Time Tricks
(2015)
Gamblin'
I got a five-spot plus snake eyes
an alligator tooth and 7 lucky rabbits' feet
but without a queen in my hands last night
I lost all my money and I can't sleep
I got a bat heart wrapped in red silk
and a lodestone that attracts money
I 'm gonna try my luck again tonight
and I hope the new day will be sunny
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This Little Tune
This little tune
is not a shadow in the forest
This little tune
is not a bouquet from the florist
it's my blues circus flirting rock and roll
I am gonna try tonight to please your soul
It's not a pray,
it's not a rope that bind
it's not the way for you
to read my mind
it's my blues circus flirting rock and roll
I am gonna try tonight to please your soul
Time Tricks
Time tricks after midnight
make you lose everything you've got
your heart beats like a hammer
and it's something you can't control
it makes you drift around
without purpose or direction
and you are trying desperately
to establish communication
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You are wondering : is it true?
or is just a ghost from the past?
Time tricks after midnight
leaves you nothing but misery that hasn't passed
it makes you drift around
without purpose or direction
and you are trying desperately
to establish communication
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Fear can make you lose your soul
You can't find the way back home
and it's enough to drive you mad
in the darkness where you roam
it makes you drift around
without purpose or direction
and you are trying desperately
to establish communication
I Wish I Could Fly
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Oh...I wish I could fly
Oh... I wish I could read your mind
tell me where you come from
tell me some extra lies
drifting soul without a name
come lay in my arms
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Oh...I wonder how far I have to go
Oh... just to find out when I 'm near
all of the simple days are gone
should I say here comes fear?
now standing alone out in the rain
and I just see my mind getting lost again
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Oh...trying to touch the sky
Oh...and I 'm looking for an answer
there 's something that keeps me going
that never ends
just to find when I 'm near
Am I facing another sky, do you know?
A Strange Shade Of Red
The train left the station without you
but there's a dream waiting when you lay in bed
I know there is nowhere for you to go
everything tonight is painted in a strange shade of red
Television has been feeding you lies
but there's a dream waiting when you lay in bed
you have to stop fooling yourself
everything tonight is painted in a strange shade of red
You have chased down your memories with a bottle of gin
but there's a dream waiting when you lay in bed
your bad reputation opened a secret gate in your mind
everything tonight is painted in a strange shade of red
I know there's a river of thoughts in your head
but there's a dream waiting when you lay in bed
you think that the rain can wash out your past
everything tonight is painted in a strange shade of red
Now you are as mad as some people want you to be
but there's a dream waiting when you lay in bed
You don't care much about losing them
as everything tonight is painted in a strange shade of red
I ‘m Leaving This Town
I ‘ll fix myself another drink
and I ‘ll put my travelling shoes on
I ‘m leaving this town
at the break of dawn
This town is full of broken dreams
and the smoke has filled the air
I ‘m gonna find a place where I can breathe
baby please, come with me if you dare
The Longest Road I Know
(2013)
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The Longest Road I Know
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I recall the longest road I know
Revisiting the stories of the past
Nobody wants to walk close to that road
You can’t sign your name in a burned paper
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The sun is goin’ down
You‘re standing by yourself
There are so many things to see and feel
Smoke, destroyed clocks
the smell of the burned stars
the attempt of the spider to hide its webs
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Don’t cry during a night’s thunder, just change your tune.
You can watch the wind, maybe you can let a teardrop.
You want to keep that feeling alive.
Good times…
It Sure Looks Funny
It sure looks funny
that you walk between the shadows
in the jail of this little town
you have too much to think,
the cold and the rain don't let you down
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It sure looks funny
that the moon looks like a desert
in a place without a map
you are proud of what you are
and there is no time for a nap
It sure looks funny
that the night is interesting
and full of mistakes
the wind don't blow
and you can't feel the quakes
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It sure looks funny
after a night you can't remember
to come a day you ‘ll never forget
you learn how to lie and how to keep your secrets,
lightning one more cigarette
The Frenzy Lake
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When there ain' t no light at night
don't go down the Frenzy Lake
there is a path in which strange things happen
when you pass the invisible gate
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Your broken ring and the rat bone
your silver dime and the rattlesnake skin
can't help you drive away from the lake's evil spirits
Unless you see the man with the flaming violin
When the moon has fallen asleep
don't go down the Frenzy Lake
the shadows won’t forgive your magic arrow
you ‘ve got nothin’ to give and take
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I 'm Nothin' But A Good Man
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I ‘m a Box Jellyfish, my toxins attack the heart
the forest is my home ‘cause I ‘m a King Cobra too
I ‘m nothin’ but a good man
been treated wrong by you
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I ‘m a Marbled Cone Snail, beautiful looking but deadly
I cause severe pain ‘cause I ‘m a Stonefish too
I ‘m nothin’ but a good man
been treated wrong by you
I ‘m a Blue-Ringed Octopus, small but dangerous
you can't touch me ‘cause I ‘m a Poison Dart Frog too
I ‘m nothin’ but a good man
been treated wrong by you
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I ‘m a Death Stalker Scorpion, my sting is painful
I produce violent death ‘cause I ‘m a Puffer Fish too
I ‘m nothin’ but a good man
been treated wrong by you
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Now We Are Strangers
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Now we are strangers, we are two different melodies
you are ready to kill me in this war
When something good happens
I can't share it with you anymore
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Now we are strangers, I swear it feels like this worry
is my only friend in this life's store
When I cry
you can't make my tears disappear anymore
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Now we are strangers, trapped in time
the devil is smoking round my door
When something is troubling me
you can't understand me anymore
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Take Me Away From All Of These
I see children dying in the street
People searching for garbage to eat
Dirty streets, frightened people everywhere
Oh my lord I want to ask you why
The world has been turned into a huge inferno
Rich bastards rob poor people blind
On every corner, in every place
Oh my lord I want to ask you why
Prisons are filled with innocent men
And the madhouses can’t afford any more people
Everywhere pain, sorrow and death
Oh my lord I want to ask you why
False promises and cheap excuses
All of this sometime will end
but nothing changes, nothing happens
Oh my lord I want to ask you why
Now the hopes are gone away forever
And the days seems like a nightmare
My only wish , all I want for me
Oh my lord take me away from all of these
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When I Whisper My Fears To My Baby
When days are blue
my mind leads me to ramble in the darkest streets all night
but when I whisper my fears to my baby
she says: we gonna have a good time tonight
Sometimes I want to mix everything up with whiskey
Sometimes I feel out of this world
but when I whisper my fears to my baby
she says: I love you baby, you are not alone in life's road
Some people are satisfied ‘cause they got me down
Some people break my heart without a reason
but when I whisper my fears to my baby
she says: we are out of their season
Rememberin’ The Good Old Days
Going back ,remembering the good old days
When the sky was shining
And the girls smiled easily
Something beautiful
a really sweet feeling
I said to myself “this is your place to live
This is the way that you have to follow.”
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I remember my mom telling me
Son, look out for yourself
Now I know how right she was
The truth was everywhere I went
Even if I had troubles
I was dreaming of my home
A warm place to rest in the morning
For many years my home was the road
Sleeping under bridges
And over the ground
I was a bird on a wire
I was a lonely howlin’ wolf.
The Black Crow King
I am the black crow king
a blind boy under the trees
in the dark wood is my den
my soul is full of sins
I am the black crow king
I 've been cursed to live for thousand years
I have seen kingdoms rising
I have seen kingdoms falling
I am the black crow king
I can see your footsteps and I know your story
I will always be waiting for you
at this crossroad, you don't have to worry
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Your Mind Keeps Ramblin'
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You never learn in school
about the deep river's sorrow
but your mind keeps ramblin'
your mind keeps ramblin'
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You never spent much time worrying
about things that money just can't buy
but your mind keeps ramblin'
your mind keeps ramblin'
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The future looks so unclear
it is written all over your face
but your mind keeps ramblin'
your mind keeps ramblin'
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Red Snakes & Cave Bats
(2010)
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Mr. Jack
Mr. Jack crossed a railroad track
Singin’ the blues and cryin’
His ghost and voice
Are haunting me
Listen…
Lord have mercy
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Please…somebody help me…
His ghost and voice
Are haunting me again
The Sky Will Always Be Blue
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The sky will always be blue
But James got those black cat blues
The sky will always be blue
and Albert got to hit the road again
If you win on Monday night
Tuesday morning you ‘re sure to lose
The sky will always be blue
But Willie ‘s got a jealous-hearted woman
The sky will always be blue
and Harry ‘s got the freight train blues
If you win on Wednesday night
Thursday morning you ‘re sure to lose
The sky will always be blue
But John’s heart done turned to stone
The sky will always be blue
But Vera ‘s heart began to moan
If you win on Friday night
Saturday morning you ‘re sure to lose
This Train Is Full Of Madness
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As the night began to fall ,
all the passengers got out of their minds
A rolling bass went to the bar
and ordered me a drink
A girl is shy and all the others are blue
there is no friend I could find
People are tired of being all alone
They want to hear the rhythm of a crazy trip
I wish I could change their minds
But if you bet all your money , you ‘ll lose it
Watch that, hear that , a crazy major strain
You can’t leave…there ain’t a place to go
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All people have left their minds behind
I ‘m out of luck and it seems me that soon I will fall down
The clock stroke 12 times , what on earth are we gonna do?
Ain’t nothing like it was before , I think I am in hell
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This train is full of madness…
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Strange Melody
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Give me a low-down beat
And say goodbye to the stormy weather
Here ‘s a little tune I ‘m gonna play for you
And your worries and troubles will be gone
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I don’t know what the night will bring
But I ‘m sure tonight the moon will be bright
Go on and play that guitar brother
Howlin’ the blues makes me feel all right
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A strange melody keeps my heart’s deep secrets
It makes me happy night and day
But now I ‘ve got to play that low down blues again
‘cause in the morning another melody will carry me away
It’s True
The blues will always be around
‘cause people feel it
It’s a simple kind of music
It cures your heart when you’re down
Johnny and Albert said it
and you know it’s true
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We all feel the blues
In many different ways
The blues makes us hope
For some better days
Otis and Stephen said it
and you know it’s true
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A few riffs here and there
Will make you feel the blues
All of its sounds have a meaning
I bet you darlin’ you know it too.
Jimmy and John said it
and you know it’s true
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I ‘m so far away from Mississippi
I ‘m so far away from Memphis
I ‘m so far away from Texas
I ‘m so far away from Chicago
But three chords have haunted my life
and you know it’s true
Seven Plus...
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Seven plus seven
For 14 days I was sick n’ down
14 plus seven
My blues harp was moaning for 21 long nights
Now I ‘m lost in the blues
‘cause my baby won’t treat me right
21 plus seven
For 28 days I was low down and lonely
28 plus seven
My guitar was weeping for 35 nights
Now I ‘m lost in the blues
and my babe won’t treat me right
The Last Part Of This Show
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You done lost your mind little girl
Your way I really can’t stand
You need another man to do your rolling
And that is driving me mad
I don’t want no trouble with you babe
You better grab your stuff and go
The blues will be my companion
But it’s the last part of this show.
My life is dark and cold
Everything I do seems to be wrong
You got my mind messed up darlin’
that’s why I’m singin’ this song
I don’t want no trouble with you babe
You better grab your stuff and go
The blues will be my companion
But it’s the last part of this show.
It Took Me A Long Time
It took me a long time
to understand the saints & the sinners
It took me a long time
to find out that ain't no right or wrong way
now I 'm gonna kill my nightmares
singin' the blues my own way
It took me a long time
to fill this house with lies and smoke
It took me a long time
to find out what was on your mind
now I have to steal a little time
to drink the bad times with red wine
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It took me a long time
to trap the devil in a bottle
It took me a long time
to drink up all the sorrows on my own
now I got to chase the bad times away
Cause I’m a blues boy to the bone
It took me a long time
to understand the saints & the sinners
It took me a long time
to find out that ain't no right or wrong way
now I 'm gonna kill my nightmares
singin' the blues my own way
Roy B.
I walk alone again in the middle of the night
and I feel like a drop of rain in the sea
I hear your perfect sound and the cry of your soul
I feel your pain that makes me go down
I swear to god, believe me my friend,
six strings are enough for you to take me far away
like a drifter, like a bum, with no direction and home
all you need is to take your six strings in your hands
Now you are in the sky my friend Roy B.
on the heaven's band you play 12 bars on G
they were waiting for you
to welcome you to the band
the Messiah will come again
but you won't be here
everybody knows, everybody feels
that only a lonesome man can sing the blues
but everywhere I go, everywhere I look
people hurt and feel the pain
I swear to god, believe me my friend,
six strings are enough for you to take me far away
like a drifter, like a bum, with no direction and home
all you need is to take your six strings in your hands
Now you are in the sky my friend Roy B.
on the heaven's band you play 12 bars on G
they were waiting for you
to welcome you to the band
the Messiah will come again
but you won't be here
The World Is Painted Blue Again
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When I am be ready
To fly with you in the sky
You ‘ll laugh and walk away
Waving goodbye
I can hear the evening wind
Whispering to me my mistakes
The clouds turned as dark as night
And the world is painted blue again
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Surely My Body Gets The Message
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My baby ‘s so sweet and so lovin’
She ‘s all I’m livin’ for
Surely my body gets the message
And I never wanna let her go
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She ‘s got everything my poor heart needs
And I wanna be with her nay and day
Surely my body gets the message
Even if she is far away
Red Snakes And Cave Bats
You are busy , I ‘m lazy’
You are brave , I ‘m scared
Your dawn is my dusk
Your right is my wrong
Red snakes and cave bats
Are my true friends
You are an angel , I ‘m the devil
You are clean , I ‘m dirty
Your Spring is my Fall
You are the law and I ‘m an outlaw
Red snakes and cave bats
Are my true friends
You are modern , I ‘m old
You ‘re safe , I ‘m in danger
Your east is my west
Your start is my finish
Red snakes and cave bats
Are my true friends
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Crossroad Ritual
(2006)
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The Blues That’s Callin’
My baby knows just what to do
When the music makes me cry
Both made my life worth livin’
I can travel in the sky
Now,the evenin’ sun is goin’ down
And black night is fallin’
I got to find my woman
Can’t you hear the blues that’s callin’
Cold In Hand & Lonesome
You had me lonesome and blue
For so many years
You were in love with an other man
And my whole life was full of tears
I was cold in hand
I didn’t have your love too
I used to see you kissin’ him
And I didn’t know what to do
If You Flag My Train
I ‘ve got to move all alone
My road is on the other side(2)
But if you flag my train
I’ll let you ride
You walk the streets at night
There is no place for you to hide(2)
But if you flag my train
I’ll let you ride
Crossroad Ritual
One more time
Step right out and sing
Look at the crowds out on the corner
Listen the cry of a night bird
Listen the rhythm of the night train wheels
I don’t know
Maybe is a crossroad ritual
I saw her last night
She told me:Man,if you got the money,
I got the honey.
Up & Down
I leave this time babe
I can’t stand no more of this up and down(2)
One day you hug me and kiss me
And two days you make me lay myself on the ground
I’m sure,I’m sure babe
You gonna need my love someday(2)
You will regret the things you do
But I’ll be so far away.
Your Mother Told You That I Play The Devil’s Music
Your mother told you that I play the devil’s music
And that I sit down and drink until the break of day(2)
I don’t care what your mother says
I love you baby and I ‘ve got my own way
We ‘ve walked the back streets together
We ‘ve heard the wolf’s scream at midnight(2)
I’ll give you all my lovin’
And I ‘ll always be singing the b-l-u-e-s late at night
I Scream, I Play, I Feel
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I'm talkin' all to my lonely self
and I'm just blue as I can be(2)
but I have a neck of a glass bottle
and six strings to slide it and save me.
Sometimes I scream through my mouth harp
my mouth harp is the brightest jewel in the crown(2)
sometimes I play the blues on my whistle
and sometimes I feel I'm goin' down.
The Rusty Train
There’s a bar in the city
Where I used to spend my time(2)
It’s called ‘’the rusty train’’
And it’s full of women and drinkers of wine
Come with me tonight
Come with me at ‘’the rusty train’’(2)
‘cause I’m lost in a world of blue
and I believe I’ll go insane.
Until The Crack Of Dawn
If you’re alone at midnight
And all your dreams have gone(2)
You must play the blues
Until the crack of dawn
If your baby has left you sitting in the dark
And there is nothin’ you can do but moan(2)
You must play the blues
Until the crack of dawn
If your soul is dead
And you’re blue and all alone(2)
You must play the blues
Until the crack of dawn
If nobody knows how you feel inside
And the night has started to groan(2)
You must play the blues
Until the crack of dawn
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Our Trap
(2005)
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The Blues Is An Eye Blinking
The heart will write the lyrics
In the world of laughter and pain
If you get anger or frustration
Let the music save you and the rain
Life is a kind of joke
And the blues is an eye blinking
Drink your sorrow in a big glass
And let the others in all time speaking
They Say I Sing Like A Wolf
I wanna tell you just how I feel
And I howl when the sun go down
You know,I’m living in a world of misery
And I want to move out of this town
After dark there’s always dawn
But when it’s dark I feel so lone
It’s a bad but so sweet feeling
‘cause I keep my blues alive and strong
They say I sing like a wolf
When the clock strikes half past nine
But nobody knows the reason why
My blues harp is always crying
When it’s about to rain outdoors
My notes are drowned in the deep rivers
And when the sun is shining
My notes are burned like dreamers
Dance With My Loneliness (part 1)
The world don’t care
But the moon drunk all the wine
In this dull night
Everyone is waiting in line
My melody looks like it’s haunted
And the notes are cracked
I want to dance with my loneliness
Pour a drink in my throat and let me start
...and I’ll Be Happy
I’ll be waiting to see
the king of delta blues Charley Patton
play music with Miles Davis in a plantation.
At the same time
in a small street’s corner,
Charlie Parker and Little Walter
will be screamin’ with a saxophone and a blues harp.
Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday
will be singing the blues on the road.
Big Bill Broonzy
will be playing ‘When I been drinking’
with Thelonious Monk on piano.
T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters
will be playing with the band of Duke Ellington.
Willie Dixon and Charles Mingus
will be playing a huge double bass.
...and I’ll be happy
Crazy Fears Blues
There is no moon in sight
A frozen wind begin to blow
I’m playin’ the same old song
Which is drunk,bitter and slow
Ain’t no pretty woman
Gonna love me real
I’m goin’up on the mountain
Along with my crazy fears
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Three Lies
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You said you wanted me as your coffee grinder
But I believe you told a lie(2)
Now I don’t care about your coffee
I’ll be in love with ladies of the night
You said you wanted me as your honey dripper
But I believe you told a lie(2)
Now I don’t care about your honey
This melody will drive me in the sky
You said you wanted me as your biscuit roller
But I believe you told a lie(2)
Now I don’t care about your biscuit
I’ll be playing the blues until I die
She’s My Grief’s Melody
She rolls around all night
She makes my heart grow cold
My soul wants to move and starts to groan
But she’s my grief’s melody
and I love her
She is my changed name
She is a cloud of black smoke
She worries me both night and day
But she’s my grief’s melody
and I love her
Secret Notes
There is a place I know
Where the sound breaks the clocks
The dark meets the drunk
And the rain meets the trains
I go there all alone
And all I have are my secret notes
And if you don’t believe me
Ask my guitar strings about my hopes
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In this place a woman told me
Don’t let the blues stop you dreaming
I bought myself some beers
And until the morning I was singing
I go there all alone
And all I have are my secret notes
And if you don’t believe me
Ask my guitar strings about my hopes
My Blues Harp Was Stuffed With Smoke
My blues harp was stuffed with smoke
And my guitar was full of whiskey(2)
My rails were rusted last night
My silent scream was risky
I kissed the night in a dark road
I drowned my blues into a mud puddle(2)
But I can’t ever go wrong
I can’t stand anymore in that jungle
My Sad Song Loves To Hide
My sad song loves to hide
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Rhythm and sound are under arrest
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One night they started drinking
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And so far they can’t escape
