1. |
Soggy Cigarettes
04:07
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Soggy cigarettes in the rain when I was with you I couldn't change
Sitting near an old storm drain till the kids come by asking who's to blame
Wait a minute I gotta go pull in the driveway 'fore daddy knows
I'll see ya Monday back at school don't hold my hand can't look like a fool
And I never thought that I'd be playing in a hall getting free joints from Mikey and a little alcohol
Or that snow would fly with the changing of the leaves while Christmas got annoying with the hope it brings
Sunday morning boring church songs but I love how everyone sings along
Sunday school with the babies downstairs I got the smell of vodka and judging glares
I'm sorry I'm just a teen with community service the old routine
I still gotta try and have fun while the devil owns the moon and the angels own the sun
And I never thought that I'd be in a haunted house sleeping peaceful in my bed with the shadow of a mouse
Or that Friendly faces would become a constant sin about the prison of this town and the cell I'm in
(break)
And I always wanted to go to travel round the world drinking champagne in the desert with a bunch of foreign girls
And I want to dream outside the realms of my own room with a paint brush in my closet and a beat up broom
Dusty records in the background maybe one day I'll find what had to be found
Until then get up go to work. I'm happy to say I'm not the same jerk
I kept a picture of you in a frame and you gave it back to me at the old storm drain
Its okay I threw it away I had to much shit I had to re-arrange
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2. |
Whitetail
04:36
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(verse 1)
I'll walk you home
just to make sure you get there safe
Yeah we can stop by the diner on 86 street
I'll pick you up something to drink
I ask you how you like your coffee
you say with a little bit of cream
but not even a hint of sugar
cause the taste of sweetness brings me memories
(chorus 1)
of who I was
and who I am
the face of a lover
a foiled plan
for life and my sacrifice
for life and a pair of dice
thrown at the wayside
(verse 2)
You looked at
After I sung you an old country song
And I said I'm sorry my throat hurts its been awhile
I heard your laughter go on and on
You told me wow your really talented
I still don't believe to this day
there's no way someone like me creates beauty
cause someone like me only destroys everything
(chorus 2)
He's ever loved
and ever known
I'm a starving dog
toss me a bone
for life and my sacrifice
for life and my pair of dice
thrown at the wayside
(verse 3)
it seems so long ago
our first kiss is too me
and if you ever hear this its not a love song
I promise its not helpless plea
to be honest I'm rather happy
though I continue to be alone
But I'll be the only one getting hurt now
That gives me so much joy to know
(chorus 3)
that your okay
and I'm still here
I'm caught in the headlights
a whitetail deer
for life and my sacrifice
for life and my pair of dice
thrown at the wayside
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3. |
Ol' Gates Bridge
03:17
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I don't wanna live
I don't wanna live anymore
This worlds a pile of shit
There's nothin' but sinners and whores
so take me down to ol' gates bridge
I'll fall there and end my war
it's been raging in my head
since the day I was a tot
they sent me to a doctor
gave me some pills to hide my thoughts
that evil came right back up
and it will be there as I lay and rot
Oh mercy, mercy me
Where did I go wrong?
I said mercy, mercy me
Where did I go wrong?
Was it cause mama never loved me?
Or was it cause daddy didn't live for too long?
(solo)
That's the end of my story
told from ol' gates bridge
where the waters flows like blood
and sharp sharp rocks stay hid
don't go lookin' for me now
I'll see you from the bottom with him
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4. |
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(Verse 1)
Well this ain't love it's just one night stand on a Tuesday night
and this confusion sparked from a small contusion proves someone knocked out my lights
well ahead and tell every damn stranger that you bloodied my smart ass up
but missy Mary thought that I had lots of bravery so we started pouring "lean" in our cups
(chorus)
And the boys at the gas station are yellin' my name
I see a chica riding longboards senorita made me lose my brain
comb it back, and keep sweating till the sun goes down
I'm just laughing by myself with a bottle like drunken clown
(Verse 2)
Well this is ain't a friend it's just jerk I meant when I was 20 and dumb
he gave me weed laced with a little speed the next thing I know I wanted to run
seven miles down state route sixty led me to a place with goblins and ghosts
All I wanted was a cream cheese bagel, but I got what was comin' I suppose
(chorus)
And the shoppers in the market hate my country songs
give em' devo with a singer like stevo so they sing along
comb it back, and keep sweating till the sun don't rise
I'm just laughing by myself with a bottle killin' my insides
(Verse 3)
Well this ain't luck it's just a hole in the wall I can squeeze right through
And if more women lined up for my sit-ins I'd have more than one girlfriend too
but lord knows I'm a gutter punk singing with my teeth looking bright as gold
so don't hate me cause ya' know I'm someones baby digging through your backyard garbage for a soul
(Chorus)
and the dogs made of puff balls keep on barkin' high
have a drink with your buddies gettin' fuzzy on the daily grind
comb it back, and keep sweating till the sun looks dim
I'm just laughing by myself with a bottle searching for a ten
I'm just laughing by myself with a bottle trying to fit in
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5. |
Buffalo Quarter
05:08
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Cmaj
The finer things in life don't come in a magazine
fmaj7
on sale for 19.95 a specialized set of
Cmaj
buffalo Quarters manufactured in Virginia
fmaj7
by a guy who's knows his history a little too well
Cmaj
I bought one in December cause it was our anniversary
fmaj7
and you worked all night in the hospital where I find it hard to breathe
Cmaj
cause all the pathogens make me nervous like a middle school kid in health
fmaj7
so I stayed home and quit my job in a bad attempt help myself
but it didn't work...
I wish it did...
But it didn't work...
I wish it did...
Cmaj
I can manage my depression, but I can't talk you out of yours
Fmaj7
and some days I get so lazy and think this time it will work
Cmaj
So I bought a buffalo Quarter cause I can't afford a ring
Fmaj7
besides you have one from our wedding where I was too damn scared to sing
Cmaj
and you sang along...
Fmaj7
and I wouldn't stop...
Cmaj
and you sang along...
Fmaj7
and I wouldn't stop...
The make-up on your face runs when your worse for wear
crying salty tears in a kitchen sink I forgot to clean
last Tuesday maybe I can get it Wednesday
I'll try my best but promises always make you mad
been together for 3 years but it can end in just one day
so tell me when your scared, I'll run right to you and I'll say
hold on to this buffalo quarter and my bruised hand over yours
and pray that one day we'll be happy until then we'll fight the war
and it may not end...
but I'll stay with you...
and it may not end...
but I'll stay with you...
You can help me pay the bills and you can help me save myself
and I can give you anything marked as priceless on a shelf
though they priced the buffalo quarter for 19.95
we still treat it like a treasure that keeps our souls alive
it did just that...
and I swear it's true...
it did just that...
and I swear it's true...
The finer things in life Don't come in a magazine
on sale for 19.95 a specialized set of
buffalo Quarters manufactured in Virginia
by a guy who's knows his history a little too well...
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6. |
All I Deserve
03:25
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I got a get down.
In my go around.
I'm gonna leave town.
headed southbound
Stick a needle my vain and watch the colors change...
See me on easy street
doin' hard time
Lookin' for little nickle, or a cold dime
waitin' for a lil' somethin' gotta run down my throat
And there's stranger with a sign where yo' mamma died
and there's a savior on the cross with a gun by his side
Sit on my lap sugar
pour me a shot
Leave the table baby
meet me in the parkin' lot
we got some dyin' on the way we got some livin' to do...
I'm gonna lay ya down
with my six string
feel fire in your eyes make your heart ring
I'm just a little country boy with a trick up my sleeve
And there's stranger with a sign where yo' mamma died
and there's a savior on the cross with a...gun by his side
Strap me in sheriff
let the current flow
I wanna feel the burn burn from my head to my toes
don't let it stop cause this is all I deserve
don't let it stop cause this is all I deserve
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7. |
Stay Away From Me
04:21
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(Verse 1)
Said now I'm gonna take a spaceship
to the planet where the people follow Aryan sobriety
Where the fishes feed their children hershey kisses
destroying little bodies for the new world theocracy
who's this?
what's that?
what you saying?
How the fuck do we feed the people in a cop station
anthropology. molecular biology
none of this shit makes much sense so stay away from me
(Chorus)
Stay away from me!
Stay away from me!
Stay the fuck away from me!
Stay away from me!
Stay away from me!
Stay the fuck away from me!
(break)
allow me to please pass on a message
that our worlds composed of wreckage
from this 50 state hypocracy
served out with the works of a textbook
destroying the very nexus of democracy
it's your fault!
work hard!
get a job!
leave your urban family for a little white security
and don't fret they won't hang you by the neck
they'll empty all your pockets
leave your family in foreclosure!
(Chorus)
Stay away from me!
Stay away from me!
Stay the fuck away from me!
Stay away from me!
Stay away from me!
Stay the fuck away from me!
You fucking fake ass hillbilly's!
(break)
(bridge)
Leave me alone
Leave me be
Take your guns and god
stay away from me
Leave me alone
Leave me be
Take your guns and god
stay away from me!
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8. |
Ferguson
03:41
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Take my hand take my heart
pull the pieces apart as you sever
we have no more brethren
of faith in this land
color-coated in shaking
policeman always aching for love from the
protected lamb
seize the moment of riot and fire
families all hire the gangs so that
they can fight back
understanding
there's no understand
we fall as a nation
divided forsaken in time
What is life?
you cowards you begger's you swollen disaster
of swine
What am I
uncaring and sharing withholding the pressure to act
(verse 2)
run the food run the guards of your state
to the cities of hate where minorities already know
weak mentality harsher realities
garnish the wages and watch as Wall Street will grow
no more amateurs fuck the perimeters
and fuck all the licenses that say we can kill for the sport
no more limits
there's just no more limits
as we watch on the Nile where cities were great and were known
needles sow
the quilts that are making
for God judgement taking
of us and our souls
we have no more reason
forgot as the seasons will go
(verse 3)
So come to me now with your prayers and your reefs
fall asleep on the beds once reserved for the lively and dead
follow my heart to the start
of a country betrayed hostage by birth of its art
burn the flag
the longer we have it
the longer we drown it
in history we'll always hide
education
we need education
to free Lady Liberty
beaten in bondage and tied
to the past
to the last Klan member descending our way
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9. |
Mass Pike
05:07
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I tried sleeping on the Cape
where grandpa seems to lose my face
but he put down the glass of wine
now it's time for me to lose mine
and I don't know
if I'll be able too...
This cemetery is filled with trash
I mean the people not the cans and bags
and the pubs rotting from within
I guess the money's all in tourism
and I don't know
if I'll be back again...
So here's my farewell to Massachusetts
your dead dog under the bridge just made me lose it
I can't stand another drink in this little green room while the sunset cries alone
So here's my farewell to Massachusetts
Walk down streets leading to the bay
the old motel has no more place to stay
maybe by morning we can head out west
sleep on the highway while we starve to death
and I don't know
if I'll survive the night
But for the moment yeah we pay our dues
lock up the door so no one can breakthrough
and call the cops because your safe in jail
by late October mom can pay your bail
and I don't know
if I can let that stand
So here's my farewell to Massachusetts
your overpriced way life seems far to ruthless
I can't stand to see a girl singing Caroline while my own drives away for good
So here's my farewell to Massachusetts
So here's my farewell to Massachusetts
I'll miss you deep down even though I can never prove it
I'll miss the burned out buildings near the old canal where the only girl I loved would laugh
So here's my farewell to Massachusetts
Yes here's my farewell to my Massachusetts...
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10. |
Hilltop Rock
02:44
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Got a hilltop rock mama come down
Got a northbound Mississippi class clown
been living in the rust belt gloom
snowy doom
ah ha what you got to lose said it
No job for a hard working rich man
No life for a bum living off the land
spare can
got some change shaking in his overcoat
high quality crank and a little dope
(move up to fifth fret)
And I said it gonna say it again we're blowing in the wind what you got to spend
Keep working with the smoke above gonna kill the doves and leave us out of love
(move up to 7th fret)
It's that good Ohio sound...
Every country boy got him a camo cap
Every city boy hates country loves rap
Old tracks without a train
little pain
gone with jobs China gains
go to Walmart buy a shirt with Heisenberg
little KFC gravy on a dirty bird
Whats the word?
Tea Party makes us deaf and dumb
hugging children with a bible and a handgun
(fifth fret)
And I said it gonna say it again this life is filled with sin ask the preacher man
Keep asking for the mills to close daddy told me so go to Colorado
(7th fret)
It's that good old Ohio sound...
(Fifth fret)
And I said it gonna say it again we got depression and gin what you got lend now
Keep praying for a little change baby ain't it strange everyone's insane
now
(7th fret)
It's that good old Ohio sound...
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11. |
Falsehood and Truth
04:12
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Well if I had a girl to keep to myself
A penny on a rail line could figure us out
And if I had gram of sense in my brain
I'd give it to the homeless and break this old chain
If you hadn't left me I'd still be this sad
and holes would line walls and you'd still be mad
my tempers so fragile like an old statuette
wagered forsaken by a gamblers lost bet
(chorus)
Now don't mind the tears that surely won't fall
Don't mind the longing and late midnight calls
My story's unfinished, but Deist and true
take what is given
from falsehood and truth
Well if I had money in a wallet so warm
I'd buy a new habit and go to the store
And if I had spit in the rims of mouth
I'd shot for your dad's feet and stepmothers blouse
If work doesn't kill me then learning sure will
while drinking black coffee and snorting up pills
the stress gets so heavy I just want to yell
It's too hot in Heaven, It's a cold day in Hell
(chorus)
Now don't mind the burdens that lay in our wake
Don't mind dysfunction or chances you take
I gave it my best and that's all I can do
Take what is given
from falsehood and truth
(bridge)
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh it's getting hot yeah
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh it's getting weird yeah
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh you're kind of cute yeah
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh you married who
(chorus 2x)
Now don't mind your noggin leave right through that door
and don't say you're sorry you two-timing whore
Don't utter my name for your cunning and shrew
Take what is given
from falsehood and truth
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12. |
Suicidal Woman Blues
04:28
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(verse 1)
Am
You come to me with a broken
Dm
You come to me with a broken bottle 'tween your fingers
Am
and eyeliner in the rain
Am
You lost your sanity and closed off
Dm
You lost your sanity and closed off people from the crying
Am
that you can't annunciate
(chorus)
Dm bar
And I...
Am
try to remember you
E7
but the ground has some space
Am
for a casket made for two
Dm bar
And I...
Am
I carve the headstone over you
E7
Oh Lord knows
Am
I got them suicidal woman blues
(verse 2)
You hold a cancer so heavy
You hold a cancer so heavy I can see exhaustion
within your glassy eyes
You yell at me, "show emotion"
You scream at me "show emotion" I'm tired of this waiting
for words only forged by lies
(chorus)
Dm bar
And I...
Am
try to do better for you
E7
the church bells only ring
Am
for a lover baste in blue
Dm bar
And I...
Am
I carve the headstone over you
E7
Oh Lord Knows
hold on E7
I got them suicidal woman blues
(Chorus )
And I...
I felt like flyin' away with you
but I woke up so numb from those pills I consumed
And I...
carve the headstone over you
Oh Lord knows
I got them suicidal woman blues
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13. |
Black Petal Rose
06:17
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Well here I am
drinking
with the last hairs of the dog
to heal
events from my past
The scars
white and dry
line the skin upon my arms
and curse
the memories that last
(chorus)
So if your shoulders get weak
run to me run to me
And I'll bless your old heart
with a rose petal black
And if your hope fades away
you can have a little place to stay
in the dream
lost by lies
that God always told
saw your picture
on a billboard
at a rest stop headed east
it looks like
your finally a star
listed villain
for murder
with your dead husbands gun
the night
he got home
from the bar
(chorus)
So if your shoulders get weak
run to me run to me
And I'll bless your old heart
with a rose petal black
And if your hope fades away
you can have a little place to stay
in the dream
lost by lies
that God always told
The last verse
to a sad song
written on a sunny day
is heard
by those
trapped in beds
and the drugs
for enjoyment
are a dim exit light
and the victims
they suffer in their heads
(chorus)
So if your shoulders get weak
run to me run to me
And I'll bless your old heart
with a rose petal black
And if your hopes fade away
you can have a little place to stay
in the dream
lost by lies
that God always told
in the dream
lost by lies
that God always told
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14. |
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Dmaj Gmaj Dmaj
Well I'm to poor to work for 4 days in this town
Gmaj Dmaj Amaj
and my blood has run boil and dry
Dmaj Gmaj Dmaj
yeah I sit by the phone for a ring that won't come
Gmaj Amaj Dmaj
so I'll play that old folk shit all night
Gmaj Dmaj
And I'll play till my fingers turn turquoise and in rust
Gmaj Amaj
or till tears can escape from my face
Dmaj Gmaj Dmaj Gmaj
yeah I've said it before and I'll say it again
Dmaj Amaj Dmaj
I'm a folk song singing cliche'
God bless my friends on those fun smokey nights
when I'm too drunk to drive my damn car
yeah I'll stumble back home with a bump up my nose
could be molly or prescription bars
And I'll do it just once to add more to that song
or till tears can escape from my face
yeah I've said it before and I'll say it again
I'm a folk song singing cliche'
Tomorrow I'll wake to an unsightly truth
I'm alone with my thoughts and my art
yeah I've suffer for songs and they've ruined my life
for they've tarnished the pride in my heart
but I'll take all this sorrow and give it to you
and let tears escape from my face
yeah I've said it before and I'll say it again
I'm a folk song singing cliche'
yeah I've said it before and I'll say it again
I'm a folk song singing cliche'
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Boo Lee Crosser Bowling Green, Ohio
I have been playing music for the past 4 years now. Everything that music has given me to this point in my life would not be
possible without the friends and family who have always supported me. I hope no matter what music the listener enjoys, they can see some value in what I do as a folk singer. For any contact information hit me up at:
t.vasey67@gmail.com
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