1. |
Inside Out
04:46
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Ya got both your shotgun barrels / Pressed against my chest
Wave your feather finger but be careful don’t make a mess of my heart
Ya made a mess of my heart
Ya know a bitter man gets lonely / like a foolish fool will do
I’ll chase that lonely rainbow, at the end hopin’ I find you all dressed in gold
You’ll be my lucky pot of gold
Well I asked around to try to find just what this love’s about
They all say it’s just a wicked way to turn a man…..inside out
I got six days to break my back / I got one to rest my bones
Have my fun when the work is done but I’m tired and I wanna go home, it just ain’t fair
But I’m the only one who cares
I got 35 years of workin’ / I got 35 more to go
35 grand for a funeral plan, I better stick around 35 more, it just ain’t right
I can’t even afford to die
Well I asked around to try to find out just what this world’s about
They all say it’s just a wicked way to turn a man….inside out
Ya know a bitter man gets lonely / like a foolish fool will do
I sit around tryin’ to think about what could’ve been me and you, but that’s all gone
A little trouble movin’ on
Well I asked around to try to find out just what this life’s about
They all say it’s just a wicked way to turn a man….inside out
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2. |
I'll Be Fine
03:42
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I wonder / How long she’s gonna be gone
Been my experience / Gettin’ beer doesn’t take this long
And where’s my dinner / She didn’t cook nothin’ ‘for she left
It’s twelve o’clock…lookin’ like…She ain’t comin back
And it’s alright / I’ll be fine
Been a couple weeks now / And I guess I better find a job
Just ain’t a whole lotta work for a dried up, burned out slob
Better get to beggin’ / I’m different baby, can’t you see
Busy phone…No one’s home…That’s how it’s gonna be
Well it’s alright / I’ll be alright by myself, I’ll be fine
Well it’s alright / I’ll be alright by myself, I’ll be fine
It’s a cold, cold winter / Said the newspapers on my bed
I read’em every night / While my teeth dance around my head
I got the shake and shivers / And now I can’t feel my feet
Freezin’ cold…All alone…And all I wanna do is sleep
And it’s alright / I’ll be alright by myself, I’ll be fine
Well it’s alright / I’ll be alright by myself, I’ll be fine
It’s alright / Alright alright alright…I’ll be fine
It’s alright / Alright alright alright…I’ll be fine
I’ll be fine
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3. |
Can't Live Without You
04:50
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You said I need to grow up / And act my age
That it won’t work out / ‘Til we’re both on the same page
And since you left / Darlin’ I’ve been thinkin’
‘Bout what you said / And how fast I’ve been sinkin’
Doors are closin’ all around
Lies get so heavy, they just drag you down
You said I need to grow up and act my age
But I can’t live without you babe
Can’t keep messin’ around / And actin’ like a fool
Cause all my burdens are bound around me / So tight I can’t move
But if I get movin’ / Gonna try not to fall
Gotta pick myself up / And pick up where we left off
Doors are closin’ all around
Lies get so heavy, they just drag you down
You said I need to grow up and act my age
But I can’t live without you babe
No I can’t live without you babe
Well I’ve made my mistakes / And I’ve paid for my crimes
Now when I see that man in the mirror
He can stare back at me / And look me straight in the eye
Door’s are open all around
Got no more lies left to drag me down
You said I need to grow up and act my age
Well I can’t live without you babe
No I can’t live without you babe
I can’t live without you babe
And now I won’t live without….you babe
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4. |
Introduce Myself
05:31
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There’s a girl back home / And she used to know, used to know my name
It’s been many years since I’ve been gone and I know / Surely things have changed
Surely they’ve changed
Take me back, take me back / To the day we fell in love, ooh yeah
And lay me down, lay me down / In your arms
Where I can sleep forever
When I left you said “Please now, don’t you go”
I said “I hope you understand”
I gotta follow my heart
But now it’s leading me back home
Let me introduce myself / Let me introduce myself again
Seems like a million miles ago / Since I held your hand in mine
At every turn on this winding road, another piece of me / Gets left behind
I close my eyes and try to think / Think of what to say
And I’ll never know what I lost / When I walked away…when I walked away yeah
When I left you said “Please now, don’t you go”
I said “I hope you understand”
I gotta follow my heart
But now it’s leading me back home
Let me introduce myself / Let me introduce myself again
It’s been so long and in my mind / Time stood still
But I can play it out a thousand times and I know / It never will…No it never will
When you left I said “Please now, don’t you go”
You said “I hope you understand”
I gotta follow my heart
But now it’s leading me back home
Let me introduce myself / Let me introduce myself again
Let me introduce myself….ooh oh again
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5. |
South Of The Border
03:58
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We’re goin’ south of the border / That’s where we’ll make our home
Ride all night ’til we see that Mexican sky
Acapulco in the winter time / Sure is easy on the eyes
And you can tell my folks back that home I’m doin’ fine
Nine to five and IRA / I got tons of debt and my bills are late
Gotta get myself a life that’s worry free
Gonna find me a cute little Mexican bride and raise 10 kids by the ocean side
Drink all day with the sand beneath my feet
We’re goin’ south of the border / That’s where we’ll make our home
Ride all night ’til we see that Mexican sky
Acapulco in the winter time / Sure is easy on the eyes
And you can tell my folks back that home I’m doin’ fine
Well it’s the same ‘ole thing / Day after day
Grindin’ your life away yeah yeah
Well I’ve been there myself / So brother let me help ya
Open up your eyes and I’ll show you the way
Ya spend all your time tryin’ to scrimp and save / Waitin’ around for that rainy day
But while your standin’ still the world’s gonna pass you by
Ya gotta throw your hands up in the air and say “What the hell, man I don’t care!”
And try to live just once before you die
We’re goin’ south of the border / That’s where we’ll make our home
Ride all night ’til we see that Mexican sky
Acapulco in the winter time / Sure is easy on the eyes
And you can tell my folks back that home I’m doin’ fine
We’re goin’ south of the border / That’s where we’ll make our home
Ride all night ’til we see that Mexican sky
Acapulco in the winter time / Sure is easy on the eyes
And you can tell my folks back that home I’m doin’ fine
You can tell my folks back that home I’m doin’ fine
You can tell my folks back that home I’m doin’ fine
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6. |
Hell To Pay
05:01
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She’s out late / All night long
She don’t call / And she don’t come home
She’s in my head / When I hit the wall
I can fuss and fight ’til the end of time but in the end I’ll still be wrong
And I keep on rollin’
That’s how I make my play
I keep on rollin’
Cause when the fire gets too hot, that’s when I’ll be on my way
Been down this road / In these same old shoes
Every stop / Another burnin’ fuse
And I lay my head / On the sacred ground
To let the Spirit lift me up / But the Devil just slap me down
And I keep on rollin’
And let the Devil have his say
I keep on rollin’
Cause everywhere I go, I find a brand new hell
A brand new hell to pay
When I bet long / And I come up short
I feel the walls / Scoot across the floor
And I tip my glass / And I make my move
Won’t be around
When the deal goes down
Cause my Momma didn’t raise no fool
And I keep on rollin’
That’s how I make my way
I keep on rollin’
Cause everywhere I go, I find a brand new hell
A brand new hell to pay
Keep on rollin’
Keep on rollin’
Keep on rollin’
Keep on rollin’
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7. |
Testify
05:55
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It’s the love that can’t be real
It’s the rod that spins my wheel
Send me sailin’ down the road
Break my heart and crush my bones
It drives me far away from everyone I know
The tank is empty and I’m alone
It’s the love that wants me dead
It’s the hammer in my head
They try to hang me out to dry
They don’t bother askin’ why
And when the time the time is right
I’ll stand straight up and lie
Cause I’ve been thirsty all this time
Feel the breath of my regret
Warm and heavy on my neck
It whispers poison in my mind
While I lay shakin’ soaked in sweat
It’s come a callin’
To make me testify
And pull the marker on my debt
Count the weeks behind my door
Chasin’ shadows ‘cross the floor
Every moment’s like the last
I can’t tell when one has passed
And every night I laugh myself to sleep
Had to lock me up to set me free
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8. |
Little Annie
03:46
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Little Annie can’t find God
With that weight around her neck
Three young souls alone and lost
Without that weight around her neck
Gotta lay those boys down to sleep one more time
So she can get up and do it again
No time for love, no time for play
With that weight around her neck
She keeps’em fed and clothed and bathed
And that’s the weight around her neck
Lost her Momma to the youngest and her Daddy to the gin
Gotta lay those boys down to sleep one more time
So she can get up and do it again
She don’t want pity for her plight
Can’t spare a minute for a tear
And how those faces shine so bright
When they know that Annie’s near
She’s a sister and a mother, but she’ll never be a kid
Gotta lay those boys down to sleep one more time
So she can get up and do it again
Little Annie can’t see God
With that weight around her neck
But he walks with her all the while
Help lift the burden from her head
She just hopes for the best and she does what she can
Gotta lay those boys down to sleep one more time
So she can get up and do it again
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The Dirtboxwailers Tulsa, Oklahoma
"The DirtboxWailers was something I always thought I would get to somewhere down the road as a side project, but at some point you stop straining your eyes to look into the future and focus on where you’re standing at the moment." - Jimmy Ray Taylor
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