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Papa was a blues man
Gave me the blues hand me down
An alligator shoes man
Gave me the blues hand me downs
Moonshine drinking
Do everything but thinking
Blues hand me downs
Racing the wrong way
Chasing every skirt in town
Taking the long way
Waiting for the sun to come out
Wheeling and hustling
Dealing and shuffling
Blues hand me downs
Lord, have mercy on my soul
I didn't know
You never know
A fighter. No lover.
No fucking around
And just like my big brother
He stood on shaky ground
His pride got the best of him
Smoking got the rest of him
Blues hand me downs
Lord, have mercy on your soul
I didn't know
You never know
Hand me down blues
Hand me down blues
Hand me down blues
I come from vintage trouble
Look out if I'm the one you found
I'll pop your bubble
With my live wire, straight shooting dirty mouth
Papa was a blues man
Please baby understand
I got the, got the, got the, got the
Blue hand me downs
Lord, have mercy on your soul
You didn't know
They never know
Hand me down blues
Hand me down blues
Hand me down blues
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When you stumbled across me
There, around the way
And I carried on like I was over you
It's just a game I play
See I'm a proud, proud man
You won't catch me down
You won't find me on my knees crawling
Crawling on the dirty ground
But what you don't see is the real me
From what I show you would never know
That I love ya like no other baby
Still and always will
Still and always will
I tried to make out of site
Be out of mind
But your being gone makes me fonder
Fonder with passing time
Now, I may act like I don't want you back
Kissing the strange like there's been a change
But I love ya like no other baby
Still and always will
Still and always will
Still and always will
If I could undo
What lead from you
I would undo it yesterday
I'm nowhere near fine
This smile is a lie
There is no here when you're away
I just don't feel the same
Without you calling my name
I thought I could do it
But without you it
Don't get done the same
When you stumbled across me
There, around the way
And I carried on like I was over you
It's just the game I play
But what you see aint the real me
From what I show you'd never know
Know that I love ya like no other baby
Still and always will
Still and always will
Always will always will
I love you, baby
Can't stop thinking of you, baby
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I SEE YOU, NANCY LEE
I HOPE THAT YOU SEE ME
I SEE YOU, NANCY LEE
I HOPE THAT YOU SEE ME
I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY OTHER MAN
WHO WANTS YOUR HAND TO BE IN HIS HAND
BUT I DON'T JUST WANT I NEED YOU
NANCY LEE
Country girl sitting on a porch squeezing lemons
Taking what's given and making lemonade
I was tearing down dusty road back to the city
When I crossed her porch and there I stayed stayed
And I tell you
I won't looking for it no but
It came hunting me
How do I get what I get
Honey stung the bee
I SEE YOU, NANCY LEE
I HOPE THAT YOU SEE ME
I SEE YOU, NANCY LEE
I HOPE THAT YOU SEE ME
I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY OTHER MAN
WHO WANTS YOUR HAND TO BE IN HIS HAND
BUT I DON'T JUST WANT I NEED YOU
NANCY LEE
City girls never brought what you were bringing
Precisely why I never fell in
She don't car where around the world I've been sing
Nothing is nothing less it ends with amen
That's why I tell you
I won't looking for it no but
It came hunting me
How do I get what I get
From down on one knee
I SEE YOU, NANCY LEE
I HOPE THAT YOU SEE ME
I SEE YOU, NANCY LEE
I HOPE THAT YOU SEE ME
I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY OTHER MAN
WHO WANTS YOUR HAND TO BE IN HIS HAND
BUT I DON'T JUST WANT I NEED YOU
NANCY LEE
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I was lost and alone in the shadows
Dark in my mind
My heart was trampled in the battle
Love left me blind
Then came around and found me, baby
You took my hand
And made me stand like the man I am again
DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME
GONE AND WASHED AWAY MY MISERY
WITH YOUR TOUCH
YOU LOVE GRACEFULLY
I was shattered into pieces
Torn to the bone
And nothing mattered. No reason
To come from under my stone
Then like the sun you fell over me, baby
You hit my eyes
And made me rise and fly and shine again
DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME
GONE AND WASHED AWAY MY MISERY
WITH YOUR TOUCH
YOU LOVE GRACEFULLY
I'd ‘bout given up on it all
Every single little hope and dream
Then you heard it and answered my call
When you lifted me
Lifted me over the wall
DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME
GONE AND WASHED AWAY MY MISERY
WITH YOUR TOUCH
YOU LOVE GRACEFULLY
YOU LOVE GRACEFULLY
LOVE GRACEFULLY
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Last train leaving the station
And I'm gonna take it
Before I'm broken more by this situation
I am gonna break it
Lord Knows I've tried more than any man could
And I did more than I swore I ever would
Now I'm turning the good into gone
And I'm shuffling on my way
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT
A RAY OF LIGHT
FOUND IT'S WAY TO MY MIND
KNOT'S UNTIED
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT
Last tug boat to part the water
And I'm diving for it
A little sparrow inside saying, ”Fly, Baby”
How can I ignore it
Child, I have walked on the glass the broke
While I stayed and I prayed on my knees in hope
I held my breath and I choked
Holding onto this rope
I gotta let go
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT
A RAY OF LIGHT
FOUND IT'S WAY TO MY MIND
KNOT'S UNTIED
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT
The going under is over
The going under is over
The going under is over
You better believe it
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Something hit me deep
On my sunset walk through the streets
I could see and hear
But I couldn't feel or breathe
From tuning out this static world
I've lost the sense of peace
And that's not alright by me
The LA Times and Channel 5
And New York Magazine
They stain my soul
And I know you know what I mean
They tear apart the hopeful heart
Til it doesn't bleed or dream
And that's not alright by me
Pull on the rope that lifts the sun back to the sky
Hold a hand. Cry on a shoulder.
Listen in the wind and open up your eyes.
And feel again.
Feel again.
Where the roads cross
And time stands still
I'm frozen in my tracks
Against my will
The streetlight is dimming
And it won't shine again until
I say “It's not alright by me”
Not alright by me
Not alright by me
Not alright by me
Not alright by me
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This is a message and a calling
So, get up and gather around, everyone.
I'm withering. Dying. Trembling from trying. Barely crawling.
What can be done?
What will be done?
NOBODY TOLD ME
NOBODY TOLD ME
NOBODY TOLD ME
HOW HEAVY THIS LIFE WAS GONNA BE
Here stands a silver lined believer. Not believing.
A rosy-eyed dreamer awakening
Into a moment when hands are not given to the needing
What will become
Of this needing one?
NOBODY TOLD ME
NOBODY TOLD ME
NOBODY TOLD ME
HOW HEAVY THIS LIFE WAS GONNA BE
If I can just hold on
Until the morning dawns
And nothing remains but a better day
And my song…
Will sing of the weighed down times now behind me.
And I'll be moving.
And I'll be grooving.
NOBODY TOLD ME
NOBODY TOLD ME
NOBODY TOLD ME
HOW HEAVY THIS LIFE WOULD BE
HOW HEAVY THIS LIFE WOULD BE
But I keep pushing on
Everyday's getting heavier and heavier
Heavier and heavier
Everyday's getting heavier and heavier
Heavier and heavier
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Everybody's spinning words around
Moving their mouths about you
But they don't know that what they're throwing out
Is what I'm looking for
While the other brothers stay inside
I'll meet you outside
Outside of the line
JEZEBELLA
I KNOW I'M THE FELLA
TO GIVE YOU A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY
JEZEBELLA
I KNOW I'M THE FELLA
TO SPILL THE MILK ON YOUR HONEY
A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY
JEZABELLA
Everybody's spinning words around
Moving their mouths about you
But they don't know that what they're throwing out
Is what I'm looking for
Shake it baby break it down for me
Turn it out teach me something
Groove it to it let me feel and see
What you're made of
Anybody who done passed you by
Must be out of their minds
But that's alright
JEZEBELLA
I KNOW I'M THE FELLA
TO GIVE YOU A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY
JEZEBELLA
I KNOW I'M THE FELLA
TO SPILL THE MILK ON YOUR HONEY
A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY
JEZABELLA
Whenever I see you
I want to be in you for life
So whatever you say is okay
Whatever you do I'll do too
You are fine, fine as with me
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Baby, get over here
Stop acting like a teenage child
Let's make something disappear
Like rapid fire burning wild
We can't afford to miss this
Primitive, raw connection
I said get over here
For the resurrection
LET'S MAKE IT
LOVE ABOVE THE COVER
LIKE TOTAL STRANGERS
GET NAKED
LOVE ABOVE THE COVER
LIKE YOU KNOW ME
AND I DON'T KNOW YOU
LIKE WE AINT EVER DONE WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO
LIKE TOTAL STRANGERS
Quit playing. Get to it now
Blow me up then wet me down
Don't make me chase you around and around
That's not what tonight's gonna be about
Dig in with your fingers
Scratch tracks down my back like a wild cat
Get to it now
Grind your spine like a maniac
LET'S MAKE IT
LOVE ABOVE THE COVERS
LIKE TOTAL STRANGERS
GET NAKED
LOVE ABOVE THE COVERS
LIKE YOU KNOW ME
AND I DON'T KNOW YOU
LIKE WE AINT EVER DONE WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO
LIKE TOTAL STRANGERS
LET'S MAKE IT
LOVE ABOVE THE COVERS
LIKE TOTAL STRANGERS
GET NAKED
LOVE ABOVE THE COVERS
LIKE YOU KNOW ME
AND I DON'T KNOW YOU
YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT
LOVE ABOVE THE COVERS
LIKE TOTAL STRANGERS
HOP ON IT
LOVE ABOVE THE COVERS
LIKE WE AINT EVER DONE WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO
LIKE TOTAL STRANGERS
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Look what the wind
Just blew in Again
Whistling through the cracks in my door
I should've known, you would show up
When the cuts were not hurtin' no more
Welcome back baby
Sit on Down
Sit on Down
Have a cup of what I have found
Since your love ain't been around
Baby, you've been gone
This time too long
I've run outta you
Last candlelight
Flickered and died
Shining on time without you
Tell me how long, how long
Can I go on?
When you're just gonna do what you're gonna do.
Welcome back baby
Sit on Down
Sit on Down
Have a Cup of what I have found.
Since your love ain't been around
Baby, you've been gone this time too long
I've run outta of you.
I don't need it.
It's no good for me.
I can't bleed it.
Veins gone empty
I'll repeat it.
It's no good for me.
It's no good.
No good.
No good.
Baby, you've been gone this time too long
I've run outta of you.
Out of you.
Baby, you've been gone this time too long
I've run outta of you.
Hey.
I've run outta you.
I've run outta you.
I've run outta you.
I've run. out you.
Oh Oh. I've run outta you.
Out of you.
I can't take no more
I can't break no more
Over You
Over You
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