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The wind is a warning
These fields turn to to sand My family will not answer me now Damned damned damned I am Loving the highway man Damned damned damned I am Loving the highway man Damned damned damned I am Loving the highway man Don't say where this ring came from From whose shaking hands don't say who lies bleeding for me Damned damned damned I am Loving the highway man Damned damned damned I am Loving the highway man There's a hole in the ceiling There's no pleasure in my gain My heart is in prison Damned damned damned I am Loving the highway man Damned damned damned I am Loving the highway man |
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| 2. |
| 3:19 |
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Hank Williams died when I was five
He sang I'll never get out of this world alive Now it's been a long time since I was that kid And I've seen a lot more than Hank ever did I've done the down and out in every dark end dive But I'll never get out of your love alive Sam Cooke met the woman at the well She told him that his song was something he could never sell And I think he knew a change was gonna come Still he lived too fast and he died too young Well, dying young I have survived But I'll never get out of your love alive I got washed in the blood of Bill Monroe When he sang about the blues in the body and soul He believed in a God that could raise the dead Still, it's a mighty dark night to travel he said I've seen a mighty dark night and I made that drive But I'll never get out of your love alive Robert Johnson had a hellhound on his trail Drove him to the coffin like a hammer and a nail It takes a powerful man to carry that load When you're trying to beat the devil to the old crossroad I wrestled the devil, lived to testify But I'll never get out of your love alive I'll never get out of your love alive Oh I'll never get out of your love alive I'll never get out of your love alive |
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| 3. |
| 4:44 |
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Keep a fire burnin' in your eyes
Pay attention to the open skies Yuo never know what will he coming down I don t remember losing track of you You were always dancing in and out of view I must have thought you would always he around Always keeping things real by playin' the clown Now you're nowhere to be found I don't know what happens when people die Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear But I can't sing, I can't help listening I can't help feeling stupid, standing around Crying is the easier down 'Cause I know that you would rather we'd be dancing Dancin' our sorrow away No matter what fate throws in your way Just do the steps that you've been shown By everyone you've ever known Until the dance becomes your very own No matter how close to yours Another's steps have grown In the end there is one dance you'll do alone Keep a fire for the human race Let your prayers go drifting into space You never know what will he coming down Perhaps a better world is drawing near Just as easy it could all disappear Along with whatever meaning you might have found Don't let the uncertainty turn you around Go on and I make a joyful sound Into a dancer you have grown From a seed somebody else has thrown Go on ahead and thrown some seeds of your own And somewhere between the time you arrive And the time you go May lie a reason you were alive But you'll never know |
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| 2:35 |
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I stand here by the Western Wall
Maybe a little of that wall stands inside us all I shove my prayers in the crack I've got nothing to lose, no one to answer back All these years I've brought up for review Wasn't taught this but I learned something new And to answer the distant call At the Western Wall I've got a heart full of fear And I offer it up on this altar of tears Red dust settles deep in my skin I don't know where it starts and where I begin It's a crumbling pile of broken stones It ain't much but it might be home If I ever loved a place at all It's the Western Wall I don't know if God was ever a man But if she was I think I understand Why he found a place to break his fall Near the Western Wall |
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| 3:19 |
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You ask me if I've met your baby
I have to say It's been some time now Seems like yesterday He was mine For a while We had good times We went in style But now he's yours Treat him kind Yes I remember well when He was mine You say he means the world to you Well yes I can tell You'll make each other happy I wish you well He was mine For a while We had good times We went in style But now he's yours Treat him kind Yes I remember well when He was mine Yes I remember well when He was mine He was mine He was mine He was mine He was mine |
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| 3:35 |
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Baby when you're down
I'll be around Baby when you're lost I'll be your found When the night is long I'll be the crack of dawn Baby when you take a shot I'll be your sweet spot Baby when you need to float I'll be your lifeboat When you want to play along I'll be your Mah Jong When you've done your best I'll be your day of rest Baby when you take a shot I'll be your sweet spot I'll be your sweet spot Baby when you're falling off your feet Out on a road that's rough and steep And you're looking for a state of grace I'll be your leap of faith Baby when you're growing old I'll be your solid gold When your ship don't come in I'll be your thick and thin When your love is blind I'll be your walk the line When you've given all you've got I'll be your sweet spot |
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| 7. |
| 3:59 |
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Oh the sisters of mercy
they are not departed or gone They were waiting for me when I thought that I just can't go on And they brought me their comfort and later they brought me this song Oh I hope you run into them you who've been traveling so long Yes, you who must leave everything that you cannot control It begins with your family but soon it comes 'round to your soul Well I've been where you're hanging and I think I can see how you're pinned When you're not feeling holy your loneliness says that you've sinned Well they lay down beside me I make my confessions to them They touched both my eyes and I touched the dew on their hem If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn They will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem When I left they were sleeping and I hope you run into them soon Don't turn on the lights you can read their address by the moon And you won't make me jealous if I find they have sweetened your night We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right |
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| 3:16 |
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I'm falling down
I need to sleep Come a long long way No time for weepin No time for weepin Quiet now I'm falling down I'm falling down I have heard A million tales I have told A million more Some of them Must have been true But I don't know anymore I'm falling down SOLO Do your dance on my head Heavy steps of the dead Everything the snow surrounds Falling, falling, falling, falling Falling,falling down I'm falling down |
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| 9. |
| 4:04 |
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To the east the factories stand
Like fire breathing dragons against the sky And from their throats a scarlet river Burns itself into smoky lullabies Over neon and fluorescent skies Valerie can you hear those engines drone I wanted to go to Mexico But I'm stranded here alone And once I knew a true love It's been three years since he's gone And if I could get that feeling back I'd give up everything I own Sixteen days since I left Corona And I traveled to this carnival town near Alberndeel And I rode the coaster there on the fairground Twisted backbone of a beast that never heals And I left some skin on fortune's wheel Valerie can you hear those engines drone I wanted to go to Mexico But I'm stranded here alone And once I knew a true love It's been three years since he's gone And if I could get that feeling back I'd give up everything I own Everything's in slow motion now In this little border town I've come so close from so far Just to hide behind these windows here From the world outside I watch those cars and trucks raise trails of dust Down the road as they pass by Valerie can you hear those engines drone I wanted to go to Mexico But I'm stranded here alone And once I knew a true love It's been three years since he's gone And if I could get that feeling back I'd give up everything I own Everything I own Everything I own |
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| 10. |
| 3:17 |
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This is to mother you
To comfort you and get you through Through when your nights are lonely Through when your dreams are only blue This is to mother you This is to be with you To hold you and to kiss you too For when you need me I will do What your own mother didn't do Which is to mother you All the pain that you have known All the violence in your soul All the wrong things you have done I will take from you when I come All mistakes made in distress All your unhappiness I will take away with my kiss Yes I will give you tenderness For child I am so glad I found you Although my arms have always been around you Sweet bird although you did not see me I saw you And I'm here to mother you To comfort you and get you through Through when your nights are lonely Through when your dreams are only blue This is to mother you |
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| 11. |
| 3:24 |
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All I left behind should come as no surprise
To me since I fell through the black hole of your eye Only little things inconsequential I could say Of all I left behind with you along the lost highway Silver earrings in Wichita Beaded moccasins in Tonapah But I had you so I just let them go The flannel shirt I wore to keep me from the cold When we drove from Boston all the way to Buffalo The leather boots I bought so many miles ago I took them off to follow you into the Ohio Never did my armor feel so thin Silk was all I had between me and your skin Like waterloo I lost that too And the gold bracelet with my fathers name inscribed On the back by the one who loved him all her life The way I too could have loved you The spanish shawl I put across the broken shade Of the lamp that lit the room That last night near Cour d'Alene Only little things inconsequential I could say Of all I left behind with you along the lost highway Of all I left behind |
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| 12. |
| 6:19 |
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Tonight my bag is packed
Tomorrow I'll walk these tracks That will lead me 'cross the border Tomorrow my love and I We'll sleep 'neath auburn skies Somewhere across the border We'll leave behind my dear Pain and sadness we've found here And we'll drink from the Brazos' muddy waters Where the sky grows gray and wide We'll meet on the other side There across the border For me you'll build a house High upon a grassy hill Somewhere across the border Where pain and memory Pain and memory have been stilled There across the border Sweet blossoms fill the air Pastures of gold and green Roll down into cool clear waters And in your arms 'neath open skies I'll kiss the sorrow from your eyes There across the border Tonight we'll sing the songs And I'll dream of you, my corazon And tomorrow my heart will be strong And may the saints' blessing and grace Carry me safely into your arms There across the border For what are we Without hope in our hearts That someday we'll drink from God's blessed waters And eat the fruit from the vine I know that love and fortune will be mine Somewhere across the border |
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