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I Saw The Arkansas
04:08
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The birds sing to hoofbeats, I hum harmonies
On the trail of a hell of a day
Like yesterday, today is like the days before that
Still damned if I don’t find my way
So I ride and ride each dawn until dusk
I’ll bury my heart if I must
Or lay me by a creek for eternal sleep
So I’ll finally drift on away
‘Cause each night the moon whispers to me
I dream of where I’m to die
I’ve been there before
I saw the Arkansas from the levee again
And watched myself drift on away
So bury me beneath the tall pine trees
On the hill where my heart is most still
Amongst the monks of a hard day’s prayer
That keeps me and holds me right there
But still each night the moon whispers to me
I dream of where I’m to die
I’ve been there before
I saw the Arkansas From the levee again
And watched myself drift on away
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White painted trees
Cotton in the delta breeze
I may need all of these things
To get me through
Let the sun take my hand
Hold me close and make me warm again
Tell me
Have I got a friend
There’s no feeling quite like those
Helltown River Blues
There’s no telling how long they’ll
Stick around
So in the meantime
We’ll do our best
To keep these tires on the ground
We’ll kick up some dirt
Pop a top or two it couldn't hurt
Burning spliffs, in the middle of the road
In the evening sun
This is how we have our fun
Drink enough to make a liquor run
Pop into Marvell
Take Jo Carouso for a ride
White painted trees
Cotton in the delta breeze
I may need all of these things
To get me through
Let the sun take my hand
Hold me close and make me warm again
Tell me
Have I got a friend
Pop into Marvell
Take Jo Carouso for a ride
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There was a love
But I couldn’t grasp it
There was a heart
But I wouldn’t let her have it
Now she’s telling me she’s cutting loose
I suppose this was long overdue
I’ll face a reckoning
On my own
Although I’m aged a few more years
She’s grown wise beyond those tears
I’ve been learning
What leaving really means
There was a chance
I didn’t take it
There was a moment
But I couldn’t fake it
I kept my heart distant from her
Like a coward I can’t take love’s hurt
And just like a breathe
I won’t get it back
Although I’m aged a few more years
She’s grown wise beyond those tears
I’ve been learning
What leaving really means
I knew right then
As I gazed upon her face once again
That I was looking into her eyes
For the last time
I’ve been learning
What leaving really means
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4. |
Blessing in Disguise
04:31
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I’ve been workin
Workin up to you
I’ve been learning
It’s all that I can do
So that’s where you’ll find me
Crippled in doubt
Still yearning to breath a new day
And put this whole world behind me
Sometimes I can drink away the thought
That you don’t love me
Sometimes I pray to no one that I
Can make it through the night
Sometimes I try to convince myself
That it was a blessing in disguise that you
left me
But I never thought
I never thought that you would
This place is empty
Empty as my heart
Except for the ashes in the alley
And my future on the floor
And honey it hurts worse
With all that I hold in
Now time don’t seem to stay still
If my heart aches as silent
As I know that it should
It don’t mean I don’t care for you still
It’s just that I never thought
I never thought that I could
Sometimes I can drink away the thought
That you don’t love me
Sometimes I pray to no one that I
Can make it through the night
Sometimes I try to convince myself
That it was a blessing in disguise that you left me
But I never thought
I never thought that you would
I never thought that you would
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5. |
Buddy
03:32
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Buddy
Won’t you let me take you with me
I’m gonna give away all my memories
I’m packing ‘em up tonight
No need to leave ‘em at home
When I can put ‘em in a song
And we can play ‘em all night long
For drinkers in another town
Early in the morning
When we’re back out on the highway
Pushing back miles
Listening to the gear shake
Wheel life
We’ll be lonesome
We’ll be tried
It’ll be hard livin
A little scary when it ain’t fun
Like bandits on the run from nothing
In a Ford Econoline
We’ll keep on honky tonkin
We’re gonna push ‘em ‘round the floor
Until they can’t walk out the door
And sometimes neither can we
Ain’t no money in it
But we’ll have smiles on our faces
Doing beers in our favorite places
Between here and ---
We’ll keep our ears to the ground
For a place to sleep each night
But keep you’re bags packs after our last show
We’re gonna drive the whole way home
Buddy
We’ll be doing most things our way
Living life the hard way
Gets easier the further you’re from home
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6. |
Fever
03:36
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Sometimes a fever flame
Burns up a bit too fast
I'm always running
She's knows I'm always running to
A new town a time zone over
A little change of my view
The further I get carried away
The fewer reasons she'll find to stay
And it don't take long
We had a fever
Pushing back the hard times with a love that could strike like a match
We had a fever
A think that can't last
Sometimes a fever flame burns up a bit too fast
I'm always going
She knows I'm always going to
Point my wheels in a different direction
Every day or two
When the sun stays on my left side
When I get home I know what I'll find
An empty dresser drawer
We had a fever
Pushing back the hard times with a love that could strike like a match
We had a fever
A think that can't last
Sometimes a fever flame burns up a bit too fast
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7. |
One More Time
03:15
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There's a trace
Of the way I used to feel about you
In the place
I wound up today
The wind
Nearly swept me off my feet
I was high enough
To make my way downtown
You hang with me til closing time
Bathe with me under neon lights
You take to me just one more time
I can see it in the way
My feet shuffle cross the ground
To the bar stools
With none of my friends around
The pace
And the rate at which you cross my mind
Well it leaves me
With nowhere else to find
You hang with me til closing time
Bathe with me under neon lights
You take to me just one more time
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8. |
I Know I'm Not The One
04:01
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Today when the day was through
I walked to town for a drink or two
Cause I can’t help but love the view
From my favorite barstool
If I hear my old love songs
I’ll shake em off like nothings wrong
I’ll cut my losses, another day of trying to move along
I parked my heart at the end of the bar
The few I had had done their part
Just as I stood up I was slid another
From a stranger in the dark
We got to talkin bout love
And who we’ve both been thinking of
We had a laugh, We said a toast to our broken hearts
I know I’m not the one her heart dwells on
I know mine’s not the face all her dreams are built upon
I could try to move along, or pay up and walk on home
But today’s the day, this here’s the place, and now’s the time
We carried on for a couple hours
I couldn’t keep from staring at her face
I felt my hands begin to steady
As the liquor starts to take
That’s when she starts to coming on
And I forget that somethings wrong
My broken heart was gone without a trace
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9. |
Johnny Alabama
03:19
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The name is Johnny Alabama
I come from Scranton, Arkansas
I'm lost and folly out in Oklahoma
Searching for a truer way back home
My drinking got a bit to heavy
Soon my gambling followed suit
I lost my money to a Cherokee man
Who spent it on a woman I called mine
My boots are scuffed
My lips are cracked
I ain't got no good intentions
I ain't never going back
To me now home is nothing but a memory
Some say is soon to fade with time
I think I'll head a bit further south
See what that gulf breeze is all about
The heat from Tulsa's grinning mouth
Will draw you in and sweat you out
Because tonight the sun is sinking in the south
I'll hop a train down to New Orleans
Where the coast line breaks to a dirty green
I'll meet a voodoo queen who'll smile but fail to do for me
Everything I need but don't desire
My boots are scuffed
My lips are cracked
I ain't got no good intentions
I ain't never going back
To me now home is nothing but a memory
Some say is soon to fade with time
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Dylan Earl Fayetteville, Arkansas
I’m from where I woke up this morning. I write the songs that come to mind and struggle with the ones that don’t. I find
humor in misconceptions and solace in laughter, love in the street and fire in the eyes of the marginalized. I prefer facts over alternate facts.
I’m here to shoot you straight, although sometimes I fire from the hip.
I’ll always love you.
~Dearl
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