1. _ Long Time Here
If you want good times
I know where to look
And if you want good times i will
They're thrown on your bed
With your junkyard religion
At the best of the western motels
Thrown with the pawns
And the hardscrabble rooks
Thrown with our ransom of kings
But if you want goodtimes
I know where to look
And i know it's goodtimes you want
Long time here x2
I'll keep you around
Holding this ground
I'll keep you a long time here
In 24 hours
We could be in vegas
Where the heat is a possible friend
Where snake eyes and boxcars
Could wet down your whistle
And steal all the noise from your head
But your hell is hotter
Then the typical thirst
And in vegas the ice is not cheap
And heaven's a backroom
Where the gamblin' don't finish
And you keep makin' the same mistakes
Long time here x2
I'll keep you around
Holding this ground
I'll keep you a long . . . .
Long time here x4
I'll keep you around
Holding this ground
I'll keep you a long time here
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2. _ Sundowner
Deaf as a fence post
Alone on a winter's night
I'm drunk as a racehorse
But i'll never fade outta sight
There's a wild below me
A wild up there in the stars
There's a history behind me
A child gone cold in my arms
Tell george and tammy
I'm ripe for the taking these days
It's a good year for roses
(and) a bad year for runnin' in place
But if they don't believe me
I'll do what i always have done
I won't be the sundowner
No i'll never cheat on the sun
'cause when the sun comes up
And the moon is gone
To the bridge i go
To the bridge i run
And when i reach the edge
Onto the bridge i crawl
And when i find you my friend
From the bridge i fall
This is the last place
That i've ever been, ever been
It's the last best place
That i've ever been, ever been
And in spite of my weakness
And all my desires to win
I won't be the sundowner
Tomorrow i'll leave here again
'cause when the sun comes up
And i need a friend
To the bridge i run
When i need a friend
And when i meet the edge
Onto the bridge i crawl
And when i find you my friend
It's from the bridge i fall
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3. _ Murdering Stone
Man came down from the field
A lonely horseman
Headin' back to the stable
Said he was sorry
But his cain was not able
To save us all from ourselves
Man sees the blood on every door
And hears the laughter
In the good people's hearts
Their pocket's empty
And their coats ripped apart
And the man makes a promise to the town
I wanna give you my murdering stone
Give you my murdering stone
Happy-go-lucky's back in town
Happy-go-lucky's says he's fit to be tied
Now that his hands have done
A sin worse than pride
And the man makes a promise to us all
I wanna give you my murdering stone
Give you my murdering stone
Won't you take my x2
I wanna give you my murdering stone
My hands are heavy now that all the guns are home
Take my murdering stone
And i wanna give you my murdering stone
Please take my murdering x2
Please take my murdering stone
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4. _ Snake Mountain Blues
Mr. ten dollar man
Let me tell you where you're bound
When you drink your green liquor
Lord, you'll roll to the ground
But you come around here
With your money in your hand
Tasted my woman
You'll die where you stand
Snake mountain's gonna crumble
Lord, and fall from the sky
'til that woman of mine
Keeps on telling her lies
If i'd die lord, she'd weep
And she'd weep and she'd mourne
As soon as i was buried
Forget i been born
Well my daddy, he rides on a long holy train
And the first winds of winter
Well, i'll see him again
And it's goodbye to that yellow-headed misery i've known
Snake mountain is callin'
Is callin' me home
Got the snake mountain blues x4
Got the snake mountain blues x4
*[one verse of the original is left out.
It goes something like this:
Well the snake mountain blues
Have got me down low
I could die in the morning
And no one would know
Well, my woman comes 'round
My body she'd found
Go down to dundee
(and) have her a time]
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5. _ Jack Candy
Jack candy was as old as my father
But still i took a likin' to him
He said: "you will be somebody's treasure,
But no one has discovered you yet."
Jack candy lived on sky valley road
And that's where he did business i guess
Some say he sold a suitcase of cocaine
But he never showed me any of that
This is a story that i've prayed to tell x2
About the day they drove him from this town
About the day i lost: jack candy
I was walkin' up to jack candy's trailer
When he shouted that i('d) better head home
The curtains closed as he went back inside
And i trembled 'cause he wasn't alone
This is a story that i've prayed to tell x2
About the day they drove him from this town
About the day i lost: jack candy
Some say they took him out to a clearin'
And made him crawl until he confessed
Some say they hung him up by his bootstraps
Some say they let him swing in the wind
I walked along (the) sky valley road
And out onto the great northern bridge
And for hours i stared into the cold
Sick and tired of denying i loved him
This is a story that i've prayed to tell x2
About the day they drove him from this town x2
I've lived a lie and i have lived it well
This is the story that i've prayed to tell
About a love and how i let him down
About the day i lost: jack candy
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6. _ Your Hope Shines
Lay my body down
By the shallows of the creek
You can lay my body down
Lay me in your reach
And when my body's down
We'll steal the thunder from the rain
And when my body's down
We'll shake the dirt right from the pain
I was going nowhere
Nowhere very fast
Threw my poison out the window
But it came blowin' back
Out along the highway
Right through the night of crime
Somewhere in the darkness
Your hope shined
Whisper wisdom's words
You can whisper wisdom's lies
But all of wisdom's words
Never helped me to survive
Days of all my arrogance
When you were not afraid
Threw my paycheck out the window
You threw it all away
Walked the devil's highway
Across the county line
Somewhere in the darkness
Your hope shined
Your hope shined, your hope shined x2
Walked the devil's highway, across the county line
But your hope shined, your hope shined
First light in the mornin', right through the night of crime
Your hope shined, your hope shined
Lay my body down
By the shallows of the creek
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7. _ Findlay's Motel
Findlay was on his last legs
But he made the rules
Said suffer fools gladly
But never end up as the sufferin' fool
He shook me down
Though it was my first week on the job
Said travellers will trick you
But you will find out all them things for yourself
Yes you will
Findlay he threw me the keys
As he walked outside
And he turned on the big neon sign
But only half of it burned
And i was there fightin' off dreams
When she pulled in the drive
The sound of her wheels woke me up
And there she was, standin' inside
By the stretch
Of a pine barren road
Where the night
Never did what was told
(i never did what was told)
Rooms for the night
Room for your rest
Rooms for the night
At findlay's motel
She looked like she had come down
From the rattlesnake hills
And she pushed the gun to my jaw
And told me to clean out the till
As i handed her over the cash
Findlay limped in
The old man he reached for her gun
But she was stronger than him
Yes she was
By the stretch
Of a pine barren road
Where the night
Never did what was told
(i never did what was told)
Rooms for the night
Room for your rest
Rooms for the night
At findlay's motel
Now bullets don't care what they hit
And findlay went down
And she dropped the gun to the floor
And said, you best call somone now
But my eyes they were fixed on the door
And i walked straight outside
Said suffer fools gladly
As long as this sufferin' keeps you alive
For a spell
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8. _ Wondertown (part One)
I'll break the jackpot open
In a wondertown, wondertown
I'll break the jackpot open
In a wondertown, wondertown
With my hands of ivory
And my nerves of steel
I'll break the jackpot open
Just to prove it's real
I'll break the jackpot open
In a wondertown, wondertown
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9. _ Unholy Dreams
(well) i dreamed i saw the devil's club
Growin' by the burnin' bush
And i dreamed that all your razor teeth
Grabbed tomorrow by the root
And i dreamed the long arm of the law
Was a one-armed acrobat
Yeah i dreamed
Unholy dreams
And i dreamed that all the sacred cows
Had been trampled under hoof
And i dreamed the moon had finally crashed
And lit fire to your roof
And i dreamed that there were sights unseen
And their visions could be sold
Yeah i dreamed
Unholy dreams
Unholy dreams x2
Last night, i dreamed unholy dreams
And in the mornin' when i woke
And you were gone
(well) i believed unholy dreams
Yeah i believed
Unholy dreams
Yeah i believed
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10. _ Sweet Revenge
Fourteen and one half years
You know i was good fortune's slave
Road map on my face
Up to my neck in lucky breaks
Cover your eyes
Don't look now
And durin' all that time
You know i wore this reckless coat
Filled up with matchstick men
And all the bibles that you wrote
Cover your eyes, don't look now x2
First i'll get even
And then i'll make you proud
Revenge is sweeter
When you can laugh out loud
And from these bitterroots
You know i made a potent shine
One-half kerosene
One-half justice all gone blind
First i'll get even
And then i'll make you proud
Revenge is sweeter
When you can laugh out loud
Swing it low, swing it low
Swing it: sweet revenge x2
Swing it low
Sweet revenge
First i'll get even
And then i'll make you proud
Revenge is sweeter
When you can laugh out loud
Swing it low, swing it low
Swing it: sweet revenge x2
Swing it low
Sweet revenge
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11. _ Grand Theft Auto
In this town
The blood will make you rich
Yeah, in this town
The blood will make you rich
In this town
I will do you one better
I'll change the truth
When i change the weather
In this town
The blood will make you rich
And when you're down
You can buy the jesus pose
'cause in this town
All roads lead to this
And when you're down
I will kill it again
I'll give ya something
To forget about him
In this town
All roads lead to this
And come tonight, yeah come tonight
We'll take a ride
And come tonight, yeah come tonight
We'll see the lights
You will lead and i will follow
You will lead me, down to the hollow
You will lead me down
Grand theft auto
You will lead me down
In this town
We have got the midas touch
Yeah in this town
The gold will make you blush
Some of it's cooling
And some of it's glitters
All of it's cold
And it gives me the shivers
In this town we've got the midas touch
And come tonight, yeah come tonight
We'll take a ride
And come tonight, yeah come tonight
We'll see the lights
You will lead and i will follow
You will lead me, down to the hollow
You will lead me down
Grand theft auto
You will lead me down
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12. _ Drag This River
Quick, burn it down to the wick
Burn it down to the heart
So the ending can start
Here, behind the riverhaus door
With an unloaded gun
And an unsettled score
Well i'll never drag this river
I'll never drag this river x2
I'll never drag this river down
You, nothin' comes to you slow
Nothin' comes to you hard
Though you beg like you're hard
And me, don't shake the barrel ar me
And don't treat idle threats
Like you treat all your friends
Well i'll never drag this river
I'll never drag this river x2
I'll never drag this river down
And if you walk out that door
Don't come back
Because there'll be no door
And if you walk out that door
Silence greets you
Silence, will be yours
I hear ya callin' from a long distant shore
But you won't come back, [well / 'cause] you can't come back
The water's risin' and the levee is not sure
And you won't be found, no you can't be found
Drag this river down
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13. _ Break It Down Gently
It soon appears
Long rented shores
Too big to name
And second to none
Save horses' hair
In pockets deep
Remember skies
Second to none
Black rain
Black rain will come
Black rain
Black rain will come
Word to the wise
Don't you sit on this fence
Electric and live
With evangelistic zeal
Spin doctors gave you
All those remedies to choose
So you'd be the weathervane
For clouds that never move
Black rain
Black rain will come
Black rain
Black rain will come
To break it down gently
To wash it down slow
Goin' straight to the bottom
With a mind . . . . of it's own
Black rain, black rain, black rain will come x3
Black rain will come
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14. _ Glad Nation's Death Song
These are the ghosts that i half believed
Guns & liquor & the carnival freak
But then one day the whole world shook
And i got arrested for stealin' a look
And the glad nation's death song sings x2
And i wanna hear you sing
And i wanna hear you . . . . hear you sing
Well they dragged me down to the deptor's jail
Where no one cried 'cause the drinks were free
And there i met you, you were passin' the hat
Sayin' give to the memory of a long gone dream
And the glad nation's death song sings x2
And i wanna hear you sing
And i wanna hear you . . . . hear you sing
This is the sound of one hand clappin'
This is the sound of one man laughin'
Sayin' we are lucky, yeah lucky is us
'cause behind these bars we've been stuck
And the glad nation's death song sings x4
And i wanna hear you sing
And i wanna hear you . . . . hear you sing
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