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Bar's About To Close
02:43
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I've been walking the straight and steady
Teary eyes, bloody fingers, sweaty clothes
Down the winding road
Sun went down and the wind blew heavy
If it blew harder I think I'd lose control
But I don't know
I'm going till the sun comes up and I'm staying till the bar's about to close
I took a drive by my alma mater
Where I fell in love with the gas mans daughter
Oh, the Jersey Coast
Days are long and the nights grow hotter
I can't live on bread and water
No, but beer and toast
I'm going till the sun goes up and I'm staying till the bar's about to close
I take this path for just where it gets me
I'll ride the bus till where it lets me go
High or low
I'm going till the sun comes up and I'm staying till the bar's about to close
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Understand
02:58
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I've been walking all around and it's getting hard to see
I know we're all the same but you don't look like me
Until the walls come down and we're shining sea to sea
Do you sweat it, you in it, you get it, you dig it?
Shake my hand, shake my hand, I don't want to be understood I wanna understand
I've been through this dusty town and I've peeled back the centuries
We've got so far to go towards liberty
We can't stop progress now or we'll pay the penalty
Do you sweat it, you in it, you get it, you dig it?
Shake my hand, shake my hand, I don't want to be understood I wanna understand
I didn't get my cap and gown and I don't blame economy
I won't die with a frown if I die in poverty
I'd spread it all around if I ever won the lottery
Do you want it, I got it, come get it, you dig it?
Shake my hand, shake my hand, I don't want to be understood I wanna understand
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3. |
Come Back Home
03:19
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She won't answer the doorbell, she won't pick up the phone
Baby come back here, come back home
Color me sorry, then throw me a bone
Baby come back here, come back home
First you were there, then you were gone
Everything's fine, then everything's wrong
If the angels up above me worked like telephones they'd tell her to reach me
But they don't
I dream and I see you, I wake up alone
Come back here, Come back home
I sing the blues, I cry and I moan
Come back here, come back home
First you were there, then you were gone
Everything's fine, then everything's wrong
If the angels up above me worked like telephones they'd tell her to reach me
But they don't
I sing the blues, I cry and I moan
Come back here, come back home
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4. |
Purple, Pink, and Blue
02:37
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Don't know what has hit me no I don't know what to do
Until the day she quits me I'm gonna keep on coming through
I'll be loyal like a dog, honest, straight & true
For the girl who paints her face all purple, pink, and blue
If she really got to know me
she might find it to be true
I may have been a little lonely
But that was long before the girl who paints her face
Purple, Pink, and Blue
I don't know how it started I can't say and nor can she
a twist of sweet attraction'd come on over me
Now I'm sure to come around like the morning dew
for the girl who paints her face all purple, pink, and blue
If she really got to know me
she might find it to be true
I may have been a little lonely
But that was long before the girl who paints her face
Purple, Pink, and Blue
As soon as it had started it was over, said and done
The treaty was all charted, I had lost and she had won
But I would give my fair share, to start over anew
with the girl who paints her face all purple, pink, and blue
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White Lies
04:16
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Baby I'm just skin and bones, I'm thin you know
my belt don't have no room for notches
I had my nose to the ground, like a hound
I could find out all the foxes
I don't know 'bout girls like that
But there's nothing much to know
when your looking straight at her
and she's smiling back
If white lies pour out of my black lungs
and bounce and bound of my tongue
don't hate me baby I'm just young
Don't despise me when the morning comes
and you reach your hand and see I've gone
I rose up early with the sun
So baby throw your sticks and stones, all the words you own
don't hold the weight to grieve me
All the things that you have seen, you saw them in a magazine
or on the T.V.
I don't know 'bout girls like that
But there's nothing much to know
when your looking straight at her
and she's smiling back
If white lies pour out of my black lungs
and bounce and bound of my tongue
don't hate me baby I'm just young
Don't despise me when the morning comes
and you reach your hand and see I've gone
I rose up early with the sun
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6. |
Mic Check
03:29
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I woke up this morning my long lost lover on my mind
I woke up this morning my long lost lover on my mind
She's the last thought and night time, damn right the first one in the morning light
I can hear my baby crying I can hear her tears and moans
I can hear my baby crying I can hear her tears and moans
I remember december when they told her that her daddy's gotta go
She didn't cry when she left me in fact I think she kinda smiled
She didn't cry when she left me in fact I think she kinda smiled
If my dear, cried a tear, it was a tear of a crocodile
Now I'm feeling kinda pointless like a train up off the track
Now I'm feeling kinda pointless like a train up off the track
That girl steps over me like a cigarette but in a sidewalk crack
(lordie that's a fact)
Whatever you once meant babe, now you mean nothing at all
Whatever you once meant babe, now you mean nothing at all
One day you'll close your eyes to see, I'm not a loser I'm just stuck inside the fall
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Works In Reverse
02:59
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My old friend a blank white page, you leave me feeling twice my age
Past the bastions caste in ashes of anglo-saxsons with crooked passions
And meager rations all the rage
Mother, mother melody, you gave me sight when I could not see
Forever philharmonic, supersonic, hooked on phonics
You gave me sight made me believe
One who cast away my love, I couldn’t thank you enough
you set in motion, a fatal potion, when overdosed causes comatosin’
Drink it once never twice the same
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8. |
Almost
02:54
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I almost flicked my ash in my glass of whiskey, almost
I almost flicked my ash in my glass of whiskey, almost
How much time can I pass being drunk of my ass, almost?
I almost got the girl, almost got the girl, almost
I almost got the girl, almost got the girl, almost
I hit all her notes, buttered her toast, almost
I almost went to church, almost went to church, almost
I almost went to church, almost went to church, almost
Almost counts for nothing, nothing that was something, almost
I almost flicked my ash in my glass of whiskey, almost
I almost flicked my ash in my glass of whiskey, almost
How much time can I pass being drunk of my ass, almost?
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9. |
The Good Life
03:16
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My elders, my dog, and my car are all aging
This town is changing in the blink of an eye
The things I used to know are rearranging themselves
And I don’t know why
I wish I still went to church and believed it
Because the people there are struggling by
But Sunday morning makes the whole week easier
By looking up at the sky
It’s the good life full of hard times
Part-times and full endeavors
You can make it if you just try and if you're clever
It’s the good life full of hard times
Sunshine and stormy weather
You can make it if you just try or if you’re
I walk to the harbor just for the bar now
I don’t go there to sit on the rocks
I used to watch the ships roll in and count the men
coming on to the docks
I confess depression led me to drinking
I started thinking on what I’ve got
I’m not sad bout what I have and if I died today
I’d say I died with a lot
It’s the good life full of hard times
Part-times and full endeavors
You can make it if you just try and if you're clever
It’s the good life full of hard times
Sunshine and stormy weather
You can make it if you just try or if you're
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10. |
Honey Hair
03:16
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She’s like walking on quicksand
A left jab and a right hand punch
Bet all you have then you’re shit out of luck
Blue eyes, sun tan
The way she moved it was much too much
Hot on the eyes and cold to the touch
You give all you have and then it’s just never enough
Here I am fumbling around for a cigarette
Thinking that she’s not innocent, but heaven sent her
Honey-Hair dancing around in her underwear
Painted the town with I don’t care, he’s not here
Oh Honey Hair
Friday, drinking
She won’t say what she’s thinking
She don’t smoke pot but she still takes a puff
Pretty lady
Her father made a career of The Navy and now
She don’t no love she only knows lust
Here I am fumbling around for a cigarette
Thinking that she’s not innocent, but heaven sent her
Honey-Hair dancing around in her underwear
Painted the town with I don’t care, he’s not here
Oh Honey Hair
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Alexandria
04:07
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I was driving like I was on the run
Straight through the night till the morning sun
When I got to where I ended up I fell on my knees
I sat down and I penned a song
Wasn’t good but didn’t take to long
When I finished up I sang it for the falling leaves
Alexandria
Didn’t know what I wanted till I found ya
Wanna keep my arms around ya
till the late, late morning, early afternoon
Alexandria
You think I don’t understand ya
You think you burden me with your tails so tried & true
So tried & true
Home didn’t feel like a home no more
So I came knocking upon your door
I didn’t know what I was looking for
But I’m sure it’s found
You love was pure right from the root
My faith was weak it needed proof
To tell the truth it was all a lie
Till you came around
Alexandria
Didn’t know what I wanted till I found ya
Wanna keep my arms around ya
till the late, late morning, early afternoon
Alexandria
You think I don’t understand ya
You think you burden me with your tails so tried & true
So tried & true
I walked right on out that door
I’m sitting here now I’m wanting more
I tried to do up the score
I couldn’t do the math
It happened quick and it ended fast
If I’d only had an hourglass
I’d make the most of the moments that I knew would never last (with)
Alexandria
Didn’t know what I wanted till I found ya
Wanna keep my arms around ya
till the late, late morning, early afternoon
Alexandria
You think I don’t understand ya
You think you burden me with your tails so tried & true
So tried & true
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Cranston Dean Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
If you’ve never heard Cranston Dean perform before, you’re robbing yourself of an amazing experience. Dean’s voice takes you
back to a time when the singer/songwriter played the bars of Asbury during the heydays of The Circuit, and blew people’s minds with their lyrical poetry.
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