You are loved to death
you know just how life leads
how it comes and goes
how time flies and the sun it falls
and how trust is just a joke
and you try.
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Going Out On My Own Again
Catch you tomorrow when I'm going
And I'll be on my way
I'm going to travel to the end of the world
Where everyone feels the same
(Chorus)
When I'm leaving please don't call my name
And tell me not to go on my way
Because I don't want to feel afraid
Going out on my own again
I'm going where the song and dance man
Breaks the silence with his song
I'm going where the laughter and smiles
Know where to belong
(Chorus)
Catch you tomorrow when I'm going
Leaving your world behind
But I'll remember how you helped me
Kick my shoes off for a while.
When I'm leaving won't you call my name
and tell me you will see me on my way
Because I don't want to feel ashamed
Going out on my own
Going out on my own
Going out on my own again.
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Puppet On A Rope
02:17
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Puppet On A Rope
You can never get enough of what you don't really want
you can kneel on your grave
start digging down
you can bust out on your road
shoot for your dream
but if your curse is too strong
you might wind up dark and mean.
I don't have a crutch
no one to lean on
my friends have all left me
family is long gone
if you wind up on a road
I hope it's yours
not this road of a rebel
I've been forced to endure.
I don't have no cash
didn't play my cards right
I told everybody everything
they took me for a ride
they made me burn bridges
with the ones I could trust
now I'm feeling like dirt
'cause they rained on my dust.
You can lose your traditions
over the years
and it's all a reminder
of what's becoming clear
time chokes on a like puppet on a rope
you'll hang in the wind
if your life has no hope.
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Found On The River Cold
03:00
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Found On The River Cold
A stranger approaches
Pounding words into the frozen wind
escaping his lips
you can see his opinion is his
he laughs at the chaos
for his to have and to hold
well a stranger's gonna fight and a stranger's gonna fall
and be found on the river cold
found on the river cold.
Tears of salvation drain from his eyes
he listened for silence but still heard the echo cry
his rose holds no crimson
only the thorn
well a stranger's gonna fight and a stranger's gonna fall
and be found on the river cold
found on the river cold.
His daddy was a loner in the highest degree
he said "son you've gotta learn to fight your anger all away"
and now he stands there wondering
what son was standing for
his son went to fight and his son fought and fell
and was found on the river cold
he was found on the river cold
he was found
found
he was found on the river cold.
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Mick Maguire
02:14
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Mick Maguire
His name is Mick Maguire
rewarded for his crime
living in a madman's cage
living past his prime
but Mick he was no dweller of a guilty lovers life
he'd be singing for the inmates for the rest of his life
With his guitar strung upon him
he'd chant away his pain
singing songs about seeking out
what justice still remains
he was a poor girls lover
'til he turned her in one day
fearing that she'd left him
abandoned and betrayed.
Her mark was made in history
written on a stone
and Mick still sang about her
and how he felt alone
the trial it was so pitiless that Mick he lost control
and he got up on the table
and he bellowed from his soul
"I sing aloud
I sing aloud
these are the days to admit I'm proud
I know she's gone for I am lost
and lucky to ever find myself
"I sing aloud
I sing aloud
these are the days to admit I'm proud
I know she's gone for I am lost
and lucky to ever find myself"
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The Entertainer
02:23
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The Entertainer
Casey started singing young he blew his folks away
From that day he'd begun a dream that died today
His school friends would all listen when the young Casey would sing
But Casey knew inside they were just jealous of the king.
He thought out his plan he would work in the store
he'd start a new band and play the joint next door
he blew upon the scene as a solo act
and he'd play his machine until the place was packed.
Casey took a chance he quit school and his job
Got a band called The Kings and that became his job
The Kings played the clubs and the girls all screamed
They loved his face and butt and all in between.
Spent the money he could find brought the band in to record
The engineer he cried, "please play some more"
He sold it at the shows as a little souvenir
the papers would all boast "The Entertainer Is Here".
He went on the road the girls screamed so hard
And just like he hoped they went a little far
A man was mighty angry his girlfriend has a crush
so when he got a hold of Casey, Casey fell down in his blood.
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Morning Time Lovers Waltz
Morning time lovers awoke neath the dawn
beautiful music crept down through the trees
maybe someday I will write a true song
about a young morning time lover and me
You were a stranger when nothing was pretty
you sang of devils who played with your mind
when I first saw you you put on a sad smile
til your beauty touched me these streets were not mine
My longing was matched by someone who loved me
I sat down yesterday and wrote a new song
this is to you my sweet morning time lover
The morning time lovers awoke neath the dawn
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Orphaned Child
02:06
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Orphaned Child
Orphaned child
heaven knows a simple cure
to take you where you want to fly
and heaven knows you can be lured
into a dark and painful life
I am here for you
Orphan child
eyes of pity may follow where you lead
you do not turn around and cry
you struggle on because you see
those eyes of pity are all blind
your faith is there to see
Orphan child
I have paid my time to comfort you
your mind has not been poisoned
your body has not been abused
and you understand there's more to life
than just the death of you.
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After The Hurricane
03:24
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After The Hurricane - Capo 2 (A harmonica)
Em G D Em G D
When you get (Em) alone in a (G) crowd and your world grows (D) thin
And the (Em) light doesn’t (G) even trickle (D) in
After the (A) hurricane (G) will you let me (D) live (Em)
The (C.)way you (G)said you (D)wished?
Call me (Em) down and I’ll (G) come and sleep in your (D) arms
And we’ll (Em) talk until the (G) ghosts of midnight are all (D) gone
After the (A) hurricane (G) don’t let me (D) down (Em) the (C.) way you (G) do to (D) some.
Promises you (Em) make and try to (G) keep are going to drive you (D) crazy
To think you’d even (Em) trust a (G) promise still amazes (D) me
After the (A) hurricane (G) please don’t (D) leave the (C.) way you (G) said you (D) dreamed.
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Melodies
03:10
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Melodies
You gave me a dream to see the other side
your words found their way through every crack
I wanted to run in circles
I wanted to stop time
with melodies that leave traces of their tracks
(Chorus)
And sometimes I still wonder
"Who'll Stop The Rain?"
But my pockets are empty and the answer is made of gold.
Another one night stand
to fill this heart with pain
and no one knows to whom this/my heart is sold.
My group sings for dimes
on the streetcorners made of ashes
and their lips flash sounds of secrets in the cold
and we wander through the winter
in this city full of shivers
searching from street to street to find our pot of gold.
(chorus)
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To Keep You Company
02:49
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To Keep You Company
Remember when we used to dance across the water?
and we never thought we'd ever fall through?
We've always known each other
even when we were strangers
we washed in each others tears when we were blue
I loved you
I'm glad I found you in a moment in a lifetime
and we kissed beneath the rising sun afraid it was too soon to tell
and every chance I had to say I loved you
were somehow lost in the disappearing breeze
I loved you.
I haven't come to visit your familiar tones of home
I drifted away not afraid to be alone
But I have written you 30 sad letters
to keep you company
and were written in stone
Just like this letter
which I sing to you now
You may not choose to sing along
you may not know how
but these words are yours
to keep you company
I love you.
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Towards Tomorrow
03:00
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Towards Tomorrow
Well it's three o'clock and I'm leaving here on this windshield wiper day
I know I won't know many more a tear after I'll be gone today
and there seems to be no answers to the questions left unasked
I wonder if you'll wait to fear my ever coming back?
and now it's seven o'clock and I'm on the road but how memories seem to stay
About when I had one foot in the door and one foot still in the rain
what nice things they said of you are so hard to figure out
I know the wise they have the eyes and the fools they have the mouths
Out of the silent frozen flames came secrets in the dark
and these secrets are still captive in my memory somehow
and I drive towards tomorrow undaunted though I pray
that the evil eyes of a guiltful life won't ever turn my way
well it's eleven o'clock and I hope to stop this surrender I confess
there was a lot of love to surrender from but I sure could use a rest
you kept me in contentment though I'd say you got me wrong
when you said "oh I know it's wonderful but it won't last very long"
well it's twelve o'clock and the point of no return is far behind
and it's time again to tear away at the calendar in my mind
the ring was in my pocket the thought was in my mind
tomorrow may keep raining but I'll start tomorrow with a smile.
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How Wrong Is The War, Mother?
(chorus)
How wrong is the war, mother?
how strong are them soldiers
fighting their way to the promiseland
of honor and pride and glory?
It's the same old fight we've been having for years
it starts and it stops and it cries and it jeers
the flag it goes up and the flag it goes down
while the political people stand around.
(chorus)
It's the same old ground we've braved for years
with each war the blood it sinks deeper and deeper
into the ground and the thoughts of the ones
who now fear to hear that gunfire sound.
(chorus)
It's the same old glory we've carried for years
forgiven heroes forget their fears
for they've killed and they've cried and they've danced in blood
while political people stood around.
(chorus)
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Now She's Gone
02:25
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Now She’s Gone
I could give her goodnight kisses in the mornings
I could pick her flowers from a winter garden
I could sing to her the stories of my hardships
with a smile on my face
but now she’s gone
I could send her my love through all my gazes
I could bask in the sunshine of her love
but I could not see the dawn quickly approaching
or face it all alone
now she’s gone
how am I supposed to know she’s happy
How am I going to know she cared
she never let me share with her my secrets
because she knew there’d be a day
when she’d be gone
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