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Jokerman II
04:28
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Come now little ones, don't go playing in the trees
There's not a sign but there's not a sign but they'll say it's not for you and me
There's too many stories and too many drawers
Some say to tear it all down some say it's not that time or place anymore
All this information isn't knowledge but distraction
People standing in their corners just afraid of any action
All the vistas are opaque it should bring you to your knees
But that's no longer a problem when people have forgotten how to believe
Oh pretty baby
What about the day
Gotta hideway
Hideaway
It's hard to understand how to find a position
Try to make it on the side and you find your way to prison
Every single day people told to walk away
If you open your mouth you're told you've got nothing to say
Selling your house, your ex-wife's on the phone
You can't move slow enough to get your past to leave you alone
People taking falls that they can't explain
Everything's getting done but nothing ever does change
Oh pretty baby
What about the day
Gotta hideaway
Hideaway
Hideaway
I've been walking too long but my feet won't give up
I keep trying to find the path of truth faith and love
I'm just trying to get a meal, I'm just trying to get high
But ahead or behind have never been my kind of lies
It's just luck when they say you're gonna make it in this town
Sometimes nothing's happening, sometimes you're turning everything down
I've been here before, I'll be back in the end
I'll have nothing to say when it all comes to an end
Oh pretty baby
What about the day
Gotta hideaway
Hideaway
Hideaway
Hideaway
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The Golden State
02:19
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VS. 1
Times are desperate, times are rough
But it's Tuesday night and I want to get a little drunk
They said, "Put me on the list as Carlos plus 1,
If I make it up to 'Frisco then we'll have some fun."
Just a few more days and a little more pay
And we'll make it all the way to the golden state
VS. 2
In just a few days the end can begin
I can see it in your eyes and your blood red skin
Pouring all those drinks with those shaky arms
But I bet they always told you it was lack of charm
If you can clean up it's not too late
I know some smiling faces down in the golden state
BRIDGE
Darling you've never been as far as Monterey Bay?
Well, we've got an extra seat if you're going that way
And when I find out what kind of shape I'm in
I'll find a little place where we both can begin
VS. 3
Driving back home through the rain and snow
Sometimes I gotta wonder if this where I want to go
Getting back home with my hours slashed
Just drinking away my last bit of cash
Waiting for a time, I hope it's not too late
And we'll get back on the road to the golden state
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If You Want Me
05:10
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No no no, I've already felt this way
I stay on ground for all the things I have to say
How longs it been since I saw you on that fine day?
Just move your lips, I don't care what you have to say
CHORUS
If you want me
If you want me
If you want me
I already know, whoa whoa whoa whoa
VERSE 2
Just tonight I think we should share your bed
Smile at me, touch and go, forget all that's been said
Close your eyes and drift away to a place on the coast
Realize that till now our love has just been in jokes
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Head Down Below
02:03
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VS. 1
Some people say eat I say let your blood drain
In the end, son, the numbers get your brain
Don't call me a fish and don't make me shoot
I'm a lush 'till I die and I ain't gettin' cute
CHORUS
Oh Wally, the roses are out today
Come on and get your slippers on it's gonna rain
Got a clothesline to my window and I ain't lettin' go
Death and doom are above, head down below
VS. 2
Make me crawl and itch, honey, I don't mind
Stick a nail in my foot and fill it with lime
Bring me a garbage can and a rattlesnake skin
Shake that motorcade and guard those twins
VS. 3
Five thousand lions all in the same clothes
Blowing ski resorts all up their noses
I feel well rested, may god bless us all
I'm forgetting how to walk and learning to crawl
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Springtime
05:11
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Please don't you park on my street
'Cause I don't want to meet
When you're asleep and I'm singing
Anything you can say
I can take away
Smiling and grinning
Orange juice for breakfast
And I can't take it
To know you wouldn't see me
Wake up now, Brad
Things have gotten bad
Maybe nothing's changing
Except when you lied
I saw the fly
Crawl across the leaves
No, this Bartleby's not mine
When it comes his time
He's as helpless as me
Thanks a lot for the stay
But it'll come a day
When the seasons are changing
All of your pain
Is always the same
Winning or losing
Ah, Ma, I can't take it
I always wanted to make
One can always succeed
But the crystal's all gone
It's there on the lawn
Lost dying with the weeds
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Pick Up The Tempo
03:36
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In The Groove
05:26
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Head out to the Grange, Swamp Mama and friends
Smoke a little something hit that joint again
You gotta groove
You gotta groove
It don't matter how you do just got ta do it in the groove
I can still remember baby when we used to dance
Never pay a cover, always one dollar gas
We had the groove
We had the groove
It didn't matter what we do, just had to do it in the groove
Now down here in the city all you people got it wrong
You cross your arms and stare to every god damn song
You lost the groove
That's how you lose
It don't matter what you do just gotta do it in the groove
Gotta find a pretty lady, now, just look her in the eye
If she she says "No, something, something," she's lost something nice
She's lost the groove
That's how you lose
It don't matter what you do just gotta do it in the groove
Come up to the country and we'll make y'all some food
Apples in the trees and all them onions at the root
We got the groove
We never lose
It don't matter what we do we always to it in the groove
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