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Six Months Ain't Long
03:52
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Six Months Ain't Long
Six months ain't long for me to be gone
Six months, six months ain't long
Six months ain't long for me to be gone
Oh darlin' six months ain't long
Come all of my friends, wherever you may be
And listen to my song
You're all to see I'm in the wrong
Cause all I've got's done gone
If I'd been framed by an upright judge
For six long months of time
I'll do my best to make the test
And darlin' I'll be home soon
The judge he fixed the sentence here
And the clerk he wrote it down
Six months ain't long in the county jail
For shootin' up this town
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2. |
The Sun in The Morning
05:47
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The sun in the morning, it inspires you
to get up and take a drive
You sip from a cup of coffee, too
as the birds are all around outside
The trees in the breeze, they shake and move
the clouds stand still in the sky
You at your desk watch the residue
of too many thoughts collide
The cup held in your hands will collect all the dew
The smiles on faces shine as you are passing through
The dream you move throughout won't let you slip away
The world emerges and you don't know what to say
The tires in the rain, they swish and swoon
the noise in your head subsides
The weight of the world won't smother you
if you've got someone in whom you can confide
in you can
in you can confide
in you can confide
in you can confide
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3. |
El Paso
04:07
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I'm on the road to El Paso
cuz' I ain't got no place left to go
no place left to go
Can't go back to Brooklyn
it's been taken over by the rich man
by the rich man
but
Oh, I could go back to you
Oh, I could go back to you
The road is open, fast and free
there just ain't no other kind of living for me
living for me
No more work on the assembly line and
anyway, a man can't survive working part time
working part time
but
Oh, I could survive on you
Oh, I could survive on you
There's nothing left in Frisco Bay
for a peaceful man who won't join the fray
won't join the fray
All I wanna do is move around
with a girl like you to places where we can't be found
places where we can't be found
but
Oh, I want a girl like you
Oh, I want a girl like you
Oh, I want a girl like you
I want a girl like you
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4. |
You Undo Me
04:12
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I'm not excited by flight in a hot air balloon
I'm not delighted by ice cream or sleeping til noon
But one look at you and I smile like a goon
Cause you undo me
I don't get frightened when lightning strikes right by my room
I'm not afraid of grenades or a cannonball boom
But one look at you scares me shitless in doom
Cause you undo me
I thought I'd gotten better than to fall for one so tune-able
But you let me forget it all by being so damn spoon-able
Don't do much drinking cause it makes my thinking a mess
I don't get high because usually I'd rather think less
But I am addicted to you I confess, cause you undo me
I'm not inclined to unwind or recline as I roam
Little unravels the path of my travelin' home
But when I'm with you, I unbuckle my bones cause you undo me
You undo me
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5. |
Clara
06:07
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Clara, Clara
Don't you mind don't you mind
They'll say things that are unkind but
Never you mind no never you mind
They'll say hurtful things to corrupt your goodness
Don't you know they envy your benevolence, oh Clara
Clara, oh you'll be just fine so
don't you mind, no don't you mind
Clara, Clara
please don't cry no please don't cry
I'm not, I'm not that guy
who made you cry, who made you cry
His heart never sinewed his mind's thoughts or words once
He can't notice all your affection, oh Clara
Clara, Clara you'll be just fine so
don't you mind no, don't you mind
Don't you ever mind
things that are unkind
Clara, Clara
don't you cry cuz' you're beautiful
Please don't, please don't you compare your face to theirs
cuz' that's futile
The magazines show you faces that are plasticized
They don't show you beauty ain't qualified, oh Clara
Clara, Clara please don't you cry cuz'
you're so beautiful
Don't you ever cry
Don't you ever mind
Don't you ever cry
Don't you ever mind
Don't you ever cry
Clara, Clara, Clara
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6. |
New Orleans
04:08
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I saw the waters rage and run
straight
Over levees that had long since
worn away
So many days, so many ways
wasted waiting
For someone to step in and
start saving
Just seems like they don't care about New Orleans
I saw the people dazed and dumbed,
prey
Stuck on bridges that led them
neither way
No matter what you say, or he say, or she say
Somebody dropped the ball in
a big ole' way
Just seems like they don't care about New Orleans
Oo, oo
They don't care about New Orleans
Oo, oo
We saw them talking on TV
saying
Stuff 'bout our great democracy
decaying
Oo, the pursuit of happiness, and life, and liberty
Our happiness was then truly
apathy
Just seems like they don't care about New Orleans
Just seems like they don't care about New Orleans
Oo, oo
They don't care about New Orleans
Oo, oo
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7. |
This Silly Dream
07:38
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Is there sound way up in Heaven?
Your broken heart will heal only if you let it
But if I'm not around
Then who will hear the sound?
You flung your love and hope at me
From the other side of the big blue sea
Well, I hope someday
You get to see a pretty face
Well, I've got to go now, I really do
So please do what you've always wanted to
Forgive yourself if you ever forget
That a good joke is good medicine
So when they find I'm not for real
They'll all forget the reason that I steal
It was just a part
A character in my heart
They came quite fast to shut it all down
This Silly Dream that I once wrote about
But in the end, someday
I hope you see past the masquerade
Well, I've got to go now, I really do
So please do what you've always wanted to
Forgive yourself if you ever forget
That a good joke is good medicine
I said my name was David and then
I gave myself some brand new friends
Named Drew, and Jane
Bree, Camille, and Karen
Well, I've got to go now, I really do
So please do what you've always wanted to
Forgive yourself if you ever forget
That a good joke is good medicine
Yeah, a good joke is good medicine
It's good medicine
Way up
Way up in heaven
Way up
Way up in heaven
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