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If This Gun Could Talk
02:35
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If This Gun Could Talk
Filthy as a the Rio Grande
Calloused with greasy hands
Bill laid ‘em on her freckled skin
One too many times and again
If this gun could talk
It’d surely say shoot him down
Little lady may be easy on the eye
But she’s sturdy and she’s bonafide
Long way from her momma’s arms
when she fell for the bad man’s charms
If this gun could talk
It’d say put me in your hand Little Lady
Sunday morning rolls around
after a rough and tumble night in Boystown
Tamaulipas couldn’t quench Bills fill
left his breath like a whiskey still
If this gun could talk
It’s say enough is enough is enough is enough
Now she’s got the judge in her hand
Bill’s backs to the rio grande
She says buster i’ve had enough
now you don’t seem so tough
If this gun could talk
It’d surely say your time has come
If this gun could talk
Now that bad Bills gone
He’ll never land one
more dirty paw
If this gun could talk
It’d wouldn’t have a word to say
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2. |
I Love Your Motor
03:24
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I Love Your Motor
I love your motor
I love your style and speed
I love your motor
I love your style and speed
I love your motor
You always take the lead
Ain’t no doubt about it
It makes me feel alive
Ain’t no doubt about it
It makes me feel alive
I Wanna shout it
I love your overdrive
Truth be told momma
I’m begging you to fire it up
Truth be told momma
I’m begging you to fire it up
Don’t matter the direction
your connection fills my loving cup
Spark of your loving makes me wanna jump and sing
(I know) you are the driver, you know exactly how to proceed
I love your motor
I love how fast you can go
I love your motor
I love how fast you go
I love your motor
Even when you take it slow
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Sweet Iree
02:40
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Sweet Iree
You stand between
my soul and the street
when my hopes are in the gutter
A jewel true
to hold on to
forsaken for no other
In a world so wild
since you was a child
you’ve shone light into the shadow
A woman free, for all to see
and bathe within your glow
You are so good to me
cook me what I eat
and for all my days I long to stay
with you my Sweet Iree
So brave and strong
Iree sings her song
when troubles find our way
A promise made until we lay
Beneath the deep dark clay
You are so good to me
cook me what I eat
and for all my days I long to stay
with you my sweet Iree
You are so good to me
cook me what I eat
and for all my days I long to stay
with you my sweet Iree
with you my sweet Iree
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4. |
There Goes That Dream
03:28
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There Goes That Dream
There goes that dream
strolling by my window pane
Gliding down the primrose path
Floating between every moonbeam
Lighter than air
Cooler than the harvest rain
My love supreme
There goes that dream
Oh why oh why
Does that dream pass me by
And taunt my longing once more
The mere fantasy
Of that dream for me
Is my favorite delusion to ever fall for
Enchanting me
Lighting up my lonely room
Down the avenue once more
There goes that dream
Oh why oh why
Does that dream pass me by
And taunt my longing once more
The mere fantasy
Of that dream for me
Is my favorite delusion to ever fall for
Enchanting me
Lighting up my lonely room
Down the avenue once more
There goes that dream
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5. |
Hard As I Try
02:29
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Hard As I Try
Some are born with the luck of the irish
Some people have the wind at their back
Hard as i try
I never seem to get the knack
I wanna go to bed inot just out
wake up and not just come to
Hard as I try, never really what I do
Hard as I try
Hard as I try
I could never deny
Hard as I try
Some float through life on a cool breeze
Some make it from the bottom to top
Hard as I try i never know when to stop
It’d be a mighty cold day in Gehenna
If i were ever to take first prize
But hard as I try
Nobody wants to sympathize
Hard as I try
Hard as I try
I could never deny
Hard as I try
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6. |
Lucky Fool
02:59
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Lucky Fool
Scary Jerry works at the door
He let me in free the time before
All i had to do was walk on through, with purpose
Get my drinks for free but i always tip
Sling my money up and down this strip
All those ladies know just what to do
Roll them dice in the back of the joint
Lucy kisses me for luck and I make my point
I fall in love with every hometown jewel
When the violin goes under my chin
Then all the girls dance and grin
That’s why they call me the lucky fool
they all fill the floor
When I stride up to the stand
I’m not much of a fiddler
But, this ain’t much of a band
Lucky Fool
Lucky Fool
They all call me the Lucky Fool
I’m in love with the world
That ain’t no crime
You call me anything you want
But, I ain't got no time for bad time
Charming as the law will allow
I saw them strings I don’t work that plow
Lost my horse but, they left me a mule
You know it’s all gonna happen tonight
When I snap my shirt up good and tight
That's why they call me the Lucky Fool
Lucky fool
Lucky fool
They all call me the lucky fool
Lucky fool
Lucky fool
They all call me the lucky fool
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7. |
Thinking About You
02:06
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Thinking About You
From time to time,
I still think about you
Your voice, your laugh so real,
i still think about you
Party was a party when you arrived
Beating on a drum of rum
Pantie pot smoking in the stairwell
Singing Blaze Foley songs
Thinking about you, thinking bout you
thinking about you, thinking about you
You sang it true
Sang it to the bone
A shot to the ribs straight from your heart
all the way home
Thinking about you, thinking bout you
thinking about you, thinking about you
And when you laughed-
We all felt healed
and we shined through the ruins
never having a need
Thinking about you, thinking bout you
thinking about you, thinking about you
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Melancholy in D
02:54
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9. |
Have Heart, Will Travel
03:46
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Have Heart, Will Travel
Looking out on the roadside
New Sunlight on the pavement
Can’t tell if it’s cool or warm
can’t tell how many days spent
But time’s a merciless wanderer
Flying faster the further you roam
Have Heart, Will Travel
Anywhere is home
The people see that shine in your eye
They sure can spot the deceiver
She tells you every lie kills you slow
You know I better believe her
But, the grass is soft on this island
and there’s new seeds to be sown
Have Heart, Will Travel
and your never alone
Shadows fall on your memories
In spite of how hard you try
The cavalcade of friendly faces
that will soon pass you by
Your book has always been wide open
to know is anything owed
Have Heart, Will Travel
No goodbyes on the road
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10. |
If They Ever Let Me Back
03:49
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If They Ever Let Me Back
If they ever let me back in Shreveport
This time I’m gonna get it right
i’ll be grinding past the fishes with their grandiose wishes
and I’ll hold my razors tight
gonna find a high roller to stake me
I’m a wait til I know just when
Throw my lowdown dime on black and spin
If they ever let me back in Shreveport again
If they ever let me back in LA
I’m gonna walk right up to your door
Knock once, knock twice and knock once more
Then I’m never gonna knock no more
I never did claim to be perfect
Never been a 10 out of 10
I gave it my best who cares ‘bout the rest
If they ever let me back in LA again
If they ever let me back in New York City
Last turn was back in seventeen
I’ll roll through the streets with my watch on a chain
be a smooth 5th avenue dream
Dawn will be my mistress
and tomorrow will have no end
I’ll have grand ole time on someone’s else dime
If they ever let me back in New York City again
If they ever let me back in Austin
I’m going to look up my old pal
We’ll have a drink and smoke and tell some jokes
down at our favorite locale
Gonna wander down congress in blue jeans
you don’t put on airs with friends
I can find my worth in the rocks and earth
If they ever let me back in Austin again
If they ever let me back in Fort Worth
It’s a wonder if they ever will
rules are meant to be broken but you can’t break the law
Does any rounder ever get their fill?
But i’ll keep my hands in my pockets
I’ll never go back to the pen
No diamond shines brighter than freedom found
If they ever let me back in Fort Worth again
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O'Connor & Plank Austin, Texas
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