Helsinki

I was sinkin' in Helsinki I was thinkin', thinkin', thinkin' 'bout you baby, thinkin' 'bout you girl

And I was feeling kinda lonely ‘causeI solely found you only on my mind, baby all the time

See when we were up there in the arctic oh my heart got so cathartic, being with you baby, being with you girl

And when the sun it wouldn't set,I surely knew I wouldn't forget, forget about you baby, forget about you girl

And I got you on my mind I ain't wasting no more time Yeah I've got you on my mind And back here in Carolina

I'm still constantly reminded, reminded of you baby, reminded of you girl See very tree and every flower sends me

right back to those hours, walkin' with you love, blue skies above

And I got you on my mind I ain't wasting no more time Yeah I've got you on my mind

So if you're sittin' in Helsinki and you find that your still thinkin', thinking 'bout me baby, thinkin' 'bout me girl

Then let's get a littlecloser so we both can make the most of, this sweet lovin', yeah this sweet bliss

And I got you on my mind I ain't wasting no more time Yeah I've got you on my mind

What You Want To Hear

You know some people never get lucky

You know some people never get clear

Some people looking in the shadows

Me I’m looking right here

So, tell me what you want to tell me, darling

Tell me what you want to tell me, dear

Tell me what you want to tell me, darling

And I’ll tell you what you want to hear

I saw a child walking slowly

I saw a woman walking fast

I saw a barrel softly glisten

I heard the powder loading fast

Well, maybe I don’t want to believe you

Maybe I don’t want to think it’s true

Maybe I’ve grown tired of all your stories

Maybe you’re just bound to make me blue

I know your worried I can’t handle this

I know your worried I’ll break down

Maybe your right I just ain’t made for this

What’ll I do when you’re not around

Well don’t you worry cause I ain’t so weak

No I won’t freeze when the cold wind blows

I ain’t so fragile like some old pressed flower

I’ll stand tall as watch you go

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Back To The Bottle (Never Going)

It started out as a good time
It started out as a blast
It started out as a good time
Then the bottle kicked my ass

Oh the bottle she sang such a siren's song
I was always a friend to that band
The bottle she sang such a siren's song
She left me a broken man

And I used to have me a woman
I used to have me a home
I used to have me a family
Then the bottle left me all alone 

The bottle took 18 years from me
And hardly a one remains
The bottle took 18 years from me
And I'll never get them back again, no I’ll never get them back again

I'm never going back to the bottle
I'm never going back to the glass
I'm never going back to the bottle
The bottle that kicked my ass

Well I’ll never get back what it took from me
I’ll never get back what it stole 
I'm holding on to the rest of my life
Just as sure as it was gold, yeah just as sure as it was gold
So just give me my cup of coffee
Just give me my H20
Just give me my cup of coffee
And with a smile I will go, yes with a smile I will go

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Banjo Gal

She left me a glass of sunshine, told me I should drink,

Well I love my baby but I ain't as dumb as she might think.

We had dances, we had fun, good times by the score,

We did everything together, couldn't have loved her more.

But I left him for a banjo picker, much to his surprise,

she left me for a banjo picker, now I sit and cry.

Hey, hey she was a banjo gal, hey, hey she was a banjo gal, 

hey, hey she was a banjo gal, and she had to have a banjo man.

Well I loved my guy he played guitar, he played it oh so well,

Well I loved my guy, oh yes I did, but I always been a banjo gal

Well she loved her guy, that’s what I thought, see I was oh so sweet,

Well I loved my guy, but a banjo man, done swept me off my feet!

Oh by golly, oh by gosh, I wish it wasn't true,

Oh by golly, oh by gosh, weren't nothing more he could do.

Hey, hey I was a banjo gal, hey, hey she was a banjo gal, 

hey, hey she was a banjo gal, and she had to have banjo man.

Well I don't like no banjo pickers, that come 'round Saturday night,

I don't like no banjo pickers, they don't treat me right.

So I just sit here every night, sippin’ on my beer, 

And I ain't seen that glass o' sunshine in just about 21 years.

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Come Find Me

I got a big ol' box to put things in, things no one can deny,

I got a nickel in my pocket, you need not wonder why

I got sunshine, I got lockets, I been to Idyllwild and more,

I got some friends out on the freight tracks, go ahead call me poor.

I got yesterdays and tomorrows, at least I'm hoping that is true

I got a candle in the moonlight, baby I ain’t blue

Ain't got no mortgage got no Internet, of all that I am free

Ain't got no cell phone, got no TV, but you can still find me

I'm the horizon in the distance, I'm the thing inside your dreams

I'm the fog that keeps on calling, I'm the distance in between

And I been walking in your valleys, I been swimming in your seas,

I been climbing all your mountains, down on my bended knees

And I ain't getting on no high horse, nor am I slinkin' through the night

You may call me cousin lonely, but you would not be right

So if you hear my mournful calling, if you see my ribbon of tears

If you hear my laughter quakin', you will know that I am near

I'm the horizon in the distance, I'm the thing inside your dreams

I'm the fog that keeps on calling, I'm the distance in between

So don't praise me and don't scorn me, throw pebbles at my feet

Don't pray for me on Sunday, as if I'm not complete

And don't feel remiss, when you steal my kiss, and walk back to the edge

I'll be your bridge, o'er the cold abyss, mark all I have said.

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You Don’t Have To

You don’t have to stay away all day, no you don’t have to stay away all day,

You don’t have to stay away, don’t make me cry my life away,
You don’t have to stay away all day.

You don’t have to tell me that I’m wrong, you don’t have to tell me that I’m wrong, 

You don’t have to say I’m wrong, I’ve heard that same song all day long,
You don’t have to tell me that I’m wrong.

Well you know that I love you yes I do, you know that I love you yes I do
You know that I love you, please don’t say that we are through
You know that I love you yes I do

You don’t have to give me that bad look, you don’t have to give me that bad look,

You don’t have to give that look, it's all of my love you took,
You don’t have to give me that bad look.

You don’t have to be so damn cruel, you don’t have to be so damn cruel,

You don’t have to be so cruel, make people laugh say I’m your fool
You don’t have to be so damn cruel.

Well I know I might not be such a prize, I know I might not be such a prize, 

Well I might not be such a prize but baby, I apologize, (drum hits)
I know I might not be such a prize.

Well, why don’t we just kiss and make up, why don’t we just kiss and make up,

Why don’t we just kiss, holdin’ hands we’ll live in bliss,
Why don’t we just kiss and make up 

Why don’t we just kiss and make, why don’t we just kiss and make,
why don’t we just kiss and make up! 

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A Key, a Rock, a Cloud

In my life I've seen so many things,

I've seen trouble, I've seen what love brings.

I've seen crying, I've seen bodies down,

I've seen broken men wearing hero's crowns.

But no the world's not done, it's still going on,

Sometimes the brightest light, is the one that's gone.

When the scarlet leaves turn lighting black,

When the road gets long, and it won't come back.

When the desert town fills the starry skies,

When you shake us now, it’s bittersweet goodbye

But no the world's not done, it's still going on,

Sometimes the brightest light, is the one that's gone.

And the love we've known, helps us carry on,

And the love stays strong, when it's in our songs 

Are there birds out, will I see them?

Are there songs today, will they come my way?

Are there birds out, will I hear them?

Are there songs today, will they come my way?

There's a child lost, will she come to harm?

There's a border guard in a woman's arms,

There's a gun that's turned back upon the pain,

There's a love that lies beyond the rain.

But no the world's not done, it's still going on,

Sometimes the brightest light, is the one that's gone.

And the love we've known, helps us carry on,

And the love stays strong, when it's in our songs

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It’s Alright

Well, it's all right if my baby loves me, it's all right if it ain't really true,

It's all right if she's thinking of me, it's all right if she leaves me blue

It's all right if she tells me maybe, it's all right if she goes right through

It's all right if she comes on Sunday, it's all right if she don't want to

It's all right if my baby needs me, it's all right if she's just too free,

It's all right if she calls me lonely, it's all right if she let's me be

It's all right if she tells me maybe, it's all right if she goes right through

It's all right if she comes on Sunday, it's right if she don't want to

Well, it's all right if she comes in angry, it's all right if she says she don't,

It's all right if she sees I'm cryin', it's all right 'cause I know she won't

It's all right if she don't really love me, it's all right if she don't really care,

It's all right if she comes on Sunday, it's all right cause I won't be there,

It's all right if she don't really love me, it's all right if she don't really care,

It's all right if she comes on Sunday, it's all right cause I won't be there

It's all right if she comes on Sunday, it's all right cause I won't be there

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