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I'll Be Damned
02:32
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get me outta this place i don’t mind saying
everybody seems a little too cool
it’s just fine if you don’t mind playin the fool
ain’t no signal and there ain’t no sign
and i’m tired of being last in line
i be damned
and baby that’ll be just fine
push me in a wheelbarrow sit me on a mule
put me on a broke down train
get me outta here quick
cuz everybody going insane
c’mon lock the door let’s go see where
everybody likes it just like me
i be damned
just like my momma said to me
(i be damned) everybody gonna jump off the roof
(i be damned) i’ll be honest i can’t stand the truth
come on over baby we swimming in a lake of fire
test your knowledge taste the fruit
get ya fitted for a creosote boot
& get down below where folks get a little bit higher
(i be damned) we dancing in a meat house locker
(i be damned) my baby she’s a real shit talker
nothing wrong with raisin up a little hell
put on that dress paint your mouth
let’s go see what things are like down south
ill be damned and baby let’s go down the well
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2. |
Everybody Goes To Hank's
04:34
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oh your money can’t buy you grace
take the years off of your face
buy you things you can’t replace you fool you fool
and your youth can’t save you now
you’ll be older soon somehow--it’s very cruel
but everybody knows...
you’ll see everyone you know
it’s all part of the show
if you’re high or if you’re low it’s all the same
and when you been through it all not a soul will recall what was your name
cuz everybody knows everybody goes to hank's
it’s the same thing every time
get your chicken and your wine
you pay the man in dimes from off the floor
and he he sings something strange
and then he smiles and slips the change into his drawer
cuz everybody knows everybody goes to hank's
i see the light is on
i see the light is on
i see the light is on, don't you?
now the days are getting short
brings me no joy to report
that we might have to abort this crazy scheme
these are strange days indeed
you'd better pack just what you need this ain’t no dream
cuz everybody knows everybody goes to hank's
i see the light is on
i see the light is on
i see the light is on, don't you?
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Rag Daze
04:09
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nowhere to go no place to be
i went downtown in ’93
all that’s left is what you see from the rag daze
lost my place one day in June
but someone lent me their spare room
wasn’t my friend but he would be soon in the rag daze
the rag daze are gone
the rag days are gone
lookout joe we bout to blow this rag day song
we was ruff and raw and ragged too
busted coats and taped up shoes
it was a barroom xanadu through the rag daze
took my last good pair of pants
went out looking for some cheap romance
broke my foot and learned to dance through the rag days
the rag daze are gone
the rag days are gone
lookout joe we bout to blow this rag day song
got so cold we almost died
wear your coat just to sleep inside
still and all it was quite a ride
but i made it through without a hitch
ain’t got much but i’m still quite rich
want some heat i just turn a switch to the rag daze
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Winona
03:21
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have you seen winona? The shimmy queen of arkansas
they know her around new jersey — from tenafly to totowa
but out in salt lake city — where they teach the boys to sing
i hand the man 3 fifty — and i seen a most wonderful thing
so how you gonna keep me…
how you gonna keep me down on the farm when i’ve seen winona dance?
i been to madagascar — but they wasn’t really mad at all
they mostly just pick guitars got their back up against the wall
i went to see ol’ gay paree plongeuring and cutting hair
did my time at the dmv you know there’s many fine people there
so how you gonna keep me…etc…
winona winona you make my dreams come true
my piggly all wiggly when you do that dance you do
winona you are my facination
you just about bust my imagination
you gimme just a little but a little ain’t enough
come on winona don’t be so rough
down at the family dollar
that’s where i always go
and when winona’s working
the line moves much too slow
i asked her what’s the secret
what keeps you so serene
she said i leave it up on the stage
it keeps my conscience clean
so i threw down all my money
my toothpaste and my gin
i said won't you come with me
and now we’re on the road again
sometimes we go wrong
sometimes we go right
but when i’m with winona
go dancing every night
so how you gonna keep me….
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5. |
Something You Know
05:31
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won’t come quick won’t come quiet
won’t make you cry won’t make you wail
won’t come slick won’t come sly
won’t be a letter in the mail
it will be something you know
something you know
make you fall apart
it will be something you know
something you know
that will break your heart
when you learn that you’ve lost
all your old muscles
and you can’t remember where
think on the past and your old hustles
well maybe you left them there
and it ain’t gonna be some great big mystery
won’t be no stranger on a train
‘cuz it’s probably sitting right there beside you
and all your life you’ve known its name
so goodbye my friends goodbye old Salinas
scatter my ashes in the shade
and think of the times that we had between us
every time you hear me say
it will be something you know
something you know
make you fall apart
it will be something you know
something you know
that will break your heart
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6. |
Dear Old Daddy
03:43
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now I don’t get around much anymore
it takes so long to get up off the floor
you got me on my knees the whole day thru
sometimes it hurts for me to play with you
so many things that you won’t understand
’til you grow up to be an older man
now i’m gonna be right here until i’m not
until then what you see is all i got
now don’t you move so fast, buddy can’t you see
i’m your dear old daddy—take it easy on me
and when i think about my younger days
running wild with my childish ways
i’m glad you never met the younger me
i wasn’t always nice as i could be
when i go to pick you up from school
they wanna know whose grandpa are you?
& the other mothers never look my way
sometimes i think they wish i’d go away
so let’s ditch this place you better hold my hand
i’m your dear old daddy doing the best i can
one fine day
make it worth every tear i had
to hear you say
dad you wasn’t really all that bad
things will fall apart in fits and spurts
i’m keeping track of everything that hurts
& one day i’m gonna bill you for my time
until then everything that’s yours is mine
but what i wanna say for what it’s worth
is that i love you more than anything on earth
& I’m gonna keep on waking up and hopefully
i’ll stick around until you’re sick of me
but until that day i hope you understand
i’m your dear old daddy doing the best i can
until that day i hope you understand
i’m your dear old daddy
doing the best i can
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7. |
One More Day
04:20
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when you’ve looked all over town
turned the whole world upside down
for a thing you didn’t mean to throw away
when you feel you’re near the end
and you just can’t find a friend
know you only have to make it one more day
one more day
and it might be the last look
or you might somehow find another way
when everything is gone my light is always on
and i know we can make it one more day
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8. |
Little Mercy
03:57
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down on the corner i hear them talk that game
but their voices go soft whenever they speak your name
i’ve known you all your life and now you’re almost grown
you used to sit and stare over there in the street all alone
so tell me why’d you do it? let me know your mind cuz we
all need a little mercy sometimes
up at my window you can hear all the lies
and the laughter and the longing and the lovers’ cries
from up here i see it all and it goes down every day
the shapes and the shadows ducking down the alleyway
why’d you do it? please look me in the eye cuz we
all need a little mercy sometimes
a little mercy—feels like rain
a little mercy—make you whole again
a little mercy—might be the light to bring you home
The sound that the ladies make when they know their boys are gone
the faces always change and become a mask they put on
now that you’ll have to run may your road run straight and true
and one day you find nothing’s coming after you
so tell me why’d you do it? let me know your mind cuz we
all need a little mercy sometimes
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9. |
Look Out
04:36
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baby look out cuz baby i’m on my way
jump and shout i’m coming on home to stay
took my shot and i did my time in hell
i'm coming in hot gonna make the sidewalks melt
i don’t know what you been through
well i might have heard a tale or two
so baby look out
cuz baby i’m looking out for you
i know well where all of the bones are hid
& i heard tell what you and jonesy did
but that don’t matter he can’t love you nothing like me
climb that ladder watch the lightning split the tree
jonesy jones about half grown
but
he don’t know the things that i do
so baby look out
cuz baby i’m looking out for you
now i been cooling but baby i’m all on fire
i ain’t fooling i’m tighter than a telephone wire
strike that match til this whole town is in flames
take that scratch go where nobody knows our names
make you a promise
ain’t no threat you and
me we gonna get right yet
so baby look out
cuz baby i’m looking out for you
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10. |
The Blue Room
07:17
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the jukebox is lousy
there's no room to dance
the dancers have had their day
and dancing ain't allowed anyway
the pool table's busted
the stools are ruined
only place for a fool like me on avenue C
don't take me on the town
out with the folks i know
staggering where the lights are bright
and the people want to go
no i don't want to laugh
leave me with that photograph
just drop me over by the blue room
i been looking all over for the blue room
just a crazy baldhead
the pride of linden
used to listen to me sing my song
but he never hung around very long
and the tall one had wild eyes
but he could read the signs
as long as the lights were low and the whiskey flowed
chorus
all up and down the street
they’re bringing down the heat
enough to crack your lens and all your friends could not complete you
and it’s all gone blue
fools and believers
disciples and dreamers
on the train back to roselle park
going home now the blue room's dark
and they think of the old days
before it all went wrong
turn over and go to sleep and they sing this song
don't take me on the town
out with the folks i know
staggering where the lights are bright
and the people want to go
no i don't want to laugh
leave me with that photograph
just drop me over by the blue room
i been looking all over for the blue room
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11. |
The Lucky One
02:50
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i’m the lucky one
might not look it but it’s true
i got lucky on the day that i found you
i was lost and i couldn’t find my way
our paths crossed and that was such a lucky day
oh i’m the lucky one
and i have no right to be
maybe together we can cross this raging sea
you’re my star you’re my light upon the shore
you’re my anchor when i just can’t drift no more
and trouble--trouble comes to every man
always waiting with a little trouble in his hand
but the devil’s right behind you gonna chase you up a tree
even find him in the sunshine where your angels ought to be
but i’m the lucky one and i thank the stars above
all of kentucky couldn’t hold all of my love
maybe tomorrow gonna wake up and i’ll say
that it’s it’s just my luck
just my luck
just my luck that’s here to stay
it’s just my luck that’s come my way
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Alex McMurray New Orleans, Louisiana
I'm a New Orleans based singer songwriter type. I play in a bunch of bands. I make recordings sometimes. Some of them are here. Thanks for supporting my work. Drop me a line--I'd love to hear from you.
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