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Paid By The Lick
04:07
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Been tryin’ to make a livin’ just as best as I can
But I was never cut out to be a company man
I’m followin’ leads all over town
I always know what’s goin’ down
I play guitar that’s how I get my kicks
The business I’m in I get paid by the lick
Been workin’ my fingers down to the bone
Workin’ hard for you girl to bring it all home
Nights and weekends right up my line
I’m getting’ plenty of calls I’m workin’ overtime
I play guitar that’s how I get my kicks
The business I’m in I get paid by the lick
Now I Never fret about bein’ the best
I just show up I’ll figure out the rest
Punchin’ in and punchin’ out
I think you know what I’m talkin’ about
I play guitar that’s how I get my kicks
The business I’m in I get paid by the lick
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Well I’m havin’ some trouble in my life
Ain’t had no good news in such a long time
Kinda feels like I’m losin’ my edge
I’m even havin’ trouble getting’ out of bed
You got your good days you got your bad
I look for the next note not the last
Now I don’t run for cover
I put one foot in front of the other
One foot in front of the other x2
Now I don’t run for cover
I put one foot in front of the other
Times are hard for dreamers
The trick is to keep on dreamin’
No one shows you what you gotta know
You just gotta go where you gotta go
I take a look and I look again
I see the walls are paper thin
I push through don’t run for cover
I put one foot in front of the other
One foot in front of the other x2
Now I don’t run for cover
I put one foot in front of the other
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Head uptown on a northbound line
Got to see that little girl of mine
Hitch a ride in a rundown ford
Do Anything To Get Your Love x2
Start to rain and start to blow
Wind only make this fire grow
Spark is now a thunderstorm
Do Anything to get your love x2
Never knew a love could be so strong
Wind or rain it drive me on
Transfer onto a brokedown bus
Do Anything To Get Your Love x2
Walkin’ walkin’ all night long
You’re sweet memory pull me on
Stream is now a ragin’ flood
Do Anything To Get Your Love x4
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4. |
Too Tall Boogie
03:06
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I got a little girl she 5 foot 2
Stands on a chair and hollers woo woo
She do the too tall boogie x2
Boogie woogie all night long
Hey little girl I got good news
I can love you Sunday and Monday too (chorus)
I’m six feet standin’ seven lyin’ down
I sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall (ch)
I’ll love you all summer, winter, fall
I’ll love you just as long as I am tall (chorus)
My little girl says I’m too tall
Well I ain’t tall just long that’s all (chorus)
She like me tall she like me sweet
She like me best in my stockin’ feet (chorus)
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Walkin’ on the edge of the promised land
Used to be someone lend you a hand
Now they don’t seem to care no more
The rich get rich and the poor get poor
I feel and I cry for the common man
Walkin’ on the edge of the promised land x2
What happened to the farmer working his land
What happened to the union making a stand
What happened to the jobs gone across the sea
What happened to the stores down on main street
Chorus
Mr. CEO how much you need
You work your people ‘till their fingers bleed
You push so you can buy another boat
While the workin’ man can’t stay afloat
Chorus
Now you better be smart and you better be strong
And I learned some things bein’ here so long
If I know one thing if I know just this
I’d rather serve the poor than serve the rich
Chorus
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6. |
First Mistake
02:49
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I wonder is you’re having coffee
Pouring water through a filter right now
Anyway you could never
Tell me anything was wrong
Go ahead, think the worst
This will never work
But old habits are hard to break
That was my first mistake
Don’t call, don’t worry,
Don’t wonder ‘bout me
I’ll get along just fine
And now when I think of you
I have to stop myself
But old habits are hard to break
That was my first mistake
Thanks for comin’ to see me
And talkin’ just one more time
And bringin’ that bottle of good French wine
We finally came to our senses
I guess you were right
But old habits are hard to break
That was my first mistake
Old habits are hard to break
That was my first mistake
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Pecatonica Mud
04:23
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Summers were long when I was young
We played all day in the river and mud
Down to the cutoff shootin’ carp
Cross the black bridge before it got dark
The water was deep swirlin’ like a flood
Black as coal chill your blood
No matter how you try and scrub
You can never wash off Pecatonica Mud
My dear old ma never shed a tear
When we come home wet smilin’ ear to ear
We had no suit and we had no pool
We didn’t fess up but I think she knew
No matter how you try and scrub
You can never wash off Pecatonica Mud
Now old man Kurth no one could tame
He had that mud runnin’ through his veins
His son Jim was my best friend
Lived a block away on the river’s bend
He did his duty and he didn’t complain
When they shipped him off on an army plane
He died by a river in a foreign land
Fightin’ a war he didn’t understand
He died knee deep in the swamp and crud
But you can never wash off Pecatonica Mud
Now the years have passed and I moved away
But I still come back stand in the clay
Remember the days when we were young
When we played all day in the river and mud
No matter how you try and scrub
You can never wash off Pecatonica Mud
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8. |
This Town Needs Rock
03:16
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Pulled into New Orleans amidst a ragin’ flood
People were down can’t keep their heads above
I got my mojo john the conqueror root
I’m telling you what we’re gonna do
We gonna rock this town needs rock x2
I got my mojo john the conqueror root
We gonna rock that’s what we gonna do
Pulled into DC town it was all gridlock
They got a new man there does he walks the walk
‘Cause we had four years of nothing but the blues
I’m telling you what we’re gonna do
We gonna rock this town needs rock x2
We’ve had four years of nothing but the blues
We gonna rock that’s what we gonna do
Now if you’re feeling down ain’t got no point
We’ll come to your town we’ll play and joint
Spreadin’ the word gonna heal you too
I’m telling you what we’re gonna do
We gonna rock this town needs rock x2
Spreadin’ the word gonna heal you too
We gonna rock that’s what we gonna do
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I try to step easy watch my every move
Look over my shoulder question what I do
Every single word is examined carefully
Now love is just a mystery to me
Things seems so fragile like procelain
Promises get broken left hangin’ in the wind
Everywhere I turn danger lies so quietly
Now love is just a mystery to me
bridge
Why can’t it all be right, put my mind at ease
Like a walk across a meadow in the evenin’ breeze
I hope you never know just how I feel
‘Cause love is just a mystery to me
Can you change my course from this darkened path
Take me to a place where love can last
Every shattered dream shakes me to reality
Now love is just a mystery to me
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Look what the cat dragged in x2
All ragged and thin, look what the cat dragged in
With your silly grin, look what the cat dragged in
I let you out last night you couldn’t wait to leave
I let you out last night somethin’ up your sleeve
Now you’re draggin’ home, this puppy lost his bone
Chorus
Got your Guicci shoes, thirty dollar tie
Best Sunday suit, ain’t fittin’ you right
Now it’s sinkin’ in, all the trouble you’re in
Hear the rooster crow and the sun come up
Hear the rooster crow sun comin’ up
If that rooster’s crowin’, boy you’re cover’s blown
Chorus
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11. |
Goin' Up North
04:03
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More rain more snow Chicago got me feeling low
Forever since we seen the sun
Computers and internet I don’t believe the news I get
Gotta have a little fun
You know when the city got you feelin’ kinda gritty
Job got you feelin’ down
Jump in the car we’re headin’ outta town
Goin up north honey bring your money
Goin up north land of milk and honey
Goin up north where the air is clean
We got a little room and a man can breath
Honey get the car we’re goin up north
Janesville Interstate no more corporate flakes
We’re movin’ at another pace
Lodi, Eau Claire somethin’ new in the air
We had to find another place
We know for certain when we cross the Cheddar Curtain
Don’t know what we’re gonna find
When we get in the car leave it all behind
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12. |
Bad Luck Bad Livin'
02:43
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Well I could drink some beers and smoke some cheers
But nothin’ good would come of it
I could find me a honey and spend my money
But nothin’ good would come of it
‘Bout the time I get ahead somethin’ make me do the wrong thing
Bad luck bad livin’ pull me right back in
Chorus
Bad luck and bad livin’ pull me right back in
Where there’s a right, there’s a wrong
And somethin’ make me do the wrong thing
Well I could change but who knows, fate just steps right in
Bad luck and bad livin’ pull me right back in
I’m payin’ the price for screwin’ up nice
Ain’t that the way it goes
Takin’ the blame for the trouble I’ve made
Ain’t that the way it goes
It’s true I made mistakes, I might make a few again
Bad luck and bad livin’ pull me right back in
Chorus
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