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Get Your Heart Out
04:08
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the boys in the bar said they didn't need nothing
ordered up some drinks and they all started hollering
saying baby I love you
baby I need your name
well now, hey Luann
breaking hearts ain't the way
if you wanted to win
there's a song you've gotta sing
I don't need money, I don't need nothing
since I lost my love and my .45 hunting
take the boys down to old big bend
get your heart out
get your heart out
the town's been dying but the boys keep coming
ordering the same drinks and spending their money
calling out names
till late in the night
singing, hey Luann
breaking hearts ain't the way
if you wanted to win
there's a song you've gotta sing
CHORUS
baby it's late
send me a smile
let it be big
let it be wild
biding my time
just for a while
letting the blue bird sing
CHORUS
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darling, I've been waiting
since the bull killed the bay in the fall
while the crows ate grain in the yard
baby, you know
I've been waiting for your hand
I get lost in the lights
when you call and you cry
but you don't know the trouble I'm in
and you don't know the life that I've lived
but baby you know
I'll be waiting for your hand
brown eyes, you keep saying
if the kill isn't clean in the end
then you just have to shoot again
baby, you know
I'll be waiting for your hand
CHORUS
well now, darling
I've been waiting
look now, brown eyes
you've been saying
I'll park my car at the general store
I'll set my keys at the foot of my door
baby, you know
I'm still waiting for your hand
CHORUS
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She Will Be Mine
02:16
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you tried to get to heaven
but you settled for a motel 6
with free ice in your glass
you opened a bottle and offered a drink
to a good-looking woman with the name of another man
feel conscience walking out your back door
and you just don't know what's right
you swear she will be mine
you fill your heart with whiskey and lies
your stomach with sweet bread and lamb
while your right hand is shaking
your left reaches out
for a good-looking woman with the name of another man
CHORUS
David sat atop the palisade
looking over his land
when what to his eyes
did appear that night
but a good-looking woman with the name of another man
CHORUS
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4. |
Much Else
02:38
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baby, I've been thinking
actually, I've been drinking
and there ain't much difference in that
if you're leaving, then leave me
if you're staying, then believe me
there ain't much sense in saying much else
well there ain't much sense in anything
as long as boys will be boys
then the girls will be waiting on men
so you're saying
that I'm not what you've wanted
nor anyone else
tell me why you're crying
if you're so damn sure what you're doing
cause there ain't much sympathy for myself
well, go on and get going
or stay here and get nothing
at least that's what I've been hearing
and I don't feel much like hearing much else
CHORUS
if you're leaving, then leave me
if you're staying, then believe me
there ain't much sense in saying much else
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the father sat rocking and his voice filled with shame
pointed a finger at his wife saying you're the one to blame
while the children in the corner tried to hide from the rage
of the old man
the whiskey was strong it went straight to his head
as he stole from the chair and dragged the wife to the bed
as the door shut she turned and she said
to the children
well you won't be nobody like this
the mother woke up and ran a brush through despair
and tore through the home casting dust in the air
told her only son to sit in the chair
and listen
here's my last dollar you got to be gone
down to the city to a man I had known
show him my locket and tell him you've come
to labor
cause you won't be nobody like this
the son left home with the coin in his hand
and caught a ride south with a traveling man
selling oils and skins and dreams in his head
to the country
but as they left town a lawman appeared
grabbed the oilskin man by the tuft of his beard
the gun from his belt scattered money and wares
as he shot him
and you can't be nobody like this
the son tried to run with his back to the wind
but a bullet caught up and ripped through his flesh
he fell to the earth and turned with a grin to the lawman
and said
open your eyes
you'll see paradise
you'll see your life
before you
and just wait
don't speak
I've some words
left for you
well you won't be nobody like this
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6. |
Steal These Broken Wings
03:16
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the repo man's done taken nearly everything I own
now there's only one left to go
it's not me
take your time in leaving
if you're wondering, just what I meant
I'm working to pay the rent
but these bones and this flesh have already been spent
with my wage
tonight, there's bills to pay
if love could be money there'd still be no way
so just steal my broken wings
and try to get away
on the banks of the brazos the waters run dark
I can feel them rush toward my heart
it's too late
there's nothing left to save me
this river keeps rolling fast
to deliver me from my past
and the weight of my name shall be claimed by the sea
in the end
CHORUS
I'm working to pay the rent
to deliver myself from my past
but the weight of my name has already been spent
with my wage
if you're wondering just what I meant
this river keeps rolling fast
and these bones and this flesh shall be claimed by the sea
in the end
CHORUS
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sixteen hours in your loving arms
just sixteen minutes till we're drawn apart
I lay my head upon your beating heart
and wait with you
no holding back
sixteen dollars in a restaurant
sixteen days before I speak my heart
I take your hand outside the parking lot
just to be with you
no holding back
mother told me in the living room
she'd been dreaming of my life with you
her silver hair took on a golden hue
as she spoke of you
she saw us sitting on an old front porch
sipping tea and honey from two mason jars
with sixty years between two beating hearts
I said to you
no holding back
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8. |
Break Into My Heart
03:30
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break into my heart
take whatever you find
make room enough for you
to lay your head
break into my heart
this time we're gonna be fine
what's mine is yours tonight
break into my heart
pour yourself some wine
break some bread of mine
in the evening I'll be standing in your light
and in the morning I'll be waiting by your side
break into my heart
break into my heart
CHORUS
break into my heart
take whatever you find
make room enough for you
to lay your head
pour yourself some wine
break some bread of mine
in the evening I'll be standing in your light
and in the morning I'll be waiting by your side
CHORUS
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Blue Bird
03:28
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a blue bird sang
the sweetest song
from the morning
to the afternoon
I went up to see him
and found he was crying for you
what could I do
well, your love is like wine
and I'll drink all night
for the cold is a bitter blue
when evening fell
a pearl rose up
in the east sky
where it shone for you
the light in the window
was broken by blinds that you drew
what could I do
well, your love is like wine
and I'll drink all night
for the cold is a bitter blue
I called your name
my sweet Luann
but you were leaving
hell, you were gone
the children were playing
while father was praying for you
what could I do
well, your love is like wine
and I'll drink all night
for the cold is a bitter blue
a blue bird sang
the sweetest song
from the morning
to the afternoon
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Angeline
03:40
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cobwebs like a camera lens
capturing ideals that escape our grasp
hiding the corners of our apartments
the predator's trap for prey
sing for me my sweet Angeline
tell me a story you know I'd believe
all of these shadows have tortured me
and I'm the one to blame
cause along the way we got stoned
prayed for rain the coming of a storm
god never came we all felt ignored
and walked away
god they say is our father, kind
hung up his own son on railroad ties
poured out his blood for the earth was dry
and now we all are saved
I believed in a kingdom come
redemption by death that would profit us loss
and when we were ready we'd bear our cross
and hang for glory's sake
CHORUS
said jesus, remember me
I'm crawling away lord
I cannot believe
all of these stories you once told me
ain't one lord that's gonna wash away
ain't one lord that's washed away the pain
said sing for me my sweet Angeline
tell me a story you know I'd believe
all of these shadows have tortured me
and I'm the one to blame
CHORUS
said jesus remember me
I'm crawling away lord on hands and knees
all of these stories you once told me
ain't one lord that's gonna wash away
ain't one lord that's washed away the pain
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11. |
I'm Headed Back To Texas
02:57
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there's a dark horse on a dirt road
an old cowboy at the crossroads
and you're saying that you don't know where I am
I'm headed back to Texas
with a broken heart and a message
for all the ones that kept us from the light
it's that lonesome feeling
that keeps my soul from healing
born in the faces and the warmth of the night
you get your heart
you get your woman
you get your life
baby I've been praying
if god thinks I'm worth saving
then maybe there's still hope for us in time
but you can't say you believe me
only when you need me
love is more than tender lullabies
CHORUS
so you stayed up and you laid down
you woke up and you walked out
you left me with your questions and your pride
and I'm headed back to Texas
with a broken heart and a message
for all the ones that kept us from the light
CHORUS
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