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Caught Out In The Rain
05:30
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My world came crashing down and tore me up inside
Sorrow came to call and ripped away my pride
Even in the darkness there was no place left to hide
I thought you'd always stay forever come what may
But if love is just a lie perhaps we're better off this way
And suddenly it feels like getting caught out in the rain
So let it rain, let it rain... let it rain all over me
Let it rain, let it rain... I don't care about the rain
And when it all comes pouring down
It's not like I'm not used to getting caught out in the rain
Don't tell me nothing's wrong... I don't wanna play that game
I'm not that kind of fool... I don't need you to explain
It's just exactly what it feels like... getting caught out in the rain
So if our love's in vain just let me walk on by
Don't make me turn around.. don't make me ask you why
It's easy to explain... I've just been caught out in the rain
So let it rain, let it rain... let it rain all over me
Let it rain, let it rain... I don't care about the rain
And when it all comes pouring down
It's not like I'm not used to getting caught out in the rain
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Big red rooster makes a lotta noise
Lotta fancy feathers... whole lotta poise
Stands tall just to let you know
Who's the biggest rooster in the barnyard
Life's tough... going gets rough
Things can get a little itchy if you can't get enough Nature's way... it's just nature's way
Everybody got a role to play
I don't wanna be the Mayor... I wanna be the President
And I don't care whose ego gets bent
Some men.... they take it kinda hard
If they ain't the biggest rooster in the barnyard
Cock-a-doodle-doo....Cock-a-doodle-doo....
Outta my way!... big rooster coming through!
I'm real good-looking and I sure am hard And I'm the biggest rooster in the barnyard
Hens cackle... roosters crow
Fox he don't give a sweet damn you know
In Foxy's book it's all for show 'Cos we all taste just the same
Life is simple... sometimes cheap
Way down yonder at the bottom of the heap
Eat, sleep, work and strive
Just trying to stay alive
Big red rooster makes a lotta noise
Lotta fancy feathers... whole lotta poise
Stands tall just to let you know
Who's the biggest rooster in the barnyard
Nature's red in tooth and claw
Preening and strutting and laying down the law
Might as well pin a target on your back
'Cos the fox gonna bring you down
Gotta wonder why we try so hard
To be so hard core in our own back yard Just one way this story ends
If you ain't the biggest rooster in the barnyard
Cock-a-doodle-doo....Cock-a-doodle-doo....
Outta my way!... big rooster coming through!
I'm real good-looking and I sure am hard And I'm the biggest rooster in the barnyard
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Fill Me Up
03:25
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Your heart is like an ocean
My love is just a drop
How am I ever gonna fill it to the top
Oh and I wonder..... Oh I wonder
Your love is like a mountain
My heart is like a rock
How am I ever gonna roll it to the top
Oh and I wonder..... Oh I wonder
Lord knows, I've been really trying
To carry that weight but it's getting me down
I'm so tired, I'm tired and I'm weary
I can't pick it up and I can't put it down
I'm falling off a mountain
My heart is all at sea
If loving you was easy then my heart would be free
Oh but I wonder... my love is like a hunger
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He orders coffee... she pours iced tea
Her mind is somewhere else, she wishes she could be
He can see she's broken... it's right there in her eyes
I'm sorry sir, she says to him as she begins to cry
I shouldn't be here, not today
Shedding teardrops at the Happy Cup Cafe
I did my best... I thought he knew
Where did I go wrong?... what did I do to make him blue?
I wish I knew
She reminds him of a girl he left behind
Many years ago, once upon a time
How he turned his back... how he walked away
Afraid to go but even more afraid to stay
He'd dreamed of freedom, not knowing what it means
So he threw the dice and sacrificed all they might have been
Foolish boy... he loved that girl
Foolish foolish boy
The waitress sits beside him... he lights her cigarette
Takes her hand and looks her in the eye
He tells her sometimes that's just the way it goes
Young men can be such fools, heaven only knows
But when they're older... and wiser
And maybe look a lot like me
They'll find themselves alone just trying to while the time away
Choking back the teardrops in the Happy Cup Cafe
Regrets? We had a few.. sweetheart me and you
And today is just the kind of day
For drinking coffee.... in the Happy Cup Cafe
For drinking coffee.... in the Happy Cup Cafe
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Old Man In The Mirror
05:34
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Looking in the mirror… who's that staring back at me
Some old man… that I don't even know
Don't know where the time went… or how it slipped away
But it won't be long… till it's my time to go
We played all the big shows from Maine to Alabam'
From Portland all the way to San Antone
Every kind of good time that a man could ever want
And I never had to spend a night alone
I used to be a showman
Travelled all this country far and wide
Up and down these highways
This old guitar by my side
Now my days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer
As time goes sailing by
I used to be so young and bold… but now I’m tired and old
Rocking on this back porch on my own
But it ain’t so bad…. when I think about the times we had
Remember that old truck stop out on highway 49
When Billy Bob sat in with the band
He got drunk and blew us off the stand Lord, Lord
Somewhere out on Highway 49
I was happy then…. life was sweeter then….
Every day was full of promises and endless roads to run
Pretty girls and living in the sun
Each and every rainbow’s end was just round the bend
Aw man… I thought it would never end
Now I sit alone and reminisce on stories I could tell
Tears of sadness, happiness and joy
And if I had a dollar for every tear I cried
I’d give it all to be back on the road
I used to be a showman
Traveled all this country far and wide
Up and down these highways
This old guitar by my side
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6. |
Childhood Years
04:07
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There's a harvest moon sailing in the sky
Shining like a diamond through the trees
I can smell the rain, heavy in the air
Riding on that midnight breeze
I can see the face of my old grandad
In my favourite memory
Never shone the light, that shone so bright
As grandaddy's smile for me
There's a ghost train tonight
Leaving for the past
Through the laughter and the tears
I can hear that sound, calling me back
Echoes of my childhood years
River ride the rocks, over the sand
Foghorn blowing out to sea
Close my eyes and ride, let that rushing tide
Let it wash all over me
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7. |
I’m Ready To Go Down
04:54
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Love cut my heart out like a chainsaw
Left me bleeding on the ground
Torn apart and wounded
Just a shadow of a man
Blowing like a tumbleweed
A hostage to the wind
Take me now sweet Jesus
‘Cos i’m ready to go down
Restless as a hungry ghost
A rider in the rain
Restless as a hobo
Riding on a midnight train
Cold and weary, beaten down
And old before my time
Take me now sweet Jesus
‘Cos I’m ready to go down
I’m ready to go down sweet lord
I’m ready to go down
I’m so ready just to lay this burden down
I’m broken and I’m empty now
A ghost town with no name
Painted on a desert sky in colours all aflame
I’ve had enough of drifting
From town to lonely town
So take me to the river
Throw me in and let me drown
There’s nothing left to hold me now
I’m ready to go down
To turn to dust and rest at last
Beneath the cold, cold ground
I’m ready to go down sweet lord
I’m ready to go down
I’m so ready just to lay this burden down
I’m broken and I’m empty now
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There's a bar called "The Blues" around the corner
And that's where I like to spend my time
So baby if you ever need to find me
All you gotta do is drop a dime
I live just around the corner from "The Blues"
If you're ever feeling weary or confused
And you need to get away from all that bad, bad news
I live just around the corner from "The Blues"
Now the blues ain't the way that I'm feeling
And I ain't here to get out of my tree
I ain't here because I'm sad and lonely
It's just my favourite place to be
I live just down the street
Got my footsteps on repeat
I don't need no cab to take me there
I live there because... that's what I choose
To be just around the corner from "The Blues"
I live just around the corner from "The Blues"
If you're ever feeling weary or confused
And you need to get away from all that bad, bad news
I live just around the corner from "The Blues"
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Through Your Eyes
03:50
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I see only sunshine all around me
I see blue skies that mirror your eyes
My heart feels lighter
Everything's so much brighter
When I see the world through your eyes
I see smiles, I hear laughter
I feel the love I've sought after
All of the days of my life
There's just something that happens
When you're by my side
And I see the world through your eyes
Like the first time we went to California
And even though I'd been there before
It all looked so different, so fresh and alive
'Cos I saw it all through your eyes
I saw the wonder that sparkled in your eyes
Like flowers in springtime, fresh as a rose
And it makes my heart sing
With the promise that love brings
When I see the world through your eyes
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Take me down to where the past lies buried in a field
Where cannon roared and filled the air with smoke and misery
Where ghosts of blue and grey still battle... chained by history
Tell me everything
Remind me how it happened... tell me why it had to be
Show me where is glory found in hollow victory
And why so many people are still bound in slavery
Tell me everything
What truth remains in the bosom of Abraham
What's really changed but the colour of money
Lies buy lies, honesty buys honesty
And revenge... is not a healing remedy
The tattered flags of nation hang still now in the breeze
Echoing the strange fruit that once hung from southern trees
As our children pay the bitter price of modern tyranny
Tell me everything
Tell me why...don't talk to me of liberty
Ring no bells.. let no fanfares sound
No empty words... no hollow promises
Speak to me in words of truth that I can understand
Tell me everything
What truth remains in the bosom of Abraham
What's really changed but the colour of money
Lies buy lies, honesty buys honesty
And revenge... is not a healing remedy
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I wish I didn't love you but I do
Even after everything we've put each other through
I wish I didn't love you
Wish that I could grow tired of you
Oh I wish I didn't love you.. oh darling but I do
Loving you gets wilder every day
Sometimes I kid myself that I'm a hero jut because I stay
It hurts me to admit it, but it's true
How am I ever gonna find the strength to walk away from you
Oh I wish I didn't love you but I do
Even after everything we've put each other through
I wish I didn't love you
Wish that I could grow tired of you
I wish I didn't love you.. oh darling but I do
The writing on the wall is plain to see
Things are never gonna work out right for you and me
And even though it breaks my heart in two
It won't change a single thing, I'll always be in love with you
It happens every time I close my eyes
You swim into my vision, I don't know why I'm surprised
'Cos you're always there in everything I do... so darling
How am I supposed to go on living without you
Oh I wish I didn't love you but I do
Even after everything we've put each other through
I wish I didn't love you
Wish that I could grow tired of you
Oh I wish I didn't love you.. oh darling but I do
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I’m not an old guy
And I’m not getting any younger
We been around some... and we’ll be round a whole lot longer
I been to Paris ... and I been to Rome
And some folks will tell you... that there’s no place quite like home
Now I’m not saying we gotta stand still
My Mama told me there’s a way if you got the will
So while we’re able lets kick out the jams
You can’t tell me that we can’t..... ‘cos I know that we can!
Let’s kick out the footlights... like old Merle said
We might look a little crazy but we’re not dead yet ...just like Willie said!
We could do a little damage... no doubt we can
So cut her loose and let her ride and let’s go round again
Let’s keep on rollin’ down the track
Two steps forward and no steps back
Let’s get a little closer in sweet harmony
Good wine, good music ... yeah..and good company
So let’s keep on rollin’ down the track
Two steps forward and no steps back
So while we’re able lets kick out the jams
You can’t tell me that we can’t.... ‘cos I know that we can!
You can’t tell me that we can’t .... so let’s go round again
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13. |
Looking Back
03:07
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Lord I've been travelling down this old lonesome road
So many miles I put behind me
But off in the distance now I see my end in sight
And I look back down the years but I can't count them
There's saints and there's sinners and they're crowding in on me
Looking for some kind of retribution
But I was just having fun and besides, what's done is done
And I don't give a damn about absolution
If you really want to know, sometimes it's been touch and go
But I always did resent the implication
That at the first sign of trouble I'd just take out on the lam
I refute it, it's a total fabrication
It's a loathsome kind of talent, being slippery as a snake
But it always helps to have an explanation
Though St. Peter might not buy it when you're knocking at the gate
'Cos it might not bear too close investigation
So as I raise a glass to the future and the past
I'm not looking for any vindication
It's been good, it's been bad, it's been joyous and it's been sad
And I offer up this plea in mitigation
Lord I've been travelling down this old lonesome road
So many miles I put behind me
But off in the distance now I see my end in sight
And I look back down the years but I can't count them
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14. |
The Mortal Coil Shuffle
04:22
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Old Hank said it so it’s gotta be true
We’ll never get out this world alive
But it’s not how you view it, it’s the way that you do it
In the end there’s just no way to survive
You can scream you can holler, you can promise every dollar
That you ever stashed away in the bank
But you can’t take it with you that’s a natural fact
Ain’t no percentage in pretending you can
So you might as well spend it cos there’s nowhere to send it
To pick it up on down the line
There’s no getting through it
You just gotta get to it... so put it to the back of your mind
And do the mortal coil shuffle
When the time rolls round
Ain’t no choice about it... no sir...
It’s a dance that we all gotta learn
Well the steps may be tricky.. things could get a little sticky
But there’s only one way that it ends
Goodbye, so long, let’s be moving along
‘Cos we’ve made it to the end of the line
You can curse, you can yell.. you could be going to hell
You could wind up floating round on the breeze.
You could be a ghost... wouldn’t that be the most!
You could haunt anybody you please
So it might be fun... you might even be the one
To end up in the house of blue lights
Yeah... so come on down, don’t be hanging around
Tonight might just be the night
When the mortal coil shuffle
Comes rolling around
Ain’t no choice about it...
It’s a dance that we all gotta learn
Well the steps may be tricky.. things could get a little sticky
But there’s only one way that it ends
Goodbye, so long, let’s be moving along
‘Cos we’ve made it to the end of the line
It’ll bug you if you let it... so you might as well forget it
'Cos you’re gonna have to leave it behind
Throw away your paddle, get back in the saddle
Go out and have a good time
Laugh when it tickles... giggle when it prickles
Take no wooden nickels or dimes
Life’s a one-time shot... like it or not
So you gotta make the best of your time....
Before the mortal coil shuffle
Comes rolling around
Ain’t no choice about it...
It’s a dance that we all gotta learn
Well the steps may be tricky.. things could get a little sticky
But there’s only one way that it ends
Goodbye, so long, let’s be moving along
‘Cos we’ve made it to the end of the line
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15. |
It's All Good
03:40
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I always loved the way you get around me
Though it’s not in my best interests to let you know
So we both play the game. And we both know the rules
Even though we pretend that we don’t know
It’s a game that we’ve playe long as we’ve known each other
From the start it was always understood
That as long as we don’t hurt each other
Long as we stick together it’s all good
But something in my heart tells me it’s all over
Something just don’t sit right anymore
And somehow I can’t seem to put my finger
On exactly what it is that makes me sure
That you don’t love me anymore
And now I’m walking the floor
Is there somebody else playing my part
Have I fallen out of favour? Have I broken the rule
And gone and lost my place here in your heart
Won’t you please tell me I’m wrong
You’re not leading me on
Tell me that the rules won’t ever change
And that as long as we don’t hurt each other…
Long as we stick together it’s all good
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Errol Walsh Northern Ireland, UK
Singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland.
His decades-spanning songwriting career is full of care-
worn tales of life, love and luck - all delivered with a mellow, lived-in voice.
"This body of work from a true master will long be remembered after much of the imitations have faded into the mists of time" - Niall Toner, RTE Radio One
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