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[...Think About It]
00:49
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"Lou's Cafe"
Junkie walks in about 5am
Has a seat and a look around
Sees this young, high-strung sorta businessman
Just-a starin' his breakfast down
One smiles and waves
The other says "good day"
And they both think at the same time
"Coulda been me, Lord. Coulda been me Lord.
There but for your grace go I"
And our waitress has been here for 17 years
Cause she ain't got the guts to quit
And she hates the lights
And she hates the smell
But hell, at least she's used to it
And there's a cop in today
Thinks he owns the place
She gives him donuts and dirty looks
And all she really wants is a cigarette break
And a coupla million bucks
At Lou's Cafe
Nothin' ever changes
See the same folks every day
Lonely worn out faces here
With nothin' much to do
When you just can't win you come to Lou's
There's a man in the back with a s dish and a rag
And he's lookin' a little too tense
Cause it's hard to make a living
Much less meet girls
With that lisp and that sex offense
But still he treasures
Those smaller pleasures
And he's wearin' a secret grin
Cause that bitter old waitress is wearin' his favorite
That flower-print dress again
At Lou's Cafe
Nothin' ever changes
See the same folks every day
Lonely worn out faces here
With nothin' much to do
When you just can't win you come to Lou's
Just up the highway
Ain't hard to find
Twenty-four seven
Three-sixty-five
Just up the highway
Ain't hard to find
Twenty-four seven
Three-sixty-five
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Lou's Cafe [Live]
05:00
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"Lou's Cafe"
Junkie walks in about 5am
Has a seat and a look around
Sees this young, high-strung sorta businessman
Just-a starin' his breakfast down
On smiles and waves, the other says good day
And they both think at the same time
Coulda been me, Lord. Coulda been me, Lord
There but for your grace go I
Our waitress has been here for seventeen years
Cause she ain't got the guts to quit
And she hates the lights and she hates the smell
But hell, at least she's used to it
And there's a cop in today, thinks he owns the place
She gives him donuts and dirty looks
And all she really wants is a cigarette break
And a coupla million bucks
Lou's cafe
Where nothin' ever changes
You see the same folks every day
Lonely worn out faces
Here with nothin' much to do
When you just can't win
You come to Lou's
There's a man in the back with a dish and a rag
And he's lookin' a little too tense
Cause it's hard to make a living much less meet girls
With that lisp and that sex offense
But still he treasures those smaller pleasures
And he's wearin' a secret grin
Cause that bitter old waitress is wearin' his favorite
That flower-print dress again
Lou's cafe
Where nothin' ever changes
You see the same folks every day
Lonely worn out faces
Here with nothin' much to do
When you just can't win
You come to Lou's
Just up the highway
Ain't hard to find
Twenty-four-seven
Three-sixty-five
Just up the highway
Ain't hard to find
Twenty-four-seven
Three-sixty-five
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3. |
A Hole In The Sky [Live]
03:17
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"A Hole In The Sky"
There's a hole in the sky where the rain comes pourin' in
I hear it lands on all God's children every now and then
But it's been rainin' for so long I'm wonderin' what I did to him
There's a hole in the sky where the rain comes pourin' in
There's a hole in my pocket where my money falls out
It used to fill up all these empty bottles layin' round the house
One I thought I couldn't live without you now I know without a doubt
There's a hole in my pocket where my money falls out
There's a hole in my heart where I know it used to hurt
I've been drinkin' to forget you, never thought that it would work
Now I don't feel nothin', I don't know which one is worse
There's a hole in my heart where I know it used to hurt
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4. |
Whiskey & Pills [Live]
04:30
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"Whiskey & Pills"
There's holes punched in the drywall
Leadin' down the back hall towards the bed
And there's a bloodstain on your t-shirt
And bruises shaped like fingers rung round my neck
And a couple guilty smiles
Just-a tryin' hard to hide behind cigarettes
Don't we go together
Like whiskey and pills
Don't it feel just like heaven
Til you wake up in hell
And I think leavin' might kill me
But I know lovin' you will
Don't we go together
Like whiskey and pills
Officer good evening
I know I said you wouldn't be seein' us again
So I apologize to you
And to whoever had the sense to call it in
Truth is I worry some myself, sir
It's a scary kinda love we're makin'
Don't we go together
Like whiskey and pills
Don't it feel just like heaven
Til you wake up in hell
And I think leavin' might kill me
But I know lovin' you will
Don't we go together
Like whiskey and pills
And by the first light of the mornin'
I fall into an uneasy dream
Where I go with no goodbye
And you never even try to follow me
Don't we go together
Like whiskey and pills
Don't it feel just like heaven
Til you wake up in hell
And I think leavin' might kill me
But I know lovin' you will
Don't we go together
Like whiskey and pills
Don't we go together, my love
Like whiskey and pills
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5. |
Girl With A Gun [Live]
04:02
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"Girl With A Gun"
I saw you that day out in the pourin' rain
Just-a running' by the side of the street
You had a bag in one had and that Colt in the other
You were the finest thing I'd ever seen
You flagged me down and you pointed your pistol
And said "Boy if you'll be obliged
I ain't got no car and you ain't too bad lookin'
And I surely could use a ride
I surely could use a ride"
And we drove all through the night
Siren's screamin' somewhere behind
Out on the road
Out on the run
Just me and you
The girl with a gun
It was ten in the morning when we finally slowed up
And decided the coast was all clear
And you pointed to an exit to some old gravel road
And said "won't you pull over there"
We rested til evening and talked for a while
Then made love as the sun went down
We made love as the sun went down
Then we drove all through the night
With you there sittin' right by my side
Out on the road
Out on the run
Just me and you, babe
My girl with a gun
Then you stopped cross the border just before dawn
Then you opened my door
Said "here's where you get off"
Then you blew me a kiss as you were drivin' away
You thanked me for the ride
But you never told me your name
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Smoke & Mirrors [Live]
03:30
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"Smoke & Mirrors"
There's a neon light that's burnin' bright
But it barely cuts the haze
There's a jukebox and a bartender
That have both seen better days
There's a tap that pours salvation out
And some friends to cheer me up
And a little bag tucked in my coat
In case that ain't enough
But it's all just smoke and mirrors
Just a trick in our own minds
When we raise our glasses up
And give a toast to these good times
It's all just smoke and mirrors
Little lies we tell ourselves
Cause truth be told if times were good
We'd all be somewhere else
There's a junkie in the parking lot
And he wants me too believe
He's got nothin' in his pockets
And nothin' hidden up his sleaves
There's a preacher on the TV screen
Sayin' heaven can be mine
But he's got the same look in his eyes
As the man who waits outside
And it's all just smoke and mirrors
Just a trick in our own minds
When we raise our glasses up
And give a toast to these good times
It's all just smoke and mirrors
Little lies we tell ourselves
Cause truth be told if times were good
We'd all be somewhere else
But we've all got our delusions
And the masks we hide behind
So here's to you and to whatever gets you through the night
Cause it's all just smoke and mirrors
Just a trick in our own minds
When we raise our glasses up
And give a toast to these good times
It's all just smoke and mirrors
Little lies we tell ourselves
Cause truth be told if times were good
We'd all be somewhere else
Truth be told if times were good
We'd all be somewhere else
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7. |
A Miner's Prayer [Live]
05:37
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"A Miner's Prayer"
Well we sweat and we toil
And we shoulder the burden
To the victor go the spoils
So we surely must be losin'
We work and we cling
To this life we've been given
And we hope we don't die
In this tomb that we're diggin'
We pray to the sky that we barely see
And we pray for the families we're missin'
And we pray there's a light at the end of this tunnel
We pray to you Lord, if you're listenin'
The walls started shakin'
And they fell all around us
We crawled out of the earth
Twenty men unaccounted
The coal company says
We can't dig any further
So we sealed up that hole
And we started us another
We pray to the sky that we barely see
And we pray for the families we're missin'
And we pray there's a light at the end of this tunnel
We pray to you Lord, if you're listenin'
We came far and wide
With our picks and our shovels
And we lived side by side
And looked after one another
When the union came around
Lord we had that company runnin'
But now the strike is lockin' down
And the hard times there a-comin'
So we pray to the sky that we barely see
And we pray for the families we're missin'
And we pray there's a light at the end of this tunnel
We pray to you Lord, if you're listenin'
We pray there's a light at the end of this tunnel
We pray to you Lord, if you're listenin'
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8. |
[A Rare Circumstance]
01:13
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Ask The Bear [Live]
04:17
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"Ask The Bear"
This bird
She went to market
And that's where
She met the bear
And he was all that she ever wanted
A little loud
But she don't care
And the bear said
"Well Birdie, I love you"
And he took her
By the wing
They went back to the nest
Now it's always a mess
But what's a little dirt
To a good thing?
If it ain't broke
Don't you fix it
If it's a little cracked
It still might work
And how it looks my friend
Just don't matter in the end
Ask the bear
Ask the bird
Pretty soon
They're raisin' a wolf cub
Cutest thing
You ever saw
But sometimes he just don't listen
And he steals the neighbors chickens
Wolves will be wolves
After all
But if it ain't broke
Don't you fix it
If it's a little cracked
It still might work
And how it looks my friend
Just don't matter in the end
Ask the bear
Ask the bird
And they got a another on the way
And a stack of bills to pay
And a couple words of wisdom they got hung up in a frame
If it ain't broke
Don't you fix it
If it's a little cracked
It still might work
And how it looks my friend
Just don't matter in the end
Ask the bear
Ask the bird
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10. |
[I Stole This Song]
00:31
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Cops & Robbers [Live]
03:10
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"Cops & Robbers"
Billy's on the front porch
Plastic badge and finger pistols
Johnny's out there in the woods somewhere
With a stick shaped like a rifle
And when the bullets start to flyin'
They both cry out and double over
Nobody made it out alive
But they both made it home for supper
Cops and robbers
Silly games children play
Cops and robbers
Bang bang you're dead
Billy moved on uptown
When his mama got promoted
Johnny stuck around the neigborhood
Never did get up to no good
Billy joined the police
Like his father had before him
Johnny bought himself a pistol
When he just ran out of options
Cops and robbers
Silly games children play
Cops and robbers
Bang bang you're dead
Johnny holds that pistol
In the face of some bank teller
Billy takes the call
Just a couple minutes later
Lights are flashin' , siren's wailin
Got his foot down on the floor
Johnny's heart's up in his throat
As he slips on out the backdoor
Johnny's runnin' down an alley
When that cruiser cuts him off
But he's always been a cowboy
Goes into his coat to draw
He's just about to fire
When he recognizes his friend Bill
Billy says "Hey man, I'll stall em
Stay outta sight and run like hell"
Cops and robbers
Silly games children play
Cops and robbers
Bang bang you're dead
Cops and robbers
Silly games children play
Cops and robbers
Bang bang you're dead
Bang bang you're dead
Bang bang you're dead
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Old Flames [Live]
05:17
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"Old Flames"
You called me at midnight
And I was over by one
And no one apologized
For not speakin' in months
Cause sometimes you get lonely
When he ain't at home
And that's when you want me
And I can't say no
Old flames burn slow
And they don't die easy
We're broken, I know
In all of these pieces
But they'll still fit together
If you hold em just so
It's been a long time, baby
But old flames burn slow
We don't do much talkin'
So we don't have to fight
And all the bad blood between us
It just don't matter tonight
And you're like my favorite song
The one I love and don't know why
The one I can't play much these days
Cause it always did make me cry
Old flames burn slow
And they don't die easy
We're broken, I know
In all of these pieces
But they'll still fit together
If you hold em just so
It's been a long time, baby
But old flames burn slow
You'll never be mine, baby
But old flames burn slow
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Dead Man's Boots [Live]
04:57
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"Dead Man's Boots"
He walked into One-Eyed Jack's Cantina like he'd done a hundred times
And from the moment that he entered that whole place went deathly quiet
He found his girl Teresa who was always waitin' there
Paid with some dead traveler's money, then he took her up the stairs
He never spoke a word but he's always treat her kind
And by now she'd just stopped wonderin' why he chose her every time
She was happy just to hold him and he was happy too it seemed
And sometimes she'd ask him questions just to fill the space between
Why do you wear a dead man's boots?
Where'd you get those nasty scars?
Don't you tire of that wall of iron
You got built around your heart?
Don't you see those creepin' shadows standin', waitin' in the wings?
Why're you racin' off to hell when you could stay right here with me?
One day word blew into town that someone robbed the Adair train
But they took two in the back as they made their getaway
Teresa found him in her room lyin' bleedin' in her bed
She ran to his side and kissed him then she held him close and said
Why do you wear a dead man's boots?
Why do you have to live so hard?
Don't you tire of that wall of iron
You got built around your heart?
Don't you see those creepin' shadows standin', waitin' in the wings?
Don't go racin' off to hell when you could stay right here with me
He took a folded piece of paper and he slipped it in her hand
He said "There you'll find my fortune, never have to work again
I just wanted you to know that I've loved you all these years"
Then he died there in her arms with her voice ringin' in his ears
Why do you wear a dead man's boots?
Why do you have to live so hard?
Don't you tire of that wall of iron
You got built around your heart?
Don't you see those creepin' shadows standin', waitin' in the wings?
Don't go racin' off to hell when you could stay right here with me
Don't go racin' off to hell when you could stay right here with me
Why're you racin' off to hell when you could stay right here with me?
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14. |
[Please Don't Knife Me]
00:16
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15. |
Ramblin' Jack [Live]
03:46
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"Ramblin' Jack"
Jack's daddy was a travelin' bible salesman
And his mama was a housewife on the way
And her husband knew it weren't his kid
So he cursed poor Jack for what she did
With every breath until his dyin' day
At seventeen our Jack became an outlaw
For it must have seemed appealing at the time
He stabbed a man and took his wallet
Cause it was easier than askin' for it
And thus began a violent life of crime
Ramblin' Jack we're all so sorry
That it had to come to this
And we'll never know whatever made you
A monster right up til the grave
But to tell the truth we're all happy that you're dead
His luck ran out one night near Houston, Texas
And time came to pay for all that he had done
His trial was a short affair
And they sent him to that electric chair
And no one shed a tear when he was gone
You can find him in that prison churchyard
Right to this very day
Even though the stone is old and worn
It says "Here lies Ramblin' Jack"
And his last words there on his epitaph
Are "I don't regret a thing but bein' born."
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"The Night I Killed Bubbles The Clown"
In the distance I could still see the carnival lights
The sky was black, the moon was green
It was me and a shovel and a friend of mine
And a can of gasoline
I had to tell someone so I told Gary the Geek
But he told the Dog Boy, who always had a bone to pick with me
And when it got to Big Hilda
Hell, you shoulda heard that fat lady sing
I brought the whole circus down
The night I killed Bubbles the Clown
Ringmaster Charlie was headed for the border that day
But they caught him south of Austin, hauled him in and put him in chains
Now he's drivin' them rail spikes
I hear he still curses my name
I brought the whole circus down
I brought the whole circus down
I brought the whole circus down
The night I killed Bubbles the Clown
Now The Pinhead's in the pin
The Flyini Frenchman's in the ground
Hung himself from the trapeze when the law come sniffin' round
They found the trailer in the woods
But not a shred of the remains
Just the walls all covered in blood
And grease paint
I saw the prosecutor droolin' just describin' the scene
That whole court went kangaroo
And nobody got away clean
Nobody but me
And I don't expect you to ever understand
So I'll take the truth to my grave
But under the makeup he was a different man
And I think it's better this way
I brought the whole circus down
I brought the whole circus down
I brought the whole circus down
The night I killed Bubbles the Clown
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17. |
[A Good Moment]
00:55
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18. |
Wine & Roses [Live]
04:13
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"Wine & Roses"
She's seen a lot since 40
Says she's past her prime
But our boy ain't worried
He just ain't that kind
Thinks she's plenty good lookin'
And he's no spring chicken himself
He just walks up to her
Cool as you please
Says "I sure hope you save
The next dance for me"
And she laughs and looks him over
Shrugs and says "I might as well."
Then he takes her hand and leads her out to the floor
She says "To tell the truth I don't dance much anymore"
"Cause I've had enough
Of wine & roses
They just prick my fingers
And give me headache's in the mornin'
I don't ask much
A calm heart and a strong hand
Save the rest for the faerie tales
And just love me like a real man."
A few hours later
In a hotel room
They're doin' what two
Lonely people do
When they find each other
Strangers becomin' lovers
In the dark
And maybe he's nervous
Cause it's been a long time
But she ain't hard to please
And he's doin' just fine
And when they are finished
She just lays there in the stillness
Of his arms
Then as she's leavin' he asks "can I see you again?"
And she just smiles and says "Well that depends...
Cause I've had enough
Of wine & roses
They just prick my fingers
And give me headache's in the mornin'
I don't ask much
A calm heart and a strong hand
Save the rest for the faerie tales
And just love me like a real man."
And it's been fifteen years now
Since he danced with her that night
And they've never gotten married
And they've never had a fight
And he doesn't say "I love you"
Cause that ain't how he was raised
But she don't need to hear it
Cause she means it when she says
"I've had enough
Of wine & roses
They just prick my fingers
And give me headache's in the mornin'
I don't ask much
A calm heart and a strong hand
Save the rest for the faerie tales
And just love me like a real man."
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"Might As Well Stay The Night"
Two old friends
Two old lovers
Weren't meanin' to
But ran into each other
At the grocery store
Just a few blocks away
From his new apartment
Now she's back at his place
And they're talkin' a little
And laughin' a lot
About where they were goin'
And how far they got
Then the bottle comes out
He pours the first round
And it ain't long before they both lose count
It was one, two
Kick off your shoes
Three, four
Have a few more
Five, six
Gimme a kiss
Seven, eight
It's gettin' kinda late
Nine, ten
What was I sayin' again?
Do you remember when
We used to do this all the time?
You might as well stay the night
Might as well stay the night
Might as well stay the night
There's a great big ugly world outside
You might as well stay the night
By the early light
Of the noon day sun
There's a naked heap
Of legs and arms
Both wishin' they
Remembered more
Of the happenins
The night before
She squints and smiles
He just laughs
Tryin' to recall
The fun they'd had
Drank the hair of the dog
Got to talkin' some
They never did get their clothes back on
It was one, two
Where are my shoes?
Three, four
Have a few more
Five, six
Gimme a kiss
Seven, eight
It's gettin' kinda late
Nine, ten
What was I sayin' again?
Do you remember when
We used to do this all the time?
You might as well stay the night
Might as well stay the night
Might as well stay the night
We're both butt naked too drunk to drive
You might as well stay the night
Might as well stay the night
Might as well stay the night
There's a great big ugly world outside
You might as well stay the night
Might as well stay the night
Might as well stay the night
We're both butt naked too drunk to drive
You might as well stay the night
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Andrew Delaney Dallas, Texas
Postmodern anti-folk or something.
"The Alfred Hitchcock of singer / songwriters." Rich Warren - WFMT Radio, Chicago.
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