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Lonely I Come Lonely I Go
Well it's lonely I come lonely I go
and if I pass this way again you'll be the last one to know
seems like the end everyday I know
waiting for a rainbow to break through the dusk
but into darkness I go
(Refrain)
And It seems there's nobody but me now everywhere
No matter where I go I'm standing there
and you can pity nobody but me because I'm the only one alone
you can pity nobody but me
because lonely I come
and lonely I go
Watch the dead world go by
people hand in hand
laughing and talking in codes I won't understand
I've given up trying to connect to this dream
because I dreamed till I'd seen that the dream was just killing me
(Refrain)
So I go on alone
no one but me everywhere
Stuck in my room no one to penetrate the gloom
while I'm sitting there
and it's lonely I come lonely I go
and if I pass this way again
into darkness I go
and if I pass this way again
you'll be the last to know
lonely I go.
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On The High Road
03:29
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On The High Road
Wait around for you to love me
that's why I'm so far away
from all the places I need to be
all the things I need to do
and all the words I never say
Mother nature been hugging these burned limbs
with all the pretty snow
If I'm feeling jealous about that baby
baby there's somewhere better I can go
(Chorus)
Today was harder than it had to be
but there's no traffic on the high road
If I have to feel this lonesome baby
might as well just be alone
Can't talk about my feelings so I put them all in a song
If they talk about me behind my back then baby that's where they belong
(Chorus)
Can't talk about my feelings so I put them all in a song
If they talk about me behind my back then baby that's where they belong
Wait around for you to love me
that's why I'm so far away
from all the places I need to be
all the things I need to do
and all the words I never say
(Chorus x2)
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Friendly Neighbourhood Homeless Man
See that man talking to your walls
staring at the sky with the light on his mind?
and if you do you'd better understand
he's our friendly neighbourhood homeless man
(Chorus)
He's sleeping in old carpets
and he don't know the time
he lives in a hole and he's out of his mind
but he's laughing and swearing that he ain't got a plan
he's our friendly neighbourhood homeless man
Toss him a pigeon toss him a dime
he's bound to say thank you all of the time
all of our hassles aren't part of his plan
he's our friendly neighbourhood homeless man
(alternative Chorus)
He never fit in even when he was a kid
he lived in a dream and he did what he did
he never wanted much from the master plan
he's our friendly neighbourhood homeless man
See that man talking to your walls
staring at the sky with the light on his mind?
and if you do you'd better understand
he's our friendly neighbourhood homeless man
he's our friendly neighbourhood homeless man
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Bad Business
03:05
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Bad Business
You want a job where you don't deal with people
and the sun shines every single day
peace of mind with halos and steeples
no dirty eyes glaring out your way.
(Chorus)
Customers are preventable don't hate them!
Even when they're tearing you apart!
Serve them with a smile!
Don't tear them limb from limb!
You can't take bad business to heart!
Even if your product has failed you
and angry people line the streets to tell you why
You can't refund the money they sent you
because everybody else is out on strike
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
How's about you go work in the sunshine?
With Texas swing on the stereo?
Turn it louder when the customers start yelling
and your first in line to do the do-se-do.
(Repeat Chorus with modulations and difficult chord progressions)
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Stupid Keeper
02:38
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Stupid Keeper
He's got his eyes on other girls
(he's a stupid keeper he's a stupid keeper!)
Lines his walls with other girls
(he's a stupid keeper he's a stupid keeper!)
someone question his sanity!
(he's a stupid keeper he's a stupid keeper!)
he's got more loving than anybody sees
(he's a stupid keeper he's a stupid keeper!)
(Chorus)
He loves her! And he loves her!
And he loves her! And he loves her!
Stupid Keeper
Stupid Keeper!
He loves her! And he loves her!
And he loves her! And he loves her!
Stupid Keeper
Stupid Keeper!
She can't even leave her home
(he's a stupid keeper he's a stupid keeper!)
She gets to pick up his telephone
(he's a stupid keeper he's a stupid keeper!)
whenever a cowgirl calls him
(he's a stupid keeper he's a stupid keeper!)
She gets to check out his playbody walls
(he's a stupid keeper he's a stupid keeper!)
(Chorus)
He's gone to late night business meetings
(he's a stupid keeper he's a stupid keeper!)
He's on a diet but he says he's cheating
(he's a stupid keeper he's a stupid keeper!)
He's running out of lies to tell
(he's a stupid keeper he's a stupid keeper!)
Slam the door don't wish him well.
(he's a stupid keeper he's a stupid keeper!)
(Chorus x2)
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When We Used To Rock N'Roll
I've been on this ship a sailing
singing and a playing
to while away the weeks
Seems now I only think of how every wave crashes between us
yes every day is like a wave of her happiness that floats away
it made me weak missing her joy
and her beautiful heart and soul
(Chorus)
I love the song when we used to rock n'roll
I love the song when we used to rock n'roll
I hear now when I cry
I hear it when I say goodbye
I love the song when we used to rock n'roll
I love the song when we used to rock n'roll
I love the song we used to get by
I shifted my eyes to the sky
remembered the day we met
we spoke for hours and we never did know why
(In verse Bridge)
Time could fly and we could forget
How quickly we'd slipped into each others lives.
(Chorus)
I held my friend yesterday
he was so shook up and crazed
he told me his lover had died
her passing twisting him like a knife
It had only just begun I'd heard just like it was yesterday
when he asked for the song I wrote you
when together we sang and played
(Chorus)
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Going Up On The Mountain
02:47
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Going Up On The Mountain
I'm going up the mountain
set me free in the air
I'm going up the mountain
I'll let you know when I get there
I can't stand my summer
because it's too damn hot yeah
I feel like my insides are just gonna rot
Well I'm going up the mountain
I'm going to find my air
I'm going up on the mountain yeah
Let you know when I get there.
Well I can't stand living
when I feel so bad
Well I can't stand living
with the times I used to have
Well I want some woman or maybe I want a man
who's gonna help me live the best way I can
Well I'm going up the mountain
I'm gonna find some air
I'm going out on the mountain
let you know when I get there.
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Keep My Blues Some Company
Been taken for granted baby, all the time
had a hard day working
you let me down all the time
You say you love me
well it just don't ever show
you know me too well
don't listen to me no more
You work so hard to tell me
you work so hard to stick it out
like I've never been loved before
I don't need you anyhow
Won't you take me more for granted baby?
All the time
Had me a hard day working
you let me down all the time
Won't you keep my blues
keep my blues some company?
be a friend to the friend under my sigh
and turn back the clock for you and me?
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New Song Of Freedom
03:36
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New Song Of Freedom
Again we will be
singing a new song of freedom
Taking this joy
living the sunshine of freedom
surviving the ghosts at our door
no more war anymore
it's taken us here
where we dream of the new song
of freedom
Seven long years
we may dream of a new found freedom
seven years of dreams
may we live in a love song of freedom
Love can heal us
even heal the hate in the darkness
sounds we share
lift our voices together
no more stranded in darkness
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The Reasons You Leave
02:39
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The Reasons You Leave
There's something in your story
something in your song
That night near the river
where nothing could go wrong
but you felt the bride
would never know a groom
(Chorus)
You know you'll never fall in something that's bigger than you or me
If something tells you life's crazy
can't take it by feel
can't take it by feel
the reasons you leave
the reasons you leave
I was waiting on a river alone with my longing
you left me there in a state of frozen grace
and I couldn't run
couldn't whisper your name
I was thinking
too many words I knew not to say
oh something in me
keeps on calling your name
(Chorus)
There's something in your story
something in your song
That night near the river
where nothing could go wrong
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The Time I Knew You Best
03:03
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The Time I Knew You Best
Remember when the sun hung low
and grass was full of frost?
When we could escape from this world
remember what we lost
We'd kiss for a communion
we'd listen for our heartbeats
oh me, that's the time I knew you the best
(Chorus)
I left you to wander
you met no one / someone
You felt love was something
you could go have your fun
You never came back
or called to say hello
oh me, that's the time I knew you the best
We shot out of nothing
made moonlight our home
held each other for ransom
when we couldn't sell our souls
he kissed you goodnight once
once you began to roam
oh me, that's the time I knew you best
(Chorus)
Remember when the sun hung low
and grass was full of frost?
When we could escape from this world
remember what we lost
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She's A Lover I Know
03:56
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She's A Lover I Know
This ain't no business of yours
this conversation
I feel I'm behind your sweet vibration
I see your smile as I disclose information
it hurts to be kind
(Chorus)
I've got the right to be wrong
yet I'm always left being right
Don't want a heart of stone
but it sure hurts to be kind
the skies are never blue
but still they never cry
she's a lover I know.
I talk too much and nobody misses me when I'm gone
The lonely radio sounds like my life where I went wrong
People love to see through you then go it alone
To avoid bitter truth this bottle's my chaperone.
(Chorus)
I lost her to Dylan
I lost her to Cohen.
Didn't want to be tied down
too busy growing.
And so what's it to you
I lose the more I say?
Ditched for the first joke you stumbled across
on your journey.
(Chorus)
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