1. |
Short Walk to Hell
04:42
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Traveling around this land
In a crazy outlaw band
Raising hell at every Honky Tonk and bar
This life on the road has just taken its toll
And I’m surprised to find we made it this far
Now baby just understand
You’re in love with a rolling man
And I'm gonna roll on honey just like the tide
Sometimes high sometimes low
But I always got to go and you aint ever gonna see me satisfied
No lord
You aint never gonna see me satisfied
And I'm gonna roll on down the long lonesome highway
Where I'm bound
I can’t tell
Its a long way up to heaven they say
But a short walk down to hell
It’s a short walk down to hell
Stormed out the door no I never said goodbye
And I don’t give a damn how you live or when you die
I’m going to keep these wheels a turning cause this road is all I know
Now pass me that bottle let me get a hit before I go
And I'm gonna roll on down the long lonesome highway
Where I'm bound
I can’t tell
Its a long way up to heaven they say
but a short walk down to hell
Its a short walk down to hell
Traveling all around
Got a woman in each town
They always try to make me stay
May be wrong may be right
But you have me for tonight
Cause I will be gone at the break of day
Back down that lost highway
And I'm gonna roll on down the long lonesome highway
Where I'm bound
Probably hell
It’s a long way up to heaven they say
So I guess I'll just bid you all farewell
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2. |
Pretty as a Rose
03:15
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Pretty as a rose sharp as a tack
Keep loving me baby and I will love you back
Oh no
Here we go
If you love me why don't you just tell me so
Take me back to Texas on a Friday night
Everything is going good and it’s sounding alright
Alright
If you don't want to lose me baby better hold tight
Thought of you brightens up my day
Push this dark cloud out of the way
Dry the rain as it falls from the sky
Say you’re stuck with me pretty momma till the day I die
I live up on the mountain way back in the hills
Chop wood all summer just to fire my still
My still
Boot leggin’ moonshine momma just for the thrill
Wake up in the morning head to the grind
Swing that hammer down in the mine sure will
Just to pay them bills
Don't say you love me unless you always will
Thought of you brightens up my day
Push this dark cloud out of the way
Dry the rain as it falls from the sky
Say you’re stuck with me pretty momma till the day I die
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3. |
Get Back Home
03:46
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Sitting in a cabaret just killing time
Empty pockets and a troubled mind
Every woman I see reminds me how
There's only one I want beside me now
Long way to get back home
A thousand miles, for years I've roamed
A long way just to get back
Got to get back home
It was a rough day and made a long slow night
She was starting to think she couldn’t do nothing right
I know I saw her there one time before
I felt her eyes on me stepping through the door
Long way just to get back home
Long way from all I know
A long way just to get back
Got to get back home
She’s drinking whiskey to pass the time
Writing her poems seems to ease her mind
Another road another highway sign
She's got her bags and I got mine
Woke up late with the hung over blues
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose
I'm just trying to even the score
Coming up a day late just needing a dollar more
Long way just to get back home
A thousand miles, for years I've roamed
A long way just to get back
Got to get back home
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4. |
Break Your Heart
03:38
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Only wanna break your heart
Tear your whole world apart
All your hopes and dreams and everything between
Yes I only wanna break your heart
I only wanna make you blue,
And all of your nightmares come true
Turn your heart to stone
Leave you standing all alone
Feeling so sad and blue
A girl like you and guy like me
Living in perfect misery
I knew right from the start
That one day you'd break my heart
I only wanna make you cry
Leave you without a good bye
Tell you lies to make amends, while I'm flirtin’ with your friends
I only wanna make you cry
I just wanna cause you pain
Play you with all of my games
Leave me standin’ in the rain callin’ out your name
I just wanna cause you pain
A girl like me and a guy like you
Messin’ up everything we do
I knew right from the start
One day you’d break my heart
I just want to make you care
I’m sorry can we go somewhere?
Where we can be alone
No one calling on the phone
I just want to make you care
I know you’re the one for me
Let’s just let bygones be
Let’s go dancing in the dark, and never grow apart
I know you're the one for me
A girl like you and guy like me
We’re just so blind that we can’t see
I knew right from the start
That one day you’d have my heart
Baby you have my heart
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5. |
Texas Moon
04:06
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I left Waco
Sun setting down
Loaded up hit the road
Had to get on out of town
Running tools from Houston
Headed west of San Antone
To a rig down by the border
On this highway all alone
I’m headed back to the pump jacks and old saloons
Working like a devil underneath that Texas moon
Watching this pipe go down
Some ole hole in the ground
There aint nothin’ I can’t lose
Tryin’ so hard to find
Just a piece of mind
Under this Texas moon
Headed east to Shreveport
Then south to baton rouge
At a Card game in New Orleans
A deal I can’t undo
Now I can see the flares a burning
And hear those motors growl
Get back on my feet
Wouldn’t be no harm no foul
I’m headed back to the pump jacks and old saloons
Working like a devil underneath that Texas moon
Watching this pipe go down
Some ole hole in the ground
There ain’t nothin’ I can’t lose
Tryin’ so hard to find
Just a piece of mind
Under this Texas moon
Watching this pipe go down
Another hole in the ground
There aint nothin’ I can’t lose
Tryin’ so hard to find
Just some piece of mind
Under this Texas moon
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6. |
Hills of Carolina
04:16
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Hey there darlin’ I didn’t mean to make you sad
And I know what a hard time you had
Aint this world such a crazy place hard to think
We’re just spinning around in space
Yes we're all just spinning ‘round in space
In the hills of Carolina she’s just waiting for me there
Running wild running free without a worry or a care
In the hills of Carolina is where I long to be
Restless river take to the sea
Oh wild river take me to the sea
Go on boys there aint nothin’ you can’t do
And don’t pay no mind if you hear it aint true
Dont let know one tell you it aint true
Tomorrow aint promised no matter what they say
And we all just borrow today
Yeah we all just borrow the day
In the hills of Carolina she’s just waiting for me there
Running wild running free without a worry or a care
In the hills of Carolina is where I long to be
restless river take to the sea
Oh wild river take me to the sea
In the hills of Carolina she’s just waiting for me there
Running wild running free without a worry or a care
In the hills of Carolina is where I’m gonna be
Restless river take me to the sea
Oh wild river take me to the sea
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7. |
Master Plan
02:04
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Shoe don’t fit but I got to wear it
All this regret I got to bear it
You never wanted to meet me halfway
Something you got to get off your chest
But I heard enough just give it a rest
Now is when I get up and walk away
I know you’re sad and blue
From all those things I done to you
You want me to just hang my head in shame
You say I'm wrong and you are right
I aint got the strength to fight
But I am man enough to take the blame
I know I tried all I can
Don't have no master plan
We’ve been running around in circles all day long
Go write a book, hell, I'll write one too
It's all over now I bid you adieu
Tried to say I'm sorry in a song
So I'm sorry that the words came out wrong
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8. |
Let it Burn
03:27
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There’s nothing worth saving in this house here anymore
Emptied out your dresser, threw those pictures on the floor
The sweet smell of gasoline just lingers in the air
I am ready to strike this match because I no longer care
Gonna let it burn
Right down to the floor
Let it burn
I can’t look at it no more
Gonna let it burn
I’m gonna burn this old house down
See those flames shining high from all over town
There’s a note there on the counter where you wrote your last peace
Said you had enough of these mountains, you were moving back east
Well please don’t have a second thought and don’t you turn around
There wouldn’t be a home here standing, I’m gonna burn it to the ground
Gonna let it burn
Right down to the floor
Let it burn
I can’t look at it no more
Gonna let it burn
I’m gonna burn this old house down
See those flames shining high from all over town
There’s a skeleton in the closet
Nightmares tucked in the bed
All those words we promised, I wish we never read
Said there’s nothing worth saving in that house there anyway
Told me to go straight to hell and that’s where I could say
Gonna let it burn
Right down to the floor
Let it burn
I can’t look at it no more
Gonna let it burn
I’m gonna burn this old house down
See those flames shining high as I walk right out of town
Gonna let it burn
Right down to the bone
Let it burn
This house it aint a home
Gonna let it burn
I’m gonna burn this old house down
I can’t stand the sight of it just hanging around
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9. |
Forever and Ever
03:45
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I don’t hear your feet upon the floor
Lyin’ in the bedroom waiting for you to walk through the door
and I don’t hear your feet upon the floor
I don’t hear your voice down the hall
Nothin’ but silence when your name I cry and call
And I don’t hear your voice down the hall
Forever and ever
Is such a long long time
You had to move on
And I aint too far behind
Forever and ever till it all comes back around
I'll love you forever till they lay this body down
All I got is a faded photograph
Just another jaded memory, another memory from the past
All I got is a faded photograph
Reminds me of a memory of you
You said that you love me and I said I love you too
Now what am I supposed do
In this world without you
Holding on to memory of you
Forever and ever
Is such a long, long time
You had to move on
And I aint too far behind
Forever and ever till it all comes back around
I'll love you forever till they lay this body down
Will you be waiting by my side
If I ask you to marry me
Would you again be my bride
Will you be waiting by my side
Forever and ever
Is such a long long time
You had to move on
And I aint too far behind
Forever and ever through the thunder and the rain
You loved me forever and I loved you just the same
Yeah I loved you just the same
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10. |
One by One
03:26
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I woke up at the break of day
Before the rain washed the sins away
I got up feeling low down and alone
I gave you all I got
but you still took more
took one more shot
babe you asking for a lot
one by one
another day under the sun
two by two
letting go of this memory of you
three by three
what more do you want from me and
four by four
dont get hit by the slamming door
Not at ease in my skin
trapped in this world that I'm living in
Got to go get away from here
down the street to the corner bar for a beer
I sit and drink all alone
wait for you to call me on the telephone
sad times go bye slow
I miss you so much baby you dont know and know
I dont understand
why you would leave me here for another man
and I try, I try so hard
but baby you left this heart to scared
one by one
another day under the sun
two by two
letting go of this memory of you
three by three
what more do you want from me and
four by four
dont get hit by the slamming door
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11. |
Hungover Game
03:00
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Playing this hung over game
Playing this hung over game
Drinking my coffee and waiting for my change
Maybe I drank too much beer
Maybe this ain't my year
Whatever it is it's killing me here
I'm playing the hung over game
Playing this hung over game
Drinking my coffee and waiting for my change
Somehow I drank too much wine
Or I just lost track of time
Whatever it was it's killing my mind
I'm playing the hung over game
Playing this hung over game
Drinking my coffee and waiting for my change
Maybe I do drive too fast
Or out back I smoked too much grass
Whatever it is it’s kicking my ass
I'm playing the hung over game
Playing this hung over game
Drinking my coffee and waiting for my change
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12. |
Screwtop Wine
02:24
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Jug of wine with screw top lid
Always wake in the morning wishing I never did
It’s big and it’s fine
I love the screw top wine
Friday night I ain’t at the bar
I’m down under the bridge on the hood of my car
Watching that big ole river roll by
With a bottle of red screw top wine
Got a taste that’s nice and sweet
Put me right on my ass take me straight off my feet
You know you know the price can’t be beat
Got to love that screw top wine
Maybe you will see me sitting quite as a mouse
On a sunny afternoon front of that ole court house
Watching them crazy pigeons stroll by
With a bag holding my jug of screw top wine
Jug of wine with screw top lid
Always wake in the morning wishing I never did
It’s big and it’s fine
I love the screw top wine
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13. |
‘Til the Day You Die
03:28
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I got a Guinness in the truck that I'm going to open up as soon as I turn the key
I got to keep it low when driving down the road cause police are looking for me
I got my lucky cap on and I'm driving 'til the dawn straight out towards the sea
Climb in my ole boat and hope she still floats from this land I've got to flee
May your bottle never go empty
May your glass never go dry
Keep on living right
Till the day you die
So I'm driving all the night through the promise and the blight
Past, would you let me be
Trying to outrun all the wrongs I've done
There's nowhere left for me
Future aint so bright, I've taken to this flight
Ocean, will you set me free
Guided by the stars, fewer battles, fewer scars,
Just my mistress the deep, blue sea.
May your bottle never go empty
May your glass never go dry
Keep on living right
Till the day you die
You don’t understand I had to kill that man
There wasn’t any other way
Now I'm on the run with the smoking gun making my get away
Pull the anchor drop the sail
Aint no money for bail
As I set out to the sea
Another bridge I burned and a hard lesson learned
momma don’t you cry for me
May your bottle never go empty
May your glass never go dry
Keep on living right
Till the day you die
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14. |
You Don’t Know Me
05:40
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Well I thought I saw you
Just the other day
Our eyes were about to meet then you turned and walked away
You walked away
The winds have changed directions
A storm about to break
Don’t take love for granted cause tomorrow it could all go away
Just go away
You don’t know me
You don’t know by now
If you don’t know me babe
Then it then it don’t matter now
No it don’t matter now
Spent last night drinking
Just like the night before
All these thoughts I’m thinking
Don’t want to think no more
Think no more
Sunlight breaks the window
Shining bright into my eyes
Pounding in my head
Lord, I hope it’ll pass with time
Will pass with time
You don’t know me
You don’t know by now
I guess that you don’t know me babe
And it don’t matter now
Will I be forgiven?
For all the sins I’ve done
So damn lonely here
Taking each day one by one
Just as it comes
Maybe in another time
A far and distance land
You overcome what’s in your mind
And I become your man
Become your man
You don’t know me
You don’t know by now
I guess that you don’t know me babe
And it don’t matter now
And it don’t matter now
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Rodney Rice
Rodney Rice knows just how to capture the fleeting glimmers of an emotional moment in life and turn them into songs that evoke our own feelings of despair and hope, loss and love. Rice delivers his lyrics with a knowing nod and wink and a twinkle of the eye to the difficulties we encounter in our daily lives, and creates memorable characters in his songs whose foibles remind us of folks we know. ... more
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