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© 1977 Joe Ely ERE/EMI/April
Please understand me everything's all right I just musta notta gotta lotta sleep last night I was high flyin' down Riverside Drive Rockin' to the radio man alive Stopped into a joint bought a round of booze Hot dog I got a buzz in my shoe! Please understand me everything's all right I just musta notta gotta lotta sleep last night Writin' you a letter it's late in the night Sittin' in a cafe eatin' a bite Telln' you about where all I've been Hot dog I'm gone again! Please understand me everything's all right I just musta notta gotta lotta sleep last night Now there's two kind of people in this big 'ol town There's the early to rise and the late to go down I guess I oughta find a better way to stop the clock Hot dog I like it a lot! Please understand me everything's all right I just musta notta gotta lotta sleep last night Hot dog I like it a lot! Please understand me everything's all right I just musta notta gotta lotta sleep! last! night! .c.Bet Me by Joe Ely 1) Bet me your last nickel that the neon shines tonight Bet me on a night like this I will treat you right Now don't tell me your troubles it just ain't worth the time Come here close beside me bet me you'll be mine 2) Now Leroy was a gambler he sang alto in the choir Took a fall in Acuna Town set his heart on fire So don't tell me your troubles it just ain't worth the time Come here close beside me bet me you'll be mine 3) If you got a nickel or a castle on a hill Couldn't buy no sparrow song or one from a whippoorwill So don't tell me your troubles just ain't worth the time Come here close beside me bet me you'll be mine .c.Dallas by Jimmie Gilmore Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night? Well Dallas is a jewel, oh yeah, Dallas is a beautiful sight. And Dallas is a jungle but Dallas gives a beautiful light. Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night? Well, Dallas is a woman who will walk on you when you're down. But when you are up, she's the kind you want to take around. But Dallas ain't a woman to help you get your feet on the ground. Yes Dallas is a woman who will walk on you when you're down. Well, I came into Dallas with the bright lights on my mind, But I came into Dallas with a Dollar and a dime. Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eye A steel and concrete soul with a warm hearted love disguise A rich man who tends to believe in his own lies Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes .c.Dam of My Heart by Joe Ely There's a flood in the suburbs Where will all the water go I'm down at your shack Hangin' on to your back door You tell me you're the kind That likes to change your mind And when you start to rain you pour But this dam of my heart just can't hold much more The six o'clock weather Tells me there's a pressure zone I'm considering whether The weather man's right or wrong He tells me you're the kind That likes to change your mind And when you start to rain you pour But this dam of my heart just can't hold much more Pull out all the stoppers Gotta let my feelings drain This poor heart of mine Ain't never seen such rain It tells me you're the kind That likes to change your mind And when you start to rain you pour But this dam of my heart just can't hold much more This dam of my heart holding back a rip tide Holding back a whirlpool Holding back an overflow And this dam of my heart - can't hold much more Thunderclaps are rocking Umbrellas inside out The weatherman tells me It's the end of a lover's drought He tells me you're the kind That likes to change your mind And when you start to rain you pour But this dam of my heart just can't hold much more.c.Hold On by Joe Ely 1) Reeling cross the mossy swamp Texarkana Louisiana listening to the engine thump Nerves are shattered, what does it matter if the rain pitter patters down the tree stump 2) Looks like the rivers low Johnny and Lindy ain't they windy listening to the radio The rivers steamin', what are you dreamin' Leaning half way out the window Roll Roll Roll We're rollin' on Blurred barbed wire out the window Turn around and you'll be gone 3) Headed up east about broke In my tuxedo, Holy Toledo, choking on the factory smoke There go the Great Lakes I got a headache And I ain't trying to make no joke Roll Roll Roll We're rollin' on Blurred barbed wire out the window Turn around and you'll be gone 4) Now we gotta pay our toll New York City, ain't she pretty, blazing like a thunderbolt Nerves are shattered what's it matter If the rain pitter patters down the manhole Roll Roll Roll We're rollin' on Blow Blow Blow wind blow alone Hold on honey We're rollin' on Roll Roll Roll We're rollin' on .c.I Keep Gettin' Paid the Same by Joe Ely I'm a working On the line Six days at a time With a shovel and a spade I'm digging for the shade But I keep getting paid the same 1) Been working for a man and he likes my style The more I sweat the more he smiles The more I sweat the deeper I get He's driving this poor boy wild I can't live no good on what I get paid I know trouble's just a poor man's claim to fame But the prices keep rising every day And I keep getting paid the same 2) I get up every mornin' 'bout half past six Drink a pot a' coffee just to load a ton of bricks Long about noon, I'm thinkin' that soon You're gonna work this poor boy sick. I can't buy beans on what I get paid I was cooking biscuits when the bill collector came And the prices keep rising everyday And I keep getting paid the same 3) I lay down my hammer when the whistle sounds I bury my shovel in the deep deep ground I run to my home to see my honey comb When that evening sun goes down I can't live to good on what I get paid My roof's got a hole and It's looking like rain And the prices keep rising everyday And I keep getting paid the same .c.Wishin' for You by Butch Hancock All the street lights on Main Street know my shadow All the stars up in the sky know all my wishes And the sidewalk on your street know my footsteps And the stars keep tellin me I'm superstitious I keep wishin for you I keep wishin for you It's more than you'd ever do in a pinch Honey it's a cinch To keep wishin for you All the boys down at the poolhall got my number Some gal up in some hotel got my shoes Ah but I still got my last, bottom, dollar Lucky me I never lost more than I could lose I keep wishin for you I keep wishin for you It's more than you'd ever do in a squeeze It ain't nothin' to sneeze at Wishin for you I keep wishin for you I keep wishin for you It's more than you'd ever do all alone On and on and on I keep wishin for you .c.Hard Livin' UNFINISHED David Halley Well you can call out the sheriff and the highway patrol There's a fool on the road careening out of control Hard liquor, fast women, Lord, I can't leave 'em be I wish hard livin' didn't come so easy to me. I keep my engine revin' and my beer on ice My idea of heaven is a pair 'a dice Come on seven come eleven, set this poor boy free! I wish hard livin' didn't come so easy to me. Bright lights, Saturday night I had me a little you know I feel all right My cupcake, she can shimmy and shake Spends more money any fool can make When my tires are flat and I'm out of gas I promise myself I'll let the next one pass I wish that a promise didn't break so easily I wish hard livin' didn't come so easy to me. .c.ROAD HOG I got a road hog on my mind Move over, baby, look out I'm comin' through You're on the side of the road, I got a load on my mind And I'm bringin' it home to you Got a road hog on my mind Got a Cadillac V-8 motovatin' down the line Don't wave your pretty fist at me, I'm on the Freeway Baby I'm losin' time Well, You know about a road hog I guess I'm one And this road I'm a hoggin' Is the one you're standin' on I got a road hog on my mind I got a 4-barrel carburetor, 2-barrel shotgun And one good barrel of wine
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