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1.
Last night I wrote a verse to a song       But I woke up this morning it was gone       When I start to think about it you and that verse are the same       You're both gone and damn it's a shame        Yeah you're both gone and damn its a shame  Today there was a melody in my head        turns out it was your favorite song by the Dead        When I start to think about it you and that melody are the same        You're both taken and damn it's a shame        Yeah you're both taken and damn it's a shame Now you're out partyin' with strangers        Drinkin' clear liquor on the hood of a car       I should've known that I could never change ya       You speak your mind and you follow your heart       Yeah you speak your mind and you follow your heart I wrote a chorus to some words you said       But I still heard your voice so I let it go instead       When I start to think about it you and that chorus are the same       I gave you both up and that's a shame        I let you both go and that's a shame Now you're out partyin' with strangers        Drinkin' clear liquor on the hood of a car       I should've known that I could never change ya       You speak your mind and you follow your heart       Yeah you speak your mind and you follow your heart Tonight I saw you out in a crowd               Under someone else's arm you looked so proud              I didn't know the folks you were around              I decided not to wave I just sat back down              I didn't even wave I just sat back down, you turned around              Yeah you turned around, yeah you turned around  Now you're out partyin' with strangers                       Drinkin' clear liquor on the hood of a car                       I should've known that I could never change ya                       You speak your mind and you follow your heart                       Yeah now you're out partyin' with strangers                        Drinkin' clear liquor on the hood of a car                       I should've known that I could never change ya                       You speak your mind and you follow your heart                       Yeah you speak your mind and you follow your heart                       Yeah you speak your mind and you follow your heart                       Yeah you follow your heart
2.
He signed up yesterday for the National Guard        Got a baby on the way and working two jobs       All his friends go crazy over brand new phones       He's just working like a dog keep the water and the lights on Oh yeah, here comes the Generation of Happiness              Getting high on change and having growing pains               Oh yeah, here comes the Generation of Happiness              Don't turn your back on a coming of age, it's a coming of age Another riot at the state university        All they wanted was a picture to promote the scene       Every sides got a story and a point of view       They can't wait to talk about it on the ten o'clock news Oh yeah, here comes the Generation of Happiness              Getting high on change and having growing pains               Oh yeah, here comes the Generation of Happiness              Don't turn your back on a coming of age, it's a coming of age The mayor swears to clean up this town        While the governor's doing some time in the jailhouse         There's a changing of the guard and it's plain to see        The revolution's gonna start here with you and me Oh yeah, here comes the Generation of Happiness              Getting high on change and having growing pains               Oh yeah, here comes the Generation of Happiness              Don't turn your back on a coming of age, it's a coming of age
3.
I been sleeping with the lights on         I ain't worried bout burning out         I been running in the fast lane         I ain't worried bout slowing down         We ain't gotta play the put it on         Cause everybody knows that game         Yeah we're a couple wild cards         And we could be the King and Queen God all mighty you think we'd have it figured out by now                      All I know is I don't ever wanna let you down let you down It'd be easy just to walk away but I won't do that to you babe                No I aint having it, No I ain't having it                I promise you that I'll find a way to keep that smile up on your face                Cause I ain't having it, No I ain't having it                Play out any other way Don't count on the high tide to pick us up and carry us home        Just look at the bright side we'll be together if we get down low God all mighty you think we'd have it figured out by now                      All I know is I don't ever wanna let you down let you down  It'd be easy just to walk away but I won't do that to you babe                No I aint having it, No I ain't having it                I promise you that I'll find a way to keep that smile up on your face                Cause I ain't having it, No I ain't having it                Play out any other way (musical break)  It'd be easy just to walk away but I won't do that to you babe                No I aint having it, No I ain't having it                I promise you that I'll find a way to keep that smile up on your face                Cause I ain't having it, No I ain't having it                Play out any other way
4.
Put it down to the way that your hair falls       Put it down to the things that I can't explain        Put it down to the sound of my name when you call       Put it down put it down to fate When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down                When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down                I'll be right here I'll still be around                When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down I don't only want you on your good days        I don't only want you when it's safe        Yeah baby I want you in all your glory and your pain        Cause true lovers know it's better to stay When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down                When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down                I'll be right here I'll still be around                When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down (musical break) When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down                When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down                I'll be right here I'll still be around                When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down                Yeah I'll still be around Put it down to the way that your hair falls              Put it down to the things that I can't explain
5.
I took a journey through the wild wild West       Tumbleweeds and the desert lands        I saw an Indian kickin' rocks wearing a cowboy hat        I gambled all that money away in Sin City on a beautiful day        I walked a hundred thousand miles and got nowhere, then I realized Baby I got everything I need right here in my arms tonight                     Baby I got everything I need right here in my arms tonight And I don't wanna let you go               No I don't wanna let you go  Day trippin' in a red sunrise       Snake boots and a bolo tie       I had a vision come to me at Joshua Tree       I bought a gun on Election Day load it up keep the devil away       A knife in my coat looking over my shoulder, then I realized Baby I got everything I need right here in my arms tonight                     Baby I got everything I need right here in my arms tonight And I don't wanna let you go               No I don't wanna let you go California finally met me              The son of Alabama and Tennessee               I saw a movie star smoking a cigarette               In an alley way talking to a silhouette               I heard a wise man with nothing to lose waving his finger calling it truth              He said don't go crying over money cause money never cried over you Baby I got everything I need right here in my arms tonight                     Baby I got everything I need right here in my arms tonight And I don't wanna let you go               No I don't wanna let you go               No I don't wanna let you go, I don't wanna let you go               I don't wanna let you go 
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Best I Can 04:06
I've always had trouble with taking things way too far       If I'm out there goin' you can bet I'm goin' hard         I push and push and then I push some more       Yeah I always had trouble with taking things way too far And I ain't good at quitting or dealing with a broken heart        Tears in my woman's eyes tear me apart        Sometimes I wonder why I even start        Cause I ain't good at quitting or dealing with a broken heart But have mercy on a poor boy I'm doing the best I can               I ain't never claimed to be more than I am               If you could see my good intentions I think you'd understand               I'm just a poor boy out here doing the best I can I ain't scared of the work I'm scared when the work ain't there       When the well runs dry and there ain't much left to spare        I just grit my teeth and pull out my hair         I ain't scared of the work I'm scared when the work ain't there So have mercy on a poor boy I'm doing the best I can               I ain't never claimed to be more than I am               If you could see my good intentions I think you'd understand               I'm just a poor boy out here doing the best I can And I cut my teeth in a traveling band              I lay it on the line, I go all in              It's just the way I am, it's the way I am So have mercy on a poor boy I'm doing the best I can               I ain't never claimed to be more than I am               If you could see my good intentions I think you'd understand               I'm just a poor boy out here doing the best I can               I'm just a poor boy out here doing the best I can 
7.
Coming down from New York City through those Carolina trees        Hey Georgia did you miss me, I'm faster than the breeze        I been running down these back roads, like a traveling man will do        I keep on punching on this time clock         I work on a dream and I pay my dues There's money left in Memphis if a man can sing the blues        I caught some hell in Birmingham when a woman made me choose        Between the leavin' and the stayin', I did what a traveling man will do        I keep on punching on this time clock         I work on a dream and I pay my dues I got to keep on rollin' up and down these interstates               I got to keep on goin' till I hear my name at Heaven's gates               It's all bright lights and gasoline, truck stops and coffee beans               I bleed for what I do and that's the truth               I'll run my race until my work is through                Like a traveling man will do  I swam in the Mississippi, had a big time in Baton Rouge             Texas got me tipsy, California got me loose             I found love in South Dakota so I brought her home with me             I keep on punching on this time clock and working on this dream And I keep on rollin' up and down these interstates               I got to keep on goin' till I hear my name at Heaven's gates               It's all bright lights and gasoline, truck stops and coffee beans               I believe in what I do and thats the truth               I'll run my race until my work is through               Like a traveling man will do               I'll run my race until my work is through               Like a traveling man will do 
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He lost his job back in 2008       The market crashed, they blamed it on the banks        He said, God save the middle class, God save the poor       These one percenters they only want more And I ain't coming back till everything gets straightened out               I ain't coming back till help is on the way He drank the year away 2010       He held the bottle like it was his only friend       And all the screaming, she took off her ring       She cried and said I need some time to think And I ain't coming back till everything gets straightened out               I ain't coming back till help is on the way He took some time back in 2012       When he checked in to better himself        He said, these steps are steep for a stubborn man       But I'll keep on climbing and stick to the plan  And I ain't coming back till everything gets straightened out   I ain't coming back till help is on the way               No I ain't coming back, I ain't coming back               till everything gets straightened out               I ain't coming back, I ain't coming back                till help is on the way

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The Alabama-born, Tennessee-bred Southern rock band, The Vegabonds released their fifth album (and first for Blue Élan Records) "V" in 2019. This release was followed by a year of non-stop touring and the release of several standalone singles: "Colorado Evergreen" (original), "You Wreck Me" (Tom Petty), "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (The Band), and "Burnout" (original). ... more

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