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I bet you think that I'm loneliness
That I'm an empty street
The wind blowing
While the telephone just dangles on the line
Well I don't mind at all, I don't mind at all
Cause I'm sure you're living
Way down in a hole
Just pickin' for grubs
Stumblin' in the dark
While the telephone just dangles on the line
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The Lights Just Buzz
02:40
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Oh my baby
A day's gone by
Oh my baby
Somewhere outside
But here in my hotel room
The lights just buzz
That old guy in the next room
Ain't drunk anymore, but he was
And he was crying out for some
He called Marie
But he never cried out
Her phone number for me
So here in my hotel room
I'm an old lump of stone
I'm either missing you
Or bad at being alone
We had lunch together yesterday
You like to take it slow
Will you have lunch with me
Tomorrow
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Liza
03:24
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Won't you dance with me?
Dance, Liza
Won't you dance with me?
Well I swear that's the only motion I need
Soon
Richland town will win
Soon I know
Richland town will win
With that new road comin' bypassing our town
But here
In this old grange hall
Here
In this old grange hall
The walls will shake with the motion we need
Oh lord, this is our corner
Tucked up high in the hills
Just a few of us now
We never did fill it up
Fill it up
Fill it up
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Slow Bone
02:53
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I never claim to work hard as anyone
Got a slow bone runnin' through
When all the laundry's done
And the dishes are dry
I just fold my hands and wipe my brow
Lay down and die
I never claim to be as smart as anyone
Might be just slow don't you know
Always trying to figure out
Where the next foot goes
And a billfold with no bills to hold
Is all I know
The longer the day less I do seems to be
Very little motivates me
But hearing the sound of your voice
Cleans me up inside
And I'll dress up nice and buy you flowers
Fix your sink and call you honey
Just fold my hands and wipe my brow
Lay down and die
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They don't make 'em like they used to
Working wages ain't shit anymore
Well I once was a kid
Now I'm married and slow
But you look as sweet as you ever did
Grumpiness runs in my family
We like to live life underneath the clouds
And deal with life
Just one day at a time
But you look as sweet as you ever did
I've got one knuckle down
Three to go
But I'm not gonna make it
Through that kitchen door
To you
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Hummin'
02:58
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You've met me on your darkest day
I've seen a shrimp swallow up a whale
Some things don't come easy
Some easy things are hard
Don't hit the road if you can't break down
Over and over and over
One more time again
Now you're hummin'
You're hummin'
I'm glad you sat down next to me
I'm glad there's a next to me at all
And I know what you're thinking
Is there any jelly in a jelly bean?
No there ain't and there never was
Some things are just a name
My name is shrimp and your name is whale
And this is the end of the end of the line for you
Now you're hummin'
You're hummin'
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