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I got a violin
Carved from a living man's bones
Born somewhere
In a house built on dead man's songs
When all you start, falls apart
Know this much is true
My heart belongs to the highway,
And not to you
I got a guitar
This bitch will never stay in tune.
Born up there
In a white-walled blacked-out room
When all your tries turn to lies
Know this much is true
My heart belongs to the highway,
And not to you
I got a kick drum
Carved from The Lightning Tree
Born down here
Chase the moon from the swamp to the sea
When everyone has come undone
Know this much is true
My heart belongs to the highway,
And not to you.
When it's done and said,
And you're on your death bed,
Please take this as Gospel Truth...
< PREACH!!!!!>
My Heart belongs to the Highway,
bitch, it ain't never belonged to you....
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2. |
Go
04:26
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It’s everything that surrounds you..
It’s everything that sucks you in.
You taste it on the tip of your tongue...
You feel it break your skin...
And that screaming in your heart now?
That’s just the howling of a beast within,
And you like it, you want to try it
But once it starts it just won’t end...
So let’s go!
Oh no!
Oh no!
This night’s moving by way too slow...
We can’t get low.
It’s all we know.
We're burning out...
So let’s go!
G-go go go
You watched her as she walked in,
But you felt her as she entered the room.
And she's a dirty whore,
And you want some more...
You let her lick your wounds.
And it’s all been said...it’s all been done...
She smiles to hear your pleas.
But it won’t take long, from weak to strong...
You're back down on your knees...
Let's go!
Oh no!
Oh no!
This night’s moving by way too slow..
We can’t get low.
It’s all we know.
Burning out...
Let's go!
G-go go go
You’ll come around again x 3
You’re falling down again
So let’s go!
Oh no!
Oh no!
This night’s moving by way too slow...
We can’t get low.
It’s all we know
They’ll watch us reap what we sow.
Oh no!
Lord knows...
This night’s moving by way too slow...
It’s all we know.
Who knows?
And who can say?
We’re bound to burn out…
This fire can’t fade away...
So let’s go!
G-go go go
G-go go go
G-go go go
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3. |
Dreaming of You
03:21
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4. |
Take Back
04:23
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5. |
Goneandidit
04:11
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Keepin the roads hot
Every single night
Good Lord in the backseat, Devil up front...cold lookin' for a fight
And he's hangin on
By the skin of his teeth
He don't know what to do with me
And the river road's black as hell
Especially when there ain't no moon
Creepin by your back door, peekin in your window, humming a Blind Willie tune
And Willie knows
Just what to say
He say that "God moves on the water, and the people better run and pray"
I gonnandidit....I gonnandidit....I said I'm hooked on wicked lovin, I admit it
I gonnandidit ....I gonnandidit...now the Devil made me do it, I can't quit it.
With this talisman
I just can't help but win
I got mud on the boots you gave me, you knock me down, got me tryin again
But this Winning Boy's Magic
She say it won't help me none
I got a bag in my pocket, got a razor in my hand, but the girl done brought a gun....
Repeat Chorus
*bridge
Rusty bed springs squeak
On creaky pine wood floors
Done slipped her mind what she was gonna say
All I hear her beg and scream is "More!...more more more! More more more! More more more!"
And that's what I gave her...
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6. |
Lately
04:00
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Lately...yeah
Lately...yeah
Lately...I've been thinking 'bout my state of affairs
I feel another situation's in the air
Lately...I've been holding down my dying breath
I feel that a nervous breakdown's all I have left
But I know it can't last very long
And there's got to be some way
To pull myself out of this grave
That I've dug
Lately...I've felt something clingin' to my back
I think that this little monkey could cut me some slack
Lately...I've been coming down with a strange disease
I feel that a dose of hope is the right remedy
But I know it can't last very long
And there's got to be some way
To pull myself out of this grave
That I've dug
On and on, from now on
I'll leave my guard down
I've learned to take the bread as it comes
Silently without trouble
Now, I've come down to take my place
With the human race so low
It's not how high that you fly
But how far you have to fall...
Lately...yeah
Lately...yeah
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7. |
Dry Creek Bed
04:16
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You say the past is gone...
Well, I've hated you for so long
That I forgot what it feels like to Love you.
And maybe I'm wrong,
But I don't need "our song"
To guide my way back inside you.
And I...
I don't want your Love!
You'd watch me drown in a dry creek bed.
When this push comes to shove,
I'll get your sex out of my head...
Get your sex out of my head!
I see your eyes are closed,
And there's no doubt...I know...
That it's his face you see in your mind,
And not mine.
Well, I'm here to tell you that's fine...
Because for 7 years' time,
It was the thought of her
That got me where I needed to go.
And I...
I don't want your Love!
You'd watch me drown in a dry creek bed.
When this push comes to shove,
I'll have your sex out of my head...
I'll have your sex out of my head!
So back in Love, don't fall...
Because tomorrow I will not call...
And I know I can stand tall...
Because I really don't care at all...
And I...
I don't want your Love!
You'd watch me drown in a dry creek bed.
I don't want your Love!!
I just want your sex out of my head...
Get your sex out of my head...
And your scent out of my bed.
Get your sex out of my head!
Get your sex out of my head!!!
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8. |
Lay There and Moan
03:25
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9. |
Everything Else
04:32
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Just like everyone else I guess I'm getting along
And just like everyone else I act like nothing is wrong
But I don't feel like myself anymore
And I don't know what I keep trying for.
But it'll be OK.
Just like everyone else I guess I'm getting along
And just like everyone else I act like nothing is wrong
But I don't feel like myself anymore
And I don't know what I keep trying for.
But it'll be OK.
I may never figure it out
How I keep getting by despite this lingering doubt
About myself
Well if I keep moving on I guess I be all right
That's a nice thing to say, but I know it's a lie.
And I don't feel anything anymore
And I don't know what I keep trying for.
BUT IT WILL BE OK
I may never figure it out
How I keep getting by despite this lingering doubt
About myself
I may never figure it out
How I keep getting by despite this lingering doubt
About myself
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10. |
Now You Know
04:21
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11. |
Save My Soul
05:27
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12. |
Ditch
02:54
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They say let sleeping dogs lie
They say don't rustle the leaves
But a white washed woman
with a gap-toothed smile
Has turned my hands cold and mean
I've always kept a song in my heart
But now I've got a curse on my lips;
because my veins turned grey
When she pushed me away,
And my heart was crushed by her grip.
Now she's got me boxing through a nightmare
She's got me swimming through mud
And I'm drowning in a river
And it's flowing with her blood
I am the night sky, she is the moonlight...
Her love is a myth in the mist.
And the stars turn fast
when the moon shines down
And my heart is lost in her midst.
Now she's got me boxing through a nightmare
She's got me swimming through mud
And I'm drowning in the river
And it's flowing with her blood
They say let sleeping dogs lie
They say that karma's a bitch
so this once peaceful man
Drew a line in the sand
And she crossed, so she's down in a ditch.
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13. |
Whiskey and Wine
04:42
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She say she mine
Tell me, tell me, she mine
But she won't bring me whiskey
Won't bring me no wine
Try to fill my cup with gasoline all the time
Mississippi callin me
Callin me back home
Take that evil woman down with me
Come back all alone
Leave her there...in the dark...in the pines
She won't bring me whiskey
Won't bring me no wine
Goin downtown
Goin downtown tonight
Gonna find me...gonna find me
A sweet lovin woman to ease my worried mind
And she'll bring me whiskey
She'll bring me wine
Lord that gal so fine
And she mine all mine
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