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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of LET ME b/w Like This (New Bonus Tracks from GOOD LUCK CHARM, produced by Johnny Sandlin in 1994), BABY, THEY TOLD US WE WOULD RISE AGAIN, LAST NIGHT OUT, RAVIN' BEAUTIES, THE BLOODKIN COMMUNITY GOSPEL REHAB, OUT OF STATE PLATES, CREEPERWEED, and GOOD LUCK CHARM.
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Never in Vain
05:04
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NEVER IN VAIN
we labor in obscurity
but never in vain
play our hearts out in this dirty little bar
never in vain
now we're sleepwalking through the soundcheck
turn 'em all up to 10
I'm wondering if tonight
we'll make it fly again
(chorus)
I love this ghost we're chasing
patterns we keep tracing
scattered and strange
never in vain
it's like screaming in a deaf ear sometimes
but never in vain
unspendable riches and secret fame
never in vain
if the van breaks down tomorrow
just more of the same
we'll beg and steal and borrow
make it fly again
(chorus)
I do admit it's hurting my feelings
we're going broke while everybody's stealing
but we made a new friend, gonna let us all spend the night
never in vain
looks like a drowsy old crowd tonight boys
but we're never in vain
wake 'em up time to make a little noise
never in vain
we're tripping all over our destiny
don't it look like rain
and there's really no place I would rather be
never in vain
(chorus)
if the van breaks down tomorrow
if the van breaks down tomorrow
make it fly
if the van breaks down tomorrow
and if the band breaks down tomorrow
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Taboo
05:14
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TABOO
the cops are in the basement
and the roof is leaking blood
nobody paid the power bill
nobody paid the judge
it's been the loudest summer
I could never get no sleep
but I brushed up on my knife throwing
stuck one into next week
(chorus)
hey, the truth is the truth
but the law is the law
taboo is taboo
but I know what I saw
I bought illegal medicine
at the Cantina yesterday
it was not hashish or cocaine
it was a ripped out Bible page
I heard the rumor going around
the narc is going to die
looks like somebody's finding out
somebody's telling lies
(chorus)
I got a monkey on my back
and he looks just like me
looks like a fight right to the finish
one of us got to be free
the funny thing about a prison
is you lock yourself
take a lot of little steps down
then you bitch about how far you fell
(chorus)
so I pray for my enemies
but I take good care of my own
the faces I call family
the four walls where I make my home
and that's the spot where I am standing
and I'm telling you the truth
that ain't as easy as it sounds
try for yourself see how you do
try letting it loose
and good luck to you baby too
(chorus)
I told the truth one time
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3. |
Wet Trombone Blues
05:40
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WET TROMBONE BLUES
when the rain comes down on your small town
and you're too tired to sleep
it's too late to ask any hanging judge
where the water's gonna get too deep
you can call up your circus friends and make some plans
try to find peace of mind in the desert sun
but the rain's been found to move around
anywhere your hat is hung
(chorus)
good luck I think you're gonna need it
when you're caught out in the storm
I ain't no detective don't come begging to me
when it rains on your trombone
your drummers they will shut up
and your majorettes will all run home
the lightning will lash and the rain will drop down
all over your trombone
you can push your parade through that howling desert
better keep one eye on the sky
when the clouds swell up with their big grey skulls
I don't know where you're gonna hide
and your strongman won't be no help at all
and your clowns their makeup will run
and your elephants will shiver, baby
and your pink ballerinas will wither
you'll wish you'd stayed in the cellar
(chorus)
everybody gets tired of waiting here
everybody tosses while they sleep
everybody screams or swims
when the water gets too deep
so you can stay or you can go
you'll find the same old stop sign on every street
and angels will laugh at you
when you trade your soul for meat
(chorus)
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4. |
Who Do You Belong To?
04:36
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WHO DO YOU BELONG TO?
(chorus)
who do you belong to
I'm sure it's not yourself
who do you sing love songs to
'cause you sing them all day long
but that's not your voice
not as far as I can tell
you're on your own this time
the doctor said to the dying man
yes and honey that's just the way you make me feel
each time you let go of my hand
you let go of my hand and that ain't right
(chorus)
honey I saw you looking in the mirror
and you acted so surprised
each time I'm ready to get near you
you always close your eyes
you always close your eyes and that ain't right
(chorus)
bad blood flows out and never stops
it turns the bridge between us into sand
last night your best friend called the cops on me
then laid the receiver in your hand
she laid it right into your hand and that ain't right
(chorus)
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5. |
Yeah
06:24
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YEAH
that morning I fell asleep
beneath the willow tree
had a big dream when I woke up
you were there with me
you broke that little silver chain
off from around my neck
I told you, Darling,
I've got no one to protect
(chorus)
and you said, Yeah yeah yeah
that's the way it always goes
round and round she spins
and where she stops nobody knows
we went walking down
along that flashing river
you touched my stomach
and I sure did start to shiver
you tied a dreamcatcher around
every arrow in my quiver
I told you, Darling
I don't know where to deliver
(chorus)
that first winter your brother really worked my nerves
every joint I'd sneak into
he'd be there drinking he couldn't quit singing
them crack-up alarm clock blues
one night I had a big dream
I guess I was only learning
I saw a series of portraits he painted
of you and me sleeping tossing turning
(chorus)
half way across the river
the boat began to crack
I threw them oars overboard
and I begged you to scratch my back
you just kept laughing
you said, Well I guess we're doing alright
then we kinda moved in close
and watched them oars drift out of sight
(chorus)
I woke up again in your canopy bed
I didn't have nothing left to lose
I heard your daddy in the kitchen bitchin'
What the hell did I do with my shoes
you were on the back porch
you were sweeping off some ice
you always work so hard
but you always look so nice
and I say Yeah...(chorus)
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6. |
Tennessee Williams
04:54
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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
baby cross your fingers
baby witch us up some luck
you know if it's good if it's good enough
it's sure gotta be tough
but I swear my God my Angel
I'm going with you when you fall
don't believe don't believe the bad news
some fools love to talk
they love to talk
(chorus)
just like something out of Tennessee Williams
when you're sassin' that way at me
hey we're crackin' up beneath the branches
of that old half-dead shade tree
you could give me a call sometime
on your powder blue princess phone
it ain't no good for somebody like you
to spend the summertime all alone
so do you want to pass the red wine
over here from your tongue to mine
don't believe don't believe the bad news
some fools love to lie
they love to lie
(chorus)
I know you're not right
hey ain't we all not right sometimes
it's gonna be a long night
before the Sunday morning chimes
church bell chimes
I could wear your makeup
I could wear your jewelry too
I could dress it up for you
like them Crescent City boys all used to do
but I swear my God my Angel
I'm going down with you when you fall
don't believe don't believe the bad news
some fools they ain't going no place at all
(chorus)
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7. |
Lifer
04:52
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LIFER
I was playing this joint before they were born
I ain't no civilian ain't no greenhorn
we stay open from dusk til dawn
I'll be here singing long after they're gone
long after they're gone
I know you're hurting I know it's hard
but don't come around here showing off your scars
we all got whipped got a few of our own
they're crossing my back like a roadmap son
(chorus)
hey but I don't want to cuss my fate and moan
just want to get my life's work done
listen here buddy for your information
I signed on for the duration
we've all had to slave we've all had to sweat
we've all done a few things we'd rather forget
but that's what happens when a war is on
you keep your gun clean if you ever wanta see home
if you ever wanta see home
I never went to college I never had a job
but I never had to beg or gamble or rob
money don't mean nothing on the front line
you just keep your eyes open keep marking time
(chorus)
we stay open from dusk til dawn
I'll be here singing long after they're gone...
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8. |
Something To Say
04:23
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SOMETHING TO SAY
flashbacks and bad trips I'm dreaming
'bout when I thought I was high as a bird
so many loud voices were screaming
I couldn't make out a word
(chorus)
but true love has something to say
and you love you're talking that way
I was bitching and moaning and blaming
I got my receipt talk is cheap
this morning I'm learning to listen
and your voice is so sweet
(chorus)
(first verse)
(chorus)
you have something to say
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TRANSFUSION (the magic show)
yes I want a transfusion
I don't mind an illusion
if it helps me through another day
there's no price I would not pay
when my life gets too real
I can't move I can't feel
that's when I need a little make believe
and I always got one up my sleeve
(chorus)
let's go
to the magic show
baby I wanta go
to the magic show
when I'm down on my sickbed
and my soul is solid lead
I hold my breath and I close my eyes
and I teach myself how to fly
just like I did a thousand times before
but I need one more
it's getting harder every time
but heaven's always worth the climb
(chorus)
yes I want a transfusion
I don't mind a little bruising
if I'm hung over on the next day
that's a price I'm glad to pay
I pull a rabbit from my tophat
saw a sweet young lady in half
and the crowd is never certain
if she's in one piece behind the curtain
(chorus)
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10. |
Little Blinking Lights
04:28
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LITTLE BLINKING LIGHTS
a Baptist church on the bad side of town
me and my high school friends would sneak into at night
behind the pulpit we would pass the joint around
and fill our minds with little blinking lights
you see the mirror ball a-spinning
the first time in your life you get it right
the first time it's alright
me and Carson Jones we started up a band
we practiced in a warehouse and we debuted down the street
not much of a turn out but we didn't turn around
because the music filled our minds
with little blinking lights
you see the mirror ball a-spinning
the first time in your life you get it right
the first time it's alright
(chorus)
it's alright living and loving the glow
living and loving the glow
it's alright living and loving the glow
living and loving the glow yeah
now I am older and I know the world is round
I know that heaven is the dirt beneath my feet
born in your bedroom so I dream until I drown
because you're filling up my mind
with little blinking lights
I see the mirror ball a-spinning
and the party's just beginning
the first time in my life I get it right
the first time it's alright
(chorus)
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