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1. |
Southeast Texas Son
03:52
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Thinking back to my younger days
To see me here you would be amazed
At the things that we did in my southeast Texas days
Drinking whiskey and chase it with wine
Just being crazy and feeling fine
Yea, we sure had it made in my southeast Texas days
Oh we sure had a lot of fun
Just playing out in the Texas sun
How do you know where you're going
If you don't know where you're coming from?
The finest women in all the world
You can keep your California girls
I done traded them all for one Southeast Texas babe
We take easy, we take it slow
We're in no hurry, got nowhere to go
Got all the time in the world down in southeast Texas, babe
Oh we sure have a lot of fun
Just playing out in the Texas sun
How do you know where you're going
If you don't know where you're coming from?
And I'm a southeast Texas son (solo)
(take me down the Neches!)
Thinking back to my younger day
To see me here you would be amazed
At the things that we did in a southeast Texas daze
Oh, we sure have a lot of fun
Just playing out in the hot Texas sun
How do you know where you're going
If you don't know where you're coming from?
And I'm a southeast Texas son
Yeah, that's where I'm coming from
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2. |
Fall In Love Again
04:31
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From the first time that I saw you I thought she could be the one for me
More red flags than China but I wanted to believe
That you could fall in love with a guy like me
Then we met in Vegas because what else could we do?
In the back of Elvis’ Cadillac I said I do to you
Then we went out to California in the Joshua Tree sand
I said you were my gypsy queen, you said I was your man
And fell in love with a guy like me
If we didn’t know now what we thought that we knew then
Could we still be friends? Would we fall in love again?
Somehow I still believe that you were made for me
And every night I pray that we could find a way
To fall in love again, oh, fall in love again
We spent a week in Cripple Creek at that haunted house
Reviews at 1 AM you read and I just laughed out loud
Or that waitress at the Graumann’s who screamed when we sat down
She said, "clean up for yourself because I am leaving town!"
You stayed with me in Schenectady where it didn’t go so well
At one AM they called the cops and it was the night from hell
Well they can talk about us but there’s one thing they can’t say
No matter where we are, oh, it’s never dull in any way
And I fell in love with a girl like you
If we didn’t know now what we thought that we knew then
Could we still be friends? Would we fall in love again?
Somehow I still believe that you were made for me
And every night I pray that we could find a way
To fall in love again, oh, fall in love again
Fall, fall, fall, fall in love again
If we didn’t know now what we thought that we knew then
Could we still be friends? Would we fall in love again?
Somehow I still believe that you were made for me
And every night I pray that we could find a way
To fall in love again, oh, fall in love again
If we didn’t know now what we thought that we knew then
Could we still be friends? Would we fall in love again?
Somehow I still believe that you were made for me
And every night I pray that we could find a way
To fall in love again, oh, fall in love again
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3. |
Gotta Go
04:15
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Gonna run, gonna get on my bike, gonna ride
Gonna put on my wings, gonna fly
Gotta get out here, gotta go
Goodbye, this time it’s do it or die
This time it’s getting me down
Gotta get out away, out of town
I don’t care where I go and I don’t know, no, no.
I gotta go. I might go home.
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go
Gonna cruise, gonna get out of here real smooth
Gonna get on my wheels gonna move
Gotta get out away, Gotta go
So long I’m telling you now I’m gone
Done packed up my bags now so
I’m gotta get out of here, gotta go
I don’t care where I go
And I don’t know, no, no.
I gotta go. I might go home.
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go
Gonna run, gonna get on my bike, gonna ride
Gonna put on my wings, gonna fly
Gotta get out here, gotta go
Goodbye, this time it’s do it or die
This time it’s getting me down
Gotta get out away, out of town
I don’t care where I go and I don’t know, no, no.
I gotta go. I might go home.
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go
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4. |
Color Me Blu
03:21
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Listen real well, got a story to tell
‘bout a guy maybe some of you knew
I’d see him everywhere, every place he was there
When I finally asked him, “who are you?” He said, “Color me blu”
I’ve been in, I’ve been out, I been up, been down
I’ve been to places where no one has been
I went to heaven before, I was lost, I was found
I been through hell and might go again
I’ve seen good and bad, I’ve been happy and sad
Did things no one thought I could do
Been all over the world, know all kinds of girls,
Been in love now a time or two so color me blu
And then he said, “it doesn’t matter what you have
And it's only vanity that you do so color me blu
I’ve been pauper and king, I’ve tried everything
Now I’m looking for something that’s new
I have made some mistakes and I have some regrets
And you know there were more than a few so color me blu
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5. |
Chaison Park
02:53
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There’s a place in Beaumont Texas where I really used to want to go
Back when I was just a little boy
Oh man, it was so long ago
It was a place called Chaison Park
I just wanted to go and play out in Chaison Park
Ya see, mama left us with the day care folks
Because she had to run away from home
Those people didn’t know her and they didn’t know us
None of us knew where she’d gone
While the other kids played...
Up in the attic we stayed across from Chaison Park
I don’t know why people gotta do all the crazy things that we do
Over and over and over again and always reaching for more
Kids having kids having babies again and all of us are going to cry
Still we are wondering why and where are we sleeping tonight?
I remembered that scared little boy today
When something hurt in a familiar way
And I realized he never left that place
He still wants to go out and play at Chaison Park
But you can never go back
I don’t want to go back to Chaison Park
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6. |
Give Me Your Heart
03:41
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Give me your heart baby and I’ll take care of you,
I would do anything, oh that a man can do
Give me your heart, baby, ‘cause I can’t take it from you
I would do anything if you would give me your heart, babe.
Give me your heart
“Cause I understand, honey, and no other man can do
All this and everything that a man can do
Give me your heart, baby, ‘cause I can’t take it from you
I would do anything if you would give me your heart, babe.
Give me your heart
Don’t you know that I"ll always be your fool?
There’s ain’t a damn thing I wouldn’t do
If you would give me your heart..
Just say that you love me now,
Oh we have eternity together, baby
And you’ll always be my whole world
Give me your heart, baby, ‘cause I can’t take it from you
I would do anything, I would do anything, I would do almost anything
If you would give me your heart, babe. Give me your heart.
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7. |
Cry, Cry
03:17
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I want to forget that look in your eye
That night I told you that this would be goodbye
And I broke your heart ‘cause I didn’t try
The worst thing I ever did was making you cry, cry, cry
Cry, cry, oh baby let me wipe away that tear in your eye
Cry, Cry, Cry, Cry. If you could come away with me,
we wouldn’t have to say good-bye
And I want to forget what I have to done to mess up everything
Just when we were having fun and I broke your heart though I didn’t try
I hope someday you can forgive me and forget how I made you cry
Cry, cry, baby let me wipe away that tear in your eye, cry, cry
Cry, Cry. If you could come away with me, we wouldn’t have to say good-bye
No one is right and no one’s wrong, still we’re singing another blues song
Just one of those things that wouldn’t work out,
but there is one thing without a doubt
I could never regret falling in love with you……but I want to forget
I want to forget but what can I do
after all the boo-bapoo that I just put you through?
So I sit alone on this summer night,
and I dream a dream of you, baby, and I begin to cry
Cry, cry, baby won’t you wipe away these tears from my eyes?
Cry, Cry. If you could come away with me, we wouldn’t have to cry, cry, cry
Cry, Cry baby won’t you wipe all of these tears from my eyes? Cry, cry
Cry, cry….if I would have stayed at home with you we wouldn’t have to say good-bye
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8. |
Some Kind of Secret
03:57
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Can you tell me why you won’t look in my eye when I talk to you?
Was it something I said? Was it something I did or maybe didn’t do?
Are you keeping some kind of secret?
Some kind of secret from me?
Tell me why you haven’t been returning my calls when I phone you up?
You know lately I get this feeling that there’s something you’ve been
trying to cover up
Are you keeping some kind of secret?
Some kind of secret from me?
Are you keeping some kind of secret?
Some kind of secret from me?
I never gave you a reason to be this way
I’ve always loved you and that would never change
There’s no reason to hide from me,
No reason baby
So I saw you on the street and I waved hello
But you wouldn’t look my way
You know I understand and I always listen to what you have to say
Are you keeping some kind of secret?
Some kind of secret from me?
Are you keeping some kind of secret?
Why you hiding from me?
Some kind of secret, tell me why
Why you hiding from me?
Tell me why, oh tell me why
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Old Hound Dog
04:47
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My old hound dog he ain’t much to see
But that old hound dog means a lot to me
I take him with me everywhere,
Everywhere I go
But I am always late because
My old hound dog is slow
He’s a half-blooded blue tick hound,
I can hear his tongue’s flap in the breeze
I just love that old hound dog
And he’s the home to a thousand fleas
My old hound dog He ain’t much to see
But that old hound dog means a lot to me
Now Fred, (that’s his name),
I think he’s the only dog in about two square miles
Except for maybe cousin Thelma Lou’s chihuahua,
Which really should not count as a dog
But maybe some kind of varmint creature,
But anyways Fred never cared too much for chasing rabbits
He just lays around….and eats…. and sleeps…
He never does a DANG THANG
My old hound dog He ain’t much to see
But that old hound dog means a lot to me(SOLO)
So one Monday night I took that old hound dog
to Catawba on the south slope in Asheville North Carolina
To jam with John and Bentley and Ben and cousin Tim
There was Clyde and Steve and they were singing their latest Appalachian love songs
Fred and all the other dogs starting howling to fit right in….
Goodnight Irene!
My old hound dog he ain’t much to see
But that old hound dog means a lot to me
I take him with me everywhere,
Everywhere I go
But I am always late because
My old hound dog is slow
He’s a half-blooded blue tick hound,
I can hear his tongue’s flap in the breeze
I just love that old hound dog
And he’s the home to a thousand fleas
My old hound dog He ain’t much to see
But that old hound dog means a lot to me
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Well let’s go way on back to 1999
When I swore that I’d be yours
And you said that you’d be mine
So long ago
We gonna make it somehow
‘Cause it just feels so good
That I can’t stop loving you now
Feels so good in the morning sun
Feels so good till the evening come
Feels so good all through the night
Feels so good until the morning light
Everybody talking about us falling apart
But if you ever go it’s gonna break my heart
Don’t you know We gonna make it somehow
‘Cause it just feels so good
That I can’t stop loving you now
Now I know that there’s some things that have been bothering you
But don’t you worry, baby, ‘cause we are gonna make it through
And don’t you know
We gonna make it somehow
‘Cause it just feels so good
That I can’t stop loving you now
I love it when you kiss me and you hold me tight
I love it when you rock me going late into the night
I love it when you we’re rolling, going back to back
And I love to give them pretty lips a great big ole smack
Now you got three little babies and they all look just like me
So you might say goodbye but I’m gonna be everywhere you see
So don’t you go
We all gotta make it somehow
‘Cause it just feels so good
That I can’t stop loving you now
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11. |
One of Those Days
04:01
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When I woke up I was half an hour late
Couldn’t open my eyes but I stood up anyway
Got ready to go and could not find the keys
This is not my idea of how to start the day
One of those days, One of those days, One of those days,
It looks like it’s going to be one of those days
I got to work to find I’d lost a job
And just in time for the Christmas holiday
So I got in my car to find I’d had a flat
So I bought a spare but then I could not find the jack
One of those days, One of those days, One of those days,
It looks like it’s going to be one of those days
Oh no, not again
It seems like I could win sometime
When I got home I did not have to guess
What the note on the door would have in store for me
You’re three weeks late just like the month before
We don’t need your kind so you don’t live here no more
One of those days, One of those days, One of those days,
It looks like it’s going to be one of those days
It looks like it’s going to be one of those days
It looks like it’s going to be one of those days
It looks like it’s going to be one of those days again
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12. |
Gypsy Queen
04:38
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Lemme tell ya about a girl so fine
Aw, she’s sweeter than Manishewitcz wine
Want to take her home with me
Once she was mine
Now she’s across the Canadian line
And I can’t sleep any more at night
Wanting to hold that little dove tight
She floats around on wings of love
A messenger of light
And I need to hold that angel tonight
Crown her Gypsy Queen, O I love her son
She tells me I ought to let her know
Someday soon I’m going to fly up to Toronto
Crown her Gypsy Queen, gonna take her home with me
We’re going to let the good times roll
Ya never met a woman like her before
Yea she’s all that and so much more
Lips that fill me with desire
Eyes that set my soul on fire
She’s the girl I was always looking for
Crown her Gypsy Queen, O I love her so!
She put a smile on my face as big as Ohio
Someday soon I’m going to fly up to Toronto
Crown her Gypsy Queen, gonna take her home with me
We’re going to let the good times roll
When she wraps her arms around me, makes the world alright
Nana nana boo boo all ya losers!
Crown her Gypsy Queen, oh I love her so
She saved my life more than she’ll ever know
Maybe someday she’ll come home to me from Toronto
Crown her Gypsy Queen, gonna take her home with me
We’re going to let the good times roll
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13. |
Solitaire
03:05
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Sitting in my bedroom looking out the window
Wondering where the day went,
wondering where should I go
I’ve been thinking about a woman,
is she thinking about me?
Pick up my guitar or maybe watch TV
Every time I turn around I wish that you were there
Guess I’ll play another round of solitaire
Been talking to the mirror
But it don’t know what to say
Even checked the mailbox another time today
Is there anyone out there?
I can’t take this forever
If you’re playing solitaire could we play together?
Every time I turn around I wish that you were there
Guess I’ll play another round of solitaire
Solitaire, solitaire, solitaire, solitaire
I’ve been sitting in my bedroom looking out the window
Wondering where the day went,
Wondering where should I go
I’ve been thinking about a woman,
Is she thinking about me?
Pick up my guitar or maybe watch TV
But every time I turn around I wish that you were there
And I just lost another round of solitaire
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Pappa he live in Zwolle Louisianna,
where the Texas moonshiners hide low
Pappa he take me fishing in de' swamp
where de snake and de alligator go
I get scared and take off a running
when a wild pig chase me up a tree
Going circles like a goose widda head plumb off,
Pappa he a laughin' at me
Laissez Les Bon Temps Roullier is something every cajun knows
Laissez Les Bon Temps Roullier time to get up; here we go
I told you and I told you and I told and I told you
And I aint'a gonna told you no mo'
Laissez Les Bon Temps Roullier means let the good times roll
Gettin' my sein, going down to da bayou
Gonna ketch me a mess a crawdad
Cook up a little bit a rabbit jambalaya
bess eatin' that you ever had
Little turtle etouffe gonna go real good
with a great big pot of red beans
See what cha' missing not livin in de' swamp?
It’s mo better than a big city dream!
Laissez Les Bon Temps Roullier
is something every cajun knows
Laissez Les Bon Temps Roullier time a git up; here we go
I told you and I told you and I told and I told you
And I aint'a gonna told you no mo'
Laissez Les Bon Temps Roullier means let the good times roll
It's just too bad everybody can't live in a little bitty town like me
But everytime a city boy come into town we all can't wait to see 'im leave
Gonna go and tell everybody in the city
tonight we gonna have a hoe’ down
Yelling from the top of my pappy's tin roof
I'm related to the whole dern town
We made a new batch of moonshine whiskey,
everybody come over have a drank
Tonight we gonna have a little bit of fun.
Bring yer fiddle, and everybody sang....
Laissez Les Bon Temps Roullier
is something that you oughta know
Laissez Les Bon Temps Roullier time a git up; here we go
I told you and I told you and I told and I told you
And I aint'a gonna told you no mo'
Laissez Les Bon Temps Roullier means let the good times roll
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15. |
Have You Changed?
04:37
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It’s been a long time that you’ve been away
But I still think about you at the end of the day
How you gonna make now you’re on your own?
Do you have a place to call your home?
Where you gonna be when you’re all alone?
And have you changed at all since you’ve been gone?
Have you changed?
What you gonna do if it don’t work out?
Will it be enough to break your vow?
Where you going to turn when the world gets rough?
‘Cause no one really cares when times are tough
Where you going to be when the sun comes up?
You could call on me if you’ve had enough
Have you changed?
Oh, have you changed?
Oh and still I wonder why
The answer would surely ease my mind
Can’t keep looking back or the clouds get in the way
There’s going to be a brighter day
What we gonna do if the dream goes dry?
Will be enough to make you cry?
Where you gonna go to when you run?
Who you gonna tell about things you’ve done?
Who you gonna ask when you wonder why?
And have you changed at all since we said goodbye?
Have you changed?
Oh, have you changed?
Oh, have you changed at all?
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16. |
O Leonardo
04:30
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He chuckled with a smile as he laid down the brush
He said "hey this is good!" cause it pleased him so much
With a grin on his face he paused and enjoyed
The pleasure that it brought him as he tinkered and he toyed
Oh Leonardo, you are always making something new
Oh Leonardo, I look at your creation and it is giving me a view
Of the one at the easel, but I only see in part
O Leonardo, how I love your art (that's kinda groovy, man)
On a palette in your hand mixing pigments never seen
Watercolor rainbows, mountains of deep green
Drafting lines across the landscape, connecting dark and light.
Shades of living color painted over night
All the shades of love are in this masterpiece you've made
Though I see a simple color, I know you have made a million shades
Amazing to imagine where I might be in there
The mystery to me is why you even care?
Six days you have been working and now a time to rest
To go walking through a Garden, put it to a test
You made every preparation and still you understand
It will have to be redeemed, as you breath life into a man
Oh Leonardo, you are making all things new
Oh Leonardo, I look at your creation and it is giving me a view
Of the one at the easel, but I only see in part
O Leonardo, its a picture of your heart
And how I love your heart, Leonardo
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