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Summer and the Sun
03:42
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Summer didn't believe in our Sun
So she got the best of her western wear
Went giddy-up! and got on her way
Adios cowboy goodbye
Hopped on Sid and rode off in the night
My best girl my best horse and all my pride
Clipped-clopped away
While I kicked at the dirt
Till I got an idea
I knew would work
While she's living this big ol life
I'm going to learn how to bull ride
If I hit the ground I'll get back on again
Its a pattern I'll break and become champion
Win back my girl
Quit my losing ways
Put a bullet in her horse
She'll be sure to stay
I tried to hold on
But that big 'ol bull just kept on dancin
It was a hell of a scene
then the devil drug me away
It looked so damn easy to ride one of them bulls
What an illusion
That girl
She what I lived for
........and what I died from
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Life in the Family
03:06
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Oh Mary she’s going to grandmas to sit
Yeah she’s bringing all her needles but them two ain’t going to knit
In the woods grandpas with cousin Bill
Learning him to work copper and make his own still
Uncle George he’s got this great big car
And the air cleaner he hides his favorite jar
He likes to wink and call it octane boost
But the last time his wife got into it everybody had to shoot
Once again she got away
Only sister Sue showed up yesterday
Yeah she needed a little tar so she gave them kids away
Today she’s twitching she need to get ‘em back
Them little bastards can work a store in a minute and a half
And make a clean get away
Great grandpa he got stoned for the first time when he was ten
It was the day that he met grandma and all of this began
Don’t you forget brother Jim the one from television
Got caught with his beakers cooking for a politician
And I remember the day the state drug ol Jim away
Just laughing and giggling cause he finally got his way
Life in the family
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3. |
Living Old
03:11
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Woke on the other side
And can’t go back
No longer can I hide
This face is cracked
It’s about to be a long time of living old
Of all those fears
The snake has appeared
It’s about to be a long time of living old
Tie back up them boots
And start kicking back at life
Don’t go out
Without a fight
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4. |
Girl on Fire
02:26
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Ante Up
There’s a little girl dancing there around the room
She on fire and grinning like all hell enjoying it
You see her shake with such confidence and delight
Girl on fire
Why do you
Let this little boy help you find your doom
I've got a can of gas out back at my place
Just outside of town in the weeds
Where all the crooked eye people
See normality
I think you need to come and run my
Big buzz saw
Just wait till you get up on that tractor
with a claw
You wanna get hitched
Why don’t you hop up on here girl
and we’ll start digging our ditch
I am a good ol boy with a lot of hay
Dancing with a pitch fork in the barn
How bout you step on up and play a game
Of bushwhack for a farm
Cause I've been traveling solo
For so damn long
Its just me and my dog
and oh how we love to lie
at idle and wait
in the sticks with the snakes
for the day you go waltzing by..........
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5. |
The Breath of Death
05:01
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In 1969 a young soldier goes to nam
Sent there by those brave politicians
Hiding in Washington
He was asked to do
What many a men
Already done
Go fight for your country
And make us proud son
As the breath of death
Was breathing down his neck
Little voices ran
Ran through his head
Charlies’ going to get you
The nights were dark
As he sat his guard
He thought of her
As he stared at the stars
He wandered if
He would see her again
The love of his life
His best friend
As the breath of death
Was breathing down his neck
Little voices ran
Ran through his head
Charlies’ going to get you
The bullet struck
Ripping through his chest
He hit the ground
Looking at his torn flesh
He watched his life
Flow to the jungle floor
As he lay wandering
Would see heavens door
As the breath of death
Was breathing down his neck
Little voices ran
Ran through his head
Charlies’ going to get you
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6. |
Another Drink with Hank
02:26
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Old Hank he’s chewing on a bone
Oblivious as we drive
This beautiful bombshell
She’s right here at my side
Don’t these pipes sound nice at 125
Lets take it to 133
She says fast
I like it when you drive fast
Don’t you ever slow it down
We’re going like hell down the road in our car
This chro-magnum engine is pushing out hard
She says damn
Hey honey was that a town
I don’t my dear
Is that a cop car making that sound
She says fast
I like it when you drive fast
Don’t you ever slow it down
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7. |
Reservation
03:23
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40 years below and 40 years to the day
I watched an indian boy watch me
As we watched each other play
He took me to this place
Where you could stand or you could sit
As you looked across the river
Where the water came out to swim
And to this day I don’t where I am
Maybe I won’t see the sun
Maybe I won’t smell the rain
Maybe I will wake up tomorrow
And know just where I am
To this day I don’t know where I am
Help me find my way to the reservation
Where I can be alone again
I remember when we could laugh
And we could cry
In the middle of the night with the windows open
As the train came rolling by
We could tell each other stories about the rain and the wind
As we walked across sacred ground free from the world of sin
To this day I don’t know where I am
Help me find my way to the reservation
Where I can be alone again
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Betsie
03:57
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My baby’s got this real old car
It goes honk honk beep beep bang bang
Its got a lot of rust
Ain’t that why we keep spare parts in the trunk
Along with some walking shoes
In case we run out of string and glue
Fun takes a little fuel
And Betsie runs on fuel
When we need a big thrill
We just point her up up up a hill
Clank boom here comes a bam
Sounds like were smacking on pots and pans
Fun take a little fuel
And Betsie likes her fuel
Anytime we give her the gas
Its a sure sign they’ll soon be a blast
Fun takes a little fuel
Whoa no no no Betsie drank all her fuel
Not a tire on its round
Keeps our heads bobbing up and down
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9. |
Plastic Soldiers
04:30
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Dad was in Vietnam
And grandpa in WWII
But me I just played with some toys
and figured that I knew what they went through
A Dear John letter from the scared kids lover
And he never again aimed to miss
Some work their whole life for their sanity
But it was the war that gave their loose screw....... a twist
Mom don't you worry
My soldiers they’re just for play
Don't you worry
The real ones go
Go screaming out your name
Can someone explain
Why my soldiers are collectable?
Can someone explain
Why the real ones get filled full of holes?
Medic
Please tell me this is not the end
How could you live the rest of your life knowing
You just lied to your dying friend???
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10. |
Ed
02:28
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His age its starting to show
Good old Ed he got drunk
Went to town in his pickup truck
There was the girl he knew
Talking to some guy she soon would do
Ed he held his breath
Closed his eyes and punched on it
Oh my goodness what a sight
Just like football he went wide right
On down the street missing everything but a cop did see
And Ed he got pulled over
Alright Ed are you drunk?
No no no I'm not drunk
Come on Ed are you drunk
Oh no I'm not drunk
Ed have you been drinkin?
Oh no I'm not drunk
Alright Ed you want to do this hard way
I've got this test and if you don't pass
I’m going take you to the woods and start kicking on your ass
But were not going to call it at that
Hell no I am the county badge
Wa ping ya talk about mean
I’ll load some live rounds in my magazine
And Ed when when I light my smoke
You better dance
Dance
Oh he danced
The whole night away
He's been trying to tell that story to this day
Wanna know what happened to me in the woods?
I danced
The whole night away
I've been trying to tell that story to this day
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11. |
Admission to Heaven
03:48
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My old man always spoke of good luck
As though it could kill you before it good
Don’t you ever expect the best
You’ll end up with a sad story just like the rest
Keep an eye on what you try
Some things you can’t shake until you die
Be aware of the friends that you make
And the advice that you take
Cause some say that the good life only gets better
After the end
With your admission into heaven
You get a free drinking friend
Compliments for your admission to heaven
You always take a risk
Anytime you grab at something too hard with a fist
Don’t take up company
With those who choose to live in misery
Some say that the good life only gets better
After the end
With your admission into heaven
You get a free drinking friend
Compliments for your admission to heaven
Take your time with every moment
Make each decision with care
Never pick a battle
With loneliness and despair
You get into the bottle kid
And it could be your final stand
Thats a hell of way to see heaven
Some say that the good life only gets better
After the end
With your admission into heaven
You get a free drinking friend
Compliments for your admission to heaven
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Lance Andrew Leonnig Portland, Oregon
Lance Andrew Leonnig is a experimental cowboy singer/songwriter and guitar from Portland Or. He has been playing guitar and writing songs for a long damn time.
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