1. |
Small Town Hero
03:35
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I don’t wanna run away
travel on the intersate
hell bent and running late
for a date with the stars
in a city of suits and ties
all ready to analyze
what I'll do in the public eye
I wouldn't get too far
I’ve walked the blacktop bare
I’ve had my share
Chorus
I don’t wanna be a Nashville waitress
I don’t want to buy another used mattress
don’t wanna play to lose
Don’t wanna pay my dues
I don’t need a bigger pond
I like this little one where I belong
I like bein a small town hero
I don’t wanna pack a car
See my friends waving in the yard
Just so I can trace the stars
that city can’t see
Everyday I’m recognized
While I stroll by the riverside
Little girls all fantasize
What its like to be me
I’ve gone on a whim before, washed up
back on shore
I don’t wanna be a Nashville waitress
I don’t want to buy another used mattress
I don’t wanna play to lose
Don’t wanna pay my dues
I don’t need a bigger pond
I like this little one where I belong
I like bein a small town hero
I just wanna grow old
in my little town of Gold
I don’t wanna be a Nashville waitress
I don’t want to buy another used mattress
I don’t wanna play to lose
Don’t wanna pay my dues
I don’t need a bigger pond
I like this little one where I belong
I like bein a small town hero
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2. |
Farewell Angelina
03:56
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3. |
Take Back Your Angels
03:36
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In the summer of 1920
you were born to a family of nine
and a whiskey drinking father
who never knew how to treat you right
you tried to go out dancing
with the boys you met uptown
he took one look at you and said
“theres no way your running around”
But to him you did not listen
for a stubborn girl you were
you sat out on your window like
a little morning bird
then you ran down to the corner
and yo rain right up the road
how I wish I could be like you
wish the things you gave me showed
Take Back, take back your angels
call them back, call them home
there's a place in the sky
where they belong, by and by
and leave me here alone
Last night I went dancing
drunk on beer and rye
I watched the world spin round and around
til the morning light
in my dizzy summer dreaming
I could feel you in my heart
the lord brings us together and the world tears us apart
Take Back, take back your angels
call them back, call them home
there's a place in the sky
where they belong, by and by
and leave me here alone
There’s a house full of sinners
and a church harboring thieves
by the old abandoned railroad
covered in fallen leaves
where everyday I’m working just a trying to
find my place
when i make it up to heaven
It will be in your embrace
Take Back, take back your angels
call them back, call them home
there's a place in the sky
where they belong, by and by
and leave me here alone
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4. |
Italian Song
03:17
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5. |
John Lee
03:54
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Had an an eye for things long gone
Horse and carriage won’t care if you’re there or ya carry on
had them sights on ole john lee
But his hands won’t hand me a way so he could be free
He never came home that night
left me lookin at the ashes cold by the fireside
then the sun came up like it didn't care at all
now John Lee's gonna see what it feels like to fall
Oh john lee gonna find me reckless
Oh dear the don’t ya climb my fences
imma gonna get that gun
and get john lee on the run
Hear an echo hollerin down
word got out and about and moved all around the town
he made moves like a thorn upon the rose
cut me deep cause he'd rather be with all the wilds he chose
Oh john lee gonna find me reckless
Oh dear the don’t ya climb my fences
imma gonna get that gun
and get john lee on the run
got him with at 30-aught six
beneath my roses, he's buried with his wish
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6. |
White House By The Sea
03:49
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You can smell the salt on the breeze
living in the white house by the sea
following mama around the yard
she says good thing your daddy’s coming home
the nights are long when I’m all alone
Picking the dandelion weeds
I found at the base of our old oak tree
whispering secrets to you cross the room
the years they came, the years they went
the years they came and went too soon
The Years they fly
the years they flee
living in the white house by the sea
Daddy rolls down the windows and turns up the sound
in the afternoon sun as we are driving around
baby’s finally quieted her cries
when i was happy just to follow
and never wonder why
Why The Years fly
Why they flee
living in the white house by the sea
No baby’s grown up and leaving home
mamas in the yard working all alone
sister’s gone to new york city
I just called to say hello
and that I wish you were with me
in my heart I know
things will never be
like the way they were
the way when we
were living in the white house by the sea
like the way we were
the way when we
were living in the white house by the sea
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7. |
Angel Band
03:59
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