1. |
Backlands
02:15
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2. |
Good To Ya
02:36
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3. |
Riverside Ronnie
04:48
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Ron lived on the west side of the river
Worked his job up at the Riverside
Sun sets in Red Bluff, breeze it brings a shiver
The word it travels, tears in Tami’s eye
This web it starts up in the rafters
Descending down and proceeding to surround
The news is spreading, friends and family gather
Back from the river, infecting the whole town
(pre)
These are the last words we were told
3 weeks since Ronnie was set free
The spiders gather by the shore
Face down in cat tails, at only 23
(Ch)
Hey Ronnie, this whole town’s looking for you
We’re calling, for answers you only knew
Someday we’ll say, what could have been, we’ll never know
So long to Riverside Ronnie, memories of you on the shore
Three shots and sorrow is all that we could say
A little town with a full dose of this scene
The Riverside shuts down early, even for a Monday
Rolling tears and makeup float memories of Ronnie
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4. |
Eye For An Eye
03:02
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You drink all your money and bumble around
Acting a good day to die
With your glass now empty what have you found?
A piss poor reason to cry
So knock out that stool and fall to the ground
Dust yourself off as ye rise
Half drunk and gone you’re singing this song
Kissing your weakness goodbye
(CH)
Cause your Irish eyes are eyeing me lass
And I’ve got a mind to kick yer wee ass
I’ll save you the trouble, you save me the time
Always an eye for an eye
Yes always an eye for an eye
It’s a long cold day you’ve been working away
Trading your sweat for a buck
As your mind drift away you openly say
You’re bound to be shit outta luck
So you walk out that door and see the gray sky
You say “man what am I doing here”
But there’s a well worn path in front of ye stride
And it leads to a full keg of beer
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5. |
The Awesome Depression
03:35
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It’s a transition to need, a swing back from the greed
It’s a narrow path to secede from the darkness
A shift back to what’s real, learn to share not to steal
Take some time to let things heal back to oneness
(CH) It’s an awesome depression throwing down here today
We were living high for so long, all knew the dance not the song
Let’s recognize all that’s wrong and move on
We’ll produce what is right, day’s so bright after night
Keep a strong foundation in sight, fight the good fight
(CH 2) Cause the awesome depression is throwing down here today
We spent it all just to take the fall, and trained them just to beg to get some more
(CH3) We spent it all just to take the fall, and trained them just to beg to get some more
The awesome depression is throwing down here today
Save a little to drink a little, don’t lose your last dime to get some blow
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6. |
MOCPAS Sly
02:57
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7. |
4th of July
02:29
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Little girl come around, don’t walk away
I ain’t the devil, don’t care what your mama say
Daddy’s going away, won’t see me no more
But before I go I got something to say
At just 22, barely on my own
Drunk in a barroom, 4th of July down back home
Well the other man, I shot him in the gut
The police came and all I could do is run
Lord’s gonna take me away
I ain’t a bad man, he just built me this way
Caught for a crime done 10 years ago
Ain’t touched a gun since that day
Been on the low so many days
I left your mama, had to go away
I went away so you and she could remain to be free
I needed some time to get away from me
(ch)
It’s OK, don’t be afraid
Every dollar and dime I owed to you has been paid
And when I go, It’ll be alright
Cause you’re on your daddy’s mind tonight
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8. |
Scrambled Eggs
02:26
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Well she cooks me scrambled eggs even when we’re late for work
And her smile is so pure that I could never see it hurt
I never realized I’d lay it all out just like this
But you got something I never want to miss
And it’s hard when I seem to pick the wrong words
You’re so patient when I go out on the road
Every day you surprise with something better
And remind me that I’ll never be alone
Well we know things could be better, but we know we can’t complain
And I know that you’re just crazy when you think that I’m insane
In the mornings, at the beach, in the night, when we’re a mess
You got something I never want to miss
Jam
And it’s hard when I seem to pick the wrong words
You’re so patient when I go out on the road
Every day you surprise with something better
And remind me that I’ll never be alone
When it’s late in the day and the baseball game is over
You know just what to say and got a cold one to offer
Just to stay with you is my one and only wish
Cause you got something I never want to miss
You got something I never want to miss
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9. |
Wal-Mart
00:49
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C-R-A-P-P-P-P-E-R, CRAPPER
I’m gonna go sit on the crapper
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10. |
Steady Eddie
02:36
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11. |
Johnny Like Thunder
04:58
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Heard your whole life on that dust-up vinyl
Singing them lows clear as I remember
Had run-ins with the law, but seemed to be true
Played the songs, did it all, it ain’t art it’s just you
Those kids give you praise, for fear, for respect
Sometimes life ain’t right but there’s nothing to correct
Couldn’t play it any other way, that felt just plain wrong
But what’s lost if pure so let’s try to be strong
Johnny like thunder all dressed up in black (x4)
You’ve seen your days and left us with loss
You’ve cried and you’ve played and now you paid the cost
With all that you gave we’ll sure mix something new
So let’s all move on and keep searching for the truth.
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12. |
Super Secret Bonus Track
02:38
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