I’m going to lay down my burden
down by the riverside
down by the riverside
I’m going to lay down my burden
down by the riverside
down by the riverside
I’m going study whoa no more
I aint going to study whoa no more
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"Never fear the wrath of men" she told me
As we saw the cattle guns and men
Lead by Everett Shaw they stood on the horizon
Shaw drew his gun and came down closing in
He had a Smith & Wesson made of steel
But I knew his heart was made of tin
So I stared him down and shot him dead
And then I hit the open trail again
Losers weep for standing in the rain
Losers weep but I'm so tired of standing there in vain
There'll be no more tears towards heaven
Casting all my fears to Spain
Marching on in fours and sevens
Had enough of all this pain
Yes!
Go!
In Juarez I met a man named Taylor
Who'd been a robber and a cheater since way back when
He befriended us and acted as our cover
But when I turned my back he proved to be no friend
He set me up to steal my boots and take my money!!
But I found out and I wished to see him dead
So I caught him sneaking out through the back door
And I put a piece of steel thru his head!!
Losers weep for standing in the rain
Losers weep but I'm so tired of standing there in vain
There'll be no more tears towards heaven
Casting all my fears to Spain
Marching on in fours and sevens
Make a stand, hey hey hey yeah
Watch me slip away
Watch me slip away
Watch me slip away (Watch me slip away)
Watch me slip away (Watch me slip away)
Watch me slip away (Watch me slip away)
Watch me slip awaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy (Watch me slip away)
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Its enough to make you bleed & its enough to make you drunk
Its enough to make you see and its enough to make you hurt
Standing around, you don’t sound
You got to show the wasted
Because its a rose on fire
Empty all your guns, give it all you’ve got
She’s a rose on fire and she always wants to burn
Its enough to make steal, shes enough to steal your heart away
Its enough to make you see
and its enough to make you feel like
Standing in the air, laughing fair
You got to show the wasted
Because your the rose on fire
Empty all your guns, give it all you’ve got
Rose on fire, she’s a rose on fire, and she always wants to burn
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You left me cut and bleeding
dripping poison on my pleading I don’t mind
You never cut me with a knife
just the daggers of your eyes
and your tounge to my suprise
was a razor on disguise
and I bandage my fear
with a picture of you wearing bones
Snickering you verbalize
your friends who will not compromise their name
for your screaming acid rain
is a constant source of pain
which illuminates the pain
of my flaccid wet remains
while I bandage my fear
with a picture of you wearing bones
hiding in the contact of the concrete
and the comfort of the crowds
that the city still employs
alone with car exhaust and noise
young chicken hawking boys
that a buisness man enjoys
while I bandage my fear
with a picture of you wearing bones
letting go my hatred
I don’t see red when I see you anymore
in my hearrt I wish you well
though my ego likes to tell
other peopel that I fell
in your washy wishing well
while I bandage my fear
with a picture of you wearing bones
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Now I can tell because its plain to see
I can tell the way you look at me
The way that you know that you can ? my ?
Oh yes pretty baby i can understand
See I can tell, I can tell
I know you don’t love me no more
Ive seen your mother and your father too
yes what more can this troubled man do
You’ve been running your heart like charlie brown
I know where to kick you when your bringing me down
see i can tell, i can tell
I know you don’t love me no more...hurt me
Baby you won’t answer your telephone
when i knock on your door they say your not home
Your sister tells me friend you can not stay
And when you come home you show up 3 days LATE
I can tell, I can tell, I know you don’t love me no more
Baby I can give you true romance
Oh if you give it a chance
I cook your food, I’ll wash your clothes
I swear to God I keep your warm when it gets cold
I can tell, I can tell, I know you don’t love me no more
I can tell, I can tell, I know you don’t love me no more
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When I woke up, I heard a voice
and i froze in my bed
When I woke up I was divorced
how did you get back into my head
no, no, no, no, it was the radio
your gone and i don’t even think of you my little blue one
i was sleeping and had a dream
I was writing to you
it was creepy my dreamy dream
you read my letter remembered i loved you
no, no no no, you don’t love me anymore
your gone and i don’t even think of you my little blue one
dont even think of you reading your paper ea. morning
dont even think of you sipping your coffee and yawning
dont even think of your hands pulling hair back off your pretty face
dont even think of you walking away as i’m walking around this empty place.
i remember and try to forget with a bottle of wine
i remember an try to forget, that the ring your not wearing is mine
no no no no, you don’t wear it anymore
your gone and i don’t even think of you my little blue one
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I’m a son of an engineer, I’m a son of an engineer
He’s gambled all he’s made, from every life he saves
Can’t let the devil by his side
I’m the son of an driving rain, I’m the son of an driving rain
When it comes it pours, I hide behind his doors
And when its safe unlock the doors and pray
I’m the son of a great pretender, I’m the son of a great pretender
Pretending life is not real, cos I’ve got a heart of steel
Pretending home is closer than it feels
I don’t roam, because I wait
and I go anywhere, and theres just one thing I always must remember
I will always be the son of an engineer
The devil rides in a black car, the devil rides in a black car
In ? I have paid, for all the moves I’ve made
Walked for every inch within the mile
I’m the son of an engineer, I’m the son of an engineer
Whoohoo
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My eyelids said four-thirty and the radio clock said six
and i was thinking up a reasonable excuse
I might’ve slept til yesterday but in the shape I’m in
whats 24 hours more or less to lose
Chorus: I burned up letters and burned up souvenirs
and left no traces that I was ever here
and I won’t be louisiana lowdown and blue
the phone rings after breakfest
I swallow hard when I hear
guess who? and I say oh no and the caller hangs up
I think I need a shower
but I really want a beer
and I remember a dream I had and laugh to myself
Chorus
I saw a stranger smiling at me yesterday
and it scared me almost half to death
I wanted to hide I wanted to run away from them
Instead I closed my eyes and I wasn’t there
I was somewhere in the French Quarter
in the winter of last year
yeah sitting in the square dripping chili on myself
then I headed home I heard the sound
of heaven in my ears
Turned and saw a woman on the corner
singing about Jesus
Chorus
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Its four am, I’m drunk and alone
trying to call you on a public phone
I wanted passion. I wanted desire
My heart is a flame that pains me
if I do not light it on fire
I’m the perfect picture of a perfect fool
You’re out doing what I wanted you to
I’m in the heartbreak hotel and there’s a desk clerk for hire.
My heart is a flame that pains me
if I do not light it on fire.
How can I tell you
just how it feels
How do you make love stay and
How do you know if what’s staying is real
I was the one full of whiskey and talk
I was the one with the skip in my walk
You say the truth hurts, yeah well, so does a liar
My heart is a flame that pains me
if I do not light it on fire
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the other night dear, as I lay sleeping
i dreamed I held you in my arms
but when I woke dear, i was mistaken
so i hung my head and cried
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
you make me happy when skies are gray
you’ll never know dear, how much I love you
please don’t take my sunshine away
I’ll always love you and make you happy
if only you would do the same
If you leave me to love another
You’ll regret it all someday
Chorus
You told me once dear, that you never hurt me
that nothing else could come between
but now you’ve left me to love another
You have ? all my dreams
Chorus
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you say you need excitement in your life
that I am just a sweater that you wear from time to time
excitment leads to hard work, leads to strife
while sweaters keep you warm from the coldness of the world
What do you get each time you say goodbye
When the indifference of tomorrow is the hatred of today
Should I break down or should I dare to try
When your so quiet, so quiet, so god damn quiet
he don’t know you, like I know you
he can’t see you, like I do
and he don’t want you, like I want you
he don’t need you, like I do
I bet he’s never known the ways of love
you say it doesn’t matter anymore
the way I felt but never said, the way you said you felt
My feelings for you burn like a chore
tommorrows all go too fast and yesterdays too soon
What do you get each time you say goodbye
When the indifference of tomorrow is the hatred of today
Should I break down or should I dare to try
When your so quiet, so quiet, so god damn quiet
Chorus
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You thought I’d be waiting up when you came home last night
You went out with all the girls and then you ended up half tied
Liquor and love they just don’t mix so leave the bottle of me behind
Don’t come home a drinkin’ with lovin’ on your mind
Never take you anywhere cause your always gone
Any night I laid awake right here all alone
then you come home licking on me, it happens nearly every time
don’t come a drinkin’ with lovin’ on your mind
Don’t come home a drinkin’ with lovin’ on your mind
Just stay out late, on the town and see what you can find
If you want that kind of lovin’ then you don’t want none of mine
so don’t come home a drinkin’ with lovin’ on your mind
Thats so unlady-like
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Listen to what I say, I’m dying you know I’m dead
Locked in conversation, lots of masterbation
no communication in my head
I’m sleeping a bit too sound, I’m lying on the ground
Lets turn it side-ways, you can turn it highways
so lets turn it upside down
roaches in my breakfast, nothing left for lunch
tired of your secrets and your smiles
know we never kissed much, know we never touched
Know I’m climbing higher baby, higher, higher
Listen to what I say, I’m dying, you know I’m dead
Locked in converstion, lots of masterbation,
no communication in my head
roaches in my breakfast, nothing left for lunch
tired of your secrets and your smiles
know we never kissed much, know we never touched
Know I’m climbing higher baby, higher, higher
Listen to what I say
listen to what I say
listen to what I say
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