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Depreciate
04:19
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Depreciate -Dave Coleman / Seth Timbs
I'm running out of steam friends
I need a pint of blood
They don't make like they use to
I can't do it like I done
I'm nearly ready for the junkyard
Counting down the miles
I can't remember all my travels
But boy I road'em out in style
All the luster and the shine
It's bound to chip and fade
The day you role it off that line
You depreciate
Thank you for all the cold nights
Thank you for summer days
I hope to stay in your memory
After you send me on my way
Will you put me out to pasture
Let weeds grow 'round my wheels
Will you sell me to some old gal
Will you give her a deal
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Pushed to the Side
03:44
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Pushed to the Side -Dave Coleman / Taylor Bates
Have you heard about an old man, who threw it all away
Left East St. Louis on a cold winter’s day
Blamed it on a bird he once scared away
Blamed it on a bird he once scared away
He slept in his car broke down on the side of the highway
Well she can’t go back on the things that are already done
She just crossed her fingers and stuck out her thumbs
It is what it is when you leave someone
Is what it is when you leave someone
Can’t hold on to the light of the setting sun
Ooh, Don’t the lonely break your heart
Ooh, Don’t some people just break your heart
Ooh, It’s the lonely lonely broken ones that break your little heart
People pass by and they don’t wanna believe
Hunger in the eyes of the orphans wasting on the street
They been pushed to the side, to where it’s to dark to see
Pushed to the side, to dark to see
Waiting on the tick of a clock, and the feeling of a heart beat
Ooh, Don’t the lonely break your heart
Ooh, Don’t some people just break your heart
Ooh, It’s the lonely lonely broken ones that break your little heart
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The Payoff
03:27
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The Payoff -Seth Timbs / Dave Coleman
The world is full of people capable of things you thought
Nobody could be capable of
They’ll break your heart and that’s the start
They’ll cut you and laugh at your scars
They’ll make you pay everyday in your blood
But you, don’t let it get you down
No you, stick out your neck to a cut throat town
So what’s it mean to make the scene
Dress yourself so squeaky clean
Desperate to take one for the team
Another star that wants to shine
Twice as bright for half the time
Who’s place are you holding in line?
Sometimes, you have to wait your turn to come ‘round
Sometimes, you have to kill to get your crown
No matter what you do
It might not pay off for you
If the payoff is all your really in it for
Do you build a house to have a home
Do you earn your cash to pay a loan
They’ll break your bank and let’s be frank
They’ll leave you floating in the tank
They’ll put you back in file and in rank
But you, don’t let it get you down
Yeah you, stick out your neck to a cut throat town
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Willy Jett
04:19
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Willy Jett -Jeff Wickland / Dave Coleman
Willy came down, from the coal camp
So he could have some fun
He needed some time, so he could unwind
After a week of work was done
He nearly works himself to death
at least that’s what he said
But after a night of drinkin’, sippin’ and sinkin’
He nearly woke up dead
CH: A child at play
Expectation and regret
Those where the ways
Of Wanderin Willy Jett
Willy came down from the coal camp
He saved two weeks of pay
Bought a new suit of clothes, pinstripes and rows
Trying to hide the worn out away
He thought he could find some fine moonshine
So he could shake off the dust
But it takes more than a can of that paint
To make diamonds out of his rust
Willy came down from the coal camp
Dreaming of a woman on his arm
And he found one down at the corner
Lilly took him with all of her charms
The voice he heard was the sweetest sound
But it was only for that night
It was lonely he found still hanging around
Come the morning light
Well he hasn’t come down from the coal camp
No one’s seen Willy for a while
Lord we all know he’s not laying low
Cause that was never Willy’s style
He lived by a quicker minute
And drifts further away each night
Bound by the weight of a hunger
The burden of an appetite
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Fast Rider
03:24
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Fast Rider -Dave Coleman
I’m a fast rider
Never care to drive to slow
When I hit the breaks in my car
I’m half-way to your door
I’m a fast Rider
I’m a slow talker
Never get the big words out right
I stumble over the cold ones
But save the sweet ones for you at night
I’m a slow talker
But you get me baby
And I get you
You seem to love me honey
Makes me love you too
I’m a hell of a lover
You know how to pull me in
You know just how to teach me girl
I’d learn it all ten times again
I’m a hell of a lover because of you
Cause you get me baby
And I get you
You seem to love me honey
Makes me love you too
I think I love you too, one two
I’m a fast rider
A slow talker
And a hell of a lover
Because of you
I owe it all it to you
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Lilly Hurst
02:45
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Lilly Hurst -Jeff Wickland / Dave Coleman
He took up with her
At the Lincoln Hotel
A place to rest his head
When nightfall fell
Nix was a brakeman
Working this railroad town
Lilly Hurst had a red light shining
When the sun went down
She was one of a kind
Not one to fool around
Lilly Hurst had a way
In this one track town
A new moon shines the darkest
Down on a twisted path to tread
A busted light just swinging
Lilly Hurst wearing red
Nix came back one night
Needin’ his comfort and rest
He walked in on Lilly Hurst
Doing what she did best
Which man she was with
I guess I never did hear
Nix he drew a line
Left Lilly bleeding ear to ear
A new moon shines the darkest
Down on a twisted path to tread
A busted light swinging
Lilly Hurst wearing red
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Faithless Eyes
04:14
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Faithless Eyes -Dave Coleman
Well I'm a liar and I've cheated
But I hide behind a familiar disguise
Trapped in a fire that's undefeated
It's a quiet pain behind faithless eyes
Faithless eyes do not cry tears
Faithless eyes just mark the years
of all the burdens brought on by lustful desires
Faithless eyes are not blind
They see all things that remind
The man sees through them his love cast aside
There's no purpose and no glory
In drifting into a stranger's arms
But on the surface there's always a story
But the truth lies behind faithless eyes
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Travis
03:49
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Travis -Jeff Wickland / Dave Coleman
Travis lived cross town by the railroad track
Just him, his dad, and four dying walls of a shotgun shack
His mind was restless it ached and it growned
He walked this town, head hung down, most days he stayed stoned
Dogs found him laying by the trestle out in the rain
Wasn’t much left, his old flannel, just torn and plain
He’d walked out alone deep into the black
Travis and a thirty eight, the night he never came back
How could it happen
To one of our own
How did Travis
Live and die alone
The town swore we would change, but life goes on
Few years went by, fuss died down, 'til we all forgot he was gone
Now we all drive by that rail road track
And few recall the boy Travis, and the night he never came back
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Speeding Like a Demon
02:27
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Speeding Like a Demon -Dave Coleman / Stephen Simmons / David Palmer
Late for a gig in Jacksonville
Ain't gonna make that dollar bill
as I pull into the station
Eat my junk food, drink an "Oca-Cola"
Three quarts low past Pensacola
Trials and Florida First Nations
Pounding rain, orange cones, engine wines, the engine moans
Speeding like a demon to get to the show
Round hat parked on the side of the road
Flashing lights down I slow
Ain't got time for interrogation
Spanish moss is hanging low,
little white crosses on the side of the road
Wondering if they found their salvation
Dotted lines, yellow lines, highway signs, and power lines
Speeding like a demon to get to the show
Pounding rain, orange cones, engine wines, the engine moans
Speeding like a demon to get to the show
Flirted with a little Europen waitress
Drank a pot of coffee, goodness gracious
Speeding like a Demon to get to the show
Many many moons ago
Some young brave Seminole
Speeding like a demon to get to his show
Dotted lines, yellow lines, highway signs, and power lines
Speeding like a demon to get to the show
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A Name
03:17
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A Name -Dave Coleman / Stephen Simmons
I’m on my way, just another day and I’ll be
Far from strong, but long gone from her name
Given to her at birth, letters that make up one word
That would prefer to never say again
Look how far I’ve come, running from her name
Like running from the sun, running from her name
A name
There’s things that tie her to me, a thing that will always be
So that we can never change or even try to deny
A name that she & I chose, letters all in a row
That a young son will forever be defined
Look how far he’s gone, running from our name
Like running from the sun, running from our name
A name
Look how far I’ve come, running from her name
Look how far he’s gone, running from our name
Like running from the sun, running from a name
Just a name
A Name
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Stones River
02:30
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Stones River -Dave Coleman / Bob Delevante
Stones River I remember
Years ago in the winter
Oak Trees bare of leaves
Throwing long shadows frozen in time
I can still see mine
Down on Stones River
Stones River in the winter
Nine Acres I cut the timber
Cleared the land with bare hands
Get a fire going it's gonna be cold tonight
Yes we're losing light
Down on Stones River
Stones River in the winter
Sixty years this December
My boys a man go a little land
Building his own dreams and plans I know
I was there years ago
That's how Stones River flows
That's how Stones River flows
That's how Stones River in the winter flows
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The Singer in Louisville -Dave Coleman
The singer is back in Louisville
He's always been here somewhere on a bill
And good you know, In fact a favorite
Lord his guitar and the way he plays it
Aw there giving him hell
And he's not taking it to well
The Singer in Louisville
The singer is drinking my whiskey
He's slowing down and looking tipsy
I know he's hurting in fact in pain
Now that they're asking for "Fire and Rain"
The old singer he's yelling at these kids
Don't like them either with there fifty cent tips
He throws a pouch in fact a statement
Then he's beatin into the pavement
The singer when he was young
He had the power he was the sun
But tonight he'll drive back home
Back into the arms of his wife and his son
My bar is closing in fact for good
It's hard to tell just when it is that you should
Aw the singer he could hang it up too
But he's got his next show in just a week or two
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