Lucinda Williams : Sweet Old World

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He sleeps all alone on Second Street

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With a roof over his head and food to eat

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But he can hardly make it day to day cause

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Everything he wants is six blocks away

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Six blocks away He's got a regular job and it pays the rent In a doughnut shop on 3rd and 10th But he doesn't understand why she turned him away He can hear her heart beat six blocks away Six blocks away

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Six blocks away, dirty old street Six blocks away, he can hear her heart beat Six blocks away, dirty old street Six blocks away, he can hear her heart beat

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Six blocks away

Instrumental verse

He walks real fast down the dirty street He turns his eyes from the people he meets It hurts so bad what can he say He sends her a message six blocks away Six blocks away Six blocks away, dirty old street Six blocks away, he can hear her heart beat Six blocks away, dirty old street Six blocks away, he can hear her heart beat

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Six blocks away

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Six blocks away

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Six blocks away

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If I had my way, I'd be in your town

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I might not stay, but at least I would've been around

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'Cause there's something about what happens when we talk

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Something about what happens when we talk Does this make sense? Doesn't matter anyway Is it coincidence, or was it meant to be? 'Cause there's something about what happens when we talk Something about what happens when we talk Conversation with you was like a drug It wasn't your face so much as it was your words And there's something about what happens when we talk Something about what happens when we talk |

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Well I can't stay round, 'cause I'm going back south But all I regret now is I never kissed your mouth 'Cause there's something about what happens when we talk Something about what happens when we talk Something about what happens when we talk Something about what happens when we talk

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His mama ran off when he was just a kid

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So he never really knew her at all

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Just a picture of a girl in a sad blue dress

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Hanging beside a cross on the wall His daddy used to drive those eighteen wheelers Now he drives a bottle deep into the night He was always saying son, you're just no good You'll never do anything right

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He never got enough love

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In all his life

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He wasn't brought up right

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He never got enough love |

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| The screams and the bruises and the broken bottles These were things he understood From busted chairs to a broken heart He got away as soon as he could When he was just eighteen he got his very own gun Shot a kid near a liquor store one night He was all mixed up, he never understood why He was only lookin' to prove his daddy right He never got enough love In all his life He wasn't brought up right He never got enough love He never got enough love In all his life He wasn't brought up right He never got enough love |

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See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world

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What you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world

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The breath from your own lips, the touch of fingertips

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A sweet and tender kiss

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The sound of a midnight train, wearing someone's ring

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Someone calling your name

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Somebody so warm, cradled in your arm

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Didn't you think you were worth anything?

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See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world

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What you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world |

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Millions of us in love, promises made good

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Your own flesh and blood

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Looking for some truth, dancing with no shoes

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The beat, the rhythm, the blues The pounding of your heart's drum, together with another one Didn't you think anyone loved you? See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world What you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world What you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world |

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Your R&B records, your music books

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Your sense of humor and your rugged good looks

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I see you now at the piano

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Your back a slow curve

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Playing Ray Charles and Fats Domino

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While I sang all the words

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Little angel, little brother Your bad habits and your attitude Your restless ways and your solitude I see you leaning your lanky frame Just inside the door A figure behind the kitchen screen Staring down at the floor Little angel, little brother |

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Little angel, little brother Your passion for Shakespeare and your paperbacks Your chess pieces and your wisecracks I see you sleeping in the car Curled up on the back seat Parked outside of a bar An empty bottle at your feet Little angel, little brother Your R&B records and music books Your sense of humor and your rugged good looks I see you now at the piano Your back a slow curve Playing Ray Charles and Fats Domino While I sang all the words Little angel, little brother Little angel, little brother

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Of mine

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When Daddy told me what happened, I couldn't believe what he just said

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Sonny shot himself with a .44 and they found him lyin' on his bed

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I could not speak a single word, no tears streamed down my face

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I just sat there on the living room couch, staring off into space Mama and Daddy went over to the house to see what had to be done They took the sheets off of the bed, and they went to call someone Some of us gathered at a friend's house to help each other ease the pain I just sat alone in a corner chair, I couldn't say much of anything We drove on out to the country, his friends all stood around Subiaco Cemetery is where we lay him down I saw his mama, she was standing there, his sister she was there too I saw them look at us standing around the grave and not a soul they knew Born and raised in Pineola, his mama believed in the Pentecost She got the preacher to say some words so his soul wouldn't get lost |

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Some of us, we stood in silence, some bowed their heads and prayed I think I must've picked up a handful of dust and let it fall over his grave I think I must've picked up a handful of dust and let it fall over his grave |

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Capo:

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There are things about you that make me wanna scream and shout

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There are things about you that make me wanna lock you out

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But there's a little thing that drives me wild

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Something that happens every time you smile

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I can't get over the lines around your eyes

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Lines around your eyes every time you smile

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And the way you touch me darlin' just drives me wild

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Sometimes I don't know what we're fightin' about

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But that don't mean we can't work things out

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'Cause I love you darlin' and the lines around your eyes

Instrumental verse

I put my car in gear and I headed down Highway 10 I was leavin' here, I was never comin' back again Got about as far as the Texas line Still couldn't get you off of my mind 'Cause I can't get over the lines around your eyes Lines around your eyes every time you smile And the way you touch me darlin' just drives me wild Sometimes I don't know what we're fightin' about But that don't mean we can't work things out 'Cause I love you darlin' and the lines around your eyes 'Cause I love you darlin' and the lines around your eyes

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We all make mistakes sometimes And I have made my share of mine But if I have to, I'll walk the line

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Just to prove my love

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You know I'd give everything I got And I what I'd give would be a lot I would smooth out all the rough spots

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Just to prove my love

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Let me prove my love for you

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Let me do whatever I can do

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Let me show my heart is true

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Let me prove my love for you |

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There was a time way back when The words we spoke were sweeter then We can have those times again

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Let me prove my love Let me prove my love for you Let me do whatever I can do Let me show my heart is true Let me prove my love for you Let me prove my love for you

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As you walk along the sidewalks of the city

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You see a man with hunger in his face

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And all around you, crumbling buildings and graffiti

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As you bend down to tie your shoelace Sirens scream, but you don't listen You have to reach home before night But now the sun beats down, it makes the sidewalks glisten And somehow you just don't feel right

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Hold me, baby, give me some faith

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Let me know you're there, let me touch your face

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Give me love, give me grace

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) Tell me good things, tell me that my world is safe |

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| You pass by bars with empty stages Three o'clock drinkers fall by Chairs are placed on top of tables As you brush the hair out of your eyes A woman stops you with a question So you drop some money in her hand She sleeps in doorways and bus stations And you'll never understand Hold me, baby, give me some faith Let me know you're there, let me touch your face Give me love, give me grace Tell me good things, tell me that my world is safe |

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Back in Memphis she was a pearl

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She was everyone's favorite girl

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Now her eyes have a vacant stare

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What she wouldn't give to be livin' back there She married a man when she left home She wanted someone she could call her own He was good to her when he wasn't drunk He'd hold her and tell her how pretty she looked Back in Memphis where she grew up The life she knew was just not enough Back in Memphis when she was a girl She thought one day she'd own the world She'd look at the TV and magazines And she'd believe all the pictures she'd seen She'd be wearin' silk and perfume so sweet But those things don't mean much out here on the street Back in Memphis she had fun Goin' around, tellin' everyone She was gonna buy dresses that zip up the side And wear red lipstick, have a nice car to drive She bounces her baby on her knee Sayin' maybe today we'll get lucky, you'll see I promise it won't always be like this Come here, sugar, give Mamma a kiss Back in Memphis another time Didn't look like things would turn out fine Back in Memphis when she was a girl She thought one day she'd own the world Back in Memphis she was a pearl

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Just a shakin' in my knees, just a cold chill Don't know what it is, some call it a thrill Just a lump in my throat, just hot blood Don't know what it is, some call it love

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Well, I saw you out in your car

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You had the top down and you were drivin' real slow Just a shakin' in my knees, just a cold chill Don't know what it is, some call it a thrill Just a lump in my throat, just hot blood Don't know what it is, some call it love Well, I saw you in the grocery store Buyin' tomatoes for a casserole Just a shakin' in my knees, just a cold chill Don't know what it is, some call it a thrill Just a lump in my throat, just hot blood Don't know what it is, some call it love Well, I saw you in the laundromat Washin' your clothes, gettin' all the dirt out

Instrumental chorus + verse

Just a shakin' in my knees, just a cold chill Don't know what it is, some call it a thrill Just a lump in my throat, just hot blood Don't know what it is, some call it love Well, I saw you with your car broke down Fixin' your flat with a tire iron Just a shakin' in my knees, just a cold chill Don't know what it is, some call it a thrill Just a lump in my throat, just hot blood Don't know what it is, some call it love Just a shakin' in my knees, just a cold chill Just a lump in my throat, just hot blood

Instrumental chorus to fade

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Which will you go for?

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Which will you love?

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Which will you choose from

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From the stars above? Which will you answer? Which will you call? Which will you take for For your one and all?

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) Tell me now, which will you love the best? |

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| Which do you dance for? Which makes you shine? Which will you choose now If you won't choose mine? Which will you hope for? Which can it be? Which will you take now If you won't take me?

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) Tell me now, which will you love the best? |

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Lucinda Williams : Sweet Old World
1992

Six Blocks Away

Something About What Happens When We Talk

He Never Got Enough Love

Sweet Old World

Little Angel, Little Brother

Pineola

Lines Around Your Eyes

Prove My Love

Sidewalks Of The City

Memphis Pearl

Hot Blood

Which Will

Lucinda Williams : Sweet Old World 1992

Six Blocks Away

Something About What Happens When We Talk

He Never Got Enough Love

Sweet Old World

Little Angel, Little Brother

Pineola

Lines Around Your Eyes

Prove My Love

Sidewalks Of The City

Memphis Pearl

Hot Blood

Which Will

Lucinda Williams : Sweet Old World
1992