1. |
Dirty Dust Bowls
02:30
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We all came from dirty dust bowls
Closed doors smokey smokey rooms
Now we're sittin' on our own back door
Pretending we know what we do
Oh it's a shame we play these games
We all came from the same old dust and dirt
Say ya don't know just what I mean
Oh but I know you're just as dirty as me
We all came from the dust from the ground
One day baby we go back down
Honey we all fall down
Oh I know one day I'm gonna meet the devil himself
And oh it's a shame we play these games
Baby it's a shame
Shame we play the game
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2. |
Gypsy Vagabond
03:09
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Auwooo
One morning I woke up and all I had was gone
Didn't seem to go nowhere but baby it was gone
And maybe I'll end up in the side of the road with a tin cup
A little baby on my knee and a mean old daddy beggin' please
Beggin' please
Oh daddy can ya hear me crying
I've been screaming all night while the earth's been dying
Just thought you could lend a hand
And sow this dirt beneath my land
Oh daddy can ya hear me crying
Oh daddy can ya hear me crying
Go ahead and strip me down steal away this false crown
Cause you'll not take much of mine
But you'll give me back my time
And maybe one day you'll find me on the cover of a magazine
Oh talkin' lotsa shit and all the troubles I had seen
Oh the troubles I'd seen
Oh daddy can ya hear me crying
I've been screaming all night while the earth's been dying
Just thought you could lend a hand
And sow this dirt beneath my land
Oh daddy can ya hear me crying
Oh daddy can ya hear me crying
Oh and that train it keeps rolling on
I can't help that train from rolling on
You know I'll always be your gypsy vagabond
One morning you'll wake up and all you have is gone
Won't seem to go nowhere but baby it'll be gone
And maybe you'll end up on the side of the road with a tin cup
A little baby on your knee and a mean old daddy beggin' please
Beggin' please
Auwooo
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3. |
Rode So Fast
02:40
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Banana in the sky don't ya look so fine
Fly over Winona on the sunset line
The people on the ground are workin' all their might
See their name in a Hollywood light
I left my mama and I left my home
Ramble take a gamble on a Hollywood throne
The 101 North float it home tonight
If this old girl can make it
It'd be alright
Oh we rode so fast
Before you know it those twenties pass
Hold on to me so tight
Before ya know it it won't be light
Guess I was born to be on this road
Ridin' through the valley toward those mountains so bare
You never seem to ever quite make it there
Roll up on that parking lot
Salesman try to make me think he's got a good buy
Well I know he's full a shit and I would like to believe him
Ain't it nice to think that things could be so easy
My 87 boat never looked so fine
Ride on up Mulholland watch the sunset and cry
Woke up on the side of Old Canyon Road
Said I could die here but I'll never grow old
I never thought I'd end up with you
After all you put me through
I know there was a time when we touched souls
Baby when'd it grow so cold
Oh we rode so fast
Before you know it those twenties pass
Hold on to me so tight
Before ya know it, it won't be so light
Guess I was born to be on this road
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4. |
Undone
03:47
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I listened to your lines and you curse my name
Oh shatter my heart and leave me in the rain
I know that you been messing all over town
Oh I've seen you leave your ring on the bathroom towel
The jokes on you
Honey I left mine too
Oh it went down the drain, back and left me in the rain
Oh
Oh
Honey I'm done now that I've been undone
Honey I'm done now that I've been undone
You say I ain't the same
Honey you're the one to blame
All these dances and romances have faded into black
Used to speak my mind
Now you ain't got the day or time
In one ear and out the other
It don't mean a thing to you
To be seen and not heard
Is the noose around my neck
How much longer can we pretend
We're not hanging by a thread
Oh
Oh
Honey I'm done now that I've been undone
Honey I'm done now that I've been undone
I've got a little itch
It needs some scratching shall we dance
Oh spin me round and round
No I might never turn back
I keep on getting lost inside of your gaze that night
Oh I keep it on repeat to get me through the night
Oh it's just one night then ya go home
Oh it's just one night then ya go home
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5. |
Pray For Rain
03:10
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Late last night in the moonlight
I heard my grandma sigh
Late last night honey late last night
I heard my grandma sigh
Early in the morning when the sun come up
I heard my grandma cry
Early in the morning when the sun come up
I heard my grandma cry
And she said boy you better hope and pray for rain
Hope and pray all day
Pray and hope honey, hope and pray to wash the sins right out of this clay
Later in the evening when the moon came out
I heard the rain fall down
Later in the evening when the moon came out
I heard the rain fall down
Grandma woke up and went outside
Looked at the sky and cried
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Better thank them clouds up high
And she said boy you better thank them clouds up high
Thank them clouds up high
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Better thank them clouds up high
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6. |
I'll Turn Out The Light
03:02
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Pack it up and get out of town
Leave your world downtown
If you run real fast you might catch that flight
She'll sweep your floor and I'll turn out the light
And mama say
If we can get a lot of money it'd be just fine
Don't know where I can get it but I'll find some way
I don't have to pay the man they get it anyway
Sleep all day stay out all night cause
Nothing is real when you swallow those pills
When it's everyone else than it's probably yourself
So close your eyes and my sister turn out the light
I'll turn out the light
I'll turn out the light
Turn out the light
I'll turn out the light
Ran real fast burnt all your bridges
Point of no return your finger's on the trigger
Well you're staring down the barrel telescope for your future
Don't know where you're going puffin' rain all night
And mama said
If we can keep it all a secret it'd be just fine
Tip-toeing through the lot, baby boy don't ya get caught
You'll make it someday but for now, it's ok
Sleep all day stay out all night cause
Nothing is real when you swallow those pills
When it's everyone else than it's probably yourself
So close your eyes and my sister turn out the light
I'll turn out the light
I'll turn out the light
Turn out the light
I'll turn out the light
Turn out the light
Turn out the light
Turn out the light
I'll turn out the light
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Francesca Brown Los Angeles, California
Francesca grew up in both California and Illinois.
From about age nine years on through high school she resided
in Illinois. It was rural in many ways, but also close to cities like Chicago & Madison. She attended college in NYC. and quickly realized the east coast was not for her so, she took a Greyhound back to Chicago. Before long she made her way back west.
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