1.No Looking Back
I've been running in circles
You know I've been falling behind
Been held down by my own hands
And burnt out of my fucking mind
How can I let go of the things that keep me down
From so deep inside myself,
When everyone I know
When everyone I know needs help
There ain't no looking back,
There ain't no looking back
No there's nothing there,
Not living in the past
Has something got a hold on you
It's not waiting, it's not waiting
Time's not waiting for you or me
So maybe we can find a way
To be free
2.Rock And Roll
Do you remember the times we spent
All of the old songs
And what they meant to you
Where did you go
Flip it to the b-side one more time
Singing ever word,
Singing every line with you
No they could never know
Around and Around
There's a rock and roll
Around and Around
There's a rock and roll
Record spinning on my stereo
Around and around
There's a rock and roll
Around and around
There's a rock and roll
Record spinning and I'm thinking about you
We were the hopeless, the wild ones
Ten years, it's been ten years gone
Now you're gone, and I'm all alone
But I can listen to the music and
It takes me back
Every note just like a photograph on my heart
Before it fell apart
Around and Around
There's a rock and roll
Around and Around
There's a rock and roll
Record spinning on my stereo
Around and around
There's a rock and roll
Around and around
There's a rock and roll
Record spinning and I'm thinking about you
3.Howling At the Moon
Blurred faces and neon signs
Fade into a blackness, and cover up my mind
Like a dead man on the run
I don't get no sleep till the sun
And I've been howling at the moonlight
Since you've been gone
Out in the city, down in the streets
Up until the dawn
Oh no what can I do
When I still need you
Oh no what can I say
That'd bring you back to stay
So stand me up and fucking let me go
I'll put on a smile
We'll put down a few more
And have some laughs about the old times
But I still got you on my mind
And I've been howling at the moonlight
Since you've been gone
Out in the city, down in the streets
Up until the dawn
4.White Line Fever
Ran these old brick streets for years
And nothing ever come my way
Got a '68 Ford in my front yard
Just rust and faded grey
But man once she was so cherry red
Sweetest thing that you ever seen
I sit down behind the wheel
Just wondering when did everything
Get so fucked up
Get so turned around
Hit the gas and
I pull that shifter down
In the evening when the sun is low
Well mister I'll be running
As fast as these
God damn wheels will roll
Can't you hear that V-8 motor humming
And in the morning
When the sky, is golden
Hey maybe I'll be gone
I keep moving, just keep moving
I keep moving on
And I took one last ride by your house
And saw you sitting there inside
Thought about our love
And all those things
That seemed to make it die
Well baby out of all those other girls
You're still the best that I've ever seen
But I just sit there idling,
Wondering when everything
Got so fucked up
And got so turned around
I hit the gas and I pull that
Shifter down
In the evening when the sun is low
Well mister I'll be running
As fast as these
God damn wheels will roll
Can't you hear that V-8 motor humming
And in the morning
When the sky, is golden
Hey maybe I'll be gone
I keep moving, just keep moving
I keep moving on
And I'm counting white lines
On the road
But I still take you
Everywhere I go
In the evening when the sun is low
Well mister I'll be running
As fast as these
God damn wheels will roll
Can't you hear that V-8 motor humming
And in the morning
When the sky, is golden
Hey maybe I'll be gone
I keep moving, just keep moving
I keep moving on
5.American Hearts
There's an American heart
Reckless and wild
Beats like a cold black hurricane
Through you and me
And there's a promise of hope
That says don't you be scared son
A life here is a good one
Boy you're born to be free
Can you feel it slipping away
Just an American boy
Marching in time
Nineteen years old
When they put him up on that line
Get's him a ticket home
And a hero's salute
In a casket with stars and stripes that shine
Blinding American hearts like mine
And I feel it slipping away
I feel it slipping away
And I feel it slipping away
I feel it slipping away
I see a government man
Under red white and blue
Smile as he explains the cost of
War to me and you
But there's no mention of no
Names, no pictures on my TV screen
It's just the same old story
The same old fucking story again
And I feel it slipping away
I feel it slipping away
And I feel it slipping away
I feel it slipping away
6.California
Just a voice on the telephone
You seem so far away
Talking broken dreams
And broken guitar strings
Don't got too much to say
You spend most nights
At the boardwalk
Just staring out at the sea
Drowning in the lights of Los Angeles
Thinking about the way
Things used to be
Girl won't you go back home
California is no place to be alone
Took out west some years ago
Was just too big for that town
Hell I got that roaming in me too
Never known to stay around
It's just another night in Hollywood
Just another night alone
Thinking about things
And what you'd change
Knowing that the chance
Is fucking gone
Girl won't you go back home
California is no place to be alone
Girl won't you go back home
California is no place to be alone
Such a sweet young thing
How long will it be
Blinded by those stage lights
Honey can't you see
Girl won't you go back home
California is no place to be alone
Girl won't you go back home
Not gonna make, not gonna make
It all alone
7.Tennessee Blues
Southern Indiana in the summer time
All those girls are crazy but you know that's alright
Get another round and boys we'll play all night
Cause it's Virginia, Carolina, and I'm back to you
Make town in the morning honey, but when I do
It's only for a minute and I'm gone again
Following the river, down to New Orleans
Stranded out in Texas, Austin, San Antonio
Ten through Arizona man and we are gone
Right off to California with them girls so fine
It's gonna make me lose my mind
I've been drunk since noon ain't it a shame
But lately I don't give a fuck about anything
Driving these highways all alone
Tennessee I'm coming home
Tennessee I'm coming home
I've been drunk since noon ain't it a shame
But lately I don't give a fuck about anything
Driving these highways all alone
Tennessee I'm coming home
Tennessee I'm coming home
I don't want to go home ...
8.Drive On
Get in the car and let's go
We're meeting some wild young girls we know
The four tops are playing and we got some weed
And there's a pretty little blonde barely past eighteen
With hips that are shaking right in time
And they're waiting one mile past the county line
We got one more mile. Drive On
We got one more mile. Drive On
We got one more mile. Drive On
We got one more mile. Drive On
So now we're burning through the country like a runaway train
Matt's popping pills and a gator's doing cocaine
Six pack of jax up on my dash
I can't see straight and i don't look back
Staring at the stars and drinking cherry wine
I said have a little love brother cut me a line
We got one more mile. Drive On
We got one more mile. Drive On
We got one more mile. Drive On
We got one more mile. Drive On
Better get ready
We better get ready to go
9.Love In the Backseat
Yea you know I saw you spinning around
Like an angel out on that floor
Oh you stole my heart right from the start
No I never seen you here before
So tell me what you're doing in this town
So tell me girl is that your man
I got my 289 parked right outside
So won't you come on with me if you can
No I don't need to ask you honey
I know what you want to do
There ain't no mother fucker
That's gonna keep me away form you and that's true
So come on baby
Turn up the radio
Lock the doors and we'll kill the lights
You know everything will be alright
So come on baby
Come along with me
We'll drive out where no one can see
Cut the engine and I'll hold you tight
Everything be alright baby
Everything will be alright
We'll take it we'll take it
You know we can take it slow
We'll take it we'll take it
We'll take it anywhere you want to go
There's no need to worry now my dear
No there's not a soul in sight
So move a little closer here by me
You know we can stay all night
Well you momma and your daddy done told you
Now girl you better keep away
From boys like us but honey
I know that you're not listening to what they say
You're never listening to what they say
So come on baby
Turn up the radio
Lock the doors and we'll kill the lights
You know everything will be alright
So come on baby
Come along with me
We'll drive out where no one can see
Cut the engine and I'll hold you tight
Everything be alright baby
Everything will be alright
Just you and me on a summer night
Just you and me on a summer night
10.Jolie Blonde
Oh my Jolie Blonde
You've gone so far away
From the southern home
Where you were born
My lovely Jolie Blonde
Oh my Jolie Blonde
The skies they turned to grey
And lonely seas
Swept you from me
My love, my Jolie Blonde
The lord he aclmed
The Ponchartrain
Stilled the winds
And dried the rain
But he stole you girl
From New Orleans
My love, my Jolie Blonde
Oh my Jolie Blonde
Here by the shore I'll wait
For death to come
And lead me on
To you my Jolie Blonde
11.Things They Say
Your friends say man just forget her
But we got something they can't see
Your friends tell you you could do better
Than hanging around with the likes of me
Well maybe I ain't no good
But I'd treat you like I should baby
I know, I know, oh I know
All the things they say
I know, I know, I know, I know
But there's no way
That I can turn back. No way!
So I'm throwing rocks at your window
Waiting by my car outside
Like a shot in the dark
I hear your back door slam
And see you under those streetlights
Running through that empty street
Just running right down to me
I know, I know, oh I know
All the things they say
I know, I know, I know, I know
But there's no way
That I can turn back. No way!
Maybe no one could understand
Maybe no one should know
Give your heart, won't you give your heart to me
Maybe no one could understand
Maybe they'll never know
Give you heart, won't you give your heart to me
Cause I hear everything your friends are saying baby
I hear the things they're saying
I hear the things they're saying
I hear the things they're saying
12.The Promised Land
On a rattlesnake speedway in the Utah desert
I pick up my money and head back in to town
Driving across the waynesboro county line
I got the radio on and I'm just killing time
Working all day in my daddy's garage
Driving all night chasing some mirage
Pretty soon little girl I'm gonna take charge
The dogs on main street howl because they understand
If I could take one moment into my hands
Mister I ain't a boy, no I'm a man
And I believe in a promised land
I've done my best to live the right way
I get up every morning and go to work each day
But your eyes go blind and your blood runs cold
Sometimes I feel so weak I just want to explode
Explode and tear this whole town apart
Take a knife and cut this pain from my heart
Find somebody itching for something to start
The dogs on main street howl because they understand
If I could take one moment into my hands
Mister I ain't a boy, no I'm a man
And I believe in a promised land
There's a dark cloud rising from the desert floor
I packed my bags and I'm heading straight into the storm
Gonna be a twister to blow everything down
That ain't got the faith to stand its ground
Blow away the dreams that tear you apart
Blow away the dreams that break your heart
Blow away the lies that leave you nothing
but lost and brokenhearted
The dogs on main street howl because they understand
If I could take one moment into my hands
Mister I ain't a boy, no I'm a man
And I believe in a promised land
The dogs on main street howl because they understand
If I could take one moment into my hands
Mister I ain't a boy, no I'm a man
And I believe in a promised land
And I believe in a promised land
13.Church Bells Are Ringing
Swallowed up, no where to turn
Seems like things have been that way since I was born
Just another man singing black diamond blues again
Like my father and his father before him
Poison winds blowing down mine one
Thunders rolling in now thirteen gone
Junior says a sinner's prayer our souls to keep
Got a picture in my pocket of my baby and me
Standing in the sun on a winters day
Seems so damn far away
And I hear the church bells are ringing
Singing glory to god alone
Twelve men found broken but breathing
I see a light come to carry me on
Carry me past these coalfields
Through the mountains and rolling hills
Through the town where I was born
I see a light come to carry me on
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