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I think I'm gonna make myself a little something to eat,
Get a can down off the shelf, maybe a little something sweet. Haven't spoke to no one, haven't been in the mood, Pour some soup, get a spoon, stir it up real good. Go out with a friend, they know the music might help, But I can't pretend - I wish I was somewhere else. I wanna watch the ocean bend, The edges of the sun,then I wanna get swallowed up In an ocean of love. Put on my coat, go out into the street, Get a lump in my throat, and look down at my feet. Take the long way home, so I can ride around, Put Neil Young on and turn up the sound. Drive up the coastline, maybe to Ventura, Watch the waves make signs out on the water. I wanna watch the ocean bend, The edges of the sun,then I wanna get swallowed up In an ocean of love. Stand in the shower, clean this dirty mess, Give me back my power, and drown this unholyness. Lean over the toilet bowl, and throw up my confession, Clense my soul, of this hidden obsession. I wanna watch the ocean bend, The edges of the sun,then I wanna get swallowed up In an ocean of love. I wanna watch the ocean bend, The edges of the sun,then I wanna get swallowed up In an ocean of love. |
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| 2. |
| 4:22 |
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Just to sit and talk
The way we used to do It just breaks my heart That I can't get close to you If our eyes should meet Somewhere down the road Will you stop and be sweet Or will you just walk on I thought things would stay the same I thought things were right on In our sunny days How could we go wrong Now these days have found us Right here where we stand We thought we were so tough But nothing worked out like we planned Of everything in this world I guess I'll never know why Something as good as this could Flower up and die When you lose your happiness When no one's standing by When nothing makes any sense You got a reason to cry When nothing makes any sense You got a reason to cry |
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| 3. |
| 5:04 |
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Baby, see how I been living
Velvet curtains on the windwos to Keep the bright and unforgiving Light from shining through Baby, I remember all the things we did When we slept together In the blue behind your eyelids Baby, sweet baby Traced your scent through the gloom 'Til I found these purple flowers I was spent, I was soon smelling you for hours Lavender, lotus blossoms too Water the dirt, flowers last for you Baby, sweet baby Tangerines and persimmons And sugarcane Grapes and honeydew melon Enough fit for a queen Lemon trees don't make a sound 'Til branches bend and fruit falls to the ground Baby, sweet baby Come to my wolrd and witness The way things have changed 'Cause I finally did it, baby I got out of La Grange Got in my Mercury and drove out west Pedal to the metal and my luck to the test Baby, sweet baby I been tryin' to enjoy all the fruits of my labor I been cryin' for you boy but truth is my savior Baby, sweet baby if it's all the same Take the glory and day over the fame Baby, sweet baby |
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| 4. |
| 7:21 |
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Once in awhile we might pass on the street
We nod we smile and we shuffle our feet Making small talk standing face to face Hands in our pockets cause we feel so out of place Our paths may cross again in some crowded bar We feel a little lost cause we've drifted away so far Hoping to find the right words to say We joke a little and then go on our way We are so out of touch yeah We are so out of touch yeah La La La La la la la We speak in past tense and talk about the weather Half broken sentences we try to piece togethor I ask about an old friend that we both used to know You said you heard he took his life about five years ago We may pass each other on the interstate We honk and cross over to the other lane Everybody's going somewhere everybody's inside Hundreds of cars hundreds of private lives We are so out of touch yeah La La La La la la la From Lucinda William "Essence" Lost Highway Records 2001 Warner - Tamerlane Publishing/Lucy Jones Music Tony Garnier bass Bo Ramsey guitar Charlie Sexton guitar David Mansfield violin/viola Jim Keltner drums Organ Reese Wyans Lucinda acoustic guitar |
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| 5. |
| 4:45 |
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You run yourself ragged tryin' to be strong
You feel bad when you done nothin' wrong Love got all confused with anger and pride So much abuse on such a little child Someone you trusted told you to shut up Now there's a pain in your gut that you can't get rid of No one heard your screams when you were nine When bad dreams filled your summertime So you don't always show your sweet side ... You're tough as steel and you keep your chin up You don't ever feel like you're good enough You've had the blues ever since you were six Your little tennis shoes and your pick-up sticks You were screamed at and kicked over and over Now you always feel sick and you can't keep a lover Every Christmas there were presents to unwrap But the things you witnessed when you were five and a half So you don't always show your sweet side ... Someone deserted you, the damage is done Now you don't deserve to be loved by no one Hands that would feed you when you were two Were the same hands that beat you black and blue You get defensive at every turn You're overly sensitive and overly concerned Few precious memories no lullabies Hollowed out centuries of lies So you don't always show your sweet side ... I've seen you in the kitchen cookin' me supper I listened to you bitchin' I watched you suffer I still love you baby 'cause I know you Don't mean to do the cruel things you do I've seen you sewin' buttons on your shirt I've seen you throwin' up when your stomach hurt I'll stick by you baby through thick and thin No matter what kind of shape you're in 'Cause I've seen your sweet side ... |
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| 6. |
| 4:29 |
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Lonely girls, lonely girls
Lonely girls, lonely girls Heavy blankets, heavy blankets, heavy blankets Cover lonely girls Sweet sad songs, sweet sad songs, sweet sad songs, Sung by lonely girls ( ) Pretty hairdos, pretty hairdos, pretty hairdos Worn by lonely girls Sparkly rhinestones, sparkly rhinestones, sparkly rhinestones Shine on lonely girls ( ) I oughta know, I oughta know, I oughta know About lonely girls ( ) |
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| 7. |
| 4:17 |
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Overtime
That's what they all tell me That's what they say to me Overtime Your blue eyes, your black eyelashes The way you looked at life In your funny way I guess out of the blue You won't cross my mind And I'll get over you Overtime Your pale skin, your sexy crooked teeth The trouble you'd get in In your clumsy way I guess one afternoon You won't cross my mind And I'll get over you Overtime I guess out of the blue You won't cross my mind And I'll get over you Overtime |
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| 8. |
| 4:23 |
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Go find a jukebox and see what a quarter will do
I don't wanna talk I just wanna go back to blue Feed's me when I'm hungry and quenches my thirst Loves me when I'm lonely and thinks of me first Blue is the color of night When the red sun Disappears from the sky Raven feathers shiny and black A touch of blue glistening down her back We don't talk about heaven and we don't talk about hell We come to depend on one another so damn well So go to confession whatever gets you through You can count your blessings I'll just count on blue Blue is the color of night When the red sun Disappears from the sky Raven feathers shiny and black A touch of blue glistening down her back Blue From Lucinda William "Essence" Lost Highway Records 2001 Warner - Tamerlane Publishing/Lucy Jones Music Tony Garnier bass Bo Ramsey guitar Charlie Sexton guitar David Mansfield violin/viola Lucinda acoustic guitar |
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| 9. |
| 4:08 |
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I changed the lock on my front door so you can't see me anymore
And you can't come inside my house, and you can't lie down on my couch I changed the lock on my front door I changed the number on my phone so you can't call me up at home And you can't say those things to me that make me fall down on my knees I changed the number on my phone I changed the kind of car I drive so you can't see me when I go by And you can't chase me up the street, and you can't knock me off of my feet I changed the kind of car I drive I changed the kind of clothes I wear so you can't see me anywhere And you can't spot me in a crowd, and you can't call my name out loud I changed the kind of clothes I wear I changed the tracks underneath the train so you can't find me again And you can't trace my path, and you can't hear my laugh I changed the tracks underneath the train I changed the name of this town so you can't follow me down And you can't touch me like before, and you can't make me want you more I changed the name of this town I changed the lock on my front door, I changed the number on my phone I changed the kind of car I drive, I changed the kind of clothes I wear I changed the tracks underneath the train, I changed the name of this town I changed the name of this town I changed the name of this town |
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| 10. |
| 5:59 |
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Come on, Come on, Come on
Kill the rats in the gutter Sings the voice in the choir Bring your Father and your Mother Sing it higher and higher Shake the clammy hand Repeat the 23rd psalm Make you understand Where it was you went wrong Voices from tapes Shouting with twisted tongues Emotional rape Hell fire scorched lungs Come on, Come on, Come on Pay close attention to this Let me give you something good to eat Bite down hard 'til it sticks between your teeth Glory, glory we've killed the beast Blinded by glittery diamonds Resting on crooked fingers Shaded eyes they are the ones Who'll lead you to your deliverance From the figure of doom Force you to understand Lock you in a room With a holy roller and a one man band |
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| 1. |
| 3:30 |
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John Ciambotti bass guitar
Donald Lindley drums Charlie Sexton guitar Roy Bittan accordion Buddy Miller guitar Steve Earle acoustic guitar Jim Lauderdale harmony vocals I think I lost it Let me know if you come across it Let me know if I let it fall Along a back road somewhere Money can't replace it No memory can erase it And I know I'm never gonna find Another one to compare Give me some love to fill me up Give me some time give me some stuff Give me a sign give me some kind of reason Are you heavy enough to make me stay I feel like I might blow away I thought I was in heaven But I was only dreamin I think I lost it Let me know if you come across it Let me know if I let it fall Along a back road somewhere Money can't replace it No memory can erase it And I know I'm never gonna find Another one to compare I just wanna live the life I please I don't want no enemies I don't want nothin if I have to fake it Never take nothin don't belong to me Everything's paid for nothing free If I give my heart Will you promise not to break it I think I lost it Let me know if you come across it Let me know if I let it fall Along a back road somewhere Money can't replace it No memory can erase it And I know I'm never gonna find Another one to compare Money can't replace it No memory can erase it And I know I'm never gonna find Another one to compare |
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| 2. |
| 4:04 |
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Gurf Morlix guitar Doug Atwell fiddle Duane Jarvis guitar John Ciambotti bass Donald Lindley drums Byron Berline fiddle When Daddy told me what happened I couldn't believe what he just said Sonny shot himself with a 44 and they found him lyin on his bed I could not speak a single word no tears streamed down my face I just sat there on the living room couch staring off into space Mama and Daddy went over to the house to see what had to be done They took the sheets off of the bed and they went to call someone Some of us gathered at a friend's house to help each other ease the pain I just sat alone in a corner chair I couldn't say much of anything We drove on out to the country His friends all stood around Subiaco Cemetery is where we lay him down I saw his mama, she was standing there his sister she was there too I saw them look at us standing around the grave and not a soul they knew Born and raised in Pineola his mama believed in the Pentecost She got the preacher to say some words so his soul wouldn't get lost SOLO Some of us we stood in silence some bowed their heads and prayed I think I must've picked up a handful of dust and let it fall over his grave I think I must've picked up a handful of dust and let it fall over his grave SOLO |
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| 4:56 |
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You don't have to prove
Your manhood to me constantly I know you're the man can't you see I love you Righteously Why you wanna dis me After the way you been kissin' me After those pretty things you say And the love we made today When you run your hand All up and run it back down my leg Get excited and bite my neck Get me all worked up like that Think this through I laid it down for you everytime Respect me I give you what's mine You're entirely way too fine Arms around my waist You get a taste of how good this can be Be the man you ought to tenderly Stand up for me Flirt with me don't keep hurtin' me Don't cause me pain Be my lover don't play no game Just play me John Coltrane |
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| 4. |
| 8:20 |
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i don't want you anymore cause you took my joy i don't want you anymore you took my joy you took my joy i want it back you took my joy i want it back i'm gonna go to west memphis and look for my joy go to west memphis and look for my joy maybe in west memphis I'll find my joy maybe in west memphis i'll find my joy i'm gonna go to slidell and look for my joy go to slidell and look for my joy maybe in slidell I'll find my joy maybe in slidell I'll find my joy (first long instrumental break) you got no right to take my joy i want it back you got no right to take my joy i want it back you took my joy i want it back you took my joy i want it back i'm gonna go to west memphis and look for my joy go to west memphis and look for my joy maybe in west memphis i'll find my joy maybe in west memphis i'll find my joy i'm gonna go to slidell and look for my joy go to slidell and look for my joy maybe in slidell i'll find my joy maybe in slidell i'll find my joy (second instrumental break) i don't want you anymore cause you took my joy i don't want you anymore you took my joy you took my joy i want it back you took my joy i want it back you took my joy i want it back you took my i want it back (third |
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| 7:17 |
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Baby, sweet baby, you're my drug Come on and let me taste your stuff Baby, sweet baby, bring me your gift What surprise you gonna hit me with Refrain: I am waiting here for more I am waiting by your door I am waiting on your back steps I am waiting in my car I am waiting at this bar I am waiting for your essence Baby, sweet baby, whisper my name Shoot your love into my vein Baby, sweet baby, kiss me hard Make me wonder who's in charge ( ) Baby, sweet baby, I wanna feel your breath Even though you like to flirt with death Baby, sweet baby, can't get enough Please come find me and help me get f-----d upYour essence Your essence |
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| 4:58 |
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You've got a sense of humor
You're a mystery I heard a rumor You're making history Photographic dialogues Beneath your skin Pornographic episodes Screaming sin 'Til its real live bleeding fingers Broken guitar strings You are my Prince Charming Draped in velvet robes Of all that's alarming Raw and exposed Shattered nerves Itchy skin Dirty words And heroin Better real live bleeding fingers Broken guitar strings I climbed all the way inside Your tragedy I got behind The majesty Of the different shapes In every note The endless tapes Of every word you wrote With real live bleeding fingers Broken guitar strings |
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| 6:29 |
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Can't put the rain back in the sky
Once it falls down Please don't cry Rain turns the dirt into mud Warm and messy Like your love Can't force the river upstream When it goes south Know what I mean? Nothin' will make me take you back Are you down babe Down with that? |
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| 5:03 |
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You say there's always gonna be this thing
Between us days are filled with dreams Scorpions crawl across my screen Make their home beneath my skin Underneath my dress stick their tongues Bite through the flesh down to the bone And I have been so fuckin' alone Since those three days Did you only want me for those three days? Did you only need me for those three days? Did you love me forever just for those three days? You built a nest inside my soul You rest your head on leaves of gold You managed to crawl inside my brain You found a hole and in you came You sleep like a baby breathing Comfortably between truth and pain But the truth is nothing's been the same Since those three days Did you only want me for those three days? Did you only need me for those three days? Did you love me forever just for those three days? You say there's always gonna be this thing Between us days are filled with dreams Scorpions crawl across my screen Make their home beneath my skin Underneath my dress stick their tongues Bite through the flesh down to the bone And I have been so fuckin' alone You built a nest inside my soul You rest your head on leaves of gold You managed to crawl inside my brain You found a hole and in you came You sleep like a baby breathing Comfortably between truth and pain But the truth is nothing's been the same Since those three days Did you only want me for those three days? Did you only need me for those three days? Did you love me forever just for those three days, baby? Did you only want me for those three days? Did you only need me for those three days? Did you love me forever just for those three days? For those three days For those three days |
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| 5:24 |
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Last time I saw you, you had dirt under your nails
Your eyes were glassy and you looked so pale You said my life has become a livin' hell Ain't got enough money to pay my bills Everything is wrong Everything is wrong Got a friend with a needle stuck in his arm He got hooked on heroin in Vietnam It used to help kill the pain some of the time Now I can't sleep at all since I got back home I worked in the strip mines off and on Now I can't seem to get rid of this cough Ain't been many jobs these last few months And the last one I had I got laid off I ain't got no hot water and they shut off the heat Can you loan me some money for something to eat Been out here on this corner for about a week Tryin hard to stand on my own two feet They want to try and tell me where I can live They kicked me off my land and told me they'd give me A nice little tract house with running water But how am I gonna explain that to my Navaho mother My American dream almost came true But the things they promised me never came through I believe in the American dream But things are never quite what they seem Everything is wrong Everything is wrong Everything is wrong Everything is wrong |
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| 4:42 |
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If we lived in a world withought tears
How would bruises find The face to lie upon How would scars find skin To etch themselves into How would broken find the bones If we lived in a world without tears How would heartbeats Know when to stop How owuld blood know Which body to flow outside of How would bullets find the guns If we lived in a wold without tears How would misery know Which back door to walk through How would trouble know Which mind to live inside of How would sorrow find a home If we lived in a world without tears How would bruises find The face to lie upon How would scars find skin To etch themselves into How would broken find the bones If we lived in a world without tears How would bruises find The face to lie upon How would scars find skin To etch themselves into How would broken find the bones How would broken find the bones How would broken find the bones |
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| 6:27 |
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I had to go back to that house one more time To see if Camellias were in bloom For so many reasons it's been on my mind The house on Belmont Avenue Built up on cinderblocks off of the ground What with the rain and the soft swampy land By the sweet honeysuckle that grew all around Were switches when we were bad I took a bus to Baton Rouge....etc., All the front rooms were kept closed off I never liked to go in there much Sometimes the doors they'd be locked 'Cause there were precious things I couldn't touch The company couch covered in plastic Little books about being saved The dining room table nobody ate at And the piano nobody played There was this beautiful lamp I always loved A seashore was painted on the shade It would turn around when you switched on the bulb And gently rock the waves The driveway was covered with tiny white seashells A fig tree stood in the backyard there are other things I remember, as well But to tell them would be just too hard Ghosts in the wind that blow through my life Follow me wherever I go I'll never be free from these chains inside Hidden deep down in my soul |
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| 4:34 |
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Words Fell
Like roses at our feet When you let me see you cry Your silent lips against my cheek Words Fell On a night as black as coal Your kisses traveled deep Your eyes pierced my soul Words Fell Words Fell In another place and time We lived within the woods Ate berries from the vine Words Fell When we lay among the stones And watched the Druids dance And walked along the rocky shores Words Fell Words Fell In another place and time I knew your mournful blue Knew your golden grace Words Fell When we let the ocean hold us And sank beneath the waves In the silences of the roses Words Fell Words Fell Words Fell |
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