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Burnt Sandals
03:33
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As the cars fly by
With your circle of friends
And it's late at night
As the flames grow high
In the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night
And we've come so far and we've grown so wide
The faces seem the same oh the more they've changed
And all these years go drifting by
So long
So long
So long
There's some empty chairs
But the field seems full
And who will hang the flag
When there's no one there?
In the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night
And we've come so far and we've grown so wide
The faces seem the same oh the more they've changed
And all these years go drifting by
So long
So long
So long
Do you remember when
Nice to see you again
Who's dancing with the flames
As a new day begins
In the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night
And we've come so far and we've grown so wide
The faces seem the same oh the more they've changed
And all these years go drifting by
So long
So long
So long
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2. |
Another Day
04:05
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Just the other day when I was five
I was learning to color between the lines
I still remember that first day of school
No inhibitions no reason to be the fool
And it's just another day another page
Just another day another page in the book of my life
Just the other day when I was ten
I began to notice life and what it meant then
I didn't need a gun no way no how
And children still don't in this day now
And it's just another day another page
Just another day another page in the book of my life
Just the other day when I was fifteen
I thought I knew it all thought I knew everything
The thought of drugs never crossed my mind
Now I see I was wrong I should worry all the time
And it's just another day another page
Just another day another page in the book of my life
Just the other day I finally turned twenty
All my dreams were off I didn't have lots of money
I'm very distraught with the world this day
I wish I could close my eyes and make it go away
I remember when I turned twenty five
I thanked my Lord that I'm still alive
I have to speak my mind to voice my opinions
It's my life I'm going to make my own decisions
And it's just another day another page
Just another day another page in the book of my life
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3. |
September Sundays
02:52
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I went to bed on a Saturday night
Looked at my watch it was eleven forty-five
My beautiful wife jumped up and said it's time to go
We hopped in the car and off we did go
With little blue elephants and bright Billie lights
Footballs and flowers and long sleepless nights
Sleeping and eating and maybe a cry
September Sundays just make it seem right
Scary happy movies in the middle of the afternoon
Laughing and screaming he can't come too soon
It's love at first sight and greater for some
Happy healthy screaming and a lifetime to come
With little blue elephants and bright Billie lights
Footballs and flowers and long sleepless nights
Sleeping and eating and maybe a cry
September Sundays just make it seem right
With little blue elephants and bright Billie lights
Footballs and flowers and long sleepless nights
Sleeping and eating and maybe a cry
September Sundays just make it seem right
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4. |
Down on Chester Street
03:07
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Don't you know it feels like I've been here before
It's the same old place just a different door
Just like the first time it's the same as the last
Still a bit different yet it's just like the past
Down
Down on Chester Street
Down
Down on Chester Street
Like looking in a mirror it's the same damn thing
The changing of the seasons it's the same every spring
It's just across the hall through an image in time
Don't you know I've lived here it's where I spent all my time
Down
Down on Chester Street
Down
Down on Chester Street
Yesterday is so far away
Make tomorrow be what you want it to be
Give me the laughter give me the pain
Give me the shelter from out of the rain
Whether you lived here or just stopped by
If you know the table we've probably been high
Down
Down on Chester Street
Down
Down on Chester Street
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5. |
Life, Love and Liberty
03:35
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Life and love and liberty
Never stands a chance
What's the cost of freedom
Money at a glance
Spinning wheels spin round and round
Spinning out their web
A man's life is forgotten
Before he's even dead
Choose your revolution
Come on stand your ground
What is your solution
Stand up and make a sound
Out burning bridges
Still more to be crossed
Dance in the twilight
Another life is lost
Fire in the morning
Fire burns at night
Children living nightmares
No hope in sight
Choose your revolution
Come on stand your ground
What is your solution
Stand up and make a sound
Lurking in the shadows
Death comes in the light
Widows of the womb
Wildlife takes flight
Never ending battles
Tears upon a cheek
Political pawns with weapons
War is for the weak
Choose your revolution
Come on stand your ground
What is your solution
Stand up and make a sound
Wild men in wild times
Deserts receive their rain
Man treated like an animal
Society ignorant of pain
Sit down let the box suck you in
Have a stiff drink
Open your mind and listen to me
We'll tell you what to think
Choose your revolution
Come on stand your ground
What is your solution
Stand up and make a sound
Choose your revolution
Come on stand your ground
What is your solution
Stand up and make a sound
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6. |
Road Trips
02:12
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I've always liked old cars and rusty fenders
Telephone booths with plate glass windows
Well worn denim and long johns in the winter
And road trips
Just looking out the window
The smell of cherry pipe tobacco hanging in the air
And the feeling of fresh cut hair
Memories of fireflies and just staring at the night time sky
Winter nights with Christmas lights snow drifts and ice
The smell of fresh cut pine sugar cinnamon and spice
And giving all year round to loved ones and strangers alike
Memories will come and go they're fleeting like the night
But just an image or scent even a song will give them rise
Taking you back in time and setting all things right
Yeah I've always liked old cars and rusty fenders
Telephone booths with plate glass windows
Well worn denim and long johns in the winter
And road trips
Just looking out the window
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7. |
I Get High
03:24
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I like beer and whiskey and I like wine and weed
Sometimes the drink can hit me and the liquor puts me to sleep
So for my brain its the elixir just some grass is what I need
You get drunk and I'll get high and we'll stumble on down the street
Cause I get high
I get high in the morning
I get high at night
I get high when I wake up
Let's get high tonight
Cause I get high
Grapes and grains and hops and such to drink take too much time
While they mash and fermentate we might as well smoke some kind
Careful though don't mix too much you'll get knocked on your behind
Or be like me and just smoke weed and you will be just fine
Cause I get high
I get high in the morning
I get high at night
I get high when I wake up
Let's get high tonight
Cause I get high
I deprive my lungs of oxygen
Supply a little THC
Now my body is all tingley
And my mind is feeling free
Cause I get high
I get high in the morning
I get high at night
I get high when I wake up
Let's get high tonight
Cause I get high
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8. |
Huddie
02:58
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It was down in the bottom that he learned to play
Huddie and Blind Henry Down in Deep Elem Way
Five Years on a pistol put him on the gang
But he had to break free cause he had to sing
Huddie
Huddie
Huddie
Where'd you sleep last night
William killed Walter got sent to Sugarland
Sang for the Governor got him to pardon him
Five years on and there's trouble again
For getting in knife fight with a Louisiana man
Huddie
Huddie
Huddie
Where'd you sleep last night
Ten years in the pen with your strings a dozen
John and his boy and the records they're cutting
Give me another song and I'll get you out again
Take you on the road like you ain't never been
Huddie
Huddie
Huddie
Where'd you sleep last night
Going up north to see the New York town
Playing them songs and laying them down
Five years on it's the same old thing
Alan comes a running to get you out again
Huddie
Huddie
Huddie
Where'd you sleep last night
In the News on the radio and Life magazine
Playing songs for kids man ain't you clean
Woody CBS and even Paris too
But when you met Gehrig you was through
Huddie
Huddie
Huddie
Where'd you sleep last night
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9. |
She Tries
03:20
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I knew I shouldn't have done it I could see it in her eyes
Just a bit unbalanced and swaying side to side
Something should have told me she was too good to be alone
Now she's totally lost it and she's blowing up my phone
She's not Psycho yet but she tries
She seemed sane in the beginning but that's not saying a lot
Now I say we're breaking up and she says "no we're not"
I think she needs a prescription a seventy two hour stay
She's just a doctor's signature from being locked away
She's not Psycho yet but she tries
She's like who were you with last night You better tell me their name
What's up with this woman and all her crazy games
I don't care what your selling it's not worth all of this
But now I fear for my life because she may have called out a hit
She's not Psycho yet but she tries
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10. |
Big Weed
01:47
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He's gonna make like Johnny Appleseed and roam from town to town
Take the seed from the weed and plant it in the ground
Won't need no taxation or dee-spinseries
Just grow it in your back yard and take a toke for free
Talk about a high time
Rolling in the green grass
High as a kite right on
Down to Earth
He's gonna cultivate this land lend a helping hand
Just give him a little water sun and dirt
Gotta have the Big Weed Roll Your Own
Put it in your bowl Pack a bong
Gotta have the Big Weed Grow your own
Cause Big Weed's the name of this song
He's got a couple of jars we'll say he's acquired through the years
They're full of seeds round and small like beads that when grown will make you cheer
He'll put it in his back pack and plant from coast to coast
Then he'll turn right back around and smoke and smoke and smoke
Talk about a high time
Rolling in the green grass
High as a kite right on
Down to Earth
He's gonna cultivate this land lend a helping hand
Just give him a little water sun and dirt
Gotta have the Big Weed Roll Your Own
Put it in your bowl Pack a bong
Gotta have the Big Weed Grow your own
Cause Big Weed's the name of this song
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Shae Parker Virginia
A singer/songwriter based in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Shae has been singing, playing guitar and writing songs
since stumbling upon his mother’s guitar tucked away in a closet as a child.
Songs by Shae are autobiographical, satirical and honest with a traditional roots, folk, and Americana style. A multi-instrumentalist, Shae also plays mandolin, banjo, bass, piano and percussion.
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