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It's a staid life, mama, livin' day to day
It's a staid life, mama, livin' day to day
Hurricane come and take this boy away
Yeah that wind is gonna blow the clouds out of my eyes
I said that wind is gonna blow the clouds out of my eyes
There ain't but one way, woman, to get to Paradise
I'm headed west, baby, on down to Ocean Boulevard
I'm headed west, baby, on down to Ocean Boulevard
I'm gonna meet it at the corner, I'm gonna shoot it through the heart
I can feel a darkness comin', won't you take from me, my son
The prayers in my gullet and the bullets in my gun
This guitar that I'm strummin' is like a fire waitin' to burn
So light your way 'till mornin' in the darkness that's to come
Im goin' down, mama, on a sunny day
I'm goin' down, mama, on a sunny day
Maybe I'll write you a postcard from Guantanamo Bay
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Christine
04:16
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I was well on my way to fame and glory
Just-a-ramblin' down the highway when along comes this pretty thing brakin' for me
Was I goin' her way? Oh and how!
Well I wish I knew then what I know now about that
Woman drivin' that hot pink autombile
I looked up and the sky was burnin' in the sun
Far away I thought I heard a drum
It was a sign that sweet oblivion was comin'
Oh but Christine was a queen of lies
So pristine, come on babe anesthetize me
But I sure ain't one to criticize so I jumped in
I just jumped in with my
Oh Christine, darlin', sweet Christine
You gave a nice boy like me somethin' to believe in
I gotta warn you, I think adore you
This song is for you, Christine
I was hangin' on a thread in the heartland with nowhere to fall
I'm tryin' so hard to remember, but I just don't recall
Things were somehow different, and I couldn't put my finger on this
Daddy's girl, but Daddy never came
So he built a house out by the pool
Where sweet Christine could call the rules
But who was playin' who for the fool and who was cheatin'?
'Cause I was all doped up on prescription meds
And buyin' what the guy on the TV said
While lyin' on her futon bed from Sweden
Where the f-ck is Sweden?
Oh Christine, darlin', my Gucci queen
You gave a poor boy like me somethin' to believe in
Who cares who bored who, and who was a whore for whom?
This song is for you
Christine, baby, come on and kiss me
Set me free from this little daydream you call reality
This world ain't gonna miss me
So come on and wake me up
I was well on my way, but now I'm going down
I woke up in a haze, it had been fifteen days since my feet had touched the ground!
I jumped the picket fence and hitched a ride on the road back to innocence
But it was just a dream, and now I'm tryin' to find the door
Oh Christine, honestly
I believe, I believe things ain't what they were before
But I ain't sore at you, I can't believe I scored you!
But that's life for you
This song is for you
This song is for you, Christine
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Tears of Sorrow
06:10
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Dance with me, my darlin'
Next time we dance, I can't say when
Dance with me, dance to see it through
'Cause I'm feelin' so in love with you
And I know it's just the gin
Makin' traces of the love that we once knew
Traces softly burnin' in your eyes
It's so hard to watch the traces
Of a good love die
Drink with me, my darlin'
You look so pretty in your pearls
Here's to being young, here's to lookin' fine
Now the night is fallin' slowly around us like your curls around me
Let this be the once last time
That we always remember
Dance with me, let me be
The man I tried to be
'Cause there ain't no man for you woman
Like the man inside me
Dance one last little dance with me tonight
Give me one last chance to see the light
In your eyes through tears of sorrow
You can cry those tears tomorrow, little darlin' of mine
Swing low, lady
Come let us pretend
You can just blame those black eyes on the rain
Come on and sing me a love-sick melody
To drown this sorrow in
Put a wind unto this candle, an end unto this pain
Dance with me, my darlin'
Twilight is fallin
So hold me one last time
Like way back when, when you were mine all mine
Don't you go
Please don't let me go
Dance one last little dance with me tonight
Give me one last chance to see the light
In your eyes through tears of sorrow
You can cry those tears tomorrow, little darlin' of mine
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Ly was just a young boy, six or seventeen
He had a fine set of wings, old Ly was light as a jay
There was no other but his darlin' Susie Lee
Yeah they were happy as two birds could be, but there would come a day
This old pair of wings never learned to fly
I guess I'll see you, I'll be sailin' away
But tell me what became of Susie Lee
And the autumn days we never wondered why
I sail this day on a ship to sea
Bye bye, baby bye
To you and me, and the way it used to be
I stopped by the corner store on the way to the airport
Just to see if you were hangin' around
And old Ly was in the door wearin' a smile from a time before
Just sweepin' out the love we lost and never found, he said
There ain't no jet plane that will take you back again
So long my friend, so long yesterday, he said
da dum, da da da dum...
There ain't no lover like a boy, young and free
There ain't no other like my baby was for me
And there's a ship-a-sailin', sailin' out to sea
Goodbye Susie, goodbye the way it used to be
But tell me what became of you and me
Before I am surrendered to this life
I sail this day on a ship to sea
Bye bye, baby bye
To you and me, and the way it used to be
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Beyond the Line
06:28
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I've been running from myself again
To ease the living that pains me
There's a woman that I'm following
We both know what her game is
There you stand behind me
But ain't no ship is gonna come
Whoh and find me
To deliver me from what I've done
Long night over, I lift my head
But ain't no sun come-a-rising
You know the only things were the words that we said
That kept us from our demise
Don't you know that I still love her
Yes after all these years
Then you must go and seek her
I shall be waiting here for you
I did not heed your warning, oh brother of mine
But I shall be waiting for you
Waiting for you out beyond the line
Beyond the line
Beyond the line
Beyond the line
Beyond the line
I did not heed your warning, oh brother of mine
But I shall be waiting for you, waiting for you
Beyond the line, beyond the line
I will meet you here, my friend
We shall have our peace again
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