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Henrietta
03:51
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"Henrietta"
Henrietta come back home, don't let the sun go down
I know I'm not easy, but come home anyway
Don't let the sun go down.
Henrietta left me alone, Henrietta come back home
Henrietta hit 40 West, right around the break of day
westbound highway one hundred and five
Henrietta made me pay
Henrietta cursed with her eyes, Henrietta said no goodbyes
Henrietta you know I love you, Henrietta come back home
I would run after, I'd chase my blues
but Henrietta stole my shoes
Henrietta thinks I'll forget, but Henrietta hasn't stopped yet
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"The Day We Drove to the Rodeo"
We were on our way, to the rodeo, you held my hand
But I was young then, I did not understand
Your love left me stupid as a stone
Your love left me like a child and his ice cream cone
But I was young then, now I wish I had known
It was the end of days, the rain fell soft, but your words did not
The scorn of a woman and the pain she locked up
I loved you like a man loves his alcohol
I loved you like a boxer loves to brawl
But now I'm older and I'll take anything at all
I sold my soul today, I gave my heart away, to another face
She loves me dearly but it's just not the same
Your love left me empty as a shell
Your love left me shaking like a bell
But now it's over and I can only wish you well
I've been walking north ever since the day I heard you passed away
But Cheryl told me that, you smiled every day
Your love left me stupid as a stone
Your love left me like a child and his ice cream cone
But I was young then, now I wish I known
But I was young then, now I wish I known
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Marianne
03:05
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"Marianne"
Marianne, you're wasted, you can't remember my name
Years ago we fell in love and ran away for a day
Marianne, you're wasted, but I want to hold your hand
Help you with the memories we could have had
Oh when that wind blows, darling, I can smell your cheeks
All the way in San Francisco or from the highest peak
When I dream of happiness I sail into your eyes
A million stars of sunshine could not replace your light
Marianne you're making me, one crazy man
All I really want to do is to try and understand
Why so many years ago you pushed me away
You said, "don't you understand boy, I do remember your name"
Marianne that whiskey will clear your throat
Ask me anything that you could ever wish to know
I can tell you honestly no one's ever come close
"Then why didn't you fight for me," you say, "why'd you have to go?"
Marianne you're making me, one crazy man
Years ago we fell in love now here we are again
Good was never good enough, you couldn't give yourself a chance
Marianne, I love you but I cannot come back again
Marianne, I love you but I cannot come back again
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My Black Bess
03:11
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"My Black Bess"
If I mistook the way that you sometimes
look at me
Please don't worry and please don't run
because I'll shrink away
Oh I'll shrink away
I played our joys on the record player
waiting for the sun
I thought if I could be someone that you could
love me better, you could
love me better
So here I am on your doorstep
the unsure and unwelcome guest
you should say what's on your troubled mind
Oh honey, for you I've got plenty of time
honey, for you I've got plenty of time
I rode my horse past your window tonight
and I blew kisses from the back of my mind
oh if love was simple as a ray of light
honey, you'd be shining day or night
honey, you'd be shining day or night
So here I am on your doorstep
the unsure and unwelcome guest
you should say what's on your troubled mind
Oh honey, for you I've got plenty of time
honey, for you I've got plenty of time
I never knew which road was truer
to be the love or pursuer
I'd give my all but I'm often the loser
And I don't want to go
No, I don't want to go
So here I am on your doorstep
the unsure and unwelcome guest
you should say what's on your troubled mind
Oh honey, for you I've got plenty of time
honey, for you I've got plenty of time
Oh honey, for you I've got plenty of time.
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Caroline
03:28
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"Caroline"
To love her I had to leave her, standing there in the sand
she looked back at me with a tear in her eye she said, 'when you awake you'll understand'
Caroline, oh Caroline I'll be back someday
I had to leave you to love you thoughts filled with pictures of you
there were dues to pay
now the sun doesn't shine like it did when you were mine
everything else fades away, Caroline
When I sleep she dances in my head but she's miles away
well i made off in the night like a rolling stone down a dark highway
I left her cold, left her bare, she told me to be careful there
with my heart on my sleeve
I told her I'd be back someday, hoping that she'll never change
constant calm nights in Carolina
Caroline, oh Caroline I'll be back someday
I had to leave you to love you thoughts filled with pictures of you
there were dues to pay
now the sun doesn't shine like it did when you were mine
everything else fades away, Caroline
In the company of my misery, I wake up under a strange sky
I peel the paint off the walls, find every little flaw
in everybody but her
when all the madness settles, and I'm half past dead
it'll make no difference where I lay my head
as long as its with
Caroline, oh Caroline I'll be back someday
I had to leave you to love you thoughts filled with pictures of you
there were dues to pay
now the sun doesn't shine like it did when you were mine
everything else fades away, Caroline
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American Pipedream
04:03
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"American Pipedream"
Not every cowboy
Dies in the saddle
with dirt in his eyes and blood on his feet
not every mother
cries at a table
with three empty chairs and no one to feed
What have these heroes of yesterday turned out to be?
wage weary workers
and hourly prisoners
who just find the end to a means
Some have their lives
some have their families
some have it all, but none of that's free
the bills just keeps coming
the kids keep on running down
a well beaten path toward some burnt out scene
But what would they do if they knew just how hard it would be?
to give up on livin'
and let go of tryin'
and accept the end of a dream
But what's there to lose?
old scars, open wounds
that's all that's left of me
So do it again
six shots to the head
the only cold round
that I'll ever need
Not every villain
hides in the shadows
and not every hero lands on his feet
see they'll take your time,
your mind and your money
then sell you insurance that you'll never need
and they'll take
and they'll take
and they'll take
as long as you believe
that you'll make that cover
just like the others
that told you to follow your dreams
but that pipe's longer than it seems
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