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Hey Hey
03:18
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Hey Hey
Intro
Verse One
Hey hey what do you say, I guess it don’t matter anyway
All the truth that I have heard, never once was in a word
If it’s true for you is it true for me
If it’s true for you is it true for me
Verse Two
Well well now can’t you tell, it’s time to ring that freedom bell
There are no chains to break, it was always ours to take
I’ll free you, will you free me
I’ll free you, will you free me
Verse Three
Ho ho, what do you know, love will come and love’ll go
Don’t try to make it last, take it now and let it pass
I love you, do you love me
I love you, do you, do you love me
Do you love me………
Solo
Last Verse
Hi hi now laugh and cry, who will live and who will die
There is no certainty, it may be you and it may be me
Who wants to live forever anyway
Who wants to live forever anyway
Tag
Hey hey what do you say, I guess it don’t matter anyway
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California or Bust
03:05
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California or Bust
Intro
Verse One
Sittin in this cafe babe just a resting from the day
Waitin to do my business, take my money and drive away
Left those blues behind me, they’re chewin on my dust
Chorus One
Gotta keep on moving yeah, California or bust
Gotta keep on moving yeah, California or bust
Verse Two
I think about you now and then, I’d love to see your face
I hope that you’ll be havin fun when I roll up to your place
Burned my bridges babe, steel can turn to rust
Chorus Two
Gotta keep on moving yeah, California or bust
Gotta keep on moving yeah, California or bust
Solo
Last Verse
Gypsy gal she told my fortune, her granny told it too
Said my life would be okay if I just lived it and be true
Ain’t no use to worry and that gypsy I will trust
Last Chorus
Gotta keep on moving yeah, California or bust
Gotta keep on moving yeah, California or bust
Gotta keep on moving yeah, California or bust
California or bust
California or bust
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3. |
Bad Love
04:07
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Bad Love
Intro
Verse One
Standin at the station, waiting for the train
You know the story so I won’t explain
It’s been six or seven weeks since I’ve seen her face
And it’d be just my luck, I think it’s about to rain
Verse Two
Standin’ on the highway, tryin’ to thumb a lift
Four hundred miles to get, where my baby lives
And I can feel the darkness just starting to creep in
I hope she’s ready to take, all the lovin I got to give
Chorus One
She said she loved me, she said she cared
Everytime I needed her, she wasn’t there
She’s just a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad lover
That’s gone wrong
I won’t be missin’ her too much, oh no now when she’s gone
Bridge
When she’s gone
When she’s gone
When she’s gone
Last Verse
Standin’ on a rooftop, nine stories up
Thinkin’ about the way that she, nixed our love
I never thought this would come down to push and shove
I swear your honor she just kinda’ up’d and jumped
Last Chorus
She said she loved me, she said she cared
Everytime I needed her, she wasn’t there
She’s just a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad lover
That’s gone wrong
I won’t be missin’ her too much, oh no now that she’s gone
I won’t be missin’ her too much, oh no now that she’s gone
Now that she’s gone
Now that she’s gone
Now that she’s gone
Now that she’s gone
She’s just a bad, bad lover
She’s just a bad, bad lover
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4. |
Dust on the Highway
05:10
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Dust on the Highway
Intro
Verse One
Standin on a rift zone baby, feelin like a fool
Wondering about this shaky ground that lies twixt me and you
One small part of who we are, doesn’t seem to jive
One small part of who we are, that kept our love alive
Chorus One
Baby don’t you know that I tried and tried for you
Just too many changes, I couldn’t see ‘em through
Girl I hate to lose you, there’s nothing I can do
Roll with the dust on the highway
Roll with the dust on the highway
Verse Two
I’m driving through a high noon blaze, I’m trying to see it clear
I wonder which of a thousand ways gonna ease me of my fears
Drivin through a full moon daze, I’m tryin to see it through
I wonder which of a thousand roads gonna lead me back to you
Chorus Two
Three days on the road and I haven’t slept a wink
Gotta make this road but I need some time to think
I’ll maybe pull on over and have a little drink
Watch the dust just roll down the highway
Watch the dust roll down the highway
Solo
Last Verse
Standin on the rift zone baby, feelin like a fool
Wondering about this shaky ground that lies twixt me and you
One small part of who we are, doesn’t seem to jive
One small part of who we are, kept our love alive
Last Chorus
Baby don’t you know that I tried and tried for you
Just too many changes, I couldn’t see ‘em through
Girl I hate to lose you, there’s nothing I can do
Roll with the dust on the highway
Roll with the dust on the highway
Roll with the dust on the highway
Roll with the dust on the highway
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5. |
Balboa
04:13
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Balboa
Intro
Verse One
Up over White’s Hill and down through the valley
Down past Samuel P and all three of Jewell
Is a road that leads to a town where I come from
Full of peaceniks, crackpots and a dairy farm or two
Verse Two
And if I get stuck in Forest Knolls, at least there’s still a girl there I know
She’s a dirty girl, dry to the bone, she lives just across the road and it’s a long way home
Chorus One
And my daddy moved, out to Petaluma
Found himself a field where he could just be ignored
But I’ll build my house up on Balboa, and I swear I’d never get bored
I swear I’ll never get bored
Verse Three
Droppin down into Olema
When the fog is sitting low on the ridge
Well I sweat that there ain’t nothin sweeter
No grass that’s greener ever than this
Chorus Two
And my brother moved, out to Bolinas
That’s where all the real crazies go
But I’ll build my house up on Balboa, and watch my children grow
I’ll build my house up on Balboa, and watch my children grow
Solo
Never long for more
Never long for more
Last Verse
And if I get stuck in Inverness Park, at least there’s a girl who’s still got a car
And she’ll fill me up, love me down, give me a ride back into town
Last Chorus
And I’ll probably die in New York City, that’s where all my people seem to be
But bury me up on Balboa, it’s there I’ll finally be free
Yes bury me up on Balboa, it’s there I’ll finally be free
And it’s there I’ll finally be free
There I’ll finally be free, there I’ll finally be free
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6. |
Strung Out on You
02:54
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Strung Out on You
Intro
Verse One
Just one day more, another twenty four hours
Til you walk through the door
I hope that you’ll be smilin’ and glad to be home
After last night’s silence on the telephone
Hard to cover such distance when you’re already
Feelin’ so alone
Chorus One
Caught me strung out on you
You could call me worse and it would probably be true
But I need a fix, better come quick
Don’t know if I’m gonna pull through
Caught me strung out on you
Verse Two
Well this week has felt like a year
The house is just a shell without you here
The temperature has dropped another twenty degrees
Think I’m comin down with some strange disease
That can only be cured by you
Chorus Two
Caught me strung out on you
You could call me worse and it would probably be true
But I need a fix, better come quick
Don’t know if I’m gonna pull through
Caught me strung out on you
Bridge
Oh and tomorrow we’ll lie
About yesterday’s pain
And everything will be okay
Til you go away again
Tag
And I’ll be strung out on you, just another shade of blue
And I’ll need a fix and you’d better come quick, cause there ain’t no one else gonna do
Got me strung out on you
Got me strung out on you
Got me strung out on you
Got me strung out on you
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7. |
Farley
03:49
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Farley
Intro
Verse One
The ground was wet not a sound was heard, not even the song of a whistling bird
And I tell you now how it occurred the day that we killed Farley
Verse Two
Farley was a brother of mine, and we stood together in a rebel line
But he spoke too freely into his wine and that’s why we killed Farley
Verse Three
He wanted freedom throughout the land, for every child, woman and man
But an innocent girl died under his hand and the soldier died in Farley
Verse Four
There was a big battle just before Lent, a call came down and our group went
Only four came back though twelve were sent and the rest died cursing Farley
Verse Five
Well deep in the hearts of the few returned, a call for vengeance like hellfire burned
And soon the whereabouts it was learned of a traitor we called Farley
Verse Six
He knelt on the ground with our guns on his back, flushed like a rat from an old farm shack
We wanted to kill him right there but we held back a trial was due for Farley
Verse Seven
We read him the names of the men who died, he nodded at each one and then he replied
That I am guilty can not be denied and a death’s welcome to me said Farley
Verse Eight
We placed a gunny sack over his head, his hands were tied and his sentence was read
Shots rang out and he was dead and that’s how we killed Farley
Solo
Verse Eight
Now the war is over who knows who won, the birthrights stole all the killings been done
But I’ll never forget the weight of a gun not since we killed Farley
Oh not since we killed Farley
Not since we killed Farley
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8. |
Coldest Day
05:39
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Coldest Day
Intro
Verse One
Empty tarmac your plane is gone
It’s a two hour train ride to get back home
Gonna be a long ride without you
Watch the dust in your wake disappear
Thinking on reasons you’re not here
Gonna be a long ride without you
Chorus One
When you go it’s the coldest day
Twenty below in the end of May
Everytime you go away it’s the coldest day
Verse Two
Climb the stairs to the rooms we shared
Cold in bare
, you’re not there
Gonna be a long night without you
And I climb the walls and I pace the room
And I search your drawers for your perfume
Gonna be a long night without you
Chorus Two
When you go it’s the coldest day
Twenty below in the end of May
Everytime you go away it’s the coldest day
Solo
Verse Three
Gonna build a big fire, roll out the bearskin
Gonna find a million reasons for keeping you in
And it’s gonna be a long, oh long
Such a long
Gonna be a long time before I let you go
Gonna be a long time before I let you go
Gonna be a long time before I let you go
Gonna be a long time before I let you go
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9. |
I Was Blind
04:51
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I Was Blind
Intro
Verse One
We are angels without wings and we won’t fly til our soul sings
To the tune that makes the planets move
And we give sorrow and we get pain, we can’t take them back again
All that suffering what does it prove, what does it prove
Chorus One
I have cursed the rains that gently washed me
I’ve hidden from the sun when it did shine
And I have turned away all the love that came my way
Cause I was blind, oh yes so blind, I was blind
Verse Two
Death’s many faces you will see an old, old man and a child of three
Shake your head wonder why
We can grieve and we can mourn we can’t die until we’re born
And we always want another try, another try
Chorus Two
I have cursed the rains that gently washed me
I’ve hidden from the sun when it did shine
And I have turned away all the love that came my way
Cause I was blind, oh yes so blind, I was blind
Solo
Verse Three
Those thieving twins pleasure and pain, have got me in their game again
Shake their head and lead me on a crooked road
And as I dream that I’m awake, they come in and let us take
All the bits of me they claim they’re owed, they claim they’re owed.
Last Chorus
I have cursed the rains that gently washed me
I’ve hidden from the sun when it did shine
And I have turned away all the love that came my way
Cause I was blind, oh yes so blind, I was blind
Oh yes so blind, cause I was blind
Oh yes so blind, cause I was blind
Oh yes so blind, cause I was blind
Oh yes so blind, cause I was blind
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