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Piece
of Wood and Steel
Written By Richard Dobson
I CAN FEEL YOUR ARMS AROUND ME
LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY
I CAN FEELYOUR HEARING NEXT TO ME
AND HEAR YOUR LAUGHTER GAY
YOU TRIED TO TELL ME WHAT WAS RIGHT
AND I TOLD YOU WHAT WAS REAL
ALL I EVER LIVE FOR NOW
IS THIS PIECE OF WOOD AND STEEL
IN A WORLD THAT'S FULL OF TROUBLE
A WORLD THAT'S FULL OF PAIN
LORD, MANY FALL BESIDE THE ROAD
AND THEY NEVER RISE AGAIN
MANY MORE ARE BENDING LOW
OR BROKEN AT THE WHEEL
ALL I NEED TO CARRY ON
IS THIS PIECE OF WOOD AND STEEL
I WAS BORN MY MOTHER'S ONLY SON
SHE LOVES ME ALL SHE CAN
BUT THERE ISN'T MUCH TO SAY TO HER
SINCE I BECAME A MAN
AND I OFTEN MET THE DEVIL
BUT I NEVER MADE A DEAL
I JUST THANK THE LORD FOR HANDS TO PLAY
THE PIECE OF WOOD AND STEEL
IT'S FACE IS SCARRED AND BEATEN
LIKE THE RAGGED CLOTHES I WEAR
LIKE THE BODY THAT GOD GAVE ME
I MIGHT GIVE IT BETTER CARE
BUT I PLAY IT FOR THE LADIES
AND I PLAY IT FOR A MEAL
I PLAY THE STRINGS JUST TO HEAR 'EM RING
ON THIS PIECE OF WOOD AND STEEL
I'M GROWING TIRED OF SEARCHING NOW
THERE'S NOTHING MUCH I CRAVE
GIVE OR TAKE A LITTLE TIME
AND YOU CAN WRITE IT ON MY GRAVE
THERE'S NOTHING MORE I CARE TO OWN
NOTHING LEFT TO FEEL
ALL I EVER WANTED
WAS THIS PIECE OF WOOD AND STEEL
IN A WORLD THAT'S FULL OF TROUBLE
A WORLD THAT'S FULL OF PAIN
LORD, MANY FALL BESIDE THE ROAD
AND THEY NEVER RISE AGAIN
MANY MORE ARE BENDING LOW
OR BROKEN AT THE WHEEL
ALL I NEED TO CARRY ON
IS THIS PIECE OF WOOD AND STEEL
I WAS BORN MY MOTHER'S ONLY SON
SHE LOVES ME ALL SHE CAN
BUT THERE ISN'T MUCH TO SAY TO HER
SINCE I BECAME A MAN
AND I OFTEN MET THE DEVIL
BUT I NEVER MADE A DEAL
I JUST THANK THE LORD FOR HANDS TO PLAY
THE PIECE OF WOOD AND STEEL
I'LL BE PLAYING THIS GUITAR TILL THE DAY
I DIE
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Please
Come to Boston
Written By D. Loggins
As Recorded By David Allan Coe
PLEASE COME TO BOSTON FOR THE SPRINGTIME
I’M STAYING HERE WITH SOME FRIENDS
AND THEY’VE GOT LOTS OF ROOM
YOU CAN SELL YOU PAINTINGS ON THE SIDEWALK
BY A CAFÉ WHERE I HOPE TO BE WORKING SOON
PLEASE COME TO BOSTON/
SHE SAID "NO, DAVID, YOU COME HOME TO ME"
CHORUS:
AND SHE SAID,
"HEY RAMBLIN’ BOY WHY DON’T YOU SETTLE DOWN"
"BOSTON AIN’T YOUR KIND OF TOWN"
"THERE AIN’T NO GOLD AND THERE AIN’T NOBODY LIKE ME"
"I’M THE NUMBER ONE FAN OF THE MAN FROM TENNESSEE"
PLEASE COME TO DENVER WITH THE SNOWFALL
WE’LL MOVE UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS
SO FAR WE CAN’T BE FOUND
AND THROW "I LOVE YOU" ECHOES DOWN THE CANYON
AND THEN LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT ‘TILL THEY COME BACK AROUND
PLEASE COME TO DENVER, SHE SAID
"NO, YOU COME HOME TO ME"
AND SHE SAID,
"HEY RAMBLIN’ BOY WHY DON’T YOU SETTLE DOWN"
"DENVER AIN’T YOUR KIND OF TOWN"
"THERE AIN’T NO GOLD AND THERE AIN’T NOBODY LIKE ME"
"I’M THE NUMBER ONE FAN OF THE MAN FROM TENNESSEE"
BRIDGE:
NOW, THIS DRIFTER’S WORLD GOES ‘ROUND AND ‘ROUND
AND I DOUBT IF IT’S EVER GONNA STOP
BUT OF ALL THE DREAMS I’VE LOST AND FOUND
AND ALL THAT I AIN’T GOT I STILL NEED TO LEAN TO/
SOMEBODY I CAN SING TO
PLEASE COME TO L.A. TO LIVE FOREVER
CALIFORNIA LIFE ALONE IS JUST TO HARD TO BUILD
I LIVE IN A HOUSE THAT LOOKS OUT OVER THE OCEAN
AND THERE’S SOME STARS THAT FELL FROM THE SKY
A’ LIVIN’ UP ON THE HILL
PLEASE COME TO L.A.,
SHE JUST SAID,
"NO, DAVID, YOU COME HOME TO ME"
CHORUS:
AND SHE SAID,
"HEY RAMBLIN’ BOY WHY DON’T YOU SETTLE DOWN"
"DENVER AIN’T YOUR KIND OF TOWN"
"THERE AIN’T NO GOLD AND THERE AIN’T NOBODY LIKE ME"
"I’M THE NUMBER ONE FAN OF THE MAN FROM TENNESSEE"
PLEASE COME TO BOSTON
(HEY RAMBLIN’ BOY COME HOME)
PLEASE COME TO BOSTON
(HEY RAMBLIN’ BOY COME HOME)
PLEASE COME TO BOSTON
(HEY RAMBLIN’ BOY COME HOME)
PLEASE COME TO BOSTON
(HEY RAMBLIN’ BOY COME HOME)
(REPEAT AND FADE)
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Revenge
Written By: David Allan Coe and Jimmy Sadd
JUDY, I FEEL WEARY NOW, OLDER THAN A MAN OF 33
THE GATES OF HELL JUST OPENED
AFTER TWENTY YEARS THE WARDEN SAYS I'M FREE
REVENGE WAS ALL I EVER WANTED
WHEN I KILLED THE MAN THAT TOOK YOUR LIFE THAT DAY
I'VE HAD MY SATISFACTION,
BUT THE PRICE WAS MORE THAN LOVE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY
LORDS KNOWS YOU WEREN'T NO LADY AND THE WITNESSES
ALL SWORE YOU WAS TO BLAME
AND THE WAY YOU TEASED THE MENFOLK
THE JURY ALL AGREED YOU KNEW NO SHAME, KNEW NO SHAME
WELL I'M GLAD THAT YOU CAN'T SEE ME NOW
YOU'D PROBABLY SAY, THAT I DO NOT LOOK MY BEST
THOSE LAWYERS TOOK MY MONEY,
AND THAT LOUISIANA ROAD GANG TOOK THE REST
AND JUDY I CAN'T EVEN CONJURE UP
YOUR PICTURE IN MY MIND TODAY
LATEL'Y I'VE BEEN THINKIN' WHAT A FOOL
I WAS TO LOVE YOU ANYWAY
WELL IT ALL SEEMS KINDA USELESS
AS I PLACE THESE FLOWERS ON YOUR GRAVE TODAY
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOIN' HERE
I'VE FORGOTTEN ALL THE THINGS I CAME TO SAY
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River
Written By M. Yonts and David Allan Coe
River,you heard my first cry as a baby
And, like my Mom, you sang me lullabies
You knew my fishing pole
When I was eight years old
And, river, you never told me lies
River, I can see you from my window
Your muddy water makes me feel alone
River, you keep flowing
Like you know just where you're going
But, River, will you ever take me home
River, I'm not proud of what I've done
Somehow my fishing pole became a gun
Through these prison bars I see
That you're still running free
But, river, I've got no place to run
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Rock
And Roll Holiday
Written By: David Allan Coe
WHY DID YOU COME HERE, WHAT DO YOU NEED
DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE YOU WANT ME TO PLEAD
MY FRIENDS ARE DYING TO MAKE ROCK AND ROLL STAND
WHILE WE'VE BEEN LIVING IN A COUNTRY ROCK BAND
WE'VE GOTTA SLOW DOWN - COME DOWN
WE GOT TO GET OFF OF THIS MERRY-GO-ROUND
WHERE DID YOU GO, MARILYN MONROE
IF YOU SEE JAMES DEAN, TELL HIM I SAID HELLO
JANIS SANG HERE, JIMMY DID TOO
THEY'RE SAVING A PLACE THERE FOR ME AND YOU
THERE'S GONNA BE A ROCK AND ROLL HOLIDAY
WE'VE GOT TO GET THERE IN TIME TO PLAY
TUNE UP THE FIDDLE, ROSIN THE BOW
WE COULD BE THE ONLY COUNTRY BAND ON A ROCK AND ROLL SHOW
WE'VE GOT TO GET UP, NO TIME TO HIT UP
THERE'S ANOTHER CROWD WAITING FOR THE MUSIC TO PLAY
SLOW DOWN - COME DOWN
DON'T TAKE A RIDE ON DEATH'S MERRY-GO-ROUND
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Shine
It On
Written By T. Jans and J. Barry
SHINE IT ON, MY MAN, FORGET YOUR TROUBLES IF YOU CAN,
I'LL HOLD YOU 'TILL THE DAWN, SHINE IT ON, SHINE IT ON
YOU'VE BEEN TOO LONG ON THE ROAD AND YOU'RE READY TO EXPLODE,
COME AND LIGHTEN UP YOUR LOAD, SHINE IT ON
WE HAD LOVE AND NOT MUCH MORE BUT DREAMS JUST FOR FREE
WE SURE GOT LOST THERE, DAD AND MOM AND ME
HE'D LET ME STEER ON STRAIGHTAWAYS AS WE DROVE FROM TOWN TO TOWN,
WE KNEW THAT DADDY'S GYPSY BLOOD WOULDN'T LET HIM SETTLE DOWN
THERE WERE TIMES HE'D SIT RIGHT DOWN, JUST PLAIN HANG HIS HEAD
BUT HE'D ALWAYS LIFT IT UP AND SMILE WHENEVER MAMA SAID,
SHINE IT ON, MY MAN, FORGET YOUR TROUBLES IF YOU CAN,
I'LL HOLD YOU 'TILL THE DAWN, SHINE IT ON, SHINE IT ON
YOU'VE BEEN TOO LONG ON THE ROAD AND YOU'RE READY TO EXPLODE,
PAPA'S GONE, BUT LORD, HIS BLOOD IS RUNNING THROUGH MY VEINS
MAMA'S GONE TO FIND HIM, SO SHE CAN'T EASE MY PAIN
ANOTHER WOMAN HOLDS ME NOW, IN A DIFFERENT WAY
NOW I KNOW WHY PAPA SMILED, WHEN HE HEARD MAMA SAY
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Spotlight
Written By: David Allan Coe
I CAN'T SEE NOTHIN' BUT SPOTLIGHTS
SPOTLIGHTS SEE NOTHIN' BUT ME
ALL OF MY MUSIC IS LONELY
YEA, ALL OF MY HEARTACHES WERE FREE
DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR YOUR FLASH BULBS
TOO MANY HEROES ARE DEAD
YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN THE CITY
YEA, I LIKE TO LIVE IN MY HEAD
SOMEBODY SHOOT OUT THAT SPOTLIGHT
SPOTLIGHTS AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT JIVE
ROLL ME A SMOKE, AND GIVE ME SOME COKE
TREAT ME LIKE I AM ALIVE
TELL ALL THE LADIES I'M SINGLE
TELL LONE STAR BEER THAT I'M DRY
EVERYONE'S LYIN' BOUT LIVIN'
I'M TIRED OF LIVIN' A LIE
I SPEND MY NIGHTTIMES IN MOURNIN'
I SPEND MY MORNIN'S ALONE
YOU SPENT YOUR YOUR MONEY TO SEE ME TONIGHT
YEA, I SPENT ALL MINE GETTIN' STONED
NOW THAT THEY'RE BOTH KINDA BUSTED
DOESN'T IT SEEM KINDA STRANGE
THAT I LAY DOWN KNOWING WE'RE TWO OF A KIND
AND YOU'LL LEAVE HERE KNOWING MY NAME
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Sweet
Vibrations
(Some Folks Call It Love)
Written By David Allan Coe and D. Coe
AIN'T NO SENSE IN CRYING, LORD
I'D RATHER SEE YOU SMILE
COME DOWN FROM THE CITY LIFE
AND STAY WITH ME A WHILE
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT NATURE
WANTS TO SHARE WITH YOU AND ME
PUT YOUR HAND IN MINE
AND LET THIS OLD WORLD SET US FREE
UP ON THE MOUNTAIN
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
LIVIN' ON SWEET VIBRATIONS
SOME FOLKS CALL IT LOVE
UP ON THE MOUNTAIN
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
LIVIN' ON SWEET VIBRATIONS
SOME FOLKS CALL IT LOVE
COME OUT TO THE COUNTRY
FIND YOUR PEACE OF MIND
LEAVE THAT DIRTY CITY
SOMEHWHERE WAY BEHIND
WE FOUND SOMETHING OUT HERE
YOU'LL FIND SOMETHING OUT HERE
LOOKED FOR FOR SO LONG
NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY
NEVER SANG A HAPPY SONG
BO CAME BY TO SEE US
HE'S A FRIEND FROM DAYS GONE BY
DANNY PLAYED SOME GUITAR LICKS
THAT MADE ME WANT TO CRY
OL' FRIENDS FROM CALIFORNIA CALLED US
ON THE TELEPHONE
I GOT NO TIME FOR MISERY, LORD
NO TIME TO BE ALONE
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Take
This Job and Shove It
Written By David Allan Coe
Chorus: TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT/ I AIN’T WORKIN’ HERE NO
MORE MY WOMAN DONE LEFT AND TOOK ALL OF THE REASONS I WAS WORKING FOR YOU
BETTER NOT TRY TO STAND IN MY WAY/ WHEN I WALK OUT THE DOOR TAKE THIS JOB
AND SHOVE IT/ I AIN’T WORKIN’ HERE NO MORE
I BEEN WORKING IN THIS FACTORY/ PRETTY CLOSE TO 15 YEARS I’VE
SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS’ WOMEN/ STANDING IN A POOL OF TEARS I’VE SEEN A
LOT OF KINFOLKS DYING/ I HAD A LOT OF BILLS TO PAY LORD, I’D GIVE THE SHIRT
RIGHT OFFIN’ MY BACK/ IF I HAD THE NERVE TO SAY:
Repeat Chorus
THE FOREMAN IS A REGULAR S.O.B. AND THE NIGHT BOSS, HE’S A FOOL
HE GOT HIMSELF A BRAND NEW FLATTOP HAIRCUT LORD, HE REALLY THINKS THAT’S
COOL ONE OF THESE DAYS I’M GONNA BLOW MY TOP AND THERE’S GONNA BE HELL
TO PAY I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THEIR FACES WHEN I GET THE NERVE TO SAY
Repeat Chorus
TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT . . .
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Texas
Lullaby
Written By: David Allan Coe and Ann McGowan
SEE THOSE THUMBLEWEEDS A-BLOWIN'
LORD, IT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY
IT REMINDS ME OF MY DADDY
AND THAT TEXAS LULLABY
SEE THOSE CACTUS FLOWERS BLOOMIN'
LIKE THE TWINKLE IN HIS EYE
EVERY TIME HE STARTED SINGIN' THAT OLE TEXAS LULLABY
YIPPIE YI LITTLE DOGGIE ROLL ALONG ROLL ALONG
YIPPIE YI LITTLE DOGGIE TAKE ME HOME, TAKE ME HOME
IT'S SO COLD ON THE DESERT, I'M CHILLED TO THE BONE
YIPPIE YI LITTLE DOGGIE, YIPPIE YI
LOOKY YONDER THERE'S A DUST CLOUD PAINTING PICTURES IN THE SKY
DADDY TOLD ME ALL ABOUT IT, IN THAT TEXAS LULLABY
THEM OLE LONGHORNS ARE A BALLIN', LORD I KNOW I MUST BE HIGH
WISH MY DAD COULD HEAR ME SINGIN' THIS OLD TEXAS LULLABY
DADDY LEFT ME THIS OLD GUITAR, THOUGH I NEVER QUITE KNEW WHY
HE SAID SOMEDAY I'D BE FAMOUS LIKE THAT TEXAS LULLABY
BUT IT'S BEEN A MONTH OF SUNDAYS SINCE I SEEN THAT EDGE FLY
AND NOBODY WANTS TO LISTEN TO A TEXAS LULLABY
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The
House We've Been Calling Home
Written By: David Allan Coe
Jessie, she stares like a cat with a bird
That has fallen and broke its wing
Terri, she puts on her make-up
And wonders what promise the new day will bring
Debbie stays home with the baby
While I work my hands to the bone
Yeah, I make a living, they do the giving
In a house we've been calling home
Just a house we've been trying to live in
Just a place we've been calling our own
Me and my wives have been spending our lives
In a house we've been calling home
Jessie's the youngest, she always needs answers to questions
That I just don't know
Terri, she can't sit still for a moment
She's always in some hurry to go
Debbie's been with me the longest
We spend most of our time on the phone
Talkin in rhymes with no reasons in mind
For this house we've been calling home .
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The
Old Grey Goose Is Dead
Written By ?
Arranged By David Allan Coe
GO TELL AUNT RHODY
THE OLD GREY GOOSE IS DEAD
GRANDPA FOUND HER HER DYING
IN THE MILLPOND ON HER HEAD
THE GANDER WON'T EAT NOW
GANDER WON'T EAT NOW
BECAUSE HIS WIFE IS DEAD
LET'S PRAY FOR THE BABIES
PRAY FOR THE BABIES
BECAUSE THEIR MAMA'S DEAD
SOMEBODY GO TELL AUNT RHODY
GO TELL AUNT RHODY
THE OLD GREY GOOSE IS DEAD
SOMEBODY GO TELL AUNT RHODY
I WANT YOU TO GO TELL AUNT RHODY
GO TELL AUNT RHODY
TELL HER THAT THE OLD GREY GOOSE IS DEAD
LORD, NOW GO TELL AUNT RHODY
CHILDREN, GO TELL AUNT RHODY
WANT YOU TO GO TELL AUNT RHODY
TELL HER THAT THE OLD GREY GOOSE IS DEAD
EVERYBODY GO TELL AUNT RHODY
NOW, NOW, GO TELL AUNT RHODY
NOW, NOW, GO TELL AUNT RHODY
GO TELL AUNT RHODY - TELL HER
THAT THE OLD GREY GOOSE IS DEAD
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The
Punkin Center Barn Dance
Written by David Allan Coe and L. Dearman
He came from Kentucky
Least ways that's what I've been told
Me and fate had left that state
Before his corpse got cold
He'd been killed for gold
When California could be sold
To any fool who had been told
About the Punkin Center Barn Dance
Mama had the fever
And my Daddy sold his soul
To someone called the devil
That he'd met along life's road
Dad would stop to drink a toast
And Mom was looking like a ghost
Was gonna beat us to the coast
And the Punkin Center Barn Dance
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance
That's where everyone would be
Dancing to Virginia's reel
And the waltz of Tennessee
When the roll is called up yonder
You can hear the angels sing
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance
God is gold, the grass is green
Yeah, I left California
Just before the Grateful Dead
Told the truth about the gold
I'd searched for in my head
Like my Dad I'd roamed the land
And Mom could never understand
How Lucifer could bring a man
To the Punkin Center Barn Dance
(Talk)
Well, times are changin', poets say
Since Mom and Dad both passed away
But some things in this life
Will never change
The poets write of things to come
The Earth will melt into the Sun
And you and I will be the ones
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance
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The
Ride
Written By David Allan Coe
I WAS THUMBIN' BACK FROM MONTGOMERY
WITH A GUITAR ON MY BACK
WHEN A STRANGER PULLED UP BESIDE ME
IN AN ANTIQUE CADILLAC
WELL, HE WAS DRESSED LIKE 1950,
HALF DRUNK AND HOLLOW-EYED
HE SAID
"IT'S A LONG WALK TO NASHVILLE, WOULD YOU LIKE A RIDE, SON"
HE SAT DOWN IN THE FRONT SEAT,
AND TURNED ON THE RADIO
AND THEM SAD OLD SONGS COMIN' OUTTA THEM SPEAKERS
WAS SOLID COUNTRY GOLD
THEN I NOTICED THE STRANGER WAS GHOST WHITE PALE
WHEN HE ASKED ME FOR A LIGHT
AND I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHIN' STRANGE
ABOUT THIS RIDE
CHORUS:
HE SAID
"MISTER CAN YOU MAKE FOLKS CRY WHEN YOU PLAY AND SING"
"HAVE YOU PAID YOUR DUES, CAN YOU MOAN THE BLUES"
"CAN YOU BEND THEM GUITAR STRINGS"
HE SAID
"BOY, CAN YOU MAKE FOLKS FEEL WHAT YOU FEEL INSIDE"
"'CAUSE IF YOUR BIG STAR BOUND LET ME WARN YOU
IT'S A LONG HARD RIDE"
WELL, HE CRIED JUST SOUTH OF NASHVILLE,
AND HE TURNED THAT CAR AROUND
HE SAID: (SPOKEN)
"THIS IS WHERE YOU GET OFF, BOY"
"'CAUSE I'M GOING BACK TO ALABAM'"
" I STEPPED OUT OF THAT OLE CADILLAC AND I SAID
MISTER, MANY THANKS
HE SAID
"YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL ME MISTER, MISTER"
"THE WHOLE WORLD CALLED ME HANK"
REPEAT CHORUS
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The
33rd of August
Written By Mickey Newbury
Well, today there's no salvation
The band's packed up and gone
And I'm left standing with my penny in my hand
There's a big crowd at the station
Where the blind man sings his song
But he sees, Lord, what they can't understand
It's the 33rd of August, Lord
And I'm finally coming down
Eight days from Sunday
Finds me Saturday bound
Once I stumbled through the darkness
Fell down to my knees
A thousand voices screaming in my brain
Woke up in a squad car
Busted down for vagrancy
And outside my cell, it sure as hell, it looked like rain
Now I've got my dangerous feeling
Under lock and chain I've killed my violent nature with a smile
Though the damons danced and sang their songs
Within my fevered brain
Not all my God-like thoughts, Lord, were defiled
Yesterday's newpaper forecast no rain for today
Yesterday's news was old news
So I threw it away
Sometime's at night, Lord, you know
I can still feel the pain
And, outside my cell, it sure as hell, it looks like rain
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DISCLAIMER
I DO NOT CLAIM THAT THE ABOVE LYRICS ARE THE ACTUAL LYRICS
WHICH WERE RECORDED ON EVERY ALBUM, HOWEVER THEY ARE THE LYRICS TO THE
BEST OF MY INTREPRETATION OFF AT LEAST ONE ALBUM. IF ANY LYRICS ABOVE ARE
WRONG AND YOU ARE REALLY SURE ABOUT IT, EMAIL
ME AND I WILL DO RESEARCH INTO THE MATTER.
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