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Error of my ways
02:09
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Holy Moses honey well here she comes and she got me nervous make me bite my tongue
and now its smoke out her ears and fire in her eyes looks like yours truly been caught in another lie
how do you sleep at the end of the day I guess I'll never see the error of my ways
hell hath no fury like a womans scorn
well now my daddy told me since the day i was born
but dont make no difference I'll make them same mistakes
and then one by one them poor hearts break
how do you sleep at the end of the day
i guess I'll never see the error of my ways
cool it mama well now settle down
and have you always been so tightly wound
and with all your pressure you're bound to implode
and with all your baggage its a heavy load
well now I'll die lonesome honey i'm better off
because love and tenderness gonna make you soft
but i dont need no one to grow old with
well it might seem cold and a bit selfish
but I still think about her a little more everyday
i guess I'll never see the error of my ways
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Emily
02:49
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Emily darlin cant ya see you got me pullin the hair out of my head and I know your old man sleeps with one eye open and a loaded shotgun beneath his bed
so now Emilly honey look for me just past the shed beneath the willow tree and I got the rhythm of the rustle of the reeds and now all i need is your company
i tell myself don"t piss away the chance you gotta hold her tight for as long as you can gotta hold her tight for as long as you can
now baby doll ya know its plain and simple I'm hypnotized by your freckles and your dimples but I'll hold fast don't let the moment pass while we lie here naked in the dew soaked grass
but then Emily moved down to Tennessee I'll still see her when I sleep
with red ribbons in her hair and the flowers on her dress brown leather boots and a cross around her neck
Now Emily came back a decade later to scatter her fathers ashes across these acres and i called her out to the townie bar with one more offer before she got to far
I said Emily its been years since we snuck out and spent the night together and now maybe once you put your kids to sleep we could walk the fence line and enjoy this weather
I tell myself dont piss away the chance you gotta hold her tight for as long as you can
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Leave to you
05:06
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I will use my strength to carry you put your body down by the edge of the bluffs
I will use my faith to cherish you until your hearts overflowing with love
I will use my arms to pick you up when youre too stoned to walk anymore
and i will use my breath to blow you up when youre lying lifeless on the floor
I would hurt myself for harming you
I would hold my breath until my face turned blue
I would cut out my tongue if it didnt tell the truth
whats left of me I'll leave to you
use youre voice to call me home be my lighthouse below the clifftops
be my beacon through the harshest storm search for my body if the signals lost
I would hurt myself for harming you
I would hold my breath until my face turned blue
I would cut out my tongue if it didnt tell the truth
whats left of me I'll leave to you
I will use my will to find your way when i'm beaten and banged upon the rocks
I still love you more each and everyday I'd do anything no matter the cost
use my sleeves to dry your eyes let those tears wash clean all your wounds
use my shoulders to rest your weary mind
I'm always there even if i'm not in the room
I would hurt myself for harming you
I would hold my breath until my face turned blue
I would cut out my tongue if it didnt tell the truth
whats left of me I'll leave to you
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Stand again
05:22
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I was achin for your passion I was burnin for your love when like a chemical reaction to be calmed by your blood
that poured so rich and heavy like fountains of red wine
coursed through the veins of an angel so tender sharp and fine
sweat beaded on my forehead in a desperate attempt for touch when a foreign sense washed over we were vulnerable to crush
I needed you more than a nations fortune needs a war as i broke down at your door out in the rain
flashing white lights spidered violet lines
we fell in loss and divide and suffered to stand again
to stand again
her rose once classic the sun would fade and flush porcelain skin warn fair and thin would expose lost shades of blush
hot embers gone airborne crackle from a ring of fire
sparking my attention igniting my desire
olive in her skin tone apple in her hair her teeth in my lip would cease to slip from moments that dont compare to mundane unfocused haunts of years left far behind
I emptied my glass took out the trash and broke the button to rewind
I needed you more than a nations fortune needs a war as i broke down at your door out in the rain
flashing white lights spidered violet lines
we fell in loss and divide and suffered to stand again
to stand again
are you warm enough amanda because i see you shivering you can pull the covers over your eyes but it doesnt change a thing
it doesnt change a thing
no woman will ever burn me no man will cripple your trust
our hearts so frail like sheets of shale wont crumble to dust
I'll carry you for where youre longing and give you all I have to share and spend the days inventing ways to show you how I care
could you need me more than you ever have before then let me through the door to kill the pain
when you turn out the light lie close to me tonight our spirits will unite and we will stand again
we'll stand again
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Mama go quietly
04:41
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mama go quietly into the night
I'll hold him back the way he taught me how to fight
I'm 'a jab with my left and cross with my right
now mama go quietly into the night
Mama run quickly away from here
the man you once loved has disappeared
he's been devoured by a monster that feeds on your fears
now mama run quickly the hell away from here
now I lock the door and said listen here old man
as I clenched the butt of his revolver in the palm of my hand
I'm thumbin back the hammer my index finger's got plans
now god please forgive me and mom I hope you understand
daddy go quietly into the night
when you get to heaven and your access is denied
I'll see you in hell when i reach the other side
daddy go quietly into the night
mama I'm writin you from behind federal walls
to let you know i brought ya justice once and for all
though i did what i did out of hate and spite
now mama return home and go on with your life
mama go quietly into the night
I'll hold him back the way he taught me how to fight
I'm 'a jab with my left and cross with my right
now mama go quietly into the night
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If god is on our side
03:22
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rings of smoke billow in my mind
a violent rage has left me blind
when I awoke what did i find
a coming of age my hands were tied
tonight we'll find out if god is on our side
tonight we find out if the ones that we keep close can keep us alive
echoing blasts blood on the tracks
the letters i sent her with pictures attached
when received my world will turn black
but baby don't grieve if i don't make it back
tonight we'll find out if god is on our side
tonight we find out if the ones that we keep close can keep us alive
we've shaken the earth for all that its worth we'll burn and disconnect
with all ill intent we beat the cement as the blade comes down on my neck
tonight we'll find out if god is on our side
tonight we find out if the ones that we keep close can keep us alive
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All along
05:14
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I live to love one woman with complete and sincere devotion
but i cast my rocks at houses of glass while she skips hers along the ocean
her coat tail swings with her and her eyes shift from green to grey
when shes tellin me how shes longin to move and I'm beggin her to stay
all along I will wait for her while she is lost at sea
and on the day that she returns well i pray she'll be comin home to me
shes as fine as the finest french wine and I'll walk the finest thin line
to make her the star in my sky before the end of my time
her hair is a smokey autumn amber that flows like mountain spirits
and her voice is as soft as a white satin cloth and blessed are those who hear it
all along I will wait for her while she is lost at sea
and on the day that she returns well i pray she'll be comin home to me
I've wondered open roads and whiskey has warn my soul
but I've been set right at the warmth and the light of an
exuberant angel
whose poise lights the room like a lantern she has my undivided attention
howling wolves turn to sheep and i get tugged at the knees as I'm pulled in her every direction
all along I will wait for her while she is lost at sea
and on the day that she returns well i pray she'll be comin home to me
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8. |
The bed and the couch
03:56
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you take the bed and i'll take the couch
first thing tomorrow I'm movin out
for the last time I'll say it lets call it quits
I cant stand ya darlin I'm fed up with your shit
but when the mornin comes I'm beggin you to stay
I done and said some things i didn't mean the other day
but when the evenin came we were fighting once again
you take the bed and I'll take the couch
when I'm under your skin you're exceptionally loud
you wanna meet at a place where you know there's a crowd
that little cafe on mainstreet downtown
but when the waiter comes you don't order any food
my stomachs all in knots when you tell me there's bad bad news
we gotta break up right now it's for our own good
no more of ya breathin down my neck
callin up my friends in the middle of the night beggin for sex
so you dial up your sister to start bitchin bout me on the phone
but me I've never been a stranger to livin or dying alone
you take the bed and I'll take the couch
the words from my heart get lost in my mouth
I've been stewing in my guilt and you've got your doubts
its silent in this apartment except for one sound
a tear hits the ink of what I'm writing down
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Set me free
03:29
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I'm low down never rising up gave the wrong gal all my love
hey now its just my luck all this shit I'm going through
I'm prayin to the lord above to get me out this hole I'm stuck
why the hell'd I ever give a fuck for you
why the hell'd I ever give a fuck for you
never been given no second chance
she knows now just where she stands
I beg for mercy with these weathered its all I can do
I tell ya boys love she's a cruel bitch
it'll make ya ill it'll make ya sick but when it's all said and done it'll leave you blue
and when its all said and done she'll be walkin out on you
I been shackled and i been chained held down and i been restrained
while she climbs ahead i run to catch that train I'm on my knees
goddamn set me free
overwhelming sense of death and doom we grab the whiskey jug
well I crack that jug and I takes a chug its all i can do
and I tell ya once again she's a cruel bitch she'll make ya ill she'll make ya sick and when its all said and done she'll leave ya blue
and when its all said and done she'll be walkin out on you
I been shackled and i been chained held down and i been restrained
while she climbs ahead i run to catch that train I'm on my knees
goddamn set me free
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Rooted to my homeland
03:55
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I wish i could rewind time back to my younger mans days
where pond and streams and fields and trees
where me and my lover lay
now developments occupy golden fields where clouds burst in blue skies
farmers sold out that land for cash as the american dream had died
wild geese arrived in early spring from winters spent down south
robins nurtured eggs in the nests they built in the trees along side of our house
when the sun was hot i smelled cherry tomatoes ripening on the vine
I went to the garden to pick them all and i planted my peace of mind
I long to lay in lily pad ponds afloat and there on my back
I wanna get lost wayward from trails and wonder from beaten paths
I was inspired where seasons could change and I was raised in rich soil
I don't let leaders pick at my feathers and dress me for the oil
now i return to my farmhouse its changed in so many awful ways
I think of the expression if these walls could talk exactly what would they say
the floor and the frame are sealed in love no matter what color the paint
but things just aren't how they used to be where the sunset on gold grain
I search for scenes where greed hasn't been to spoil our sacred grounds
where cars and trains and commercial airplanes don't pollute the air with sound
where fireflies and constellations of stars are the only light in the skies
thats where I'll go to dig my own grave and rest peacefully when i die
thats where I'll go to dig my own grave and rest peacefully when i die
where cars and trains and commercial airplanes
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Michael Corwin Asheville, North Carolina
Folk americana singer/songwriter from Toledo.
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