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Sweet Water
02:51
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Oh, sweet water! Sweet water keep carrying me
My lovers as gone as this rivers is long
Lord, get me right back to Tennessee
My eyes are heavy but I just can't get to sleep
Cause my heart is achin', I ain't seen my baby in weeks
Jasmine in the air, is as thick as her golden hair
Her smile, so pristine, as I drift through this lavender dream
Oh, sweet water! Sweet water keep carrying me
Cause my lovers as gone as this river is long
Lord, get me right back of Tennessee
The shores a closin', this river's song been sung
My baby's awaitin', my Memphis bell's been wrung
These days of pining, they seem forever long
Now at the hotel, my baby's up and gone
Oh, sweet water! Sweet water keep carrying me
Cause my lovers as gone as this river is long
Lord, get me right out of Tennessee
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Oh, Tennessee!
03:50
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Oh, Tennessee!
You made a fool of me
It wasn't the first time and it won't be the last
Oh, Tennessee!
Take one last look at me
She's sweeter than cane sugar, but I still gotta pass
Cause every night here's just the same
And every word sounds like your name
One more whiskey for the pain
I just want off this goddamn train
Oh, Tennessee!
Please give her a message for me
Tell her to keep my old heart, I'll buy a new one in LA
Oh, Tennessee!
No more Memphis trips for me
I'm gonna stay right here in Long Beach, cause it's where I belong
Cause every night here's just the same
And every word sounds like your name
One more whiskey for the pain
I just want off this goddamn train
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Every night here's just the same
And every word sounds like your name
One last whiskey for the pain
If I left right now I could still make my plane...
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Let's Be Friends
03:28
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We were pals in Mississippi
But it was more when we hit New Orleans
And now we never talk after things with us went south
But a phone call here or there
It won't be so bad, I swear
I bet you and me, could actually be friends...
Well I'm back in California
And you're there in Tennessee
And this ain't as easy as I thought that it might be
Well I'm sittin' home tonight
I bet your havin the time of your life
With some handsome dude who probably lives right down your street
Well I thought that I'd wanna know but now I got my doubts
This friendship shit ain't workin out
Well I thought that I'd wanna know how you were makin out
But this friendship shit ain't workin out
The bar is closing now and I'm talkin to some gal
She's pretty as sin and she knows how to wear that dress
I'm wishing you were near, though I know now I gotta stay clear
I don't want you tell me things that I don't wanna hear
I'm heading home alone and I'm gonna unplug my phone
Even though that thing it ain't ring for weeks on end
I'm gonna crash down like a tree
While you're holding hands at the movie
Bet he's twice as good looking
But half as charming as me
Well I thought that I'd wanna know but now I got my doubts
But this friendship shit ain't workin out
Well I thought that I'd wanna know how you were makin out
But this friendship shit ain't workin out
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Well I stepped off of the plane from Memphis
And I fell into a bottle
I been stuck here, for I guess it's been, about 3 weeks come tomorrow
Well these pills I ate, this booze I drank
It don't make things hurt no less
Well I'm so stoned, I forgot i'm alone
So I'm happy then I guess
Well I'm laid up like some dying man
Who got walloped in a war
Well it's your side one, and my my side none, babe, in case you're keeping score
When I wake from this I'll be alright
Cause time it heals all wounds
With all this medicine that I just took
I should be feeling fine by noon
Well I'm laying stiff just like a corpse
Couldn't stand up if I tried
My arms don't work and my legs are worse
But I can manage up a smile
Well tomorrow's just a buzz away
And everything will be just fine
Cause I'm out of this, need more of that
See you in the pharmacy line
Well I'm laid up like some dying man
Who got walloped in a war
Well it's your side one, and my my side none, babe, in case you're keeping score
When I wake from this I'll be alright
Cause time it heals all wounds
With all this medicine that I just took
I should be feeling fine by noon
Well I stepped off of the plane from Memphis
And I fell into a bottle
I been stuck here, for I guess it's been, about 3 weeks come tomorrow
Well these pills I ate, this booze I drank
It don't make things hurt no less
Well I'm so stoned, I forgot i'm alone
So I'm happy then I guess
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Holly Jane
05:22
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My Holly Jane
You make the sun shine
Even when it's supposed to rain
My Holly Jane
My heart broke for you, babe
But I'm glad I knew you just the same
Let me look into them eyes again
They're deep and soulful, with a hint of sin
Let me look into them eyes again
And I'll see hope in the deepest sea of hazel green
My Holly Jane
You make the sun shine
Even when it's supposed to rain
My Holly Jane
My heart broke for you, babe
But I'm glad I knew you just the same
Baby, read to me softly from that book in French
Don't know what the hell you said but it sounds like sex
Baby, read to me more from that book in French
And I'll sleep these deep black and white, 1960's, smoke-filled dreams
My Holly Jane
You make the sun shine
Even when it's supposed to rain
My Holly Jane
My heart broke for you, babe
But I'm glad I knew you just the same
Trap me in amber in that ring you wear each day
I'll be your true north if you've lost your way
Trap me in amber in that ring you wear each day
I'll be there for you if the rain does come and the sky turns grey
My Holly Jane
You make the sun shine
Even when it's supposed to rain
My Holly Jane
My heart broke for you, babe
But I'm glad I knew you just the same
Holly Jane is a pretty nice girl but she doesn't have a lot to say
Holly Jane is a pretty nice girl but she change from day to day
I wanna tell her that I love her a lot but I gotta gotta belly full of wine
Holly Jane is a pretty nice girl some day I'm gonna make her mine
Oh yeah, some day I'm gonna make her mine
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Jake Gutierrez Albuquerque, New Mexico
Standard bro from Albuquerque, Nuevo Mexico, USA.
Proprietor of Chingön Recörds.
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