NEW
CENTURY BLUES Slo Leak 2008
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Nothing
But Taillights I watched the
sun come up I saw the moon go down I see people passing by on a street corner downtown I hear them on the radio I see them on the TV news People wishing and praying that they were in someone
else shoes It must have been the wine (repeat) Chorus: Nothing but Taillights Do I see Nothing but Taillights Waiving goodbye to me Gypsy women I a black car blowing smoke rings in a
box She’s got the answers to the question she has the
keys to the locks Someone calls out from a dream something you can’t
understand It’s right in your face then it’s gone without a
trace You’re back in no It must have been the wine (repeat) Chorus
(repeats) The rich get more and the poor get less People scratching and clawing for a little taste of
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Death By
So this young man jumps off a tractor Thinking he’d be the next hunk actor Some things you can’t fix with max factor Death by He left his hometown in a cloud of dust But he was finished before he ever got off the bus Death by Chorus: You better go home You better go home Find something to believe in it You better go home Little girl stay away from that creep You are going to end up used love, dirt cheap When you can’t touch bottom, you’re in too deep Death by 2nd
chorus: You ought to go home You ought to go home Find something to believe in it You ought to go home Most people they don’t get too far They end up sleeping sleeping in their car Some end up face down on Gene Pwtry’s Star They call it death by 2nd
chorus repeats I know what I’m saying it ain’t gonna do you no good Cuz you’re gonna do what what you think you should You’re gonna go for it like I knew you would They call it death by Death by Death by Death by Death by |
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House of
Cards I’m over my limit I’m over my head I’m all maxed out That’s what the finance company said Department stores, restaurants I get my baby, everything she wants Living in a house of cards Living in a house of cards Living in a house of cards Living in a house of cards When it comes tumbling down Financial heroin, it’s a money jones Financial ruin, before you know what you’re doing You got me maxed out, maxed out to the hilt This house of cards I don’t like the way it’s built Chorus
repeats twice Living in a house of cards If money is love, how much do you love me? |
White
Lines Chorus: White lines good whiskey Bad love Have made a mess of my life White lines good whiskey Bad love I used to like them short I like them tall I like that cocaine And that ain’t all Drinking wine and whiskey Like it’s going out of style It’s starting to wear me out It’s going to kill me after a while Chorus
repeats Bridge: Well I woke up this morning I was standing by the door I started to realize I’m still up from the night
before 2nd
Chorus: White lines good whiskey Bad love Well I walked into Joey’s About a quarter till three To see if anybody was crazy enough to talk to me Well I sat down at the bar Had a couple of drinks Pretty soon I was thinking Life stinks The blow keeps jack’in me up The booze keep bringing me down I’m hanging around with women I don’t want to be around I had a pile of money Watches, diamond rings If I keep on going in this direction I won’t need any of those things Chorus
repeats Bridge
repeats 2nd
Chorus repeats You’d better leave that stuff alone Before it ruins your happy home |
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Sold For
Parts She was an old good wagon I used to drive her
downtown I took her to a mechanic and he began to frown He said it ought to be sold for parts It ought to be sold for parts Well I am surprised it even starts It ought to be sold for parts Now the doors fell off and the motor’s cracked I wish I could turn the Odometer back Ohoo it ought to be sold for parts It ought to be sold for parts It’s worth more in little pieces It ought to be sold for parts SOLO Well the muffler fell off and it’s starting to get
so loud There’s smoke coming out the back it’s starting to
draw a crowd It ought to be sold for parts It ought to be sold for parts Well I am surprised it even starts It ought to be sold for parts Me and my lady we fight like dogs and cats The marriage counsellor said why fix a wreck like
that It ought to be sold for parts It ought to be sold for parts It’s worth more in little pieces It ought to be sold for parts |
Upon the
Floor See you dancing liquid crystal screen Shaking you body like a mad machine Hidden camera very revealing Hand prints on the wall Foot prints on the ceiling Chorus: Up on the floor Up on the floor Upside down, round and around The lights are low and the moods narcotic The guitar player’s gone psychotic He doesn’t remember what went down at all Blood stains on the carpet Blood stains splattered on the wall Chorus
repeats Loose cannon never misses Danger in you eyes poison kisses Hidden camera very revealing Foot prints on the wall Blood stains on the ceiling Chorus
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Some
Stones Along comes beautiful Maria Her lips just part to perfection You thought she was the love of your life Now you know the meaning of rejection She used to love you until you run out of cash Now she treats you like garbage She puts you out like trash Chorus: Some stones you got to carry Some stones you got to throw Some stones will drag you right to the bottom If you don’t let em go You take one drink, than you take two It don’t take much for you to make a fool of you Then you go from bad to worse You get so drunk you throw a rock at a hearse Chorus
repeats twice You blame everybody for your condition It’s your own fault that you’re in this position Some people learn after the first mistake Some people you don’t know just how long it’s gonna
take Chorus
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