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Roll Big River
04:25
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Roll Big River, rolling all night and day
Roll big river and everything gonna be OK
They shook Billy down on his first night in town
And Dan got jumped behind Jewel
They took all that Joe owned, but they left his trombone
Now he's right back playing the blues
Well Gen and Marc, they had to park
Their trailer on the side of the street
Someone busted off the lock and drove it off the block
But they're right back - ain't missed a beat
Roll Big River, rolling all night and day
Roll big river and everything gonna be OK
My band broke up, and damn I was stuck
beat down without no choice
But to pack up and move, get a new point of view
I got right down finding my voice
I dropped in on some friends back in South Bend
A bangin' rhythm section of pros
Instead of laying down tracks, broken glass
I lost everything even my clothes
But I just roll big river, rolling all night and day
Roll big river and everything gonna be OK
Just 'cause I ain't mentioned fighting I ain't inviting
You to pull one over on me
We carry bats and chains now, we'll beat out your brains now
Had enough turning the other cheek
It's happened so many times, can't get it off my mind
What exactly I'm gonna do
Just a little bit of torture before I report you
Send you off with the boys in blue
Now you can roll Big River, rolling all night and day
Roll big river and everything gonna be OK
Roll Big River, rolling all night and day
Roll big river and everything gonna be OK
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Long Way Down
03:03
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Get it all out, get it all out, baby come on
Get it all out, get it all out, baby come on
Gotta set me straight, it can't wait, gotcha up all night
Gotta get it right - write it down if ya gotta
Get it all out, get it all out, baby come on
Betcha feelin' pretty high and mighty now
It's a long, long, long - a long way down
Gimme more lies, gimme more lies, baby come on
Gimme more lies, gimme more lies, baby come on
Dress it up, spit it out, start a new fuss all about
Something old, something new - gimme some fake news
Gimme more lies, gimme more lies, baby come on
Betcha feelin' pretty high and mighty now
It's a long, long, long - a long way down
Dead tree with some purty fake leaves stuck on it
Set free but the lease we bleed upon it
Red deed hand shake behind your back fingers crossed, turn and cough, doctor the facts, boss
Let green lift you up and put me down
I'll see you in hell before I bow
feeling pretty high and mighty now
I guess I'm feeling pretty high and mighty now
Everyone's feeling pretty high and mighty now
But it's a long, long, long - a long way down
Get it all out, get it all out, baby come on
Get it all out, get it all out, baby come on
Gotta set me straight, it can't wait, gotcha up all night
Gotta get it right - write it down if ya gotta
Get it all out, get it all out, baby come on
Betcha feelin' pretty high and mighty now
It's a long, long, long - a long way down
Now I'm feelin' pretty high and mighty now
It's a long, long, long - a long way down
Everyone's feelin' pretty high and mighty now
It's a long, long, long - a long way down
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Clear Black Night
04:16
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Bought my last last pack of smokes with quarters now I can't afford the train, so I'm walking to the High Hat Club to make some change.
He always sits at the back, his favorite place to settle, he never looks up once while I'm up checking levels.
He ain't Mr. Universe, more like Mr. Ashtabula, and yeah it turns me on, but he's straight as a ruler.
It's been raining all day,
but it's a clear black night.
Don't need your blue skies,
just your clear black night,
your clear black night.
A look of recognition and it's back to his magazine, it's all I wanted now I'm back to my fantasy.
But now I'm moving closer, he smells of mesquite, he's a real man's man - but not the kind that would be into me.
Of all the words I had, well I finally had to settle, "has anyone ever told you you look like Burt Reynolds?"
It's been raining all day,
but it's a clear black night.
Don't need your blue skies,
just your clear black night,
your clear black night.
I been looking all around and I ain't seen a thing that'll take him off my mind and I just can't tell him.
I been sniffing all around but I ain't smelt a thing that'll take him off my mind, no, I can still smell him.
It's been raining all day,
but it's a clear black night.
Don't need your blue skies,
just your clear black night,
your clear black night, your clear black night.
your clear black night.
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Hey Now
03:42
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You got a lot of bravado, Mr. "I lead, you follow"
Look back tomorrow you'll be so full of sorrow
When you see I don't miss you, I bet you gon' wish you
Had a whole box of tissue, but that's not my issue no more
Man, I gave up
I told you I had enough
Hey now, hey now, world ain't gonna stop
Just 'cause you ain't 'round
I hear you're down in Miami, got yourself a young man he
Probably cannot stand me 'cause you're still my fan, see
I can see you been clickin' while you fixin' to love him
But your texts I been duckin' 'cause I sure ain't fuckin' around
With a man who gone out of bounds
Another man, another town, oh no
Hey now, hey now, world ain't gonna stop
Just 'cause you ain't 'round
No it doesn't impress me when you puff out your chest see I been keepin it sexy and you're full of regrets we
Said we were no mo' now I hear you in Soho
Telling everyone you know that I'm still you're homo - oh no!
Scandalous man, give it up
Hey now, hey now, world ain't gonna stop
Just 'cause you ain't 'round
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Through the Changes
04:26
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I found my voice,
They said it wasn't mine.
I had a choice,
But choices are always blind.
So far from home
And my home just keeps on changing.
If I was alone
I'd worry and worry for ages.
But you stay with me, baby,
Keep me safe through the changes.
Honestly, no sages could've seen
You settling for me.
There's too many exits,
I've been staying inside.
It's like fear of death,
It'll keep you from living your life.
If I went out
I know I'm too poor to choose.
You came around
And you showed me I've nothing to lose.
When you stayed with me, baby
Kept me safe through the changes,
Honestly, no sages could've seen
You falling for me.
Stay with me, baby,
Keep me safe through the changes.
Honestly, no sages could've seen
You dancing with me.
Stay with me, baby,
I'll keep you safe through the changes.
Honestly, no sages could've seen
You and me.
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Mike Maimone Los Angeles, California
Pianist, singer/songwriter & producer.
Co-founder and frontman of Mutts.
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