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2. |
Retrograde
03:37
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Your love is a satellite gone off course
You’ve missed your window and closed the door
You should have checked the math
And changed your path
You’re in retrograde
Her comes Lilly Valentine, then that’s it for the flowers
It’s all well and fine, you say you’ve got plan nine
You’re in retrograde
Round and round, come and go
Round and round, come and go
Oh-oh, you need your space
Round and round, come and go
Round and round, come and go
Oh-oh, you’re chasing stars
You were on sweet, solid ground
Cold emptiness is all you’ve found
There’s nothing left to bring you home
You’re in retrograde
(Twiddly Bit 2X/Bridge 1X DDDAE repeat vocals)
(Instrumental Verse 1X)
Your love is a satellite in space junk orbit
We’ll read about it in your sci-fi obit
You thought you had it made, now it’s been said
You’re in retrograde
Round and round, come and go
Round and round, come and go
Oh-oh, you need your space
Round and round, come and go
Round and round, come and go
Oh-oh, you’re chasing stars
You were on solid ground
Cold emptiness is all you’ve found
There’s nothing left to bring you home
You’re in retrograde
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3. |
Clang Clang
02:23
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Clang Clang
News got out, down on one knee
The answer was yes, the question please
Can’t we let everybody know
Oh- It's no secret we're in love
Clang, clang- go the wedding bell chimes
Clang, clang, clang- I'm yours, you're mine
Clang, clang- we'll let everybody know
It's no secret no, we're in love
You tell the birds, I'll tell the bees
Then we'll take it down to the Justice of the Peace
I guess we'll let everybody know
It's no secret we're in love
Clang, clang- go the wedding bell chimes
Clang, clang, clang- I'm yours, you're mine
Clang, clang, we'll let everybody know
It's no secret we're in love
(instrumental break)
Could be the ring that just got slipped
Could be the smile, or the kiss on the lips
I guess we let everybody know
It's no secret we're in love
It's no secret anymore......
We're in love
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4. |
Two Pillows
02:31
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5. |
Travels With Charlie
03:46
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Travels With Charlie
The heater's kicking it's five below
We've got a deal but it's quid pro quo
She'll get some oil if we get there alive
Changing lanes, drive baby drive
No-doze and a fold up map
We're getting there on time
or else we're getting there on time
Faster miles an hour now we're up to speed
Who cares about the MPG
She's belching and lurching like a sailor on leave
Pistons punching like Muhammed Ali
No-doze and a fold-up map
We're getting there on time
or else we're getting there on time
There's no place like the road
To make me feel at home
Spin baby rock and roll
Everything is under control
There's no place like the road
To make me feel at home
Where everything is under control
Spin baby rock and roll
This old dog has got inspection
goes so fast, don't need directions
I pass you on the left, you pass me on the right
Exit up ahead, we could stop for a fight
Black coffee and a fold-up map
We're getting there on time
or else we're getting there on time
There's no place like the road
To make me feel at home
Spin baby rock and roll
Everything is under control
There's no place like the road
To make me feel at home
Where everything is under control
Spin baby rock and roll
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6. |
Port Manteau Blues
02:21
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Port Manteau Blues
Shoe drop on a rabbit's foot
Paint your face with chimney soot
Dog tired, pound for pound
Merciful heavens we are hell hounds
Carnival krewes and flambeau
Great guns, buenos ammo
Paper mache' and masking tape
We're cardboard cut-outs of a couple of apes
Cross purposes and uppercuts
We've got the moon in a paper cup
Tearing the Starlight Ballroom down
The wrecking crew has come to town
The smog is lifting from Port Manteau
Meet me on Wednesday where the faithful go
Saint Louie will be bustin' at the seams
Good God Almighty we're a hell of a team
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7. |
Down Time
03:36
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Down Time
Work 'round here got scarce
I've got idle hands
Too much supply
Not enough demand
What's a man supposed to do in the down time
Last night's bottle of wine
Went down just fine
This morning's bitter pill
Too much time to kill
What's a man supposed to do in the down time
Last night I got drunk, and did not fret
That sure made my wife upset
Last night was fine until today
She left for work without a word to say
Well, what's man supposed to do in the down time
Work 'round here got scarce
then it disappeared
I've been stuck at home
now damn near a year
What's a man supposed to do in the down time
(chorus)
There's work 'round here I guess
Cleaning up the kitchen slop
I'll fill up a bucket
And dance around with the mop
I'll do what a man is supposed to do in the down time
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8. |
King Cake
01:48
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King Cake
Rex and Bacchus, Krewe Du Vieux
Uptown, Downtown here come Zulu
Skull and Bone Gang have gone ninja
Make way for the Injuns
Kid on trumpet born to play
In a trash can street parade
Up too late, drank too much
What the hell was in that punch
Alcohol breakfast, alcohol brunch
Alcohol snack, alcohol lunch
Flambeaux mambo down the street
Here come the guard and the state police
I like your costume and your style
And your legs and your smile
I like girls, you like girls
Oh...you like girls
Old hag Barbara, old hag Judy
Fab and fruity, shake your booty
Glitter and glue, heels and makeup
Tuesday noon time to wake up
You're so sweet and so tardy
Baby in a king cake
It's a party
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9. |
Little Petal
02:48
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Little Petal
Boneset and Sneezeweed
You didn’t mean to hurt me
You were just a wildflower
Doll Eye, Seed Box
Thistle in the kisses
You were just a wildflower
I waded in knee-deep and dusty
I could not deny my desire for this weed
I waded in knee-deep and dusty
I could not deny my desire for one wildflower
Creeping Skullcap,
Goat’s Beard and Aster
You were just a wildflower
Cat’s Paw and Cudweed
Hardhank and Jumpseed
You were just a wildflower
Little petal, painted and dusty
I could not deny my desire for this weed
I waded in, knee-deep and dusty
I could not deny my desire
for one wildflower
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10. |
Mule Revisited
03:58
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11. |
D.U.M. L.U.V.
03:04
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DUM LUV
You're a lush, baby you're luscious
I want to show you just what a rush is
Not until it's a give and take thing, oh-oh
I ain't no sour pill
I want to give you a powerful thrill
Not until it's a give and take thing, oh-oh
Listen my D.U.M. L.U.V. love
Listen my D.U.M. L.U.V. love
You can wonder,
you can wonder all night long
Don't talk to me about the moon
You bent up all of my spoons
Not until it's a give and take thing, oh-oh
Don't give me that dopey grin
I ain't on needles and pins
Not until it's a give and take thing, oh-oh
You can wonder at the wonder of it all
You can wonder at the wonder of it all
You can wonder all night long
You're a lush, baby you're luscious
I want to show you just what a rush is
Not until it's a give and take thing, oh-oh
Powder your nose now go away
There is no love today
Not until it's give and take, oh-oh
Listen my D.U.M. L.U.V. love
Listen my D.U.M. L.U.V. love
You can wonder,
you can wonder all night long
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12. |
Sail On
05:01
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Sail On
Hull is cracked, broken mast, rudder gone
What to do but to sail on, what to do but to sail on
Busted rudder and a broken mast
What to do but to sail on
Rudder's gone, busted mast, cracked hull, crazy captain
Captain, captain, should we swim now
or go down with the ship
I approach this journey with the best of intentions
Mm-mm-mm, intentions...
You know the problem with intentions?
Not the same as deeds, mm-mm, no indeed
Busted hull and a broken mast
What to do but to sail on
Captain, captain, should we swim now
or go down with the ship
Aw, I think I'm gonna to have to digress now
Can I digress, shit the Saints just won the super bowl
I'm gonna digress, I'm gonna keep it clean though
Impart a couple of truths, here's one truth
If you use Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo
for a body wash, Ho ho ho
It'll make your Johnson smell like Johnson and Johnson
Mm hm...here's another truth, Irish Spring
Deodorant soap, not magically delicious
Hull is cracked, broken mast, rudder gone
What to do but to sail on
What to do but to sail on crew
Sail on, sail on
Sail on through
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13. |
Honky Tonk At Home
03:08
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Pull the curtains honey take off your dress
It pays to get a lawyer who can clean up a mess
The judge wasn't friendly, but he was polite
I just want to celebrate with you all night
The gun wasn't mine, no one got killed
And there's no law against unmarked bills
Do a little dance, do it nice and slow
Let's stay in and honky tonk at home
(chorus)
You met this middle-man in the middle
And he loves you so
Let's stay in and honky tonk at home
It's Saturday night. but let's stay in
I'm feeling pretty good about the state I'm in
Satisfied to the marrow of the bone
All I want to do is honky tonk at home
(chorus
Do I need to draw you a map?
I've walked the dog now take that cat off your lap
Don't leave me here, dancing all alone
All I want to do is honky tonk at home
(chorus)
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14. |
Long Letter
03:28
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Long Letter
I ain't doing well, but when I get to feeling better
I'm going to sit right down and write you a long long letter
When I get back home, I'm gonna dig out that old sweater
Settle in, sit down and write you a long, long letter
It's been way too long doggone it
I'm gonna have to put three stamps on it
When I send this big old letter to you
The kettle on the stove is whistling
I put some tea on, I'm getting wistful
I'll tell you all about it when I write this letter to you
I was a wild-ass hound dog
And you, you wanted a setter
I'm gonna tell you all about it
When I write this long long letter
I'm down here in tatters
And there ain't much left that matters
except for sitting down, and writing this letter to you
It's going to take a stack of paper
And a mug full of pens and pencils
It's gonna take a little bit of nerve
To write this letter
I ain't doing well
I ain't doing well
I ain't doing well
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15. |
Hoopla Earrings
02:06
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Hoopla Earrings
With hoopla earrings and a bandage on her ankle
She came up here with her closest distant cousin
Someone pulled a knife and buttered his role
While they were on the dance floor doing the stroll
There will be talk but it's only talk
Your time's up, she said, the laudry's on spin
We'll dry it out tomorrow in the hot desert wind
Pack it in Bud, you old sorry sack of bones
You were king of nothing much
and now you're overthrown
You can't put a fence up on land you don't own
and never say goodbye forever on the telephone
Uh-uh...
Never say goodbye forever on the telephone
Never say goodbye forever on the telephone
Never say goodbye forever on the telephone
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16. |
Trial By Fire
03:34
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Trial By Fire
Since the fire improved the view from our room
We lay up there all night and marvel at the moon
You’re my sweetheart and my rock in the storm
Leave it to someone like you
At a time like this to notice the moon
Teach me that knot again, tied when we wed
The rope has held securely, I’m forever in your debt
Your crooked smile is my anchor in this life
With laughing eyes and all
When I asked you to be my wife
All it takes is a spark and you’ve got trial by fire
One little spark and it’s trial by fire
Just a little spark, just one little spark
One little spark and it’s trial by fire
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17. |
Blossom
03:10
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Up from the rocks to the roots
To the top of the tree
From the rock, from the rock
to the root
Up from the rock
To the top, to the top
Buzzier bees and busier birds
Ever since you gave me your word
You are a blossom on the tree of life
Flowers are delicate and temporary
Unlikely sanctuary way up here
Swaying in the breeze, at the top of the tree
Tender roots to tender shoots
Did I find you or you find me
Way up here swaying in the breeze
At the top of the tree
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18. |
Shoes, Size 10 1/2
03:21
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Shoes, Size 10 1/2
Notebooks full of chicken scratch
Boots and shoes, size ten and a half
If I didn't cry I'd have to laugh, boo hoo
What will I leave behind
But worn out boots and shoes
You were in my dream last night for a little while
It did not seem all that strange when you cracked a smile
And you asked, what would I do
Without my boots and shoes
Is there some lesson here I have failed to learn
Is there a pressure valve I forgot to turn
Where've I been and where am I going to
And how'm I gonna to get there
Without my boots and shoes
Reincarnated with a new shoe size
Fullfilled, will I have realized
What you meant to me, and what I meant to you
Or will I be back just to wear out boots and shoes
You were in my dream last night for a little while
It did not seem all that strange when you cracked a smile
And you asked me, what will I do
Without my boots and shoes
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19. |
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Rowing in Eden
Rowing in Eden, Ah, the Sea!
Wild nights - Wild nights!
Were I with thee
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile - the winds -
To a Heart in port -
Done with the Compass -
Done with the Chart!
Rowing in Eden -
Ah - the Sea!
Might I but moor - tonight
In thee!
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all
And sweetest in the Gale is heard
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm
I’ve heard it in the chillest land
And on the strangest Sea
Yet never in Extremity
It asked a crumb of me.
Rowing in Eden
Rowing in Eden, Ah the Sea!
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20. |
@MayorEmanuel
03:02
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MayorEmanuel
Lived in a crawl space
and under bridges
Blubbered in an igloo
shivered in a Civic
with a dog and a duck y'all
Hambone and Quaxelrod
That's a campaign y'all
fuck right, fuck y'all
Bow down and say a prayer
This your brand new mayor
No more diggin' ditches, bitches
Don't be a hater Braun
or neither bitter Braun
Stayin' up late
followin' me on twitter
You wish you was one
wicha coffee buzz on
Barry on drums
playin' Hail To The Chief
Bow down-
Chicago skyline-
King of The Loop
Pheonix fuckin' risin'
King of The Loop
I just got the call from Urkel
He says we're motherfuckin' workers like Terkel
Everybody get in a circle
One more beer and play Not Fade Away
Bow down-
It did not take a molotov
it took a handshake
Who's got a matchstick
for the beefcake?
Carl the intern
he loves to burn shit
Axelrod's moustache
just stopped quiverin'
Chicago skyline-
Bow down-
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21. |
Stewpot, 1979
04:04
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22. |
Don't Forget The Onions
02:33
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23. |
Joe Beam's Blues
03:36
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Joe Beam’s Blues
It’s the dot placed over an “I”
It’s your plans that will never fly
It’s the depth of your rut
It’s the knot in your gut
It’s a storm, it’s a wave
A uniform of the formerly brave
It’s a forlorn sailor’s song
About a trip on a ship that has gone wrong
It’s the weight of a stone
That you carry all alone
It’s the judgments all too wise
That you see in other’s eyes
These are Joe Beam’s blues
Welcome to Joe Beam’s blues
It’s a taste that is so sour
It’s a waste of twenty-four hours
It’s a songbird’s broken wing
It’s your heart on a cold steel string
It’s a mirror, it’s your age
It’s the root of your rage
It’s the page that’s been torn out
It’s the seed of all your doubt
It’s the thoughts you can’t abide
You can’t push down, or brush aside
It lives like fire in your mind
You could put them out with suicide
These are Joe Beam’s blues
Welcome to Joe Beam’s blues
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24. |
Megalopolis
03:03
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Megalopolis
Stuck in the middle of the megalopolis
The guy behind us, nearly on top of us
Doing twenty-five in a fifty-five
Stuck in the middle of five o-clock
I drive four thousand pounds of US steel
Any way that I feel
I know it’s wrong, to just keep careening along
In love with an automobile
Wake me up when we get to the good part
Wake me up when we get there
Wake me up if there’s a good part
Wake me up if we get home alive
I know it’s wrong to love future
Scrap plastic and steel
I was raised on automobiles
I know it’s wrong to just keep careening along
In love with an automobile
Some of these people when they get cut off
It makes them think about guns
They’ve got to get there and get there quick
Or there’s gonna be hell to pay
They know it’s wrong to just keep careening along
In love with an automobile
They know it’s wrong to feel so insulated
In love with an automobile
Stuck in the middle of it
Stuck in the middle, man
Stuck in the middle
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25. |
Kingwood Mule
03:04
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Kingwood Mule
I had that e.e. cummins diesel unwound
Rollin’ out of Pittsburg, Texas bound
Who flew by on the road he rules
Damned if wasn’t that Kingwood Mule
His Logbook reads like a masterpiece
And he never gets caught by the state police
Taillights and twisters of dust on the road
Then come a crackle on the radio
“Who’s that parked in the passing lane?”
Before I could answer he was out of range
Don’t even bother brother, don’t be a fool
You can’t keep up with the Kingwood Mule
Don’t even bother brother, don’t be a fool
You can’t keep up with the Kingwood Mule
Your new rig is mighty clean
The King of Mules drives a time machine
Don’t forget to call your mother and your wife
Slow down a little if you value your life
Don’t even bother brother, don’t be a fool
You can’t keep up with the Kingwood Mule
Don’t even bother brother, don’t be a fool
You can’t keep up with the Kingwood Mule
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26. |
Purple Is A Flavor
04:32
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Purple Is A Flavor
I heard that purple is your favorite flavor
Cherry Red, my Cherry Red
Here you go, don't stop, you can finish my lollipop
oh yeah, my Cherry Red
I've got a spring-loaded thing for you
Spring-loaded and sugar-coated
I've got a spring-loaded thing for you
Spring-loaded, spring-loaded
Spread out your candy, I’m so greedy and you’re so greedy
Spread out your candy, don't get it in your hair
Spread out your candy, give me that special dark down there
Spread out your candy, and don't get it in your hair
I heard that purple is your favorite flavor
Cherry Red, my Cherry Red
Here you go, don't stop, You can finish my lollipop
oh yeah, my Cherry Red
You're so purple and I'm so purple
Purple's your favorite flavor Cherry Red
(Chorus)
I can tell you people, purple is a flavor
Got to tell you people, purple is a flavor
I can tell you people, purple is a flavor
I can tell you 'cause purple is my favorite flavor now
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27. |
Clown Song
09:36
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Clown Song
One circus lion said to another,
"Acrobats turn my stomach"
And I'll bet if you eat that clown
It will taste real funny
And I'll bet if you eat that clown
It will make his mommy unhappy
And I'll bet if you eat that clown
The circus will never forgive you
And I'll bet if you eat that clown
It will come back to haunt you
And what would you do with the oversized shoes
You know you'll never fit into them
And what would you do with a wig that blue
When your favorite color is yellow
I'll bet if you eat that clown
You'll be sorry tomorrow
You know what day tomorrow is?
It's your birthday party
And no one will come if you don't have a clown
No one, no one
I'll bet if you eat that clown
It will taste real funny, anyway
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28. |
The President's Head
02:26
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29. |
Animal Instincts
02:54
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Animal Instincts
Cage unlocked, we went off half-cocked
And got down on all fours
Busted chain links with animal instincts
We were hard to ignore
Latch a chain to a star you name
For the life you're dreaming of
Hatch a scheme to be born again clean
In the eyes of the one you love
We would nestle, opposing thumbs wrestled
Any warm place was fine
Then nested down in an old river town
New ties did bind
Latch a chain to a star you name
For the life you're dreaming of
Hatch a scheme to be born again clean
In the eyes of the one you love
I can see her now as I saw her then
My dear old fabled love
Framed in tresses, untamed -entangled
Her face forever young
Who can blame a lack of shame
Back when we played at love
Further, we will blunder
Laying out under the salty sky above
(chorus)
I see her now
as I saw her then
My dear old fabled love
Framed in tresses, untamed -entangled
Her face forever young
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30. |
Our Heaviest Coats
03:36
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Our Heaviest Coats
We’ve all got on our heaviest coats
We’ve all got to carry the heaviest loads
People there’s a bug in the code
Man ain’t kind –no, he’s brutally cold
Keep your hands in your pockets
And your eyes pointed down the road
Button up and zip it
You better watch your lip, kid
You might get it froze off
On a statue of a saint
One for none, none for all
It’s hard to duck a fast-pitched ball
Keep your hands in your pockets
And your eyes pointed down the road
Button up and zip it
You better watch your lip, kid
Before it gets froze off
On a statue of a saint
People, there’s a bug in the code
You’re gonna need a heavier coat
People—
—there’s a bug in the code
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31. |
Roxanne Stone
02:05
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Roxanne Stone
(Alternate Opening Verse- ½ time)
She’s a cold one from way back in the hills
She’ll land you in the hospital with a pile of bills
Listen up or you will have to atone
You better not mess around with Roxanne Stone
Roxanne Stone, you better leave her alone
Roxanne Stone, Roxanne Stone
You better leave her alone, Roxanne Stone
She’s ‘gon crush your spine and lay you low
She’ll put out your one good eye and leave you poor
Listen up brothers to this tale of woe
You’d better not mess around with Roxanne Stone
Roxanne Stone, you better leave her alone
Roxanne Stone, Roxanne Stone
You better leave her alone, Roxanne Stone
You know it’s cruel and unusual
Still you want to live a good long life
Listen up brothers or you’ll have to atone
You’d better not mess around with Roxanne Stone
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