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Deeper In Your Love
04:03
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I can't stop now, I'm falling in, diving ever deeper in your love
sinking fast just like a stone, no time now to gasp a breath above
people say be careful what you wish for and its true
but I can't seem to get enough of you
I was fancy free before I met you
every chance I'd go out on the town
hitting up the ladies and taking in the shows
I told myself no gal was ever going to tie me down
drinking with my friends and telling stories, taking every bet and getting high
until one day I saw you out there on the hardwood floor, I knew that I was living in a lie
I can't stop now, I'm falling in, diving ever deeper in your love
I'm sinking fast just like a stone, no time now to gasp a breath above
people say be careful what you wish for and its true, but I can't seem to get enough of you
the way you walk around just drives me crazy, the way you talk sends shivers up my spine
there's no words to describe the way I'm feeling, when you part your lips and give me kisses sweeter than wine
tell me everything that you desire, I'll give it to you on a silver plate
I'm hoping that this night goes on forever, and counting on the stars to shine too late
I can't stop now, I'm falling fast, diving ever deeper in your love
sinking fast just like a stone, no time now to gasp a breath above
people say be careful what you wish for and its true
but I can't seem to get enough of you
I can't seem to get enough of you
No, I can't seem to get enough of you
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Thousand Miles Away
03:18
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well the woman that I loved, she was long and tall
she moved her body like a cannonball
but when I turned the other way she was flirting with another guy
I told that woman to respect her man
she told me that was something she don't understand
and that made me feel so lowdown that I wanted to die
then it happened one day I was out on the town
drinking with some buddies who were hanging around
when we stopped into the Last Chance Lounge for a couple a brew
I saw my sweet baby wearing leather pants out on the dance floor doing the dirty dance
with a guy with a blue mohawk and a neck tattoo
I'm a leaving this town like a roaming gnome
or an old boll weevil looking for a home
'cuz I got nothing left to lose and nothing else to say
I took the 2:19 out of San Antone, I might write you baby but I'll never phone
and when the sun comes up I'm gonna be a thousand miles away
I said, "Hey mister, that's my girl you're with!"
as I clubbed him on the head with a Jim Beam fifth
but that old boy was tough as he swung and undercut my jaw
I was seeing stars but I was still on my feat
I told that sonuvabitch that he was cold, dead meat
and I preceded to beat his ass like you never saw
some guy in the corner thought he'd give it a try
the tables and the chairs really started to fly
and before too long everybody there wanted to brawl
I paused for a moment just to finish my bear
I could hear the sirens, they was getting near
so I cut on out of there while I still could crawl
I'm a leaving this town like a roaming gnome
or an old boll weevil looking for a home
'cuz I got nothing left to lose and nothing else to say
I took the 2:19 out of San Antone, I might write you baby but I'll never phone
and when the sun comes up I'm gonna be a thousand miles away
when the sun comes up I'm gonna be a thousand miles away
when the sun comes up I'm gonna be a thousand miles away
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Cole's Boogie
02:59
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Working From Home
03:34
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working like a dog every day
lots of hours and never enough pay
taking my fair share of lumps
when I realized this job's for chumps
I knew there had to be a better way
a friend told me, "Maybe I can help you out,
but it's a little somethin' you don't know much about"
"No, you won't need to be runnin' around,
driving your car all over town,
but it can pay your bills and that's no doubt"
working from home, now I don't need a loan
the Internet has changed my occupation
I don't wear a suit, there's no need to commute
its okay I'm alone, I'm just working from home
I sat down with my laptop at my house
like fireman with a hose ready to douse
well, they showed me this and they showed me that
how to get things done splickity-splat
with no more than a few clicks of a mouse
when my working day is done I don't catch a bus
I don't take a train or drive, and I don't cuss
I just log out and step away
it's a perfect way to end the day
there ain't no need for hustling or to fuss
working from home, now I don't need a loan
the Internet has changed my occupation
I don't wear a suit, there's no need to commute
its okay I'm alone, I'm just working from home
its okay I'm alone, I'm just working from home
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Anything You Wanted To
04:09
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My heart's not in it any more
so I'm walking out the door
but I will do the best I can
with the cards left in my hand
since our love has gotten tired
other bodies have been hired
but that touch just fades away
with the closing of the day
I don't know what I'm looking for
but I know that I know that it ain't you
so you go your way and I'll go mine
the door is open, you can do, anything you wanted to
lately when I look at you
anymore I just feel blue
and the love that we once made
it has long begun to fade
when you laughed right in my face
that's when you sealed my disgrace
everything that we held dear
saw the end soon coming near
I don't know what I'm looking for
but I know that I know that it ain't you
so you go your way and I'll go mine
the door is open, you can do, anything you wanted to
when you listened to my song
you said that everything was wrong
and you couldn't find the hook
with your cursory look
you should have listened to the words
not the tweets of little birds
if you did then you would find
the meaning that you left behind
I don't know what I'm looking for
but I know that I know that it ain't you
so you go your way and I'll go mine
the door is open, you can do, anything you wanted to
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Legend of Kye LaFoone
04:20
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Come gather 'round people, let me sing for you a tale
of a young man's legend, much bigger than a whale
he was six feet tall and stronger than an ox
he came from Texas in a railroad boxcar
Kye LaFoone, he lived in a shack that his dad built
he didn't know, any damn more than he had to know
I met him one day on the first day of class
he made me look twice when the teacher he sassed
he talked real slow with a southern man's drawl
and our eyes grew wide as he told us of his brawl
Kye LaFoone, all he ever wanted was a piece of mind
he didn't know, why the world had it in for him
Kye LaFoone, why'd you leave us so soon
tell us Kye, did you ever ask why
Kye LaFoone, do you follow the moon
tell us Kye, was it all just a lie?
well, I couldn't really tell if he was tellin' me the truth
'cause I'd heard a lotta lies from a lotta other youth
'til I seen one day a five-on-one
and he left 'em all flat in the noon day sun
Kye LaFoone, his belt was made out of rattle snake
he didn't know, any damn more than he had to know
it happened one day in the beginning of June
all the teachers were screaming, "Where's Kye LaFoone?!"
some said he was sick, or his eye was black
but I knew he was gone, and he wasn't coming back
Kye LaFoone, he went off thumbing on the hard road
he didn't know, why the world had it in for him
Kye LaFoone, why'd you leave us so soon
tell us Kye, did you ever ask why
Kye LaFoone, do you follow the moon
tell us Kye, was it all just a lie?
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Bernice's Bounce
04:16
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Worth Your Time
03:32
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Dark haired woman with those dark brown eyes
looking at you, baby, got me high
pure and lovely honey, long and lean
moving like you are a gypsy queen
you caught me, you caught me on your line
don't throw me back now, honey, I'll make it worth your time
got me moving like a gun for hire
got me moving, girl, I'm all on fire
sliding over like a crawling snake
light your oven, mama, bake some cake
and you caught me, you caught me on your line
don't throw me back now, honey, I'll make it worth your time
rock me baby when the curtain falls
I'm gonna roll you like a bowling ball
shake and shimmy, honey, sigh and moan
I'm gonna love you like you never known
you caught me, you caught me on your line
don't throw me back now, honey, I'll make it worth your time
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Don't Leave Me Behind
03:37
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I'm loving you, baby, I hope you'll always be mine
I need you, baby, just like the stars need to shine
I'm missing you, baby, and I'm about to lose my mind
come back to me, don't leave me behind
I didn't think I'd meet someone as sweet as you could be
it seems that you're the flower and I'm the honey bee
but dancing at the honky tonks you've met some other guys
you left me here but never said goodbye
when the show was over and everyone had gone
you were always waiting there for me
now I look around this lonely juke joint and I've found
an empty bar stool where you should be
I'm drinking now, baby, another shot, another beer
I'm hoping that maybe, your sweetest voice again I'll hear
but til that day, baby, I'll make this bottle my best friend
with every stranger with that has ear to lend
when the show was over and everyone had gone
you were always waiting there for me
now I look around this lonely juke joint and I've found
an empty bar stool where you should be
I'm loving you, baby, I hope you'll always be mine
I need you, baby, just like the stars need to shine
I'm missing you, baby, and I'm about to lose my mind
come back to me, don't leave me
come back to me, don't leave me
come back to me, don't leave me behind
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Eighty On The Edens
02:49
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11. |
Past Its Prime
04:54
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she was going it alone again
taking highways out to the west
memories pouring out as rolled along
all of the bad, and all of the rest
she said, "I'm tired of you and your cheating ways"
"Now you're believing your own lies"
she was packing up all her clothes and things
and he watched as she undid all the ties
it had been three years since she first moved in
lately he'd been gone every night
singing at old dives bars and honky tonks
and she knew for sure, everything wasn't right
these are the moments defining the life they had
those were the choices they made at the time
going back over it now it would seem so clear
that was a love that had lived past its prime
that was a love that had lived past its prime
she thought back again as she drove away
that night that she saw him there with his band
she could still hear the Tennessee Waltz he sang
she could still feel the touch of his hand
yes, it had all started so sweetly then
hot summer days then cool autumn nights
dancing together so close as the jukebox played
the dance hall floors, the bright city lights
and then the next year after her lease was through
living together, they give it a try
saving their pennies and planning for future days
but she never noticed, his wandering eye
these are the moments defining the life they had
those were the choices they made at the time
going back over it now it would seem so clear
that was a love that had lived past its prime
that was a love that had lived past its prime
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Dan Whitaker Austin, Texas
Songwriter Dan Whitaker is a lifelong musician with over 30 years performing and 14 albums of original songs to his name. Noted for his “smooth world-wise voice” and well-crafted tunes, he recently relocated from his longtime home Chicago to start a new chapter in Texas, where his outsider ways seem to fit right in. ... more
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