1. |
Ain't Got a Dollar
03:17
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A man from TV and now he is president
The bible belt thinks he is heaven sent
Because he made lots of money he gonna take all our troubles away
By the sound of that my troubles are here to stay
it ain't nothing new
it's more of the same
Ain't no poor man can play that game
Stand on the corner protest and shout
Hoping one day someone figures it out
But nothing from nothing don't leave nothing no more
Ain't no money in peace like there is in a war
Cause I ain't got a dollar no I ain't got a dime
I cant get no smoke I cant get no wine
I'm just stand here where I'm at
Wait for someone to throw a few bucks in my hat
I was too young to drink but old enough to vote
When they sent me cross the ocean on a big ole boat
Had me fighting for freedom in an endless war
Then they bring me back and home ain't home no more
Cause I ain't got a dollar no I ain't got a dime
I cant get no smoke I cant get no wine
I'm just going to stand here where I'm at
Wait for something good to fall in my lap
I got me a women she’s a sweet little soul
She can play that piano just like jelly roll
gives me shade in the summer keeps me warm in the winter time
Sweet little women treating me so kind
I may be lazy I may be slow
But I ain’t in a hurry I got nowhere to go
There is place I need to see
Just get home in time to get some sugar from my honey bee
Cause I ain't got a dollar no I ain't got a dime
I cant get no smoke I cant get no wine
I'm just keep walking where I’m at
When I m gone that it no more I wouldn't be back
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2. |
Hard Life
02:46
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It's a hard life
It's hard life
My little one
When there is so much trouble in this world
It's a hard fight
It's hard fight
My little one
You got to fight for the beauty in this world
Come sit with me by the river
Time is just like water passing bye
Some will say you a fool to take the fight
But its the fool who doesn't even try
It's a hard life
It's hard life
My little one
When there is so much trouble in this world
It's a hard fight
It's hard fight
My little one
You got to fight for the beauty in this world
Come walk with me by the ocean
Feel the waves pounding on the shore
So much of life is so uncertain
Yet the waves will crash forevermore
It's a hard life
It's hard life
My little one
When there is so much trouble in this world
It's a hard fight
It's hard fight
My little one
You got to fight for the beauty in this world
Keep on swinging to the last bell is rung
It's gonna be a hard fight to be one
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3. |
Free At Last
03:10
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We stood up and said our vowels of always and forever
Now all I got is a long divorce and some ugly Christmas sweaters
It don't matter much to me
To matter much to you
I was down but I'm bouncing back
Now that we are through
Sell the car sell the house sell everything inside
Knowing that I did my best I know how hard I tried
And your memory will soon be gone
Tear the page from the past
So said the King now I sing thank God I'm free at last
I threw out my vitamins
I got percocets and vicodin
And all these other pills they pass the time
One to keep this hand from shaken, one to keep this heart from breaking
One to keep you far away from my worried worried my mind
Sell the car sell the house sell everything inside
Knowing that I did my best I know how hard I tried
And your memory will soon be gone
Tear the page from the past
So said the King now I sing thank God I'm free at last
You said you that you loved me
Until I paid the bill
When its comes to your love doll I can say I had my fill
And it's on and on and on
Here we go again
Somethings got to break cause I can't take this shape I'm living in
Sell the car sell the house sell everything inside
Knowing that I did my best I know how hard I tried
And your memory will soon be gone
Tear the page from the past
So said the King now I sing thank God I'm free at last
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4. |
Can't Get Over Her
04:07
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Well there she goes again
She's running around and then
All of the pain begins
In this game of love
Won't say what's on her mind
Knowing she'll be gone in time
She'll leave it all behind
And just walk away
So make it a double gin
The futures looking so damn dim
And I can't get over her
While she lying next to him
You know its sad
But its true
After all that we've been through
Not much I can do
When time goes slow
And every now and then
Thinking of those days back when
And everything that might have been
As I drive away
So make it a double gin
The futures looking so damn dim
And I can't get over her
While she lying next to him
Maybe this time will be different
Maybe she has finally settled down
Then all the rumors started spreading
And they spread all around this town
Said she need to find herself
Nothing to do with know one else
And certainly a guy like me would understand
I said it ain't that hard
To find out who you are
Just look at all the heart ache you've left behind
So make it a double gin
The futures looking so damn dim
And I can't get over her
While she lying next to him
And it's so much more than over
There is no way that I can win
And I can't get over her
While she's lying next to him
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5. |
Pillage and Plunder
04:22
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Well I pillage and plunder so it ain't no wonder now the water I can't stand the smell
And the ice caps are shrinking the polar bears thinking is it me or just hotter than hell
We'll pump West Texas dry there ain't a cloud in the sky but when it rains around here it pours
Would it be wrong if we all got along but nobody likes know one no more
Fighting for something
Something know one can see
To be on par with the Jones through the first stone at who don't agree
And I'm striving for something
Just trying to be
Ahead of the curve ball closed out by last call
Just happy to be
Now my sink is on fire
They say I'm a liar and its been that way all along
They said it ain't nothing new and it's got nothing to do with the drilling that's going on
And the ground starts to shake but that ain't no quake
It's some fracking down below
And my creek has gone dry no one tells me why that the clean mountain water don't flow
Fighting for something
Something know one can see
To be on par with the Jones through the first stone at who don't agree
And I'm striving for something
Just trying to be
Ahead of the curve ball closed out by last call
Just happy to be
Now the old EPA says everything's ok but we know that can't be true
Because the sledge pound blew out and we know with no doubt what lead in the water will do
That's the other side of town that's long been run down where hope is so long over due
So much to fear this election year just more preaching that will never come true
Fighting for something
Something know one can see
To be on par with the Jones through the first stone at who don't agree
And I'm striving for something
Just trying to be
Ahead of the curve ball closed out by last call
Just happy to be
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6. |
Middle Managed Blues
02:57
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It's sad but true
I got the middle managed blues
The low down no good
Middle managed blues
The boss man gave me my review
And said here is what we think of you
Before i rip you apart
Just know I never liked you right from the start
I can't stand the way you dress
And you hair is always a mess
Why don't you try high and right
Are you a left wing hippie who don't want to fight
It's sad but true
The middle managed blues
The damned if you don't or do
the middle managed blues
See this shirt tail just won't tuck in
and I'm the kinda trouble that the cat drug in
Everything you thing you think about me is true
I'm never going to do what you want me to
He said boy you better count your lucky stars
that your here in this office and not some old dive bar
A dive bar man that sounds like a dream
I'm only here for the pay check you know what I mean
I tell you
It's true
That's one way to lose
The damned if you don't or do the middle managed blues
You can guess that was the end of that job
Now Im working construction part time with Bob
8 bucks an hour don't get me to far
But it buys me a round in this old dive bar
And yes I am still stressed these days
My hair falling out and what don't turn grey
Either way it don't matter to me
I'm just here for the drinks you know what I mean
I tell you
It's true
One way to lose
The damned if you don't or do the middle managed blues
I tell you
It's true
One way to lose
The low down no good middle managed blues
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7. |
Walk Across Texas
03:05
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I would walk across Texas for a woman like you
I would walk across Texas for you
But now your gone what good would that do
If I walked across Texas for you
If I walked across Texas for you
I'd drink the whole Mississippi for a woman like you
Drink the ole muddy river for you
But now you're gone like the whiskey is to
I'd drink that river for you babe
I'd drink that river its true.
Standing all alone beside the highway
Waiting for someone going my way
But they never do
But one things true
That this highway
Brought me here to you
I'd climb the highest mountain for a woman like you
I'd climb the highest mountain its true
But time moves on and our days are through
I'd climb that mountain for you babe
I'd climb that mountain it's true
I'd swim across the ocean for a women like you
I'd swim across that ocean blue
But on my own I just sink like a stone
I can't swim a lick its true babe
I'd walk across the bottom for you
Standing all alone beside the highway
Waiting for someone going my way
But they never do
But one things true
That this highway
Brought me here to you
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8. |
Company Town
03:58
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Headed across the river to the old train track
Jump the first ole engine that just ain't coming back
I been around this town for way to long have to pack up my bags and be moving on
I'll ride that engine on down to the mine
send some coal out of ole number nine
swinging that hammer from dawn all day
at the end of the week I collect my pay
That's the way that the world goes around
When you stuck inside of a company town
making a dollar you saving to die
breaking your back down in that old coal mine
Just like my daddy and his daddy too
I work this mine till my days are through
Driving drift is all that I know
Lord take me when its my time to go
I hang that brass tag on the wall
I pray to the lord the back don't fall
and if I don't get to see the light of day
down in that seam my soul will stay
That's the way that the world goes around
When you stuck inside of a company town
making a dollar you saving to die
breaking your back down in that old coal mine
Mister Massey what have you done
you took fathers, brothers and sons
Wives are crying forever alone
waiting on husbands who'll never be home
We take pride in all that we do
gave our lives to put the lights on for you
so Hollywood you don't understand
all the troubles of coal mining man
That's the way that the world goes around
When you stuck inside of a company town
making a dollar you saving to die
breaking your back down in that old coal mine
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9. |
Right To Be Wrong
03:52
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Everyone has the chance to do right
Everyone's got the right to be wrong
The only thing around here getting older is
Your same old dance and your same old song
You were out your welcome
Over booked your stay
And I've been meaning to tell you
I don't like it when you treat me this way
Never saw it coming she left me by surprise
A broken heart and those tears in her eyes
I didn't have the words to tell her as she turned and walked away
How do I know she would have listed anyway
Then she say..
Now I go the chance to do right
Gonna right some wrongs
The only thing around here getting older are these boots that I got on
I wore out my welcome
Over booked my stay
And yeah I been meaning to tell you
I've been thinking about going away
I know this house looks empty but believe its full of doubt
I can't help but wonder sometimes maybe we could have worked it out
But nights that get lonely
In this cheap inflatable double sized bed
Me and the old dog and some books I still ain't read
Some times I've been right
Most times I'm wrong
Only thing around here getting older
Is this road I'm walking on
I don't know where I'm going
Or how long I can stay
I just hope that if I keep on swinging gonna knock one out of this park one day
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10. |
Memoirs of Our Youth
04:23
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Sitting on the front porch in the the hot august sun
10 min ago we was laughing
all just having fun
someone pinched an arm
another grabbed a hand of hair
we all knew what would happen when our screams filled the air
He come around the corner
like a runaway freight train
crazy look in his eye certifiably insane
He had us wrapped up in winter coats
when mama pulled in the drive
I don't know how we made it through our childhood alive
Remember those your passing going up
you gonna pass them coming down
always do what's right
because what you do comes back around
keep looking on the bright side
of every rainy day
don't forget your prayers at night
remember what i say
Yeah mama had a way with words
daddy not so much
a lifetime spent working around the world
left him just out of touch
Now I sit around now laughing
at the shit he used to say
so many years ago
but feels like yesterday
I brought you in this world
so I can take you out
settle it down before I give you something to cry about
you kids think you learned it all
in the few years you've spent in school
you might think you walk on water now but remember shit floats too
Needless to say Mom and Dad grew apart
both went their separate ways
us kids made it through our childhood
but we don't talk much these days
My oldest sister has a slew of kids
she's an aging house wife.
middle sisters strung out on dope she makes her money at night
and I ramble round this country
moving every year or two
With this old guitar and traveling scares I sing my song for you
Yes those days go on forever but the years just flew right bye
Life in between goes on it seems for reasons who knows why
Sometimes I think I got it figured out but I seldom ever do
whenever I have my doubts mamas words coming ringing through
Remember those your passing going up
you gonna pass them coming down
always do whats right
because what you do comes back around
keep looking on the bright side of every rainy day
don't forget your prayers at night
remember what i say
don't forget your prayers at night
remember what I say
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11. |
Rivers Run Backwards
03:23
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Working more
Making less
House a wreck and my heads a mess
I got to start the day
I got so much shit to do
Trying to find
A hint of hope
Passing time
Smoking dope
Wondering what this word is coming to
Till the rivers all run backwards
And the oceans go dry
I'm going to love you forever girl
But I'm staying just for tonight
So I Jump the wall
Breaking lose
Dodge a bullet and
Slipped the noose
You always knew when I'd be passing through
I got to keep this
Hammer down
Long as the world keeps spinning round
I'd love to stay
But that's something I can't do
Till the rivers all run backwards
And the oceans go dry
I'm going to love you forever girl
But I'm staying just for tonight
It takes two to dance
Two to fight
One is wrong
One is right
You can hate me with all your might
It don't mean a damn to me
All that's left is an empty road
A beating heart that's growing cold
I told you once so you've been told
Don't play that card on me
Till the rivers all run backwards
And the oceans go dry
I'm going to love you forever girl
But I'm staying just for tonight
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12. |
Don't Look Back
05:09
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Through all the heart ache
Blood sweat and tears
Late nights and early morning
Whiskey smoke and beer
There was lost love
And some one night stands
Those times that just break your heart
You're never going to understand
So don't look back
Baby don't look back
Put one foot in front of another
Take this day like any other
Do what you gonna do
But don't look back
Through all the dreaming
And forever vows
Promises not to break
Were broken somehow
And all the screaming
And the slamming doors
The moment I realized
I Couldn't live like this no more
So don't look back
Baby don't look back
Put one foot in front of another
Take this day like any other
Do what you gonna do
But don't look back
I've been looking for answers
To questions in my mind
No shortage of question
But I'm running low on time
So goodbye tomorrow
If you never come
If I could start over
I'd do exactly just as I done
So don't look back
Baby don't look back
Put one foot in front of another
Take this day like any other
Do what you gonna do
But don't look back
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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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