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"Alberta Bound"
It's good to be under the ground.
It's good to be Alberta bound.
"Alberta Bound"
No one-eyed man could ever get the Rocky Mountain sunset.
No one I met could e're forget the Rocky Mountain sunset.
The version I listen to is from "Gord's Gold: Vol.2", not the original album.
"Carefree Highway"
Every highway, let me slip away on you
Every highway, you've seen better days
Tomorrow after blues, from my head down to my shoes
Every highway let's me slip away, slip away on you.
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, you've seen better days
The mornin' after blues, from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you.
"Carefree Highway"
Every highway
Carefree highway
"Carefree Highway"
The mornin' after glory from my head down to my shoes
Every highway, that means slip away
Slip away from you
or
The mornin' after glowin' from my head down to my shoes
Every highway, that means slip away
Slip away from you.
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you.
"Cotton Jenny"
Weasel loves da go-round.
Wheels of Love go 'round.
"Daylight Katy"
Treeline kitty, go home.
Daylight Katy, come on.
"Ghosts Of Cape Horn"
They are the ghosts of gay porn.
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn.
"If You Could Read My Mind"
If you could read my mind, love
What a tail a fox would tell.
If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts would tell.
"Rainy Day People"
Rainy day people don't cry
They just listen to the Early Show.
Rainy day people don't talk
They just listen till they've heard it all.
"Steel Rail Blues"
Here I am with my head in the sand.
Here I am with my hat in hand.
I'll have to listen to this again. Every version I've looked up says, 'hat in hand'. I wonder if that means they're right.
"Sundown"
If I find you've been creepin' down and up them stairs
If I find you've been creepin' 'round my backstairs
"Sundown"
If I find you've been drinking 'round my back step.
If I find you've been creeping 'round my back stairs.
"Sundown"
She's a hard leather woman, got me feelin' mean.
or
She's a hot-leather woman, got me feelin' mean.
She's a hard lovin' woman, got me feelin' mean.
"Sundown"
Sometimes at Better Day Kids'
And I'll find you've been creeping and I'm not that stiff
Sometimes, a kid gets a shake
And I'll find you've been creeping and I'm feeling okay.
Sundown, ya better take care
If I find you been creepin' round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it's a shame
When I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.
"Sundown"
Sometimes you better take care
If I find you've been creeping on a love that's fair.
Sundown you better take care
If I find you've been creeping 'round my back stairs.
"Sundown"
Sometimes, you better make chair.
Sundown, you better take care.
"Sundown"
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you been creepin' up half past ten.
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you creeping 'round my back stairs.
"Sundown"
Sundown, you buried the kill
That I find you've been keeping and I'm not that still.
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you've been creeping 'round my back stairs.
"The List"
Thick and thin
You throw the potato in the candlelight.
Thick and thin
You don't have to play to win
But then you might.
"The Pony Man"
When it's midnight on the meadow
And the cats are in the s***
When it's midnight on the meadow
And the cats are in the shed
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
I reckon it's Ella Fitzgerald.
The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
When summertime came, the old Pokemon deck.
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck.
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
With whirlings and turns and a couple steel burns
Concluding some terms with a couple steel firms
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
I reckon it's Ella Fitzgerald.
The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the peg-leg they called 'Gitche Gumee.'
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee.'
"Too Many Clues In This Room"
All around the looking glass, dancing to The Cure
Sweeping out the house with a fine-toothed comb.
All around the looking glass, dancing to a tune
Sweeping out the house with a fine-toothed comb.
"Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
The legend goes on 'cause some chicks passed it down
To the people they call b****s and gloomies.
The legend lives on, from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitchigumi.
"Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
When the girls of November came early.
When the gales of November came early.
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