1.Epitaph(Black And Blue)
Her close friends have gathered.
Lord, ain't it a shame
Grieving together
Sharing the blame.
But when she was dying
Lord, we let her down.
There's no use cryin'
It can't help her now.
The party's all over
Drink up and go home.
It's too late to love her
And leave her alone.
Just say she was someone
Lord, so far from home
Whose life was so lonesome
She died all alone
Who dreamed pretty dreams
That never came true
Lord, why was she born
So black and blue？
Oh, why was she born
So black and blue？
2.Jody And The Kid
She would meet me in the morning
On my way down to the river
Waiting patient by the chinaberry tree
With her feet already dusty
＞from the pathway to the levy
And her little blue jeans rolled up to her knees
I'd pay her no attention
As she tagged along beside me
Trying hard to copy everything i did
But i couldn't keep from smiling
When i'd hear somebody saying
Looky yonder there goes jody and the kid
Even after we grew older
We could still be seen together
As we walked along the levy holding hands
For as surely as the season she was changin' to a woman
And i'd lived enough to call myself a man
And she often lay beside me
In the coolness of the evening
Til' the morning sun was shining on my bed
And at times when she was sleeping
I'd smile when i'd remember
How they use to call us jody and the kid
Now the world's a little older
And the years have changed the river
Cause there's houses where they didn't used to be
And on sundays i go walking
Down the pathway to the levy
With another little girl who follows me
And it makes the old folks smile
To see her tag along beside me
Doing little things the way her mama did
But it gets a little lonesome
When i hear somebody sayin'
Looky yonder there goes jody and the kid
3.Long Way From Home
The clubs are all closed and the ladies are leaving,
There's nobody nobody knows on the street;
A few stranded souls standing cold at the station,
An nowhere to go but to bed and to sleep.
Chorus：
Lord, would you look at you
Now that you're here, ain't you
Proud of your peers
And the long way you've come？
All alone, all the way
On your own, who's to say
That you've thrown it away for a song？
Boy, you've sure come a long way from home.
So it's so long to so many so far behind you,
Fair-weather friends that you no longer know;
You've still got the same lonely songs to remind you
Of someone you seemed to be so long ago.
Lord, would you look at you
Now that you're here, ain't you
Proud of your peers
And the long way you've come？
All alone, all the way
On you own, who's to say
That you've thrown it away for a song？
Boy, you've sure come a long way from home.
4.The Silvertongued Devil And I
I took myself down to the tally ho tavern
To buy me a bottle of beer
I sat me down by a tender young maiden
Whose eyes were as dark as her hair
And as i was searching from bottle to bottle
For something un-foolish to say
That silver tounged devil just slipped from the shadows
And smilingly stole her away
Chorus：
I said hey, little girl don't you know he's the devil
He's everything that i ain't
Hiding intentions of evil under the smile of a saint
All he's good for is getting in trouble
And shifting his share of the blame
And some people swear he's my double
And some even say we're the same
But the silver-tounged devil's got nothing to lose
And i'll only live 'till i die
We take our own chances and pay our own dues
The silver tounged devil and i
Like all the fair maidens who've laid down beside him
She knew in her heart that he lied
But nothing that i could have said could have saved her
No matter how hard that she tried
'cause she'll offer her charms to the darkness and danger
Of something that she's never known
And open her arms at the smile of a stranger
Who'll love her and leave her alone
And you know he's the devil ...
5.The Taker
He's a giver, he'll give her
The kind of attention that she's never known
He's a helper, he'll help her
To open the doors that she can't on her own
He's a lover, he'll love her
In ways that she never has been loved before
And he's a getter, he'll get her
By gettin her into the world she's been hungerin' for
'cause he's a taker, he'll take her
To places and make her fly higher than she's ever dared to
He'll take his time before takin' advantage
Takin' her easy and slow
And after he's taken the body and soul
That she gives him, he'll take her for granted
Then he'll take off and leave her
Takin' all of her pride as he goes
Yes, he's a taker, he'll take her ...
He's a charmer, and he'll charm her
With money and manners that i never learned
He's a leader, and he'll lead her
Across pretty bridges he's planning to burn
He's a talker, he'll talk her
Right off of her feet, but he won't talk for long
Cause he's a doer, and he'll do her
The way that i never
And damned if he won't do her wrong
'cause he's a taker, he'll take her
To places and make her fly higher than she's ever dared to
He'll take his time before takin' advantage
Takin' her easy and slow
And after he's taken the body and soul
That she gives him, he'll take her for granted
Then he'll take off and leave her
Takin' all of her pride as he goes
Yes, he's a taker, he'll take her ...
6.When I Loved Her
Well, she didn't look as pretty as some others i have known
And she wasn't good at conversation when we were alone
But she had a way of making me believe that i belonged
And it felt like coming home, when i found her
She seemed to be so proud of me just walking holding hands
And she didn't think that money was the measure of a man
And we seemed to fit together when i held her in my arms
And it left me feelin' warm, when i loved her.
Chorus：
'cause she brightened up the day like the early morning sun
And she made what i was doin' seem worth while
It's the closest thing to living that i guess i've ever known
And it made me wanna smile, when i loved her.
I know some of us were born to cast our fortunes to the winds
And i guess i'm bound to travel down a road that never ends
But i know i'll never look upon the likes of her again
And i'll never understand why i lost her
Chorus：
'cause she brightened up the day like the early morning sun
And she made what i was doin' seem worth while
It's the closest thing to living that i guess i've ever known
And it made me wanna smile, when i loved her.
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