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Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
03:26
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Hang me, oh hang me
I'll be dead and gone.
Hang me, oh hang me
I'll be dead and gone.
Wouldn't mind the hanging
But the layin' in a grave so long, poor boy
I been all around this world.
I been all 'round cape Gigardeau
Parts of Arkansas.
All around cape Giradeau
Parts of Arkansas.
Got so god damn hungry
I could hide behind a straw, poor boy
I been all around this world.
Went up on a mountain
There I made my stand.
Went up on a mountain
There I made my stand.
Rifle on my shoulder
And a dagger in my hand, poor boy
I been all around this world.
So hang me, oh hang me
I'll be dead and gone.
Hang me, oh hang me
And I'll be dead and gone.
I wouldn't mind the hanging
But the layin' in a grave so long, poor boy
I been all around this world.
Put the rope around my neck
And hung me up so high.
Put the rope around my neck
Hung me up so high.
Last words I heard 'em say, won't be long now for you die, poor boy
I been all around this world.
So hang me, oh hang me
I'll be dead and gone.
Hang me, oh hang me
I'll be dead and gone.
I wouldn't mind the hanging
But the layin' in a grave, poor boy
I been all around this world.
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Mack The Knife
04:09
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Though the shark has pretty teeth dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has Mcheath dear
And he keeps it well out of sight
When the shark bites with its teeth dear
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves though wears Mcheath dear
So there's not a trace of red
On the sidewalk
Sunday morning
Lies a body
Oozing life
Someone sneaking 'round the corner
Is that someone mack the knife
From a tugboat by the river
Cement bag dropping down
The cement that's just for the weight dear
I'll bet you macky's back in town
Sukey taudry, jenny dever, polly peacham, miss lucy brown
Oh the line forms 'round the corner
Now that macky's back in town.
Though the shark has pretty teeth dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has Mcheath dear
And he keeps it out of sight
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Rocky Racoon
03:42
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Rocky Raccoon, checked into his room
Only to find Gideon's Bible
Rocky had come equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival
His rival, it seems, had broken his dreams
By stealing the girl of his fancy
Her name was Magill and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy
Now she and her man, who called himself Dan
Where in the next room at the hoedown
Rocky burst in and grinned in a grin
He said, "Danny boy, this is a showdown"
But Daniel was hot, he drew first and shot
And Rocky collapsed in the corner
Now, the doctor came in stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table
He said, "Rocky, you met your match"
And Rocky said, "Doc, it's only a scratch
And I'll be better, I'll be better, Doc, as soon as I am able"
And now Rocky Raccoon, he fell back in his room
Only to find Gideon's Bible
Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
To help with good Rocky's revival, oh, ooh, yeah, yeah
Come on Rocky boy, do the do-do-do
Come on Rocky boy, do the do-do-do
Do-do-do, yeah, I saw you rockin' at the top
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When I hear the rain a-comin' down, it makes me sad and blue
Was on a rainy night like this, that Flo said we were through
I told her how I loved her, and I begged her not to go
But another man had changed her mind, so I said goodbye to Flo
Alone within my cell tonight, my heart is filled with fear
The only sound within the room, is the falling of each tear
I think about the thing I've done, I know it wasn't right
They'll bury Flo tomorrow, but they're hanging me tonight
They're hanging me tonight!
That night he came and took my Flo, and headed in to town
I knew I had to find this man, and try to gun him down
As I walked by a dim café, and I looked through the door
I saw my Flo with her new love and I couldn't stand no more
I couldn't stand no more
I took my pistol from my hip, and with a trembling hand
I took the life of pretty Flo, and that good for nothin' man
That good for nothin' man!
I think about the thing I've done, I know it wasn't right
They'll bury Flo tomorrow, but they're hanging me tonight
They're hanging me tonight
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Clay Pigeons
02:42
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I'm goin' down to the Greyhound station
Gonna get a ticket to ride
Gonna find that lady with two or three kids
And sit down by her side
Ride 'til the sun comes up and down around me
'Bout two or three times
Smokin' cigarettes in the last seat
Tryin' to hide my sorrow from the people I meet
And get along with it all
Go down where the people say y'all
Sing a song with a friend
Change the shape that I'm in
And get back in the game and start playin' again
I'd like to stay
But I might have to go to start over again
Might go back down to Texas
Might go to somewhere that I've never been
And get up in the mornin' and go out at night
And I won't have to go home
Get used to bein' alone
Change the words to this song, and start singin' again
I'm tired of runnin' 'round
Lookin' for answers to questions that I already know
I could build me a castle of memories
Just to have somewhere to go
Count the days and the nights that it takes
To get back in the saddle again
Feed the pigeons some clay, turn the night into day
And start talkin' again when I know what to say
I'm goin' down to the Greyhound station
Gonna get a ticket to ride
Gonna find that lady with two or three kids
And sit down by her side
Ride 'til the sun comes up and down around me
'Bout two or three times
Feed the pigeons some clay
Turn the night into day
And start talkin' again when I know what to say
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Cosmic Dancer
03:35
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Tumble In The Wind
03:58
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I seem to tumble in the wind
I wait for it to begin
When I look at you
I ain't too proud to say
I once loved a girl this way
I bring trouble on my lonesome self
I see danger in each offered help
Times are hard
The money just don't come through
I would be alone, if not for you
They brought me in on a flatcar
Down from old Hong Kong
Tried to tell me what I was doing
Was absolutely wrong
Tried to make me over
Into a man of steel
But I knew I would have to kneel
From the plains of Alberta
With its wheat so wild and strong
I rolled over the Northlands
'Til I came to Saskatchewan
From a hardback in my satchel
I read the words quite clear
Hurry home to your loved ones now
Wintertime is near
Oh, I seem to stumble in the wind
I wait for it to begin
When I look at you
I ain't too proud to say
I once loved a girl this way
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Pancho And Lefty
03:55
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Living on the road my friend
Was gonna keep you free and clean
And now you wear your skin like iron
And your breath as hard as kerosene
Weren't your mama's only boy
But her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
And sank into your dreams
Pancho was a bandit boy
His horse was fast as polished steel
He wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Pancho met his match you know
On the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dying words
Ah but that's the way it goes
All the Federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him slip away
Out of kindness, I suppose
Lefty, he can't sing the blues
All night long like he used to
The dust that Pancho bit down south
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
The day they laid poor Pancho low
Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go
There ain't nobody knows
All the Federales say
They could have had him any day
We only let him slip away
Out of kindness, I suppose
The poets tell how Pancho fell
And Lefty's living in cheap hotels
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold
And so the story ends we're told
Pancho needs your prayers it's true
But save a few for Lefty too
He only did what he had to do
And now he's growing old
All the Federales say
We could have had him any day
We only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose
A few gray Federales say
We could have had him any day
We only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose
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We passed upon the stair
We spoke of was and when
Although I wasn't there
He said I was his friend
Which came as a surprise
I spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone
A long long time ago
Oh no, not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world
I laughed and shook hand
And made my way back home
I searched for form and land
For years and years I roamed
I gazed a gazeless stare
We walked a million hills
I must have died alone
A long, long time ago
Who knows?
Not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world
Who knows?
Not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world
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Human Outlet
Human Outlet mixes all types of genres and instrumentation, melodic folk compositions, delving into neo-electronic experiments. There is a certain minimalist touch to the way things come together. Delicate acoustic guitar finger picking, chugging power chords, harmonica melodies, haunting rattles and slightly surreal lyrics, making skewed folktronica that is full of inventive motifs and lyrics. ... more
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