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Yardboss
03:13
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My feet were tired
walking ties all day
Thought I heard a freight train
a half-a-mile away
Thought I'd jump on board
It didn't dawn on me
To find a place to hide
'till I got to Tennessee
Riding on a coal car
On a southbound train
The Yardboss caught me sleeping
That'll put me 3 days late
Mister please.....
Don't sic the dog on me
I'll give you all my money
When we get to Tennessee
I had a nice girl waiting
In Memphis town
But a Detroit factory
Will get you low down
Now my heart's a-yearning
For the volunteer State
Ahhh but, three more days
The Yardboss will make me wait
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Right In Step
03:19
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I've known for a long, long time if you could be mine
I'd forfeit the treasures and their thrills
And rejoice in song and may they come along
and join us in our arts goodwill
We can sing this song with our heads on high
After all we'll take to wing before we fly
Now I feel the music is real
and my foot falls right in step with you
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As we dance in close harmony
step by step we move across the floor
Closer to a better life, a truer tune
And an opus on that golden shore
We can sing this song with our heads on high
After all we'll take to wing before we fly
Now I feel the music is real
and my foot falls right in step with you
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3. |
Rogue River Valley
02:21
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Songs in the fields and from over the hill
Played on an old wooden stage
Heard through the pines trees a lonesome melody
That only will sweeten with age
They've all gone away for the winter
Maybe to return in the spring
When music can fly like an eagle
take wing in the Rogue River Valley
Nobody's going to the big show
Nobody's riding the rail
The stage lights on Saturday night don't gleam in the sky
No more will the artist regale
We've all gone away for the winter
Maybe to return in the spring
When music can weep like a willow
take root in the Rogue River Valley
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4. |
Downtown
04:30
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Cardboard merchant on the corner
50 cent slots at 3 a.m.
Plenty going on besides your cell phone
Sugar boys looking for a friend
I'm going downtown tonight
Ballerina dancing to a soundtrack
Shopping cart parade on the street
Junkie Reinhardt busking on the sidewalk
Ladies heels clicking to the beat
I'm going downtown tonight
Telephone poles pregnant with posters on the corner
Hyping play-for-nothing bands of hipsters and a Hohner
Double dealing villains on the platform
Hungry urban campers by the rail
Pseudo honky tonkin' at the whiskey club
Bluegrass bands they pale....... so good at sipping ale now
I'm going downtown anyway
I know of the love of the common people
I'm calling out, like bells of a steeple
(but you) Won't hear coyotes howling
Stars don't light up the sky
Hustle fills the air in the city
Blinded to the eagles flying by
I'm going downtown anyway
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Lincoln River
03:53
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White tail deer, grazing in the meadow
A partridge flies from a white spruce tree
Hand in hand with mother nature
Just my dog, the river and me
In my home upon the river
In my home upon the hill
Where the wind’s my only caller
Spend my days at the old sawmill
Cool clean water of the Lincoln river
I sit and watch it as it flows
Washes away all my troubles
And restores my weary soul
In my home upon the river
In my home upon the hill
Where the wind’s my only caller
Spend my days at the old sawmill
When I die, don’t worry about me
Bury me not deep in the ground
Cast my ashes on the river
Watch them as they float on down
In my home upon the river
In my home upon the hill
Where the wind’s my only caller
Spend my days at the old sawmill
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Hey Watch This
03:28
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Silvertone Blues
03:43
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I wrote away to Sears & Roebuck
Ordered me a Silvertone
The Postman brought it on a big black horse
in a paper box four feet long
Oh my Silvertone
Silvertone Blues
My Baby's gone but I ain't alone
'cause I got my old Silvertone
Silvertone Blues
Silvertone guitar blues
My Baby's gone but I ain't alone
'cause I got my old Silvertone
I went to town last Saturday
Played in front of Hardison's store
I made me a dollar and a dime and a quarter
and I'm going back there for more......with my Silvertone....
I had me a gal in the springtime
She loved my music everyday
Now come summer, she's heard my songs
and her love has flown away.......from my Silvertone....
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Daydream Dance
04:21
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There's only one way, through the live long day
To satisfy my heart from our rendezvous
So, I tighten up my laces, imagining your face, is
next to mine and I daydream dance with you
Deep within my mind is churning, and only for you yearning
I hear a swinging band, so soft and blue
Guitars hold the rhythm, and a fiddle gliding with 'em
As I take your hand and daydream dance with you
Floating by, I watch you split the air
You twirl, I catch you in my arms
You are the belle of the ball and so fair
I am just learning of your charms
Well....the sawdust and low-light, and the crazy moon at midnight
makes a whirling splendor on our dance debut
A kiss, may I borrow, Honey, I'll give it back tomorrow
and have another daydream dance with you
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Valentine
02:23
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Little birds on the hill
Snow is on the window sill
Cold winds a' blowing
Lake is icy blue
Winter clouds are setting in
Know I'll soon be home again
That is where our heart's inclined
to start our love a' new
Oh, Valentine my love is overflowing
Just a few more days have yet to come
This righteous feeling has me singing low and high notes
Oh Valentine, we'll be setting with the sun
Way up and around the bend
Going to see my loving friend
Just a few more miles to go
Beyond the drifting dunes
This winter storm is underway
I'm heading home, see you today
dream about the love we share
Beneath a snowy moon
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10. |
Rugburns
05:02
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Mandoliner's Dream
03:22
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There's a little old lady that'll yodel if you let her write a letter to the old time fiddler's guild
I thought I saw her in Arkansas her hands just right for the fiddle she built
I can sing melismo...........................quite well
But I wish I could spin the tale of an old white whale.... like Melville
On Friday night we'll drink from a jug from a still.... built on the moon
Brand new recipe, earthshine's a remedy to folks who howl at noon
White Freightliner, parked by the diner, haul them chickens to North Caroliner
Rooster cruiser, working girl's a loser, can't find the gears, just grind 'er
I have moxie like Deacon Jones,.... Honey that is something you can never quell
I once knew a horse that would kick the fence, .. just to ring his dinner bell
3 gigs.... maybe hit it big, like the song-smith from Oildale would
I got an app that tells me.. luckily, .. good times ain't over for good
I bought this mandolin from a man to win his wage by selling it
I'll earn mine if my hands keep time so I reckon I'll cross-pick it
I'll dance circles around you at the square dance next Saturday night
Then whittle you a fiddle like a scrimshaw honey if you take me home tonight
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12. |
Abilene
03:47
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Stars pull the sky across Texas,
Wind blows through my life;
Your hold on my heart, After all of this time
Echoes into the night
The moon is parked above Abilene
so silent and serene
The moon is parked above Abilene
No more alone than me
Road holds onto the landscape,
Headlights hold onto the road
At a hundred and five, I’m still haunted by
The candle's light and the rose
Some days I sail on the river of life,
Some days on death’s black ice.
But I’m doing fine, Just holding that line
As I write you this letter tonight
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Dear one, the world
is waiting for the sunrise
Every rose, is covered with dew
The thrush, on high
his sleepy mate is calling
and my heart, is calling you
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