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1. Those Little Things

She woke up this morning
On the wrong side of the bed
I don’t know how she got that way
I don’t know what I said
The phone rang
Her eyes they said she didn’t want to pick it up
I said “Hey, It might be for me!”
She went outside for a cigarette

That’s life
It’s those little things that get ya
That’s life
It’s those little things

I stagger in the doorway
On the wrong side of my day
I didn’t know how I got there
Nothing she could say
Would make it any better
But she loved me anyway
And she always would

That’s life
It’s those little things

(chorus)
It’s those little things that get ya
It’s those little things that bend ya
It’s those little things that twist you round
Those little things that hurt

It’s those little things that grab ya
And those little things that shake ya
If it weren’t for love
Those little things would break ya

So if one day you find yourself
On the wrong side of your life
And you don’t know how you got there
Just ask your husband or your wife
To love you
They’ll do the best that they can do
To forgive the little things
Just like you would do
‘cause…

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It’s those little things that get ya
It’s those little things that bend ya
It’s those little things that twist you round
Those little things that hurt

It’s those little things that grab ya
And those little things that shake ya
If it weren’t for love
Those little things would break ya

That’s life
Those little things
That’s life
Those little things
That’s life

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2. Away Love Away

It's dark before mornin'
The stars are fadin'
Watching the sun break the day
It's so deathly quiet
There's beauty around us
Away away night's away

The mist on the water
Surrounding the rocks
On the shoreline
Out over the bay
The waves gently lapping
On sleeping boats waiting
Away away mist away

(Chorus)
Away
Away
Away
Away mist away
Oh away
Away
Away
Away mist away

A captain sits dreamin' of an evenin' red sky
A proverb of sailors and the sea
A feeling inside said that he'll be believing
Away away red sky away

My Love's on the dockside
With tear streamin' eyes
Hopin' for a glimpse o'er the bay
Her lover is standing on deck in the mornin’
Away away love away

(Chorus)
Away
Away
Away
Away love away
Oh away
Away
Away
Away love away

The sun it is rising
The night it is stilled
The wind it is rising
The sails they are filled
With the mountains behind us
We are sailing away
I'll be back in the autumn
To hold you I say

Away
Away
Away
Away love away
Oh away
Away
Away
Away love away

It's dark before mornin'
The stars are fadin'
Watching the sun break the night

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3. Love Is What We Need

Somewhere silent baby sleeps
Shepherds tending flocks of sheep
All is new from up above
All they need is love

Baby grown into a man
Tries to teach us what he can
Lessons learned from up above
All you need is love

I remember what you said
Heal the sick and raise the dead
Simply an example of
How to live that love

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Will we let the darkness reign?
Let the message die in vain?
Can we each plant just one seed?
Love is what we need

Year by year we lose our hold
On what that son of man had told us
Buried deep, we lose our soul
Love is growing cold

Down here we see scary things
Violence reigns and war is king
Children die, the wounded bleed
Love is what we need

I remember what you said
Heal the sick and raise the dead
Simply an example of
How to live that love

(chorus)
Will we let the darkness reign?
Let the message die in vain?
Can we each plant just one seed?
Love is what we need


Time to think of silent nights
Northern Star is burning bright
Baby sent from up above
All we need is love

(chorus)
Will we let the darkness reign?
Let the message die in vain?
Can we each plant just one seed?
Love is what we need

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4. Bring ‘Em On Up

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You gotta bring ‘em on up
Bring ‘em on up
You gotta bring ‘em on up
Up from the mine
One by one
You gotta bring ‘em on up
You gotta bring ‘em on up
From the deep dark mine
You gotta bring ‘em on up
Now
Nine for nine

Oh the water poured in

Oh The water poured in
The water poured in
The water poured in
Down deep in the mine

(chorus)
You gotta bring ‘em on up…

Oh the men were a swimmin’

Oh the men were a swimmin’
The men were a swimmin’
When the water poured in
Down deep in the mine

(chorus)
You gotta bring ‘em on up…

Oh the babies - they were a cryin’

The babies were a crying
The men were a swimmin’
When the water poured in
Down deep in the mine

(chorus)
You gotta bring ‘em on up…

Oh the women were a prayin’

Oh the women were a prayin’
The babies were a cryin’
The men were a swimmin’
When the water poured in
Down deep in the mine

(chorus)
You gotta bring ‘em on up…

Oh the drillers were a drillin’

Oh the drillers were a drillin’
The women were a prayin’
While the babies were a cryin’
The men were a swimmin’
When the water poured in
Down deep in the mine

(chorus)
You gotta bring ‘em on up…

Oh those children were a watchin’

Oh the children were a watchin’
Those drillers a drillin’
The women were a prayin’
While the babies were a cryin’
The men were a swimmin’
When the water poured in
Down deep in the mine

(chorus)
You gotta bring ‘em on up…

Oh the world held it’s breath
(breathe in slowly)
With the television on

Oh the world held it’s breath
With the television on
The children were a watchin’
While the drillers a drillin’
The women were a prayin’
While those babies were a cryin’
The men were a swimmin’
When the water poured in
Down deep in the mine

(chorus)
You gotta bring ‘em on up…

Oh let’s all sing now
While the world holds it’s breath
(breathe in slowly again)
With the television on

Oh let’s all sing
While the world holds it’s breath
With the television on
The children were a watchin’
Those drillers a drillin’
The women were a prayin’
While the babies were a cryin’
The men were a swimmin’
When the water poured in
Down deep in the mine

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5. Making Paper From The Wood

I did my job
Took home my pay
Had no idea
They would take it away

You get real scared
When you do what you know
You show up for work
Boss tells you “GO”

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But where do you go
Town’s built around the mill
And our homes and our families
Are settled there still
We all worked hard
We did what we could
Well that’s what we know
Makin’ paper from the wood

Cupboard’s getting’ bare
Don’t seem fair
All that I want
Is to earn my share

But what can I do?
I learned what I could.
And that’s what I learned
Makin’ paper from the wood

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World’s changin’ fast
Maybe things don’t last
Must be more to learn
On this changin’ path

Sure hope it’s good
Guess we’ll know when we should
‘Til now our hearts
Makin’ paper from the wood

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6. Bagdad Blues

Stephen King’s my friend
Sippin’ on a Starbucks
Wolf Blitzer and his Talkin’ Blitzer Blues
Starin’ down at me

You see the sugar ‘round here?
“No!”
I can’t drink this coffee plain
No I can’t

I’m not happy
Oh no I’m not happy
Stuck in this airport bar again

My plane flight’s been delayed
My connection’s disconnected
Cincinnati Purgatory
That’s the life for me

You see the sugar ‘round here?
“No!”
I can’t drink this coffee plain
No I can’t

Everybody’s thinkin’ ‘about it
Nobody’s talkin’
CNN drones on and on and …

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Off in the blue skies
Oh the blue skies
And on and on and …
Off in the blue skies
Oh the blue skies
And on and on and …
Of America
Land of the free
And the home of the brave

Taxi suicide blast
Kills four troops at a checkpoint
Coalition forces are under extremely fierce attack

Will Donnie Balis
Please report to the information booth
We’re in need a ya’
Need a ya’
Need a ya’

You see the sugar ‘round here?
“I said No!”
I can’t drink this coffee plain
No I can’t

Everybody’s talkin’ ‘bout it
Nobody’s thinkin’
CNN drones on and on and on …

(chorus)
Off in the blue skies…

It’s 3:02 in Bagdad
The bombing is relentless
Ground forces are
Sixty miles
Sixty miles away

In the interest of air safety
Report any suspicious persons
To your nearest law enforcement officer
Thank you
Have a nice day

You see the sugar ‘round here?
“I said No!”
I can’t drink this coffee plain
No I can’t
No I can’t!

Bombs droppin’ on the TV set
A half a world away
Someone stole the sports page
From my USA Today
And on and on and on…

(chorus)
Off in the blues skies…

You see the sugar ‘round here?

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7. If I Could Go To Mars

If I could go to Mars
I’d leave the world behind me
As I reached out past the stars
I’d leave behind the bars and the cars
And all the loose change in my pickle jars
If you would go with me sweet lady
Please come along with me
If you would go with me sweet lady
Please come along with me

If I could live on Mars
I’d live in a cozy little bubble
With two airlocks for doors
Cats in a skylight greenhouse
And two rovers, mine and yours,
If you would come with me sweet lady
Please come along with me
If you would come with me sweet lady
Come along with me

If I could walk on Mars
I’d drag my toes through the red sand sea
I’d kneel right down upon my knee
In a gondola with some sweet green tea
Where that ancient water used to be
And ask you to come with me sweet lady
If you would come with me
Please come along with me sweet lady
Come along with me

Now I’ll never get to Mars sweet Lady
Never in my days
But I can always dream sweet dreams
Countless many ways
Ways that leave the world behind
As I reach out to the stars
With you along with me sweet lady
With you along with me
With you along with me sweet lady
On the sands of Mars

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8. Mr. Baseball

Listen to my tragedy
This story I’ll unfold
About poor man barred from the life he loves
And up the river sold

Now I’ve wandered this old world of mine
I’ve suffered toil and strife
‘Cause when I bet on baseball
They sentenced me to life

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But I’m not just gonna take it
Not I’m not
I’m not just gonna take it
Left to rot
I’m not just gonna to take it
Cryin’ in my beer
Gonna whine, cry
Until I die
(And piss and moan)
To everybody near

Oh let me in Mr. Baseball
Let me in
Oh let me in Mr. Baseball
I won’t sin again
You know that Shoeless Joe bet his team would lose
I bet my team would win
Oh Let me in Mr. Baseball
Let me in

You know
Hockey game’s is very fast
Basketball’s the same
Football is so passionate
But baseball it’s so lame
You wait and wait and wait and wait your turn
For a little piece of fame
You need something to do between the pitches

You know
Pitcher shakes off the catcher’s sign
Shakes him off again
You find your mind a wanderin’
To what’s hot in the Big Ten
You take Ohio State with 15 points
Now that’s a game for men
Oh it hurts so bad
You know it itches

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But I’m not just gonna take it…

You know
Everybody loves me
Everybody does
Everybody wants me back
I’m the best there ever was
You know the people they all say so
You don’t believe it
Yes they do
I’ll bet you 10-1
Put your money where your mouth is

(chorus)
But I’m not just gonna take it…

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9. Friends like We

Neither here
Never there
We can be most anywhere.
Without our friends to help us out,
We'd blunder asunder & babble about.
We'd take wrong turns
We'd lose our way.
We'd wander off like an old sad stray.
So lucky are you & lucky are me
That both of us have friends like we!

(chorus)
La La La La
La La La La
La La La La
La La La

Me and you
You and me
Friends like us forever be
We make us smile
We dry our tears
Holding each other throughout all our years
Could be we laugh
Could be we cry
No time to stop and to wonder why
So lucky are you & lucky are me
That both of us have friends like we!
So lucky are you & lucky are me
That both of us have friends like we!

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La La La La
La La La La
La La La La
La La La

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10. Pink Flamingoes

I have a picture in my mind
I have a picture in my mind
I’m never leavin’ that memory behind
Of that picture in my mind

I was walkin’ down the beach one day
A day like any other day
Such a sight I did see
Like to make my heart flutter
Her hair the color of butter

A lady in green
Playing in a tidal pool
Like to make my heart flutter
Her hair the color of butter

She was splashing in the water
Sea foam spraying all around her
She was scarin’ all the seabirds
They was flyin’ in the breeze

She lightened up my life
If only for a moment
A mermaid lady
Seabirds they was flyin all around

Pink Flamingoes
I saw pink flamingoes
Pink Flamingoes
I saw pink Flamingoes

‘Twas the beauty of angels
Flyin’ towards the sun
Rays of gold among the crimson
Reason for some fun

Movin’ closer
Ever closer
Movin’ closer
Ever closer
Closer…

(chorus)
Next thing that I knew
She had me in her wake
The taste of ocean
Eyes of green
Were more than I could take

I loved her in the moment
With all my heart and soul
I watched her as she falling back
The waves begin to roll

Pink flamingoes
Nothing left but Pink flamingoes
Pink flamingoes
I saw nothin’ more than pink flamingoes

Movin’ closer
Ever closer
Movin’ closer
Ever closer
Closer…

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Next thing that I knew…

Pink flamingoes
Nothing left but those damm Pink flamingoes
No more
No more
Pink flamingoes…

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11. I Gave You Back

If I could fly
I would ask my wings to carry you
Upon the wind
To rise up o’er the sea
Across the canyons
Down in through the valleys
To bring your youthful smile
Back home
Here to me

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I gave you back
To wind and sun and heavens
I gave you back
To sand and salt and sea
I placed my faith
In places where they’ll find you
But now I’m wanting you
Back home
Here with me

I hear your laughter
Within the swirling autumn leaves
I feel your gentle soul
Each setting of the sun
I see the path you’re on
Each time I say my morning prayer
I’ll cry these tears
Until this life is done

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12. My Ol’Man

Every summer we’d pack up that car
We’d drive up state where the bungalows are
With momma and sister riding shotgun in the back

Seemed like the trip was takin’ all day
With my old man drivin’ that ol’ Chevrolet
You’d think we’d never get there in my lifetime
My sister a yack yack yack ing

Just when things couldn’t get any more bleak
My ol’ man turned around to me to speak
Said, son I think I’m gonna sing you a little ‘ol song

This is what my old man sang to me
With his big Ol’ Man’s big ‘ol jowls you see
That’s perfect for singing Bing Crosby harmony
With a bubba bubba bubba and a bubba bubba be

“Would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you like to be a pig”

(chorus)
My Ol’ Man
My Ol’ Man
My Ol’ Man
My Ol’ Man
Doin’ the best he can

Came another time I knew I’d done something horribly wrong
When my mother said wait till you father gets home
That wasn’t a very good sign no it wasn’t

Behind that big ol’ sofa I knelt
Waitin’ on the old man with his big ol’ belt
You’d think he’d never get there in my lifetime
But I was wrong

Just when things couldn’t get any more bleak
My ol’ man came in the door with a creak creak creak
And he said son I think I’m gonna sing you a little song

This is what my ol’ man brought back
From fightin in the war with the ack ack ack
Travelin home on the subway seemed to bring it all back
Sing along if you feel like it

“I wanna go back to my little grass shack
In Kealakekua Hawaii
I want to be with all the kane and wahine that I knew
Long long ago”

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My Ol’ Man…

Now in front of the TV set my ol’ man sits
Snoring his brains out with a can of Shlitz
My momma is watchin’ Topo Gigio on the Sullivan show

I was running ‘round doing the 50 yard dash
I fell over my ol’ man’s feet
He woke up in a flash
Steam was coming from his ears
I thought the ol’ man was gonna blow

Just when things couldn’t get more bleak
My ol’ man saw the fear in my cheek
And said no harm done as he picked me off the floor

He said son, as a matter of fact I’ve got
A song to sing you
Here it is
Before I had a chance to leave he closed the door

“I would rather suck on a lemondrop
Than try my luck with a lollypop
‘Cause when I suck my lollypop
It gets all over icky”

(chorus)
My Ol’ Man…

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13. Sunrise Moon

Sunrise moon
Arizona sky
Mesquite wind
Desert lullaby
Highways disappearing like an arrow into the the pastel hills
Green grass has no place in this world

The key to my life
In this little desert town
Saved a life to get here
Now she’s takin’ me down
For pizza and burritos
And rock ‘n roll dreams
All that it is isn’t all that it seems

(chorus)
Trailer park ladies
Circle K lies
Washed out lovers and
Burned out sighs

Crumblin’ adobe
Transparent souls
Hard luck livin’
And prairie dog holes

Place like any other place
Dreams they stay the same
People drive the same ol’ cars
And have the same ol’ names

The Old Town Cantina
And the Oak Room bar
Cocktails and Jewelry
Black top and tar

(chorus)
Trailer park ladies…

Sunrise moon
Arizona sky

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14. Tell Your Story Walking

Tell Your Story Walkin’
My Daddy always said
As he was eatin’ dinner
Or lying down in bed

I always wanted to tell him
What was sittin’ on my mind
But “Tell Your Story Walkin’”
Was his favorite goodbye line

(chorus)
Tell your story walkin’ (3x)
My Daddy always said
Tell your story walkin’ (3x)
My Daddy always said

I decided to walk down Main Street
And take my teddy bear
And my sign with all my story
Written with marker and crayon care

All the people stopped to read it
And they let out a great big smile
I even had a boy share his lemonade
And we stood and we talked awhile

(chorus)
Tell your story walkin…

The dogs they trailed behind me
The cats and the kittens too
I was so amused I didn’t care
Mud coverin’ both my shoes

We all went down to the village square
Where I stood on a platform stage
And all those people they gathered round me
Like I was a bird in a people cage

Then suddenly through a crowd
I saw his great big brown set eyes
He was upset with me for being there
It’s my dad I began to cry

I started to tell him about my day
Through tears of half gone joy
Then Daddy suddenly realized
And he held out for me and my teddy bear toy

(chorus)
Tell your story walkin…

He took an end of my crayon sign
And he smiled a great big smile
We then traveled together down Main Street
We musta’ went more than a mile

That day I was so, so happy
‘Cause from that day on I knew
That when dad said “Tell your story walkin’”
He went walkin’ too

(chorus)
Tell your story walkin…

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15. Another Heart Broken Tonight

Daddy died Sunday
Momma heard it in the mail
Sister’s got the bad news
That Bubba’s in jail
My life is a tragedy
Gonna write it in a country song

I went down to Nashville
For some songwritin’ schoolin’
But the teachers there they said to me
Who are you foolin’
They said that I broke
Every songwritin’ rule in
The book

(chorus)
Yet another heart broken tonight
Yet another heart broken tonight
Another heart of a songwriter
Down on his luck
You can’t keep on livin’
When the word is “you suck”
So pack uo the babies
And load up the truck
And when you hit I65 turn right
Yet another heart broken tonight (5x)

My rhythm ain’t rhyming
My song’s not commercial
The words they don’t sound natural
Nothing rhymes with commercial
They don’t understand what
My good old friend Hershel
Is doin’ in this country song

Well, my grammar ain’t good
My singer can’t sing
My hook it ain’t hookin’ much of anything
Nothing at all ‘bout this song’s any good anymore
So why am I pitchin’ it for?

(chorus)
Yet another heart broken tonight…

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