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Decent Man
05:05
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Decent Man
There’s candy cars outside the bars
Back where I’m from
And every night somebody’s fightin’
Well ‘cause somebody’s drunk
Well I wouldn’t go there if I were you just to hold onto my life
But if you’re ever feelin’ lucky on a Friday night
Be sure you’re right
In the town where my daddy’s in the ground people don’t even smile
‘Cause the only decent man who ever made a stand well he’s been gone for a while
There’s a black cloud growin’ ‘round this town
It ain’t goin’ away
But today’s the day of penance baby
So I’ma play with the graves
Now tonight if I don’t get him send him to jail
Well I hope I send him to hell
I know this rain’s comin’ and it’s gonna roll through
Hopefully I’ma stay with you
In the town where my daddy’s in the ground people don’t even smile
‘Cause the only decent man who’s ever made a stand well he’s been gone for a while
I’ma callin’ to you Ol’ Tree, I’ma burn you down
Well I got my body outta the dirt and on this hallow ground
I’m gonna make you feel the fires you’ve set
By your evil deeds
And it’ll light the skies so you can’t rest
Until you’re in the ground with me
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2. |
The Answer
04:14
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The Answer
Well I logged on to the Internet
Just the other day
I had a million and one emails
And one was from my baby
The rest were ads for penis enlargements
Affordable places on the housing market
Maybe find my center to some degree
Using hyper-techno yoga energy
Well we’ve found answers from all around
Diseases in places like our basements
Things I’d never heard of until
Wild-eyed people came over the hill
Well the kids got A double D on the side
And that ain’t exactly a source of pride I said
My son can play 7 video games
Without even smiling
Well if you find the answer
Maybe keep it to yourself
‘Cause this world’s got enough problems
We don’t really need your help
Well if you find the answer
Best keep it to yourself
‘Cause this world’s got enough problems
It’s probably bad for our health
Well let me give you an example
For world peace we just need a sample
Of water from the purest well
We’d just protect it by blowin’ ourselves to hell
Maybe we buy a little toy for every little girl and boy
Watch the companies take over
We’d be workin’ ourselves to the bone
making little toy soldiers
Well if you find the answer
Maybe keep it to yourself
‘Cause this world’s got enough problems
We’d probably just kill ourselves
Well if you find the answer
Best keep it to yourself
‘Cause this world’s got enough problems
It’s probably just bad for our health
Maybe the best advice I’ve heard
Is fall in love, don’t utter hurtful words
And you’ll be so preoccupied with paradise
You won’t even hear my advice so
If you find the answer
Maybe keep it to yourself
‘Cause this world’s got enough problems
We’d probably just kill ourselves
Well if you find the answer
Best keep it to yourself
‘Cause this world’s got enough problems
It’s probably just bad for our health
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3. |
Happiness
04:36
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Happiness
Happiness is a lifetime
Happiness is a long ride
Happiness is a lifetime
Happiness is a hell of a time
Well I’ve just got to get this one right oh lord
I’m just gonna have to get bigger or bite
Happiness was money
But they took that away from me
Happiness was money
Before they took that away from me
Well if we don’t get the thrills tonight
We’re just gonna have to get bigger or bite
Happiness is a cul-de-sac
A place where I can turn around
Happiness is a cul-de-sac
Where what once was lost is now found
Well I don’t feel very happy right now
In fact I’m in misery
Happiness is that rollin’ pin
Looks like the doghouse for me
Happiness is that rollin’ pin
Looks like tall trouble over me
Well when you get your yellin’ done
Why not say hello to me darlin’
I’m sorry baby
Happiness is I'm sorry
Happiness is I’m sorry
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4. |
Miss Direction
03:37
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Miss Direction
Cuffed Skit: Aww, man. She did what?! Where’d she go? And she took that?! Well, now I gotta reach the damned handcuff keys with my toes.
She wore steel toed heels
That matched her red bag
Wore her heartstrings
With Gucci tags
She takes strides
That take men’s lives
Like her legs got a double knee cap
She’ll break you down and she’ll never look back
She’s a fancy queen, Miss Direction
She’s the cold owner of my soul
She’s the queen of Miss Direction
She knows all the roads back home
She’s like a firecracker in the night
At first you’re dreaming then the firefight
She’ll blow all those dreams away
with a kiss so they say
She's heading out to the road
Kickin’ on the lights
Pedal to the floor
Your dreams by her side
In the early light
And there’s a kiss at your door
She’s the fancy queen of Miss Direction
She's the one night stand in your nightmares
Well she's the queen, Miss Direction
And she knows all the roads to your soul
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5. |
Walk the Stars
04:36
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Walk the Stars
It was a good day for a hurricane
I got pictures of us sinking
I was circling the drain
But it got me thinking
I was choking in my sleep
And I was too tired to fight
I was a stone trying to weep
While I was dreaming of flight
So I was walking downtown Memphis
And looking up at Mars
I was writing you a letter
I’d just rather be in your arms
Walking down in Memphis
And listening to Mars
I was thinking about the tempest
The night I left your heart
Well I was walking down the street
I saw your smiling face in the gutter
You’re a vision so sweet
But only the crazies muttered
And it was too dark to see
The stars kept me together
I was burnin’ so deep
But it changed just like the weather
And so I was walking downtown Memphis
And looking up at Mars
I was writing you a letter
I’d rather just be in your arms
Walking in downtown in Memphis
And listening to Mars
I was thinking about the tempest
The night I left your heart
My baggage was the liquor
And she left me in the bottle
She said I was getting sicker
Just before she kicked the throttle
Now people say I’ve snapped
Ever since she left
That was just the breaking glass
As outta the bottle I stepped
So now I’m walking in downtown Memphis
Looking for a star
And I’ll be dreaming about you forever
And Venus ain’t that far
See I was walkin’ in Downtown Memphis
Lookin’ for a star
And I’ll be thinkin’ about the tempest
Till I repair your heart
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6. |
Where to Begin
03:09
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Where to begin
Where to begin
When no one knows the end
Your life isn’t yours
But we promise it will be again
We’re gonna send you to hell
So you can talk to God
We’re gonna put down the bottle
and it’s gonna be hard
I sent you to jail with your own dollars
I will take you there in a black collar
And we’ll put you there for the rest of your days
Just so you won’t mess with my society
I can put you down I can take you over
Stop looking forward and start looking over your shoulder
We’ll send you to a license plate factory
Where you’ll be punchin’ numbers thinking live or die free
I can take you there I will show you the way
I’ll send you to hell just get you to pay
For 20 years at 20 cents a day
Just so I got my new star in my parade
One less vote one less voice
One less person with one less choice
We’ll bury you deep in the system
So get your memories so you can miss them
Where to begin when no one knows the end
Your life isn’t yours but we promise it will be again
We’re gonna send you to hell we like to call it jail
And I forgot to mention there ain’t no God around here
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7. |
Hard Times
03:03
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Hard Times
Well the trouble that I left breathes new strangers
It’s all about forgiveness no false starts or containers
All I found was a place to hide my
Own selfish living behind the mind’s eye
All I needed was a home to give my only soul to
My heart in the wilderness oh oh she’s so true
Maybe I will find a place for you too
And I will be your guiding light through
Oh the hard times
Yeah them hard times
When the man pulls the trigger on the gun
He has everything he never had at once
And all of a sudden he becomes the powder
Reignin’ like he was a meteor shower
It’s them hard times
It’s them hard times
Trouble left her name on the sidewalk
‘Neath red fingerprints
She was found face down in a ditch
All we could do was have a whole lotta fun
While trouble was subdued we wouldn’t hurt anyone
Some say it was a hit and some people tried
Trouble is a thorn in everyone’s side
Well we watched sun set on a new dawn
Where everything is one
It’s them hard times
It’s them hard times
I don’t need no remindin’ I’ll just keep on tryin’ as we’re rollin’ through these hard times
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8. |
Whiskey
05:27
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Whiskey
Announcer Skit: SKEEEERRR. Whoa! Lookit Granny hold that curve! #94 she is turnin’ around just to wreck #78. BRWAWWW SPluoepps! Whoa, my God, that’s some senior citizen demolition derby right there. Welcome. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the “Feelin’ Frisky Drinkin’ Whiskey” Senior Citizens Demolition Derby. Huh, thankyaverymuch. Oh, my God, look out!
Well I woke up at noon today
Rolled me up a jay
Got drunk and started fuckin’ around
Met the girls at 11
Left the bar at 7
Cut my headlights on got the fuck outta town
Well we always play fast
Yeah we’re playin’ risky
We’re the type o’ boys who are always tipsy
‘Cause my only lo-ove is whiskey
My keys are in a sewer drain
My car got towed again
So I sat down I got on the couch
Went to the ‘frigerator
That’s where I found my savior
And I picked her up and threw some doubles down
‘Cause we always play fast
Yeah we’re playin’ risky
We’re the type o’ boys who are always tipsy
My only lo-ove is this whiskey
Well I broke down saw my own vision
Got 360 degrees of what I was livin’
Got a new way down a lonesome road
I didn’t run across new religion
I found myself at the welfare building
And I couldn’t afford no drinkin’ anymore
Well we used to play fast
Now we’re just plain tipsy
We’re the kind of boys who were always risky
And my only, my only lo-ove is Whiskey
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9. |
The Rains in Spring
04:30
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The Rains in Spring
It was a cold March day
When I last saw you
You packed away your bags
And my love for you
When the ropes were tied
You hung me out to dry
We were both thinkin’ it was goodbye
The rains in spring will never be the same
The flower petals are all stained
The rains in spring will never be the same
The flower petals are all stained
Heart torn between a cold winter and the sunbeams
I held my breath and waited for a dream
no dreams no thoughts no second guesses
I need to see
The seasons would change
But my feelings were always the same
The rains in spring will never be the same
The flower petals are all stained
The rains in spring will never be the same
The flower petals are all stained
When the sun came to me
I was clinging to my destiny
When the light shined
I climbed out of the darkness
Into her arms
Ah summer where shady trees
Where angels blossom in the leaves
The rains in spring will never be the same
The flower petals are all awake
The rains in spring will never be the same
The flower petals are all awake
The rains in spring will never be the same
The flower petals are all awake
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The Night Ol’ Trees Came To Town
The trees are rollin’
Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah yeah
Whoa the trees are rollin’
Somebody’s gonna touch the sky tonight
I felt the hair stand up on the earth today
I felt the nighttime suddenly change into day
And when the lights turned down there was no one around to hear the sound
The trees are rollin’
Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah yeah
Whoa the trees are rollin’
Somebody’s gonna touch the sky tonight
I felt the earth move when he stepped on the ground
It’s like the buildings jumped when he put his foot down
And then they leapt up into his hands and
All he left was a long list of lonely demands
Whoa the trees are rollin’
Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah yeah
Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah
Somebody’s gonna touch the sky tonight
I saw a man dead face down in the gutter
He had one leg they couldn’t find the other
Then they said when he went down
he hit the ground so hard he bounced up and down I said
Whoa the trees are rollin’
Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah yeah
Whoa the trees are rollin’
Somebody’s gonna touch the sky tonight
Ya’ll gotta catch this man he’s a criminal
Why can’t you get him and I can
I’ma leap on over the falls
I’ll pick him off I’ll bring him back to you all
Whoa the trees are rollin’
Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah yeah
Whoa the trees are rollin’
Somebody’s gonna touch the sky tonight
Gotta stop him he’s a felon on the run with a gun
Gotta watch him cops’ll get him
But believe when he’s done
Well there ain’t gonna be no one alive
And oh yeah they gonna touch the sky
And you can’t run you can’t hide
‘Cause the Trees’ll get you anywhere you want to go
Whoa the trees are rollin’
Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah yeah
Whoa the trees are rollin’
Somebody’s gonna touch the sky tonight
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11. |
Easy
04:40
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Easy
Shit was poppin’ in my Maserati
Gotta go check up my hotties
Workin’ down the corners
Runnin’ the avenues and the ‘hood stores
We’re open all 24 and
If you got 100 dollars or more
We can show you a good time for just a little while
Aw don’t worry Cinnamon will make you smile
It ain’t easy
It ain’t easy
Pimpin’ ain’t weak nor lovely
But I love makin’ money
It’s the only way I can forget
My love and daughter that I left
Tell these girls they can’t fall in love
Gotta get that paper
What do you think we’re runnin’ here a charity for ya
And better hold on to it tight
I don’t want to have a repeat last night
Love cost too much money
I should’ve stayed with my lovely
But I left her and her mother
If they try to find me tell ‘em shit don’t even bother
It ain’t easy
It ain’t easy
Pimpin’ ain’t weak nor lovely
But I love makin’ money
It’s the only way I can forget
My love and daughter that I left
This new girl had her mother’s eyes
And a body that did surprise
Matched a birthmark and a tattoo
I was about to sell my daughter
To an army in cheap suits
It ain’t easy
It ain’t easy
Pimpin’ ain’t weak nor lovely
But I love makin’ money
I will never be able to forget
My love and daughter that I will never see again
It ain’t easy
It ain’t easy
Shit was poppin’ in my Maserati
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12. |
Queen
02:45
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She lived on the cover of a magazine
Stole me away like some ol’ drunk demon
I found myself on the other side
Surrounded by lies from a corporate tide
Our lives turned into glossed pages
Stuck between advertisements for
Your legs your shakin’ hips
and how about some triple-D fuckin’ tits
Oh my darlin’ where’d I go wrong
Probably started when you put that thong on
Oh Queen you destroy me lovingly
Oh Queen you can take away my dignity
Oh Queen how am I supposed to get by
Without your prowess standing by my side
She came along and removed me from time
Such a bitch living way past our prime
Maybe asleep I’ll dream that she will resolve
As we watch the flashes and cameras dissolve
Oh my darlin’ where’d I go wrong
Probably started when you put that thong on
Oh Queen you destroy me lovingly
Oh Queen you can possess my dignity
Oh Queen how am I supposed to get by
Without your heart beatin’ in time…
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13. |
The Dump
03:01
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The Dump
Well my son came back to me he said
Why do girls gotta be so mean
And I said amen brother you ain’t lyin’
Thinkin’ about those aubade’s a-cryin’
Gotta wonder well what makes a broken heart
Gotta come up with some answer
Better than I didn’t do my part and I said
Well most my exes they are good friends
And if you’ve got the time you could talk to them
It’s a long road communicatin’
About the pains of that heart achin’
Well it’s best to listen if you’ve got the time
You better find out the reason behind the dump
Well I’ve been probably dumped every third Thursday of the month
Hell that was just a few years between 1997 and 2001
I had to learn what the hell a Chesterfield was?
Where does the seat go? Why do we have so many rugs?
I tell you what I heard Ronnie Wood say
You’ll have to learn just like me and that’s the hardest way
Well most my exes they are good friends
And if you’ve got the time you could talk to them
It’s a long road communicatin’
from the pains of that heart achin’
Well it’s best to listen if you’ve got the time
You better find out the reason behind the dump
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14. |
Yrtnuoc
04:56
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Yrtnouc
Morning Arrives Skit:
Bill Radio DJ: Whoa! And it is 7:35 in the morning. This is Bill (and I’m Arty) and it is an early morning for all those campers out there.
Man: Oh man. 7:35!? Hey! Put on some Hank Williams.
Bill: What do you want?
Man: I don’t care--just remember--put it on backwards.
When I get me a new country CD
I like to listen to it in reverse
Quench that lonely mind of mine’s ol’ terrible thirst
Well On Monday I got my dog back
Come Sunday I got my trailer too
But the best part was a week later
I got right there next to you
Well the only problems I encountered
Were a couple of fights
Baby when you’re backwards
All your fights are like a Friday night
Well we start off yelling
When we end it’s hello
If I time it right I can decide
Why we explode
By the end of the show I know
We’ll be right
When the album ends
I just spin it again
I tell ya I listen to my country in reverse
When I get a great 38 I just lay her down
And when I hear suphecoB I’ma rolling on the ground
And I don’t mind
because my life is fine
since I started listenin’ to my country in reverse
Well I’ve heard no Satanic rituals
Only locations for good shine stills
A couple for sale trucks and a ‘67 Cam—er—o
I got a recipe for fried okra
pass me a jar and a joke and I’ll toke with ya
I said I like the folks who listen to their country in reverse
And if I could say something
‘Bout those lonely nights
In between the albums
Sometimes I’ve been in too many fights
Well to listen to all my pals
But when the time is right I tell ya
I could listen to Hank Williams all night
I said I listen to my country in reverse
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15. |
Dedication
02:30
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Dedication
This song’s a dedication to all the fools
Who saw me through
If it wasn’t for you who knows
What kind of shoes I’d be wearin’
Where my people would be
Or for whom I’d be caring
Thanks for all that math homework
Damn that history exam was hard
I think I needed every little piece of knowledge
Every little piece and everything I got through college baby
So this song’s a dedication to all the fools
Who saw me through
If it wasn’t for you who knows
If I’d eat
Who knows if I’d be livin’ out on the street
It’s just so hard to be free
You’ve made that choice
You can help people just like me
Nab them something for a voice and sing out loud
And proud reach out to somebody in your own town
Get it out across the land
Where the good people can reach to your hands
Only a fool can dream
But every man can stand
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Accidental Vandals Hendersonville, North Carolina
Grew up in Hendersonville, NC. Went to UNCW and studied poetry, been writing music and learning every day.
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