1. |
California Nights
02:17
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California nights, I love my
Sweet California girl.
Cruisin' Sunset Blvd.
We're on top of the world
Sweet California nights
Holding each other so tight
Looking for some fun with my girl
Up here on top of the world
California days, with my girl
Cruisin' through L.A.
Hollywood Blvd was like a dream
Come true
Marilyn and Jimmy were here
Boggie and Bacall were near
Erroll Flynn when he played Robin Hood
They all lived in Hollywood.
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2. |
A Long Way Home
03:37
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It was a hot night in late September
When she came into my life
I was making friends with a friendly bar stool
When she asked, 'Can I get a light?'
It's a long way home Mr. Politician
It's a long way home Mr. banker
It's a long way home from here
You better believe
It's a long way home Mr Politician
It's a long way home Mr Thief
I'd go a long way just to have a conversation
Not full of lies and deceit.
It's a long way home Mr Senator
It's a long way home Mr Banker
It's a long way home
I do believe.
I asked her if she had a happy family
She said her father died when she was three
Her mother cleaned rooms at the hotel
Made sure they had enough to eat
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3. |
I Had a Dream
03:57
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I had a dream
That you were gone
Woke up in a sweat
With the TV still on
I was dreaming
I was dreaming
I had a dream
They dropped 100 bombs
Woke up in a sweat
With the TV set on
Children were screaming
Children were screaming
I had a dream
Bullets flying round my head
Woke up in a sweat
With you next to me in bed
I was screaming
I was screaming
I had a dream
That you were gone
Woke up in a sweat
With the TV still on....
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4. |
Loretta
02:17
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I never knew no one
Who could get me so undone
You're messing with my mind
Messing with my mind girl.
I used to pray to the Lord above
That I'd meet a girl and fall in love
But I never dreamed I'd know
A girl who'd hurt me so
I poured two shots but it didn't help
I poured all night now I'm feeling like hell
I swear I'm headed for hell
Headed straight to hell.
Oh Loretta, it shoulda been betta
You went and played me for a fool
I called you by better half
But you took me for all I had
I was such a love sick fool
Such a God damned fool
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5. |
A Long Time Ago - remix
03:18
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Met her in a coffee shop
A long time
A long time
Ago
She took me by surprise then
The first time
The first time
I saw her smile
Camille (repeat)
Sweet Camille
We were young and happy then
A long time
Such a long time
Ago
Weekends were like heaven then
We were young and so carefree
We thought the good times would never end
Back in the summer of 2003
In the summer of 2003
Camille (repeat)
Sweet Camille
Met her in a coffee shop
A long time
A long time
Ago
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6. |
Honey Child
02:18
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Honey child
You look just like an angel
Honey child
My mind is blown like a windmill
Honey child, honey child
Honey child
I'm lit up like a candle
Honey child
They say you're too hot to handle
Honey child, love of mine
I want to tell you
How much I love you
I love the way you do your hair
I can't believe you're not aware
How beautiful you are to me
Honey child
My heart is racing on a treadmill
Honey child
You light me up like a candle
Honey child, honey child, love of mind
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7. |
In an Old Hotel (demo)
02:44
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When she smiled it was like a neutron bomb, yeah
Going off inside my head
I never knew or saw another like her
And I searched night and day
We used to stay up and talk all night yeah
Sometimes I didn't know night from day
Where's she's gone to, I will never know.
She took off early one morning while I
Slept away
Night and day, yeah
Slipped away, yeah
Night and day
She said, "Come along with me let's walk in the moonlight
Come with me, honey, and hold me so tight
Come along with me and take my hand
And be my lover man."
Little Stacy you meant more than the world to me
I met her one night at a bar, I was so drunk I could barely see
We clicked somehow in spite of all my heavy drinking
Yeah, yeah, yeah, what was I thinking.
Angels followed everywhere we used to go.
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8. |
Arlene
02:30
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She packed her bags and ran out the door
She just couldn't take no more
Of all the lies and all the fights
And all those times she cried all night
She had no father and two slacker brothers
She was hit upon by her mother's lover
Her mother raised the kids on minimum wage
She went to church most every Sunday
Got down on her knees and softly prayed
Prayed to the saints for sweet deliverance one day.
Sweet deliverance one day.
Arlene, Arlene, Arlene (chorus)
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 Arlene
Gonna miss Arlene
(chorus)
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9. |
I Met a Man
02:30
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I met a man here in town today
He asked me for two dollars and
I almost turned away
He'd been living two months
Out on the street
He had no safe place to sleep
He had nothing to eat
Oh Lord, how did it come to this?
When the superintendent of schools in town
Makes a quarter million dollars a year
That's a thousand dollars
Every single day of the week
And this guy doesn't even have
A place to take a leak.
Oh Lord, how did it come to this?
The man who tried to save us
Was betrayed by a kiss.
Hey buddy won't you lend a hand
Hey buddy won't you be a friend
Hey buddy won't you help me up
Hey buddy won't you fill my cup
Hey buddy help me live
Hey buddy won't you kindly give.
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10. |
Kansas
04:11
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When Mollie was sixteen
Her family moved to Kansas
Her brother was three
Her dad sold eye glasses
Rolling down the highway
We’ll get there one day
Everything will be alright soon.
When Mollie first met Dan
He was in one of her classes
He was tall and quite pale
He had long dark eyelashes
He was the only boy in school
Who paid her any attention
It was on their first date
That he first mentioned
He thought he might be gay
He hated his family
His brother starred at football
But Dan never felt manly at all.
The stars up in the sky
They never end dear
Our little planet earth
Is like a grain of sand
Dear Lord
I feel so small.
Mollie missed the bright lights
Of New York City
She wished she were taller
And thinner and pretty.
She was so bright and funny
And normally friendly
But it was hard for a city girl
Out here on the prairie
So far from New York
I hope everything will be alright soon.
The day Dan came out he said
Mollie my friend
I hate who I am
But I can no longer pretend
She said, Dan I love you
Just stay the way you are
Be true to yourself
And you'll shine like a star.
The stars up in the sky
They never end dear
Our little planet earth
Is like a grain of sand
Dear Lord
I hope everything will be alright soon.
I know everything will be alright soon.
Some boys got hold of Dan
After one of his classes
They threw him to the ground
And broke his eyeglasses
They said, "Live by God's word friend".
"We don't like fags here."
"You better turn your life around"
"Or you better just disappear".
"To a place like New York"
"Jew York"
"They like fags in Jew York"
Don't think anything's gonna be alright soon.
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11. |
So in Love
02:09
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12. |
She's Alright - demo
02:05
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I wake at five o'clock
Thinking about you every day
There's a pain in my heart
That just won't go away
Honey, I need your sweet love
Honey I want more of your love.
When I get home late from work
She's got my dinner waiting
We'll make love tonight
Honey, I'm anticipating.
She's alright, She's alright
She's alright
She's alright with me.
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13. |
Forever
02:32
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14. |
Any Day Now (demo)
03:18
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Had a dream I was walking
On the sand along the sand
Through the fog I heard you calling
Come with me and take my hand
Any day
Any day now
Any day I will be free
When I was just a school boy
My teachers were all insane
I was in trouble all through high school
Refused to play their games
My father left the family
Had a sex change, so unreal
Got married to the police chief's brother
Shaved his legs put on high heels
Any day
Any day now
Any day I will be free
At the hotel bar people were talking
I saw you seated at a table there
Out on the deck gulls were squaking
I thought I saw angels dancing in your hair.
Any day
Any day now
Any day I will be free
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