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Little Blind Tailor
02:33
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They call me the little blind tailor
my job is to make others look good
got me some specialized paterns
& now you got my girl on your hook
Never saw it coming the way you stole her heart from me
I guess having one less sense must be a disability
and now I'm stuck here fumbling with my needles and pins
wondering when these aweful heartaches will end
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The Next Sleazy Motel
03:02
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there was a time I’d cash my chips in, for loving you
but it seems this gamble brought me straight to hell
No, today won’t be much better, as I’ve stopped loving you
so drop me off at the next sleazy hotel
chorus:
They’ll have a bar set up with whiskies (pause) and mai tais
They’ll be dancin’ drinkin’ fightin’ all around
I might black out (pause) and forget a funny memory
But it’s a gamble, at the next sleazy hotel
talking verse:
the chains of good behavior
at the hilton, or sheraton
won’t hold this boy from hangin on
to the next indulgent sin
& when this body slips away
and death knocks at the door
it will open to this loser with a drunken little whore
repeat chorus
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C-G
yeah we had a little talk
before we all come down
& we drove over here
from the other side of town
& I walked into
these great big doors
& it looks so fancy
haven’t lived like this before
& the people all smile
& their talking all around
I got friends everywhere
on this side of town
F-C
I got friends everywhere
on this side of town
gonna make it my home
with these people all around
got friends everywhere
on this side of town
ain’t it great I’ll have them
the whole year round
C-G solo
repeat F-C
so we had a little party
in the middle of it all
the ladies gathered ‘round
in their prettiest gowns
So I danced all night
with every lady I found
having fun with my friends
out in this part of town
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a breeze sang through my hair, I turned my head & love was standing there
you were mine before I knew it, before I even knew your name
we walked around together in a city strange and foreign
listening to bowie on a shared walkman while we rummaged through the market
And I did, I did, I did, love you, I did love you.
we made fun of leonard cohen cuz we didn’t know what love was
tho we fell in love like magic, never knowing what what we were hummin’
never went down to the river, just holed-up in your bedroom
when the window flew open, a thousand wings were flappin’
And I did, I did, I did, love you, I did love you.
(solo)
she’s hidden in the hallway like a secret stash of money
she holds all the beauty of a love that lost it’s boundaries
she cries like a fiddle, she laughs when someone’s coming
you fill every corner with the sound of Jesus humming
And I did, I did, I did, love you, I did love you.
And I did, I did, I did, love you, I did love you.
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I Feel Love
02:49
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I feel love down by the river
where we walk arm & arm most every day
I feel love, just flutter and quiver
& the more I feel it come each passing day
We made the right mo - oo - oove
& we're here to stay
Don't believe those nay-sayers
they're just striking out for gold,
while their ship sails away
-break-
on chorus:
They might buy condos (condos, condos), drive fancy cars
wine & dine in fancy bars
we just have each other
& love that glows in the dark
& unlike some others, we never doubt
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I wanna do everything with you
stand in line at the bank or go to the zoo
pick corn on the cob from between our teeth
take off our clothes & run on the beach
(chorus)
time passes slowly then sometimes fast
drowning in still water ain’t like drinking from a glass
you and I have a sketchy kinda past
but I’m still your tool & your still my ass
(solo)
(talk verse)
we’ve made love 15,000 times
crossed damned near every relationship line
laughed or sneered at every joke
cried & screamed at the end of our ropes
got jealous & hateful or just relieved
to finally sleep on new years eve
with fewer years in front than in the rear
we can still look forward to laughter & tears
(chorus:)
Remember when life was all dewey and sweet
smelled of lilacs & sounded like a long, deep breath
you and I have our checkered little past
oh but, I’m still your tool & Lord, you’re still my ass
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Ladies Man
03:22
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Am E
The Good Lord Brings me down
to see the hell I’ve made (Am)
He says, “You’re so creative (E) son,
you never bothered sharing a ring (Am)
& the hearts you made to hate the truth
are coming after you
& they vow to lay you proper in your grave
C G Am
A Ladies’ man must watch his every move
Cuz he (C) drags them through the ringer (G)
though he thinks (E) he’s being smooth
They’ll catch (Am) up with you soon (C) enough
& push (G) you when you stumble (E)
(E) & knock that gravel over you
(E) & watch your weak bones crumble (Am)
So you think you are a Christian man
who needs someone to marry
every lowly thought within
is just another cross for Christ to carry
the animal within your loins will beg, borrow & steal
you’ve brought so many ladies down
not even a justice will cut a deal
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To Have You By My Side
01:49
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G
When I see you there
G
The truth comes to me
B
I don’t know what I’d do
C
Without you
G
I’d borrow some pride & come
C
home
D
to have you by my side
-solo-
G
Time’s standing still
G
Once again
B
I can’t get on
C
without my best friend
G
I’d borrow some pride & come
C
home
D
to have you by my side
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Sell-by Date
02:39
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it takes five years to learn guitar
another ten you might get pretty far
another 15 and you’re all washed up
& the cycle starts again with another young pup
you learn to play football when you’re 7 or 8
pop warner gets you hooked on competitive hate
if you’re lucky you can go to a college somewhere
til they’ll spit your ass into a puddle of tears
seems everyone has they’re own sell by date
I guess mine was back by the starting gate
and we all wound up in this fucked up town
had a few good times but now it’s all come down
solo
Now you’re all revved up for retirement
Burning through money like cheap incense
a few fine years to do it all
If you can muster it up for a port of call
Soon enough they’ll drop you in a cemetary plot
New & shiny with a big parking lot
til the city re-zones it for a fancy hotel
& dumps your rotten carcass in a big landfill
Guess everything now has a sell by date
even if its way back by the starting gate
its all been buried in this fucked up town
with a hedge fund manager to tramp it down
Guess everything now has a sell by date
even that ole starting gate
its all been buried in this fucked up town
with a hedge fund manager to tramp it down
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