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Sundays with the drink and the hounds and the whores
Señoritas and their long black hair in the doors
Dirty bar room floors and open pours
Sundays never smile anymore
Between the bums and dead end kids
I can hear ‘em all laugh at the lives they live
I can hear ‘em all laugh at what they been
Doctors, lawyers, bankers, bums in the end
Twenty dollars on the windowsill
Bet it all that we get our fill
We can ride on out tonight
Old Cadillac Coupe Deville
Bet your sweet ass I will
We can ride on out tonight
I remember what my dear old momma said
You’re gonna live ‘round here ‘till your dead
You’d better get that through your head
Oh momma how could I forget
She’d say it with an angel’s kiss
But angels would never live like this
We can ride on out tonight
There are some that I’m gonna miss
But it ain’t much of a list
We can rid on out tonight
Well I live in a no good town
She gets worse when the sun goes down
I can hear her dirty magic sounds
She drops her bombs upon the ground
Bombs in her clothes, bombs in her prose
Bombs in the basements down below
Bombs in the Sunday picture show
Sundays never smile anymore
No money and my hands are sore
Aw honey that’s what roads are for
We can ride on out tonight
I heard it said many times before
Sundays never smile anymore
We can ride on out tonight
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Don’t let your heart
Don’t let your heart
Don’t let your heart
Be troubled when I lay my boots to rest
When I lay them to rest
For I’ve walked these old boots ragged and half to death
Don’t let your heart
Don’t let your heart
Don’t let your heart
Be troubled when I lay my guns to rest
When I lay them to rest
For they’ve cried like thunder when they shaken on down the best
What good is a horse without a rider?
And a gun without a hand?
What good is man without a woman?
And a woman without a man?
South sun shines
South sun shines
South sun shines so bright
On my baby in the morning
In the morning sun
All I need are my boots, my baby and gun
The good land comes
The good land goes
The good land turns to bad
With a little change of clothes
And some neon lights
I never seen nothin’ so sad in all my life
What good is a horse without a rider?
And a gun without a hand?
What good is man without a woman?
And a woman without a man?
Never known what I was after
Spent my whole life ramblin’ round
Well the good lord’s gonna hold me
As the good land’s commin’ down
What good is a horse without a rider?
And a gun without a hand?
What good is man without a woman?
And a woman without a man?
Never known what I was after
Spent my whole life ramblin’ round
Well the good lord’s gonna hold me
As the good land’s commin’ down
Well the good lord’s gonna hold me
As the good land’s commin’ down
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Rock Island
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Kill em all slowly, kill em all soft
Kill em all lonely, kill em all lost
I dream a promise, and I long for the day
Kill em all slowly, kill em all brave
Saddled in sadness, saddled in sin
Rattled by roses, rattled by gin
I have grown weary of the morning sun
Smolderin’ madness, smolderin’ gun
Oh Rock Island
Carry me something
Oh Rock Island
Take care of me good
Have mercy on a man
And his late life crimes
Oh Rock Island
Only friend of mine
They say wild is the reason, rage is the style
Won’t you stay a little longer, just a little while
I love these crooked evenings with you and your wine
Oh Rock Island, only friend of mine
To be your sweetheart, to be your man
Take all my money, take all my land
I dream of lightning and streets of gold
Kill em all slowly, kill em all cold
Oh Rock Island
Carry me something
Oh Rock Island
Take care of me good
Have mercy on a man
And his late life crimes
Oh Rock Island
Only friend of mine
Oh Rock Island
Only friend of mine
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North Mountain Bride
04:12
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I was born to some north mountain lovers
I was born to the dirt and the pine
I will take me a north mountain lover
And she will be my north mountain bride
There was a time I was stuck in the bramble
I was alone with myself on my side
Just wakin’ up was a hell of a gamble
That’s when I saw my north mountain bride
North mountain bride
North mountain bride
North mountain bride
North mountain bride
Hills were painted with sun and flowers
I could smell Texas if I only tried
I could see cities and walls and towers
All that I want is my north mountain bride
Where I been and where I’m going
Don’t mean a thing if she ain’t by my side
All that I know’s if I’m gone then I’m going
And I will be there with my north mountain bride
North mountain bride
North mountain bride
North mountain bride
North mountain bride
Someday my boy will say to the others
Someday not too far down the line
I was born to a north mountain lover
And I was born to his north mountain bride
North mountain bride
North mountain bride
North mountain bride
North mountain bride
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Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye my friend
I whisper to the door
The snow has covered everything
You don’t need me anymore
I’ll keep the time that we have shared
Fresh upon my mind
Please be gentle, please be fair
When you’re leavin’ me behind
The cat will cry
When you say goodbye
Please be gentle, please be fair
When you’re leavin’ me behind
When you’re leavin’ me behind
When you’re leavin’ me behind
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Abigail
04:10
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I love you my sweet Abigail
I hope this finds you well
I’ve not a second I can spare
So my story I will tell
Oh Joseph when I read the words
In letters that you send
I pray that in this world or next
I’ll see your face again
We left Danville for Caroline
And on to St. Louis
We stopped a while to dry our bones
That’s where they got to me
You’d never know your son I say
He’s grown up tall and right
He’s got his momma’s golden hair
And all his daddy’s fight
We marched for weeks and months my love
Straight through the driving rain
I’m just as worn as this tattered flag
They’ve tied around my brain
The sun, it shines, upon our home
Our family and our farm
I’d gladly trade it all away
To lie within your arms
I sit beneath this old oak tree
And fear I won’t return
The bullet’s deep inside my chest
As I watch our battle turn
Easy come and easy go
That’s what my father says
I can’t imagine that he’s known
A love quite like this
I long to come back home to you
And hold you in the night
Where willows hold those cobbled streets
And war is far from sight
There’s just one thing I ask of you
That’s keep me in your mind
And I will think of you my dear
When I leave this world behind
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Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel Nashville, Tennessee
Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel delivers through a virtual “who’s-who” of crack Midwest musicians who have assembled around Necci’s heartfelt and heartbreaking songs. Their wildcat live performances take listeners to a dusty, forlorn, but strangely familiar place that simply gets sweeter with time. ... more
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