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The Traveler: I’m so weary
The Caretaker: You should find some rest
The Traveler: I’m so tired, do you know of a place to lay my head?
The Caretaker: I know of a place to lay your head
The Traveler: I’m so run down
The Caretaker: Make your way home my friend
The Traveler: I’m so broken can I put myself together again
The Caretaker: You can put yourself together again
Oh, though you’re not around
You can come on home when you’re broken down
When your broken down
Oh, though you’re not around
You can come on home when you’re broken down
When you’re broken down
When you’re broken down
The Traveler: I’m so lost now
The Caretaker: Do not be afraid
The Traveler: I’m coming home now I know I’ll be able to find my way
The Caretaker: I know you’ll be able to find your way
Oh, though you’re not around
You can come on home when you’re broken down
When your broken down
Oh, though you’re not around
You can come on home when you’re broken down
When you’re broken down
When you’re broken down
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The Staghorn
05:39
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This is the story of the Staghorn
And how he’s running free
I know the Staghorn
He wants the same from me
It’s the story of the Staghorn
And how he’s running free
I know the Staghorn
He wants the same from me
I know the Staghorn wants the same for me
I know the Staghorn he wants the same for me
Taken from Texas and sent to Nebraska
By an infamous banjo smuggler
On the journey he broke his chains
To claim his place as the king of the plains
It’s the story of the Staghorn
And how he’s running free
I know the Staghorn
He wants the same from me
I know the Staghorn wants the same for me
I know the Staghorn he wants the same for me
There were some who said his freedom was not his own
They’d try to enslave him and take him from his home
He said no I will not live under your rule
I will not be just a mindless fool
It’s the story of the Staghorn
And how he’s running free
I know the Staghorn
He wants the same from me
I know the Staghorn wants the same for me
I know the Staghorn he wants the same for me
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Cornbread
03:39
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My baby doll she called me up
My baby doll she called me up
My baby doll called me up on the telephone
She said “if you value your life
Yeah if you value your life
If you value your life then listen close”
“You better save me some of that cornbread
Save me some of that cornbread
Save me some of that cornbread til’ I get home
You don’t wanna know what’ll happen
You don’t wanna know what’lll happen
You don’t want to know what will happen if you don’t”
“I’ll rip your damn head off
I’ll rip your damn head off
I’ll rip your damn head off when I get home
I’ll rip your damn head off
I’ll rip your damn head off
Don’t you think I won’t”
My baby doll walked in the door
My baby doll walked in the door
She walked in the door and said “did you save me some?”
I said “yes oh darlin yes I did,
Oh yes my baby yes I did
The problem is you didn’t say how much”
So she ripped my damn head off
She ripped my damn head off
She ripped my damn head off, shoulda saved some more
Cause she ripped my damn head off
She ripped my damn head off
She ripped my damn head off and threw my ass right out the door
I shoulda saved some more cornbread
I shoulda saved some more cornbread
And maybe I’d be just fine today
I shoulda saved some more cornbread
I shoulda saved some more cornbread
And I would not be in this grave
Cause she ripped my damn head off
She ripped my damn head off
She ripped my damn head off, shoulda saved some more
She ripped my damn head off
She ripped my damn head off
And threw me right out the door
She ripped my damn head off
She ripped my damn head off
I shoulda saved some more
Cause she ripped my damn head off
She ripped my damn head off
And threw my ass right out the door
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Gypsy Man
04:24
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I’m just a gypsy man and I’m doing what I can to live my life
And as for now I’m doing just fine though I’m barely scratchin by
Though I’m barely scratchin by
Though I’m barely scratchin by
When the storm comes will it break me as I’ve feared
Or When the storm comes will it wash away my tears
Will it wash away my tears
Will it wash away all my tears
If you’re giving me a loan you’re probably stoned or maybe you are on the sauce
But even then I have the feelin’ you would not be willin’ and you know I don’t mind at all
You know I don’t mind at all
You know I don’t mind at all
When the storm comes will it break me as I’ve feared
Or When the storm comes will it wash away my tears
Will it wash away my tears
Will it wash away all my tears
Will it wash away my tears
When that storm comes
When that storm comes
Will it wash away my tears
When that storm, when it finally comes
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Sheryl Ann
05:17
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Through trials and tests we must learn who we are for all of us one day face death
It can come in a wave, it can take you away or plant itself right in your breast
And I know that I’m often silent instead of telling you just how I feel
Well I feel it’s not time for your eternal rest so do whatever it takes to heal
I do request
You reach down and tear out the darkness in your chest
I do request
You strike down that mutiny of your flesh
Of your flesh
If there had been a better path I am sure you would have walked it true
Whatever is needed to discard that trash and finally again be you
Now the war rages on and battles are lost but you are still standing tall
Cause when your knees buckled your spirit would not
Your were simply slowed to a crawl
I do request
You reach down and tear out the darkness in your chest
I do request
You strike down that mutiny of your flesh
Of your flesh
Of your flesh
Of your flesh
Reach down and tear out the darkness in your chest
Strike down the mutiny of your flesh
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Blood and Bone
05:56
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There’s no warmth in her skin, rigor mortis set in
she lies on the gurney as stiff as a mannequin
But that’s not my mother, just a shadow of her
and now I must wonder what our flesh is
Is this all I am or am I more than this
Does the real me just need a place to call home
This is not all of me, that’d be a travesty
We are not simply the sum of our blood and bone
Blood and bone, blood and bone
Blood, blood and bone
I won’t believe I’m nothing more
Blood and bone, blood and bone
Blood, blood and bone
Cut me to the core
So I can see I am more than just blood and bone
I’m more than just blood and bone
More than just blood and bone
Blood and bone
She might be in the ground oh but still joy it can be found by remembering how she lived when she was around
Her teachings will live on through her daughters and through her sons and in that way we know her soul is glory bound
And in that we we know her soul is glory bound, glory bound
Through her wisdom we have grown and that is how we know
she was not simply the sum of her blood and bone
Blood and bone, blood and bone
Blood, blood and bone
I won’t believe I’m nothing more
Blood and bone, blood and bone
Blood, blood and bone
Cut me to the core
Blood and bone, blood and bone
Blood, blood and bone
I won’t believe I’m nothing more
Blood and bone, blood and bone
Blood, blood and bone
Cut me to the core
So I can see I am more than just blood and bone
More than just blood and bone
Blood and bone, blood and bone
So I can see I am more than just blood and bone
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7. |
Jake and Abel
03:12
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Darkness filled his heart as Abel rode along
In search of Dirty Jake, the man who killed his ma and pa
He found Jake on a farmstead just outside of Dodge
And without thinking twice Abel drew his gun and shot
Through the air that bullet it flew true
Abel said “Someone killed my ma and pa! Do you know who?”
“It was you, it was you, it was you!”
“It was you, it was you, it was you!”
“It was you, it was you, it was you!”
As Jake lay dying in the grass out on the plains
He said “I knew this day would come. Yes I knew that this was my fate.”
“For I used to be a wicked man but I changed my ways and Abel if you wish to, you can do the same.”
“It’s not too late for you to pull on through
Smother your hate or you will be consumed”
“And this could be you, this could be you, this could be you
Lying in a pool of your own blood, explaining to someone son
Why you had to do what you had to do
This could be you
Don’t let it be you, don’t let it be you, don’t let it be you
Don’t let it be you, don’t let it be,
Don’t let it be you, don’t let it be
Don’t let it be you
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Thief in the night
05:28
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He will come like a thief in the night
Come and steal your soul away
He will come like a thief in the night and steal your soul away
He’ll come all dressed in black
He’ll come all dressed in black
He will come all dressed in black and steal your soul away
He’ll spit venom and hellfire
He will spit venom and hellfire
He’ll spit venom and hellfire in your face
You must say NO, NO I won’t let you
You must say NO, NO I won’t let you
No I won’t let you steal my soul away
He’ll come like a thief in the night
Come like a thief in the night
He’ll come like a thief in the night and steal your soul away
He’ll spit venom and hellfire
He will spit venom and hellfire
He’ll spit venom and hellfire in your face
You must say NO, NO I won’t let you
You must say NO, NO I won’t let you
No I won’t let you steal my soul away
He’ll come dressed in black
He will come all dressed in black
He’ll come all dressed in black and steal your soul away
He’ll spit venom and hellfire
He will spit venom and hellfire
He’ll spit venom and hellfire in your face
You must say NO, NO I won’t let you
You must say NO, NO I won’t let you
No I won’t let you steal my soul away
My soul, oh no no, oh no no
You must say NO, NO I won’t let you
You must say NO, NO I won’t let you
No I won’t let you steal my soul away
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Devil Inside Your Head
03:04
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I’m the little devil inside your head
Don’t you worry about the things I said
Just take your pills and go to bed
And in the morning we will do it all again
You know that little gnawing in the back of your skull
Well that’s just me scratching trying to get hold
And one of these days I’m gonna have complete control
I’ll weasel my way in and before you know
I will be the one running the show
And you will no longer own your soul
Cause I’m the little devil inside your head
Don’t you worry about the things I said
Just take your pills and go to bed
And in the morning we will do it all again
I’m the little devil inside your head
Don’t you worry about the things I said
Just take your pills and go to bed
And in the morning we will do it all again
You never can await that familiar sound
You hear the pop of the bottle and drool like a hound
I’ve got you on a leash and I’m leading you around and round
So take two for your stomach and three for your head
Take four more for all the side effects
You are not in charge, I’m at the wheel instead
I’m the little devil inside your head
Don’t you worry about the things I said
Just take your pills and go to bed
And in the morning we will do it all again
I’m the little devil inside your head
Don’t you worry about the things I said
Just take your pills and go to bed
And in the morning we will do it all again
I’m the little devil inside your head
Don’t you worry about the things I said
Just take your pills and go to bed
And in the morning we will do it all again
I’m the little devil inside your head
Don’t you worry about the things I said
Just take your pills and go to bed
And in the morning we will do it all again
I’m the little devil inside your head
Don’t you worry about the things I said
Just take your pills and go to bed
And in the morning we will do it all ah
In the morning we will do it all ah
In the morning we will do it all again
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Flow
04:36
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Just like a leaf that must blow with the breeze
I’ll go where it is that this life does take me
I will do all I can to better myself
Through all of my triumphs and through all of my failures as well
I will flow like the water
I will blow like the breeze
I’ll flow like the water from the mountains to the sea
Just like the water that will flow anywhere it needs to
I will do all I can in order to see this through
If downstream a dam has been built to bring me to a stop
I will fill the basin, become a lake and rush right over the top
I will flow like the water
I will blow like the breeze
I’ll flow like the water from the mountains to the sea
Just like a river that will flow anywhere it needs to
I’ll do what I must in order to see this through
And if the ground fractures and becomes a five hundred foot wall
I will flow right over the side and become a waterfall
I will flow like the water
I will blow like the breeze
I’ll flow like the water from the mountains to the sea
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11. |
Let You Go
04:38
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I can finally see
I can finally taste the air I breathe
I do believe that I am free
It does not sting
To think about your memory
You have taught me how to simply be
But there was a time not so long ago
When I was afraid, afraid to let you go
There was a time not so long ago
When I was afraid, afraid to let you go
To let you go
Oh it’s been so long
Finally I am back to singing these songs
It does not feel wrong even though you are gone
But there was a time not so long ago
When I was afraid, afraid to let you go
There was a time not so long ago
When I was afraid, afraid to let you go
To let you go
I will let you go
I must let you go
But there was a time not so long ago
When I was afraid, afraid to let you go
There was a time not so long ago
When I was afraid, afraid to let you go
To let you go
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