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River
04:29
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River, shining in the sun like a diamond
Running through my veins like lightning, big river
River, calling out my name in the nighttime
River running wild and rolling free
Mama said, “don’t climb that tree”
But the river kept callin out to me
Then I climbed, I climbed so high
Just to see my river shine
And when you roll, ya sing hallelujah
Your water flows, through Memphis, Tennessee
And I see your water shining
And I feel you running free
River, shining in the sun like a diamond
Running through my veins like lightning, big river
River, calling out my name in the nighttime
River running wild and rolling free
The river rolls, she rolls on everyday
And she knows the things she cannot say
And she sees all the seasons fly
All across the tides of time
And when she rolls, she sings hallelujah
Her water flows, through Memphis, Tennessee
And I see her water shining
And I feel you running free
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I went down to Houston, we were putting on a show
After the load-out, standing in the road, in the road
Like a vision, all dressed in gold
Then I danced with a ranch hand, he was holding me so strong
Twirled me on the dance floor, took me to another world, to another world
That cowboy took me to another world
I’ve been all over Texas, all over the world
I never thought I’d see a brand new universe down there in Houston
(Way down in Houston)
Like a vision in this modern-day cowgirl’s dream
Just a few days later, I was back in Austin town
The sun it was shining like neon on the ground, all over the ground
In the places I finally found
Well, I stayed on the south side, with the lovely Mrs. Rose
Woke up in the morning to my fingers and my toes, and my toes
Feeling like that Texas yellow rose
Well, I’ve crossed all over Black County, been all over the world
I never thought I’d see a brand new universe at Mrs. Rose
(At Mrs. Rose)
It’s all part of this modern-day cowgirl’s dream
Yeah, like a vision in this modern day cowgirl’s dream
Like a vision in this modern day cowgirl’s dream
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3. |
No Way Around It
04:05
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There’s no way around the way that I’m feeling
And the time that you’re stealing away from us now
There’s no way around the way I’ve been treated
And the time I’ve been cheated, no there’s no way around it
No there’s no way around the things that you’re doing
And the choices of ruin that are taking you down
There’s no way around the beauty you’re missing
And the way I keep wishing, but there’s no way around this
There’s no way around the cycles and the stages
The circles and the phases of the life that you’ve found
There’s no way around the love that you’re missing
And the way I keep wishing, but there’s no way around this
No there’s no way around the tears and the heartaches
All the sadness and the mistakes and the absence of sound
There’s no way around all the years that keep falling
And the name I keep calling, no there’s way around this
Oh no there’s no way around this
No there’s no way around it
No there’s no way around it
No there’s no way around
Oh no there’s no way around this
No there’s no way around it
No there’s no way around this
Oh no there’s no way around this
No there’s no way around it
No there’s no way around this
And there’s no way around
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4. |
I Was Fine
03:42
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I was fine, I was fine until you came by
I was going about my business with a smile
Now you’re gone and the room just feels so empty to me
But I was fine until you came by
I was writing all the letters that had gotten behind
I was fixing all the loose ends that had gotten all untied
I was going out and I was having a real, real good time
Throwing parties and drinking the best of wine
I was fine, I was fine until you came by
I was going about my business with a smile
Now you’re gone and the room just feels so empty to me
But I was fine until you came by
And my calendar was so busy with all the things I planned
And the money I was making was coming in fist over hand
I was sitting tall and I was walking with a spring in my step
But then you came along and filled me with regret
I was fine, I was fine until you came by
I was going about my business with a smile
Now you’re gone and the room just feels so empty to me
But I was fine until you came by
Yeah, I was fine until you came by
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5. |
Half Drunk
04:20
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Half drunk, half stoned, and living alone in a land of ten-thousand goodbyes
Half down, half up, please pass me the buck of a victim too scared to sing high
But necessity came crawling on me,
to play well the part of soprano in the opera
Life is hard, I guess ya know, I wouldn’t trade you for peace or war
But just lay low, boy, the tide’s sure to turn
Half baked, half fried, and looking at these bloodshot eyes in the looking glass of yore
Half blown, half broke, please send them a message from this boat and tell ‘em that I tried
Take care, so long, and goodnight,
Don’t lean on the lamppost of China in the summertime
Take your lover’s bow and tell ‘em how your father’s spent time herding cows
And keep composure, the farm’s doing fine
Half love, half hate, well isn’t that the only real bait that’ll walk you down an aisle
Half here, half there, could you accept that dare and keep a glimmer of youth in your eye
Stay strong, don’t cry in the night,
and tell the old timers that the hoedown’s coming soon enough
Well, I loved you, I love you, I’d walk the line for you
But darlin’, it’s a little too long
So jump overboard, and send the word, to take care in the afterworld
She’s still afloat, boys, so keep your head up high
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Leon
03:05
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I think I saw Ole Leon
He was walking down the road
Where the river meets the sunset
Holding his hat, and moving slow
Holding his hat and moving slow
Well, I’m not from this county
I’m not from this town
But the weather here takes me somewhere
Somewhere that’s lost and gone
Somewhere from a lifetime ago
Well, last night down in Laredo
A cowboy took my hand
And he twirled me upon that dance floor
He said, “Honey, just close your eyes”
He said, “Honey, just close your eyes”
Then that music took me somewhere
From a long, long time ago
Where the neon of the springtime
Pushed through all the wind and snow
It pushed through all the wind and snow
I think I saw Ole Leon, like an angel just flying down
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7. |
Cut You A Check
03:51
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Take it from the top one more time
Talk it til you’re deaf and talk it till I’m blind
Try another try another try
Take another bet, and tell another lie
Well, tell ‘em all that I was wrong
Wrong in a story and wrong in a song
Wrong in love and in life
Wrong in the dark and wrong in the light
Something is happening new
And I don’t know if it’s me or if it’s you
I’ll cut you a check for your time
And I’ll tell you what’s yours and I’ll tell you what’s mine
The price that you’ve got to pay
It gets taken out day by day
And I learned something around town
You can’t keep a good girl down
No, no
Something is happening new
And I don’t know if it’s me or if it’s you
I’ll cut you a check for your time
And I’ll tell what’s yours and I will tell you what’s mine
Take it from the top one more time
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Seventeen
03:49
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It was a day when I was Seventeen,
It was a day in the spring.
And I knew that I would fly away,
Yeah I knew I had to leave.
And they said it was a tragedy,
Rivers run so wild and free.
And my friends and all my family,
How they all would have to grieve.
But I would stay Seventeen.
Well, the water’s overtaken me,
With a chill down to the bone.
When I went around that river bend,
Boys, I knew that I was going home.
But the others that had been with me,
On the safety of the shore,
Well, they ran up to the hill to see,
And they saw no sign of me at all.
But I would stay Seventeen.
Well, the hill where they would bury me
Shone like velvet in the sun.
And the preacher and my family,
They all said that I had died too young.
But the others that had been with me
On that fateful riverside
Through my death their hearts were sealed
and their lives forever twined.
But I would stay forever Seventeen.
It was a day when I was Seventeen,
It was a day in the spring.
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9. |
I'll Know
04:12
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Call you on a Monday, on a Tuesday, call you on a Friday night
Call me in the morning when I’m running, call me when the timing’s right
Call me in the evening when you’re dreaming, call me when I’m outta sight
Call me anytime you ever want me, call me when it hits midnight
Call me when you’re driving, the wheels are rolling, call me when you’re taking flight
Call me in the morning when I’m running, call me in the dead of night
Call me in the evening when you’re dreaming, call me at the break of light
Call me when you’re thinking, when I’m singing, call me when you’re feeling high
And baby I’ll Know, and baby I’ll know
And I’ll know, and baby I’ll know
And I’ll know, and baby I’ll know
Whoa-whoa
Call across the mountains, across the desert, call across the fields of time
Call across the oceans, across the rivers, call across the great divide
Call across the highways, across the bi-ways, call across the delta sky
Call me when you hear that thunder rolling, call me when the lightning strikes
And baby I’ll Know, and baby I’ll know
And I’ll know, and baby I’ll know
And I’ll know, and baby I’ll know
Whoa-whoa
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10. |
This Town
03:27
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I heard you cry, but I did not see your face
I could have tried, but I could not change the fates
All the city’s all asleep tonight, but the moon’s up bright like a pale sunlight
And I’m rockin and rollin and ramblin all over this town
Everything’s gonna be alright, though the world looks mean, the fields will come up green
And we’ll sing and we’ll holler and fly off as high as a kite
Time flutters by, and it looks like the end of the race
I’ve got to try, just to keep my head on straight
But too many days, were lost on the way
And harmony, was the only thing that you ever gave to me
Life flutters by, and I’ll leave you in your place
Just say you’ll meet in the by and by, in a field all tall with grain
All the city’s all asleep tonight, but the moon’s up bright like a pale sunlight
And I’m rockin and rollin and ramblin all over this town
Everything’s gonna be alright, though the world looks mean, the fields will come up green
And we’ll sing and we’ll holler and fly off as high as a kite
I heard you cry, but I did not see your face
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Bonnie Montgomery Fayetteville, Arkansas
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