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It's Alright, Ma (Dylan) 10:440:00/10:44
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0:00/7:59
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Hillbilly Heartbreak 3:300:00/3:30
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0:00/2:24
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0:00/3:15
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0:00/3:14
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0:00/4:55
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Hellbound 7:140:00/7:14
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Homemade Brew 4:510:00/4:51
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Buzzard Brain Boogie 7:280:00/7:28
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The Spirit Room 4:540:00/4:54
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0:00/5:19
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Landslide (Nicks) 4:030:00/4:03
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0:00/2:44
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0:00/3:56
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0:00/5:21
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The Drunkard's Way 4:590:00/4:59
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Call It A Night 4:020:00/4:02
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Beer Goggles 8:420:00/8:42
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0:00/10:33
All songs Copyright 2000, 2016 Aaron Carl Swensen unless otherwise indicated*
BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN
*(Public Domain)
One evening as the sun went down
and the jungle fires were burning
Down the tracks came a hobo hiking
and he said, "Boys, I'm not turning!
I'm headed for a land that's far away,
beside the crystal fountain
So come with me,we'll go and see
the Big Rock Candy Mountain".
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, the land is fair and bright
And the handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars all are empty and the sun shines every day
On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees
The lemonade springs, where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, all the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
and the hens lay soft boiled eggs
Where the farmers trees are full of fruit
and the barns are full of hay
Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, you never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol come trickling down the rocks
Where the brakemen have to tip their hats and the railroad dogs are blind
There's a lake of stew and of whiskey, too
You can paddle all around it in a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, the jails are made of tin
And you can walk right out again as soon as you are in
There ain't no short-handled shovels, no axes, sawes, nor picks
Oh, I'm bound to stay where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk who invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
Oh, I'll see you all this coming fall,
We'll have a ball with some alcohol
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
CRAZY ON LAZY DAYS
Well, I'm lyin' on the bed with my head on the pillow
I don't wanna get up, I'd rather sleep instead
cause my mind is kind of tired, I don't wanna think today
I'd rather be a dreamer, dream the world away
Yes, I'm sick of my job, I don't care about the money
In dreams I have gold and all the wealth I need
Call my work on the phone, they can take their milk and honey
I want the gold and they can have their greed
Cause I'm crazy on lazy days, yes I'm crazy on lazy days
I'm a man of good intentions, but my body wants to rest
If I stay here in the bedroom that would probably be best
Got a lack of concentration and its drivin me insane
Got a headache for a pillow and a pillow for a brain
I don't want to be awakened, tell my friends I'm not at home
Today I feel strange and I just wanna be left alone
There's a little man on my shoulders tellin' me to stay in bed
If I try to get up I'll probably wind up dead
Cause I'm crazy on lazy days, crazy on lazy days
My bedroom is a temple, I'm the king of my throne
The palace where I lie and try to rest my bones
It's a kingdom for my dreams when I'm on top of the world
A place to be alone or maybe sleep with my girl
It's a doorway to the soul and its a paradise to me
A castle for my thoughts where I can think and be free
It's a quiet constellation, an open universe
A place for relaxation, it is heaven to this earth
Cause I'm crazy on lazy days, crazy on lazy days
Yes, I'm crazy on lazy days, crazy on lazy days
DOG ON A LEASH
Think I'd better start up the engine
It's time to get behind the wheel
Gotta find a way to get out of the city
On track as I throw out the road map
I'm going wherever I feel
I'll follow the streets that lead me out of the city
Cuz I won't lie, you're all driving me crazy
I'm chokin' on the smoke in the air that I breathe
I'm sick of the frowns on the shrivelling faces
I feel like a dog that is stuck on a leash
Think I need a change of direction
See the world from a different view
Maybe climb on up to the top of a mountain
Catch a lift on a fresh perspective
Spend my time with something new
Live the rest of my life on the top of a mountain
Cuz I won't lie, you're all driving me crazy
I'm chokin' on the smoke in the air that I breathe
I'm sick of the frowns on the shrivelling faces
I feel like a dog that is stuck on a leash
Nobody gonna tell me which way to go
I've got my freedom and I plan to keep it
I'll set my sight for the end of the road
My soul is awoke and now I'm no longer sleepin'
So take my love and give me back my bone
Cuz nothin's gonna stop this old doggy from dreamin'
I'm movin' on and I'm goin' alone
I've got my freedom and I plan to keep it
.....yes, I plan to keep it
KILL ME IN MY SLEEP
This road I walk is a friend I can talk to
It hears me out when I'm tired and down
I travel on with the hopes of redeeming
A lonesome life in this old ghost town
I see my friends and I wonder what they're feeling
It makes me sad when they stand so alone
I feel their pain, but it seems to be revealing
A tall, tall wall that seperates us all
And I can't climb until I take the fall
I've crossed that bridge that I built before I burned it
I've set on fire all the things that I believe
I've stood on the edge of my death and I'm learning
That this whole world is still a friend to me
And I can see that I can hardly breathe
I cry sometimes when I try to make a living
I work all day and they take away my pay
It gets so hard when it seems that I am giving
My life away just to take what I can't keep
So wake me up or kill me in my sleep
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE
Woke up to face the morning, but the morning let me down
It came so fast I could barely see the sky
And though I heard the warning, I was told to hang around
To face the fear and the fact that I might die
I was dancing to the radio when I heard someone outside
The rain was gone, but the sky was low,
and I saw her wave goodbye
I shed a tear cuz she had to go, had to go somewhere and hide
The beat was clear, but my heart was slow
and I thought that I would die
I was headin' down the freeway on a road beneath the sky
Lookin' for a getaway, some way to say goodbye
My door was closed when she said,
"Would you like to learn how to fly?"
The road became a runway
and I thought that I would die
I was walkin' through the gallows
when I saw the hangman turn to greet me
As time was throwing shadows
and I wondered how my life would free me
The sun was down, the sky was open and I pondered for a while
I felt the rope, then began to choke,
and at first I felt a smile, but I survived....
THIS OLD TOWN
This old town is getting lonely
It's not hard to see when you look around
I had some good times, and plenty of bad
Along the way, I made some friends
Sometimes I dream of movin' onward
But then I wake to find a better day
The sun looks brighter with the world beside her
And with that thought, I'll never walk away
This old town is getting lonely
Isn't that the way that it's always been
I've paid the ransom, it's time to pay up my debts
I fell in love, but she was not impressed
Sometimes I dream of movin' onward
But then I wake to find a better day
The sun looks brighter with the world beside her
And with that thought, I'll never walk away
"Well here I stand, I'm a broken man
I've tried to pay my dues
I've burned some holes in the tired soles
of my dirty walkin' shoes
My family's gone, my girl moved on
and my friends are far & few
People pass me by, but there's no reply
when I ask em, "How do ya do?"
So with some alcohol, I make a social call
and conversate with a bottle of booze
I like to celebrate 'til the hour is late
but the morning always brings bad news
So when I've had enough, I'm packin' up my stuff
I'll hit the road when I'm ready to move,
But with my bad luck, somethin' keeps me stuck
With these dirty, lonesome ghost town blues..."
SUNDOWNER
akin' up while the sun is sinkin'
Another night of heavy drinkin'
My bones are battered, my body's shakin'
My thoughts are scattered and my brain is thinkin'
Wo-oh-oh, oh-oh, gotta get some booze back in my blood
Wo-oh-oh, oh-oh, gotta get that buzz while the night is young
Dry, drained and droolin', think I'm still drunk and dreamin'
Buy me a drink so I can drive off those demons
They tried to trick my mind, yeah, caused me some trouble
My eyes are trippin' cuz they're stuck seein' double
Goddamn, I need a hammer to pound these feelings down
Stuck in a jam with only one way out
Hot damn, the day is dusted, so pass that bottle 'round
Don't be disgusted when ya hear me shoutin'
Oh....lost & lonesome, livin' in a ghost town
Oh....locked & loaded, I'm screamin' at the sundown
Oh....bruised & bloated, I'm barkin' like a bloodhound
Oh....blind & burned, I'm waitin' for the sun to go down
Wastin' away as the twilight is gleamin'
Dead to the day because I live for the evenin'
I'm hangin' over, my soul is grievin'
Hate bein' sober when my body is screamin'
Wo-oh-oh, oh-oh, gotta get some booze back in my blood
Wo-oh-oh, oh-oh, gotta get that taste of what's to come
Wet my brain with that familiar feeling
It's down the hatch or maybe it's up through the ceiling
The day was evil, think I'll get even
I'd better get ready cuz the sunlight is leavin'
(Chorus)
Ya know I've got a drinkin problem that is eatin up my liver
But whenever I'm hungover I can feel my body whither
Like a thirsty javelina that is drinkin from a river run dry
When the sun is finally down, I should be bathin in the liquor
Even though I know tomorrow I'll be feelin even sicker
But the thought of some tequila makes me happy just to be alive
So tonight I think I'll party, yes I'm going into battle
Where they're clingin to the bottle like a horde of hungry cattle
I'll be huntin down my prey like a buzzard in the lonely sky
I'll be bummin cigarettes and stealin' drinks at the cantina
Gettin drunk and makin friends with a girl from Pasadena
Who I'll come to find out later ain't a girl, she's really a guy
There's gonna be a fight if the ------ tries to kiss me goodnight!
I'll be tearin up the town and gettin' plastered with the ladies
I'll be pissin on the bumper of some bastard's old Mercades
I'll be runnin from the cops that try to stop me when I'm havin fun
I'll be hangin at a party with a bunch of pleasure seekers
Who are sharin all their drugs with the junkies and the tweekers
I'll be blowin out my brains with cocaine when the night is done
I'm waitin for tonight cuz I know I'm gonna have a good time!
THE BREAK OF DAWN
It's early in the mornin' and I wish that I was sleepin'
but I'm busy gettin' stoned
Tryin' to keep my eyes from crossin' as I roll along
upon a quiet desert road
It's gettin' kind of lonely so I'm lookin' for some music
on my A.M. radio
But all I hear is static so I open up the window
and I let the cold breeze blow
It's rainin' in the mountains, and in the distance
I can see the clouds begin to roll
And out on that horizon, there's a little patch of lightnin'
and it's creepin' through my soul
The sunlight hits a rainbow, I'm wonderin' if I should go
and try to find the gold
But I'll just keep on dreamin' cause I got a lot of freedom
and it's creepin' throughmy soul
And I'm movin' on down the open road
And I'm gettin' on, but I'm gettin' old
At the break of dawn
And now I'm makin' my way into a brighter day
I'm just a shadow on the road
Headin' into the rays of a beautiful haze
and I hope that it's takin' me home
And as the sun comes up, I'm gonna fill my cup
and raise a toast to friends I've known
And in the morning light, I'm gonna say good night
and go to sleep with a smile on my soul
At the break of dawn

DESERT MOONSHINE
Ridin' on the prairie, seems to make me weary,
Thinkin' bout the good times I've had
Earth starts a-quakin', my body starts a-shakin',
Sometimes the heat can drive me mad
But in this desert valley where I dwell
Some call it Heaven and others call it Hell
Hot, sunny mornin's and blazin' afternoons
Dry and rocky mountains, crisp and sandy dunes
Oh, cacti, scorpion, tumbleweed, lizard skin
Coyote, dry lake, jitterbug, rattlesnake
Dust clouds, hard stones, hunger feast on cow bones
Ghost town, fool's gold, every way the wind blows down
Well, the heat drives me crazy, it even makes me lazy,
Makes me wanna slow down and rest
I shouldn't be complainin' about my simple strainin'
Sun sinkin' slowly in the west
But I know when the night comes down
I'll be a-singin' the whole night round
Moonlight keeps me hangin' on my toes
Makes me kinda wonder which way the river flows
Oh, cacti, scorpion, tumbleweed, lizard skin
Coyote, dry lake, jitterbug, rattlesnake
Dust clouds, hard stones, hunger feast on cow bones
Ghost town, fool's gold, every way the wind blows down
Desert moonlight, spread your light on me
Desert moonlight, spread your light on me
Shine on, shine on, shine on me
Desert moonshine