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Somewhere New To Fly
03:23
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Somewhere New To Fly
Don’t make sense living the same routine
Don’t make sense, babe, living the same routine
How much longer ’til I can live my dream?
Afraid to call it like it is. Afraid to twist the knife.
Afraid to call it like it is. Afraid to twist the knife.
From the morning to the night well I don’t understand my life
She’s name checking me but I don’t even know who I am
She’s name checking me but I don’t even know who I am
I’m looking at a long lost hallway like a long lost friend
She doesn’t care if I don’t care anymore
She doesn’t care if I don’t care anymore
Well just living out our days pretending we’re shut down and poor
I might lose this I might run out on a whim
Well I might lose this I might run out on a whim
Well when people are unwise there’s no stopping them
Rhythm’s in the soul and Johnny Cash walked the line.
Rhythm’s in the soul and Johnny Cash walked the line.
I might skip a beat before I get what’s really mine.
Well you have a right to live and baby you have a right to die
Well you have a right to live and baby you’ve got a right to die
When you’re out of the way baby
there’ll be somewhere new to fly.
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Her Name Is Shaena
02:49
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Her Name Is Shaena
Caviar on a plane to Hollywood
Gotta write a song and it won’t take long
and this song had better be good.
Gotta write a song and it won’t take long.
Her name is Shaena.
Oh yeah, her name is Shaena.
I don’t even know how to spell her name right
(Shaena Shaena Caviar)
Is it an “E” before and “A”
or an “S” before an “H”
Her name is Shaena
The plane might be delayed
but I only have to play this song for Shaena
Oh yeah, her name is Shaena.
What am I gonna do?
I really am in a jam
My head is like a zoo
My guitar is in my hand
Her name is Shaena.
Oh yeah, her name is Shaena.
Her name is Shaena
What am I trying to prove?
The plane arrives and I’ve got butterflies in my stomach
Is this really true how far I really flew
to see my Shaena
Singing this song for Shaena.
What am I gonna do?
I really am in a jam
My head is like a zoo
My guitar is in my hand
Her name is Shaena.
Oh yeah, her name is Shaena.
Her name is Shaena
What am I trying to prove?
Her name is Shaena
What am I trying to prove?
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Dirty Cars and Cheap Guitars
Well I got no money honey but I sure got my fill
well I ain’t poor I just wanted too much
I was a walking talking money till
Don’t hate my way of living
well I’m living it up tonight
with dirty cars and cheap guitars
future’s looking bright.
(Chorus)
Dirty cars and cheap guitars
Dirty cars and cheap guitars
Dirty cars and cheap guitars
Dirty cars and cheap guitars
Dirty cars and cheap guitars
Future’s looking bright.
She’s sexy and 17 but no match for your nerve
Well the steel you got deep down in you
makes up for her every curve
Well I’ll hit the town with her tonight
because you just ain’t coming home
yeah dirty cars and cheap guitars
gonna be my brand new home.
(Chorus)
I still love you baby but you just don’t treat me right
I’m not trying to be rough on you but you just gotta
save my mind
I can’t make your world revolve around a silly world like mine
with dirty guitars and cheap guitars
rocking all the time.
(Chorus)
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Honky Tonk World
03:01
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Honky Tonk World
Don't want no million dollar woman
dreaming of the stars
don't want no Hollywood money
in some cocaine bar
everybody I'm meeting
is the wrong kind of girl
it's just me and my banjo
in my honky tonk world.
I've got the blues before sunrise
until the afternoon
I got me a second fiddle
I'm getting good at the tune
I ain't got any money
I ain't no duke of earl
it's just me and my banjo
in my honky tonk world.
I'd run in the streets, baby
screaming out your name
'cause you all gonna miss me
I'm moving on again
You want your rules and religions
I want my indecision
I want to call out a square dance
in my honky tonk world.
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Hep Cat City Blues
03:27
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Part Of A New Crowd
05:03
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Part Of A New Crowd
Beach in L.A.
Wind in her hair
she’s part of a new crowd
she’s going somewhere
nobody wanted her
she tried so hard
I’m gonna miss her
in my old backyard
in my old backyard
Well she asked me
what I thought of her ring
then she skated away
when I didn’t say anything
I thought she was beautiful
not that stone
she won’t be the same
not anymore
not the same girl anymore
I said, “Stay don’t waste your time!
People who don’t know you
are people who can’t love you.
You’ll always be a friend of mine
because the people who don’t know you
are the people who can’t understand or love you”
I had bought her
some good lemonade
with my last 50 cents
when she skated away
she said, “here, have this..
I have an evening date.
I have to go and change
I have to go and change
I have to go and change
Beach in L.A.
Wind in her hair
she’s part of a new crowd
she’s going somewhere
nobody wanted her
she tried so hard
I’m gonna miss her
in my old backyard
in my old backyard
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Masters Of Time
04:21
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Masters Of Time
When it comes to people
it’s the blues that ain’t no fun
When it comes to people
it’s the blues that sure ain’t no fun
Oh if I’m such a bad guy
how come they never hear me badmouth anyone?
Some folks just jealous they’ve got nothing better to do
some folks are just jealous they’ve got nothing better to do
leave me dead in the water
staying afloat just for you
Sometimes I want the answers before I make the miles
We’re tired of the future
we want the past
let us be masters of time
Rigid things break
some of my lovers have died
Life was a long Monday
so they decided to leave Tuesday behind
Life ain’t getting longer
wouldn’t you be stronger clearing your mind?
Sometimes I want the answers before I make the miles
We’re tired of the future
we want the past
let us be masters of time
When it comes to people
it’s the blues that ain’t no fun
When it comes to people
the blues they say ain’t no fun
Oh if I’m such a bad guy
how come they never hear me badmouth anyone?
Sometimes I want the answers before I make the miles
We’re tired of the future
we want the past
let us be masters of time
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Music In My Heart
04:21
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Music In My Heart
When it comes to being free
I put music in my heart
music in my heart
When it comes to being me
I put music in my heart
music in my heart
oh yeah.
It’s on the runway but it doesn’t fly
You won’t make it baby
numbers don’t lie
I’ve been writing endings
ever since the start
thank God you care baby for the music in my heart.
When it comes to being free
I put music in my heart
music in my heart
When it comes to being me
I put music in my heart
music in my heart
oh yeah.
I’m done with forgiveness and excruciating loneliness
My heart as big as my sorrow
I will find a new tomorrow
When it comes to being free
I put music in my heart
music in my heart
When it comes to being me
I put music in my heart
music in my heart
oh yeah.
Another day away from the grave
I have music in my heart
music in my heart
Life ain’t getting longer
but you might as well be stronger
music in your heart
music in your heart.
oh yeah.
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The Darkness Needs The Dawn
You see me out in war paint
knowing nothing's going to fade
tired of thinking nothing’s amiss
just because we’ve got it made
Lots of people on the first step
of some long journey we’ve been on
if we can’t wait for mercy
the darkness needs the dawn.
Hey, I know you’re unhappy
Hey I’m unhappy too.
Difference is I see no use
in living in the blue.
Hope is not a strategy
Despair is not a pawn
As long as there’s a future, babe
the darkness needs the dawn
Lots of people on the first step
of some long journey we’ve been on
if we can’t wait for mercy
the darkness needs the dawn.
Don’t pretend to try
by calling me honey
the only thing greed makes
has got to rhyme well with money.
I’d love to be flaky babe
but I’d starve before too long
See you when I see you
the darkness needs the dawn.
Hope is not a strategy
Despair is not a pawn
As long as there’s a future, babe
the darkness needs the dawn
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Summer Time
03:46
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Summer Time
Looking for looking for looking for looking for a meaning
running around crashing down the golden mystic dreams can be deceiving
Oooh can't bleed as you will
Oooh I'm believing you still
(chorus)
In the summer time summer time summer time
in the summer time summer time summer time
cool my feet in the water
this is my dream
to follow you to follow you while you follow me
running down that hillside
sun in our eyes
in the summer time summer time summer time.
Making time killing time and limes with tequila in the sun
laughing at the devils and all his children on the run
Oooh can't bleed as you will
Oooh I'm believing you still
(chorus x2)
Cool my feet in the water
this is my dream.
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