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Waylon's Oracle
04:16
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Vs. 1
Venus in the morning
Gene Autry is still swell
Down south at Grandma's
The pump's broke, not the well
At the mountains of madness
At the peak not the base
If it's full of ashes
It's an urn, not a vase
CHORUS
And I'm going to Waylon's oracle
Ask her, "Where did all of the outlaws go?"
They can't all be lying drunk on the barroom floor
Vs. 2
Down in the city
Where the men aren't even boys
Trapped in all their boxes
With all their virtual toys
Bad for the women
Where to find a good man?
In a see with no waves
The sailors turn out bad
Vs. 3
Bring back Athena!
Roger Miller too!
Sing a song for Hera!
And a Hank Cochran tune!
Rainier and whiskey
It's a drink that can't be beat
Nectar and ambrosia
Might not be what you think
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I Need a New Love
03:17
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CHORUS
I need a new love
To get me through the night
I wake too often,
Just wonderin'
Why you're by my side
I'm gonna site here drinkin'
Not thinkin'
'til someone catches my eye
That's why I need a new love
Not an old one
To get me through the night
Vs. 1
It's been so long since I left you and we said that we'd just be friends
But on Saturday night it never fails, you're calling at 3 a.m.
If I was just lying here in someone else's arms
Then I wouldn't have to answer and give us another chance
To give it another start
Vs. 2
How many years have passed us now?
Why can't you just move on?
And I could say the same for me and I've known it all along
Next time that we see each other I'll be holding someone new
Even just to say that it's just another day
That at least she isn't you
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Vs. 1
You say it always matters how we feel
Well lately I've been wondering if those words are real
'Cause baby all my dreams just don't seem true
When I think of spending one more night with you
Vs. 2
The first time we danced it was to a song
And somewhere in the distance a band played along
You put your lips to my ear and you said, "Life goes on"
And in the morning when I awoke you were gone
CHORUS
When I started coming, kissing and a-hugging
Straight to your arms and your empty home
Well believe me when I say
That there's just no other way
I'm gonna be letting you down and letting you go
Well I fear my dear
That we've arrived here
And now we've got no place left to go
That's why I'll be letting you down and letting you go
Vs. 3
I guess that's how it goes, the story gets around
But you know I can't be lost 'cause I never was found
And I got no words or excuses laying around
Just remember when you're walking out the door
That you're walking on the ground
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When I Said
07:18
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Vs. 1
Say it ain't so - I ain't got much time left to go
But it's going so fast - and my heart is beating so slow
And I've always been right here - even through all your pain
And I never have been the one - to join in and play the game
Chorus
When I said
That I love
You know it meant
It meant forever
Vs. 2
People come and go - wouldn't stay even if they tried
And they'll all claim to know you - say they'll stick right by your side
But when you awake - they have all gone away
Without saying a thing - jump from your world like it ain't no thing
Chorus
When I said
That I love you
You know I meant
I meant forever
Vs. 3
You say I don't know - baby, maybe you were right
When I say you last night - it was cold and dark outside
And you wouldn't let me - said I was only there to judge ya
You know this ain't goodbye - it's so long 'til I see ya next time
Chorus
When I said
That I love
You know I ment
I meant forever (x2)
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VERSE 1
It's early in the morning and it's dark as night
Everybody's waiting around for the sun to rise
I've been sitting here not moving for far too long
I look out my window and see Jesus Christ on my lawn
He's got a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other
Says his wife just left him, found out about his other lover
His father told him, "Son, you know I think that you better move on"
He's says he gonna start on crying just as soon as it hits dawn
CHORUS
I've been drinking with Jesus Christ but he says, "It's alright
I've only had a few I can drive tonight"
I'm a little bit worried 'cause he keeps on swerving over the line
I ask him how he's doing and he says that he feels like dying
VERSE 2
It seemed to me that Jesus needed to forget his troubles with a night on the town
So we hopped in my Camaro just to see what kind of action was going down
At Sam's Saloon, he met a girl, told her he was the savior of the world
She just looked at him funny and said, "I don't think I'm you're kind of girl"
"Let's go," he said, "I know a different scene,
And if someone asks me to perform a miracle I'm liable to get mean"
So we drove across town to a honky-tonk he said he knew
We just drank a lot of beer and danced the night away with girls home from school
CHORUS
VERSE 3
The band wouldn't listen when Jesus requested "If You Could Toucher Her At All"
So he threw a bottle at the bass player and started a big ol' barroom brawl
The bartender kicked him out said, "Son, don't come back here no more!"
I found him an alley with a bloody nose talking to some whore
"Let's go," I said "It's time we get on down the road"
"My luck's run out," he tells me, "I've got nowhere I want to go
Both the women I loved, what I did well it made 'em both leave
I always thought that I found God but he never found me"
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6. |
No Hope, No Way
03:30
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Vs. 1
Who wants to go and walk a thousand miles?
'Cause I've been doubting all of my smiles
You're always being listened to on the phone
So many listening, you know you're alone
CHORUS
I'll show you my soles, well, they don't wear as thick as they used to
Gotta remember just to make things mean what they're supposed to
That's why I practice - always seeking the steady hand
Tomorrow I felt like shit, yesterday I'll be feeling grand
Vs. 2
Don't worry man you gotta hold your ground
Tonight there's lots of pretty young women around
No need for Arizona if there's one thing we all know
There's always if not a lot further south you can go
CHORUS - SOLO
Vs. 3
I'm sorry, sir, I didn't realize that I'd signed a contract
If you believed what you said you'd forget all your facts
Times never done and nothing ever stays the same
So why are you so concerned about all of this change?
CHORUS
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8. |
All Night Party
18:03
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Contraband Countryband Seattle, Washington
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