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He touched on the north side of the alley He was flying extra low today In a black BMW with vanity plates He slept the rest of his birthday away
Sometimes it’s hard to be an executive Them purple shades don’t fit him like they should That whiskey was surely 90 proof But that cocaine wasn’t any good
Sugar plum ladies and sales quotas Took 99 percent of his attention There used to be a good dad looking back from the mirror Now a party boy owned that reflection
Sometimes it’s hard to be an executive Them purple shades don’t fit him like they should That whiskey was surely 90 proof But that cocaine wasn’t any good
Sharon please come out and wake him gently Tell him if he goes to treatment you might let him come back home
Sometimes it’s hard to be an executive Them purple shades don’t fit him like they should |
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So Tell Me FatherI saw a bright light while sleeping My eyes were closed tight But we only see 5 percent Of all available light
So tell me Father When you see your Son
Are you sometimes amazed
Of course I was crying Slight crystalline tears We don't know where we come from Before the traveled light years
So tell me Father When you see your Son
Are you somehow amazed
Look yonder those candles There forever burn the sky They’re gone brothers and sisters Of both you and I
I’ll ride forever When my blaze is spent I’ll gather in darkness And retrieve where I went
So tell me Father When you see your Son
Are you sometimes amazed
What I was feelin’ I’ve tried hard to explain Something electric Stepped inside of my brain
Let me rephrase this I know as a father We retrieve where we’ve went And I'll ride forever When my blaze is spent
So tell me Father When you see your Son
Are you sometimes amazed |
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She’s PurpleI’m certain that she’s hurtin’ I hear what she won’t talk I’m color blind but from what I see She’s purple
She envies how the yellow finches fly She feeds them as she walks I’m color blind but from what I see She’s purple
Give her a rainbow Drive the clouds away Give her a rainbow I’m color blind but from what I see She’s purple
Heat waves rise near the water She’s brown from the sun I’m color blind but from what I see She’s purple
Give her a rainbow Drive the clouds away Give her a rainbow Hell I’m color blind but from what I see She’s purple
Hell I’m color blind but from what I see She’s purple |
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Ben Had A Bad MorningIt’s a blue sky and a blue day Sometimes we all get swept away He was getting ready with his bloody Stein We all thought that he was doing fine Ready to do his time
But Ben he had a bad morning Ben he had a bad morning Ben had a bad morning So he went home He went home He went home
His husky had one grey eye and one that’s blue That dog can sleep the whole day through For a man that seems too long to rest Some days we’re just not at our best When we get put to the test
And Ben he had a bad morning Ben he had a bad morning Yes Ben had a bad morning So he went home He went home He went home
Yes Ben he had a bad morning Ben he had a bad morning Ben had a bad morning So he went home |
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Morning in a Minor KeyDiesel smoke from a backhoe The tin sounds from a dobro And a barking dog Up the street They all compete With the south wind This morning This morning In a minor key
And there’s business emails That don’t mean much Blame the people that have lost their human touch And a barking dog Down the street They all compete With the south wind This morning This morning Is in a minor key
I’ve been distracted By noise In my ears Between my ears But this morning I hear it clear I hear it clear in a minor key This morning This morning Is in a minor key |
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Joey’s Drunk But . . .From the missions and soup kitchens To the alleys down the street Someone is laughing while someone is getting beat And it don’t take much to get ‘em high anymore
There’s always someone preaching and there’s always someone bent There’s always a single mother that’s hooking to pay the rent And it don’t take much to get ‘em high anymore
Joey’s drunk but he thinks he sees an angel Who am I to argue with that man? He’s on his knees in a makeshift alley altar He says he’s part of the good Lord’s master plan
The drunk tanks and holding cells are full beyond relief There’s weekend johns and pedophiles and a couple of common thieves And it don’t take much to get ‘em high anymore
There’s a God for the homeless and a God for the drunks God for the junkies and God for the punks And it don’t take much to get ‘em high anymore
Hey Joey’s drunk but he thinks he sees an angel Who am I to argue with that man? He’s on his knees in a makeshift alley altar He says he’s part of the good Lord’s master plan |
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She Did CartwheelsAs a young girl she did cartwheels Now she’s ready for high heels But she’s worried she’ll grow too tall
She used to wonder When she was younger At the birds flying south in the fall
One cold winter day She froze her fingers Oh how that memory lingers
As a young girl she did cartwheels Now she knows how mom feels Cause she’s held babies close to her breast
When she was younger She used to wonder What good can come from algebra tests?
One cold winter day She froze her fingers Oh how those memories linger
As a young girl she did cartwheels Now she’s ready for high heels
As a young girl she did cartwheels Now she’s ready for high heels |
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Big RoosterYou don’t know that you’re ragged Or know that you’re haggard ‘til it hits you And if you slow down some reaper or a clown will get you And the red in the sky and red in your eye means danger
Hey Tonto split and you’re running like some crazy Lone Ranger You’ve circled a wagon and burned up all your provisions You smoked a peace pipe and you had you some pretty good visions
Tell me big rooster why is it you’re still clucking I think buckshot is headed your way and you should be ducking
So tell me big rooster why is it you’re still clucking I think buckshot’s headed your way and you should be ducking
Tell me big rooster why is it you’re still clucking I think buckshot’s headed your way and you should be ducking |
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New CompromiseThe grey settled in on a new compromise Took all the color from a sad girl’s eyes A train passing by crumbled all the sound Took all the music from the merry-go-round Brought a new compromise To a sad girl’s eyes
She fed a stray cat She scratched behind his ears Loaded up her clothes and counted out her fears A crack of moonlight put some yellow in the grey A small reprieve at the end of her dark day Brought a new compromise To a sad girl’s eyes
There’s a new compromise In a sad girl’s eyes |
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Wedding By The WaterFor this wedding by the water We gathered this fine day We come as sons and daughters To give our love away
For this wedding by the water We pray for lasting love May this wedding by the water Be blessed from above
And we’ll dance We might even cry We’ll call our angels down From the sky
For this wedding by the water We gather this fine day We call his sons and daughters To give our love away
For this wedding by the water We pray for lasting love May this wedding by the water Be blessed from above |
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A Little Beer And . . .Well I’m a self-medicated Slightly over rated Guitar man
And my ambition Is to do more fishing I’m a river man
I’m an old ballplayer And my knees Hell they’re shot
So I drink a little beer And I smoke a little pot
I love family ladies Kittens and babies And big sunsets
And I don’t say never I believe in forever And few regrets
I’m grateful as hell But I’ve earned what I got
So I drink a little beer And I smoke a little pot
Now I’m slow go-getter But a damn good babysitter I don’t like liars That’s one thing I’m not
So I drink a little beer And I smoke a little pot
So I drink a little beer Smoke a little pot
I learned that from Roger Miller |
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That rain was comin’ I could almost hear it The rain was comin’ And I needed it The rain was comin’ To wash away regret Rain was comin’
Let’s tie off across the river In those great grey cottonwoods That have been standing Standing with their toes up in high water
That rain was comin’ The swallows took flight Rain was comin’ Weightless clouds could no longer hold what dropped all night Rain was comin’ I could feel it Wash away regret Rain was comin’ |
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To Get Me ThroughThis week has been kinda long Sitting here strummin’ on a song to get me through Song to get me through My toes should be in the sand My bosslady wouldn’t understand If I went south If I went south
I’m just watching the sun go down Sitting here grooving to my guitar sound Today went by just a little too fast So I’ll just sit and smoke a little grass To get me through To get me through To get me through To get me through
Tomorrow morning I’m gonna be all right I’ll be up and at ‘em at first morning light I’ll be clucking like that big rooster Clucking like that big rooster I am
I’m just watching the sun go down Sitting here grooving to my guitar sound Today went by just a little too fast So I’ll just sit and smoke a little grass To get me through To get me through
I said I’m just watching that old sun go down Sitting here grooving to my guitar sound Today went by just a little too fast So I’ll just sit and smoke a little grass To get me through To get me through What else am I gonna do To get me through |
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We Can Heal Ourselves
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