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The fields are brown, the sky is blue
I’m just sitting here missing you
Count the days till I see you again
Watch the falling leaves, listen to the lonesome wind
I don’t care what they say
I’m gonna love you anyway
I can’t help it, I’m too far gone
Like some lost love in a Hank Williams song
Stolen kisses and borrowed time
Warm red lips, sweet red wine
Lonesome wind, can I hitch a ride
Won’t you take me to my little darling’s side
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Ghost Of A Love
03:57
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Sometimes at night
The wind comes a-howling
Blowing the cold right off of a stone
I feel a chill as I go down the hallway
It’s the ghost of a love that’s left me alone
You’re as welcome here
As the flowers in springtime
Your spirit may walk
The halls of my mind
I see your green eyes
Look through mountain laurel
Reminding me of a happier time
Granite sits proud
In the side of the mountain
It’s cold and it’s gray
It’s hard and it’s strong
It reminds me of you
When you chose another
Now I’m left with
A ghost of a love that is gone
You’re as welcome here
As the flowers in springtime
Your spirit may walk
The halls of my mind
I see your green eyes
Look through mountain laurel
Reminding me of a happier time
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Fast Moving Train
03:18
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I wanna catch a fast movin’ train
I wanna hear that whistle blow
I don’t care where I just gotta go
Ridin’ thru the wind and rain
Over the hills and the valleys below
I don’t care where, I just gotta go
Get on track, don’t look back
Gonna ride these blues away
I don’t care where, I just gotta go
Take me across the Great Divide
Take me to the other side
I don’t care where, I just gotta go
I can hear that sad ole railroad whine
Runnin’ thru this mind of mine
I don’t care where I just gotta go
Get on track, don’t look back
Gonna ride these blues away
I don’t care where, I just gotta go
A can of soup and a jug of wine
Take me to the end of the line
I don’t care where I just gotta go
I wanna catch a fast movin’ train
I wanna hear that whistle blow
I don’t care where, I just gotta go
Get on track, don’t look back
Gonna ride these blues away
I don’t care where, I just gotta go
I don’t care where, I just gotta go
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Who Needs A Mine?
04:23
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In a room with paneled style
Men in suits they sit and smile
They’ve got the goods and a business plan
To boost supply and demand
And down the line at the clinic door
The doctor grins and offers more
Just a little script in lazy scrawl
Promised relief to one and all
My people lived the Blue Diamond way
Working hard for too little pay
Who needs a mine to kill us dead
When a little pill works fine instead?
Our aches and pains became a curse
But the cure just made us worse
We were poor and short on hope
An easy mark for corporate dope
In tiny homes on the edge of town
And in sagging storefronts falling down
The hours creep by but the day don’t change
Our cravings roar and then they rage
Those in charge, they held their tongues
Closed their eyes to the damage done
Countless graves, they yawn and call
Prescription death will fill them all
My people lived the Blue Diamond way
Working hard for too little pay
Who needs a mine to kill us dead
When a little pill works fine instead?
My people lived the Blue Diamond way
Working hard for too little pay
Who needs a mine to kill us dead
When a little pill works fine instead?
When a little pill works fine instead?
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Cryin' & Singin'
03:14
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I’m cryin’, I’m singin’
I’m preachin’ these ole blues
I’m lost and I’m lonesome
I got nothing left to lose
Lord, I’d give anything
Just to hear a bit of good news
I’m cryin’, I’m singin’
I’m preachin’ these ole blues
I’m busted, I’m broke
I ain’t got a dime
All I got is these four chords
And these four verses that rhyme
I been traveling ‘round this world
I’ve been paying my dues
I’m cryin’, I’m singin’
I’m preachin’ these ole blues
I’m cryin’, I’m singin’
I’m preachin’ these ole blues
I’m lost and I’m lonesome
I got nothing left to lose
Lord, I’d give anything
Just to hear a bit of good news
I’m cryin’, I’m singin’
I’m preachin’ these ole blues
Well, heaven are you waiting
When I cross this ocean wide
Is there a gift for me
When I reach the other side?
I been traveling round this world
I’ve been paying my dues
I’m cryin’ I’m singin’
I’m preachin’ these ole blues
I’m cryin’, I’m singin’
I’m preachin’ these ole blues
I’m lost and I’m lonesome
I got nothing left to lose
Lord, I’d give anything
Just to hear a bit of good news
I’m cryin’, I’m singin’
I’m preachin’ these ole blues
I’m cryin’, I’m singin’
I’m preachin’ these ole blues
I’m lost and I’m lonesome
I got nothing left to lose
Lord, I’d give anything
Just to hear a bit of good news
I’m cryin’, I’m singin’
I’m preachin’ these ole blues
Lord, I’d give anything
Just to hear a bit of good news
I’m cryin’, I’m singin’
I’m preachin’ these ole blues
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I Would Be A Blackbird
03:41
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If I was a dream I would be Montana
I would be a wild place of rivers and light
I would be a fool if I would not love you tonight
If I was a heart I could still be broken
I could still be broken by stars that fall
If I was a blackbird I would not miss you at all
And if I was a word I would be your name
I would be your name, I would be your name
I would be a blackbird
If I was a song I would be a sad one
To make you cry or sing along
If I was a tear your eyes would be where I belong
If I was a word I would be your name
I would be your name I would be a song
And if I was a song that would still your heart
I would be a blackbird
If I was a blackbird I would not miss you at all
I would be a fool if I would not love you tonight
And if I was a word I would be your name
I would be your name I would be a song
And if I was a song that would still your heart
I would be a blackbird
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Looking To You
04:13
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I see you looking in
Your back against the wind
Red fights the grey out on that limb, no fear
I see you seeing me with your curiosity
Like you came here to say something I need to hear
I’m looking to you
I’m looking to you
To see me through
The color of your eyes against the bright sky
Is like a watermark I recognize, feels right
You’re the stories I love most, the secrets I hold close
When I reach in the dark
You’re my hitching post in the night
I’m looking to you
I’m looking to you
To see me through
When the bullets start flying
We can lie there in the sand
When the world falls apart
I know that my heart is safe in your hands
I see you looking in
Your back against the wind
Like you came here to say
Something I need to hear
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These Ole Blues
04:19
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I’m so lonesome and blue
No one to tell my troubles to
I got nothin’ left to lose
Since I lost you
That old moon up in the sky
Don’t even know the reason why
That you left me all alone
And so blue
Them doggone blues, I’ve got ‘em bad
Takes all the love I’ve ever had
All the sorrow that I’ve bled
Don’t have no one to even care
That old moon up in the sky
Don’t even know the reason why
That you left me all alone and so blue
This old heart of mine is cursed
It just goes from bad to worse
Lord, I’ve cried me a river, maybe two
Ain’t borne a smile since don’t know when
Probably never will again
Since you left me all alone and so blue
Them doggone blues, I’ve got ‘em bad
Takes all the love I’ve ever had
All the sorrow that I’ve bled
Don’t have no one to even care
That old moon up in the sky
Don’t even know the reason why
That you left me all alone and so blue
Them doggone blues, I’ve got ‘em bad
Takes all the love I’ve ever had
All the sorrow that I’ve bled
Don’t have no one to even care
That old moon up in the sky
Don’t even know the reason why
That you left me all alone and so blue
That old moon up in the sky
Don’t even know the reason why
That you left me all alone and so blue
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Panhandle Country
03:35
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Hey Brother get your things in order
Time to get your work done
Gonna lift that burden from your shoulder
The race is run
Can you hear, hear the ringing of
That black telephone?
There’s a voice from up above
Telling you to come home
Are you ready to say goodbye
Rising way up to the sky?
Are you ready to leave it all behind
And lift your soul up high?
When your time down here is through
There’s not a thing you can do
Are you ready to say goodbye?
Hey sister, hear the angels sing
Better get your suitcase packed
Don’t fill it with unimportant things
‘Cause you ain’t coming back
See your children all around you now
A weepin’ and cryin’
Let their love carry you around
‘Cause soon you’ll be flying
Are you ready to say goodbye
Rising way up to the sky?
Are you ready to leave it all behind
And lift your soul up high?
When your time down here is through
There’s not a thing you can do
Are you ready to say goodbye?
Walking in the promised land
With the saints and the ghosts
Tell me I will see you again
When I lay down this load
Life is short and it ends fast
Like a 10-story fall
Hear the chorus of souls passed
At the end of it all
Did you think there’d be more to leave?
More to stay here for?
Have mercy on the ones left to grieve
As you’re headed out that door
Are you ready to say goodbye
Rising way up to the sky?
Are you ready to leave it all behind
And lift your soul up high?
When your time down here is through
There’s not a thing you can do
Are you ready to say goodbye?
Are you ready to say goodbye?
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