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This Hard Town
05:42
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This Hard Town
5am and Al
He's on his way down to yard
Seems like a man just getting by
Shouldn't have to work this hard
The sun is barely rising
When he shows up at the gate
Then suddenly it hits him
That it might all be too late
He grew up here, in this hard town
Full of dreams and a little pride
But his mom got sick and his dad got drunk
And he had to set it all aside
Now it was fifteen years ago
When his mama finally passed away
But he's still here in this hard town
What he's waiting for, he couldn't say
In this hard town
The call for lunch time comes and goes
But he doesn't take a break
The feeling that he's losing time
Is a feeling he can't shake
He knows he's only forty
But his knees feel like they're eighty five
And what if what he's getting back
Will not get him out alive?
In this hard town
(Bridge)
And somewhere in the distance
Are the dreams that he put down
'Cause getting up is getting by
In the days of this hard town
By quitting time
The sun has long since passed over the hill
He heads down to the local bar
To try to get his fill
He buys himself a bottle
For the thoughts he just can't think
And he knows he should stop running
As he pours himself another drink
In this hard town
Later at the bar that night
He buys the place another round
They raise a glass to everything
They lost to this hard town
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2. |
Love Songs
04:35
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Love Songs
Once in a time, I was a man
Who pined for what I could not see
For I was tortured by a mind
That knew not what a love could be
But I held steadfast to the hope
That some day I would find you
And I'd say out loud these words
And each day I would make them true
(Chorus)
All my life
I'll write you love songs
Born of my heart
There were days to me it seemed
That my path to you was lost
But I kept walking any way
Despite the pain despite the cost
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
Then in a flash
In a room
Lit with candles and lace
And the haze
Of perfume
But a rush I could taste
And then you
Like a dream
But a touch I had known
Then to me
Came the truth
That the black bird had flown
(Chorus)
Once in a time I was a man
Who pined for what he could not see
But I would sure pay any price
For the love that came to be
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3. |
JZ
03:42
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JZ
A momentary smile
She looks right through me
And it might take a while
But it gets to me
And there can be no daisy
Like the way my JZ says
You can't see her heart
She moves like weather
It seem like we're apart
When we're together
But there can be no daisy
Like the way my JZ says
(Chorus)
JZ you're moving backwards
Crazy to put it in words
Save me, here we go again
A beat just out of time
But that's my JZ
She moves to speak her mind
And that just may be
And there can be no crazy
Like the way my JZ says
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
You think you're winning
In the beginning
But that's just how she gets you in
Then the fun begins
And you can't get away
The storm is coming
No matter what you say
When you start running
'Cause there can be no daisy
Like the way my JZ says
(Chorus)
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4. |
COVID Blues
02:59
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COVID Blues
Listen people let me tell you
There's a whole new bug in town
And they say it came from China
But It's really got me down
(Chorus)
I've got the COVID Blues
C O V I D COVID Blues
That's right the COVID Blues
C O V I D COVID Blues
I've got no one I can talk to
And there's nowhere I can go
When I ask when things will open
They just tell they don't know
(Chorus)
And you have to keep your distance
And we're sheltering in place
And my baby says she's smiling
But I can not see her face
(Chorus)
I've got the news here on the TV
And it's running day and night
And the only thing they tell me is
There aint no end in sight
(Chorus)
And I hear from Mr. Biden
That old Trump he dropped the ball
But no matter who you blame
It don't bring me no help at all
(Chorus)
And somebody could you tell me
Just which vaccine I should get?
They say that there's an answer
But I haven't found it yet
(Chorus)
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5. |
Black Lonely
05:08
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Black Lonely
Your head will not strop pounding
As you lie awake in bed
You're talking to your pillow
But you don't know what you said
And all you see is nothing
While the room starts spinning round
It's like you've been delivered
But you're not sure what you've found
And then you start to see it
Like a moment from a play
You know you bought the ticket
But they don't want you to stay
(Chorus)
And hard as she tries
It all comes out lies
Deep in her eyes as she stares
Black lonely
And she will give you nothing
While the room keeps spinning round
It's like you're in the highway
But you don't know where you're bound
And then it all stops moving
But it feels like you might fall
And you can't spare an instant
But she wants to take it all
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Joel Glenn Wixson Kittery, Maine
The foundation of Joel Glenn Wixson's musical life is street performance, "busking." Since starting his musical journey at the age of nine, he has played from Portland Maine to Portland Oregon. Internationally, He has performed in Canada, France, and New Zealand, but most of the time he is in New England playing in the streets from Boston on up the Coast. ... more
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