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Last Train Home
05:21
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Can you hear that whistle blowin'
Creepin' up those Blue Ridge Mountains one last time
Can you see that steam a roliin'
Think it's just about to pass the county line
It runs every night at midnight
Sings it's haunted song while it rolls by
If I don't catch the next one
I'll be stuck inside this ghost town 'til I die
I'll catch that last train home
Send a letter back when I hit Tennessee
I'll catch that last train home
If I don't go then I know I'll never leave
As it pulls out from the station
Got an achin' in my heart so desperately
Though I know she's back home waitin'
In another life you could've stayed with me
The shadows dance around me
As I stare into the moon beyond the trees
Got a half a flask of whiskey
Keeps me warm and puts my troubled mind at ease
I'll catch that last train home
Send a letter back when I hit Tennessee
I'll catch that last train home
If I don't go then I know I'll never leave
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Made Out of Stone
02:46
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The sun ain't always shinin' in the town
And I've been sinkin' down
I wanna drift out in the wind again
There's gotta be a better way I know
But I ain't found it yet
And if I did then I would soon forget
Oh woman won't you come on back to me
Oh woman won't ya come on back
Come back to me
Heartache ain't nothin' new for me
The clouds are rollin' in
They're darker than they've ever been
You left all your diamonds and your pearls
They ain't worth nothin' now
If I can't them to you somehow
Oh woman won't you come on back to me
Oh woman won't ya come on back
Come back to me
If you would leave I'd be buried underneath
The weight of your heart made out of stone
If you would leave I'd be buried underneath
The weight of your heart made out of stone
Made out of stone
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3. |
Gone Too Soon
03:22
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Jimmy's got a weapon
He don't shoot it no more
Father fought with it in Normandy in '44
So he keeps it locked away in the middle drawer
Next to his medals from the second World War
Gone away
Gone too soon
Gone away too soon
Susie's got a bottle layin' next to her bed
She only drinks at home to help her level her head
She's never been the same since the day that they wed
She was raised on the bible but forgot what she read
Gone away
Gone too soon
Gone away too soon
Frankie's got a Fender that he keeps in his room
It's got a B string missin' and it's way out of tune
His daddy left it to him when he passed last June
He's never learned to play it but he's going to soon
Gone away
Gone too soon
Gone away too soon
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Next Best Thing
04:59
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You took away my sorrow
Took away my tears
Took away this pain I've drug around all these years
There's something about you
That I can't get off my mind
Ain't nobody else
I think about you all the time
A cure I didn't know I needed
To a sickness I didn't I'd caught
And I've learned every lesson
That I need to be taught
I don't want the next best thing to you
I was lost when I met ya baby and there's nothin' I wouldn't do
I don't want the next best thing to you
You gave me all I could ever want
A lovin' that I never knew
Take all the time you need to
To get your head on straight
If it takes a thousand years
I'd still sit and wait
I get worried about you
When you run around on your own
I'll leave on the light
In case you come back home
I don't want the next best thing to you
I was lost when I met ya baby and there's nothin' I wouldn't do
I don't want the next best thing to you
You gave me all I could ever want
A lovin' that I never knew
I don't want the next best thing
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The Hitchhiker
03:04
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On the right side of tthe highway
Holdin' out her crooked thumb
And her fingers start to freeze in the cold December breeze
But these days she thinks her mind is just as numb
She walks down a littler further
And flags down a tired old man
In a beat up Chevrolet
He said "I'll take you a little way"
Mister take me just as far as you can
Roll on, roll on
Keep on rollin' on
He takes another drink of bourbon
and lights another cigarette
That December dies down and they make it out of town
She tells him everything she's trying to forget
Roll on, roll on
Keep on roliin' on
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Talking To Myself
03:01
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You can take whatever you need
To laugh and cry yourself to sleep
I know you've got a secret to keep
But I'm not tellin' anyways
I'll just stay awake and I'll meet you there tomorrow
The world is a big place it's showtime mama
Hey baby I've been talking to myself
It doesn't really matter at all
If you don't answer when I call
I'll just sit and stare at the wall
And wonder if it's lookin' back
I left a calloused heart somewhere in Carolina
Someday I'll go back and see if I can find it
Hey baby I've been talking to myself
Lately I've been talking to myself
More and more
I can't seem to reach nobody else
So baby cut off your telephone and put on some clothes
I'll take ya to a special place that nobody knows
Hey baby I've been talking to myself
(Here we go!)
And I don't even know what I took
There's strangers everywhere I look
But it doesn't make a difference to me
They wouldn't notice anyways
I just got a thousand rhymes without a reason
I'll blame it on the Autumn moon and changin' of the season
Hey baby I've been talking to myself
Lately I've been talking to myself
More and more
I can't seem to reach nobody else
So baby cut off your telephone and out on some clothes
I'll to you a place where the grass doesn't grow
Hey baby I've been talking to myself
Hey baby I've been talking to myself
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7. |
If You Were Me
02:22
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If you were me and I were you
Would you play guitar and sing the blues?
Would you still be out here payin' dues?
Or would you hang it up and start over new?
Would I change your name?
Would you fix all my mistakes
Would I worry if my money wasn't gone?
Would it be the same?
Would it be an even break?
Would these mountains make you feel all alone?
If i were you and you were me
I could finally let go of this dream
I'd leave this town and let things be
See the things I'd like to see
If I were you and you were me
If I were you and you were me
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8. |
Be The Same
03:53
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Last night I drove past the house where we used to live
And all of the lights had changed
The porch swing was missin' and the shades were drawn
Don't know why I thought it'd be the same
I turned up the radio when I got to town
Tried to find a song to listen to
They were playin' Tom Petty when it hit me that
I was supposed to get a hold of you
I found a payphone and dug out some change
Called your house but it rang and rang
And it's been so long since I've been back home
Don't know why I thought it'd be the same
I ran the red light at the restaurant
Stepped out on the boulevard
Grabbed a pack of smokes from the Texaco
Told the lady not to work too hard
Heard a bass drum rumblin' out of Freddy's bar
I went down and paid the cover charge
They painted over everything I wrote on the wall
I didn't know the bartender's name
The band was out of tune and I couldn't smoke
I don't know why I thought it'd be the same
With the tides we will rise and sick
There was a time you wouldn't second think
Were they ever really friends to you
or mostly strangers that you barely knew?
Does it matter how you play the game
If nobody else can recall your name?
Another memory going up in flames
I don't know why I thought it'd be the same
I pulled in along the fence and ran across the road
In the same place we used to park
Headed down the bank to the swimmin' hole
Where we snuck out and drank in the dark
The path was overgrown and I lost my way
Didn't think I'd make it down that far
Nobody told me I would miss this place so much
Didn't think it would hit this hard
With the tides we will rise and sick
There was a time you wouldn't second think
Were they ever really friends to you
or mostly strangers that you barely knew?
Does it matter how you play the game
If nobody else can recall your name?
Another memory going up in flames
I don't know why I thought it'd be the same
I don't know why I thought it'd be the same
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9. |
Darkest Point of View
04:59
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And I fell into this trap again
I went without and sank my teeth back in
I got time to spare and no-one on my case
Is it peace of mind?
Or just one more disgrace?
From the darkest point of view
I've torn myself in two
I can't clean the dirt from the lens I'm staring through
Why do I still see it all from the darkest point of view?
There's been times
I've clawed my way out of
The hole I've dug
And stared down from above
If I were to stay
and not return again
Would I still mourn
and feel the weight of sin?
From the darkest point of view
I've torn myself in two
I can't clean the dirt from the lens I'm staring through
Why do I still see it all from the darkest point of view?
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10. |
Bed of Nails
02:30
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I waited to decide 'til there was no more time to choose
I spent my money up "til I had no more left to lose
I spent a lifetime throwin' pennies in a wishin' well
Maybe I'm getting tired of sleepin' on a bed of nails
Bed of nails
After this time all that I've ever found is I was lost
I burnt those bridges down before I even walked across
I spent a lifetime throwin' pennies in a wishin' well
Maybe I'm getting tired of sleepin' on a bed of nails
Bed of nails
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11. |
Only You
03:38
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Only you can make me feel the way I do
Only you can make me feel the way I do
From the first night I met you
I was lost in your eyes
You cast a spell and carried me
Through the lows and the highs
And I can't live without you now
No I can't live with out you now
You've shown me everything from a different point of view
There's nothin' that could take your place
There's only you, yeah
Only you can make me feel the way I do
Only you can make me feel the way I do
Only you
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12. |
American Dream
05:15
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Have some sugar in your coffee cup
Lady Liberty and Lady Luck
Pledge allegiance to your football team'
While we live the American Dream
Wave hello to everyone you pass
May I take your plate and fill your glass
A thousand channels on your TV screen
While we live the American Dream
These colors don't run
These colors don't fade
In the land of the free
And the home of the brave
Build a fence around your residence
Maybe someday you'll be president
Get your daily fix of nicotine
While we live the American Dream
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