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I'm so lonesome
03:06
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I’m so lonesome I’m so lonesome I could die
Since you left me babe I’ve done nothing but drink and cry
Done you wrong pretty babe I treated you so unkind
I can’t stand being alone it’s driving me out of my mind
Look at me babe I’m such a mess such a wreck
I’ll drink another bottle till I pass out on the deck
Come back to me baby I can’t live without you
I’ll do anything you want so long I can be with you
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Highway fever
03:38
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Got a few bucks in my pocket got a few songs in my head
Staying here’s getting me nowhere it’s giving me the Blues instead
Loaded up and hit the highway feeling high and feeling free
Head out west to Frisco bay may-be down south to New Orleans
Highway fever
Just outside Louisville Kentucky there she was hitching a ride
I guess we’re both felt pretty lucky driving to Memphis side by side
We were both feeling on fire
We just had to burn it down
When we couldn’t get any higher
She said goodbye and turned around
Drove to Tucson Arizona it’s so hot there I’m gonna die
Bought me a 6 pack of corona drove off the A.C. on high
Ran out of money in Riverside still got my guitar and my songs
A couple of gigs in this one dive just enough to keep moving on
Highway fever
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Don't mess with the kid
04:38
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South of New Mexico in the town of silver city
Lived one of the great outlaws a kid by the name of Billy
Quick on the trigger oh Lord don’t mess with the kid
Any chance for a good life he lost when he was fourteen
Billy’s mom got sick and died things got tough and things got mean
He was wild and crazy oh Lord don’t mess with the kid
Fell in with a gang of rustlers they spread fear throughout the land
Stealing cows and stealing horses that’s how Billy became a man
Out in the desert in the arms of a senorita
He was shot by Pat Garret in a mexican hacienda
Heaven or hell oh Lord don’t mess with the kid
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Early one morning
02:28
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Early one morning at the break of dawn
I woke up in my bed and I saw my baby was gone
Early one morning my baby was gone
I don’t know what I did wrong
I don’t know why she left she was the only one
Early one morning my baby was gone
Asked her best friend what was going on
She just said she didn’t have a clue I knew something was wrong
Early one morning my baby was gone
Well I’m sitting here my eyes on the front door
I have this bad feeling my babe won’t come back no more
Early one morning my baby was gone
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You got what you wish for all your dreams come true
Found someone to give you more spend his money on you
You got your mansion on a hill your pool and your hottub
You got your shiny « Coupedeville » a table at a country club
But it’s never enough to keep you satisfied what you really want money can’t buy
You may hang out with Senators ride in a limousine
You may be on the cover of a famous magazine
With your diamonds and pearls your skin wrinkle free
You might fool the world babe but you don’t fool me
It’s never enough to keep you satisfied what you really want money can’t buy
You may wear fancy clothes eat with a silver spoon
You may own a jet plane a hot air balloon
You may walk on marble floors sleep in satin sheets
But you always want more to fulfill your needs
Cause it’s never enough to keep you satisfied what you really want money can’t buy
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The Gig
04:34
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Walk in the bar with my guitar still early in the day
Gotta haul stuff from the car tonight we’re gonna play
Put the gear up on the stage not much room to move around
The band is on their way I think I’ll take a look around
Just a few folks drinking beer under the dim light
We gotta get us some new gear those speakers don’t sound right
The players are here the place starting to fill up
I drink up the rest of my beer say high start setting up
We’re gonna play till early morning we’re gonna fill the air with music
Rock this bar till they turn out the lights
We know we won’t make much money but we’ll give it all we got and that’s no lie
Bartender’s ringing last call we just sang our last song
I’m sitting my back to the wall most everyone is gone
Satisfied and proud feeling like real stars
We laugh and joke on that cramped stage feeling alright
Then reality sets in walking back to my car
A sense of loneliness grabs me as I drive into the night
We’re gonna play till...
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Hemphill Texas
04:24
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Not so long ago in Hemphill Texas they were on their way to help a friend
The air was full of joy cause it was Christmas they didn’t know that hell was round the bend
A big fat sheriff and his deputies just wanted to have a little fun
Loyal Gardner junior and his buddies found themselves at the wrong end of a gun
Loyal junior he knew wrong from right he never had trouble with the law
But the lawmen’s plan was carried out through the night
And the light of morning Loyal never saw
A trial was put together in a hurry did the lawmen violate his rights
They were found not guilty by a white jury Loyal junior was as black as night
If you ever go to Hemphill Texas and your skin is anything but white
You may never see another Christmas cause down there the law says white is might
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It's alright
03:26
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Down the road there is a light waiting for us all
No more pain and no more fights only love is all
Won’t you put away the fear and you won’t go wrong
Won’t you wipe away the tear won’t you sing a song
Oh it’s alright
Help the young who need to know there’s no power in a gun
They need love so they will grow like a flower needs the sun
Help the old who are put away in some strange cold home
They need love until the day they’ll be free to roam
Oh it’s alright
There’s a way to make it through the pain and the anger
The answer lies inside you you’ll find it somehow
Don’t drag the past around don’t live in the future
There’s not even today all you have is now
Oh it’s alright
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I'm in love
03:15
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She’s walking down the street Lord what a sight
Just as pretty as she can be that woman is alright
I’m sitting across the way watching her move like a queen
Lord I can only say she’s the prettiest girl I’ve seen
I’m in love
Other men they stop and stare they got lust in their eyes
She just smiles she doesn’t care she’s just a dream passing by
She’s coming my way she’s looking straight at me
That girl blows me away and I’m as lucky as can be
I’m in love
She’s my woman she’s my love my sun my queen
And I thank the Lord above Life’s the best it’s ever been
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Downhome Blues
03:50
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Going to the station catch the first train out of town
I don’t care where I go Lord you know I just can’t stick around
My baby she left me she got herself another man
If I don’t leave her soon Lord I’ll shoot him down if I can
I think I’ll go to Memphis I’ll go down to old Park’s spot
I heard some people talking they say the music’s really hot
I gotta catch that train Lord you know I gotta get out of here
My baby don’t love me I’ll just have to disappear
Me and old J&B we got some talking to do
I can’t wait to get to Memphis I wanna hear that downhome Blues
Hear that Delta blues
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Frank Blackfield Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
frankblackfield.music@gmail.com
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