1. |
Workin on Forgettin
02:37
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Go ahead and leave your porch light on
I'll be coming home
I'll leave my muddy shoes outside your door
Cause I'd hate to leave my tracks all across your spotless floor
Been workin on forgettin
All the things that I have learned
All that I've been through since I've begun
Let me see it one more time the way it was
When I was young
Go ahead and leave your door unlocked
And know I'm on my way
If I knocked I couldn't tell you my own name
Cause the ones that we've been given aren't the ones it takes
our whole lives to say
Been workin on forgettin
All the feelings I have felt
Any time I failed
If I tried
Let me see it one more time the way it was
When I was a child
Go ahead and get yourself some sleep
I could take all night
To try and get myself
There from Here
And I know we'll have a whole new set of worries
By this same time next year
Been workin on forgettin
Expectations I have had
A thing that seems impossible to do
Let me see it one more time the way it was
When it was new
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2. |
Whirlwind
04:06
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When I first left my home
I snuck out in the night
Cause no one could stop me
If they didn't know
I packed up my bags
With all my prized possessions
I thought that I might need
And climbed out my window
But, there was some place else
That I
Had to be
And, I didn't know where
But, for myself I
Had to see
There was so much that I didn't know
So much that I didn't know
There was so much that I didn't know
But Home
Wasn't Home for me
The first place that I came to was a church
Pretty little white building on a hill
And the people there were so nice
They invited me right in
And, they were all smiling, full of joy
Dancing, clapping their hands
And singing all their song
Of salvation for their sins
Chorus
But, Church
Wasn't Home for me
The next place that I came to was a school
People there were busy as can be
Packing up their bags
With things that they might need
And they're making their big plans
To leave their Home
For the first time
And, I hope that they succeed
Chorus
But, School
Wasn't Home for me
I was in a whirlwind
And I was lost
Didn't have a friend
No place to go
I was tired
I was alone
There was so much
I didn't know
I was a man
Without a Home
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3. |
Carried Away
02:00
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There's a big storm blowing in
It's on the horizon
I hope I don't get carried away
Tornado's gonna touch down
The middle of my small town
Well, don't let me get carried away
Thunder and lightening
And it's all oh so frightening
But still
Exciting as can be
I hear the wind call out to me
All the sudden I'm as brave as can be
I must be getting carried away
I look around, there's no one there
Then I look down and I'm in the air
And I know I'm getting carried away
Chorus
Then I'm in a tree and upside down
There's carrion birds all circling 'round
I let myself get carried away
Gonna get my feet back on the ground
And find a little bit bigger small town
For the next time I get carried away
Chorus
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4. |
Red River Blues
03:57
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Where has the sun done gone
Where has the sun done gone
Where has the sun done gone, poorboy
Where has the sun done gone
Gone only God knows where
Gone only God knows where
Gone only God knows where, little darling
Where has the sun done gone
I'm all out and down
I'm all out and down
I'm all out and down and I'm laid way bound
Where has the sun done gone
I'm a poorboy a long way from home
Poorboy a long way from home
Poorboy a long way from home, little darling
Where has the sun done gone
Which way does that Red River run
Which way does that Red River run
Which way oh which way does that Red River run
Where has the sun done gone
Runs in and out these old hills
Runs in and out these old hills
Cuts through the land like an old river will
Where has the sun done gone
Think I'ma float on a while
Think I'ma float on a while
I'll float on down maybe a couple hundred miles
Where has the sun done gone
Blood Red River carry me
Blood Red River carry me
Deliver my body to the middle of the sea
Where has the sun done gone
Where has the sun done gone
Where has the sun done gone
Where has the sun done gone, poor boy
Where has the sun done gone
Where has the sun done gone, poor boy
Where has the sun done gone
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5. |
Dirt Road Traveler
03:57
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I'm a dirt road traveler
Hitching along in some stranger's shoes
A genuine Old Time pretender
Pickin at some old poorboy blues
It's an intoxicating opportunity
When there's someone else that you'd rather be
But, when that bottle's empty
And, you find you're still alone
You stumble til you find your way back home
I'm a dirt road traveler
On a pilgrimage that never seems to end
A trailblazing pioneer frontiersman
Slippin through someone's barbed wire fence
Chorus
I'll be a dirt road traveler
Til I'm buried faraway in my grave
A sixteen digit frequent-flyin rambler
And, I sure hope your road don't get paved
Chorus
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6. |
Roadside Attraction
03:51
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I thought that I might go out and bare my soul
But, for a dollar at a time it was sold
I thought that I might change a mind or two
But, changing mine was all I seemed to do
I don't wanna be
A roadside attraction
Don't wanna do the organ grinder
Dance anymore
The mystery and novelty
Well, it's all been lost on me
From singing
With the clowns and the whores
There's dirty folks down on dirty streets
Where Hope and Desperation come to meet
Yeah, they're well-acquainted and don't y'know
They do one hell of a juggling show
Chorus
Let's take off all our makeup
Wash our faces one last time
It's been such a fun bag of tricks
But, for now, let's leave it behind
Chorus
You can come out any time of day
And, hear the old accordion man play
See the tight rope walker way up high
And for a dollar, you can watch a poet die
Chorus
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7. |
Totalitarian Blues
02:40
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I was eighteen years old
When I went into the Army
Recruiting station
And took their little test
They told me I could have any job I wanted
But, I had to pick whichever
Served my country best
Decided I
Could serve my country better
If I put my boots on the ground
At home
Didn't need to go off
Crossing any oceans
Or killin me some strangers
For reasons
That ain't even my own
See I think I can sing like a patriot
And, no that ain't really up to you
Yes I have been called Anti-American, commie, and a hippie
Yeah, I've had the Totalitarian Blues
I had some friends that went off
Fightin in the desert
To protect my freedom
To write these little songs
I said thank you
But, no thanks, if I need em
To be protected
I was never free at all
Chorus
Now seventeen years later
They're still marchin 'round Afghanistan
Guarding them opium fields
With no end in sight
May have taken me a while
To kick my codeine habit
But, I never killed nobody
And, I'm doing alright
Chorus
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8. |
Long Way
03:11
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You got a long way
To go alone
You got a long way
Without a friend
It's a long way
To go alone
You gotta get your self up
And moving again
Sometimes I think about my past
And, wonder how much I been lied to
Wonder if I ever had myself a friend at all
While I'm sitting here
Staring at my rearview
Sitting here just staring at my rearview
Chorus
Sometimes, I'm drifting in and out
Waiting for my light to turn green
And, I'm thinking bout things from a lifetime ago
Well, these objects
Are closer than they seem
Objects are closer than they seem
Chorus
I've been stuck waiting here so long
Thinking bout all the places that I've been
And, I know that's me
In the mirror there
Just sitting there
Reflecting on back when
Sitting there reflecting on back when
Chorus
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9. |
Canyon Road
04:48
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It's been a long
Coupe days on this canyon road
But, I'll be here a while
Cause I still got plenty miles
Left to go
It's been hard times
These past couple days
I think it's bout to end
But, when I come around the bend
It's just the same
I accept this as my penance for
What I've done
Of all those I've hurt
None could ever be worse
Than those I've loved
But, there's a pretty little river
That runs right through the center
Of it all
Where the water's always cold
Cause it comes from off that snowy
Waterfall
When it flows over the rocks
I swear sometimes I hear it talkin
To me
It says, don't ever give up son
This entire canyon's from
This tiny stream
I watch the shadows wander
Across the ground
And the sun across the sky
It says, this is where you'll die
And, not be found
Cause the coyotes and the buzzards gonna
Pick your bones
You know it's such a shame
You're gonna die out here in vain
All alone
Chorus
I finally fall down
Upon my knees
Think it'll all be over soon
But, there's a yellow cactus bloom
Lookin' back at me
It says, you've been broken hearted
All along the way
Well the whole point of this
Is just persist
And, love anyway
Chorus
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10. |
When I Was Younger
04:02
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I been thinking
Lately
To myself
Baby
Heroes die
Yes, they do
Cause people change
And so do you
And, it makes me wonder
When I was younger
I did so much to dirty my name
It makes me wonder
When I was younger
How I survived to this day
It makes me wonder
When I was younger
I was bad as I could be
It makes me wonder
When I was younger
How this world ever put up with me
I been forgiving
Those I've blamed
It's never-ending
Anyway
It took You so long
Just to find
Me and I wasted
So much time
Chorus
And, then in ten years
Thereabout
I'll be thinking
back on me now
And, Shame'll find me
Once again
But, we'll shake hands
And agree like we're old friends
Chorus
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