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Cocaine
02:59
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They were living in a small town
Just north of Spokane
When her father got arrested
For selling cocaine
When the judge said 15 years
Her whole family almost went totally insane
Her mother had six hungry young mouths to feed
Many were the nights when there was barely enough to eat
They had the welfare check
Like a weight around their neck
To try and make ends meet.
Her father was sweeping up at the steel mill
Barely made enough for rent and three meals
When a friend said, Ed, come on let's get real
And do this deal.
They were living at the border line
Between trouble, no hope, and lose your mind
God only knows how they find the strength
To make it to quitting time
Sweet cocaine
Sweet music for your brain
It's such a God damned shame
Cocaine, cocaine, cocaine.
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2. |
Waiting on You
02:32
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I'm always waiting, I'm always waiting on you.
What more can I do?
I'm always waiting on you
I promise I'll always, I'll always be by your side
I'd go two hundred miles
Just to bring you a smile.
Mozart could have wrote an opera
From the story behind your eyes
Your eyes
Your eyes
Your beautiful eyes
Shakespeare would have wrote a perfect sonnet
About that smile
About that smile
Your smile
Your beautiful smile
I'm waiting, waiting, I'm always waiting for you
I promise to be true
I'll slay the dragons for you
I promise I'll always, I'll always be by your side
I'd go two hundred miles (fade)
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3. |
Like a Stone 2018 (demo)
02:33
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The day my father died
He only had fifty dollars in the bank.
He left us an old Ford car
With a hole in the gas tank
Mama had hope for the future
But her hope chest sank
Like a stone
I was thirteen
And the youngest was three.
Mama had six hungry young
Mouths to feed
We were caught in the iron grip
Of hard-assed paverty
Hard as stone.
My family held their heads high
In the years gone past
Now a kid at school
Called my brother white trash.
My brother told him to go f*ck off
But he kicked my brother's ass
All the way home.
Man always thinks
He's the master of his fate.
He never sees the error of his ways
Until it's too late.
They were drinking champagne on the Titanic
The day it hit ice
And sank like a stone.
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4. |
Ocean City (single)
02:32
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She was raised in a small town
At the Jersey Shore
Just North of Atlantic City
What kid could ask for more
But her father liked his drink
And her mother's moods would sink
Lower than the basement floor
She hardly knew her father
All he cared about was football
And baseball, cheap whiskey, and gambling at the pool hall.
Her mother raised the kids
And drove the bus each day
At the high school.
Her brother couldn't hold a job
But he had some big dreams
So he signed up for the army
To try to get control of things
One day an Iraqui's gun
Blew all his dreams to smithereens.
She went to mass on Sundays
And often some other days
The death of her favorite brother
Stole her spirit away
When I saw the look in her eyes
When she heard her brother had died
I held her through the night.
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5. |
The Trailer Park
02:28
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She was born in a trailer on the poor side of town
All the kids at school used to put her family down
When her father got hurt in a fall from a truck
Ever since that time they had nothing but bad luck
Oh Loretta, it's gonna get better
What more can a poor girl do
How can a poor girl get ahead
When the odds are stacked against the likes of me and you?
Old grandpa Willie was attached to his gin
When her momma left for work Willie'd dive right in.
The cops were always knocking at their front door
Her poor old mother couldn't take any more
Her dear old mother was nobody's fool
But she couldn't keep her kids from skipping out of school.
When her father walked out and left a pile of unpaid bills
Her mother escaped to her little blue pills
Oh Loretta, it's gotta get better
What more can a poor boy do
How can a poor boy get ahead
When the odds are stacked against the likes of me and you?
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6. |
Sweet Jane 2018
03:22
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Sweet Jane, sweet Jane, sweet Jane, sweet Jane,
I swear the breeze is calling your name.
We took a walk by the river
I held you close...you were my lover
Your eyes were flashing
Like diamonds
Little Janie don't you cry
Come over here and dry those eyes
I hope you don't think I'm being cruel
But you really should have stayed in school
But you can be stubborn as a mule
I really hope one day I'll get through to you
Then one day Jane stopped answering the phone
When I stopped by her house she was never home
I saw her brother downtown one day
He said Janie had moved away
About a year later a friend called to say
He thought he saw Jane the other day
He was walking with his cousin in the mall downtown
He thought he saw Jane pushing a baby carriage around.
Sweet Jane, sweet Jane, sweet Jane
I swear the breeze is calling your name.
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7. |
The Dream 2017
03:41
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I had a dream the other night
My clothes were all gone, my skin a ghostly white
My neighbor said "Tom, you're such a frightful sight."
Jesus had come into town
All the good folk gathered round
From behind a rock I could feel the light shine down on me.
Neil Young was there in a broken old chair
He played his guitar but no one cared
When Jesus spoke they all sat and stared at him.
My uncle was there in an Hassidic hat
My mother held two rabbits and a cat
My sister cried out that my uncle's hat blocked the view.
The thunder roared and hail stones fell
An old man cried out, "We're all headed for hell"
Jesus rang a small silver bell and the whole crowd was silent.
Well, the alarm clock rang before salvation came
I'm still in the rat race, still playing the old game
But I truly believe I'll break these chains and walk free one day.
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Her name was Margarita
And there wasn't no one sweeta
If you passed her on the street
You'd surely want to meet her.
If you ever saw those eyes
You'd know why all the guys
Wanted to know her.
She was raised by the projects
They were always short of money
But the way she smiled at me
It was sweeter than honey
If you ever meet
A girl who's half as sweet
You're a lucky guy.
She never knew her father
He couldn't stop his drinking
Her mother said, "Bill when I married you
I don't know what I was thinking"
She held her head up high and
Told old Bill goodbye
One Saturday night.
Her brother was hanging out
Cause there were no jobs here
So he signed up for the army
Just to get a career
One day an Iraqi gun
Took her mother's only son
From this sorrowful life.
Two years back
there was more bad news
When she found out her sister was shot
She nearly blew a fuse
There's so many guns around here
Mothers are living in fear
For their children's lives.
Well we got lucky
And her sister survived
But she thinks of all the guns
And all the lost lives
God gave us his only son
But you can hear the sound of a gun
Most Saturday nights
God gave us his only son
But the killing goes on
In this sorrowful life.
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9. |
Joline
02:25
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I grew up in a small town in NJ
My best friend John thought he was tough.
John got high one day and joined the army
They sent him home in a wooden box.
My sister hung around with the wrong crowd.
Her boyfriend thought he was tough as nails.
She's going to visit him at his new home on Sunday
At the Monmouth County jail.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
It's a foolish man who won't heed the call.
A wise man said it a long time ago,
You're going to reap exactly what you sow.
The big shot developer owns the mayor
He pays him off with lots of crisp new c-notes.
They go crusin' together on Sunday
On the mayors new, big white sailin' boat.
Now the mayor started hangin' with this mob guy,
But he didn't know he was turned by the FBI.
He's going to be in for the surprise of his life
When his trial comes up in July
The bigger they are the harder they fall
It's a foolish man who won't heed the call.
A wise man said it 2000 years ago,
You're going to reap exactly what you sow..
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Jack and Suzie worked at the Burger King
He just turned 20, she was 16
Suzie's friends stopped by they were high as a kite
They smoked some weed they scored the other night.
Jack wipes down the tables and takes out the trash
If he wants a toke he better grab it fast
Another summer weekend baby
Everybody's happy now
Everybody's looking for a way to make a score
Everybody's looking for a way to make a score.
Lucky Louie's married to my cousin Lil
He needed 100 dollars to pay the cable bill
Louie stole a car and robbed a drive up bank
The car ran out of gas now Louie's doing twenty years in the tank
Twenty years in the tank.
One day I'm gonna hop on a train
This sad old town won't never see me again
Gonna miss my old mom and my pop
I'll tell my boss where he can shove this job
Gonna miss my little sweet sixteen
But our life was just a dull routine
Sad old Jersey town
Sad Jersey town.
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12. |
Living a Fantasy (demo)
03:37
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I knew a guy who bought a brand new cadillac car
Just to cruise around town acting like a big star
He thought he was so cool, but he was just a poor fool
Living a fantasy
He used to have a girl who wore old torn blue jeans
She didn't need much make up to look like a dream
She held her head up high and said good by to that guy
Who was living a fantasy
Her kisses were like fire
And her heart was made of gold
She took me higher and higher
I felt like a knight in armor in the days of old.
My father was like a king in the pool hall in town
He didn't even look up when I came around
He wanted to be number one
He didn't even care about his son
He was living a fantasy
Living a fantasy
There was a skinny little kid in my high school
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't be cool
He saved up for a guitar
He wanted to be a rock star
He was living a fantasy
Living a fantasy
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13. |
100 Degrees in the Shade
02:34
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If you ever come down to southern Texas
You better beware of the heat.
It was 100 degrees in the shade I do believe,
It reached 107 last week
It reached 107 last week.
I once had a sweet girl named Anna
She was going to be my bride
But she turned out to be
A two timing thief
She almost cost me my life
She almost cost me my life.
Well, I'm friends with a whole lot of bar stools
And bad dreams, they torture my sleep
While Anna is down on the beach at Cancun
Painting the nails on her pretty little feet
Painting the nails on her feet.
If you ever come down to southern Texas
You should beware of a pretty girl's charms
With her kisses so sweet you may think you're in Heaven
While you're holding the devil in your arms
Holding her so tightly in your arms.
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