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CD1

  • Texas #1
  • How Do We Get There From Here
  • Texas Fever
  • No Angel on My Wing
  • Devil from Del Rio
  • Neon and Dust
  • I’ll Be Thinking Of You
  • Soy Extranjero
  • Loud Dirty Fast and Loose
  • Cheaters Own Blues
  • Heartache Avenue
  • Johnny Gotta Run
  • Someone To Rely On
  • Half Forgotten Tunes
  • Heat of the Hghway

CD2

  • (They Used to Say) Train Time
  • Monterrey
  • El Sol Que Tu Eres
  • Tejano Moon
  • Drink Your Dreams Away
  • Ev’rything I Need in You
  • Ciadad Acuna
  • Wherever Your Heart Is
  • Border Guitars
  • Blue Blue Night
  • The Ghost of Dale Watkins
  • Texas # 2 Part 1
  • Texas # 2 Part 2

Bonus CD

  • Endless Road
  • Too High To Sing the Blues
  • Get Your Feet From Under My Table
  • Bury Me (Under the Honky Tonk Floor)
  • Boys in the Band
  • Funny Where the Time Goes
  • It's No Use Bein' a Fast Draw (If You Can't Shoot Straight)
  • 1000 Ways To Be Bad
  • New Blue Stone
  • I Wouldn’t Think Twice
  • Gimme Some of That
  • Whisky Is My Driver
  • Long Nights and Banjo Music
  • Happy Anniversary
  • Angel Dressed in Black
  • Moon on the Brazos
TEXAS # 1
There’s beans n’ bones n’ buzzards
Spiders skunks and snakes
It’s too damn hot and it’s too damn dry
But when the storm breaks, it sure does break
I can’t believe I’m standing
Right where Black Jack Ketchum stood
But if this here’s the devil’s land
Then I’m sure glad I never was good

They’ve got pick-up trucks with gun-racks
Cattle tanks and sand
Old mesquite and rising creeks
Tequila and Conjunto bands
Out shootin’ wild turkey by daytime
Out drinkin’ the stuff at night
This might be the devil’s land
But it sure do seem alright

On the whole I’d rather be in Texas if I could
They’ve got a million fiddlers there
And every one’s damn good
On the whole I’d rather be in Texas any time
Texas sure is hard but it sure is fine

Stayin’ alive on 35
Alvin’s playin’ our tune
Give me a Pearl and a brown eyed girl
And head for the Soap Creek Saloon

Solo

Leavin’ don’t come easy
So I’m comin’ back
Gonna ride around West Texas
In Louise’s red Cadillac
Love Field at sundown
That’s a lonesome sight to see
I’ve seen the devil’s land
And it sure looked fine to me

On the whole I’d rather be in Texas if I could
Got a million fiddlers there
And every one’s damn good
On the whole I’d rather be in Texas any time
Texas sure is hard but it sure is fine

Stayin’ alive on 35
Alvin’s playin’ our tune
Give me a Pearl and a brown eyed girl
And head for the Soap Creek Saloon
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HOW DO WE GET THERE FROM HERE
Caught with my feet off the ground and my ass on the line
It’s just one of those feelin’s that everyone gets here
From time to time
It’s the right time but it’s the wrong place
And that’s perfectly clear
I know where we’re headed
But how do we get there from here?

Jose Cuervo
Margaritas
And a little sun
You can’t beat that life
Out of anyone
Find me somebody
Tell me which way it is
It ain’t too clear
I know where we’re headed
But how do we get there from here?

Solo

We were just getting started, but we’ve gotta get out of this town
Something is missing
I don’t know what it is
But it’s slowing me down
It’s the right time but it’s the wrong place
And that’s perfectly clear
I know where we’re headed
But how do we get there from here?

Jose Cuervo , Margaritas
And a little sun
You can’t beat that life, out of anyone
Find me somebody
Tell me which way it is
It ain’t too clear
I know where we’re headed
But how do we get there from here?

How do we get there from here?
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TEXAS FEVER
I’m getting Texas Fever
Cocaine and Tequila
Everybody says I’m a fool
But I’ve Just got a bad case
Of bein’ in the wrong place
Hey Texas, I’m still missing you

It must be Texas Fever
Cocaine and Tequila
Does anybody know what to do?
This bar is beginning
Some serious spinnin’
Oh, Texas, I’m still missing you

I’ve got a bunch of stuff that oughta keep me busy
But tomorrow will be soon enough I guess
If I get straightened out enough to cope
With all them crazy Jackalopes
How come I always wind up in this mess?

It must be Texas Fever
Cocaine and Tequila
What’s a body here s ’posed to do
I’ve just got a bad case
Of being in the wrong place
Hey Texas, I’m still missing you

Solo

I’ve got a bunch of stuff that oughta keep me busy
But tomorrow will be soon enough I guess
If I get straightened out enough to cope
With all them crazy Jackalopes
How come I always wind up in this mess?

It must be Texas Fever
Cocaine and Tequila
What’s a body here s’ posed to do
I’ve just got a bad case
Of bein’ in the wrong place
Hey Texas I’m still missing you

Yes I’ve just got a bad case
Of bein’ in the wrong place
Hey Texas, I’m still missin’ you.

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NO ANGEL ON MY WING
I can hardly catch my breath at all
I can barely see the road
Wondering what in the hell
Am I doing out here
Telling lies and old standbys
When I could have been home
I can’t take a shaky landing
With no angel on my wing
All I’m trying to say’s
I made a mess of the whole damn thing

Breaking in this heartache’s
Getting harder all the time
All I’m trying to say
Could be drifting away
When the going got crazy
You were nothing but fine
I can’t take a shaky landing
With no angel on my wing
All I’m trying to say’s
I made a mess of the whole damn thing

Solo

I can’t take a shaky landing
With no angel on my wing
All I’m trying to say’s
I made a mess of the whole damn thing

Of the whole damn thing

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DEVIL FROM DEL RIO
She’s the devil from Del Rio
She’s a dancer, watch her feet go
How I got here I just don’t know
Oh what a night

From the hardwood floor and the clickin’ of her heels
To nothing but the clickin’ of the rocks in the wheel
‘Til she said ‘Hold tight, this devils gonna steal
Some lovin’ tonight’

Highways hummin’, ears are poppin’
A familiar ring that there ain’t no stopping
Ain’t it crazy, ain’t it jumpin’
This here gal is really something

I’ve heard tell some ugly stories
You and me and a night in Juarez
I don’t care what the whole damn town says
Oh what a night

Oh Senorita, what’s it to you
If I go crazy, what’ll you do
Will you carry me home
Will you kick off your shoes
Will you pull my cowboy boots off like you used to
Drive my car when I get too drunk to…

…see the devil from Del Rio
She’s a dancer watch her feet go
How I got here I just don’t know
Oh what a night

Solo

Oh Senorita what’s it to you
If I go crazy what’ll you do
Will you carry me home will you kick off your shoes
Will you pull my cowboy boots off like you used to
Drive my car when I get too drunk to….

….see the devil from Del Rio
She’s a dancer watch them feet go
How I got here I just don’t know
Oh what a night

How I got here I just don’t know
Oh what a night

Oh what a night.


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NEON AND DUST
Intro.

All I’m seeing is Neon and Dust
She left town on the midnight bus
I’ll carry on
‘Til the jukebox has played its last song

I’m gonna get by tonight
I’m gonna fly tonight
I’ll carry on
‘Til the jukebox has played its last song

From now on
I see Neon and Dust I can tell
Takes me back
To an old friend of mine
Who knows it ‘oh so well’

All I’m seeing is Neon and Dust
She left town on the midnight bus
I’ll carry on
‘Til the jukebox has played its last song

Solo

All I’m seeing is Neon and Dust
She left town on the midnight bus
I’ll carry on
‘Til the jukebox has played its last song

I’m gonna get by tonight
I’m gonna fly tonight
I’ll carry on
‘Til the jukebox has played its last song

I’m gonna get by tonight………..,
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I’LL BE THINKING OF YOU
When that moon rolls round
I’ll be thinking of you
In the half-light of some border town
I’ll be thinking of you
You think I’m having a fine time darlin’
Well alright, I guess sometimes I do
But when that moon rolls round
I’ll be thinking of you

In the desert at sunrise
I’ll be thinking of you
And in the cities, with no skies at all
I’ll be thinking of you
You think I’m having some fine times darlin’
Well alright, I’ll admit to a few
But when that moon rolls round
I’ll be thinking of you

Solo

You’re the one that made this mess of me
You’re the one brings out the best in me
You’re the one who pulls me through
And you’re the one I’ll get back to

It’s late, it’s dark
And I’m thinking of you
We played fine tonight
Thousands of miles from my home
Yes, thousands of miles from my home
Sometimes scared half to death
But I’ll always get through
‘Cos when that moon rolls round
When that moon rolls round
When that moon rolls round…
…I’ll be thinking of you

Yes, I’ll be thinking of you
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SOY EXTRANJERO
Soy Extranjero
Hoy en esta tierra
Esta noche comprendo
Los suenos de frontera
Soy Extranjero
En las calles oscuras
No importa que quiero
Soy Extranjero

There’s just a little sadness in the air
That blows across the Rio Grande
It hits me every time that I’m down there
Y que pasa, Ah! mi corazon
I hear mariachis playing ‘Y Volver’
Para los turistas del Norte
In the night the pretty girls are everywhere
Y que pasa, Ah! Mi corozon

Solo

Rpt. Pt. 2
Rpt. Pt 1
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LOUD DIRTY FAST AND LOOSE
Do you know what I feel like
I feel like something new
Time was it was right on the money
But these days it just won’t do
I’ve got to get back to Texas
Leave this place behind
I need a chicken fried steak, right after that
I’ll steal the biggest car I can find
Drive it on down to the nearest bar
Take my guitar out of its case

Ch.
And give me a little bit of bass
A knock down rhythm
Make a little space
And I’ll be right there with ’em
Sad songs ain’t no use
I play Loud Dirty Fast and Loose

Oh, what I’m doin’
I believe I do real well
Time was, that’d get you by
But these days you just can’t tell
I gotta get my ass back to Texas
I need a little Texas soul
Give me the ’Honky-Tonk Blues’, ’Cryin’ Time Again’
And all the whiskey I can hold
Give me a two steppin’ lady and a six to go
Then I’ll know that I’m in the right place

Ch.

No, no, no, we don’t do it for the money
We’re just tryin’ to have too much fun
So don’t be givin’ me no excuse
If y’can’t play loud then it ain’t no use

Solo

Do you know what I feel like
I feel like keeping on
I feel, if we steal away, Honey
‘Fore they miss us we’ll be gone
I’ll already be back in Texas
Workin’ up a fine old time
Chicken fried steak, snakeskin boots
And the biggest car I can find
Drive it on down to the nearest bar
Take my guitar out of its case

Ch.
Ch.

No No No….we don’t do it for the money

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CHEATERS OWN BLUES
The streets are all silent
There’s just you and me
That we ain’t been caught so far
Don’t mean we’re home free
And there’s nothing but cheating songs
Run through my mind
When they said ‘It ain’t easy ‘
Babe, they weren’t lyin’

The night’s close to dyin’
The damage is done
Adios my blue angel
We’ve both got to run
Cryin’ away any traces or clues
We’ll sing us a verse
Of the Cheaters Own Blues

Ch.
It’s a day to day thing
And a night by night feelin’
Feelin’ alright, so goodnight
I’ll see you
On Saturday night
When it’s just me and you
We’ll sing us a verse
Of the Cheaters Own Blues

Solo

Not a can left to kick
Not a dog left to chase
It’s empty and hurtin’
Don’t seem the same place
So I’ll drive by tomorrow
And if you happen along
The motor stays runnin’
‘Cos the hiding goes on

Ch.
Ch.
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HEARTACHE AVENUE
Intro.

‘Scuse me if I tell you
You’re looking fine
Got no business bein’ here
But I don’t mind
There’s a right way and a wrong way
Either one will do
Welcome to Heartache Avenue


It’s just a little different
From the life you’ve known so far
Never mind the weather
It can’t stay this hot for long
They’ll always be a cold front
Closin’ in on you
Here on Heartache Avenue

Solo

It only takes a second
But once it’s been said
You see miles and miles and miles of nothing
Stretchin’ out ahead
And in time you’ll start believing
There’s not a soul but you
Here on Heartache Avenue

Welcome
To Heartache Avenue
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JOHNNY GOTTA RUN
Here comes Johnny back, steppin’ through the door
He’s gotta whole lotta money, he never had before
Somethin’ in his pocket gets the waitress’s attention
It ain’t what you’re thinking, it’s something y’can’t mention
Johnny sees a black and white pulls up short
Johnny gotta run ‘fore Johnny gets caught

Holed up on the East Side, things are getting hot
He sees a white low-rider that’s easy to spot
Paint-job, trim, La Adalita on the hood
She don’t do nothin’, but she sure looks good
Johnny sees a cruiser, comin’ round the block
Johnny gotta run ‘fore Johnny get caught

Buy another six pack, smoke a little weed
Johnny cuts his finger, just to watch it bleed
Rolls another big one from a red tobacco tin
Johnny can’t see ‘em, but he knows they’re closing in
Days kinda draggin’, nerves kinda taut
Johnny gotta run ‘fore Johnny get caught

Solo

Money goin’ faster than a runaway freight
Gotta find a pool hall, hustle up the stakes
He used to have a lucky streak, I wonder where it went
Johnny drop the eight ball, loses ev’ry cent
There’s a pool cue comin’, Johnny better have a plan
Johnny gotta run while Johnny still can

Duckin’ into doorways, Johnny makes a call
Gotta put some time in with that waitress after all
Shuffles in the chilli shop, throws a little grin
Tries to shoot a line, but he knows its pretty thin
But the waitress throws her head back, cracks a little smile
Johnny gotta run, but it won’t be for a while
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SOMEONE TO RELY ON
You were long gone
Anytime she needed you close
Time and again you let her down
When she needed you most
You promised the world
But you never came through
Now a shoulder to cry on
Someone to rely on will do

Now the train’s gone
She’s clickin’ down the platform alone
And there’s nobody waiting
No-one’s gonna take her home
And you think of all the times
It should have been you
Now a shoulder to cry on
Someone to rely on will do

Solo

And you think of the nights
Of not being together
And the lies that you told
And you’re wonderin’ whether
There’s too many pauses
Too many sighs
And you’re caught between the devil
And those deep blue eyes

And that lost look
When you know there’s not a thing left to say
But she learned well
Buddy, this could be your lucky day
‘Cos now, she won’t expect too much from you
Just a shoulder to cry on
Someone to rely on will do

Just a shoulder to cry on
Someone to rely on will do.
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HALF FORGOTTEN TUNES
Runnin’ round in beat up cars
Dancehalls, and a thousand bars
Deserts underneath the stars
And half forgotten tunes
Picture shows instead of school
Growing up to be a fool
Chasing girls and shooting pool
It faded all too soon

Pick up gas we’ve a way to go
Tune to drive-time radio
How come fast livin’ drags so slow
I’m weary and it shows
Separated by a notion
Playing thoughts that can’t be spoken
Mending hearts that were never broken
It’s a living, I suppose

And I never had the sense to know
If I was wrong or if I was right
I’ve a feeling I’m gonna find out tonight

Solo

So back to your place when it ends
Saying ‘Hi’ to all your friends
Knowing that it all depends
On leaving way too soon
Back in town and reminiscing
Give me something I’ve been missing
Sometimes feels like all of this
Is some half forgotten tune

Oh, did I take her for a fool
Or did I treat her right
I’ve a feeling I’m gonna find out tonight

Will I let it all roll by
Or will I treat ‘em right
I’ve a feeling I’m gonna find out tonight
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HEAT OF THE HIGHWAY
How many beacons been blazing a storm up
Then burned out or just blowed away
How many blues, wore clean through their rockin’ shoes
Lay down and called it a day
Who’s been defeated
Out lied and out cheated
Outnumbered, outraged, and out run
Oh, if wishes were all that they’re reckoned to be
I’d be gone

Hit by the heat of the highway tonight
Highway’s a fever, highway’s a home
Highway’s a fighter, leaves you alone
Yes, I’ve been hit by the heat of the highway
And I’m gone

What kind of fever keeps risin’ and runnin’
Never lets up or lets go
What kind of tale could catch up a calm sail
Do nothin’, lay back, and still blow
Who’s gotten lost
Been out-cussed and out-crossed
Out spoken, out lived, and out done
Oh, if wishes were all that they’re reckoned to be
I’d be gone

Hit by the heat of the highway tonight
Highway’s a fever, highway’s a home
Highway’s a fighter, leaves you alone
Yes, I’ve been hit by the heat of the highway
And I’m gone

Solo

Hit by the heat…….etc

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(They Used To Say) TRAIN TIME
They say ‘Last Call’
Where they used to say ‘Train Time’
There’s no singin’ brakeman on the check-in line
This thing flies
It’s twice the size
Of a string of railroad cars
Takes you more than twice as fast
Takes you more than twice as far
Takes you more than twice as far

On a quiet night
Where they used to say ‘Train Time’
You can hear that lonesome whistle
On the check-in line
You can hear that old conductor call
As you taxi out of sight
Someone’s leaving town today
Someone’s crying tonight
Someone’s crying tonight

Solo

Still a heat-haze
On the runways after dark
Landing lights and fireflies
Like smokestack sparks
On a quiet night some endless flight’s
Gonna leave you with a few more scars
You can hear that lonesome whistle still
In any airport bar
In any airport bar

They say ‘Last Call’
Where they used to say ‘Train Time’
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MONTERREY
Intro.

I see you in a red dress
And I hear that old song
See you drinkin’ in cantinas
Looking for all the world like you belong

Oh what a time
We’re gonna have
If you just slip away
One of these nights
I’ll take you to Monterrey

I see you in the barrios
We’ll find someplace to stay
I’ll take you where the heat and the dust
And the hurt and mistrust
Have all blown away

Oh what a time
We’re gonna have
One of these days
One of these nights
I’ll take you to Monterrey

Can you hear the radio
It comes in clear across the border from Mexico
Chances come and chances go
Dry your eyes
Forget the times
He made you feel so low

Oh what a time
We’re gonna have
One of these days
One of these nights
I’ll take you to Monterrey

Solo

Oh what a time we’re gonna have
One of these days
One of these nights I’ll take you to Monterrey

One of these nights, one of these nights
One of these nights I’ll take you to Monterrey

Una de estas noches
Una de estas noches
Una de estas noches, te llevare a Monterrey
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EL SOL QUE TU ERES
Sol redondo y colorado
Come una rueda de cobre
De diario m’estes mirando
De diario me miras pobre

Sol que tu eres
Tan parejo
Para repartir tu luz
Habias de ensenarie al amo
A ser lo mismo que tu

Me miras con al arado
Luego con la rozadera
Una vez en la llanura
Y’ otra vez en la ladera

Sol que tu eres
Tan parejo
Para repartir tu luz
Habias de ensenarie al amo
A ser lo mismo……que tu.
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TEJANO MOON
I feel you calling
From Nuevo Laredo
And all the way out to Big Bend
Calling me home to my old compadres
Shining your light down the road to Del Rio again
Tejano moon
I’m sorry I left you
But maybe this time
You’ll be calling me home for good
Just give me a ride
To anywhere close to the border
Tejano moon
I wish you would

Solo

Los cantos tejanos
Los olvidades
That I loved and I lost with a song
The nights getting cold
There’s nothing to hold me
I’m leaving for where I belong

Tejano moon
I’m sorry I left you
But maybe this time
You’ll be calling me home for good
Just give me a ride
To anywhere close to the border
Tejano Moon
I wish you would

Tejano moon
I wish you would.
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DRINK YOUR DREAMS AWAY
From the day that I first met you
‘Til the day we said goodbye
You had everything you wanted
But you treated me unkind
And I just stood by and let you,
Though I’ve often wondered why
You never realised that hurting you
Was never on my mind
But I sure did want you
I loved you way back then
But you kept on drinkin’
Then hurting me again

Ch.
So it’s the last time you get drug around the dance floor
By someone who swore to love you ev’ry day
Who’d always be a friend to you
But never once intended to
Stand by
And watch you drink your dreams away

Baby’s on the juice again
Can barely keep her feet
And the kid won’t even notice
Long as daddy keeps ‘em sweet
And your so-called friends‘ll
Come around and buy another beer
Your so-called friends tell you
Anything you want to hear
But I sure did want you
But your new friends put you wise
And you kept on drinkin’
And makin’ up new lies…

Ch.

Solo

And you go one drink too far
And you need some stranger telling you
How wonderful you are
Just one more drink, and I’m gone
There’s been too many nights like this
To stand another one

Ch.

Stand by
And let you drink
Your dreams away
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EV’RYTHING I NEED IN YOU
My, didn’t it rain that night
I can’t forget it, try as I might
I was just tryin’ to let you shine
And we’ve both heard lies
Probably both told a few
Both been round the block a time or two
Now’s the time for layin’ it on the line
I know you’ve got your doubts
I can feel ‘em ev’ry time that old bus pulls out
But babe, you’ve got no cause to be so blue
‘Cos I’ve got everything
I need in you

Solo

There’s planes comin’ in
Fightin’ the rain
I’m down here just tryin’ to fight this pain
And all I’m tryin’ to do is make you shine
And we’ve both got things we ain’t done yet
Both done things that we’d sooner forget
We’ve been circling around, now I think it’s time
You wouldn’t look so mystified
If you knew what I was thinking as the miles roll by
That old sunset thinks it’s got me
But it doesn’t have a clue
‘Cos I’ve got ev’rything
I’ve got ev’rything
I’ve got ev’rything I need in you
I’ve got everything I need in you
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CIADAD ACUNA
Watchin’ the moon over Ciadad Acuna
Got the radio on, and they’re playing a tune
But it’s fading, fading away
I’m in the mood for some Sonny Azuna
‘I’m a Fool to Care’, ‘Talk To Me’, ‘Think It Over’
Or maybe ‘Judgement Day’
So twice around the Alamo
That’s the lucky touch I like
Then south towards Del Rio
Where Conjuntos play all night

Ch.

Oh - whad’ya know
I’m back in Del Rio again
Watching the moon
Over Ciadad Acuna again

I’m gonna get me some Carne Guisada
A couple of beers then head for the border
Where cantinas never close
The song on the radio couldn’t be sweeter
Later tonight if I’m lucky I’ll meet her
My sweet Mexicali Rose
And all the senoritas know
How to drive a poor boy wild
The mezcal and tequila flows
Like its going out of style

Ch.

Solo

And all the senoritas know
Just what to do and say
And ev’ry Mexicali Rose
Gets sweeter ev’ry day

Ch.

Ch.

Gonna howl at the moon
Over Ciadad Acuna again.
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WHEREVER YOUR HEART IS
You saw through the tales I’d tell
Couldn’t catch me when I fell
I guess we hid it too damn well
Let’s call the whole thing off

Ev’ybody thinks you’re mine
But they don’t see you when you cry
I guess in just a matter of time
We’ll call the whole thing off

So take care darlin’
Don’t you forget me
I was the one made you smile now and then
Shine on
Wherever your heart is
May your feet still be dancing’
May your dance never end

If you don’t think
This hurts me too
You’re not the one I thought I knew
I guess there’s nothing left to do
But call the whole thing off

Solo

Do you recall those nights you wore
A smile for me
And nothing more
I’ll hold those thoughts just once before
We call the whole thing off

So take care darlin’
Don’t you forget me
I was the one made you smile now and then
Shine on
Wherever your heart is
May your smile be a true one
Your song be a new one
May it sometimes remind you
May your road never end
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BORDER GUITARS
Under a big sky
By the light of a Texas moon
We drove the back roads to Laredo
Tryin’ to shake these London blues

In a hotel by the Rio Grande
We made plans and passed some time
A border song came on the radio
I swear a tear came to your eye

When the sun shone on Laredo
It shone on you and me
But that sun has finally gone down
I guess that’s how it has to be

You held a blue cross
I could feel it touch your soul
Just to see you smiling in Laredo
If this heart’s got wheels….
…’Let ‘em roll..

We never made it down to Monterrey
But I never thought we’d get this far
We caught the sunset and made promises
Listening to the Border Guitars

And at Christmas each year
Jesus y Maria
Will touch you
Wherever you are
And you’ll think of the time
On the borderline
And remember those Border Guitars

Solo

And at Christmas each year…………..etc

Under a big sky
By the light of a million stars
You swore you loved me
You just loved those Border Guitars.
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BLUE BLUE NIGHT
When that feelin’ fades again
A broken arrow that won’t mend
Empty echoes down the hall
Faded spaces on the wall
And it all
Seems so sad….but then
I remember when we used to drive through the night
Cross the desert watch the sun become neon light
I remember Mexico
It’s a long long way to go
Into the Blue Blue Night
The Blue Blue Night

If there’s a right time
I don’t think its now
I guess
There’s not a right time anyhow
On your word I could depend
But broken dreams can never mend
And it all
Hurts so bad……but then
I remember every turn our journey would take
Every mile every smile and every mistake
I remember Mexico
It’s a long long way to go
Into the Blue Blue Night
The Blue Blue Night

Solo

When my guitar gets the blues
And all it plays is ‘Born To Lose’
I remember Mexico
It’s a long long time ago
And it all….felt so right
Yes it all…….felt so right
Then it all turned into a Blue Blue Night
A Blue Blue Night.
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GHOST OF DALE WATKINS
I’ve just seen the Ghost of Dale Watkins
Somewhere around Barton Springs
All dressed up in denim, Friday night boots
Checkin’ the dancers while Jerry Jeff sings
Somewhere round the old Armadillo
He don’t let just anyone through
He’ll just stop ‘em and say
‘Hi there, my name is Dale
So who in the hell are you?’

I’ve just seen the Ghost of Dale Watkins
I believe Steady Freddie did too
We were drinkin’ and talkin’ , rollin’ the dice
Stayed up all night, ‘til the daylight came through
Then he took off to tend to his chillis
All lined up in rows in his yard
Then he hung out around Barton Springs for a while
Round the diners, the clubs, and the bars

Who knows where the time goes
Which way the wind blows
Who knows what tomorrow might bring
Yes, I’ve just seen the Ghost of Dale Watkins
Somewhere around Barton Springs

I’ve just seen the Ghost of Dale Watkins
Seems another good cowboy has gone
They’ll be nowhere to ramble, nowhere to ride
So get the Gonzo Compadres to sing one last song
It’s nothing but bad news from Austin
Seems I’m losin’ my friends one by one
We should all get together and take one last ride
Yes, another good cowboy has gone

Who knows where the time goes
Which way the wind blow
Who knows what tomorrow might bring
Yes, I’ve just seen the Ghost of Dale Watkins
Somewhere around Barton Springs.

I’ve just seen the Ghost of Dale Watkins
Somewhere around Barton Springs
All dressed up in denim, Friday night boots
Checkin’ the dancers while Jerry Jeff sings
Somewhere round the old Armadillo
He don’t let just anyone through
He’ll just stop ‘em and say
‘Hi there, my name is Dale
So who in the hell are you?’

I’ve just seen the Ghost of Dale Watkins
I believe Steady Freddie did too
We were drinkin’ and talkin’ , rollin’ the dice
Stayed up all night, ‘til the daylight came through
Then he took off to tend to his chillis
All lined up in rows in his yard
Then he hung out around Barton Springs for a while
Round the diners, the clubs, and the bars

Who knows where the time goes
Which way the wind blows
Who knows what tomorrow might bring
Yes, I’ve just seen the Ghost of Dale Watkins
Somewhere around Barton Springs

I’ve just seen the Ghost of Dale Watkins
Seems another good cowboy has gone
They’ll be nowhere to ramble, nowhere to ride
So get the Gonzo Compadres to sing one last song
It’s nothing but bad news from Austin
Seems I’m losin’ my friends one by one
We should all get together and take one last ride
Yes, another good cowboy has gone

Who knows where the time goes
Which way the wind blow
Who knows what tomorrow might bring
Yes, I’ve just seen the Ghost of Dale Watkins
Somewhere around Barton Springs.
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TEXAS # 2
Pt.1 TALPA
Roxy : Write the thing down before it’s all gone

Roxy : Grandma Bodell, my great Grandmother, got married when she was fourteen, she was a Choctaw Indian, came to Texas in a covered wagon.

Grandma: ….soon as that tree fell into that tank, us kids got into that tank….and I got a big ole footboard and I lay across it and kicked……well, it floated out from under me one day and I went to swimmin’….and that’s how I learned to swim, that ole board floated out and I just went off….and we went on that trip to Arkansas and Missouri and all in there, I said I was gonna go in ever river, but oh I was young then…..So we stopped at a lot of ‘em and well, we stopped at one river in Missouri and I said….’Well , I’m gonna swim ever day’…..Well, it was runnin’ and I got in it, and I swimmed down the stream and I thought …’ oooh I’ve improved on swimming goin down the stream, … but when I started back I hadn’t improved a bit….

Roxy : And then…..there’s when…..everybody in Talpa got arrested!

Grandma : He’d call after lessons, you know, after school, and told me, he said ‘Grandma, always have me a great big ole bowl of potato fries’….and I did, didn’t I?….he’d come back and he’d eat potato fries and ketchup…..always wanted potatos.

Grandma : Granpa tried, we couldn’t get him to look at a thing, we’d try to see something pretty and he wouldn’t look at it…..he was drawin’ ….he had art on his mind then.

Roxy : So Grandma Bodell made butter, raised chickens, took the farm wagon to town to sell butter and eggs……..In the late twenties……she’d always bring home … a Jimmie Rodgers record.
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TEXAS # 2
Pt.2 25 YEARS ON
Up here on Bead Mountain
Time stands still
It ain’t much of a mountain
It’s just a little hill
But the ghosts of West Texas
Cry out across the plains
Long gone Comanches
Long freight trains

Close my eyes I still see Judy
Ridin’ like the wind
Hear Roxy telling stories
You hoped would never end
And Grandma tellin’
How she came out here by wagon train
And since they brought the highway through
It ain’t been quite the same

Ev’ry year about this time
The Cleechie pit runs dry
And me…..I’m killin’ beer cans
With a …45
I got ‘em all lined up
Along a dried out mesquite bow
And Roxy sez ..’By God Wes
That beer can’s gotta be the safest thing in Texas
Right now!’

Ch.
So long Louise
Rest easy Roxy
Your words will live forever, on the West Texas wind
Say ‘Hi’ to Townes and Doug and Dale
And keep that campfire burning
Keep that campfire burning…..until we meet again

Solo

Up here on Bead Mountain, I’m looking’ back
I remember ridin’ in that long red Cadillac
I can still here Grandma’s voice
And the stories she’d recall
Like how she’d seen Cole Younger once
In the Talpa general store

Ch.

Up here on Bead Mountain staring at the sky
Sometimes time can just stand still
Sometimes it just flies by
Now the campfire’s down to ashes
And the nights are long and cold
And there’s only me and Judy
Wonderin’ how we got this old

So, so long Louise
Rest easy Roxy
Your words will live forever, on the West Texas wind
Say ‘Hi’ to Townes and Doug and Dale
And keep that campfire burning
Keep that campfire burning, until we meet again

And they all loved Jimmie Rodgers
They all loved Western Swing
Drive for miles on a Saturday night
To hear Tommy Duncan sing…….
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ENDLESS ROAD
Hello there, how’ve you been
What’cha been doin’ since I last stopped in
I hope you’ve been having more fun than the law will allow
Well me, I’ve been away from home
From the South of France to San Antone
Doin’ the only thing that I know how

Ch.
Singing one for the dancing
One to make ‘em cry
One that everybody thinks they know
One I wrote a long time ago
I musta sung a million times
Then it’s time to tear down this rig
And get back on the Endless Road

So grab your partner
Hold on tight
This could turn into one of those nights
Kick back, and head for the heart of the song
Win some…lose a few
Don’t worry, I’ve done this a time or two
An’ if y’all about ready
We can move this thing along

Ch.

Solo

And the Endless Road goes on and on
You only stay with it for the sake of the song
And ev’ry now and then you might think of somebody
Back home who could treat you right
But the Endless Road just stretches out of sight

So pull over, find a phone
Get a coffee and a copy of the ‘Rolling Stone’
See which one of my buddies got a brand new song
I keep hearin’ it’s my turn next
It’s been twenty years comin’ I wouldn’t make any bets
I think I’d better just keep on keeping on

Ch.
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TOO HIGH TO SING THE BLUES
I wanna play those low down dirty blue notes all night long
But when I try to pay my dues
It seems like nothing will go wrong
It don’t matter what I do
I get too high to sing the blues

Ch.
(I’m too high to sing the blues )
Can’t tell what its comin’ to
(I’m too high to sing the blues)
I can’t tell what it’s comin’ to
It don’t matter what I do
I get too high to sing the blues

Solo

I could sing them soulful songs, but I can’t get a start
My woman plain refuses
To lie or cheat or break my heart
It don’t matter what I do
I get too high to sing the blues

Ch.

Solo

How’m I s’posed to testify, get down and feel the pain
When I’ve got everything I need
Fast cars, fast women, fortune, fame
I’m inclined to take the view
I’m just too high to sing the blues

Ch.

Solo

I don’t care for all those things go down before mid-day
It’s unlikely that I’ll wake up
Pack my suitcase, make my getaway
I am rarely up by noon
I stay too high to sing the blues

Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
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GET YOUR FEET FROM UNDER MY TABLE
I barely remember half of the things she said
But one little sentence, one little phrase, kinda stuck in my head
The reason it got my attention wasn’t hard to explain
She just kept saying it over and over and over and over and over again

Ch.
Get your feet from under my table
Get your boots from under my bed
Get your feet from under my table
Get your boots from under my bed
This time you’ve really done it
This time you’ve gone too far

Take your records, your books, and all of your stuff
But leave me the keys to you car

I wouldn’t have caught it so bad but she hit me at dawn
The bitch snuck up and jumped me ‘fore the battle lines were drawn
I stood my ground and tried to arguefy my case
When an unforgettable bout of amnesia…
………confused both the time and the place

Ch.

Take your records your books and all of your stuff
And all of them damn guitars

Solo

Now what in the world had happened to start the whole thing off
It couldn’t’ve been the mood she was in ‘cos the screamin’ had stopped
I knew that I was out of here it was only a matter of when
But she kept saying it over and over and over and over and over again

Ch.

Take your records your books and all of your stuff
But leave me the keys to your car

Ch.

Take your records your books and all of your stuff
And all of them damn guitars
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BURY ME (Under The Honky Tonk Floor)
Those old songs just get better
As the years go rollin’ by
But there’s days I can’t recall a single one
And why oh why, after all this time
Would I even want to try
Too tired to care
Too old to move on

Ch.
But I can’t fight it
And I wouldn’t want to
Not a thing to hang on to
No pride left to save
‘N if you don’t like it
And you’ve got a mind to make me pay
Just bury me under the honky tonk floor
Let the cowboys dance on my grave

Solo

Well, it’s closing time
And I’m too tired
To find my way back home
I’m out here
With the fighters and the fools
And pretty soon
Some low down sorry soul , I used to know
Will be telling me
How this life
Can be so cruel

Ch.

Ch.
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BOYS IN THE BAND
(Taught the girl how t’Boogie)
Why’d she do that
What makes her so wild
What makes her do those crazy things
What gives her so much style
(She used to be the cream of the cheerleader team)
‘Til she found out
(‘bout the boogie)
(‘bout the boogie)
She took a chainsaw to her daddy’s limousine
That she two-stepped all the way from Texarcan to Abilene
And I wanna know why
(The boys in the band taught the girl how t’boogie)
(The boys in the band taught the girl how t’boogie)

So, how’d she do that
How come she’s alright
Why ain’t she bitchin’ in some kitchen
Really itchin’ for a fight
(She used to be the cream of the cheerleader team)
Until she found out
(‘bout the boogie)
(‘bout the boogie)
She stole a motorcycle started drinkin’ kerosene
Then she two stepped all the way from Texarcan to Abilene
And I wanna know why
(The boys in the band taught the girl how t’ boogie)
(The boys in the band taught the girl how t’boogie)

Solo

Until she found out how t’boogie
She was just a hometown kid
Then she found out how t’boogie
Just like the boys in the band all did

Now, ain’t she something
Ain’t she got some style
Lets give the boys in the band a hand
For makin’ her so wild
(She used to be the cream of the cheerleader team)
‘Til she found out
(About the boogie one night)
(About the boogie one night)
Messed up all her pretty dresses
Bought a pair of ice blue jeans
Then she two stepped all the way from Texarcan to Abilene
And I wanna know why
(The boys in the band taught the girl how t’boogie)
(The boys in the band taught the girl how t’boogie…………)
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FUNNY WHERE THE TIME GOES
Ch:- Ain’t it funny where the time goes
When you let it roll along
Ain’t it funny what you do when there ain’t nothing’ doin’
Oh, oh it won’t be funny for long

Thirteen and at a loose end
Time to find a new friend
Thought it’s time to get me in a little bit of trouble…
…and I did
Mama said ‘I told you so!’ and ‘You oughta know better’
…and I did
‘What’s the matter with your head son?’
I just can’t find nothing’ worth thr doin’
‘What’s the matter with your head son?’
I believe it’s time that I was goin’…movin’ along.

Ch:-

Twenty-four and here we go again
Got trouble with a lady friend
My wife ain’t impressed, well I never thought she knew it..
…but she did
She said ‘You got it comin’ ‘fore you get much older’
…and I did
Yeah I got it from all sides
And my Mama did some more ‘I told you soin’’
Yeah I got it from all sides, I think it’s time that I was goin’
…movin’ along

Ch:-
Solo
Ch:-

Thirty-five and still getting’ by
I got trouble of a different kind
Don’t be foolin’ with me now, I got things I should be doin’…
…and I did
You know y’ Grandpas stoned and he’s tryin’ to get ready for a gig
Get your fingers off my guitar
If you think you’re gonna wanna keep on growin’
Get your fingers off my guitar
Kid, I believe it’s time that you were goin’…
…movin’ along

Ch:-
Ch:-
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IT’S NO USE BEIN’ A FAST DRAW
(If Y’Can’t Shoot Straight)
Don’t seem right
Holdin’ you tight
I don’t mind
But your old man might
I got this feelin’
They’ll be somethin’ comin’ down
Like a shotgun wedding on the other side of town

Here he comes
Like I knew he would
I better blow town
While the goin’s good
You’ll miss me honey
And I’ll miss you
But your Pappa’s goin’ crazy ‘cos he missed me too

Ch:- It’s no use gettin’ mad
‘Cos y’can’t get an even break
It’s no use bein’ a fast draw
If y’can’t shoot straight

I scare
Easily
So please don’t point
That thing at me
I gets worried
I gets nervous too
‘Cos it just might be about as loaded as you
I get the shakes
My heart starts jumpin’
I feel guilty
Like I shoulda done somethin’
And all the while
I’m a-thinkin’ to myself
‘Keep your head down son, and hope he gets someone else

Ch:-

Now, I’m just
Passin’ through
I don’t see things
The way your old man do
I got this feelin’
That there’s something’ comin’ down
And he’s got it in for me
And I don’t wanna be around
I get the shakes
My heart starts jumpin’
I feel guilty
Like I shoulda done somethin’
And all the while
I’m a-thinkin’ to myself
Keep your head down son
And hope he gets someone else

Ch:- Ch:-
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1000 WAYS TO BE BAD
One heart’s
Enough
For you
You say only a fool would think
That any other way would do
But if that’s all you wanted
If that’s what you had
You wouldn’t be trying to find
A thousand ways to be bad

And another
Still morning
Rolls round
We wake up holding each other
And you tell me it’s the best thing you’ve found
But if that’s all you wanted
If that’s what you had
You wouldn’t be trying to find
A thousand ways to be bad

You’ve got nothing to lose
Did you ever stop and wonder why
All you want to do
Is drink this county dry
And when you’ve talked too much
And made somebody sad
You’ve still got to find
Nine hundred and ninety nine ways to be bad

Solo

You’ve got nothing to lose………etc

You’re drunk
Again
I’ll drive
You couldn’t hurt any more than you do
Even if you tried
But if that’s how you want it
If that’s the best you can do
I’ll have to start trying to find
A thousand ways I can be bad to you

If that’s all you wanted
If that’s what you had
You wouldn’t be trying to find
A thousand ways to be bad.
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NEW BLUE STONE II
I’m leaving tonight on a jet plane
I’ll be high above the clouds when you get home
The stars look fine tonight
And I think I’ll be alright
I’ve got a New Blue Stone

And I’ll float on the breath of an angel
While those crystal cities sparkle down below
Could be flying out to sea
But that don’t bother me
I’ve got a New Blue Stone

Solo

And the airport is quiet
And there’s not a soul around
And I don’t really care
If we get back on the ground

‘Cos I’m leaving tonight
I’ll be out here on my own
I’ve got a New Blue Stone
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I WOULDN’T THINK TWICE
I’ve no use for champagne
The sparkle’s not there anymore
Moonlight and sad songs
Don’t hardly help me at all
Ev’ry once in a while
There’s a memory that cuts like a knife
But if the chance came to start it all over
I wouldn’t think twice

When I tore down those pictures
For the sake of old times I kept one
And there’s times when I still can’t believe
That it’s finally done
And despite all the warnings
The signs, and the friendly advice
If the chance came to start it all over
I wouldn’t think twice

Solo

I’m not one of life’s perfect losers
So lets not pretend
Love is a gamble, a game
To be played to an end

It’s no more than the turn of a card
Or the roll of a dice
And if the chance came to start it all over
I wouldn’t think twice

Yes, if the chance came to start it all over
I wouldn’t think twice
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GIMME SOME OF THAT
Well if I see something
Looks pretty hot
I gotta have it if I need it or not
Gimme some of that, gimme some of that

I’m going to the carpool
Take a look around
See a yellow Cadillac with the shocks cut down
Gimme some of that, gimme some of that

There’s a blond in a red car
Checkin’ where I am
Well I bet money she’s a rock n’ roll fan
Gimme some of that, gimme some of that

I see a dark blue Jaguar
There it goes again
What I wouldn’t give to be drivin’ one of them
Gimme some of that, gimme some of that

Ch.
Gimme some of that
Gimme some of that
‘Cos I know that everybody
Gonna want a little something that they’re never gonna get
Ev’rybody wants it, ev’rybody needs it
They all stand waitin’ but it ain’t come yet
Gimme some of that

Solo

Jimmy wants Candy
But he dresses in a suit
But Candy wants a cowboy wearin’ alligator boots
Gimme some of that

Jenny knew a gambler
Never lost a bet
Five’ll get you ten she’s got her own Lear Jet
Gimme some of that

Ch.

Lisa got a little groove shack
It’s oh - so - cool
It’s got thirty seven rooms a Jacuzzi and a pool
Gimme some of that

Well I’m easy goin’
I don’t ask for much
Just five star service with the personal touch
Gimme some of that

Ch.
Ch:-
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WHISKY IS MY DRIVER
I’ve just had my first drink of the morning
And so far, I don’t feel that bad at all
But by ten o’clock tonight
It’s gonna be a different story
And come midnight
It won’t matter any more

I’ve got my hands off the wheel
And whisky is my driver
Whisky is my driver
But I still get home alive
Someone’s got it in for me
But someone’s looking out for me
While whisky is my driver
Somehow I’ll survive

Solo

You just ran clean out of second chances
It’s no use now expecting me to crawl
‘Cos by ten o’clock tonight
I’ll hardly stop to think about it
And come midnight
I won’t remember you at all

I’ve got my hands off the wheel
And whisky is my driver
Whisky is my driver
But I still get home alive
Someone’s got it in for me
But someone’s looking out for me
While whisky is my driver
Somehow I’ll survive
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LONG NIGHTS AND BANJO MUSIC
Bright eyes
They’re not just to help you see
You’ve got bright eyes to help you talk to me
Long Nights and Banjo Music
Keep you close to me

It’s no crime
To miss somebody, and I do
Or need to need somebody missing you
Long Nights and Banjo Music
And a drink or two

But I ain’t too good at writing letters
Find it hard to speak my mind
I have difficulty being me
Then I see you
And it all seems fine

We’ll find
A time to drift, a time to row
A time to learn, we’ll find the time to grow
Long nights, and fancy pickin’
On a busted old banjo
And the music
And the laughing
Can be heard three floors below

Solo

But I ain’t too good at writing letters
Find it hard to speak my mind
I have difficulty being me
Then I see you
And it all seems fine
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Happy Anniversary
Wherever you are
You said that time would get me through
But I ain’t come too far
I know you’re with your new friend now
And that’s alright I guess
I just hope that you leave that sucker
In the same kind of worthless mess

And I know you can do it
You don’t have to try
‘Cos you’re already the world record holder
In living a lie
And I know you can do it
And you do it so well
You really know how to put somebody
Through a living hell
So Happy Anniversary
From someone you once knew
Someone you left burned out bitter and blue
From just thinking of you

Solo

Happy Anniversary
From somewhere down the line
I really wish I could laugh about it
And pretend I was doing fine
Your new friend’s gonna find out soon
You’re just a breeze that comes and goes
And a lonely heart
Can be torn apart
By the thorns on a desert rose

And I know you can do it
You don’t have to try
‘Cos you’re already the world record holder
In living a lie
And I know you can do it
And you do it so well
You really know how to put somebody
Through a living hell
So Happy Anniversary
Take a drink for old times sake
I know you’re busy
With a brand new heart to break
Another world to shake.
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ANGEL DRESSED IN BLACK
One life over
Another one starting
That’s how it’s planned
One life leaves
With a piece of your heart in her hand

One dream dies
And another slips by
One you can’t recall
Just wish you hadn’t opened your eyes
After all

Ch.
One breath and it’s over
There’s no going back
And the angel watching over me
Got all dressed up in black

One star dying
And it’s still getting darker
Watching it fade
Still hanging
On a chance remark that you made

Ch.

Solo

Fade to black
Standing alone
So still -- I can feel the chill
Cutting me to the bone
And the angel watching over me
Is calling me home

One life over
Another one starting
Ashes and dust
If that’s life
That’s the one thing you know you can’t trust

Lay down easy
There’s no rest coming
Still looking back
And the angel watching over me
Got all dressed up in black
Yes the angel watching over me
Got all dressed up in black…………
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MOON ON THE BRAZOS
I see some faces I’ve seen here before
And I’ve made some new friends tonight, that’s for sure
But there’s someone I’m waiting on, just never shows
Now the bartenders wanting to close

And the Moon on the Brazos is shining
I’m standing under this light
Singing my songs, and carrying on
Oh, I wish she could see me tonight

We pulled out some good ‘uns , ‘bout tore up the place
And most folks who left here, had a grin on their face
But I’m missing someone’s particular smile
She ain’t been around in a while

And the moon on the Brazos is shining
I’m standing under this light
Singing my songs and carrying on
Oh, I wish she could see me tonight

She stuck by my sorry ass
Through thick and thin
Mostly thin
And I’ll never know how
Without her beside me
Without her to guide me
Well I wouldn’t be standing here now
And the Moon on the Brazos goes down

So thanks for coming, you treated us good
I struggled through it the best that I could
Trying not to wonder what she’s doing tonight
And wishing I’d treated her right

And the Moon on the Brazos is shining
But I’m standing under this light
Singing my songs and carrying on
Oh, I wish she could see me tonight

The Moon on the Brazos is shining
And it sure throws a beautiful light
Adios, mi amigos, stay loose and be lucky
It’s sure been a hell of a night
But I wish she’d’ve been here
…Thanks….and goodnight…..
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