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Guided By Voices | Atom Eyes | /g/guided+by+voices/atom+eyes_20063037.html | I'm dreaming and so it must be true
Nothing else could look as good as you do
And so in a rocket go
Up to where the astros flow into space
Don't hold me down
Atom eyes, don't worry your brain
Take a break from everyday
Sell the house, the car, the pain
(Just be sure to live again)
Atom eyes
I'm running away from your clues
Atomizer sprinklers are spraying perfume
Escape a lobotomy
There's a million heartstrings ready to fly
Let's pull them now
Atom eyes, don't worry your brain
Take a break from everyday
Sell the house, the car, the pain
(Just be sure to live again)
Atom eyes
Atom eyes, don't worry your brain
Take a break from everyday
Sell the house, the car, the pain
(Just be sure to live again)
Atom eyes
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Guided By Voices | Burning Flag Birthday Suit | /g/guided+by+voices/burning+flag+birthday+suit_20063040.html | Don't open life alone
Contact the empire solutionaries
They cut the skin
They peel back the onion
Reveal the ghost blood
Fat black gas exudes
Moves into the mirrored hall of empty values
Canned sister Iowa
Drive me to the changing room
Where the counterfeit meets
And brings it's collection of orphans
Leave them in the state grip
The nurses hate them
But it's up to you and me
My faithful sin-eater
To give them a glorious light bath
And remove their wrapping
Their burning flag birthday suit
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Guided By Voices | Choking Tara | /g/guided+by+voices/choking+tara_20062996.html | Days into weeks
She rattled my mind
We stayed out all week
And got happy this time
She fills empty space
I kinda need it that way
Crybaby says bye to me
I can't imagine that all our troubles will go away
But I could catch her and break the falls
I could snatch her with breaks and claws
Today when every fake it
Decides to make it
They just can't take it away
Shove it, cus I'll just stay
Like an ugly unwanted stray
Don't care what you say
(intermission)
(no more skinny cheeks
And distributors of poison)
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Guided By Voices | Discussing Wallace Chambers | /g/guided+by+voices/discussing+wallace+chambers_20063114.html | Discussing Wallace Chambers
I hear you talking
Distoring Wallace Chambers
Obscene, not absurd
Convincing Broderick Lewis
Crawl before walking
Original no-neck savage
Fishing for birds.
You walk into the room
Without a broom
To sweep away time lost
At all cost
Wallace hears everything
Wallace hits everything
Wallace hunts everything
Wallace hurts everything
Wallace hates everything
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Guided By Voices | Don't Stop Now | /g/guided+by+voices/dont+stop+now_20063042.html | Woke up one morning saw a rooster
Struttin' by my house
6 pack rings round his neck
"Cock o' the block"
Don't stop now
Don't stop now
What keeps big daddy happy?
What makes the buzzard buzz?
A leaky quart of motor oil
"Head for the hills"
Don't stop now
Don't stop now
We pulled into economy island
"King shit and the golden boys"
Plenty more where we come from
"Top o' the line"
Don't stop now
Don't stop now
Don't stop now
Don't stop now
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Guided By Voices | Echos Myron | /g/guided+by+voices/echos+myron_20062935.html | Tower to the skies
An academy of lies
And what goes up
Surely must come down
And we felt the mighty blow-up
With the walls coming down
Or something like that
most of us are quite pleased
With the same old song
And all of a sudden I'm relatively sane
With everything to lose and nothing to gain
Or something like that
man of wisdom and man of compromise
Man of weak flesh in an armored disguise
All fall down
"if it's right you can tell" echos myron like a siren
With endurance like the liberty bell
And he tells you of the dreamers
But he's cracked up like the road
And he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
And we're finally here and shit yeah it's cool
And shouldn't it be - or something like that
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Guided By Voices | Ester's Day | /g/guided+by+voices/esters+day_20062936.html | Jimmy was a fly
Got sucked in by an actor
And wrapped in a cocoon
And skin-tight buffoonery
Now heres the plan...
Scene from esters day
Of running backward courses
With a horse of different forces
Lying wings of films
That seem to never see the screen
Couldn't bear to face their dreams
Down and out
Couldn't bear to shout it out
Brought up on the road
A sparkle shiny diner
Is the home for wayward minor
In a flying car that seems
To whisper in an ear
Lets just go get out of here
Down and out
Couldn't bear to shout it out
Down and out
Couldn't bear to shout it out...
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Guided By Voices | Everyday | /g/guided+by+voices/everyday_20063127.html | Clouds open dust and waves rise up to
Obscure God's very blue sky.
People skating ginger(ly), only endure
Lines of shopping mothers grabbing the kids
Pushing upto the front
Rows of pretty little house and lawns
I want you to have a beautiful one.
Moving in circles out on the freeway
Coming and going to everyday, everyday
Moving in circles out on the freeway
Coming and going to everyday, everyday
Got a brand new car with hideaway lights
And a blue racing stripe
Costs a little extra but its worth it to me
When money burns through the exhaust pipe
I'd like to take you on a quick spin sometime
To show you what its got
I can't believe you chose to work in the line
I'm so glad that I'm not
Everyday and everyway
Everyday and everyway
Everyday and everyway
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Guided By Voices | Ghosts Of A Different Dream | /g/guided+by+voices/ghosts+of+a+different+dream_20063044.html | Friend of mine, what did you find?
The fog of a nightmare dissipating
A rolling sign better than mine
The ghosts of a different dream are waiting
A different kind of kiss
The souls of a different mist are rolling
I've been inside but missed
The ghosts of an opening fist are calling
The troops are led in tournament red
In spite of the ogre's trumpet blaring
A world of hate can't penetrate
The crest of a different shield you're wearing
A different kind of fight
Keep those telephones-a-ringing
I've been inside alright
The ghosts of a different dream are singing
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Guided By Voices | Heavy Metal Country | /g/guided+by+voices/heavy+metal+country_20063030.html | Two connected tongues
Flesh beginnings
But still you couldn't taste
Cyanide in the open skies below us
Below us
A two way street
And oh, we've eaten all the dough
It's our chance to polist Spanky's boots
Finally see we cannot ?? we loath it
But in consolation gives us cash ??
Chorus
Come with high regard from heavy metal country
They write you super-love and seal it with the kick
And now the creator's skull is cracked
Out come the underground with artificial love
They're singing loud, so very proud
To show the mess they made
At Zoo Arcade
When something central took away their guns
Sometimes I'm programmed better than the other ones
Sometimes I'm programmed to shoot the shot around the world
Sometimes I'm programmed
Chorus
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Guided By Voices | Hot Freaks | /g/guided+by+voices/hot+freaks_20062940.html | I met a non-dairy creamer
Explicitly laid out like a fruitcake
With a wet spot
Bigger than a great lake
Took me to the new church
And baptized me with salt
She told me, "liquor"
I am a new man
hot freaks
this one is on the house
This one is better than ever
I walked into the house of miraculous recovery
And stood before king everything
And he asked me to join him in the red wing
Took me to pie land
Said, "I'm a thigh man"
I will be eternally hateful
hot freaks
Hot freaks
Hot freaks
this one is on the house
This one is better than ever
And this one is on the house
This one is better than ever
This one is on the house
This one is better than ever
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Guided By Voices | Johnny Appleseed | /g/guided+by+voices/johnny+appleseed_20063164.html | You're flying like a fly
In a sky blue sky
You'll be important to the important people
When you die
And I'll settle for a medal
Johnny Appleseed
You're so cherry
You're so cherry
You're so cherry
You're so cherry
You're a breath of insulation
In my draftic attic brain
You're sweeter than the sweet
Cream ladies buzzed on sugar cane
And so the vultures are migrating
To a nastier migraine
You're so cherry
You're so cherry
You're so cherry
You're so cherry
You're so cherry
You're so cherry
You're so cherry
You're so cherry
I'm first lieutenant to you I am
Johnny Appleseed
You're so cherry
You're so cherry
You're so cherry
You're so cherry
I'm first lieutenant to you I am
Johnny Appleseed
Etc...
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Guided By Voices | Liquid Indian | /g/guided+by+voices/liquid+indian_20062956.html | Arcane offices delivering deluxe information:
1) the quaker's seal of approval
2) more movies less trivial pursuit
I'm a born again boot stomping witch-humper
Are we there yet?
The skips and flips are taking sips of
Liquid indian
Liquid indian
Liquid indian
Liquid indian
Soft clay orifice
Quivering like new structures and formations
A perversion not known to the perfect ones
A stinging disruption, alas
It is quick like the ultimate brush-off
Is it time yet?
We've coupons and stamps
And valuable cramps from
Liquid indian
Liquid indian
Liquid indian
Liquid indian
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Guided By Voices | Littlest League Possible | /g/guided+by+voices/littlest+league+possible_21077558.html | Gonna have a lot of fun
Gonna hit a home run
In the littlest league possible
In the littlest league possible
Go and make a big splash
Don't have the song trashed
In the littlest league possible
In the littlest league possible
The nurse went through
The division of conversation
Where words collide
To be the biggest fish in the smallest pond
I'm the middlesest spider in the arachnid design
Looking and fading out in the Texas league
And meanwhile I took too much and also
From running too fast
You ran out of gas
But that's not possible
In the littlest league possible
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Guided By Voices | Look At Them | /g/guided+by+voices/look+at+them_20063046.html | It's crippling never really knowing
They're huddling where it's always nice
And plus there is a flame of frail and trippy hearts
And swallowed, being small and being still
Following where ever you will
Look at them, they're sensitive
And they inch out, look at them
And plus there is a flame of frail and trippy hearts
And swallowed, being small and being still
Following where ever you will
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Guided By Voices | No Sky | /g/guided+by+voices/no+sky_20063049.html | See you around, yeah
I wanted to call you around
See you around, yeah
I wanted to call you around
Could you?
Could you
Keep a secret for me?
Yeah
Could you?
Could you
Keep a secret for me?
Yeah
See you around, yeah
I wanted to call you around
See you around, yeah
I wanted to call you around
When I'm alone I can see no sky
When I'm alone I can see no sky
When I'm alone I can see no sky
Could you?
Could you
Keep a secret for me?
Yeah
Could you?
Could you
Keep a secret for me?
Yeah
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Guided By Voices | Save The Company | /g/guided+by+voices/save+the+company_21077563.html | Stand in the lobby in the summer, inert
I don't know you're lost
Too bad he answered you ripening diamonds
Are gone
Save the company from one last Sunday
She's dead and buried
But lets make out tonight
So endlessly rescued and mayors run
To the golf for your teeth
It's great to be apaled for the thicker
Applause, for me
Save the company from one last Sunday
She's dead and buried
But lets make out tonight
He froze the past
This company notices you aren't here
The rays are here from you
To save the company
Save the company from one last Sunday
She's dead and buried
But lets make out tonight
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Guided By Voices | Sensational Gravity Boy | /g/guided+by+voices/sensational+gravity+boy_20063238.html | Long road black road touch the road
It's a hard road
Spontaneous combustion
Final decision it's the only way
Straight up off from the aggressive rock
Intelligensia
But I feel no pain
From the vacuum that sucks me in
Chorus: I saw you drifting away
With your car today
With the world rushing by
In the wink of an eye
Move away from the whip
On the reality ship
And the world is a toy
For sensational gravity boy
Words in the important points
Is the assassin
Models just them figurines
Yeah just the ones we chose to keep
Look them over vaguely spacy
He spots them
And he will not change
He is a trooper when it comes to that
Chorus
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Guided By Voices | She Wants To Know | /g/guided+by+voices/she+wants+to+know_20063239.html | She wants to know which way the wind blows
And which way to go, I'm never gonna tell her
And she wants to know why I'm been hiding myself out on the road alone
Where no one knows my number
She wants to know why I can't take it slow
And why I can't settle down, but I'm never gonna burn out
She wants to know why I've been lyin' to myself -- playing a loser's game
Fightin' a losin' battle
Far away, that's where I'll be
Shine a light down hard on me
[She wants to know which way the wind blows
And which way to go, I'm never gonna tell her
And she wants to know why I'm been hiding myself out on the road alone
Where no one knows my number]
[Far away, that's where I'll be
Shine a light down hard on me
Down hard on me
Down hard on me]
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Guided By Voices | Smothered In Hugs | /g/guided+by+voices/smothered+in+hugs_20062946.html | In the summer that you came
There was something eating everyone
And the sunshine fund was low
We couldn't greet you
With a simple hello
and the watchers of the flood
Were busy in their chambers
Making sure there was new blood
To sustain their dying veins
but I believed you
No need for further questioning
I'm gonna leave with you
You can teach me all you know
Which way will we go now
On our trip to taller windows
I really don't know now
I really don't know
in the winter that you left
There was business as usual
With the same old fears and frustrations
But the word got out
It was really such a pity
but the judges and the saints
And the textbook committee
Decided you should be left out
Not even mentioned
but I believed you
No need for further questioning
I'm gonna leave with you
You can teach me all you know
Which way will we go now
On our trip to taller windows
I really don't know now
I really don't know
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Guided By Voices | The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory | /g/guided+by+voices/the+goldheart+mountaintop+queen+directory_20062947.html | Cold hands touching my face
Don't hide - the snake can see you
Old friends you might not remember
Fading away from you
The goldheart mountaintop queen directory
The goldheart mountaintop queen directory
and we looked
And we passed
Through the hallways of shatterproof glass
she runs through the night as if nobody cares
She screams and she cries and ignores all the stares
She wants me to come, but I'm never going there
The goldheart mountaintop queen directory
The goldheart mountaintop queen directory
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Guided By Voices | Tractor Rape Chain | /g/guided+by+voices/tractor+rape+chain_10139400.html | Why is it every time I think about you
Something that you have said or implied makes me doubt you
Then I look into your cynical eyes and I know it
As if it never meant anything to me
Parallel lines on a slow decline
Tractor rape chain
Better yet, let's all get wet on the tractor rape chain
Speed up, slow down, go all around in the end
In the first place it's probably just paranoia
But there's a ghost in my room and he says I better run
It's a thing I know
It's a thing I believe in
Won't you tell it to go away?
Parallel lines on a slow decline - tractor rape chain
Better yet, let's all get wet on the tractor rape chain
Speed up, slow down, go all around in the end
Speed up, slow down, go all around in the end
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Guided By Voices | Twilight Campfighter | /g/guided+by+voices/twilight+campfighter_20062989.html | Twilight campfighter
You build your fire into an open wound
You want us to feel better
On these darker trails
With light revealing holy grails
To hike through dangerous weather
You need twilight eyes
Sunspot solider, you come from another day
Accept no pay
You want us to feel better
All for longing causes
Racing minds and lengthy pauses
All who must soon shed their veils
And wipe their eyes
As we vegetate and wait around for brighter days
And can dance contented to the sound of money
Could I have seen a sight
Much greater than your twilight eyes
That penetrate your silent lives (lies)
Twilight campfighter
We do congratulate
It's not too late
To make us all feel better
Under darker skies
With your twilight eyes
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Guided By Voices | Underwater Explosions | /g/guided+by+voices/underwater+explosions_20063292.html | Once she was down and she opened crate of secrets darker than she
Underwater explosions, curtains rippling obviously
She can breathe
Since I've been tired, she can breathe
And the shocks are bound to please
And she points to me
To insist on facing the salt and it stings
And certainly that changes things
And she points to me
(Something passes through me)
Cups painted orange and sunburst
Lined up side by side - she keeps them so clean
Brightly they shine in the starlight
But darker places I've never seen
She can breathe
Since I've been tired, she can breathe
And the shocks are bound to please
And she points to me
To insist on facing the salt and it stings
And certainly that changes things
And she points to me
(Something passes through me)
And the sound will carry you on
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Guided By Voices | Unspirited | /g/guided+by+voices/unspirited_20062990.html | Even when you're lifted by the lie
Heaven sent and gifted-ask them why
Never give it all up-never try
All their hearts are breaking
Unspirited
The less than life you live
The lessons make you lame, boy
The same, boy
Everywhere that you go, I'm with you now
When you lose it all, you'll think of me
When you take the fall, you'll drink to me
I'm the one who did it painlessly
I'm the one that does it
Unspirited
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Guided By Voices | Watch Me Jumpstart | /g/guided+by+voices/watch+me+jumpstart_20062930.html | Watch me jumpstart as the old skin is peeled
See an opening and bust into the field
Hidden longings no longer concealed
Watch me bulldoze every bulldozer away
Each new obstacle from each old new day
Where it's going it's hard for me to say
And shoot me down
And bring me down
But I won't be around
As you run through the places you love
I remember the faces that cry
And they're pulling me back so I have to die
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Guns N' Roses | 14 Years | /g/guns+n+roses/14+years_10139607.html | I try and feel the sunshine
You bring the rain
You try and hold me down
With your complaints
You cry and moan and complain
You whine an tear
Up to my neck in sorrow
The touch you bring
You just don't step inside to 14 years
So hard to keep my own head...that's what I say
You know...I've been the beggar...
I've played the thief
I was the dog...they all tried to beat
But it's been
Fourteen years of silence
It's been
Fourteen years of pain
It's been
Fourteen years that are gone forever
And I'll never have again
Your stupid girlfriends tell you
That I'm to blame
Well - they're all used-up has-beens
Out of the game
This time I'll have the last word
You hear what I say
I tried to see it your way
It won't work today
You don't just step inside to 14 years
So hard to keep my own head...that's what I say
You know...I've been the dealer...hangin' on your street
I was the dog...they all tried to beat
But it's been
Fourteen years of silence
It's been
Fourteen years of pain
It's been
Fourteen years that are gone forever
And I'll never have again
Bullshit and contemplation
Gossip's their trade
If they knew half the real truth
What would they say
Well I'm past the point of concern
It's time to play
These last four years of madness
Sure put me straight
You don't get back fourteen years
In just one day
So hard to keep my own head
Just go away
You know...just like a hooker she said
Nothin's for free
Oh I tried to see it your way
I tried to see it your way
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Guns N' Roses | Black Leather | /g/guns+n+roses/black+leather_10139535.html | Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Well, she's all geared up, walkin' down the street
And I can feel the slime, drippin' down her sleeve
Well, you can't refuse and you just can't choose what she's gonna do
Well, you can't refuse and you just can't choose what she's gonna do
Ooh
Ooh
Well, it's late at night, and I'm all alone
And I can hear her boots as she's near her home
Well, you can't refuse and you just can't choose what she's gonna do
Well, you can't refuse and you just can't choose what she's gonna do
[Chorus:]
Scratch, scratch, she's clawing at the door
Whoa, no, I can't take it anymore
Crack, crack I'm feeling so sore
I never should asked for black leather
Black leather
Ooh, black leather
Ow black leather
And you can try to hide, but you won't get far
You can let her in, and you'll start it again
Well, you can't refuse and you just can't choose what she's gonna do
Well, you can't refuse and you just can't choose what she's gonna do
[Chorus:]
Ooh
Ooh
Black leather [x 8]
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Guns N' Roses | Catcher In The Rye | /g/guns+n+roses/catcher+in+the+rye_20580622.html | When all is said and done
We're not the only ones
Who look at life this way
That's what the old folks say
But every time I'd see them
Makes me wish I had a gun
If I thought that I was crazy
Well I guess I'd have more fun
Guess I'd have more fun
Oh no, no, no, no, no
The Catcher in the Rye again ooh
Won't let ya get away from him
It's just another day like today
You decide
'Cause I don't have to
Then they'll find
And I won't ask you
At anytime
Or long hereafter
If the cold's outside
As I'm imagining
It to be
Oh no
The Catcher in the Rye again ooh
Won't let ya get away from him
It's just another day like today
When all is said and done
We're not the only ones
Who look at life this way
That's what the young folks say
But every time I'd see them
Makes me wish I had a gun
If I thought that I was crazy
Well I guess I'd have more fun
It's what used to be's not there for me
And ought to find someone that belongs insane like I do
Oh no
Not at all [Repeat]
On an ordinary day
Not in an ordinary way
All at once the song I heard
No longer wouldn't play for anybody
Or anyone
That needed comfort from somebody
Needed comfort from someone who cared
To be
Not like you
And unlike me
And then then voices ran away
From me
So now you set the wheels in motion
It haunts our memories
You were the instrument
You were the one
How a body took a body
And Gave that boy a gun
You took our innocence
Beyond our stares
Sometimes the only thing
You got at all
When no one else is there
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Guns N' Roses | Civil War | /g/guns+n+roses/civil+war_10139601.html | Look at your young men fighting
Look at your women crying
Look at your young men dying
The way they've always done before
Look at the hate we're breeding
Look at the fear we're feeding
Look at the lives we're leading
The way we've always done before
My hands are tied
The billions shift from side to side
And the wars go on with brainwashed pride
For the love of God and our human rights
And all these things are swept aside
By bloody hands time can't deny
And are washed away by your genocide
And history hides the lies of our civil wars
D'you wear a black armband
When they shot the man
Who said "peace could last forever"
And in my first memories
They shot Kennedy
I went numb when I learned to see
So I never fell for Vietnam
We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
That you can't trust freedom
When it's not in your hands
When everybody's fightin'
For their promised land
And
I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war
Ow, oh no, no, no, no, no
Look at the shoes you're filling
Look at the blood we're spilling
Look at the world we're killing
The way we've always done before
Look in the doubt we've wallowed
Look at the leaders we've followed
Look at the lies we've swallowed
And I don't want to hear no more
My hands are tied
For all I've seen has changed my mind
But still the wars go on as the years go by
With no love of God or human rights
'Cause all these dreams are swept aside
By bloody hands of the hypnotized
Who carry the cross of homicide
And history bears the scars of our civil wars
I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
I don't need your civil war
I don't need your civil war
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no uh-oh-uh, no uh-oh, uh no
I don't need one more war
I don't need one more war
No, no, no, no uh-oh-uh, no uh-oh, uh no
Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway?
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Guns N' Roses | Dead Flowers | /g/guns+n+roses/dead+flowers_20180377.html | (Axl Rose and Gilby Clarke)
Well when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair
Talkin' to some rich folk that you know
Well I hope you won't see me in my ragged company
I never thought I'd ever be alone
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Well when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
Ah, I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon
And another whore to take my pain away
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the U.S. Mail
Say it with dead flowers in my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
No, I won't forget to put roses on your grave
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Guns N' Roses | Down On The Farm | /g/guns+n+roses/down+on+the+farm_10139534.html | All I need is some inspiration
Before I do somebody some harm
I feel just like a vegetable
Down here on the farm
Nobody comes to see me
Nobody here to turn me on
I ain't even got a lover
Down here on the farm
They told me to get healthy
They told me to get some sun
But boredom eats me like ketchup
Down here on the farm
Drinking lemonade shanty
Ain't no body gonna do me harm
But I'm like a fish out of water
Down here on the farm
I write a thousand letters
'Til my fingers all gone numb
But I never see no postman
Down here on the farm
I call my baby on the telephone
I say come down and have some fun
But she knows what the score is
Down here on the farm
I can't fall in love with a wheat field
I can't fall in love with a barn
When everything smells like horse shit
Down here on the farm
Blue skies and swimming pools
Add so much charm
But I'd rather be back in Soho
Than down here on the farm
On the fucking farm!
Are you born in a fucking barn or what?
Baaaaaa!
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Guns N' Roses | Estranged | /g/guns+n+roses/estranged_10139605.html | When you're talkin' to yourself
And nobody's home
You can fool yourself
You came in this world alone
(Alone)
So nobody ever told you baby
How it was gonna be
So what'll happen to you baby
Guess we'll have to wait and see
One, two
Old at heart but I'm only twenty eight
And I'm much too young
To let love break my heart
Young at heart but it's getting much too late
To find ourselves so far apart
I don't know how you're s'posed to find me lately
An what more could you ask from me
How could you say that I never needed you
When you took everything
Said you took everything from me
Young at heart an it gets so hard to wait
When no one I know can seem to help me now
Old at heart but I musn't hesitate
If I'm to find my own way out
Still talkin' to myself
And nobody's home
(Alone)
So nobody ever told us baby
How it was gonna be
So what'll happen to us baby
Guess we'll have to wait and see
When I find out all the reasons
Maybe I'll find another way
Find another day
With all the changing seasons of my life
Maybe I'll get it right next time
An now that you've been broken down
Got your head out of the clouds
You're back down on the ground
And you don't talk so loud
An you don't walk so proud
Any more, and what for
Well I jumped into the river
Too many times to make it home
I'm out here on my own, an drifting all alone
If it doesn't show give it time
To read between the lines
'Cause I see the storm getting closer
And the waves they get so high
Seems everything we've ever known's here
Why must it drift away and die
I'll never find anyone to replace you
Guess I'll have to make it through, this time - oh this time
Without you
I knew the storm was getting closer
And all my friends said I was high
But everything we've ever known's here
I never wanted it to die
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Guns N' Roses | Every Rose Has Its Thorns | /g/guns+n+roses/every+rose+has+its+thorns_20580620.html | We both lie silently still
In the dead of the night
Although we both lie close together
We feel miles apart inside
Was it something I said or something I did
Did my words not come out right
Though I tried not to hurt you
Though I tried
But I guess that's why they say
Chorus:
Every rose has it's thorn
Just like every night has it's dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has it's thorn
Yeah it does
I listen to our favorite song
Playing on the radio
Hear the dj say loves a game
Of easy come and easy go
But I wonder does he know
Has he ever felt like this
And I know you'd be here right now
If I could have let you know somehow
I guess
Chorus
Though it's been a while now
I can still feel so much pain
Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals
But the scar, that scar remains
I know I could have saved our love that night
If I'd known what to say
Instead of makin' love
We both made our separate ways
But now I hear you found somebody new
And that I never meant that much to you
To hear that tears me up inside
And to see you cuts me like a knife
I guess
Chorus
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Guns N' Roses | Free Fallin' | /g/guns+n+roses/free+fallin_20630781.html | She's a good girl, loves her mama
loves Jesus and America too
She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis
loves horses and her boyfriend too
It's a long day livin' in Reseda
there's a freeway runnin' through the yard
and I'm a bad boy, 'cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart
And I'm free, I'm free fallin'
All the vampires walkin' through the valley
move west down Ventura Blvd.
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
All the good girls are home with broken hearts
I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
I wanna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for awhile
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Guns N' Roses | Garden Of Eden | /g/guns+n+roses/garden+of+eden_10139586.html | It's a critical solution
And the east coast got the blues
It's a mass of confusion
Like the lies they sell to you
You got a glass jawed toothache
Of a mental disease
An they be runnin' round back
See 'em line up on their knees
Cause the kiss ass sycophants
Throwin' penance at your feet
When they got nowhere to go
Watch 'em come in off the streets
While they're bangin' out front
Inside their slammin' to the cruch
Go on an throw me to the lions
And the whole damn screamin' bunch
Cause the pissed-off rip-offs
Are' everywhere you turn
Tell me how a generation's
Ever s'posed to learn
This fire is burnin'
And it's out of control
It's not a problem you can stop
It's rock n' roll
I read it on a wall
It went straight to my head
It said Dance to the tension
Of a world on edge
We got racial violence
And who'll cast the first stone
And sex is used anyway it can be
Sometimes when I look out
It's hard to see the day
It's a feelin' you can have it
It's not mine to take away
Lost in the garden of Eden
Said we're lost in the garden of Eden
And there's no one's gonna believe this
But we're lost in the garden of Eden
This fire is burnin'
And it's out of control
It's not a problem you can stop
It's rock n' roll
Suck on that
Looking through this point of view
There's no way I'm gonna fit in
Don't ya tell me what my eyes see
Don't ya tell me who to believe in
I ain't superstitious
But I know when somethin's wrong
I've been draggin' my heels
With a bitch called hope
Let the undercurrent drag me along
Lost in the garden of Eden
Said we're lost in the garden of Eden
And there's no one's gonna believe this
But we're lost in the garden of Eden
Most organized religions make
A mockery of humanity
Our governments are dangerous
And out of control
The garden of Eden is just another graveyard
Said if they had someone to buy it
Said I'm sure they'd sell my soul
This fire is burnin'
And it's out of control
It's not a problem you can stop
It's rock n' roll
Lost in the garden of Eden
(An we ain't talkin' about no poison apple or some missin' rib ya hear)
Said we're lost in the garden of Eden
And there's no one's gonna believe this
Said we're lost in the garden of Eden
This fire is burnin'
And it's out of control
It's not a problem you can stop
It's rock n' roll
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Guns N' Roses | Heartbreak Hotel | /g/guns+n+roses/heartbreak+hotel_20219410.html | Well, since my baby left me,
I found a new place to dwell.
It's down at the end of lonely street
At Heartbreak Hotel.
You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely I could die.
And although it's always crowded,
You still can find some room.
Where broken hearted lovers
Do cry away their gloom.
You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely I could die.
Well, the Bell hop's tears keep flowin',
And the desk clerk's dressed in black.
Well they been so long on lonely street
They ain't ever gonna look back.
You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely I could die.
Hey now, if your baby leaves you,
And you got a tale to tell.
Just take a walk down lonely street
To Heartbreak Hotel.
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Guns N' Roses | Human Being | /g/guns+n+roses/human+being_10139530.html | One, two, three four
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Well if you don't like it, go ahead,
Find yourself a saint, go ahead now
Try to find a boy who's gonna be what I ain't
And what you need is a plastic doll with a fresh coat of paint
Who's gonna sit through all the madness always, act so quaint
I said - a. Oh yeah, well - a
It's your new friend, you're really
Making a scene, and I've seen you
Bouncing around, from machine to machine
But you know that
They're never really
Never really what they seem, and you can count on
Generate some warmth, then you'll
See just what I mean, oh baby, baby, baby yeah
Then if I'm acting like a king, don't you know it's 'cause
I'm a human being, and if I
Want too many things, don't you know it's 'cause
I'm a human being
And if I've got to dream, don't you know it's 'cause
I'm a human being, and well if
It's a bit obscene, don't you know it's 'cause
I'm a human being
I don't gotta walk around with my head on down
Just like a human, oh no a human being
I can hold my head so high
Just like a human, a real proud human being
Won't you give me a little sip why won't you give me a
Drag of that cigarette, why don't you
Try to give me something, that I'll
Never ever forget, but now
Could you blow it all, on a
Million dollar bet, because you're
Liable to lose it on a
Best lovin' you've had yet, oh baby baby, oh yeah
Then if I'm acting like a king, don't you know it's 'cause
I'm a human being, and if I
Want too many things, don't you know it's 'cause
I'm a human being
And if I've got to dream, don't you know it's 'cause
I'm a human being, and well if
It's a bit obscene, don't you know it's 'cause
I'm a human being
I don't gotta walk around with my head on down
Just like a human, oh no a human being
I can hold my head so high
Just like a human, a real proud human being
It's like I'm talkin' 'bout the human race
You're tryin' to cover up a big disgrace
Baby, yeah, yeah, yeah
Come on, come on, come on
Well I may think that this whole scene is just a
Too appalling for me
Well, I may be the type who's just mad about
Every little thing that I see, but I can
Color that with history, and make it
Just what I want it to be, well I'm
Blowin' my change on the fan magazines, with all the
Hollywood refugees, oh baby baby oh yeah
Then if I'm acting like a king, don't you know it's 'cause
I'm a human being, and if I
Want too many things, don't you know it's 'cause
I'm a human being
And if I've got to dream, don't you know it's 'cause
I'm a human being, and well if
It's a bit obscene, don't you know it's 'cause
I'm a human being
I don't gotta walk around with my head on down
Just like a human, oh no a human being
I can hold my head so high
Just like a human, a real proud human being
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Guns N' Roses | I Don't Care About You | /g/guns+n+roses/i+dont+care+about+you_10139532.html | Yeah!
I'm from South Philadelphia up on Avenue C
I've seen empty hands that was waitin' to freeze
Up from the power at home
I don't care about you
Fuck you!
I don't care about you
Fuck you!
I've seen Hollywood Boulevard
Welfare hotel
And I spent the night in jail
At the Wilcox Hotel
I don't care about you
Fuck you!
I don't care about you
I've seen an old man have a heart attack in Manhattan
Well he died while we just stood there lookin' at him
Ain't he cute?
I don't care about you
Fuck you!
I don't care about you
I seen mad rollin' drunks
I seen bodies in the streets
I saw a man who was sleepin' in his own puke
And a man with no legs crawlin' down
Fifth Street tryin' just to get somethin' to eat
I don't care about you
Fuck you!
I don't care about you
Fuck you!
I don't care about you
Fuck you!
I don't care about you
Fuck you!
(spoken)
Uh, that hurt man
Alright
Perfect
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Guns N' Roses | If The World | /g/guns+n+roses/if+the+world_20775500.html | [Chorus:]
If the world would end today
All the dreams we had would all just drift away
You know there's nothing more to say
If the world would end would our love slip away
I never knew the way that you looked at me
Would ever mean so much to me
In my heart I found the feelings that I've never shown
Now they've got the best of me
[Chorus:]
I never thought all the love I was looking for
Could ever be so close to me
Your the only one that I've ever loved that has ever loved me
And now you've got the best of me
If the world would end today
All the dreams we had would all just drift away
You know there's nothing more to say
[Chorus:]
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Guns N' Roses | Imagine | /g/guns+n+roses/imagine_20254363.html | Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
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Guns N' Roses | Jumping Jack Flash | /g/guns+n+roses/jumping+jack+flash_20630780.html | I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
And I howled at my ma in the driving rain,
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
It's a Gas! Gas! Gas!
I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag,
I was schooled with a strap right across my back,
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
It's a Gas! Gas! Gas!
I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead.
I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled.
I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I was crowned with a spike right thru my head.
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
It's a Gas! Gas! Gas!
Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas
Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas
Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas
Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas
Jumping Jack Flash
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Guns N' Roses | Sail Away Sweet Sister | /g/guns+n+roses/sail+away+sweet+sister_20537953.html | Sail away sweet sister
Sail across the sea
Maybe you'll find somebody
That will love you half as much as me
My heart is always with you
No matter what you do
So sail away sweet sister
Cause I'll always be in love with you
[From this point on is actually from "Bad Time" by Grand Funk Railroad]
But let her be somebody else's queen
I don't want to know about you
'cause too many others know what I mean
And that's why I got to live without you
I'm in love with a girl
I'm talkin' about
I'm in love with a girl
That I can't live without
I'm in love but it feels like
I'm livin' it out
I'm in love but I must have picked a Bad Time
To be in love
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Guns N' Roses | Sentimental Movie | /g/guns+n+roses/sentimental+movie_10139549.html | You better change your attitude
Cause you know you want it to
You bring me all your pride
But I know you hold it too
I can feed your bounty, yeah
If you feed my head as well
And I won't give you empty promises, yeah
When the quarter's in the wishing well
But this ain't no sentimental movie
Where dreams collect like dust
You talk to me with innocence in your eyes
So now, who can you trust?
You think you look so cool
Yes you do
You take me for your fool, yeah
Itching' for your... Of the hug
Baby I want a new start, but don't you be true, yeah
I can see through your door
You put my head into these walls
You take my heart to the dockside, yeah
You put me in the car
And take me for another ride
But this ain't no sentimental movie
Where dreams collect like dust
You talk to me with innocence in your eyes
So now, who can you trust?
Trust
Trust
Put a path on to your veins
And antique and old whore's our new pain, yeah
The tears you cried
All the tears you cried tonight
Yeah
You put me down
But you can't get out of sight
And this ain't no sentimental movie
You push it on
You grab it on
But I don't see the tv?
This ain't no sentimental movie
Yeah, see the screen
You're startin' to scream
Abusin' confusin'
Your program's over?
This ain't no sentimental movie
Yeah, you look so cool
Don't take me for another one of your scenes?
This ain't no sentimental movie
This ain't no sentimental movie
The tears you cried
All the tears you cried tonight
Yeah
This ain't no sentimental movie
This ain't no sentimental movie
This ain't no sentimental movie
Yea
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Guns N' Roses | Shotgun Blues | /g/guns+n+roses/shotgun+blues_10139603.html | I got the shotgun blues
Shotgun blues
I said I don't know what I did
But I know I gotta move
I got the shotgun blues
Shotgun blues
I can't wait here forever
I got too much here to lose
An now you're blowin' smoke
I think you're one big joke
Me...I gotta lot to learn
An I'm still waitin' for the heads to turn
You say I walk a line
Fuck they move it every time
You walk a mile in my shoes
And then you tell me 'bout singin' the blues
You get what you pay for
An freedom's real high priced
An while your rippin' off children
Somebody's fuckin' your wife
It's never made a difference
It's only how you survive
I got the shotgun blues
Shotgun blues
I said I don't know what I did
But I know I gotta move
I got the shotgun blues
Shotgun blues
I can't wait here forever
I got too much here to lose
An now you ask me why
I said it's do or die
I'll stick it right in your face
And then I'll put you in your motherfuckin' place
And you...you can suck my ass
An I think it's so low class
Me...I'm just so concerned
I'm still waitin' for your ass to burn
Ooooh you want a confrontation
I'll give you every fuckin' chance
With your verbal masturbation
Me...I just like to dance
How's that for provocation
I'm just makin' a stance
An I'm tired of the frustration
Of livin' inside of your lies
And I'm wired on indignation
I said somebody's got to die
I got the shotgun blues
Shotgun blues
I said I don't know what I did
But I know I gotta move
I got the shotgun blues
Shotgun blues
I can't stay here forever
I got too much here to lose
I got the shotgun blues
Shotgun blues
Listen motherfucker
You're about to pay your dues
I got the shotgun blues
Shotgun blues
If you're goin' up against me
Then you know you're gonna lose
I know
I know (there's ways- that we- can find)
I know
I know
You think anyone with an I.Q. over fifteen
Would believe your shit...fuckhead
Nothin' but a fuckin' pussy
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Guns N' Roses | Sweet Child O' Mine | /g/guns+n+roses/sweet+child+o+mine_10139524.html | She's got a smile that
It seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I'd stare too long
I'd probably break down and cry
Oh, oh, oh
Sweet child o' mine
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Sweet love of mine
She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by
Oh, oh, oh
Sweet child o' mine
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Sweet love of mine
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Sweet child o' mine
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Sweet love of mine
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Sweet child o' mine
Oh,
Sweet love of mine
Where do we go?
Where do we go now?
Where do we go?
Oh, oh
Where do we go?
Oh,
Where do we go now?
Where do we go?
Oh, (sweet child)
Where do we go now?
Oh,
Where do we go now?
Oh,
Where do we go?
Oh,
Where do we go now?
Oh,
Where do we go?
Where do we go now?
Where do we go?
Oh,
Where do we go now?
No, no, no, no, no, no
Sweet child,
Sweet child of mine
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Guns N' Roses | The Garden | /g/guns+n+roses/the+garden_10139594.html | You know you're all alone
Your friends they aren't at home
Everybody's gone to the garden
As you look into the trees
You can look but you don't see
The flowers seem to tease you at the garden
Everybody's there, but you don't seem to care
What's it with you man, and this garden
Turned into my worst phobia
A crazy man's utopia
If you're lost no one can show ya
But it sure was glad to know ya
Only poor boys take a chance
On the garden's song and dance
Feel her flowers as they wrap around
But only smart boys do without
You can find it all inside
No need to wrestle with your pride
No you ain't losin' your mind
You're just in the garden
They can lead you to yourself
Or you can throw it on the shelf
But you know you can look inside
For the garden
I wasn't really scared
Lost my virginity there
To a gypsy with blond hair
But now no one seems to care
Like a mouse inside a maze
Wandering 'round four days
With a smile upon my face
I never want to leave this place
Only poor boys take a chance
On the garden's song and dance
Feel her flowers as they wrap around
But only smart boys do without
Turned into my worst phobia
A crazy man's utopia
If you're lost no one can show ya
But it sure was glad to know ya
Bye bye
So long, bye bye
It's glad to know ya
Bye bye
Bye bye
Aw...so long
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Guns N' Roses | Whole Lotta Rosie | /g/guns+n+roses/whole+lotta+rosie_20338328.html | Wanna tell you a story
'Bout a woman I know
When it comes to lovin'
Oh she steals the show
She ain't exactly pretty
Ain't exactly small
Forty-two, thirty-nine, fifty-six
You could say she's got it all
Never had a woman
Never had a woman like you
Doing all the things
Doing all the things you do
Ain't no fairy story
Ain't no skin and bone
But you give it all you got
Weighing in at nineteen stone
You're a whole lotta woman
A whole lotta woman
Whole lotta Rosie
And you're a whole lotta woman
Oh honey you can do it
Do it to me all night long
Only one to turn
Only one to turn me on
All through the night time
And right around the clock
To my surprise
Rosie never stops
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Guns N' Roses | Wild Horses | /g/guns+n+roses/wild+horses_20342928.html | Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted
I bought them for you graceless lady
You know who I am
You know I can't let you slide through my hand
Wild horses
Couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses
Couldn't drag me away
I watched you suffer
A dull aching pain
Now you're decided
To show me the same
No sweeping exits
Or offstage lines
Could make me feel bitter
Or treat you unkind
I know I've dreamed you
A sin n' a lie
I have my freedom
But I don't have much time
Faith has been broken
Tears must be cried
Let's do some living
After we die
Wild horses
Couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses
Couldn't drag me away
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Guns N' Roses | Yesterdays | /g/guns+n+roses/yesterdays_10139582.html | Yesterday, there was so many things
I was never told
Now that I'm startin' to learn
I feel I'm growin' old
'Cause yesterday's got nothin' for me
Old pictures that I'll always see
Time just fades the pages
In my book of memories
Prayers in my pocket
And no hand in destiny
I'll keep on movin' along
With no time to plant my feet
'Cause yesterday's got nothin' for me
Old pictures that I'll always see
Some things could be better
If we'd all just let them be
Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Got nothin' for me
Yesterday there were so many things
I was never shown
Suddenly this time I found
I'm on the streets and I'm all alone
Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Old pictures that I'll always see
I ain't got time to reminisce old novelties
Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Yesterday
Yesterday
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Guns N' Roses | You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory | /g/guns+n+roses/you+cant+put+your+arms+around+a+memory_10139536.html | It doesn't pay to try
All the smart boys know why
It doesn't mean, I didn't try
I just never know, why
It isn't 'cause I'm all alone
Oh, baby, you're not home
And when I'm home
Big deal, I'm still alone
It's so restless, I am
Beat my head against a pole
Try to knock some sense, down 'side my bones
And even though it don't show
Those guys are so old
[Chorus:]
Can't put your arms around a memory
Can't put your arms around a memory
Can't put your arms around a memory
Don't try
Don't try
You're just a basket case
And you got no name
Could you live with me?
Go on and say
And even though it don't show
Those guys are so old
Can't put your arms around a memory
[Chorus:]
Johnny you're me
Yeah, you're memory
I want to put my arms around your memory
I can't try, I can't try...don't try
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Halloween | Howl At The Moon | /h/halloween/howl+at+the+moon_20794925.html | By Geof Johnson
Halloween night,
Moon shining bright.
You'll see such an amazing sight.
All of the wolves gather 'round.
They make a very sad and lonely sound.
Sadder than the wind through the trees,
It puts a lot of little goose bumps on me.
When the wolves sing their song,
They want you to sing along and...
Howl at the moon.
Howl at the moon.
Howl at the moon.
Howl at the moon.
They come from miles and miles away...
Howl at the moon.
Howl at the moon.
Howl at the moon.
Howl at the moon.
They sing all night till the moon sinks low,...
Howl at the moon.
Howl at the moon.
Howl at the moon.
Howl at the moon.
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Halloween | I Just Love Halloween | /h/halloween/i+just+love+halloween_20794928.html | By Ron Brown
There's something strange happening in the neighborhood.
The strangest things you've ever seen.
They're all dressed up in their costumes and looking good.
Trick-or-treat it's Halloween! (Halloween?)
Halloween comes October thirty-one.
It's a creepy crawly night. (What Night?)
They're tricks and treats and fun for everyone.
Trick-or-treat it's Halloween (Halloween?)
I just love Halloween!
SCREAM!
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Hank Snow | Among My Souvenirs | /h/hank+snow/among+my+souvenirs_20258800.html | There's nothing left for me of days that used to be
There's just a memory among my souvenirs
Some letters tied in blue, a photograph or two
I see a rose from you among my souvenirs
A few more tokens rest within my treasure chest
And though they do their best to give me consolation
I count them all apart and as the teardrops start
I find a broken heart among my souvenirs
I count them all apart and as the teardrops start
I find a broken heart among my souvenirs
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Hank Snow | Big Wheels | /h/hank+snow/big+wheels_20153795.html | Oh them big wheels are turning goin' somewhere
And they're carryin' her away from my side yes I cried thought I'd die
Love was just a game to me I thought I'd never cry
I thought she'd be the loser but standin' here am I
And that long train is rolling goin' somewhere
And it's carryin' her away from my side yes I cried thought I'd die
A broken heart is somethin' that I have never had
But I learned the hard way didn't know it hurt so bad
And them big wheels are turnin' goin' somewhere
And it's carryin' her away from my side (yes he cried thought he'd die)
This burnin' love unwanted this love that never dies
Keeps right on a hurting no matter how I try
And that old rattler rolling goin' somewhere
And it's carryin' her away from my side yes I cried thought I'd die
Many years I've fooled around and many years I've lied
I'd always be a leaving with that suitcase by my side
But that big engine's rolling goin' somewhere
And it's carryin' her away from my side yes I cried thought I'd die
Yes I cried thought I'd die
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Hank Snow | Broken Hearted | /h/hank+snow/broken+hearted_20797055.html | You ask me why I'm broken hearted
Why, I've she'd a million tears sweetheart, for you
It's not easy when the love you've cherished
Proves falsehearted, careless and untrue.
You built a chain around my heart, dear
But each link was only sorrow and regret
For you taught my aching heart to love you
But you never taught it to forget.
I've tried in vain to find a new love
That would take your place and teach me to forget
But I find you'll always have my heart, dear
I must live in memories of regret.
Tho' darling, there's one consolation
In my dreams I know I'll find you waiting there
But I'll wake to find each new tomorrow
Saddened by a broken love affair...
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Hank Snow | Casey Jones Was His Name | /h/hank+snow/casey+jones+was+his+name_20179021.html | A long time ago
In a town in Tennessee
There lived a man
And he was brave as he could be
By the sweat of his brow
He earned fortune and fame
Casey Jones was his name
From Memphis, Tennessee
On that Cannonball Express
By the whining of the whistle
You could tell him from the rest
Past the old plantations
With their cotton and cane
Casey Jones was his name
Clickety-clack, clickety-clack
Over the rails he'd go
Clickety-clack, clickety-clack
Bravin' rain and snow
Ev'ryone knew three-eighty-two was his train
Casey Jones was his name
Runnin' late through Sardis
Past Winona on the fly
Like lightnin' chasin' thunder
through the stairways of the sky
When we heard his engine moanin'
And the story is claimed
Casey Jones was his name
Then on that fatal night
He made his final run
Near Vaughan, Mississippi
He knew his time had come
Too late he saw ahead
There's thatta old freight train
Now the legend, Casey Jones was his name
Clickety-clack, clickety-clack
Over the rails he'd go
Clickety-clack, clickety-clack
Bravin' rain and snow
Ev'ryone knew three-eighty-two was his train
Casey Jones was his name
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Hank Snow | Chattanooga Choo Choo | /h/hank+snow/chattanooga+choo+choo_20797047.html | Pardon me boy is this the Chattanooga Choo Choo
Track twenty nine boy you can give me a shine
I can't afford to board the Chattanooga Choo Choo
I've got my fare and just a trifle to spare
(You leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four
Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore
Dinner in the diner nothin' could be finer than to have your ham and eggs in
Carolina)
When you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar
Then you know that Tennessee is not very far
Shovel all the coal in gotta keep a rollin' ooh ohh Chattanooga there you are
There's gonna be a certain party in the station
Satin and lace I used to call funny face
She's gonna cry until I tell her that I'll never roam
So Chattanooga Choo Choo won't you choo choo me home
(Chattanooga Choo Choo won't you choo choo me home)
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Hank Snow | City Of New Orleans | /h/hank+snow/city+of+new+orleans_20178736.html | Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central Monday morning rail
15 cars and 15 restless riders 3 conductors and 24 sacks of mail
All along the southbound odyssey the train rolls out of Kankakee
And moves along past houses farms and fields
Passin' trains that have no name and switchyards full of old black men
Of graveyards full of rusted automobiles
Good mornin' America how are you say don't ya know me I'm your native son
I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Dealin' cards with an old man on the club car many a point nobody's keepin'
score
Hey now pass that paper bag that holds the bottle
And feel the wheels a rumblin' neath the floor
And the sons of poor men porters and the sons of engineers
Ride their daddy's magic carpet made of steel
Mothers with their babies asleep rockin' to that gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Night time on the City of New Orleans changin' cars in Memphis Tennessee
Half way home and we'll be there by mornin'
Through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea
And all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
The conductor sings his song again the passengers will please refrain
This train's got the disappearin' railroad blues
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Hank Snow | Come The Morning | /h/hank+snow/come+the+morning_20170801.html | I sit upon the bed in my rented room and watch
The broken shadows from the street lights playing tag upon the wall
Down the street a neon light is reaching out to mock the night
And all the little fears that darkness brings.
The smoke of my last cigarette still hangs upon the air and yet
I reach to light another from the pack that's nearly gone
And the dawn seems a million miles away but all the while
Down in the trainyard the graveyard shift had just come on
And turned their ragged collars against the drizzling rain
Back and forth the yard engine goes about the pulling out
The railroad cars that soon will be making up the train
That's gonna be come the morning.
I wonder if I ever cross the mind of someone
That I might have learned to love
Had I ever chose to try
Or did she fail to think about me in the lonely nights without me
Was she the last to care if I should live or die.
I've been a nameless ghost that rides the empty wave of memory
In the dark deserted closets of the mind of someone else
And now I'm a ghost unto myself but still I know.
And now I cross the room and stand before the open window
And reach out to touch the rain that's slowly falling on my hand
The pavement hot and cold below looks back at me and seems to know
It ends without a tear without a smile.
And in those last brief seconds could it be I was mistaken
Or did I hear a voice somewhere that softly called my name
Or was it just a whistle of a train for all the while
Down in the trainyard the graveyard shift had just gone home
To hang their clothes to dry them bar their doors against the rain
The yard engine breathe a sigh Then pulls a last grey coal car by
Then moves aside to look with pride Upon the new born train
That I won't take come the morning.
I wonder if I ever cross the mind of someone
That I might have learned to love
Had I ever chose to try
Or did she fail to think about me in the lonely nights without me
Was she the last to care if I should live or die...
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Hank Snow | Cuba Rhumba | /h/hank+snow/cuba+rhumba_20797069.html | Now if you're gonna cruise be sure that you'll choose Habana
Where the waters are green by that old Caribbean sea
And if you stay awhile you'll soon like their style of rhythm
You'll learn the Cuba Rhumba the dance that everyone does
And when you dance with the sweet senorita you meet in the moonlight
You'll forget way of prom and you'll never want to come home
And in a tropical way you'll learn how to say manana
And the Cuba Rhumba will have you under its spell
If you'll hear Spanish guitars out under the stars in Cuba
While the dancers are swayin' as long as I'm playin' tune
And if you're tappin' your feet in the beat of that native music
Then the Cuba Rhumba has got you under its spell
Beneath the tropical sky you'll be tryin' to step to the rhythm
And you'll shout all day in the way the native all do
And then you'll walk in a trance and just want to dance to Rhumba
Yes the Cuba Rhumba will have you under its spell
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Hank Snow | Down The Old Road To Home | /h/hank+snow/down+the+old+road+to+home_20797090.html | I'm thinking of you while here all alone
I'm wishing and longing for you and for home
I'd give this whole world if I could only say
I'm climbin' that old hill headin' that way
For I'm lonesome and blue for some place to roam
And I wish it could be down that old road to home
With a troubled mind and a heart full of pain
I've searched this whole world for fortune and fame
But I'm longing to be with you once again
So we could go strolling down old mem'ry lane
There's a little white house on the top of the hill
Not very far from an old sawmill
And I'd give this world if I could only say
I'm climbin' that old hill heading that way
For I'm lonesome and blue for some place to roam
And I wish it could be down that old road to home
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Hank Snow | Farther Along | /h/hank+snow/farther+along_20797083.html | Tempted and tried
We're oft made to wonder
Why could it be thus
All the day long
When there are others
Living about us
Never molested
Though in the wrong
Farther along
We'll know all about it
Farther along
We'll understand why
Cheer up my brother
Live in the sunshine
We'll understand it all
By and by
When death has come
And taken our loved ones
It's leaving our home
So lonely and drear
Then do we wonder
Why others prosper
Living so wicked
Year after year
Farther along
We'll know all about it
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Hank Snow | Father Time And Mother Love | /h/hank+snow/father+time+and+mother+love_20797082.html | Father Time and Mother Love,
Sit in their house some where up above
And make us do what they want us to do
And they made me wanting you.
Father Time with his memory's of you
And Mother Love with her heart beat so true
Have brought us back although we were through
And made me know that I love only you.
Father Time has dimmed my eyes,
With tears Mother Love placed inside
When I had missed you all that I could
They gave me you back to love as I should.
Father Time and Mother Love,
Sit in their house somewhere up above
And like puppets and mortals do love
They guide our hearts where they want them to go.
Father Time and Mother Love
Will always be in their house up above,
And Father Time forever will see,
Mother Love keeps you close to me
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Hank Snow | For Now And Always | /h/hank+snow/for+now+and+always_20200116.html | For now and always
I'll hold you tight day and night
Keep the love light burnin' bright in my heart for you
Pretty little sweetheart
I'll love you for now and always
I'll break a date to roller skate
To sit up late just to wait at the gate for you
Pretty little sweetheart
I'll love you for now and always
For your sake time I'll take a pretty bungalow
I'll even learn to make for you
Pretty little sweetheart
I'll love you for now and always
I'll do my work like a Turk
I'll never shirk, I'll be a butcher boy or clerk for you
Love is like a roller coaster
Running upside down
Gonna make a great big poster
Spread the news around
For now and always
You'll always be the one for me
Can't you see that I'll always be in love with you?
Pretty little sweetheart
I'll love you for now and always
I'll do the chores, sweep the floors
From the stores, 'cause I'll always adore you
Not for a day, not for a year
Not for a century, but forever dear
For now and always
I can't deny my heart will fly
To the sky when I sing a lullaby with you
Pretty little sweetheart
I'll love you for now and always
There'll be three, you and me
Someone sweet as she can be who looks just like you
Pretty little sweetheart
Pretty little sweetheart
Pretty little sweetheart
I love you
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Hank Snow | Fraulein | /h/hank+snow/fraulein_20797102.html | Far across the deep blue water lives an old German's daughter
By the banks of the old River Rhine
Where I loved her and lost her but I can't forget her cause I miss my pretty
Fraulein
(Fraulein Fraulein look up toward the heavens)
Each night when the stars start to shine
(By the same stars above you I swear that I love you)
'Cause you are my pretty Fraulein
When my memories wander away over yonder to the sweetheart that I left behind
In a moment of glory a face comes before me the face of my pretty Fraulein
Fraulein Fraulein walk down by the river (pretend that your hands are holding
mine)
By the same stars above you I swear that I love you cause you are my pretty
Fraulein
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Hank Snow | From A Jack To A King | /h/hank+snow/from+a+jack+to+a+king_20797101.html | From a jack to a king
From loneliness to a wedding ring
I played an Ace
And I won a Queen
And walked away with your heart
From a jack to a king
With no regrets
I stacked the cards last night
And Lady Luck
Played her hand just right
To make me king of your heart
For just a little while I thought
That I might lose the game
Then just in time I saw
The twinkle in your eye
From a jack to a king
From loneliness to a wedding ring
I played an Ace
And I won a Queen
You made me king of your heart
For just a little while
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Hank Snow | Frosty The Snowman | /h/hank+snow/frosty+the+snow+man_20200802.html | Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul
With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal
Frosty the snowman was a fairy tale they say
He was made of snow but the children know how he come to life one day
There must have been some magic in that old silk that they found
For when they placed it on his head he began to dance around
Frosty the snowman was alive as he could be
And the children say he could laugh and play just the same as you and me
Frosty the snowman knew the sun was hot that day
So he said let's run and we'll have some fun now before I melt away
Down to the village with a broomstick in his hand
Running here and there all around the square saying catch me if you can
He led them down the streets of town right up to the traffic cop
And he only paused a moment when he heard him holler stop
Frosty the snowman had to hurry on his way
But he waved goodbye sayin' don't you cry I'll be back again some day
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Hank Snow | I Don't Hurt Anymore | /h/hank+snow/i+dont+hurt+anymore_20184933.html | It don't hurt anymore
All my teardrops are dried
No more walkin' the floor
With that burnin' inside
Just to think it could be
Time has opened the door
And at last I am free
I don't hurt anymore.
[Chorus]
No use to deny I wanted to die
The day you said we were through
But now that I find you're out of my mind
I can't believe that it's true
I've forgotten somehow
That I cared so before
And it's wonderful now
I don't hurt anymore.
[Chorus]
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Hank Snow | I Knew That We'd Meet Again | /h/hank+snow/i+knew+that+wed+meet+again_20797134.html | Though we said goodbye and we drifted far apart
I knew that we'd meet again
Though you left my arms you never left my heart
I knew that we'd meet again
The lover's lane was not the same with someone new
How could lover's lane be same without you
Here we are together prayers were not in vain
I knew that we'd meet again
One word was spoken and now our two hearts they were broken
Our love had all gone astray
That old pride do a courtin' but honey you know I was certain
That we'd meet again some sunny day
True love may sever though it will ever live on in memory
And though honey we were parted and so broken hearted
I knew someday you'd come back to me
The lover's lane was not the same....
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Hank Snow | I'll Not Forget My Mother's Prayer | /h/hank+snow/ill+not+forget+my+mothers+prayer_20797142.html | I never shall forget the day
I heard my dear old mother say
"I'm leaving now the old home dear,
remember Jack your mother's prayer".
She left me as the golden sun
behind the hill top it did hide,
And when I found that she had gone
I laid my guitar down and cried.
CHORUS
And now she's gone this world is drear,
I long to have dear mother here,
She's gone to join the angels there,
I'll not forget my mother's prayer.
The birds were still, no sound was made,
The organ sad but sweetly played,
As by her side we gathered there,
Our heads bowed down in silent prayer.
We laid here where the fragrant rose
was blooming o'er her lonely grave,
And now in answer to her prayer
I'll meet dear mother some sweet day.
CHORUS
And now she's gone this world is drear,
I long to have dear mother here,
She's gone to join the angels there,
I'll not forget my mother's prayer
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Hank Snow | I'll Ride Back To Lonesome Valley | /h/hank+snow/ill+ride+back+to+lonesome+valley_20797141.html | My troublin' mind tonight is drifting
To a cottage far away
And as restless cattle wander
I can hear a sweet voice say.
"You are leaving, Jack, your darling
With a lonesome broken heart
But I'll wait in Lonesome Valley
Tho' we may be far apart. "
Yes, so well do I remember
Of the night we say goodbye
There were teardrops on your cheeks, dear
As I left your loving side.
But when round up time is over
Wheter skies are dark or fair
I'll ride back to Lonesome Valley
For I know I'll find you there.
You are my queen of Lonesome Valley
By your side I know no care
Nights out on the lonesome prairie
You have been my guiding star.
Soon my faithful paint I'll saddle
And beneath the western sky
I'll ride back to Lonesome Valley
And you'll be my blushing bride...
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Hank Snow | I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail | /h/hank+snow/im+just+here+to+get+my+baby+out+of+jail_20797146.html | I'm not in your town to stay said a lady old and gray
To the warden of the penitentiary
I'm not in your town to stay and I'll soon be on my way
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
Yes, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
I've tried to raiser my baby right, I have prayed both day and night
That he'd never follow the footsteps of his dad
I have searched both far and wide, I had feared that he had died
And at last I find my baby here in jail
Yes, warden, but it's good to find my baby here in jail
I will pawn you my watch, I will pawn you my chain
I will pawn you my gold diamond ring
I will wash all your clothes, I will scrub all your floors
If that will get my baby out of jail
Yes, warden, you know I want my baby out of jail
Then I heard the warden say to the lady old and gray
I will send your baby boy to your side
Those wide gates swung wide apart, she held her darling to her heart
She kissed her darling boy and then she died
But smiling in the arms of her boy there she died
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Hank Snow | I'm Not At All Sorry For You | /h/hank+snow/im+not+at+all+sorry+for+you_20797147.html | Don't come to me with tears in your
Eyes just because he couldn't be true
And expecting me to sympathize
I'm not at all sorry for you
You know I realize all that you been through
Because you treated me just
The way he's treating you
It's too late now to stop worryin'
You I'm not at all sorry for you
Do you remember the tears that
I cried on the light you said he were true
Like the tears that you now try
To hide I'm not at all sorry for you
You know I realize
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Hank Snow | In The Misty Moonlight | /h/hank+snow/in+the+misty+moonlight_20279675.html | In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight
Any place is all right long as I'm with you
In a faraway land on the trophic sea sand
If your hand's in my hand I won't be blue
Way up on the mountain a way down in the valley
I know I'll be happy anyplace anywhere I don't care
In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight
Any place is all right long as you are there
I could be happy in one little room with only a table and a chair
As happy as I'd be in a kingdom by the sea darling if you were there
I could be rich or I could be poor in fact if you were by my side
I could be anything in the whole wide world and I know I'll be satisfied
Way up on the mountain...
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Hank Snow | It Takes Too Long | /h/hank+snow/it+takes+too+long_20329495.html | I don't want to ever fall in love again
I don't want to worry if I'll hurt or hurt somebody
You can't be happy when love comes to an end then you're alone
I won't try to change again for a woman's sake
'Cause I won't be around one who has rules for me to follow
For when a love falls through it hurts and you will never be the same
And it takes too long to heal a broken heart
It hurts too bad when love gets pulled apart
From now on I just won't let it start
'Cause it takes too long to heal a broken heart
It don't really matter why when love is gone
If cheatin' is to blame or it died from natural causes
The end is still the same it always causes pain at least to one
And it takes too long to heal a broken heart
It hurts too bad when love gets pulled apart
From now on I just won't let it start
'Cause it takes too long to heal a broken heart
Yes, it takes too long to heal a broken heart
It hurts too bad when love gets pulled apart
From now on I just won't let it start
'Cause it takes too long to heal a broken heart
Yes, it takes too long to heal a broken heart
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Hank Snow | It's Four In The Morning | /h/hank+snow/its+four+in+the+morning_20797161.html | It's four in the morning and once more the dawning just woke up the wanting in
me
Wishing I'd never met her knowing if I'd forget her
How much better off she would be
The longer I hold on the longer this goes on the harder that it's going to be
But it's four in the morning and once more the dawning just woke up the
wanting in me
I've never deserved her God knows when I hurt her
That's the last thing that I want to do
She tries but she can't tell how she feels but I know
Too well what she's going through
If I love her so much I don't know why I can't do the right thing and just let
her be
But it's four in the morning and once more the dawning just woke up the
wanting in me
Last night I told her this time it's all over making ten times I told her
goodbye
Last night we broke up this morning I woke up
And for the tenth time I'm changing my mind
I saw more love in her eyes when I left her than most foolish man will ever
see
But it's four in the morning and once more the dawning just woke up the
wanting in me
Yes it's four in the morning and once more the dawning just woke up the
wanting in me
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Hank Snow | I've Got To Give It All To You | /h/hank+snow/ive+got+to+give+it+all+to+you_20797155.html | Part of my love used to go to somebody else can't think of who disclosed to
you
Some of my love used to stay head a way for myself
Alone with you here's what I must do
I've got to give you love with all of my heart and my soul
I've got to feed you baby all of the love you've been hold
I left the door open and you know just what to do
I'll wait for you baby I've got to give it all to you
[ fiddle - ac.guitar ]
I've got to give you love with all of my heart and my soul
I've got to feed you baby all of the love you've been hold
He left the door open and I know just what to do
I'll wait for you baby I've got to give it all to you
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Hank Snow | Journey My Baby Back Home | /h/hank+snow/journey+my+baby+back+home_20797174.html | Pale moon start on your journey I'm pleading to you.
Somewhere you'll find a broken heart yearning too.
Bright stars were shining but clouds drifted by
Just to darken a true love affair,
And I know I'm to blame for the showers that fell,
They meant more than my old pal could bear.
I can't see what happened why I went astray
But I promise I'll never more roam.
So pale moon I've made you promise,
so Journey My Baby Back Home.
Pale moon start on your journey I'm pleading to you.
Somewhere you'll find a broken heart yearning too.
They say that a new day is born when the sun
Climbs the stairs to the heaven so blue.
But to me only one day is born ev'ry year
Since I've cheated and been so un true.
I'm weary, I'm heart-sick, I've worried I've cried,
Down your long silver trail starts to roam.
So pale moon I've made you promise,
so Journey My Baby Back Home.
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Hank Snow | Just A Faded Petal From A Beautiful Bouquet | /h/hank+snow/just+a+faded+petal+from+a+beautiful+bouquet_20225940.html | Darling, I received your last long letter,
And enclosed I found a petal from the rose
That I picked and placed within your hair,
Dear when we strolled beneath the moon-beams long ago.
You say that you can understand today, dear,
Why in tears I told you when you went away
Now you're leaving and I'll be so lonely
Like a faded petal from a beautiful bouquet.
You tell me that tonight you're broken hearted,
Your happiness in life sweetheart, you say, is through,
And that you regret the day you left me
And broken my heart to change an old love for the new.
With aching heart in tears I write this letter,
Old mem'ries I could never, never cast away.
I forgive you and you'll find me waiting
Like a faded petal from a beautiful bouquet.
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Hank Snow | Just Across The Bridge Of Gold | /h/hank+snow/just+across+the+bridge+of+gold_20797173.html | As the twilight shadows deepen
Where the weeping willow waves,
All alone in tears I'm kneeling
O'er my sweetheart's lonely grave.
Chorus:
I am asking God's forgiveness,
For you're waiting there I know,
Out beyond that blue horizon
Just across the bridge of gold.
I regret those words I've spoken
Every yesterday of tears
That I caused you little darling
As we wandered through the years
Chorus
If I'd only read your letter
Saying you were in despair
That your weary heart was broken
And in pain was lying there.
Chorus
I tonight would not be weeping
O'er the roses on your grave.
But instead dear I'd be happy
And this sorrow I'd have saved.
Chorus
If I only would have listened
When you told me not to stray
But I said I loved another
Left you there and went away.
Chorus
Now my life is sad and lonely
Down life's path I trudge along
But I'll meet you up in heaven
When from this old world I've gone.
Chorus
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Hank Snow | Just Bidin' My Time | /h/hank+snow/just+bidin+my+time_20797172.html | I can't believe that you're honestly thinking of leaving me
Cause I thought that leaving really wasn't even on your mind
I'm drowning in tears drowning constantly nearer to misery
Just bidin' my time while the glow from the wine makes a fool of me
Over and over I practice every day
What to say when I see you but when I see you my tears get in the way
Just bidin' my time while the glow from the wine makes a fool of me
I spend my nights making up things I might have to say to you
To stop you from going yet keep you from knowing how I feel
But till the light says goodbye to the night and your face I see
I'll just bidin' my time while the glow from the wine makes a fool of me
[ guitar ]
Over and over...
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Hank Snow | Just Keep A Movin' | /h/hank+snow/just+keep+a+movin_20797171.html | Just keep a movin' wherever you were movin'
They told me you were movin' on
Just keep a goin' wherever you were goin'
The day you left me here all alone
You were in such a hurry such a tizzy such a flurry
To leave me for the new love you found
So just keep scratchin' gravel hit the road and start to travel
I don't want to do time I'm not hangin' round
Oh just keep a goin' wherever you were goin'
The day ya broke my heart and said so long
Just keep a movin' wherever you were movin'
The day you told me you were movin' on
Just keep a movin' wherever you were movin'
The day you moved right out of my door
Just keep a love for you and keep him under cover
Your secret love's no secret anymore
When you gave me the go sign I didn't even know why
You were actin' mighty high and mighty then
Now your new love's grown colder than a well digger's shoulder
And you wanted me to take you back again
Oh just keep a goin' wherever you were goin'
The day ya broke my heart and said so long
Just keep a movin' wherever you were movin'
The day you told me you were movin' on
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Hank Snow | Just One Of A Kind | /h/hank+snow/just+one+of+a+kind_20797170.html | Within the prison of my soul
Locked within my troubled mind
Is a love I can't forget
'Cause she's just one of a kind
Just a plain old fashioned girl
The kind a man don't have to tame
When he starts to settle down
He's proud to let her wear his name
Within my hand I hold the key
Do I dare to set her free
Got a feelin' in my mind
That she's just one of a kind
Pulled away from my hometown
Thought I'd leave her love behind
But Mary rode with me
On the highways of my mind
Seen a million pretty girls
Pretty girls aren't hard to find
But she's a rare breed, I'm convinced
Mary's just one of a kind
Within my hand I hold the key
Do I dare to set her free
Got a feelin' in my mind
That she's just one of a kind
Within the prison of my soul
Locked within my troubled mind
Is a love I can't forget
'Cause she's just one of a kind
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Hank Snow | Just Waiting For You | /h/hank+snow/just+waiting+for+you_20797169.html | I am pleading tonight in this letter I write
'Cause it seems as tho' I'm talking to you,
All the tear-stains you see take as kisses from me,
'Cause I'm lonesome here waiting for you.
Does your heart still feel light do you still think your right
That you left me for one you thought true
After years we have known leaving me here alone
So lonesome just waiting for you.
I treasure each thought every memory old pal
That we spent in the days we once knew
And it hurt so inside many times I have cried.
So heartbroken just waiting waiting for you.
But perhaps dear someday when the clouds drift away
And the sunshine again fills the blue
You'll mend the break in my heart once again we will start
From where I've waited so worried and blue.
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Hank Snow | Keep Your Promise, Willie Thomas | /h/hank+snow/keep+your+promise+willie+thomas+feat+anita+carter_20230084.html | Keep your promise, Willie Thomas
We pledged our love one day beneath the whispering maple tree
You made a promise, Willie Thomas
That all the leaves would still be green when you returned to me
But my heart is chilled and my eyes are filled
As I watch the leaves of red and brown fall sadly to the ground
You must keep your promise, Willie Thomas
There'll be on spring until you bring your love again to me
I shall keep my promise, Willie Thomas
I pledged my love to you beneath the whispering maple tree
So, I'll keep my promise, Willie Thomas
Though all the leaves might not be green when I return to thee
Let your heart not be chilled nor your eyes be filled
'Cause I love you though you say the leaves are falling slowly down
So, I'll keep my promise, Willie Thomas
And there'll be spring because with the birds I'll sing
My love again to you
Keep your promise, Willie Thomas
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Hank Snow | Little Joe | /h/hank+snow/little+joe_20797311.html | What will the birds do, mother, in the spring
When they stop to gather crumbs around the door
Will they fly from the trees half as nice with glee
Askin' why Joe wanders out no more
What will the kitten do, mother, all alone
Will he stop from his frolic for the day
Will he lie on his rug by the side of my bed
As he did before I went away
What will Thomas, that old gardener, say
When you ask him for flowers for me
Will he give you a rose he has tended with care
The first, fairest bloom of the tree
I have seen the tears in his honest, old eyes
But he said it was the wind that brought them there
As he gazed on my cheeks growing paler each day
And his hand went trembling through my hair
Keep tied, mother, my poor little dog
For I know he will mourn for me too
Just keep him when old and useless he grows
Sleepin' the whole summer through
Show him my coat, mother, so he'll not forget
His master who then will be dead
Just speak to him kindly and often of Joe
And pat him on his brown, shaggy head
And you, dearest mother, may miss me for a while
But in Heaven I'll no larger grow
And any kind angel will know at the gate
When you ask for your darlin' little Joe
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Hank Snow | Lonesome Whistle | /h/hank+snow/lonesome+whistle_20797308.html | I was ridin' Number Nine
Headin' south from Caroline
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
Got in trouble had to roam
Left my gal and left my home
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
Just a kid actin' smart
I went and broke my darlin's heart
I guess I was too young to know
They took me off the Georgia Main
Locked me to a ball and chain
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
All alone I bear the shame
I'm a number not a name
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
All I do is sit and cry
When the ev'ning train goes by
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
I'll be locked here in this cell
'Til my body's just a shell
And my hair turns whiter than the snow
I'll never see that gal of mine
Lord, I'm in Georgia, doin' time
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
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Hank Snow | Married By The Bible, Divorced By The Law | /h/hank+snow/married+by+the+bible+divorced+by+the+law_20263560.html | What a strange world we live in,
What a shame, oh what a shame!
Someone's always quarrellin'
The marriage don't remain.
Divorces by the thousands
Is the human race insane?
I always thought that marriage
Should be a sacred thing.
[Chorus]
Married by the bible divorced by the law
Ev'ry day there's more and more,
The worst I ever saw.
Things have changed, they're not the same
As the days of ma and pa,
They were married by the bible,
No divorces by the law.
Steps are often taken
Without thinking twice
And oft' times there's a child or two
Who's left to pay the price.
Those little hearts so innocent
They don't know who's to blame,
No mom and dad to love them,
What a shame, oh what a shame!
[Chorus]
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Hank Snow | Mary Ann Regrets | /h/hank+snow/mary+ann+regrets_20797303.html | I saved up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers
For Saturday's date and I restlessly counted the hours
Then today in the mail I received a short little note
And I broke down inside at the message that her mother's wrote
Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again
We're leaving for Europe next week she'll be busy till then
They know that she loves me but poor boys don't fit in their plans
Goodbye true love goodbye my sweet Mary Ann
The weeks have gone by not a word have I heard since then
In the papers I read of the far away places she's been
I can't eat I can't sleep for over and over again
My mind reads that letter and I cry for my Mary Ann
My Mary Ann died they said she just wasted away
If I could have seen her I know she'd be living today
For we loved each other and if they had left us alone
Today she'd be wearing my ring not a blanket of stone
Mary Ann regrets...
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Hank Snow | Miller's Cave | /h/hank+snow/millers+cave_20797318.html | Way down in the state of Georgia
Through the swamps and everglades
There's a hole in Tiger Mountain
God help the man who gets lost in Miller's Cave.
I had a girl (had a girl)
In Waycross, Georgia (Waycross, Georgia) but she had unfaithful ways
Made me feel (made me feel) I was unwanted (so unwanted)
Like the bats and the bears in Miller's Cave.
I couldn't stand the way she did me
Couldn't take her low down ways
Before I'd stay with a cheatin' woman
I'll go live the bears in Miller's Cave.
I caught her out (caught her out) one Sunday morning (Sunday morning)
With a man they call Big Dave
Meanest man (meanest man) in Waycross, Georgia (Waycross, Georgia)
I'd rather fight a Mountain Lion in Miller's Cave.
I said you'll pay, both you and Davey
I must see you in your grave
They laughed at me and then I shot 'em
I took their cheatin', schemin' bones to Miller's Cave.
That woman made (woman made) me feel unwanted (so unwanted)
But I showed 'em I was brave
Most wanted man in the state of Georgia
But they'll never find me 'cause I'm lost in Miller's Cave.
Dark cold, cave, Miller's Cave.
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Hank Snow | Million And One | /h/hank+snow/million+and+one_20797317.html | How many teardrops have I cried over you
A million and one tears a million and two
How many nighttimes have my arms reached for you
A million and one times a million and two
I loved you my darling and I thought
You loved me only me
But you were just foolin' and the fool
You were foolin' was me
How many sweet dreams will never come true
A million and one dreams a million and two
I loved you my darling...
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Hank Williams | A House Without Love | /h/hank+williams/a+house+without+love_20064103.html | For years we both have lived on pride, dear
And we agree that love is gone
Why, oh why do we keep tryin'
A house without love is not a home.
The love light in your eyes has faded
And I'm contented just to roam
We slaved to gain a worthless treasure
A house without love is not a home.
No matter where our footsteps wander
I know we'll both be all alone
With the pride that came between us
A house without love is not a home.
The simple things have gone forever
We wanted wealth to call our own
And now we've reached the hour of parting
A house without love is not a home.
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Hank Williams | Battle Of Armegeddon | /h/hank+williams/battle+of+armegeddon_20162869.html | Written by roy acuff and odell mcleod
Recorded by hank williams, senior
Courtesy of steve raineault
Theres a mighty battle coming and its well now on its way.
Itll be fought at armageddon, it shall be a sad, sad day.
In the book of revelation, words in chapter sixteen say
Therell be gathered there great armies for that battle on that day.
(refrain)
All the way from the gates of eden to the battle of armageddon
Theres been trobles and tribulation, therell be sorrow and despair.
He has said "ye not be troubled for these things shall come to pass."
Then your life will be eternal when you dwell with him at last.
Turn the pages of your bible, in st. Matthew you will see,
Start with chapter twenty-four and read from one to thirty-three.
In our saviors blessed words he said on earth, he prophesised,
For he spoke of this great battle that is coming by and by.
(refrain)
Therell be nation against nation, therell be war and rumor of war.
Therell be great signs in heaven, in the sun, the moon, the stars.
Oh, the hearts of been shall fail them, therell be gnashing of the teeth.
Those who seek it will recieve it, mercy at the saviors feet.
(refrain)
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Hank Williams | Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw | /h/hank+williams/be+careful+of+stones+that+you+throw_20064112.html | A tongue can accuse and carry bad news the seeds of distrust it will sow
But unless you've made no mistakes in your life be careful of stones that you
throw
A neighbor was passing my garden one time she stopped and I knew right away
That it was gossip not flowers she had on her mind
And this is what I heard my neighbor say
That bad girl down the street should be run from our midst
She drinks and she talks quite a lot
She knows not to speak to me or my child my neighbor then smiled and I thought
A tongue can accuse
A car speeded by and the screaming of brakes a sound that made my blood chill
For my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path
And saved by a girl lying still
The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out oh who was that brave girl so
sweet
I covered the crushed broken body and sad the bad girl who lived down the
street
A tongue can accuse
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Hank Williams | Beyond The Sunset | /h/hank+williams/beyond+the+sunset+hank+williams_20064113.html | Should you go first and I remain to walk the road alone
I'll live in memory's garden dear with happy days we've known
In spring I'll wait for roses red, when fades the lilacs bloom
And in early fall when brown leaves fall, I'll catch a glimpse of you
Should you go first and I remain, for battles to be fought
Each thing you've touched along the way, will be a hallowed spot
I'll hear your voice I'll see your smile though blindly I may grope
The memory of your helping hand will buoy me on with hope
Beyond the sunset, oh blissful morning
When with our savior, heaven is begun
Earth's toiling ended, oh glory dawning
Beyond the sunset when day is done
Should you go first and I remain, to finish with the scroll
No lessening shadows shall ever creep in to make this life seem droll
We've known so much of happiness, we've had our cup of joy
And memory is one gift of God that death cannot destroy
I want to know each step you take that I may walk the same
For someday down that lonely road, you'll hear me call your name
Should you go first and I remain, one thing I'll have you do
Walk slowly down that long long path, for soon I'll follow you
In that fair homeland, we'll know no parting
Beyond the sunset for ever more
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Hank Williams | Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain | /h/hank+williams/blue+eyes+crying+in+the+rain_20157513.html | In the twilight glow I see her
Blue eyes crying in the rain
As we kissed goodbye and parted
I knew we'd never meet again
Love is like a dying ember
Where only memories remain
Through the ages I'll remember
Blue eyes crying in the rain
Now my hair has turned to silver
All my life I've loved in vain
I can see her star in heaven
Blue eyes crying in the rain
Someday when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In a land that knows no parting
Blue eyes crying in the rain
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Hank Williams | Calling You | /h/hank+williams/calling+you_20064071.html | When you've strayed from the fold
And there's trouble in your soul
Can't you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
When your soul is lost in sin
And you're at your journey's end
Can't you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
[Chorus]
Callin' you?, [callin' you?]
Callin' you?, [callin' you?]
Can't you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
He will take you by the hand
Lead you to that promise land
Can't you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
As you journey day by day
And temptation comes your way
Can't you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
If you'll follow in his light
He will always guide you right
Can't you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
[Chorus]
When your soul is burdened down
And your friends can not be found
Can't you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
If you'll follow him each day
He will brighten up your way
Can't you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
[Chorus]
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Hank Williams | Crazy Heart | /h/hank+williams/crazy+heart_20064116.html | You thought she'd cared for you and so you acted smart
Go on and break your crazy heart
You lived on promises I knew would fall apart go on and break your crazy heart
You never would admit you were mistaken
You didn't even know the chances you were taken
I knew you couldn't meant I've told you from the start
Go on and break your crazy heart
[ piano - guitar ]
I knew you'll wake up and find her missin'
I tried my best to warn you but you wouldn't listen
You told me I was wrong you thought that you were smart
Go on and break your crazy heart
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Hank Williams | Devil's Train | /h/hank+williams/devils+train_20822735.html | The Devil's Train is long and black
It rides on rails of fear
It's headin' for destruction now
With a drunken engineer
Oh see the greatness of the crowd
That waits beside the track
They're leavin' on that Devil's Train
And never comin' back
Oh Lord, please stop that terrible train
Before it is too late
And teach them how to bow their heads
Before it steals their fate
The Devil's Train will take you
To a land of groans and pain
You'll spend your days in sorrow
If you ride that Devil's Train
Oh listen to that whistle scream
Like echoes from the blue
The blood is white and spouting steam
She's on her way to doom
Oh Lord, please stop that terrible train
Before it is too late
And teach them how to bow their heads
Before it steals their fate
The Devil's Train is long and black
It's beautiful to see
It offers you temptation
But it gives you misery
So come and ride that glorious train
Where happiness is free
It's on its way to heaven now
To spend eternity
Oh Lord, please stop that terrible train
Before it is too late
And teach them how to bow their heads
Before it steals their fate
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