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Aunt Avis
04:23
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AUNT AVIS
Vic Chesnutt
Help me mama, for I have grinned
Save me daddy from where I'm goin'
Call out to me from the ages beyond
Help me remember how to be good
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
How to remember how to be good
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
Help me granddaddy to see the swans
Strike me granny with your golden palm
Teach me now what I could never learn before
How to remember how to be good
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
How to remember how to be good
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
Teach me Great Uncle to hear the talk
Show me Aunt Avis with your ageless chalk
Scratch it out for me on my cloudy retina
How to remember how to be good
How to continue when I know I really shouldn't
How to remember how to be good
How to continue when I know I really shouldn't
How to remember how to be good
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
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Gasoline And Matches
03:10
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GASOLINE AND MATCHES
Buddy and Julie Miller
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Listen what I say
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Let me have my way
I'm gonna keep on knockin' 'til the door unlatches
You and me are gasoline and matches
Baby, baby, baby, baby
When it's cold and dark
Baby, baby, you make me
You make me feel a spark
Yeah, I feel a spark and the fire catches
You and me are gasoline and matches
You pull my pin and ya trip my wire
You come in and set my heart on fire
Knock me out, you rock me off my axis
You and me are gasoline and matches
Baby, baby, baby, baby
When you make your move
Baby, baby, baby, baby
I can feel your groove
The resistance of a strong-willed man's in ashes
You and me are gasoline and matches
You pull my pin and ya trip my wire
You come in and set my heart on fire
Knock me out, you rock me off my axis
You and me
You and me
Baby, I'm incarcerated and I don't want out
Baby, we should get related 'cause there ain't no doubt
When your heart and my heart attaches
You and me are gasoline and matches
You and me are gasoline and matches
You and me are gasoline and matches
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Tenth Grade
03:45
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TENTH GRADE
Michael Cerveris
I wish you had a locker somewhere
I want to write you notes and fold them like triangles
I want to ask your friends to ask you if you’ll go out with me
I’ll try to look cool if they say yes, cause
You make me feel like I’m in Tenth Grade
You make me feel like starting over again
I want to spend my mornings hoping I’ll pass you in the hall
I want to eat lunch wondering where you’ll sit
I want afternoons defending you in dodgeball
I want to walk you home the shorter way down by the levee wall, cause
You make me feel like I’m in Tenth Grade
You make me feel like starting over again
I want to actually care which jeans I put on
and how my hair’s brushed
I want to write your name on my shoes
I want to know that no one’s ever felt like this before.
And how could they because there’s never ever been someone as beautiful as you who liked me
You make me feel like I’m in Tenth Grade
You make me feel like starting over again
You make me feel like I’m in Tenth Grade
You make me feel like starting over again
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West Virginia
05:35
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WEST VIRGINIA
Judith Avers
Saw her on the street
Hair down, bags at her feet
Twenty years of mopping up the messes
Have left with her with
Callouses and stains on all her dresses and
No one noticed
And she said I’m Vegas baby turn me off
I’m New York City and I can’t keep up
I’ve done all I can do
Put up a good fight
I wanna be West Virginia tonight
She brushed back her hair
Blind eyes and a smile barely there
All the years of waiting around for something
Have left her
Debating nothing no longer wondering why
No one noticed
And she said I’m Vegas baby turn me off
I’m New York City and I can’t keep up
I’ve done all I can do
Put up a good fight
I wanna be West Virginia tonight
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5. |
Sidewalk Chicken
04:29
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SIDEWALK CHICKEN
Michael Cerveris
My dog she’s a hungry girl
Best damn dog in the whole damn world
Go walking in the neighborhood
Get to the corner and it’s understood
Nose to the ground ‘cause she knows she’ll find
Something tasty been left behind
It’s that sidewalk chicken
Sidewalk chicken
Finger lickin’
Sidewalk chicken
You know it’s greasy, you know it’s no good
Know when you’re done, well it’s understood it’s
Sidewalk chicken
Oh yeah
I know a girl from around the way
Take what she wants and throws the rest away
Don’t bother to apologize
You give her love, she tries it on for size
So sad, sorry to say
I knew that girl from around the way
She likes the sidewalk chicken
Sidewalk chicken
Timebomb tickin’
Sidewalk chicken
You know it’s greasy, you know it’s no good
Know when you’re done, well it’s understood that it’s
Sidewalk chicken
Oh yes oh yeah
Get up, you gotta get in line
Gotta get your bite of that daily grind
Government feeding you lies and fear
Jesus hanging from the rear view mirror
Too many folks being left behind
Hunting for scraps like that dog of mine
For that sidewalk chicken
Sidewalk chicken
Cold and sickenin’
Sidewalk chicken
Know it’s easy, you know it’s no good
But when it’s done, well it’s understood
It’s sidewalk chicken
Sidewalk chicken
Finger lickin’
Sidewalk chicken
Rich man wants everything you own
Takes the meat and gives you the bone
You’re just sidewalk chicken
Eat up
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6. |
Filling Space
03:54
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FILLING SPACE
Derek Gregor, Eric Krop, Selda Sahin
I don’t need to know
Where you’re from.
Don’t tell me your name.
I don’t need to know
If our reasons for ending up here are the same.
We’re all looking for ways to get back
What we can’t replace.
We’re just filling space.
Sometimes the one thing we want
Is the thing that we lose.
Sometimes we’re forced to make choices
When we weren’t ready to choose.
So we try to find things that got lost
In some other face.
We’re just filling space.
Pick me up, Take me in,
Hear my breath, Feel my skin,
Be loud, Break a sweat.
Maybe I can make you
Remind me of things that we came to forget
Sometimes we’re looking for lies
That we know aren’t true.
Sometimes we just need to do
What we’re pretty sure we shouldn’t do.
Sometimes we know we should call it a night,
But we don’t just in case.
We’re just filling space.
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7. |
Redneck Blue Collar
04:13
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REDNECK BLUE COLLAR
Bob Frank
The rock upon which this proud nation stands
From sea to shining sea, they built it with their hands
Never compensated for the love that they have shown
Can’t hardly pay for anything they own
Redneck, blue collar, paycheck, a few dollars
You can wave old glory, but it’s the same old story
Now they don’t like to talk a lot, they don’t really care
They just want to do their job and get on out of there
Six pack in the pick-up and bait in the boat
Take em to the cleaners when it’s time to vote
Redneck, blue collar, paycheck, a few dollars
You can wave old glory, but it’s the same old story
Over snowcapped mountains down a rocky precipice
Drop off a thousand feet into a deep abyss
Hydro electric hooked up to the grid
Somebody had to. Somebody did.
Redneck, blue collar, paycheck, a few dollars
You can wave old glory, but it’s the same old story
Now put em in the front line and let em take the hit
They’re strong on heart, lord knows they’re long on grit
Just tell em it’s for mama, that’s all that is required
They’ll be your dog, walk straight into the fire
Redneck, blue collar, paycheck, a few dollars
You can wave old glory, but it’s the same old story
Redneck, blue collar, paycheck, a few dollars
You can wave old glory, but it’s the same old story
Last page old age, dinner and a plaque
Shake em by the hand and slap em on the back
Then set em on the sideline and let em fade away
Wouldn’t want to have it any other way.
Redneck, blue collar, paycheck, a few dollars
You can wave old glory, but it’s the same old story
You can wave old glory, but it’s the same old story
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8. |
Get Downtown
03:26
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GET DOWNTOWN
Mike Cooley
Kim said, "Jimmy, you better get yourself
Up off of that raggedy couch
I'm too pretty to work
And I'm tired of you uglying up my house"
Jimmy said, "Baby, the guys at the top
Are doing bad as the guys on the street"
Kim said, "The guys at the top ain't about
To be paying alimony to me"
Said get downtown, see what you can find
Put your face in someone's that ain't mine
Looks like them unemployment blues
Are wearing out your house shoes
“Baby” left when your boots came untied
Jimmy said, "Baby, ain't you seen the news
It's as far as the eyes can see
Foreigners are coming in and doing our jobs
For half of what they woulda paid me"
You mean half of what you woulda made
For something you've never done
Sounds like the bright side to all this
Jimmy is you're asking price went up
Now get downtown, see what you can find
Put your face in someone's that ain't mine
Looks like them unemployment blues
Are wearing out your house shoes
“Baby” left when your boots came untied
Jimmy said, "Baby, if I work for your daddy
It's worse than being his son"
Kim didn't like what he said one bit
And it didn't surprise him none
She said, "My daddy took good enough care of my mama
She hardly had to say a thing"
Jimmy said, "That's part of what's wrong"
Kim said, "Don't say another damn thing"
Just get downtown, see what you can find
Put your face in someone's that ain't mine
Looks like them unemployment blues
Are wearing out your house shoes
“Baby” left when your boots came untied
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9. |
Down
05:15
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DOWN
Kimberly Kaye and Michael Cerveris
Been walking by places that we used to know
Dropping seeds, and begging them to grow
I’m not yours, and you’re not mine
But we’ve always been intertwined
I’m pulling weeds and reaping what we’ve sown
You’ve been down down down down
Down down down down low
We’ve been down down down down
Down down down, oh how far can we go?
Where do we go?
You’re back inside someplace you left years ago
Locked away by one more last low blow
You’re dropping hints, and hiding lies
And running from the hows and whys
Your heavy silence, screaming you can’t fly
You’ve been down down down down
Down down down down low
We’ve been down down down down
Down down down, oh how far can we go?
In dirt, down on my knees
Stand on me to climb out please
All my love won’t keep me buried here
I hate it here
The sun that warms this place passes us by
This town’s a grave with shadows where we hide
But I need air, and you need wild
Love, we’re both creatures of the light
We don’t belong where things can only die
You’ve been down down down down
Down down down down low
We’ve been down down down down
Down down down down low
You’ve been down down down down
Down down down down low
We’ve been down down down down
Down down down
This is as far as I go
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10. |
He's Old She's High
02:40
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HE’S OLD SHE’S HIGH
Paul Sanchez
He likes sippin’ on whiskey
She likes suckin’ on a joint
She insists on livin’ risky
He lives life by appointment
Still she wants him with her
And both of them know why
They’ll never part, ‘cause in their hearts
She knows he’s old, and he knows she’s high
He loves his Dolly Parton
She digs her Ceelo Green
She blossoms in the sunshine
At nighttime he’s her mean machine
They go good together
They make each other sigh
They’ll never part, ‘cause in their hearts
She knows he’s old, and he knows she’s high
They both get forgetful for reasons of their own
Then again, balance is the secret to a happy home
Sometimes he’ll catch her slippin’
So he throws her a bowl and a bone
And as he sits there sippin’
She says, “He’s drunk, but at least he’s home”
If it’s true love has wings
Then both of them can fly
They’ll never part, ‘cause in their hearts
She knows he’s old, and he knows she’s high
They’ll never part, ‘cause in their hearts
She knows he’s old, and he knows she’s high
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11. |
F*ck You Jolene
04:12
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F*CK YOU JOLENE
Dolly Parton/ Ari Levine, Christopher Brown, Peter Hernandez, Philip Lawrence, Thomas Callaway
arrangement by Michael Cerveris and Kimberly Kaye
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I’m begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can
Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Your smile is like a breath of spring
Your voice is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you, Jolene
I see you driving 'round town
With the girl I love and I’m like,
Fuck you! Oo, oo, ooo
I guess the change in my pocket
Wasn't enough I’m like,
Fuck you! And fuck her too!
I said, if I was richer, I’d still be with ya
Ha, now ain't that some shit? (ain't that some shit?)
And although there's pain in my chest
I still wish you the best with a...
Fuck you! Oo, oo, ooo
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I’m begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can
You could have your choice of men
But I could never love again
He’s the only one for me, Jolene
I had to have this talk with you
My happiness depends on you
And whatever you decide to do, Jolene
Yeah I’m sorry, I can't afford a Ferrari,
But that don't mean I can't get you there.
I guess he's an xbox and I’m more Atari,
But the way you play your game ain't fair.
I pity the fool that falls in love with you (oh shit she's a gold digger)
Well (just thought you should know, baby)
Ooooooh I've got some news for you
You go run and tell your little boyfriend
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I’m begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him even though you can
Jolene, Jolene
Now baby, baby, baby, why d'you wanna wanna hurt me so bad? (so bad, so bad, so bad)
I tried to tell my mamma but she told me "this is one for your dad" (your dad, your dad, your dad) Uh! Whhhy? Uh! Whhhy? Uh! Whhhy lady? Oh! I love you oh! I still love you. Oooh!
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Fuck You
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Fuck You
Jolene
Fuck You
Jolene
Fuck You…
Jolene
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Jazz Fest in New Orleans and on tour throughout Louisiana and New York City, confounding expectations and moving audiences all the way to the bar and back again.
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