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Partyin’ With Strangers
03:59
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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
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2. |
Generation Of Happiness
03:55
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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
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3. |
I Ain’t Having It
03:58
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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
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4. |
When The Smoke Clears Up
04:27
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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
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5. |
Everything I Need
05:28
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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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6. |
Best I Can
04:06
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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
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7. |
Traveling Man
03:52
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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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8. |
Help Is On The Way
04:25
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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 Vegabonds Alabama
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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