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You Found Me
03:20
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I know what it's like in a lonely home
Days are fast and nights are long
I fall asleep with the lights on
Dreams of love, they fight the dawn
And you
Only you knew where
To find me
There's lots of trips into town
There's lots of booze I try to drown
I've got friends to keep me up from down
But no one to put my arms around
And you
Only you knew where
To find me
And I try to read to fall asleep
I guess that's why I always drink
Just so I don't have to think
About the dirty dishes in the sink
And you
Only you knew where
To find me
It is you
Only you knew where
To find me
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2. |
Knuckleball Prime
02:33
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One shot at the title, in my knuckleball prime
Dogs are tired but they still got fight
Won't hang it our boys, not this time
I'm hittin' all the corners, goin' to shed some light
When she hits that note boys, it's all done
Oh I'm gonna win this one, oh here I come
It's been a hell of a road, boys, one hell of a time
And all my heartaches have turned to wine
You grab your fiddle, and I'll grab mine
Hand me that pearl, boys, I believe it's time
Just wish he said no boys, it's all done
Oh I'm gonna win this one, oh here I come
Give me a shot at the title, I won't let you down
We'll be drinkin' champagne when I get to town
All these miles, just kissin' the wind
Every step of the way has come to this
When she hits that note boys, it's all done
Oh I'm gonna win this one, oh my time has come
It's been a long night waitin' on the sun
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3. |
The Very Best
03:42
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I'm not home now but I will be
When I knock upon your door and you heal me
From those hard times, from those heartaches
The nasty turns I took before my will breaks out
We'll roll through your door and I'll be resting on your breast
All those people, and all those places
I just can't remember all them faces
Some are good ones, some are bad ones
Had to spend my money right I though I had some
I bought a ticket right to you and I'd be resting on your breast
I might not be too good at most things I do
But I'm the very best at missing you
I am the very best at missing you
Got no answers from my wandering
The lonely nights I stayed up a pondering
Alone and drinking slowly sinking
A million miles from you what was I thinking
I hope I'm not too late to roll in and rest upon you breast
I know you're tired and you're lonesome
You cry yourself to sleep trying to hold on
I feel you breaking I can't take it
I'm driving through the night and I'll make it
By the morning sweet darling I'll be resting on your breast
I might not be too good at most things I do
But I'm the very best at missing you
I am the very best at missing you
I might not be too good at most things I do
But I'm the very best at missing you
I am the very best at missing you
I am the very best at missing you
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There's a fire burnin' deep down in my dreams
All I need is a palette on your floor, friend, and enough gasoline
And I'll go give it another shot, might not turn out like I thought
But I'll give it all I got
It's been a while since I've been out your way
I'll call you when I got to Salinas, I gotta take a little break
Lord knows I'm a mess, I could use a little rest
And maybe get back to best
And this road led me to you and it'll take me away
And all I can do is pray, all I can do is pray
That I'll make it back one day
I lost my best friend, there near San Antone
And I had to call his Mama, it was the hardest thing I've done
And when I hung up that phone, I started missin' home
Then I set out alone
I'll be in Oakdale, come this spring
Well maybe she still wants to see me, maybe I'm too late
Oh but thats how it goes, this wind is gonna blow
And it taught me all I know
This road led me to you and it'll take me away
And all I can do is pray, all I can do is pray
That I'll make it back one day
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5. |
California
04:23
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6. |
Brand New Game
04:40
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My brother moved away
Searchin' for that shinin' light
Now he's workin' in a restaurant
And he's cooking every night
Well, me, I stuck around
Just livin' in this town
I got so many friends here
It just keeps me around
And I'm dreaming everyday
Hell I'll dream my life away
Like when I was a boy
I go catchin' for Detroit
My brother was a Yankee
My buddy Whitey was a Met
We'd all win the pennant
With a game, when it hit
Now White is diggin' ditches
And I'm unemployed
I grounded out on wishes
Far from little boys
And we never thought
Life's gonna get so real
'Cause we always thought
Life's a baseball field
And even if we lost
You'd never here us complain
There's always tomorrow
And a brand new game
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7. |
You Have My Attention
02:59
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You tell me "Willy, all I need is your attention"
Don't go out playin' that, let that ballroom be the one to miss ya
This lonesome ain't treatin' me right
You tell me "Daddy, that hard livin' is gonna get ya"
Just stay home baby, I'll hold you tight
That's when I lean down and I kiss ya
I'm gonna be home late again tonight
I get to drinkin', and I get to playin'
For people I don't even know in the crowd
And all you wanted was for me to hear what you were sayin'
Sometimes this little guitar gets a little loud
'Cause when I come home, and I find ya
Loaded up your car, start your engine
Saying, "Willy, Willy, I'm so sorry
But all I wanted was your attention
And now I'm sittin' here all alone
In this empty, lonesome kitchen
All I'm thinkin' 'bout is you, just you
You finally have all of my attention"
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8. |
Lost In A Song
03:14
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9. |
Chickamauga
05:14
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Down by this creekside is as far as I'll be goin'
Layin' halfway in the water, I can feel the water flowin'
I feel my heart poundin' and I'm blinded by the smoke
But I swear I see you comin' my way in a boat
You pick me up and we row down together
You pick me up and we row side by side
Now I'm turnin' the waters red, here at Chickamauga
And it's time that this young man will die
Your skin is the softest thing I've ever known
Your face is the prettiest one in Ohio
Your tears fell and mingled with the pourin' down rain
You were my first kiss, my last kiss, then I hopped on that train
Off to D.C. where the boys go out fightin'
Little Sam and ol' Charlie Watson by my side
Couldn't wait to be absorbed in all that glory
We were to young and we were to swift to die
Kept all your letters right next to my heart
I read 'em every day and I could sing them in the dark
But your picture, my darlin', I lost a while back
With little Sam and Charlie boy at the liberty gap
Oh the hit they took I just can't describe it
I was the lucky one, I was fightin' right by their side
And I took Chuck's boots, that's how he wanted it
And I put 'em on and I walked away and I cried
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10. |
Lullaby
03:27
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I went away, off to the city
Off to the city where it's fast and cold
And I was all alone, with a million amount of people
Million amount of people that didn't know my name
And I wore my suit and I was makin' lots of money
Makin' lots of money, but it never soothed my soul
I felt a whole lot richer with a cool breeze from the river
It'll make a dollar shiver in a poor boy's jeans
Now I hear those songs, those lullabies from my home
Lullabies from my home, they shine more than gold
And confidence in the callused hands of Papa's old
Callused hands of Papa's, they would wipe away my tears
There's pretty girls on every corner
On every corner, got somewhere to be
They ain't got no time, no, they ain't got no smile
Got no smiles for a country boy like me
I walk right by 'em and smell their fancy perfume
Smell their fancy perfume, but they never smell like you
When we spend them days there underneath the oak tree
And we spend them days there underneath the oak tree
A poem that you wrote me about the wind and the rain
And I brush your hair with the fingers that God gave me
I knew that you would save me from never findin' love
Here many walk thousands of miles
Millions of miles with their heads hangin' down
When that sun don't shine it's gonna soggy up your spirit
Soggy up your spirit, lay the horrors down
But them boys back home, just dancin' all night kickin'
Guitars and banjos pickin' them homegrown songs
Fires would burn and I thought you would last forever
I wish they'd last forever 'cause Lord I miss them so
I went away, off to the city
Off to the city where it's fast and cold
And I was all alone, with a million amount of people
Making' lots of money but it never was my home
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11. |
Rue The Day
05:36
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Willy Tea Taylor Oakdale, California
Willy Tea Taylor, son of a cattleman, born and raised in the “Cowboy Capital of the World”, Oakdale, California.
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