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Charge It To The Devil
03:50
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I’m gonna light that cigarette
I’m gonna cruise down lower main
I got a woman on my mind ain’t gonna let her drive me insane
To be insane it feels so real
A revelation all the time
You know it all starts comin’ together ‘bout the time you’re standin’ in the fire
Cause nothin’ here is sacred love
And nothin’ here is kind
So you can charge it to the Devil girl
Cause I been losin’ my mind
Well you were out on Second Street
You were standin’ in the park
You were starin’ at your feet and waitin’ for the morning to call
You know I used to feel that way
Livin’ one foot in the grave
But then it all started fallin’ to pieces had to turn and go the other way
Well you were standin’ in that dress
You were burnin’ down my house
Had the scarlet in your eyes laughin’ like the sky was fallin’ down
You know a man has got to fear
A woman whisperin’ in his ear
Cause when it all starts comin’ together she’s taken everything that she can steal
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2. |
How 'Bout That
03:03
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Caffene, nicotine
And a glass of whiskey got me dreamin’ of you
Tried to change it’s all the same
My eyes were green before you turned me blue
But you weren’t even satisfied with that
Girl, cause then you had to go and paint my soul black
And now I’m a hungry man headin’ for another joint
So cut the bullshit let’s get down to the point
Cause you don’t love me girl but I don’t care
How bout that?
Gettin' by by gettin' high
I don’t know why I’m even talkin’ to you
I’m such a fool better keep my cool
But you cut my strings and burned my highway shoes
Talkin’ strange well somethin’s changed
I don’t know why I expected more out of you
So go your way guess I’ll do the same
But you left the chains and tore my heart in two
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Purely Evergreen
04:14
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These creepin’ words crawl up the stairs into your room
Into your mind they slither sly slip into you
You thought that you’d be free so easy didn’t you
You thought that you could do me wrong make me the fool but
You can do anything you want
You can say anything at all
Cause when the sun goes down then I’ll be gone like driftin’ wind
When the sun goes down I’ll only be your faintest sweet memory
When the sun goes down
You seem to think me like the leaves that shed the trees
And fall to streets with trash and disregarded things
But girl you misinterpret me entirely
Ain’t like the autumn leaves I’m purely evergreen so
These creepin’ words crawl up the stairs into your room
Now as you wake your body shakes you cannot move
You realize your error cries cut you into
But it’s not me between your sheets it’s someone new so
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Well I met a girl at the corner of five
Turned and said, “baby come on let’s go for a ride”
She said, “love that’s all right”
I tried to be frank but you know it ain’t cool
When so many women make one man look like a fool
I’m still tryin’ to find the rules
But honey you know it’s all right that’s just fine
Cause baby you know that I won’t need you
When I got half a million dollars and a bottle of red wine
Well I met a girl singin’ the railroad blues
Turned and said, “baby come on you know I know that tune
It tried to rob me blue”
Well she looked at me like I had stepped on her toes
And said “I don’t know where you get off but it’s best if you go”
I took the slow train home
So many people gonna walk in your life
Not many people gonna stay they take you for a ride
If it makes ‘em feel all right
Just like this girl she come with fire in her skin
Singin’, “come on to my room and we can have us a sin
You know it’s all gonna end”
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Well at seven-thirty-seven on a Friday night
My old baby come to me she said she didn’t feel right
Well she started to unravel and I took her by the hand
I said, “come on to me honey I’m a hungry man”
And I tried so hard but I just can’t keep my cool
She’s been breakin’ me down I been feelin’ like a fool
Got the six weeks and sellout blues
Well she’s the kind of lover with a license to kill
Sometimes she makes me kind of worried when she gives me a thrill
So I shut my eyes and try to keep a steady mind
But she knows all the right ways to drive my body wild
And I know it’s all wrong but hell if it don’t feel right
Well she crawls across my body with the music pumpin’ loud
Feels like I’m doin’ summersaults and I can’t find the ground
Tangled up and shattered on the living room floor
But I’m losin it babe and I can’t take this anymore
And yes I know that I been here before
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Liar Girl
03:07
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She says she loves me but you never can believe what she says
Cause when I go see my baby early in the mornin’
Another man sleepin’ in my bed
Well I said, “baby where you goin’ out tonight”
She said, “you ain’t got to worry yourself about me babe
Just don’t leave on your light”
Well I said baby, “I’m broken like a rolling stone”
She said, “If you’re already broken now baby
You might well keep on rollin’ alone”
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7. |
Break Away
04:22
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I met a woman on Broadway street
Her clothes were worn and ragged she had no shoes on her feet
Withered skin hugged tightly to weary bones
Blue eyes drenched in sadness she had always been alone
Tangled hair gone gray framed tired sagging cheeks
She had calloused workers hands a mouth of broken teeth
A life of pain and anguish tried hard to break her down
But she didn’t cry and she never frowned
And she sang, “ashes to ashes and dust turns to dust
The mountains will crumble as this steel turns to rust
My body will wither but my soul will remain
Cause there’s something on the other side of this pain
And it’s breaking me away”
All these faces swirl like a wind whirl working sweat into tired hands
But trouble’s churning at the heart like an ocean churning sand
Still I think that I can reach out just a little bit beyond but I
Can’t escape this somber chill it’s been haunting me for so long
Eyes of fire and heart of stone
Are making me feel so alone
Concrete flesh and petroleum blood
Have left me there without your love
So put my mind inside a can
A factory of ignorance eating at the heart of man
But can’t you feel that something’s wrong
Cause I feel her on the inside she’s still singing that same song and she sings
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8. |
A Long Way To Freedom
04:13
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The sky is pourin’ and the air is getting’ thin
So I just want to tell you love the way that I feel
Cause I been busy tryin’ to throw my arms around this world
But nothin’ ever seems to keep me from growin’ cold
And nothin’ ever keeps me from growin’ old
And I’m gonna be down in the ground
It’s gonna be a long way to freedom
Oh tell me love
Cause you know that I got to know
If it’s gonna be a love that lasts
The darkness creepin’ and the sky is turnin’ red
But you ain’t even come back love the way that you said
And so I think I’m gonna throw my arms around this burnin’ fire
And say, “baby maybe you can take me out of this alive
Cause all I ever wanted was to find that life”
The wind is howlin’ ain’t sayin’ much to me
You know tryin’ to make sense of this is like livin’ in a dream
And so I think I’m gonna let it all slip into you
You know you’re the only thing that I been holdin’ on to
And so love if you need to know I’ll tell you the truth
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9. |
Say Goodbye
05:19
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Well I got this sadness creepin’ over me
Burnin’ nostalgia has brought me to my knees
I thought if I gave it all maybe it would be all right this time
Thought if we came back hard maybe we could put up a fight
But now I know what you know
So if you think you better I think you better go
If you think you better then I think you better go
If you think it’s better then I think you better go
But if you go don’t forget to say goodbye
Well I got this madness playin’ games with me
And I hear a bright sound echo through the trees
I feel her comin’ back she’s comin’ back to make it right this time
Why must it fade to black she’s disappearing from my eye
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10. |
Ain't No Place Like Home
04:42
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Well I been travelin’ so long
Feel this suitcase now it’s tattered and worn
And these shoes upon my feet ain’t got no soul
So I’m crawlin’ back to knock on your door
You and your bright blue eyes
Feels like forever since I held you like a child
And this broken world’s been bleedin’ me dry
So I’m crawlin’ back to your bed tonight
Cause ain’t no place like home
Ain’t no place like home
Ain’t it strange the way I wandered so far just to know
That there ain’t no place like home
Well I been gamblin’ so long
Playin’ poker out on Long Street in the dark
And when she beat me I knew I’d lost
All the chips that I was bettin’ on you
You and your baby heart
Seems like forever since I broke your eyes
And the way we folded still makes me cry
So I’m clawin’ my way back home to you
Now I’m all broken down
But I’m still driftin’ lost from town to town
Walkin’ slowly through the evening rain
Wash away this sorrow once again
I wish I had a song to sing
To show you that I wear your heart just like a diamond ring
But every melody I write turns blue
I guess that’s the way I loved you too
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11. |
Delta
03:01
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I heard my baby cry
Said she’ll meet me on the other side
I’m bettin’ cards again
But the Devil always seems to win
I’m bound to fold my hand
Leave my body sinkin’ in the sand
I call the brightest day
Wake my soul a sleepin’ in the grave
I heard the lost dove sing
Said he’s bound to make the heavens ring
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12. |
Driftin' Blues
03:06
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Well it’s three miles to the next station
But it’s a long and winding road
Thumbin’ rides and my situation’s like
A box of half burnt smokes
Gettin' tired of the whole thing
It all starts to look the same
I guess I’m so damn used to the way it was
I can’t remember how to change
But I don’t wanna be a cowboy ridin’ into the sun
I don’t wanna be a drifter a man on the run
I don’t wanna be a sweet child lyin’ in your arms
I just wanna take the lonesome road back to where I’m from
Well I’m stompin’ boots shakin’ dirty jeans
Into the parlor down the way and it was
Jimmy Rodgers on the jukebox machine singin’
“Waiting For a Train”
Feelin’ anxious and I don’t know why
I can’t enjoy a quiet glass
I guess I’m so damn used to the way it was
That I just can’t let it pass
Well the sun’s sinkin’ now it’s haingin’ low
Paintin’ portrait’s in the sky and I’m
Still drinkin’ still faidin’ slow drownin’ portraits in my mind
Feelin’ sorry bout the whole thing but I just can’t figure why
I guess I’m so damn used to the way it was
Gets me feelin’ like I could die
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Ian McFeron Seattle, Washington
Ian McFeron’s writing has been compared to Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Ryan Adams. Over the course of a decade-long independent music career, he has attracted media attention stretching across the Atlantic. He currently tours in support of his 7th album Time Will Take You, recorded in Nashville with members of Ryan Adams band The Cardinals as well as Patty Griffin and John Hiatt’s touring bands. ... more
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