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The Blues Got A Hold Of Me
(Chorus)
Well the blues got a hold of me and couldn't let me go
the blues got a hold of me and couldn't let me go
I know I might be wrong
but we're gonna be in trouble now for sure
We've been sheltered too long and spent many days out of control
Sometimes when we sleep
we dream that we're awake
what I see is innocence surrounded by the pain.
(Chorus)
Feeling like a clown when a smile is painted on his frown
When I show my face the people seem to know that I've been around
Sometimes when I cry my eyes are really dry
will it ever cross their mind
will it ever cross my mind
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
Been looking for a laugh here
Been looking for a time
Know we're gonna find it
I've got my very last wages in my pocket
Keeping my two cents worth only hoping for a profit
Sometimes I could have sworn
that my spirit always bore
a striking resemblance to my anguish
(Chorus)
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Gone Is The Girl
02:41
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Gone Is The Girl
No one's taking me out tonight
It's been a long time since I been lonesome
I ain't upset though I'd say I'm down
because gone is the girl who kept me up yeah
all night yeah
all day yeah
with her take me or leave me attitude yeah
oh gone is the girl
I'm trying to be her stranger now
But she keeps yelling at me all the time
If it ain't to my face she yells anyhow
about me and myself and I I I yeah
all night yeah
all day yeah
with her listen to me attitude yeah
oh gone is the girl
gone is the girl
No one's taking me out tonight
I'll take a walk out there in the park by my lonesome
because her and her new man are out of town
and I can show my face around
all night yeah
all day yeah
with my take me or keep me attitude
gone is the girl
gone is the girl
gone is the girl
gone is the girl
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Be My Friend
02:59
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Be My Friend
They said you didn't want me here
but that doesn't matter to me
I've been standing in an empty room
talking bored about how it used to be
(Chorus)
I just want to make amends
I just want you to be my friend
to be my friend
to be my friend
to be my friend again
It started when you got laid off work
and I was between jobs too
and luck couldn't find us behind this curtain
wasn't much else that we could do
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
And if I start to bring you down
Just tell me baby I'll help you on
When I start to see you smile
Just know that I did right this time around
They said you didn't want me here
but that doesn't matter to me
I've been standing in an empty room
talking bored about how it used to be
(Chorus)
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One More Time
02:47
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One More Time
Our memories are fond
Our dreams turned out just fine
You've changed a lot since then
but I don't really mind
Eulogies of hatred
Encircled by vicious pride
Split us apart but once we were
one of a kind
(Chorus)
Do you wish for just one more night
Do you wish for just one last time
Do you wish we could both be right
Do you wish for just one last time
Separated by rumors
told in great detail
cast us down into an abyss of sorrow
when will we wake up
and see each other again?
I'll still be watching out for you tomorrow.
(Chorus)
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Just A Boy
03:18
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Just A Boy
In the far past reaches of memory
Evening fell over the field
Sunlight streamed past the pastures
everything was still
but I couldn't understand this beauty
for I was just a boy
I was just a boy
I watched some old rowdies pull in
they began looking for a fight
with the young boy at the counter
desperados pulled a knife
I couldn't understand this mutiny
because I was just a boy
I was just a boy
(Bridge)
No one came staggering out the door
yelling out their tales of endless fear
someone must have died inside that store
as I stood there with my instincts standing near
One guy looked around for cover
while the other man grabbed the cash
I fought my fear with tears
fear I knew would last
I was afraid to tell my story
but I was just a boy
I was just a boy
I found it hard to escape the terror
there was so much on my mind
I grew up with my knowing
I should tell someone of that night
But I couldn't get you to believe me
Yes the boy will never die
I guess the boy will never die
oh and I was just a boy
oh I was just a boy
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Dry Rivers
02:41
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Dry Rivers
You don't remember me
Like I remembered you
You're like you woudn't be seen
doing what you usually do
(Chorus)
If I were only so good
as to take you away
then we could watch the rivers run dry
The autumn night is cold
and it cracks through me
How much longer must I stand
Inside your endless dream
(Chorus)
Maybe I've reached out for you long enough, oh yeah
Maybe I've thrown all of our trust away
Maybe I've reached out for you long enough, oh yeah
Maybe I've thrown all of our trust away
You say we're bound by love
but maybe soon someday
I won't be around anymore
to keep playing these games
(Chorus)
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Hoodoo Man
02:54
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Hoodoo Man
(Chorus)
Hoodoo Man
Take it out on me, sometime x2
In the dark confusion
on this crazy night
my eyes on strangers
their eyes on mine
they can't taste my passion
they can't see my life
they can't see my reaction
to the things inside my mind.
(Chorus)
Got a good feeling
This just ain't my place
These people ain't my kind
they ain't at my pace
Running along this hoodoo road
tripping on gravelstones
and this road leads to nowhere
not even to my home
(Chorus)
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Older Soldiers
03:16
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Older Soldiers
Well I wasn't born to suffer
against the grain of some crooked law
there's been talk in town that's been believed
I must ride with the wind tonight
I staggered in town a stranger
Gazing through a veil of tears
using only wisdom gathered by word of mouth
gathered long over the years
(Chorus)
You can throw all the blame on me baby
I'm a martyr in my belief
and if you look up into my heart you'll fear I'm innocent
Older soldiers never die at all
they simply fade away
when every dream has been dreamed
they must awake to the blame.
So everything comes to a standstill
when the days are not my own
with a stubborn scowl on my face
I must ride with the wind tonight
I don't know what tomorrow brings
life changes like the seasons
but with you by my side
with a trace of a smile
I know things are bound to look up
(Chorus)
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Twenty Shades Of Gorgeous
I know I've seen hard times
living a new life underground
I know I've seen bad times
being pushed and roughed around
Twenty shades of gorgeous
says I can get you grooving down
Well the woman of my dreams came
and she took my heart away from me
and she said she would see me again
but I'll never be free again now man
Twenty shades of gorgeous
says I can get you grooving down
and if you win my baby
you better start running from me now.
I took my woman out to my floor
before I drank my mood away
Well she ain't all that hard to ignore
all bets were off that day
she said I was her only man
and that silly old bet would have to wait.
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Passions
03:20
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Passions
You've been haunting me
with chains of flashing imagery
Passions burn and passions die
It's strange that all we're given we must hide x2
I don't play the fool
so I'll tell you what I'll do
I'll make you a deal so it won't be all over
I've read the looks on your face
Will I have to go wherever you go?
And what will I do after?
And the key is lost or stolen
I wish I could see your soul
When all your words are broken
and when the shame hits home
but I don't play the fool
so I'll tell you what I'll do
I'll draw the shades to make the room seem darker
I'll search to find your face
wait until the moon sets low
And see I'll do after
You've been haunting me
with chains of flashing imagery
Passions burn and passions die
It's strange that all we're given we must hide x2
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