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Tulip
01:18
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Valentine
02:07
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under red light in the pasture
under red light in the pasture
you spoke of st. valentine
i thought of a brother i knew once
i thought he was one of my kind
under red light i was laid out
next to you with your whiskey in a mason jar
under red light i was laid out
yes its true i've travelled very far
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Goddamn, I'm Jesse James
06:07
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i left the hills for the city
i left the city for the badlands
they overtook me down in texas
just as to the hills i had from the delta...
i left the hills for the city
i left the city for the badlands
they overtook me down in texas
just as to the hills i had from georgia
& from old atlanta i had run from the delta
goddamn, i'm jesse james
goddamn, i'm jesse james
don't even get me started on los angeles,
i best keep that one to myself
but if you stick around a while
i'll let you in on st. peter's house
new orleans to san francisco
buried myself in new mexico
goddamn, i'm jesse james
goddamn, the phantom pain
goddamn, you're jesse jane
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Lucky Strike
01:11
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i'm grateful that you always kept an open door
but now i got my lucky strike after the war
you taste lavender & chamomile tea
i'm certain that i love you but ya don't love me not like that
you just say what's on your mind
if you don't mean it's fine with
you taste like lavender & dark spiced rum
won't tell me where you're going but you tell me where you're from
i'm grateful that you always kept that open door
but now i got my lucky strike after the war
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Bright Für the Day
01:39
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sweet dandelion sufferer, what'd you have for supper?
lonely archetype of this city, bell bottoms like the 1970s
& in my dreams you paint me so pretty.
feather forest fairy nymph, why'd you go & run off with him?
wasn't i enough t' help ya love? why'd you go & dig us that hole,
when i'm not ready to sleep.
sunshine silky mornin' black, you haven't a clue of where i'm at
don't wait for me to fight back, i'm just no longer like that
mind yer posture - hug the preacher's neck.
& crazy gypsy in new york city when you gonna pay your rent?
you were pushing your wagon through the bottom of a valley,
feeling like an accident...
but you're all paranoid
everything's alright
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AppleJuice
01:46
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Baby Has to Wake Up
01:51
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baby has to wake up earlier than the sun
baby's mind has got to be made up of
whatever she wants to find
& it could've been mine
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Hard to Reach
01:35
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i just sat there picking matches
trying to decided my worth
conversations only in passing
they all resembled church
i prayed dear god
don't kill me today cause right now i'm far away & hard to reach
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you said you couldn't think about me
out of fear of no return
said i couldn't blame you darling but i'd always return
to the comfort of Melrose or wherever you happened to be
the song in my heart little lover or the boots on my feet
all these gifts you give me, all the lonely train rides
always there so honest, love, waiting on the other side.
remember post incarceration? you were the first on the phone
said "you'd better count your blessings, baby, better let some things go"
so i drove straight thru Oklahoma, the postcard i never sent;
no big mystery, lover, i just never got around to it.
you said you couldn't think about me out of fear of no return
now i've got yer keys danglin' around my wrist & yer passport in my coat..
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Shipwrecked
01:29
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ghost ship
floating above the water
lost me
somehow
now i'm shipwrecked
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Lonely Painter
02:21
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I can't think about the way you let me down
while everyone was still hanging around
when just the night before
it was me behind the door
but it's your life not mine, evermore.
but you've got us all wondering, little painter,
wondering what's true.
you've got us all wondering, lonely painter, if it's really you.
I can't think about the way you let me down
while everyone was still standing around
when just the night before it was me behind your door
but it's your life not mine, evermore.
but you've got us all wondering, little painter, wondering
what's true. you've got us all wondering, lonely painter, wondering if it's really you.
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