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He talked about it all the time
(Burgess)
His mother brought that devil home
When he was eight years old
Told his sister he loved her the most
Seemed like a real nice
Quiet laid back guy
If you’d have listened to him
He talked about it all the time
Have you got that cover letter
Do you have it all in order
All that bullshit some lawyer found important
he seemed like a real nice
quiet stand up guy
but if you’d have listened to him
he talked about it all the time
how can you threaten a man
with nothin’ left to lose
give him some reprimand
well he’s got somethin’ for you
Seemed like a real nice
Quiet laid back guy
If you’d have listened to him
He talked about it all the time
He did the secretary
Defrosting her burrito
Ruined that intern’s
Brand new pair of chinos
Seemed like a real nice
Quiet laid back guy
If you’d have listened to him
He talked about it all the time
At last he said as he shot the rest
As the swat team ullets rained
I was just a real sick son of a bitch
Your lives were not in vein
Seemed like a real nice
Quiet laid back guy
If you’d have listened to him
He talked about it all the time
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Goodbye, Detroit City
05:15
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Goodbye e Detroit City
(Burgess)
They called him Detroit city
But his name was tricky steve
Nobody saw him comin’
But we all saw him leave
It’s a sad day for a man
Who gives up on this dream
I tried to cry for help for you son
But I couldn’t find the words to scream
So goodbye Detroit City
I sure do wish you well
I’ll pray for those that drove you
‘cause they drove you straight to hell
And should that earth dry up
While she’s beneath your feet
You would not know her secrets
You would not be her king
So goodbye Detroit City
I sure do wish you well
I’ll pray for those that drove you
‘cause they drove you straight to hell
Hello 75
It’s gonna be a long long night
I’ll meet you at the pilot
On that Mason-Dixon line
Will the last man left turn out the lights?
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Mean as boys
03:37
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Mean as boys
(Burgess)
You were young And naïve
Laying on the floor praying for peace
You liked to fight you liked to win
You liked the feel of that summer sun
on your pale white skin
I thought that you were the one
Back in 1991
I was only 17 years old
How was I to know
That girls could be
As mean as boys
On the side in the night
A little bit of wrong
And a whole lot of right
But there we were in the end
Wishing all of life’s scars
Were burnt into the skin
I thought that you were the one
Guess we were just havin’ fun
I was only 17 years old
How was I to know
That girls could be
As mean as boys
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Middle-aged lament '24
03:21
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Middle aged lament ‘24
(Burgess – J.O’Bryant)
At the bar you know who your friends are
They love and greet you no matter what
In the night just like magic just sorta happens
I wish it would stop
Maybe I’m wrong Maybe you’re right
Maybe the sun stole the stars from your eyes
What a surprise
You’re not the girl I met last night
You sand I’m 18 on karaoke night
Alice Cooper never sounded so right
When those lines formed on your face & your hands
I wanted to be your man I wanted to be your man
Maybe I’m wrong Maybe you’re right
Maybe the sun stole the stars from your eyes
What a surprise
You’re not the girl I met last night
Some day I’ll be old and alone
Waitin’ by my space phone for someone to call
& my heart breaks for all the people in town
That drug you down ‘cause they drug me down
Maybe I’m wrong Maybe you’re right
Maybe the sun stole the stars from your eyes
What a surprise
Your not the girl I met last night
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This town’s just as dirty as they say
(Burgess)
it’s funny what happens
when money gets tossed around
angels turn to devils
kings turn to clown’s
I thought that I knew better
I thought that I knew better
Divide it up!
In the land of rape and honey
Divide it up!
Come get your pay day
Divide it up!
Now brother it ain’t funny
This town’s just as dirty as they say
Hall me out
before some local magistrate
line every pocket
buy every council seat
I thought that I knew better
I thought that I knew better
Divide it up!
In the land of rape and honey
Divide it up!
Come get your pay day
Divide it up!
Now brothers it ain’t funny
This town’s just as dirty as they say
You know that dollar
Ain’t worth what it’s printed on
They’ll break that bank
And we’ll decorate our walls
I thought that I knew better
Now that I know better
Divide it up!
In the land of rape and honey
Divide it up!
Come get your pay day
Divide it up!
Now brothers it ain’t funny
This town’s just as dirty as they
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Get my shit straight
03:04
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Get my shit straight
(Burgess)
Just the thought pisses me off
Keep that name outta your mouth
Ain’t no dogs barkin’ ain’t no people talkin’
Just me and all my doubts
Maybe someday I’ll get my shit straight
And change all the things I can’t change
Maybe someday I’ll get my shit straight
We’ll hold hands and laugh in the rain
Maybe someday I’ll get my shit straight
But not today
I don’t know no nursery rymes
Aint gonna hold you while you cry
Guess I aint a sensitive guy
Ain’t gonna hold your hair while you throw up
Trifle with your friends when they show up drunk
They don’t like me no way
Maybe someday I’ll get my shit straight
And change all the things I can’t change
Maybe someday I’ll get my shit straight
We’ll hold hands and laugh in the rain
Maybe someday I’ll get my shit straight
But not today
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Hey there Palomino
04:36
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Hey there palomino
(Burgess)
Hey there palomino
How’s my country girl
Hey there palomino
I sure miss you in my world
Hey there Miss Colorado
You know you’ve been so cold to me
No I ain’t got to be your shadow
And you aint got to be my queen
‘cause we all burn out now and then
We all burn out now and then
Life is a bolt of lightin’
Love is a summer storm
You can spend your whole life waitin’
For a hurricane to blow along
Hey there palomino
You made a stright up sucker out of me
Hey there palomino
I’m headed back to Tennessee
‘cause we all burn out now and then
We all burn out now and then
We all burn out now and then
We all burn out now and then
Hey there palomino
How’s my big city girl
Hey there palomino
I miss you in my world
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Graduation Day
04:04
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Graduation Day
(Burgess)
I didn’t recognize your full name
Or that look on your face
Hair pulled back with a bow and a rose
On graduation day
When they called your name
You took to the stage
Tears in your eyes with a taste of goodbye
With one more thing to say
We won’t change
We won’t change
You’re the same old girl from last summer
I kissed out in the rain
Clothes soakin’ wet hair in a mess
But I didn’t complain
I guess I thought I knew you
Guess I thought you’d stay
I didn’t see you comin’
But baby you came anyway
I told you they would change you
And that you’d fade away
They said they wouldn’t’ break you
But they broke you anyway
You said that I shouldn’t judge you
‘cause this is the life you chose
But your walkin’ around
With your head in the clouds
Wearin’ other peoples clothes
You’re the same old girl from last summer
I kissed out in the rain
Clothes soakin’ wet hair in a mess
But I didn’t complain
I guess I thought I knew you
Guess I thought you’d stay
I didn’t see you comin’
But baby you came anyway
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Checkin' Out
03:14
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Checkin’ out
(Burgess)
Just because your blind
Don’t mean I can’t see
Just ‘cause your out on the loose
Don’t make you free
What lies did you tell yourself
To make you believe
You were someone else
You were checkin’ in I was checkin’ out
You were starting; to see what life was about
You were learning’ to swim
I was drowning in an ocean of doubt
You were checkin’ in I was checkin out
The lines on my face
Are from where I used to care
What once held a bright eyed green eyed boy
Is now a cold dead stare
If they repeat it enough you’ll believe it’s true
I used to believe it too
You were checkin’ in I was checkin’ out
You were starting; to see what life was about
You were learning to swim
I was drowning in an ocean of doubt
You were checkin’ in I was checkin out
Sometime’s that chase
Ain’t better than the catch
You said and you done some things
And now you can’t take ‘em back
You grew up in a fatherless age
All your mother ever gave you was a name
You were checkin’ in I was checkin’ out
You were starting; to see what life was about
You were learning to swim
I was drowning in an ocean of doubt
You were checkin’ in I was checkin out
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Baby, youre not an angel
(Burgess-Carty)
Another wasted weekend
Is getting ready to begin
I wonder where you are tonight
Hangin’ out with some hipsters
At a no name pot head dive
There ain’t no answer that I’d like
Baby you’re not an angel sent to rescue me
Baby you’re not an angel
But maybe an angel aint what I need
My ol’ friend Bob Carty
Told me there were people that could help me
But I try not to depend
On modern science or it’s miracles
All I need is one true friend
Baby you’re not an angel sent to rescue me
Baby you’re not an angel
But maybe an angel aint what I need
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Where were you when the light left your eyes
(Burgess-M.O’Bryant)
When you can’t see thae light
At the end of the tunnel
But you go ahead and step inside
Some’ll call that a leap of faith
Some call that suicide
When it all goes to shit at the same time
Your low and your mean and it aint no surprise
When someone you loved stuck a knife in your side
Where were you when the light left your eyes?
Where were you when the light left your eyes
Where were you when the light left your eyes
Snuffed out by sin and arrogant pride
Where were you when the light left your eyes
I killed em all at the headbanger’s ball
And left ‘em all with a blank stare
Life didn’t work out quite like they thought
And I just couldn’t tell ‘em it was fair
Well my band kicked me out
For playin’ too loud
To sing songs about drinkin’ in bars
So I ate some dirt and I told some lies
Where were you when the light left your eyes
Where were you when the light left your eyes
Where were you when the light left your eyes
Snuffed out by sin and arrogant pride
Where were you when the light left your eyes
Then the good people clap and welcome you in
They will wipe away tears and forget all of this
When those saint fire those amps up
And the losers all win
Where were you when the light caught your eyes
Where were you when the light caught your eyes
Where were you when the light caught your eyes
When tomorrow triumphed and yesterday died
Where were you when the light caught your eyes
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Hats off to high society
03:18
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Hats Off to High Society
(Burgess)
They like to tip the lower class
Drink champagne, gossip and laugh
They may be old but they aint dumb
The more you give, the more will come
Waitress bring us one more round
Waitress bring us one more round
We were lost but now are found
Waitress bring us one more round
Your dear husband labored all his life
He got lucky, found a third wife
Now you got him in the ground
And it’s time to party down
Waitress bring us one more round
Waitress bring us one more round
We were lost but now are found
Waitress bring us one more round
When you reach the pearly gates
I sure hope they make you wait
Be glad Jesus is more patient than you
And you don’t give the devil his due
Waitress bring us one more round
Waitress bring us one more round
We were lost but now are found
Waitress bring us one more round
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Cockroach Generations
03:54
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Cockroach Generations
(Burgess-Scealf-M.Obryant)
And on that day that we died I told you that lie
I said it don’t matter but that was my pride
‘cause in a world that ate it’s own
I was gnawin’ at your bones
Sometimes its better not to know
We couldn’t fix the sun
We couldn’t fix the sun
All you cockroach generations
We couldn’t fix the sun
We liked to shoot our guns
Til their pointed at us
So write it on the walls
of all your hallowed halls
we couldn’t fix the sun
we couldn’t fix the sun
we couldn’t fix the sun
all you out law generations
we couldn’t fix the sun
I was born in the house of the rising son
That’s where the devil shows off
The work he’s done
Preacher boy playin’ on those ivory keys
On Sunday mornin’ he goes down on his knees
God and the devil have abandoned thee
God and the devil have abandoned thee
God and the devil have abandoned thee
Boy no one really cares what you think
We couldn’t fix the sun
We couldn’t fix the sun
All you cockroach generations
We couldn’t fix the sun
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Pauper's Crown
02:10
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Pauper’s Crown
(Burgess)
When you finally catch that dollar
And decide to come back around
Some folks won’t be here at all
Some will be down and out
When you finally have squeezed out
Every last nickel and dime
You’ll have everything you want
Everything but time
When you finally catch that dollar
You’ll begin to understand
That paper burns then crumbles
And slips right through your hands
When you finally catch that dollar
You’ll be an old old man
With memories of shiny things
And silver binding our hands
When you finally catch that dollar
And decide to come back around
We will welcome you with open arms
to share our Pauper’s crown
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Botox Smile
03:10
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Botox Smile
(Burgess)
I went out west I said what the heck
Wasn’t doin’ that much anyway
I did my best on the set
But my best just got in the way
Heard about that Hotel California
How it was fallin’ into the sea
That L.Ron Hubbard kinda bored ya
But that Botox smile aint cheap
She asked me to join I said I’m a non-conformist
Just like all my friends
She had some pills said thet they were Quaaludes
I asked politely – what year is this?
Heard about that Hotel California
How it was fallin’ into the sea
That L.Ron Hubbard kinda bored ya
But that Botox smile aint cheap
So I hit it hard for that Nevada border
But I didn’t have nowhere to go
There’s one thing I can say for certain
All them aliens aint from Mexico
Heard about that Hotel California
How it was fallin’ into the sea
That L.Ron Hubbard kinda bored ya
But that Botox smile aint cheap
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Star from Cleveland, TN
03:55
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Star from Cleveland Tennessee
(Burgess-J.O’Bryant)
You sang the star spangled banner
At a high school football game
You thought it didn’t matter
But I’d never be the same
There’s a thousand of you in Nashville
Why don’t you just head back east
There’s a thousand of you in Nashville
You’re still my star from Cleveland Tennessee
There gonna make you change your name
There gonna tell you to lose weight
Those neon lights that you dreamed about
Their gonna burn your face You got such a pretty face
There’s a thousand of you in Nashville
Why don’t you just head back east
There’s a thousand of you in Nashville
You’re still my star from Cleveland Tennessee
I heard you got divorced last December
And your manager took you for all you wre worth
After all of Adam’s generations
God’s still makin’ men outta dirt
There’s a thousand of you in Nashville
Why don’t you just head back east
There’s a thousand of you in Nashville
You’re still my star from Cleveland Tennessee
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Tombstone Rose
02:52
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Tombstone Rose
(Burgess-Hunt)
She left you and won’t let you forget
All that heartache and regret
She let you burn up in the sun
In the light of what you’d done
Oh she’s as cold as a tombstone rose
Oh she’s as cold as a tombstone rose
The scars of life have left you meat
And now the dogs growl at your feet
The one’s you love hurt you the most
When your life’s out of control
Oh she’s as cold as a tombstone rose
Oh she’s as cold as a tombstone rose
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A small town’s slow suicide
(Burgess-J.O’Bryant)
I hate this town and everyone in it
Hate their small town faces
And the way they smile when they spit
I woke up from a dream
Cause I couldn’t breath last night
Thought I needed you by my side
Heard a rusty noise
Out in the distance
Sounded like
An old man’s sigh
It was a small town’s slow suicide
A small town’s slow suicide
A small town’s slow suicide
But it aint got to be mine
You cut me off at the alpine package store
Just when I thought I couldn’t bleed no more
Your haunted eyes and your broken lips
That new born child on those familiar hips
Nicotine stained fingertips
Reminded me of that time
I gave you your first cigarette
It was a small town’s slow suicide
A small town’s slow suicide
A small town’s slow suicide
But it aint got to be mine
He broke your will and your ribs
Out there on that lawn
‘cause you aint got to speak
Every foolish though
That son of a bitch
Taught you to be scarred
But that girl that played with fire
Still inside that head somewhere
It was a small town’s slow suicide
A small town’s slow suicide
A small town’s slow suicide
But it aint got to be yours or mine
It ain’t got to be yours or mine
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Gas Station Chicken
02:32
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Gas Station Chicken
(Burgess)
Work all day for too little pay
For some old bat
That don’t know my name
Got my first name right
But my last name wrong
Well it’s almost 5
So I wrote me this song
Gonna get me a box of wine
A reclined position
A girl so fine…
And some gas station chicken
So all you inlaws and outlaws
And creatures with paws
Hit the bricks ya’ll
Me and mine gonna have some time
You tell me your situation
I’ll tell you my frustrations
You take your sip and I’ll take mine
Gonna get me a box of wine
A reclined position
A girl so fine…
And some gas station chicken
Oh I need something
To get my heart beatin’
And my blood pumpin’
Gonna get me a box of wine
A reclined position
A girl so fine…
And some gas station chicken
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Bad Romance
03:02
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Bad Romance
(Burgess)
Most of your wounds are self-inflicted
And our time is now at hand
I hope that once the fog has lifeted
You’ll see you had your chance
Don’t feel so bad
The love you thought you had
Was just another Bad Romance
You were runnin’ with the devil
I’d pick you up when youd fall
You were slammin’ those Modelo’s
And actin ten feet tall
Don’t feel so bad
The love you thought you had
Was just another Bad Romance
I still fly that flag of texas
At my home is Tennessee
All those lies youth thought were freedom
Were just chains for you and me
Don’t feel so bad
The love you thought you had
Was just another Bad Romance
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Ya friends aint ya friends
(Burgess)
The easy way aint no way for me
Cause life don’t come with guarantees
So you just fiddle as I burn down
I’ll just set fire to some other town
I like to steal me a kiss piss into the wind
Take the long way home again and again
Color outside the lines, use my outside voice inside
Take up causes I can’t win
But man I aint your fool and your friends aint your friends
All I got left in me
Is a melody and a memory
So say what you want about me I’m getting out
All you’ll have is this song and a mess to clean
I like to steal me a kiss piss into the wind
Take the long way home again and again
Color outside the lines, use my outside voice inside
Take up causes I can’t win
But man I aint your fool and your friends aint your friends
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We weren’t all born to make it
(Burgess-Crews)
Damn this crumblin’ town
Bills go up service go down
And the world takes what she wants
She breaks your heart and eats your bones
We weren’t all born to make it
Baby let’s just fake it
Make the rules up as we go
We weren’t all born to make it
Baby let’s just fake it
Carry each other’s heavy load
The sadness in your eyes
That’s their sunrise and delight
So smile with me awhile
Like a child let’s run and hide
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Mr. Saturday Night
03:02
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Mr. Saturday Night
(Burgess)
There’s so many sheep in this city
Not too many for an old wolf like me
But somethin’ in her eyes told me not to lie
Girl before you take that drink
Don’t pass over Mr. Right
For Mr. Saturday Night
Don’t pass over Mr. Right
For Mr. Saturday Night
‘Cause bars are sad places with sad lonely faces
those smiles are all just masks
they’ll sing you their sad songs and try to take you home
but you should go on alone
Don’t pass over Mr. Right
For Mr. Saturday Night
Don’t pass over Mr. Right
For Mr. Saturday Night
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Windy Old City
04:11
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Windy Old City
(Burgess)
Woke up in my car
In the parking lot of this east side bar
Everyone here has the blues
Guess it’s something
You get used to
In this windy old city
We’ve been living in
Folks just don’t care
Aout you here
This windy old city
It’s no place to be
For a Godly woman
Or a man like me
In this windy old city
What once was a row of houses
Is now a pile of ash
Ifwe’re gonna get out
We’d better get out fast
In this windy old city
We’ve been living in
Folks just don’t care
Aout you here
This windy old city
It’s no place to be
For a Godly woman
Or a man like me
In this windy old city
Hey I’m ready
To watch it all burn
Baby are you ready
To get what we deserve
In this windy old city
We’ve been living in
Folks just don’t care
Aout you here
This windy old city
It’s no place to be
For a Godly woman
Or a man like me
In this windy old city
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Pass this away
03:24
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Pass this away
(Burgess)
You struggled all our life
You were still unsatisfied
You cried outloud every day
Lord take this cup
And pass it away
Pass this away from my lips
Or it’s gonna drown me in my grave
Pass this away
Pass this away
Pass this away
In this town that time forgot
Some grow old and some do not
But every master is something’s slave
Lord take this cup and pass it away
Pass this away from my lips
Or it’s gonna drown me in my grave
Pass this away
Pass this away
Pass this away
The hard part of the night
Ain’t sayin’ goodbye
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