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| 1. |
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I'm tired of this dirty old city.
Entirely too much work and never enough play. And I'm tired of these dirty old sidewalks. Think I'll walk off my steady job today. Turn me loose, set me free, somewhere in the middle of Montanna. And gimme all I got comin' to me, And keep your retirement and your so called social security. Big City turn me loose and set me free. Been working everyday since I was twenty. Haven't got a thing to show for anything I've done. There's folks who never work and they've got plenty. Think it's time some guys like me had some fun. Turn me loose, set me free, somewhere in the middle of Montanna. And gimme all I got comin' to me, And keep your retirement and your so called social security. Big City turn me loose and set me free. |
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| 2. |
| 2:50 |
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The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell 'Let my guitar playing friend do my request.' (Let him...) Sing me back home with a song I used to hear Make my old memories come alive Take me away and turn back the years Sing Me Back Home before I die I recall last Sunday morning a choir from 'cross the street Came to sing a few old gospel songs And I heard him tell the singers 'There's a song my mama sang. Can I hear once before we move along?' Sing me back home, the song my mama sang Make my old memories come alive Take me away and turn back the years Sing Me Back Home before I die Sing Me Back Home before I die |
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| 3. |
| 2:41 |
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It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife
I been a workin' man dang near all my life I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use I'll drink my beer in a tavern, Sing a little bit of these working man blues I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day Might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay But I'll go back workin, come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew I'll drink a little beer that evening, Sing a little bit of these working man blues Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use I drink a little beer in a tavern Sing a little bit of these working man blues Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bummin around I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town But I go back working I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern, Cry a little bit of these working man blues Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use I drink a little beer in a tavern Sing a little bit of these working man blues Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern, Cry a little bit of these working man blues |
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| 2:35 |
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Carolyn let me tell you what I heard about a man today
He didn't come home from work and he went away 'Til he came to a city, bright in the night time like day There they say he met with some women dressed in yellow and scarlet Their warm lips like a honeycomb, dripped with honey And somethin' about the smell of strange perfume Made him feel warm, and not alone Yes Carolyn a man will do that sometimes on his own And sometimes when he's lonely And I believe a man will do that sometimes out of spite But Carolyn, a man will do that always When he's treated bad at home Yes Carolyn a man will do that sometimes on his own And sometimes when he's lonely And I believe a man will do that sometimes out of spite But Carolyn, a man will do that always When he's treated bad at home |
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| 5. |
| 2:20 |
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Someday when our dream world finds us
And these hard times are gone We'll laugh and count our blessings In a mansion all our own If we both pull together tomorrow's sure to come Someday we'll look back and say it was fun We live on love and pennies And the day dream out of sight And I'm amazed the way you smile When things don't turn out right We climb each hill together each step one by one And someday we'll look back and say it was fun Someday when our dream world finds us And these hard times are gone We'll laugh and count our blessings In a mansion all our own If we both pull together tomorrow's sure to come Someday we'll look back and say it was fun And someday we'll look back and say it was fun |
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| 3:09 |
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I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
But they won't let my secret go untold I paid the debt I owed them,but they're still not satisfied Now I'm a branded man out un the cold When they let me out of prison,I held my head up high Determined I would rise above the shame But no matter where I'm living,the black mark follows me I'm branded with a number on my name Repeat verse 1 If I live to be a hundred,I guess I'll never clear my name 'Cause everybody knows I've been in jai No matter where I'm living,I've got to tell them where I've been Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail Repeat verse 1 Now I'm a branded man out un the cold |
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| 7. |
| 3:21 |
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Seems like every November
When the weather gets bad I start to remember All the good times we had The long nights get longer I Wish an friend would come by The forecast is zero And the chill factors high You know the chill factors higher On a cold windy day But there's no wind this morning And no wind on the way There's a snowstorm inside me With record high wind And I'm colder this morning Than I've ever been Seems like every November When the weather gets bad I start to remember The good love we had And the long nights get longer Wish an old friend would drop by The forecast is zero And the chill factors high |
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| 8. |
| 3:23 |
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Twinkle, twinkle lucky star,
Can you send me luck from where you are? Can you make a rainbow shine that far? Twinkle, twinkle lucky star. Can you really make a wish come true? Do you shine on just a chosen few? Is it over? Have I gone to far? Twinkle, twinkle lucky star. Like two ships on the ocean, we drifted apart, And you found an island at sea. Now I'm still driftin' with this pain in my heart. Won't you send her sweet love back to me? Twinkle, twinkle lucky star, Can you send me luck from where you are? Can you make a rainbow shine that far? Twinkle, twinkle lucky star. Instrumental. Like two ships on the ocean, we drifted apart, And you found an island at sea. Now I'm still driftin' with this pain in my heart. Won't you send her sweet love back to me? Twinkle, twinkle lucky star, Can you send me luck from where you are? Can you make a rainbow shine that far? Twinkle, twinkle lucky star. |
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| 9. |
| 2:42 |
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I lost a woman
I believe to be perfect for me You could replace her But you're so much younger than me Our lives are so different Our music is not the same kind It's like we're just out of focus With no way to bring us in line I'm like a man from another time I'm old fashion music, I'm old fashion wine Pilgrim like Jesus with no way to find I'm like a man from another time I may be a reincarnated From a soldier who died in some war With our thirty year difference It's like I was born in some lifetime before I'm old fashion music, I'm old fashion wine I'm like a man from another time Maybe reincarnated From a soldier who died in some war With our thirty year difference I'm like born in some lifetime before I'm old fashion music, I'm old fashion wine I'm like a man from another time I'm like a man from another time |
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| 10. |
| 3:42 |
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We're caught in a trap like prisoners in a cage
Growing old from hate not from age The runnin' love we had is down to crawl We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all You go out with someone else while I'm out with someone too Yet we come back to prison when we're through Why don't we just stay out? But we still can climb the wall We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all Are we afraid that we'll wind up along? Is this the tide that keeps us hanging on? Why don't we just stay out while we still can climb the wall? We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all Are we afraid that we'll wind up along? Is this the tide that keeps us hanging on? Why don't we just stay out while we still can climb the wall? We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all, at all |
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