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Rooster & Lyrebird
03:47
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Mickey was a Rooster
Gypsy was a Lyrebird
Songs like you've never heard
But only spoke in lies
She ran into this viper
She met him at the county fair
He looked like Samson's heir
And so he won first prize
The Rooster and Lyrebird
Weren't meant to be
She thought she could tame him
But now her song don't sound so sweet
The season's short for deceit
They live in Oklahoma
She cooks and hooks for Mickey now
He's got a whole henhouse
Oh with room to spare
You could have a body
You could have a magic song
But when a Rooster's strong
Oh shit, you'd best beware
The Rooster and Lyrebird
Weren't meant to be
She thought she could tame him
But now her song don't sound so sweet
The season's short for deceit
They flew off to Bermuda
And Gypsy stole his Firebird
And no-one's ever heard
From that liar bird again
She had a body
She had a magic song
And when a Lyrebird's strong
Oh shit, you'd best beware
The Rooster and Lyrebird
Weren't meant to be
She thought she could tame him
But now her song don't sound so sweet
The season's short for deceit
Well Mickey was a Rooster
Gypsy was a Lyrebird
Songs like you've never heard
But only spoke in lies
Songs like you've never heard
But only spoke in lies
Songs like you've never heard
But only spoke in lies
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Mama Bear
03:26
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Well Mama Bear's been gone
And now we're barely hanging on
We're spilling Honey all over the road
We'll have a jamboree
That's where everyone will be
Leave your pickup at the fork in the road
Watch the fireworks fly
On the fourth of July
Won't you hold my hand
Watch the marching band
I wanna let you in
I wanna be your friend
I wanna be your sugar
Sweetest Evelyn
Five years to the day
Since the bottom fell away
Now there ain't another place you can go
You gotta take some time
Better find a piece of mine
Cause the one you got is ready to blow
Don't you wonder why
All the fireflies fly
Can't you live without
Anything but doubt
I wanna hold your hand
I wanna be your man
Wanna be your lover
Sweetest Evelyn
Ohhh I
Don't wanna be your clown
Ooooooooh ohhhh yeah.
Ohhh I
Don't wanna let you down
And bring the whole thing round....yeah
Back up and jump real high
Throw some water in the sky
You gotta swing like never before
You gotta swim right out
Yep, you gotta leave the crowd
Until your feet can't touch any more
Don't you wonder why
All the fireflies fly
Can't you live without
Anything but doubt
I wanna hold your hand
I wanna be your man
Wanna be your sugar
Sweetest Evelyn
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3. |
Cutaway Road
04:08
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Caterpillar stripped the tree
Just like you been stripping me
Got a fruitful little vine
Gonna let it grow, gonna let it climb
Out here on the side road
Seem to rain nearly every single day
All the tractors and the wide loads
Seem to drift off into space
Sprinkle fire out on the water
Take it right down from the sky...oh yeah, oh yeah
Out here on Cutaway Road
Ain't got no engine,
Can't haul no load
Me and this guitar
Said we're 'bout to explode
Out here on Cutaway,
Out here on Cutaway Road
Sarsaparilla 'neath the tree
Got a fearful hold on me
Gotta try and clear my mind
From all the fearful people and Father Time
Out here on the side road
Tractors roll right into the sky
And they move around these crossroads
Just like you and I
Sprinkle fire out on the water
Take it right down from the sky...oh yeah, oh yeah
Out here on Cutaway Road
Ain't got no engine,
Can't haul no load
Me and this guitar
Said we're 'bout to explode
Out here on Cutaway,
Out here on Cutaway road
Sweet Camilla was her name
Every kiss tasted just like rain
Said I drank a little too much wine
Looked at me said “I've got trees to climb”
Out here on the side road
Branches grow right into the sky
And they spindle across the crossroads
Just like you and I
Sprinkle fire out on the water
Take it right down from the sky...oh yeah, oh yeah
Out here on Cutaway Road
Ain't got no engine,
Can't haul no load
Me and this guitar
Said we're 'bout to explode
Out here on Cutaway,
Out here on Cutaway Road
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4. |
Showdown
03:20
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Don't need another showdown
I'm feeling wore down
And I need a change
I'm feeling lonesome
And you think that I've grown some
But I'm just the same
Well I don't want to argue any more
Well I'm wearing out your door
Wearing out these shoes
Every time I run back to you
Run back to you
You say you're restless
Well I'm tired and breathless
Everything's gone black
You put your hand up
Said you'd help me stand up
Well girl I'd break you're back
Well I don't want to argue any more
Well I'm wearing out your door
Wearing out these shoes
Every time I run back to you
Run back to you
Well I don't want to argue any more
Well I'm wearing out your door
Wearing out these shoes
Every time I run back to you
Run back to you
Don't need another showdown
I'm feeling wore down
And I need a change
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5. |
Unlucky Fool
04:18
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Never gave a damn, never gave a shit
Never made a plan so I couldn't even quit
Took a stumble
Broke my point of view
Never had the courage, never had the spit
To get right down there in the bottom of the pit
And work hard
Like my grandaddy did
Kept waiting for my soul to change
But nothing's happened and I'm still just the same
I'm not a man, brother I'm a mule
Take a road but it goes nowhere
Feels like I moved but I'm still right here
A lot's passed me by it's true
Never looked for trouble, always looks for me
Where I shouldn't go that's exactly where I'll be
It's a wonder
That I'm here at all
Never had the money always had the time
I'd be a millionaire if I hadn't wasted all my dimes
Chasing curvy women
And heartache too
Kept waiting for my soul to change
But nothing's happened and I'm still just the same
I'm not a man, brother I'm a mule
Take a road but it goes nowhere
Feels like I moved but I'm still right here
A lot's passed me by it's true
But I'm no victim, I'm just an unlucky fool
unlucky fool
unlucky fool
unlucky fool
unlucky fool
unlucky fool
unlucky fool
unlucky fool
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6. |
Chasing Romance
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Met this girl
Gave her my number
She called me up
She said do ya
Wanna come over
I said why not
I said that's fine
Just as long as you remember
oh yeah
I said that's fine
Just as long as you know
I'm just chasing romance
I'm chasing romance
I drove over
To her house
And I rang her bell
She looked at me
Saw straight through me
I could tell
Said that's fine
Just as long as you remember
oh yeah
Said that's fine
Just as long as you know
Just chasing romance
I'm chasing romance
Just chasing romance
I'm chasing romance
Life can be so short
You've got to live it while you can
I'm gonna spend my time
Making plans
For romance
aaahhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm chasing romance
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7. |
Heartbreak Heart Attack
03:48
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Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh
Go, baby work with what you know
Baby take it throw by throw
The dawn is coming soon
You gotta work, now baby gotta try
Want to be for them tonight
The earth, the sun, the moon
Don't change, baby got to build the name
Gonna set this world aflame, baby
Gotta make it in the show
So don't slide
Sleep on the other side
All out and none to hide
Sit back and watch it blow
Well, I believe in you
And everything you do
So why in the hell am I flat here on my back
With a Heartbreak Heart Attack?
Fly, get 'em up and get 'em high
Look them right into their eyes
And sing into their souls
You gotta wail, take the mic and make the sale
Drop the hammer to the nail
Get 'em losing all control
Steam, heat it up like you're a queen
No need to be obscene
'Cause you know that less is more
Make 'em cry
Make them wish that they could die
If they could just be by your side
Make them scream until they're sore
Well, I believe in you
And everything you do
So why in the hell am I flat here on my back
With a Heartbreak Heart Attack?
Well, I believe in you
And everything you do
So why in the hell am I flat here on my back
On my back
with a (heartbreak)
with a (heartbreak)
With a Heartbreak Heart Attack
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Future History
03:54
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Future History
Sunshine, hit the earth with a gilded hand
Now that you're mine
I feel divine like a holy man
I said completely, completely baby that's how I fell
Said you need me, and I need you as well
I'm crazy for you, you're crazy for me
We got a future history
I'll lift you up and I won't bring you down
No I won't bring you down
'Cause baby you're my hometown
In December, when we's walking in the sand
Make me remember, all the cold times when you held my hand
I said forgive me, yeah forgive me baby if I don't tell ya how I feel
You live in me and I live for you now baby you know that's for real...so real
I'm crazy for you, you're crazy for me
We got a future history
I'll lift you up and I won't bring you down
No I won't bring you down
'Cause baby you're my hometown
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Devil's Here to Stay
03:51
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Gonna write a little letter, gonna take a little time
Gonna put it all together, stick the reason with the rhyme
Gonna change the way I change things
Gonna stick to what I feel
Stop the way I rearrange things
Do something real
Gonna give up all my vices
Gonna try and tell the truth
Gonna act a little nicer, nicer like you
Gonna kick a little harder
Gonna try and make the grade
Stop the way I'm always losing
Get something saved
After all the things that we've been through
I still think there's nobody better babe
It might strain sometimes to do what we gotta do
But I still think there can't be another way
The devil's here to stay
Feel a change around the corner
Feel a certain kind of greed
Feel the climate getting warmer
Time to think about what I need
Need a woman I can care for
Need a place to put my head
Need a future I can dare for
Stop acting dead
After all the things that we've been through
I still think there's nobody better babe
It might strain sometimes to do what we gotta do
I still think there can't be another way
The devil's here to stay
Devil's here to stay
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10. |
Burnt and Broken
04:42
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You can blame it all on me
I never ever found a single thing I could be
1 and 1 they don't equal 3
But you wanted more
Try no matter how I might
Seems the devil throws one hell of a fight
How can I be wrong if you don't know what's right
I'm out the door
You never cried when you let me down
I should have known shouldn't have hung around
You got me high you kept me smoking
But now I 'm burned and broken
Fight with you you're always right
Telling me it's black when I know that it's white
I don't wanna take no more shit tonight
I'll stand up and go
Whine you do it all the time
Do it so much that it's blowing my mind
How can I be first if I'm standing in line
I'll never know
You never cried when you let me down
I should have known shouldn't have hung around
You got me high you kept me smoking
But now I 'm burned
You got me high you kept me smoking
But now I'm burned
You got me high you kept me smoking
But now I'm burned and broken
ahhhhh
ahhhhh
ahhhhh
You can blame it all on me
I never ever found a single thing I could be
Baby 1 and 1 they don't equal 3
But you wanted more
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Cisco Caesar Melbourne, Australia
Cisco Caesar is an alt-blues foursome heavily influenced by old soul, funk, vintage rock and country. Their ridiculous amount of talent combine to make music that's not just catchy, it's downright viral. If you like songs with plenty of vibe and swagger - this band is for you. ... more
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