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Ballad of Billy Johnson
02:27
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There was a man died before his time
He had a hat covering his shame
And a dustcoat hiding his scars
Yet he never found redemption
There was a time when he cared some
He sacrificed all he had
He had lost his fingers
And beaten to death
When he got fired, he went insane
Madder he got, lonelier he became
Alas no one held his hands
Now there's nothing left behind
Except these withered pages
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Pine Box
02:29
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I shot my woman, I shot her twice
And watched her bleed, bleed till she died
Her body was cold, cold as the ice
Left her to rot, rode to the wild
(I shot my woman)
(I shot her twice)
When I finally arrived, arrived to Buck's
Grabbed my beer, then I realized
I'm all alone now, till that day
I'll rest in my…
Old pine box
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Yearning
03:40
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The things that I saw, I can't erase
They shot my poor father for a stolen horse
I saw his dead eyes while his soul rises
The sherrif arrived, dragged my daddy's corpse
As the years passed by (passed by) yearning consumed me
As the years passed by, yearning consumed me
But the hatred still keeps me alive
At my daddy's grave I made a promise
That I'll find and kill those damn bastards
Alas I was young and goddamn careless
I've never found those man, left him in darkness
As the years passed by (passed by) yearning consumed me
The years passed by, yearning consumed me
But the hatred still keeps me alive
But the hatred still keeps me alive
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Paper Ship Fleet
06:09
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A king walks down a street
Stumbles upon a paper ship fleet
Floating with the rainwater
Carrying a boy's bright future
He gazed upon the boy from the past
Sees his face, forgotten and sad
Eyes full of wonder, the boy asked:
"Will it always be like that?" (like that)
The rain never stops (never stops)
The rain never stops (never stops)
The rain never stops (never stops)
The rain never stops…
In all the gloom and haze
The king walks to the boy
Replied: "Your fleet is entering a maze, oh
That will make you your only foe"
"You will burn in your own fire (fire)
While surrounded by liars (liars)
They will try to break you (oh Lord)
Then stitch you up and make you"
The rain never stops (never stops)
The rain never stops (never stops)
The rain never stops (never stops)
The rain never stops…
As the boy vanishes into the mist (to the mist)
King realized that the boy's face was his (was his)
The encounter with his past-self (past self)
Was a tragic, was a tragic bliss
He continued on his path (his path)
With his guitar on his back (on his back)
Yet, unknown to him (unknown to him)
His fleet of hopes was right on track (right on track)
The rain never stops (never stops)
The rain never stops (never stops)
The rain never stops (never stops)
The rain never stops…
The rain never stops
The rain never stops
The rain never stops
The rain never stops
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Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry
I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind the clouds
To hide its face and cry
Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin to die?
That means he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry
The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry
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