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If I Come Home
04:11
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I ain't got much family - I've been working on my pride
I ain't got much direction - By no rules do I abide
That's the way I've seen it since I found my highway home
I need to keep on livin' - chasin' after the unknown
All good people, come together. We can build a better scene.
Broken homes have slowed our progress, only good can intervene.
Won't you do unto your brother as you wish would come your way?
We all want a new tomorrow, but the chance comes every day.
I cannot tell you how to live - sometimes I don't have a clue
I get caught up tryin' to make my name like I don't got time for you
I wish that things were different - I know I need to change
Cause soon will come that time I'm gonna need you to find room in your heart to help a man sustain.
All good people, come together. We can build a better scene.
Broken homes have slowed our progress, only good can intervene.
Won't you do unto your brother as you wish would come your way?
We all want a new tomorrow, but the chance comes every day.
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3. |
Bad Weather
03:32
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Well, I don't need nobody to tell me what's true.
I just go along doing what I gotta do
To get by, now. Get by, now. Goodbye.
Cause I'm so gone, baby.
So on 80 Westbound. Won't you visit me, maybe sometime?
Cause Lord knows that I'm so...
So gone with a vengeance. So long to my presence.
Don't you search for me. Cause I'm so fired up to be free.
So fired up.
But I'm locked in bad weather. Got to get together.
To gather my feelings of greed. What I need...
What I need is stability.
There's always got to be somebody stealing my plans.
I watch my million dollar debut slip right out of my hands.
But it's cool... do you.
I'll be right here where you left me, alone in the game.
I'll waive my right to heavy lawyers while you soak up the fame.
For my name... for my name... not my name.
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4. |
Perfectly In Stride
03:34
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5. |
Stick To What You Know
03:28
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My baby's got a grieving heart, poetic in it's kind.
She wonders if she'll ever have her man.
Some folks say she's funny, call her "willful by design"
But she knows I do the best I can
While I'm travelin' and ramblin' and tearin' down the road,
Payin' dues to buy a better life.
My dayjob says I'm cracked. They tell me, "stick to what you know"
But they don't see I'm taking their advice.
She's been sittin' on water wishin we were somewhere free
Calling California her new home.
Meanwhile, the mountains call my name. I need the scenery.
So it is, we make our ways alone.
While we're travelin' and ramblin' and tearin' down the road,
Payin' dues to buy a better life.
My dayjob says I'm cracked. They tell me, "stick to what you know"
But they don't see I'm taking their advice.
Cause I've owned the hills of Philly, sold my soul in New Orleans,
Played at Eddy's in Atlanta, rock and roll was not their scene.
We broke down in Ohio in a camper with no heat.
And before that show in Nashville, I played the streets.
She's a little firestarter, troublin' my soul.
When she's gone I know she's what I need.
As the days go by I see my fuel is getting low.
Off her burning love is what I feed.
While I'm travelin' and ramblin' and tearin' down the road,
Payin' dues to buy a better life.
My dayjob says I'm cracked. They tell me, "stick to what you know"
But they don't see I'm taking their advice.
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6. |
Girl Just South Of Reno
03:18
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I got a girl just south of Reno
She's got enough to calm my nerves
If I could set the scene, though...
I can't seem to give her what she deserves
I ain't got no reason that I can't find the time
I just can't find a motive to make no one woman mine at this time.
I got a girl in Tallahassee
I thought for once I might be knockin' on her door
She got a taste of the younger, fast me
She don't answer my calls no more
I might have liked to say I'm sorry, but I can't find the line
I just can't find a motive to make no one woman mine at this time
I got a girl back home in Cleveland
She broke me in, made me believe in love, love, love, love
Sometimes I find myself believin'
I'm the one she's dreamin' of
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I'll Estrange
03:49
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come back, baby, i need your good lovin'
you trouble me for answers, the questions keep on coming
but i'm... not so in touch with the scene
i'm caught in between
and i can feel the gap closing in to join our love again
won't you hurry? i hate to be alone in the night
(chorus)
that's alright, i'll estrange
save it for another day
that's a life interchange
won't you come around?
i wanna live the life of the hollywood kings
girls and guitars and limousines
and don't you worry, i'll be your man of mystery
check my history
cause i'm so caught up in music and lyrics
a subtle scene lit a fuse in my spirit
but i'm... so over pushing the fight
not tonight
(chorus)
sweet hitchhiker sticking out the rain
will i ever see you again?
chewing cherry cigars, praying on passing cars
baby girl, your bad luck's gonna change
you're gonna meet a man, gonna be your biggest fan
keep you on the star side of the stage
he'll love the way you look, read you like a book
even when you're on a different page
don't get down, i'm gonna pick you up
you can play the princess in the front seat of my truck
i can be your baby, maybe you can be my loving lady
this can be our story, hang in there, here i come
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8. |
Feel For Sunshine
04:14
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my girl's in nevada, livin' out a dream
stitching up the actors while i'm splitting at the seams
i don't feel much like writing and i'd love to run away
it's hard to keep my head in line and galvanize morale to stay
driving through kentucky, another realm of one way streets
philly was a battle of staying out of strangers' sheets
i'm not one to gasconade, nor am i one to sleep alone
but i can keep from gamblin' cause soon my baby's coming home
(chorus)
and i'm lookin' for that perfect balance
not a lover with another name
and i found a feel for sunshine
don't know how i got by without it
you're so into what i do and i'm so into you and you
don't even know you're tearing me apart
i'm lost out on the interstate with all this time to sit and wait
and wish i could envision where to start
no i don't do this all the time, it's just when you were on my mind
i found it hard to fall asleep
but then you disappeared and everything that i had feared
was brought to life by promises i swear i tried to keep
(chorus)
in the end i knew you'd be the one to drive the death of me
inspired by this feeling i was so satisfied to see
but when you're finally gone, know that i am hanging on to nothing
if we're nothing
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9. |
Friday Night
02:57
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