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I Know You Know I Know
04:28
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Cold Black River
03:02
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I got a good heart, I got a bad hand
I got a weight hanging round of my neck
It’s what I’m loving, it’s what I’m leaving
It’s what I know and I don’t know yet
I walk a straight line but I’m drifting
I want to roam but my path ain’t set
It’s never easy, it’s never easy
It’s never easy to take the first step
Oh that river, cold black river of sin
Oh that river, cold black river of sin
I talk a good talk but I don’t listen
I got an ace hidden under my deck
I want to love you, I want to leave you
I want to go but I ain’t gone yet
I walk a straight line but I’m drifting
I got caught in a river of sin
I got it coming, I got it coming
I got it coming but I don’t know when
Oh that river, cold black river of sin
Oh that river, cold black river of sin
Oh that river, drowning in a river of sin
Oh that river, cold black river of sin
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Forgotten Songs
03:30
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Were you betting on love, or betting on tears,
Or betting on the two combined?
And I left you but who left who behind?
‘Cause when the radio plays forgotten songs
Like “Living on Tulsa Time”
It breaks my heart and pulls you through my mind
And every step I take, I run I run to you
And every step I take, I run I run to you
We could be fooling ourselves
But we both know the truth
‘Cause every step I take I run right back to you
I could cool my head and make my bed
With women, weed, and wine
Or find a lost cause to keep me all warm at night
But when the last call comes
And the jukebox hums “Georgia on my Mind”
I’ll be down in the phone booth
Getting you on the line
And every step I take, I run I run to you
And every step I take, I run I run to you
We could be fooling ourselves
But we both know the truth
‘Cause every step I take I run right back to you
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4. |
Curtains
02:18
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Don’t get while the getting’s good to get
I know you’ve got some fight left in you yet
It might get pretty dark before the dawn
It doesn’t mean a storm is coming on
When the morning starts to surface, yeah
Baby, draw the curtains down
Show me where you’re hurting
And I’ll kiss away, I’ll kiss away your fear
Sometimes what we need and what we want
Is feeling pretty far from what we’ve got
And sometimes where we land is surely not
Where we thought we’d end up when we start
When the morning starts to surface, yeah
Baby, draw the curtains down
Show me where you’re hurting
And I’ll kiss away, I’ll kiss away your fear
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5. |
Down to the River
03:08
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All our eyes are looking up
Our faces golden like the sun
Let your light fill my cup
This table is set for everyone
Oh, let’s go down, down to the river
Wash our hands, tired of dirty living
Raise your voice, all is forgiven
Let’s go down, down to the river
I said Let’s go down, down to the river, yeah
A bright white light will guide us all
And on the dirty banks
We’ll sleep just where we fall
Shake that tambourine and beat that drum
Let’s sing our songs till every song is sung
Oh, let’s go down, down to the river
Wash our hands, tired of dirty living
Raise your voice, all is forgiven
Let’s go down, down to the river
I said Let’s go down, down to the river, yeah
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6. |
Two Cigarettes
03:03
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Well there’s no use fighting
When the fish are biting
Better hook your bait and wet your line
And you get a funny feeling
From the looks she’s stealing
You won’t be feeling lonely very long
‘Cause we all want in
And we all want out of love
And you might feel better
If you write that letter
But you might regret it when it’s done
‘Cause her eyes get turning to
Two cigarettes burning
And burn a little hole into your heart
‘Cause we all want in
And we all want out of love
And we all want in and we all want out
No reason for it
But the seasons of the heart
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7. |
All Roads
03:29
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Dawn ignites another lonely sky
And morning scratches up the night
Till it’s purple as a bruise and red just like your eyes
And I’m hollowed out and I’m burrowed through
Full of nothing but the blues
Dreaming of the day I can be back by your side
‘Cause every highway shines like a silver seam
A line connecting you to me
All roads lead to you
And in the burning heart of a great sunset
I taste your name on every breath
And night it comes, but it never comes too soon
‘Cause you’re in the glow of every moon
Lying with me in my motel room
And night it comes, but it never comes too soon
‘Cause every highway shines like a silver seam
A line connecting you to me
All roads lead to you
And when I roll the dial or turn the page
I see your smile, I see your face
All roads lead to you
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8. |
Oh My Lover
03:05
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Oh my lover, all our troubles all lie up ahead
And oh how it turns, oh how it tumbles
Oh how the river bends
And you’ve got yourself getting caught
In all those ebbs and flows
But oh my lover, oh how the river goes.
Your tide it drew me, waves crashed through me
Everything left for dead
And oh my lover, all our troubles
Are swimming right through my head
And you’ve got yourself changing course
You’re changing banks and beds
But oh my lover, oh how the river bends.
And you’ve got yourself getting caught
In all those ebbs and flows
But oh my lover, oh how the river
Oh my lover, oh how the river
Oh my lover, oh how the river goes.
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9. |
Rosalyn
01:54
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Rosalyn, Rosalyn, I am filthy with the sin
It is heavy on my heart
And like a burn upon my skin
I am standing at your door
But still you will not let me in
Let me in, my Rosalyn, my Rosalyn
Baby please, baby please
I don’t like you taking sides
I am sorry that I killed him
I ain’t sorry that he died
Well, you can’t jump in the ocean
And not expect a tide
Let me in, my Rosalyn, my Rosalyn
I woke up on the rumble strip
I was dreaming of your smile
I was counting off the tears
As I was counting off the miles
Well, I can’t say where I’m going
And I can’t say where I’ve been
But let me in, my Rosalyn, my Rosalyn
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I had a few lost weekends and misplaced a year
How the good times unravel and soon disappear
I got wrinkles from smiling but they’ve filled up with tears
When I left you I lost you for good
Now we see and we saw and we circle around
All the lines we have drawn, all the feet we’ve put down
Threw our dreams in the well but our dreams they all drowned
And they’ll haunt us the rest of our days
You said come back, don’t come back
Come back, don’t come back
Come back, but don’t come back expecting me here
Your eyes were cold fire as we stood by the door
Where a stumble of boxes covered the floor
You said take what you want, I can’t take any more
‘Cause my heart is so full of this pain
You said come back, don’t come back
Come back, don’t come back
Come back, but don’t come back expecting me here
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11. |
My Kind
02:25
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This town don’t know me but it knows my kind
It’s why I’m laying low
This town don’t know me but it knows my kind
It’s why I’m laying low
Waiting on a sign, waiting on the wind
For the night to pull me in
And God don’t love me like he did back then
When I was just a child
God don’t love me like he did back then
When I was just a child
Waiting on a sign, waiting on the wind
For the night to pull me in
And my heart it burns like wood
When I dream of something good
It don’t turn out like it should
It don’t turn out like it should
All our days are numbered now
And I am counting down
All our days are numbered now
And I’m just counting down
Waiting on a sign, waiting on the wind
For the night to pull me in
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12. |
Ignatius
01:36
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"... melancholic acoustics meets college rock meets boots-clad roots meets Exile On Main St. - You are never bored in Sleepy Driver's company." - Johan Kronquist (Rootsy - Sweden)
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