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Keep It Comin'
I'll
keep it - I'll keep it - I'll keep it - I'll keep it
CHORUS:
I'll keep it comin' with the Ooo Ooo Ooo ooo
I'll keep it comin' with the Ooo Ooo Ooo ooo
I'll keep it comin' with the Ooo Ooo Ooo ooo
(I'll keep it - I'll keep it...Ooo Ooo Ooo ooo)
Ain't it great to be alive - Ain't it great to breathe
Ain't it great to have hit songs hidden up my sleave
I ain't silly and my songs ain't cute
I don't fly like a bird I just shine for loot. Uhh
You can believe I ain't close to done
You talk hits - You've never been close to one
You ain't supposed to run - You can tell 'em I said that
Quick from the get - you know my heart's where my head's at
CHORUS
Spent the last six months sittin' out in the cold
You know I cried for help - but I got put on hold
We dropped Double Wide and you thought it would fold
It wasn't lookin' good - but now your Uncle went Gold
Sold Five Hundred Thou' like (THOU)
Pushed One Million - Everybody went (HOW)
Now I'm Two Plus - sittin' Two Plus
I dare your punk ass to ask me (WHAT)
I sold the farm and bought it right back
I was sittin in the red now I'm back in the black. Uhh
I'm in tact - went from broke to plastic
All my whoopdies turned into classics
How 'bout lastin' - singin' yes yes ya'll
Got em all kinda hopin' I'll return their calls
And just when you thought that there was nothing to see
You heard me comin' around the corner hummin.
Follow Me
And here I am - alive and direct
I'm makin' everybody wonder what I'm gonna do next
I don't flex because that's not my style
I'll be singin' what I'm bringing baby all the while
And I'll.
CHORUS
Thunderhead
Hawkins
Old
Mr. Hawkins - layin' it down
I know a cabin down here, in Tennessee
Where you, can't find the forest on-a count of the trees
And-a, old Perry Foster he got somethin' to say
And you can smell the pigs cause they've been cooking all
day
CHORUS:
I don't need no critics - I don't need no suits
I just need somebody who can tell me the truth
You can - keep your opinions
You can - keep on walkin'
I'm gonna raise my glass here to Thunderhead Hawkins
CHORUS
yeah
Miss Mary Jane she always looks like a star
But the rock n roll banker likes to sleep in his car
You won't hear no opry, you'll hear six strings
And you won't know what to do when you hear Thunderhead sing
CHORUS (x2)
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now Mr. Hawkins got a family tree
He got that legendary cabin down there in Tennessee
You know he'll - he'll pluck that guitar - everybody gather
'round
You stay close to the fire when the sun goes down
Ole brother Merle he's always waitin' in the wings
Ole McMahon up in them woods wearin' all them gold rings
Old Mr Hawkins - he won't do nobody wrong
But he'll - he'll tear your heart out with one sad song
CHORUS (x2)
yeah
In
A Little While
Here's
to the good life or so they say
All those parties and games that all those people play
They tell me this is the place to be
All these beautiful people and nothing to see
PRE:
Sometimes I feel like something is gone here
Something is wrong here - I don't belong here
Sometimes I feel like a stranger in town
And I've lost what I found - it'll all turn around
CHORUS:
In a little while I'll be thinking about you
In a little while I'll still be here without you
You never gave me a reason to doubt you
In a little while I'll be thinking about you baby
I'll be thinking about you baby
On the other side of a coin there's a face
There's a memory somewhere that I can't erase
And there's a place that I'll find someday
But sometimes I feel like it's slipping away
PRE
CHORUS
Some things are lost - some, left behind
Some things are better left for someone else to find
Maybe in time I could finally see
I just wonder, wonder if you think about me
PRE
CHORUS
I
Wish I Had a Dollar
I
wish I had a dollar for all the times somebody told me
Everything is goin' to be alright
I wish I had a dollar for all the times somebody told me
Everything is goin' to be alright
I've been lost in Boston - ah Austin Texas is always sweet
I stumbled around that Texas town but I never left sixth street
You know it's always hard to keep my feet from trying to run
away
And it seems I've spent a lifetime trying to make everything
ok
PRE:
I want to go down to see her
'Cause she's my little queen
I want to go down to tell her
She means the world to me
I wish I was down to watch her
Play that tambourine
She always brought a smile to me
I'd do anything
CHORUS:
I wish I had a dollar for all the times somebody told me
Everything is goin' to be alright
I wish sometimes that I could say that she'd never told me
so
And I'd walk a million miles on down the same ole broken road
Now you can't always reap just what you sew - I know that's
true
And I pray someday that I'll wake and my poor feet won't fit
these shoes
PRE
CHORUS
If I listen closely I can hear it oh so clear
Like a southbound train - like fallin' rain - like a whisper
in my ear
Now everything I'd like to hear I don't hear much no more
But I know someday that you'll come my way and you'll walk
right through
that door
PRE
CHORUS x2
Drift
Away
Day
after day I'm more confused
Yet I look for the light through the pourin' rain
You know that's a game that I hate to lose
And I'm feeling the strain
Aww, ain't it a shame
CHORUS:
(Ohh) Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll
And drift away
Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll
And drift away
(won't you take me away)
Beginning to think that I'm wasting time (time - time - time)
I don't understand the things I do
The world outside looks so unkind
And I'm counting on you
You can carry me through
CHORUS
And when my mind is free
You know a melody can move me
When I'm feeling blue
The guitar's comin' through to soothe me
Thanks for the joy that you're givin' me
(Ooooh, the joy that you're givin' me)
I want you to know that I believe in your song (Ohhh yeahhh)
Rhythm and rhyme and harmony (MmmmmMmmmm)
You helped me along (Makin' me strong)
Aww, you're makin' me strong
CHORUS
A-wont you take me - a-wont you take me
I want to drift away
Won't you take me away (I want to drift away).
Take me home - Let me drift away
Won't you take me away
Baby
Don't Cry
Everything
has a reason
At least that's what they all say
And I've lost my count of the seasons
I don't know what's been makin' me stay
Manage the time that you've hurt me
That's just the way that you live
Many a time is forgotten
But I never said that I can forgive
CHORUS:
(So) Baby don't cry - cry me a river
(And) Baby don't try - to wash over me yeah
Baby don't cry - my ship is now sailin'
And I've wasted all my time in your sea
(And I've wasted all my time in your sea)
Now that your toys have been broken
I guess you want company
There is no point in you callin'
Cause I'm headed for my own destiny
Now everyone has a problem, yeah
Lord knows you've always been mine
The nights are always the hardest
But tonight somehow I know I'll be fine
CHORUS x2
Baby don't cry
Yeah - Yeah - Yeah, Yeah
CHORUS x2
I
Do
You
spend your lonely days looking for someone
I just want to be the one that makes your every run
I know it ain't so fun - being all alone
And I know you wondered when you'll find yourself a home
You ain't foolin' no one baby
See you don't believe in you
But I do - Yeah I do
Oh I do - Yeah I do
If you want some company
I don't mind a ride
I don't want your money baby
And I don't want your pride
You might think I'm crazy
You just might be shy
I think this is good for us
But I could just be high
We can make this happen baby
I believe that is true
Yeah I do - Yes I do
Oh I do - Yes I do
You keep on lookin' baby
I hope it's all too sweet
I hope it's fairy tales
And everything you dream
But just remember
That we ain't all this kind
When you get tired of lookin' baby
I ain't hard to find
You wastin' all your time out there
Cause they don't care 'bout you
But I do - Yeah I do
Oh I do - Yeah I do.
Memphis
Soul Song
Lookin'
back on everything and all the things that stay
I can count on memories cause they don't go away
Good times were hard to hold until she came along
She moves me like a Memphis soul song
I'm not always there I know - but she don't mind at all
As pretty as a picture - that hangs on my own wall
She's like Mississippi when the sun comes up at dawn
She moves me like a Memphis soul song
CHORUS:
With an angel on my left side and a devil on my right
She's the one who saves me from them dark unholy nights
Of all the ones who've left me - It's a wonder she's not gone
She moves me like a Memphis soul song
She moves me like a Memphis soul song
She don't care what the game is - she's always down to play
My world without her seems a million miles away
She don't have to worry - I know where I belong
She moves me like a Memphis soul song
I've been dealt some aces and I've played them all the same
But she's the only one that keeps me in the game
No fame or fortune could ever keep me gone
She moves me like a Memphis soul song
CHORUS
There's a magic down in Memphis - that never seems to fade
Even now them voices carry like a lonely serenade
It's the memories that still and always will be on my mind
That move me every time
She sees the good in everything there is to see
Sometimes I wonder what she ever sees in me
I'm not always right you know - but she's never led me wrong
She moves me like a Memphis soul song
In all my travels - I've never found a way
To find the words that say the things I'd like to say
I've sang some melodies - but she's my favorite one
She moves me like a Memphis soul song
CHORUS
I
Don't Know
I'm
nothin' fancy - I'm nothin' special that's true
But I know what ch'your thinkin' cause I'm thinkin' that same
thing too
Now you'd like everything to go your way
And I should probably say everything you'd like me to say
But that's not me and baby that just wouldn't be you
PRE:
You better watch how long you wait
Cause baby you might wait too long
CHORUS:
I don't know if I can make you happy
And I don't know if I can make you cry
I don't know if the clock stops at midnight
I can't see past forever but together we can fly
together we can fly
Now let's pretend for awhile that we've got no place to be
You've been broken before but baby that wasn't me
Now I'm not tryin' to ask you to come
to that same ole place that you've been runnin' from
We've been down that road you know there's nothing to see
PRE
CHORUS
Baby there's no use in waiting
I can see that your hopes are fading
They tell me time is precious
Baby, why do you keep wasting mine
CHORUS
To
Think I Used to Love You
You
made me laugh some
You made me cry some too
You sent me off into a world of pain
And made me someone new
You made all kinds of promises
But only some came true
Now I know you need me
More than I need you
CHORUS:
To think I used to love you
For reasons I don't know
You polished up my halo - and I dirtied up your soul
I sure had a good time
But we both know I can't stay
To think I used to love you
But I'm leaving anyway
You know I'm not perfect
And I tried to make you see
Somehow you thought of everything
But you didn't think about me
Lies and disappointment - makes your world go 'round
It's too late to save me so you might as well come down
CHORUS
Letter
to My Daughters'
I'm sending
this letter - I'll mail it today
There's so many things I've been wanting to say
Your mom sent some pictures - and my how you've grown
Rock n roll fathers are never at home
I'm writing this letter - I made you a song
I promised your mom that I'd write while I'm gone
You say daddy come home - we'll just have to wait
I hope when I get there that it won't be too late
Skylar I just missed your first step today
I have no excuses and nothing to say
I live on a bus with a rock and roll band
I hope when you're older that you'll understand
I'm comin' home soon - this tours almost through
I promise I'll try to spend more time with you
You say daddy come home - we'll just have to wait
I hope when I get there that it won't be too late
Now Madison Blue - you know I love you too
Not a single day passes that I don't think of you
I'm runnin' on empty in a mountain so high
I can pull out your pictures and look in your eyes
I long for the day when your old man comes home
It kills me to hear you say daddy don't go
You say daddy come home - you'll just have to wait
I hope when I get there that it won't be too late
Your daddy's at work now - he's tryin to pay bills
Ego's and assholes are part of my deal
I make some money - and I have some fun
The taxman he cometh and I'm back to square one
Don't worry 'bout your daddy - you girls be good
Give a kiss to your mother - I sure wish I could
This life has its moments - I'm not always sad
Take care and I love you
Your Rock n Roll Dad
No
Stranger To Shame
CHORUS:
I'm no stranger to shame
I've got little to blame
You sent for me and so I came
I'll come runnin' when you
call my name
Cause I'm no stranger - I'm no stranger to shame
I said I'm no stranger - I'm no stranger to shame
I might stagger and I might sway
I might stutter just a bit but that's ok - Uh huh
I'm not walkin' to good that's true
I got a broke ass limp that'll pull me through - Uhh
I might appear to be a pile a rags
But I'm a stack a hundreds in a paper bag. Yep
I've been around this world and back
I made a million bucks and put it all on black
PRE:
So if you see me stumble - you don't have to look away
It's not the first time - it's not the last
You can leave me where I lay
because
CHORUS
I've been known to wake up in some dirty places
The sun only shines on deserving faces
The mind erases - forgets the stars
See each and every city has a corner bar. Yep
That's where I am - in a world so grim
The lights are as bright as the day is dim
See I'm priceless in a class of my own
I used to stay out late but now I don't go home
PRE
because
How do you feel when the birds are chirpin' - Heeeyyy
When you're in bed and everybody is working - Heeeyyy
Are you down with the non-believers - Heeeyyy
Make the slackers look like overachievers - Heeeyyy
You know I'm scratchin on the door again - Heeeyyy
The cat's out but he don't want to come in - Heeeyyy
You got a bed and you got a floor
But the couch is closer to your front door
PRE
because
CHORUS
'Bonus'
(you know they call off your signature you pay extra for that)
It started out in 84 for me
Had them beat street blues and no crews to compete
Cause you were too fuckin' dumb
Nobody gave a fuck
Poppin' and lockin' and we couldn't be touched
I grew up in 'dem days when graffiti was the ways
The close-minded people thought rap was the phase
Cause it was a phase
Maybe a fad for some
But for the few who knew it was true and we was one
Dumb was the lingo and def was phat
If you were dope you were fresh
If you wasn't you was whack
In fact it was crews like Run that had style
Shit like that made it all worth while
And I ain't even one to ponder
Be it known as I've grown I've be comproned to wander
And ramble like gamble
You lost your ass
You went from Jersey to Vegas and back to Cass
Outta cash and then you was fuckin' wasted
Broke as fuck you were livin in your mom n pops basement
Yeah I was faceless - poor and unknown
All that runnin' just to crawl back home
You dumb fuck - what the fuck were you thinkin'
Suicide doors on a 6 7 Lincoln
I had big dreams of runnin' on big screens
Topless swim teams all up in the limousines
Magazines with my face on the cover
I was trying to get rich quick like my older brother
I was the other - the younger of two
The quiet little kid - and my friends were few
Well of course they were few
Cause you had no dough
Them rats run fast when the G's don't show
You know a little money lets you place your bet
Makes a good girl wet - makes a friend forget
They like it when you spend a little
They love it when you spend a lot
They love me for me - just me
I think not
How could you be so godamn dumb
You need to take your punk ass back to where it came from
I ain't that dumb
But this ain't Mary Poppins
How many times must I give you your options
Happy, humble, famous or rich
You only get two and only you can pick
Well I pick going back to my old school
Grabbin' that teacher that made me a fool
Beat his fuckin' ass with a baseball bat
Till there ain't nothing left - what ch'you think about that
You mean the football coach that had no life
The five-day beard and a ugly ass wife
(yeah) I'd like that - but what would it prove
Half them teachers never had one clue
They punked me out because they flunked life's test
Them broke mother fuckers couldn't spell success
There's character flaws up in front of the class
Make a kid sweat bullets for a bathroom pass
They used to tell me I'd amount to shit
But now I got accounts that tell me I'm rich
It sounds sick all the money I make
I get it all having learned from your dumb mistakes
Well it's about fuckin' time - you came to your senses
I thought I was going to have to dig through the trenches
Yeah I'm relentless - it's for our own good
Are you listening - Yeah - mother fucker you should
I think I've been good with the rules they gave me
I just bent them a little with the tools they gave me
They can't save me - I saved myself
How does one dumb kid build a mountain of wealth
How does it feel when you can't say no
When you want something so bad you can't let go
How do you know when enough is enough
When you're the last motherfucker that can still stand up
I'm not a slug but you'd put one in the head
Put a fucker on his back and leave him for dead, uhh
How 'bout a knife - could you stick one in his side
Give it a couple fuckin' turns and let him die
Could you hide from a crew - could you lie through a crew
Could you knock it all back with a couple of brews
And could you - you be a man and carry his casket
Would you sit like a bitch while you're gettin' your ass kicked
How 'bout molasses - are you that slow
You give a frogs fat ass if you win place or show
I keep on keepin' on that's true
And when it's done I can say I gave a fuck
can you
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