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From SeaTac to Oakland with bad airport wine
Well Fran is in the fire but she’s texting that she’s fine
We’re all getting out but there’s no where to go
Running out of water our reserves are getting low
CHORUS
But the lonely hits your stomach like it’s cheap rotgut wine
Making raingels in the puddles as if everything was fine
the lonely hits your stomach like it’s cheap rotgut wine
Making raingels in the gutters as if everything was fine
The ash of the trees it coats my hair in tears
Halfway through oregon we met a fatal dear
Fire keeps on coming it’s a thousand mile fog
I hit the road but it hit back the roadkill of us all
CHORUS
Flat tire in redding and it could’ve been worse
The car just keeps on running it’s a blessing it’s a curse
Traffic rushing by me on that old I-5
Still gotta text carolyn about today’s high
CHORUS
California cotton fields are running on my right
The air’s still dust and fire and we’re fighting the good fight
Tonight we play north hollywood the barflies all in black
We’re making sense of something on the wrong side of the tracks
CHORUS
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Hell is a Hard Place
03:15
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Hell is a hard place to take a man
Just to prove a point
You’re sitting there with my dreams in your hands
Our two fates are joined
CHORUS
But we roam together
And we roar together
But we wake up alone
Everyone has a story That feels more real
My own words betray me My lips should stay sealed
Born next to the solstice The holidays near
All that birthin and dyin At the end of a year
CHORUS
Why can’t it be simple Why can’t it be clean
Cigarettes in the rain again It’s the same old scene
I know you once loved me Now i’m tired and cold
I know you still love me But i’ve sold my own soul
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The Good Dog
03:36
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I heard and held your cries at night
Under a full moon
Sleepy-eyed and sad
You threw your heart around
Pushing for more time
Pushing with all you had
CHORUS
Your heart is a butterfly
beating to lose its wings
It’s time to shed the pain and
Sleep again, sleep again, sleep again
Yelling at children and dogs alike
Your sweet smile was a thief in the night
Now I’m crying in the bathroom
I’m crying on the train
Feels like all I’ll ever be
Is crying again
CHORUS
I didn’t know you were leaving
I couldn’t read the signs
I only knew I loved you
I only know we tried
You met all the rockstars
Shared all their beds
Stole their food
Their hearts
Swimming in whiskey
And running on sand
My sweet sweet love
Just rest near my hand
CHORUS
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Whiskey Fightin' Terri
02:06
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CHORUS
Whiskey fightin Terri and Terri’s fighting Jim
It’s a sweet kind word and he’s on the ground again
When whiskey’s fighting Terri everybody wins
If they’re drinking whiskey too at the Sunny Days Inn
Singin like an angel with the devil inside
Hits that bullfiddle sweet to make you cry
With a knowing little wink she can light up a room
But never in her life did she forget that tune
CHORUS
She’s ready to go and she’s right on time
Down for it all with a look that’s sly
When the whiskey comes out it’s a given sin
Trouble is comin with a lopsided grin
CHORUS
So keep on goin cuz we’re all gonna die
Handles of bourbon while the storm rolls by
From the bottom of the hill to the old WISE hall
If you’re pairing up with upton then you’ll see it all
CHORUS
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The Chaser
04:38
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We were dancin slow and sexy at the old cowboy bar
You’re eyes went right through me said I know who you are
I stopped moving caught my breath time’s a slap to my face
The sins of my past cannot be erased
CHORUS
I’ve always been a chaser no matter where I go
I’ve always been a chaser your second drink that starts the show
Yes I’ve always been a chaser you gotta go for your dreams
I’ve always been a chaser that’s why you still love me
Now I’m walking out in Brooklyn with an old glass of wine
It’s three in the morning but I always got time
When I find you and we’re waltzing under old neon signs
Intoxicated by the glint in our eyes
I’ve always been a chaser no matter where I go
I’ve always been a chaser your second drink that starts the show
Yes I’ve always been a chaser you gotta go for your dreams
I’ve always been a chaser that’s why you still love me
Yes I’ve always been a chaser you gotta go for your dreams
I’ve always been a chaser that’s why you still love me
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Leavin' Powell River
02:36
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When you sleep ten minutes
And four coffees ain’t enough
Ears still ringing all night
From the show with billy gruff
The ferry’s got life stories and lessons to tell
We’re leaving powell river and we’re driving straight to hell
CHORUS
Leaving Powell river there’s water all around
Leaving powell river but our wheels don’t hit the ground
Leaving powell river it’s such a sight to see
Leaving powell river just like you’re leaving me
Yesterday was raining and tomorrow’ll be the same
Will it take three thousand miles for you to miss me again
You always find your truth in the people that you love
It’s a hug or a handshake, even a nasty shove
CHORUS
Took ten years to find you another five to know your name
In all these different cities well you’re always the same
Crying in the morning but it’s a party every night
Old hands pull back the curtain and they let in the light
CHORUS
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Git 'Er Done
04:08
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First night back in bed
Clean sheets and no chores
I’m hearing your voice
In the dogs snore
We almost blew up the kitchen and we raided the cheese
Lousy with whiskey and we’re smelling like gasoline
CHORUS
It always seems over before it’s begun
Home wants the road and the road steals all the fun
It always seems over before it’s begun
But how we laugh the way we love we always get er done
get er done get er done get er done
I see myself back in your eyes such a vision such a prize
The reasons don’t matter and the stragglers don’t care
Three days later and there’s still smoke in my hair
CHORUS
Runnin on empty and drinking free wine it’s better after the first one
It’s a communion of time
I’ll buy the dinner while you welcome me home
Laughing through the traffic while our hearts are so undone
CHORUS
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I Get Drunk
02:40
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CHORUS
I get drunk on irish whiskey
And i get drunk on seeing you
I get drunk on tennessee bourbon
That don’t stop me loving you
For when we go we go together
Our love has stood the test of time
And when we go we go for broke now
And a bottle or three of wine
CHORUS
Sometimes we hit the town
Bathing in big city lights
Arm in arm our eyes are flashing
There’s never been a better night
FINAL CHORUS
I get drunk on irish whiskey
And i get drunk on seeing you
I get drunk on tennessee bourbon
That don’t stop me loving you
That don’t stop me loving you
That don’t stop me loving you
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Grackle
04:21
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Once I had a boy with fire in his heart
Once i had a boy whose life just couldn’t start
I took his heart, held it in my hand
And tried to give it back cuz I couldn’t love no man
CHORUS
who are you now
Who was i then
Two hearts asunder again
We tore a road of fire Straight across the sky
Miles of broken hearteds were always asking why
One day our charcoal paintings burned us both black
I left us at old folsom lake and i could not look back
CHORUS
I heard she hit you
I heard you hit her back
I heard that you kept drinkin
I never meant for that
CHORUS
Climbing railroad trestles and shooting off our stars
Sometimes the kindest gestures leave the hardest scars
I may never lay eyes on you again
No matter how much time goes by i’m still your friend
CHORUS
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8am at the Buck Inn
Heck is pouring bloodys
and I’m on irish coffee number two
Old jackyboy the dog
is up on the bar
asking for drinks and love
like us all
CHORUS
And we dance like the world is ending
Dance like we’re never alone
Dance like the world is ending in a song
And we dance like the world is ending
Dance like we’re never alone
Dance like the world is ending in a song
I’ve got a poet on my mind
and someone else’s words in my heart
Tom waits buck owens and nick cave
sing the drunks to sleep
CHORUS
I carve my name in the ceiling
in tar while we’re all drinking booze
Telling stories of guns and lakes
and bad ideas
CHORUS
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Secret Emchy Society Oakland, California
"One could describe Emch as if Nick Cave had grown up in Bakersfield with a dynamic swagger that could part the Red Sea." -
NoDepression
The Secret Emchy Society plays foot stompin' heart breakin' California country tunes for gay cowboys, queer witches, and all kinds of cowfolks.
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