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KATIE ANNE
03:36
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Katie Anne, Katie Anne, what'd you do with your man?
He's gone and he's left you alone.
Katie Anne, Katie Anne, what'd you do with your man?
He's gone and he ain't coming home.
Katie Anne, she was young, so the story begun
Met a man and she fell in love
Over Big Mac and fries, she saw love in his eyes
As they sat 'neath the stars up above.
Now Bobby, for sure, he was young, he was poor
But he had big ideals, folks would say
He was handsome and strong, didn't take none too long
Katie Anne married Bobby one day.
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Her mama, they said, would as soon see him dead
And with mama, you just could not win
And sure everyone knows, and at times it sure shows
She didn't like his dark colour of skin.
Her daddy, all told, he could not be consoled
In the winter of his living years
How would dare such a man take his sweet baby's hand
He foretold how t'would all end in tears.
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Now the pendulum swung and Katie Anne, she was hung
Between Bobby and those she loved dear
But blood, it runs deep and loose talk can be cheap
For she acted, they say, out of fear.
Now the years have passed by and sometimes Katie cries
And her folks, they have long passed away
And life, it now seems full of regrets and dreams
Of how Bobby might come back some day.
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THE OLD WORN BANDIDO
05:20
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He squints up his eyes at the sun like an old worn bandido
He sits with a drink in his hand when his day is done
He tells of a love he once knew, of a young señorita
And he talks of the battles he fought and the wars that he won.
The veins in his hands show the strain of the years of hard labour
The lines on his face show the depth of his sorrow and pain
He's tired of his life but sometimes there's moments he savours
He remembers the good times and recalls these old memories again.
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He knows that there's nothing in life lasts forever
He remembers the first time he saw her and they fell in love
She's been gone for awhile but someday they will be back together
And he'll hold her once more and they'll dance in the heavens above.
He sits on his porch and he welcomes the end of an evening
He thinks of a time way back when he had it all
He says a short prayer for small mercies and the things he believes in
For it's better to have loved and lost than know no love at all.
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He lays in his bed and he wakes and he curses the morning
For those who would care he will smile and try to go on
He fears what the day it might bring, the loneliness dawning
For his eyes show his heart has been broke and his spirit is gone.
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Born in Missouri 'neath the southern sky
He had grit in his belly and a look in his eye
And any man who crossed him, he was destined to die
At the hands of Jesse James.
A wanted man with a price on his head
And those who came to collect often turned up dead
He was quick with the gun, so legend said
Was the outlaw, Jesse James.
Now some say Jesse, he was just no good
Some called him a latter-day Robin Hood
But he done for the poor as best he could
The outlaw, Jesse James.
For robbing banks and trains, he was a hunted man
For murder in the first he was gonna hang
Wanted dead or alive with the Younger Gang
Was Frank and Jesse James.
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Oh Jesse James, Jesse James
The unsung hero of the open plains
He's got rebel blood flows through the veins
Of the outlaw Jesse James.
Oh Jesse James, Jesse James
Bet your ma never knew what a legend she named
Of all the cowboys riding on the open range
There's never been an outlaw like Jesse James.
Well he hung up his guns and he took him a wife
He had him some kids and he settled in life
But the lack of adventure cut him through like a knife
The outlaw Jesse James.
For nobody knows how a man's possessed
But robbing banks and trains was what Jesse knew best
He returned to his ways and brought the wild to the west
The outlaw Jesse James.
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Well, a dirty hand took the devil's reward
By a traitor and a snake they called Bob Ford
For he cocked his gun and he summoned the Lord
To the outlaw, Jesse James.
Now the story goes, and I've heard it said
He was shot from behind in the back of the head
And the coward crowed as he laid him dead
'I shot Jesse James!'
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So listen up people, hear me, one and all
Where the buffaloes roam and the coyotes call
No man never rode nor walked as tall
As the outlaw Jesse James.
For his name, it traveled the whole world wide
It carried on the wind and drifted on the tide
And the story is told at every campfire side
Of the outlaw Jesse James.
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MONA LISA SMILE
03:52
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The picture hangs upon the wall
In mansions framed with marble halls
And there with care and tenderness
Not a shade nor shadow missed
The artist's hand has said it all.
And there you sit now, all alone
So much about you never known
And those who chance to pass you by
Wonder who you were and why
Mona Lisa, did you smile.
And there you greet them everyday
A lifeless soul long passed away
And there they gaze and look upon
Such beauty of the days long gone
Who you were, I hear them say.
And lovers holding hand in hand,
For reasons they don't understand
In silent tears they sit and cry
With their eyes they question why
Mona Lisa, did you smile.
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Mona Lisa did you ever know
Way back all those many years ago
That fabled tales and myths and legends grow
Mona Lisa, if the truth be told.
Mona Lisa when all's said and done
The question on the tip of every tongue
The answer searched and sought by everyone
Why, Mona Lisa, did you smile.
And there you sit without a word
Your story told and widely heard
All draped with mystery and fame
With reverence they speak your name
Like secrets of an ancient world.
People come from everywhere
The legions of the ones who care
And those who seek the grail so dear,
Like pilgrims, journey just to hear
Why, Mona Lisa, did you smile.
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Gonna take your soul, gonna take your soul
And if you done danced with the devil,
Lord, the devil's gonna take your soul.
One day while I was walking, a-strolling on my way
I heard this old man talking, and to me he did say
'The end of day's a-coming, the good book, it foretold
And if you done danced with the devil
Lord, the devil's gonna take your soul'.
Well, he looked at me, I tell you, like a man was sure possessed
He had fire and hell damnation tattooed across his chest
He cried out, 'Heathen sinners, the wrath of God behold
And if you done danced with the devil,
Lord, the devil's gonna take your soul'.
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Well, he raised his hands to heaven, like a man was crucified
He hailed and summoned Jesus,'Please help them Lord,' he cried
Then falling to his bended knees, his voice grew dark and cold
He said, 'If you done danced with the devil
Lord, the devil's gonna take your soul'.
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Well, he simply stood there smiling
Through his yellow, smoked-stained teeth
He said, 'Son, you think you got it good down here on easy street
But judgement day's a-coming and all sinners must atone
And if you done danced with the devil,
Lord, the devil's gonna take your soul'.
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Heaven took you for an angel
Gave you wings and left you fly
Took off on the breeze a-blowing
Like a bird up in the sky.
Now this life just seems so lonely
As the hands of time go slowly by
Heaven took you for an angel
And all that I could do was cry.
Funny how the way things happen
Feels like only yesterday
We laughed and talked about the good times
Things we'd do together, come what may.
But days would turn into tomorrows
Weeks go by and years roll on
Then heard one day that you were leaving
You closed your eyes and you were gone.
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Now I sit alone and wonder
Never can quite work it out
Where life goes and what's out yonder
And what this crazy world's about.
And it's hard to face tomorrow
You get up and you struggle on
Now everyday just seems much longer
Every moment that you've gone.
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Well, pedal to the metal and you're burning up the road
Your mind is doing eighty and you're wired to explode
You see it all so clearly like a vision in your head
You read between the lines of every silly thing she said.
She told you how she loved you from the bottom of her heart
How horses in the wild couldn't pull you all apart
Heading down the highway, running out of luck
Sixty-seven dollars and a pickup truck.
Well, your baby up and left you, guess you never had a chance
She met a handsome cowboy at a local country dance
She up and done a runner in the middle of the night
She said it wasn't working, how she couldn't make it right.
She wrote it in a letter, said someday you'd understand
You gambled with the devil and you played the losing hand
Heading down the highway, running out of luck
Sixty-seven dollars and a pickup truck.
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You've got a head on your shoulders like a big bull buck
Whiskey on your breath and you're all jacked up
Thinking makes you mad, drinking makes you mean
Sitting riding shotgun, there's old Jimmy Beam.
Trying to come to terms with the voices in your head
Things you never done, that you wish you never said
Heading down the highway, running out of luck
Sixty-seven dollars and a pickup truck.
Well, ripping up the rubber and you're leaning on the gas
Yonder comes a copper in a cruiser hauling ass
Should'a learned a lesson, should'a listened to your ma
Never pitch a play to the hands of Johnny Law
'Cause he'll hunt you like a dog and he always gets his man
You stand before the judge and he'll slap you in the can
Heading down the highway, running out of luck
Sixty-seven dollars and a pickup truck.
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FINAL TEARS
03:42
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I've cried my final tears this lifetime over you
Those memories we used to share, the happiness we knew
We built our dreams, and life, it seems, we lived when love was new
Yes, I've cried my final tears this lifetime over you.
I tried so hard to show you what you could never see
Now happiness is but a dream and love's a memory
We made a wish upon a star that never did come true
Yes, I've cried my final tears this lifetime over you.
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They say that life is but a stage, and you play the leading role
But the eyes are windows to the heart that sees the mortal's soul
And when the final curtain falls, we kiss and say adieu
Yes, I've cried my final tears this lifetime over you.
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PEGGY'S SONG
04:08
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She walks along the lonely street
With her worn out shoes on her tired old feet
And her tattered coat keeps out the rain.
She heads down to the local store
And she sits inside the big glass door
And there, for hours, she will remain.
Folks who know her, they would say
She comes around most every day
The days have slowly turned to years.
And the lost expression on her face
Says she's trapped in time in another place
And her sad old eyes seen many tears.
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And there she sits to watch the world go by
Like a fallen bird without wings to fly
Lost and scared and all alone
Then she slowly wanders home.
Evening comes and the sun goes down
She slowly makes her way uptown
The cold north wind begins to blow.
And the little kids, they play silly games
They jest and jeer and they call her names
And if she's mad, she doesn't show.
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She wakes up with the early dawn
She's fed and dressed and she's up and gone
Like yesterday and the years before.
With her worn out shoes on her tired old feet
In her tattered coat, she walks the street
And heads down to the local store.
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LONELY CITY
03:39
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In a bar room in a place called Lonely City
She sits there drinking wine and cheap champagne
And she gets so drunk sometimes, well, she ain't pretty
And another drink sure helps to hide the pain.
She's been sitting there, they say, for much too long now
Folks who work there know the girl by name
And they swear somewhere, somebody hurt her somehow
And another drink sure helps to hide the pain.
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Yeah, she sits there all alone in Lonely City
And she plays the good times through her mind again
Then she cries a tear and smiles for her self-pity
And another drink sure helps to hide the pain.
As the lights go down at night in Lonely City
She sits there, brokenhearted and alone
Then the barman calls last drinks 'cause he ain't busy
Then she heads off to an empty place called home.
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TIPPERARY GIRL
02:48
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Hair of gold, eyes of blue
Prettiest girl I ever knew
Skin as white as precious pearl
She was my Tipperary Girl.
She just chanced to pass me by
Pretty as a peach on a pumpkin pie
Fresh as a flower in full bloom
Sweet as a sunny summer's afternoon.
I was smitten, got me good
Never thought that Cupid could
Speared me down into my soul
Spun me 'round like a battened bowl.
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I was courting, pure romance
Asked her if she'd like to dance
Smiled at me as she took my hand
Swung me 'til I couldn't stand.
Now she could dance and she could swing
Like a newborn lamb in spring
Up and down and to and fro
Round and round and round we go.
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I fell heads and over heels
Heart was jumping, jigs and reels
Twitched and twittered, ill at ease
Like a hound-dog scratching fleas.
Now young and foolish, old and wise
Enter love with opened eyes
Treat her right or from the start
That Tipperary Girl, she'll break your heart.
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Billy O'Dwyer Bob South Tipperary, Ireland
'Billy O'Dwyer is from the Emerald Isle and possesses a pronounced Irish brogue that is wholly absorbing. He has written all
the material and proves to be a good storyteller...' -Country Music People
'The voice is mellow, the arrangements, beautifully simple and the lyrics are excellent. Billy is another one of those treasures of the music scene...a talent to watch out for.' -Irish Music Magazine
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