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Long ago, the wind had just been born He was so young and sweet Ethereal and free of guilt As a boy, with a magnifying glass And a line of marching ants He blew fires all across this land Wind, I can hear you now you old man You moan and groan and howl Wind, you’re no kind of friend I scream, my name to you again When will you grow old enough To listen The wind, grew up to be strong Learned his right from wrong A soft breeze from a stormy day And as a man, spreading seeds throughout the land He traveled far and wide Let the birds rely on him I spend, my nights alone outside Listen to the song The wind brings across the sea But when, I need someone to hear To listen, love, and stay The wind just blows away again

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I was your rock in your wildest transition Doctored you up in the worst of your days So you preached me your gospel when no one else listened Yes I sat in your pew just to hear what you’d say Eastern time’s just like a car where the brake lights Are burned out from stoppin’ one too many times So you look out your rearview, catch the last of the sunlight Hope whatever’s down the road is worth what’s left behind Always turn to sometimes Sometimes turn to nevers Temporary goodbyes Turn into forever You go sing your Rocky Top And buy a tighter skirt And I’ll leave my Great Smoky Love with you babe And you can decide what it’s worth I thought of you while all the white constellations Burned through the black veil hung up in the sky If those stars persist to be seen through the darkness Then I sure as Hell can remain in your life You like to be kissed when we passed by the drug store Our town’s only traffic light lit up in red When the yellow bulbs burned you would lean in for one more But these days I hope for the green lights instead Eastern time’s just like a car where the brake lights Are burned out from stoppin’ one too many times So you look out your rearview, catch the last of the sunlight Hope whatever’s down the road is worth what’s left behind

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White line oceans Black top seas I’ve been sailing Mother nature fought with me Her ice and snow Rain and sleet were falling Now my ship it has been docked The crew is gone The anchors dropped out front You slide a glass in front of me Through eyes of green Ask me what I want I want freedom, for one And drinks for two I want justice for all And a shot, for me and you Don’t tell me there’s nothing here You only serve wine and beer Oh no Where’s a man to get a hundred-proof Shot of truth When he’s feeling down and low There must be something in the back I’ll slip it down the hatch No one will know My spirit needs a spirit And elixir A fixer for my soul A bourbon splash in a glass I’m learning fast And living slow And you can pour it over tears Over laughs Over ice, cracked and cold Freedom is a sacred word A seldom heard songbird It holds no fear So what say you, what say I What say we grab this wine Get out of here? And we’ll find freedom And we can find drinks too And we’ll hope for justice A shot for me and shot for you

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These walls are so paper-thin Not strong enough to keep me in Soon I’ll be out of here at last I’ll be hopping trains and hitching rides Spend my nights in smokey dives I’ll be living life, so damn fast They can’t build a wall Strong enough to keep me in And there ain’t no Hellhound in Georgia Gonna drag me back again When that jailer slammed my cell door shut Something in my mind went off I knew I had to get me out of here The thought of a cold whiskey shot Or a woman’s touch is oh so soft It almost brought me to tears So I sold up all my cigarettes I got some tools and few good men Started diggin a hole into the ground And it wasn’t but a week or more When they opened up my jail cell door And I wasn’t nowhere to be found I remember it like yesterday You could hear those sirens miles away They even put a bounty on my head From Georgia up to Tennessee Now the state police they were looking for me Didn’t matter if I was alive or dead So now I’m living life out on the road Some of these nights so windy and cold But I’d never trade it for where I was And if someday they catch up with me And drag me back in custody I won’t even worry because

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I was in the joint in East Detroit Served a sentence in Dallas, Texas I got locked up all over trying to get through Oklahoma And I ain’t been back there since In the slammer in Alabama And Montana, Savannah, and Atlanta In the penitentiary down Memphis, Tennessee I got a tattoo says “I heart mama” Incarcerated in every state Institutionalized along the way Did I happen to mention that my life of correction Started back in Juvenile detention My rap sheet’s a mile long But it’s not why I sing my song No I came here to say there’s been a terrible mistake ‘Cause I ain’t done nothing wrong I’ve been arrested for possession of just about everything From weapons to wild animals, I’ve got breaking and entering Burglary, disorderly, battery, trespassing These are all just cases of mistaken identity Charges dropped in St Louis, picked back up in Kansas City Paroled in Alabama, Probation in Mississippi I’ve been detained, retained, and contained, and jailed But I never missed a court date, I ain’t never skipped bail I’m just a victim of the system, a victim of circumstance They framed me, set me up, tampered with evidence I ain’t never done nothing wrong, I would swear on my mother Except for maybe that one time… and maybe a couple others I was in the joint in East Detroit Arrested down in Houston, Texas Solitary confinement way up in Rhode Island And I ain’t been back there since In the slammer in Alabama Montana, Savannah, Atlanta, Nevada, Nebraska In the penitentiary down in Jackson, Mississippi I got a tattoo that says “I heart Steve” Incarcerated in every state Institutionalized in every way Did I happen to mention that my life of correction Started back in after school detention Yeah my rap sheet’s a mile long But it’s not why I sing my song No I came here to say there’s been a terrible mistake ‘Cause I ain’t done nothing wrong No I ain’t done nothing wrong

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On the road again I just can't wait to get on the road again The life I love is makin' music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Goin' places that I've never been Seein' things that I may never see again And I can't wait to get on the road again Here we go, on the road again Like a band of Gypsies we go down the highway We're the best of friends Insisting that the world keep turnin' our way And our way is on the road again I just can't wait to get on the road again The life I love is makin' music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again, break free And I can't wait to get on the road again

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Bring it on down to my house honey There ain't nobody home but me Bring it on down to my house honey I need your company Tomcat sittin' on a railroad track Hollerin' at the momma and she answered him back Said bring it on down to my house honey There ain't nobody home but me Two old maids layin' in bed One turned over and the other one said Now, bring it on down to my house honey Ain't nobody home but me The old man said can you play a fiddle He said by now I can play a little Bring it on down to my house honey There ain't nobody home but me Tomcat sittin' on a railroad track Hollerin' at the momma cat, she answered back Said, bring it on down to my house honey Ain't nobody home but me Now my gal Sal makes a pretty good pie I ate so much that I thought I’s gona die Well, bring it on down to my house honey Ain't nobody home but me

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Corrine, Corrina, where you been so long Corrine, Corrina, where you been so long I ain't had no lovin' since you've been gone. Corrine, Corrina Corrine, Corrina Corrine, Corrina I love you so. I love Corrina, tell the world I do I love Corrina, tell the world I do I pray every night she learns to love me too. I left Corrina, way across the sea I left Corrina, way across the sea If you see my baby, send her home to me. Corrine, Corrina, why don't you come on home Corrine, Corrina, why don't you come on home I'm mighty tired, bein' all alone.

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Woke up this morning lookin' for my shoes Looked behind the trunk, felt the hesitation blues Lordy, tell me how long will I have to wait? Can I get to you now? Must I hesitate Well, I'm goin' to the river take a rockin' chair If blues overtake me rock away from here Lordy, tell me how long will I have to wait? Can I get to you now? Must I hesitate Well, I'm goin' up the mountain, peep through a hole Saw your little monkey doin' the sweet jelly roll Lordy, tell me how long will I have to wait? Can I get to you now? Must I hesitate Well, I'm goin' to the river, gonna sit right down If the blues overtake me I'll jump in and drown Lordy, tell me how long will I have to wait? Can I get to you now? Must I hesitate

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Was all the summer, and all the fall Just tryin' to find my, little Lenore But now she's gone, I don't worry 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world Was in the spring, one summer day Just when she left me, she's gone to stay But now she's gone, I don't worry I'm sitting on top of the world Then you come here runnin' Holdin' up your hand Can get me a woman Quick as you can get a man But now she's gone, I don't worry I'm sitting on top of the world (Instrumental) It have been days I didn't know your name Why should I worry and prayer in vain? But now she's gone, I don't worry I'm sitting on top of the world Goin' to the station, down in the yard Gon' get me a freight train Worked some, got hard But now she's gone, I don't worry I'm sitting on top of the world The lonesome days, they have gone by Why should you beg me and say goodbye? But now she's gone, I don't worry I'm sitting on top of the world

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I know a gal that’s awful sweet I’m tellin' you she can't be beat Oh you pretty woman With lots of this and plenty of that And a motorcar and a ten-room flat Oh you pretty woman She’s lookin' for a sweetie And I think she picked on me I tried my best to get away but she wouldn't let me be And this gal you must hear more about I’m gonna stand right up and shout Oh you pretty woman I only held her hand but once And I was weak for months and months Oh you pretty woman One time she sat up on my lap And I just had to yell ker pow Oh you pretty woman She locked me in her boudoir And started straight for me But I just fought and kicked and screamed 'Til she let me be We won't be married 'til the spring But mother's told me everything Oh you pretty woman Now you should see just how she's built One look at her and boy you'll wilt Oh you pretty woman With lots of these and plenty of those And boy oh boy those sweaty clothes Oh you pretty woman I never kiss her more than once Unless she just demands it And when she holds me close so dear I like it but I can't stand it She took me ridin' in her coup She made my heart go boop boopy doop Oh you pretty woman

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Long legs, tired brain and I don’t feel no pain - All eyes on false prizes and the night cast in disguises. And we sway like politicians, load our guns with strange ammunition - Raise our hands and tip our glasses, to the starlit, crystalline masses.

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I'm 15 centimeters tall A single step's a sturdy wall A dark and distant port of call from you I move through a different sort of space A day takes years for me to trace While age redecorates my face, it's true I set my soul to sleep Beneath your shoes Lord knows I'm tired Of thinkin' bout you, you Of thinkin' about you, you, you It don't take a champion to talk About how to line yourself in chalk Run like hell instead of walk, thank you In a cold and mercenary field Back bared by reinvented wheels The broken bones you can't conceal poke through I set my soul to sleep Beneath your shoes Lord knows I'm tired Of thinkin' bout you, you Of thinking about you, you Of thinking about you, you Of thinking about you, you, you

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Take your pretty time drawing that dividing line, collecting all your consonant rhymes ‘til everything seems perfect. Hitchhike with hypocrites with borrowed fame and surly wits, and learn to talk some glorious shit ‘til everything seems perfect. Oh what a wild campaign to hate the things you can’t explain. Why should I take my tea with one who rolls their eyes at me, and spreads bad news like potpourri? Oh how stale the scenery becomes for those who disagree with one, and all and everything – it’s never gonna be perfect.

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Who's gonna fight the better fight tackle the tigers when the lights get low and we all go down underground. Who's gonna build that ivory tower gather the gold before the lights get low and we all float down underground. I'll find a love with eyes like diamonds we'll grow a garden by the sea sow green 'for we all get low underground. Birds will parade through the blue sing out our names as we all take roll from our place down low underground.

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My love and I were the toast of the town, the pair everybody knew. We'd roll around the city on a bicycle built for two. But one evening we had a quarrel, and filled with spite, my love, she took a hacksaw to our lovely tender bike. Left me with the unicycle blues, if you only knew my sad situation, I fall down after one rotation. Day after day I tumble on the pavement trying to lose my unicycle blues. I've got the unicycle blues, I played a fool for everyone that passes I fall down and I break my glasses. All in the distance, you're perfectly balanced, but I can't lose my unicycle blues. Oh it was colder than an icicle, than an Eskimo with no igloo (that's pretty cold) You took my heart and my bicycle and told them bold in two. Left me with the unicycle blues, honey I can't lose my unicycle blues. I've got the unicycle blues, if you only knew my sad situation, I fall down after one rotation. Day after day I tumble on the pavement trying to lose my unicycle, trying to lose my unicycle, trying to lose my unicycle.

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Sloppy drunk, sloppy drunk, nobody likes you when you're sloppy drunk. I know 'cause I'm so sloppy drunk, and nobody likes me (wah) Sloppy drunk, sloppy drunk, nobody likes you when you're sloppy drunk. I know 'cause I'm so sloppy drunk. I declare that I never do it again because my wife's the deep tolling type and she swears she'll leave me if ever again. I'm sloppy drunk, sloppy drunk, oh nobody likes you when you're sloppy drunk. Sloppy drunk, sloppy drunk, nobody likes you when you're sloppy drunk. I know (he knows) 'cause I'm so ('cause he's so) sloppy drunk, and nobody likes him (wah) Sloppy drunk, sloppy drunk, oh nobody likes you when you're sloppy drunk. Oh I declare that I never do it again because I'm at the doorstep just like she warned me, she changed the lock so I'll have to change the key. Sloppy drunk (sloppy drunk), sloppy drunk (sloppy drunk), nobody likes you when you're sloppy drunk. I know (he knows) 'cause I'm so ('cause he's so) sloppy drunk, and nobody likes me (wah) Sloppy drunk (sloppy drunk), sloppy drunk (sloppy drunk), nobody likes you when you're sloppy drunk. I know (he knows) 'cause I'm so ('cause he's so) I know (he knows) 'cause I'm so ('cause he's so) I know (he knows) 'cause I'm so ('cause he's so) sloppy drunk.

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In the morning, twice a week, I go swimming in the Newtown creek. My nose runs, I begin to cough. My hair and skin flake off. I start in Brooklyn, swim to Queens, turn around and swim back again. My bones ache, I can hardly speak, when I'm swimmin' in the Newtown creek. It was in the Autumn, three years now. My love and I spoke wedding vows. When the evening air was warm, we strolled that dirty shore. We'd count the tires and paper cups, and all the fish floating belly up. She declaired, ""If you ever treat me mean, I'll throw my body in the Newtown stream."" So I hurl myself into the deep. And I hold my breath till I fall asleep. The only girl I ever wanted to keep, is lying at the bottom of the Newtown creek. So I hurl myself into the deep, and I hold my breath until I fall asleep. The only girl I ever wanted to keep, is lying at the bottom of the Newtown creek. In the morning, twice a week, I go swimming in the Newtown creek. My nose runs, I begin to cough. My hair and skin flake off. I start in Brooklyn, swim to Queens, turn around and swim back again. My bones ache, I can hardly speak, when I'm swimmin' in the Newtown creek.

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Let me tell you all a story with my run in with the law/ I was once picked out for roudiness outside my favorite bar/ But before they could arest me, and ruin my good name/ I said come here kind policeman, and hear what I've to say/ I said "Hey Officer, can I make you an offer sir?"/ I'll sing a lovesong, dedicated to you/ Well anyone can tell, that this charge your duty as well/ so how 'bout I just charge a number dedicated to you/ Oh I do the little things, right here on the sidewalk, take your nightstick in my hands and show you how a pistol's got to be a sport/ you can put it in your report/ that I sang a lovesong dedicated to you/ what's that you say? this won't do?/ would you prefer a little blues/ Oh oh oh oh oh oh/ Hey officer, did you like my offer sir?/ When I sang a lovesong dedicated to you/ Don't tell me "no!"/ I saw you tapping your toes/ when I sang a lovesong dedicated to you/ I did the little things no lawman can resist/ don't suck up poor romance, take these handcuffs off my wrist/ Hey officer, why are you putting me in the car sir?/ Didn't like it when I sang a lovesong, dedicated to you/ (dialogue between singer and officer)

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All your pictures in a paper bag I thumb through the pages of favorite magazines Wind up hands on a broken clock I talk to walls that never talk back I got a photo of you on an Autumn day Sappy old songs that I always play What should I do with you far away Back on the bus at the end of the day I trace your name on a foggy day I got a photo of you on an Autumn day Sappy old songs that I always play What should I do with you far away No I don't give a shit what they What do you got that can't wait a day Come back here and take me away 'Cause you are mine, yeah Pound the pavement with heavy feet I kick a beer bottle down a narrow street Tossing pebbles at a big old moon I cry too easy at a country tune I got a photo of you on an Autumn day Sappy old songs that I always play What should I do with you far away No I don't give a shit what they What do you got that can't wait a day Come back here and take me away 'Cause you are mine, yeah You are mine (x4)