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You
03:24
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You showed me the well
Made me pull the bucket up
Put the ladle up to my mouth
Made me drink it up
When I came to the stars
Looked like they were falling
And you were nowhere
When I was calling you.
You on your broken bike
Headed downtown
I met you by the river
We flagged a motorboat down
You typing my poems
By the window in your room
Me dictating letting go
Of all of my balloons for you
How quickly you ran away
I thought I heard you say it's been nice
Knowing you
You told me a story
About an accident
A young boy and a girl
Who never knew what it meant
You took the little one
What did you do
Your mother said you ran away from him
I said no, she ran away from you
Well I waited for a letter
Some kind of nice word or sign
But I never heard from you
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HIDEAWAY ROCKIN'
There's a little known spot down on West Fourth Street
Behind the Kroger parking lot
Where the people in the neighborhood usually end up
Spending all the overtime that they got
Down at the hideaway
The smoke hangs thick over pool playin' dudes
And there's a bandstand in the middle of the room
People crammed in six to a booth
Talkin' real loud and gettin' loose
Down at the hideaway
Turn the jukebox off and let the band get on
It's two in the mornin' and there a'int no stoppin'
This crazy world or the hideaway rockin'
Mad Brenda is steaming cause Suzie is with Mike
The whole place is weaving and there might be a fight
Brit and Elisha slummin' from the East side
Acting like celebrities in neon skin tights
Down at the hideaway
Turn the jukebox off and let the band get on
It's two in the mornin' and there a'int no stoppin'
This crazy world or the hideaway rockin'
Now there's heavy action out in the cars
For business that can not take place in the bar
It is rumored and it is believed
That this is where Danny Martin was conceived
Down at the hideaway
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The Human Wilderness
See them in the car it's the same ever day
The three of them together Tryin' to get away
The girl is in the middle And she's married to the driver
His buddy's on the right And they're feelin like survivors
And when they get off work And head for home
Half an hour later They get in the car and they roam
They roam the human wilderness
Three or four, six packs of beer Some peanuts and cassettes
Killing five hour stretches And sixty cigarettes
They talk about the world When they talk about their town
They ride around the neighborhood In a very fast movin crowd
And when they get off work And head for home
Half an hour later They get in the car and they roam
They roam the human wilderness
See them in the car it's the same ever day
The three of them together Tryin' to get away
The girl is in the middle and she's about to re-marry
Two guys are switching places It makes life around here a little scary
And when they get off work And head for home
Half an hour later They get in the car and they roam
They roam the human wilderness
They got names like Billy,
They got names like Lisa
They got names like Danny
They got got daddies named Cecil
They went to school together
They married each other
They live in the same neighborhood
Three of four blocks from their mother
They roam the human wilderness
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Bad News (Leave Her to Him)
I know you know how it is in this town
The bad news travels fast and the good doesn't get around
Are you gonna sit here with your head in your hands
You better start playin this game like you understand
So what if she's found another and she is out again
You'll find another and you can leave her to him
Loose talk and rumors fill the lives of the bored
The tell their stories and the tally up the scores
When you become a character in this play
You have too invent yourself until you leave the stage
So what if she's found another and she is out again
You'll find another and you can leave her to him
Now the camera's on and you start to move
Like you just found out that she's leaving you
This scene is easy and you throw her a kiss
And the curtain closes like eyelids on a wish
So what if she's found another and she is out again
You'll find another and you can leave her to him
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I Know Someday
03:00
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I Know Someday
You said you were leaving
And Headed out West
Everybody said
It might be for the best
I thought I what I wanted
Was what you did too
But I can't make you stay
No matter what I try to do
You said you had
To leave this world behind
And no one else
Could ever change your mind
I gave up wondering
I let go of the rope
It was too much to hold onto
When I gave up hope
I don't know how you're gonna do it
I don't know why when or where
But I know someday baby
You're gonna break my heart
I went out driving
Over roads we knew well
Remembered conversations
We'd never have to tell
And sometimes when the wind
Starts to bend the rain
I see your face like smoke
I hear it whisper your name
I don't know how you're gonna do it
I don't know why when or where
But I know someday baby
You're gonna break my heart
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The Grindstone
03:02
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The Grindstone
Some people got a job they really like
They don't mind getting up to go
But most every one that I ever known
Feels like the work they do is not their own
It's a back breaking, mind numbing, hell of a rut
Trying to keep your family in a home
Bitching and a moaning working and a groaning
The grindstone's a killer and it's first degree
The boss thinks he's cool but he's just a jerk
He doesn't care about you and he does not work
He'll hang out the carrot of security
But when you want that raise you gotta get on your knees
It's a back breaking, mind numbing, hell of a rut
Trying to keep your family in a home
Bitching and a moaning working and a groaning
The grindstone's a killer and it's first degree
People around here have learned to live with fate
They go to jobs that they tolerate
As long as there's a weekend to re-cooperate
From a babe to the grave you can appreciate
It's a back breaking, mind numbing, hell of a rut
Trying to keep your family in a home
Bitching and a moaning working and a groaning
The grindstone's a killer and it's first degree
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Take Me Away
03:50
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Take me Away
You never give me you love
You only give me a heart attack
You're a five day day end job
You're a river town with a railroad track
You tried suffocating me
You tried to make me feel like a fool
You're pitiful ragged parade
You're a factory town high school
So take me away
It's just too frightening to stay
Here in this place watching your
Dreams fade away without a trace
You tried your best come on
You gave me that back seat smile
You're a wicked seducer
You're a young romance gone wild
You tried to steal my heart
You tried to go too far
You're a fixed up chevyrolet
Outside of a neighborhood bar
So take me away
It's just too frightening to stay
Here in this place watching your
Dreams fade away without a trace
I was always thinking
Of making my dreams come true
I was a strange agent
I was never at all like you
You made my friends go mad
And you were cold to the tears I shed
You held so many memories
Now you're just a hole in my head
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Jeff Smith Virginia
Inspired and influenced by early country, blues, rock and pop
Jeff Smith writes songs and tells elongated and elliptical
stories about them. Jeff's Appalachian drawl slides in and around his guitar playing and Smith says “on a good night the stories and songs swing on top of a funky kind of country blues pop stomp”. Now residing in the swamps of Virginia, Smith performs club gigs and
concerts.
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