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Achin'
03:04
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It happens every summer
Life becomes a bummer
Feelin’ like the day never ends
Gotta pass the time
And do somethin’ to unwind
But I don’t wanna call up my friends
Runnin’ from the boredom
Should’ve just ignored ‘em
Voices runnin’ wild in my head
Motivation’s fallin’
Can’t escape the callin’
The hunger that’ll never be fed
Achin’ for the needle
Achin’ for the needle
Achin’ for the needle again
At the service station
Mindless conversation
“Jesus, how the hell have ya been?”
“Fine, and how are you?”
I think he probably knew
I was achin’ for the needle again
Achin’ for the needle
Achin’ for the needle
Achin’ for the needle again
Oh, I got nothin’ but time to kill
Promised I won’t, but I think I will
Now I’m just exhausted
People say I lost it
But I don’t even care anymore
I’m going on vacation
End of conversation
You’ll find me on the living room floor
Just achin’ for the needle
Achin’ for the needle
Achin’ for the needle again
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2. |
One Beer
03:35
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If I drank one beer
For each time of the year
That I missed you
It would take all night
I’d look to the sky
Just pondering why
My heart is broken
Like an old taillight
Lightning and thunder
They sure make you wonder
Was it something that I said?
‘Cause if I drank one beer
For each time of the year
That I missed you
I’d be good as dead
If I sang one song
To tell you how wrong
I was to hurt you
It would never end
My lungs would give out
While singing about
How the bottle
Is my only friend
The loneliest bars
And the sweetest guitars
Couldn’t heal my
Broken heart
‘Cause if I sang one song
To tell you how wrong
I was to hurt you
I would fall apart
If I had one chance
To hold you and dance
Like we used to
I’d give anything
I’d look in your eyes
And apologize
For the mess I made
Of everything
Thunder and lightning
I know that the right thing
Would be to let you go
‘Cause if I had once chance
To hold you and dance
Like we used to
Would I even know?
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3. |
Pedal Steel in Heaven
03:30
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There’s a fella playin' a pedal steel
In heaven
Don’t know how long he’s been there
But it’s true
There’s a fella playin' a pedal steel
In heaven
He’s probably wonderin' how he got there too
Well I always thought that angels
Played those gold harps
And sang together in
Some fancy choir
Until I heard sweet picking
From up yonder
Now everyone I tell calls me
A liar
But there’s a fella playin' a pedal steel
In heaven
Don’t know how long he’s been there
But it’s true
There’s a fella playin' a pedal steel
In heaven
He’s probably wonderin' how he got there too
Now I don’t know too many
Gospel church songs
Couldn’t name a single worship tune
But I know when I hear some Willie Nelson
And that guy up there sure knows
Just what he’s doin'
Yeah there’s a fella playin' a pedal steel
In heaven
Don’t know how long he’s been there
But it’s true
There’s a fella playin' a pedal steel
In heaven
He’s probably wonderin' how he got there too
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4. |
Tend to Get
02:11
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I don’t read the paper
I don’t watch the news
Tend to get suspicious
Of what they call the truth
I don’t get excited
By fancy new machines
Tend to get a headache
From all them little screens
I don’t pay attention
To what they say I should
Tend to get distracted
Just tryin' to find some good
I don’t take the subway
I don’t ride the bus
Tend to get the slow one
When I am in a rush
I don’t have an answer
For questions I get asked
Tend to get my words wrong
When they come out too fast
I don’t pay attention
To what they say I should
Tend to get distracted
Just tryin' to find some good
I don’t pay attention
To what they say I should
Tend to get exhausted
Just tryin' to find some good
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5. |
One Beer Part II
02:09
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You make one beer feel like two
You make midnight feel like noon
When you put your arms around me
I get higher than the moon
You make sunshine out of rain
You make good times out of pain
And in my darkest hour you take my hand
And pull me back again
You make winter feel warm
You make stillness from a storm
When I’m lost at sea without a map
You point me to the shore
You make me forget the past
You make me feel free at last
But every moment that I spend with you
Is here and gone so fast
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Southern sounds from Hollywood North.
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