Steve Earle : El Corazon

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It's Christmas time in Washington

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The Democrats rehearsed

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Gettin' into gear for four more years

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Of things not gettin' worse The Republicans drink whiskey neat And thanked their lucky stars They said, "He cannot seek another term There'll be no more FDRs" I sat home in Tennessee Staring at the screen With an uneasy feeling in my chest And I'm wonderin' what it means

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So come back Woody Guthrie

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Come back to us now

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Tear your eyes from paradise

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And rise again somehow

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If you run into Jesus

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Maybe he can help you out

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Come back Woody Guthrie to us now I followed in your footsteps once Back in my travelin' days Somewhere I failed to find your trail Now I'm stumblin' through the haze But there's killers on the highway now And a man can't get around So I sold my soul for wheels that roll Now I'm stuck here in this town So come back Woody Guthrie Come back to us now Tear your eyes for paradise And rise again some how If you run into Jesus Maybe he can help you out Come back Woody Guthrie to us now There's foxes in the hen house Cows out in the corn The unions have been busted Their proud red banners torn To listen to the radio You'd think that all was well But you and me and Cisco know It's going straight to hell So come back, Emma Goldman Rise up, old Joe Hill The barricades are goin' up They cannot break our will Come back to us, Malcolm X And Martin Luther King We're marching into Selma As the bells of freedom ring So come back Woody Guthrie Come back to us now Tear your eyes for paradise And rise again some how

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I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown

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To see what I could see

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My mama told me never go, I'm damned near twenty-two years old

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Sometimes I feel this hollow swallowing me She went off to Gettysburg, went off with that new beau of hers I snuck off after dark It's a long way down the Canny Road, the stars were bright and the moon was low Down where the blacktop highway starts I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown I went down to see what I could see Now everybody stared at me, you'd think that they ain't never seen A colored boy before Well, they jumped at me and they called me names They'd a whupped me sure, but the sheriff came I slipped off, ran through the drygoods store I ran down Division Street, but some of them boys followed me Down to the railroad track There was four of them and I came five, but I got my old Randall knife I cut that boy and I never did look back I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown I went down to see what I could see Across the fields and woods I run, like a bullet from a rabbit gun Back home to my bed Ma came back from Gettysburg, her and that new beau of hers Boy you look like hell, was all she said A month went by without a word, someone down in the hollow heard About that boy they hung He begged those men to spare his life, but I dropped my bloody Randall knife He picked it up, so they thought he was the one I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown I ain't going back there anymore

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I saw you lookin' at that girl like that

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Yeah, I saw her too boy , I know right where you're at

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But you better be careful cause she ain't the kind you're gonna forget

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How much you wanna bet

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If you fall in love, nothing's gonna be the same

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You walk around callin' out her name, you throw your heart down like a glove

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Push come to shove, you'll only end up lonely and blue

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Whenever she's away from you

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If you fall in love You gotta hear me talkin' to you cause I'm your best friend And I'd hate to see you goin' where I've already been Cause I've been in love before and I won't ever be the same again You better listen to me Jim If you fall in love, nothing's gonna be the same You walk around callin' out her name, you throw your heart down like a glove Push come to shove, you'll only end up lonely and blue Whenever she's away from you If you fall in love Well there she is again she sure looks fine Yeah I know you're walkin' on a very thin line So I guess it's cause your heart's not as strong as mine Well just this one time If you fall in love, nothing's gonna be the same You walk around callin' out her name, you throw your heart down like a glove Push come to shove, you'll only end up lonely and blue Whenever she's away from you If you fall in love

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Sweetheart last night I dreamed of you

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You loved me like you used to do

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Mornin' come and I woke up and found

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I still carry you around I still carry you around Everywhere I travel now No matter how I try to put you down I still carry you around I still just can't believe you're gone Your memory haunts me from now on I walk the streets of this old lonely town I still carry you around I still carry you around Everywhere I travel now No matter how I try to put you down I still carry you around You're with me everywhere I go In my heart and in my soul Down every road, no matter where I'm bound I still carry you around I still carry you around Everywhere I travel now No matter how I try to put you down I still carry you around

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My brother Jimmy, my other brother Jack

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They went down to Houston and they never came back

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Mama wasn't going to let her baby go yet

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But there ain't nobody hiring back in Lafayette Working all week for the Texaco check Sun beating down on the back of my neck Tried to save my money but Jimmy says no Says he's got a little honey on Telephone Road

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Come on, come on, come on, let's go

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This ain't Louisiana, your mama won't know

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Come on, come on, come on, let's go

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Everybody's rocking out on Telephone Road Telephone Road is ten miles long Fifty car lots and a hundred honky-tonks Jukebox is blasting and the beer bottles ring Jimmy banging on the pinball machine Come on, come on, come on, let's go This ain't Louisiana, your mama won't know Come on, come on, come on, let's go Everybody's rocking out on Telephone Road Mama never told me about nothing like this I guess Houston's about as big as the city can get Sometimes I get lonesome for Lafayette Some day I'm going home, but I ain't ready yet Come on, come on, come on, let's go This ain't Louisiana, your mama won't know Come on, come on, come on, let's go Everybody's rocking out on Telephone Road

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Somewhere out there in the world tonight

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Just out of my reach, I hear your heartbeat

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It's coming in loud and clear tonight, pounding in my brain

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It's calling out your name

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In the darkness something binds you to me

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So that I can find you when you want me

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I would be there waiting on you

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Somewhere out there

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Somewhere there in your heart tonight where I have never gone

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You were not alone

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And it's tearing me all apart, all right

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But girl what can I do when I'm so far from you And when I lay me down to sleep My one and only prayer is you keep Safe from harm till I get wherever you are Somewhere out there, hey!

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If you're sad and if you're lonely If you're scared, if you're only Tired of fighting, seeking shelter Just hold on, I'm somewhere out there

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Somewhere out there in the world tonight

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Just out of your reach, you'll hear my heartbeat

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Moses went up to the mountain To see what he could see Well he come down talking 'bout a burning bush

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Says "This is how it's gonna be"

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He's scared to death

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You know the rest Columbus went down to the ocean In 1492 He said, "Boys, I'm looking for India But America will do" Sailed to the west You know the rest Davey Crockett went out to Texas To fight at the Alamo Old Will Travis never told him Texas is in Mexico It's a bloody mess You know the rest Robert Johnson went down to the crossroads A guitar in his hands Well, the devil had him a guitar, too He says "This is what you need man You can be the best" You know the rest Well this song ain't got no reason Hell this song barely rhymes Well it come to me when I was asleep And it wakes me up sometimes I can't get no rest You know the rest

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He was standing on the highway, somewhere way out in the sticks

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Guitar across his shoulder like a thirty-ought-six

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He was staring in my headlights, when I come around the bend

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Climbed up on my shotgun side and told me with a grin

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I'm goin' to New York City

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I've never really been there, just like the way it sounds

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I heard the girls are pretty

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There must be something happening there, it's just too big a town He was cold and wet and hungry, but he never did complain Said he'd come a thousand miles through sleet and snow and rain He had a hundred stories about, the places that he'd been He'd hang around a little while and hit the road again I'm goin' to New York City I've never really been there, just like the way it sounds I heard the girls are pretty There must be something happening there, it's just too big a town See, I've been to New York City, seems like it was yesterday I was standing like a pilgrim on the great white way The girls were really pretty, but they wouldn't talk to me I held out about a week, went back to Tennessee So, I thought I better warn him, as he climbed out of my car Grabbed his battered suitcase and shouldered his guitar I knew I was just jealous, if I didn't wish him well I slipped the kid a twenty, said, Billy give 'em hell I'm goin' to New York City I've never really been there, just like the way it sounds I heard the girls are pretty There must be something happening there, it's just too big a town

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I was almost outta here, I nearly left this time

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I saw you in my rear view mirror and I pulled up on a dime

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But nothin' ventured, nothin' lost, you can't say we didn't try

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That is unless you weighed the cost of every tear we cried

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Why do we do this to each other

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If you could look me in the eye and tell me what you see Maybe you can tell me why I let you torture me I know that your lips are soft and they sing the sweetest songs But I've been listenin' long enough, my heart has turned to stone Why do we do this to each other I guess we were always poison lovers |

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| Another time, another place, another wind to blame Cover every track and trace, I'll find you just the same And even if we made our peace and went our separate ways You'd go west and I'd go east and we'd meet here in this place Why do we do this to each other I guess we were always poison lovers Why do we do this to each other I guess we were always poison lovers |

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When I'm sad and blue

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And I'm feeling all alone

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There's a place that I go to that no one knows Where no matter what I do Won't nobody put me down That's why I'm going to the other side of town

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On the other side of town

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Where the sun don't ever shine Everybody walks around

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With a shadow cross their minds When that midnight train rolls by And they hear that lonesome sound They just hang their heads and cry On the other side of town Well it isn't very far And it's not that hard to find You just follow all the other lonely souls Take a walk down lonesome lane 'Til you see the dead end sign And your broken heart will tell you where to go To the other side of town Where the sun don't ever shine Everybody walks around With a shadow cross their minds When that midnight train rolls by And they hear that lonesome sound They just hang their heads and cry On the other side of town

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So if you've find someone Who won't ever let you down Hurry home before the sun goes down No matter what you do Don't let night fall like a shroud And catch you on the other side of town On the other side of town Where the sun don't ever shine Everybody walks around With a shadow cross their minds When the midnight train rolls by And they hear the lonesome sound They hang their head and cry On the other side of town

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Here I am on my way, down another road I've have paved

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With every good intention I've saved and hearts that I broke

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As for me I got scars for every mile travelled so far

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And some blood on my hands, here I am

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With a song in my heart and an attitude from the start

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I took everybody apart to see how they work

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I got friends that I owe, I ain't naming names

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Cause they know where they stand, here I am

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Here I am, here I am, here I am

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If I went back where I've been, and I knew what I know now then

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Well, I'd probably do it again 'cause I'm just a man

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At the end of the day I ain't got nothing to say

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Here I am, here I am, here I am

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Here I am, here I am, here I am

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In Fort. Worth all the neon's burnin' bright

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Pretty lights red and blue

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But they'd shut down all the honky-tonks tonight

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And say a prayer or two if they only knew You used to say the highway was your home But we both know that ain't true It's just the only place a man can go When he don't know where he's travelin' to

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But Colorado's always clean and healin'

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And Tennessee in spring is green and cool

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It never really was your kind of town

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But you went around with the Ft. Worth Blues Somewhere up beyond the great divide Where the sky is wide and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light Just hold on tight, that's all you gotta do And they say Texas weather's always changin' And one thing change 'll bring is somethin' new And Houston really ain't that bad a town So you hang around with the Ft. Worth Blues There's a full moon over Galway Bay tonight Silver light over green and blue And every place I travel through, I find Some kinda sign that you've been through But Amsterdam was always good for grieving And London never fails to leave me blue And Paris never was my kinda town So I walked around with the Ft. Worth Blues

Steve Earle : El Corazon
1997

Christmas In Washington

Taneytown

If You Fall

I Still Carry You Around

Telephone Road

Somewhere Out There

You Know The Rest

NYC

Poison Lovers

The Other Side Of Town

Here I Am

Fort Worth Blues

Steve Earle : El Corazon 1997

Christmas In Washington

Taneytown

If You Fall

I Still Carry You Around

Telephone Road

Somewhere Out There

You Know The Rest

NYC

Poison Lovers

The Other Side Of Town

Here I Am

Fort Worth Blues

Steve Earle : El Corazon
1997