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All The Way To Austin
04:10
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the sunset turned the world to gold
the moon came up, the air got cold
and I rode my car on cruise control all the way to Austin
I’ve been down on the city squares
and the Dallas bars and the county fairs
singin’ off those anxious cares all the way to Austin
high, low, we’ll take the road
that leads you down toward Mexico
so hold me darlin’ and don’t let go
all the way to Austin
I’ve been on that road since I was a child
back and forth for thirty miles
and it sure could take a little while
gettin’ all the way to Austin
traffic far as I can see
brother won't you pray for me
'cause I drive Highway 183
all the way to Austin (chorus)
city lights all fade behind
I got sleeping on my mind
and I try to stay between the lines all the way to Austin
turn the dial on the radio
and it sounds like San Antonio
they're singin’ in in a language I don’t know
all the way to Austin (chorus)
the clock rolled to the dead of night
and I breathed so hard with all my might
with that doggone seatbelt buckled tight
all the way to Austin
now I’ve had long nights on the road
and I’ve gotten stuck in travel mode
but it's just another lonely episode
all the way to Austin (chorus)
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2. |
Song For The Midwest
05:08
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fifteen hours, Midwest to the sea
solid ground has been my friend
Ozark gravel, Boot-heel backroads
carried me down to where land ends
I been livin’ in the middle of a land so wild and free
lookin’ up to the silver planes flyin’ over me
never thought I’d say it but there’s no place I’d rather be
than livin’ in the middle, livin’ in the middle
and I’ll miss her soul when it’s my time to leave
high on the prairie, feel that Kansas wind
blowin’ cross the landscape of my soul
greener pastures, sweet slow river bend
feed that wide Missouri, let it roll
let it roll (chorus)
she’s far behind me now, time took me away
but still those skies are in my heart
streaks o’ lightning, prairie thunder
let me sleep beneath those stars (chorus)
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3. |
Sunflower Plains
03:26
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lonely fields
prairies wakened by the wind
so many miles to the line
blue-eyed skies
roads and rails without an end
so many miles to the line
sunflower plains
sunflower plains
someday my darlin will be mine
time will bring
new horizons round the bend
and maybe with some peace of mind
and i will stay
wide awake to comprehend
all those miles to the line
sunflower plains
sunflower plains
someday my darlin will be mine
far apart
still my heart grows fonder
every single day
from this side of the world
the wait is long
but it cannot divide between us
our time will come
and now i cry
in an airport in L.A.
wishing you were by my side
but i will wait
and till the sun brings in the day
we'll tread those miles to the line
sunflower plains
sunflower plains
someday my darlin will be mine
sunflower plains
sunflower plains
someday my darlin you'll be mine
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no matter where I go
no matter how I smile
no matter who I talk to and
no matter my style
no matter what my schedule
no matter who my friends
there’s nothing very special
when the long day ends, it’s just
me and my piano, me and my piano
me and my piano, all night long
now if you try songwriting
it ain’t all that exciting
but it sure does feels inviting
with the lights down low
if you need some inspiration
just write for night’s duration
till the bright inauguration
of the morning glow, just like
me and my piano, me and my piano
me and my piano, all night long
I played Chopin real softly
and then some old Tchaikovsky
creative juice and coffee
kept me out of bed
with songs that wax satiric
blue and atmospheric
but I got this silly lyric
runnin' through my head
it's just me and my piano, me and my piano
me and my piano, all night long
well Chanticleer’s a’crowin’
the eastern sky’s a glowin’
and the neighbor’s are a-goin'
off to work
oh, night time is a’ fleetin’
it’s the hour of breakfast eatin'
and this song I’ll keep repeatin'
till I go berserk, it’s been
me and my piano, me and my piano
me and my piano, all night long
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5. |
Driskill Hotel
05:22
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there’s places I’ve been
I won’t go again.
mmmm, mmmm, mmmm
edge of the earth
so perfect it hurts
mmmm, mmmm, mmmm
seek out the good of your neighbor
open your heart for the stranger
but there once was a spell
at the Driskill Hotel
I was left to myself and a bottle
the walls were too thin
as the noise drifted in
nighthawks out pinning the throttle
waking every sleeping soul
forever I’ll dream
of your eyes with that gleam
mmmm, mmmm, mmmm
we have not reached
the end of this beach
mmmm, mmmm, mmmm
watch where you’re keeping your treasure
lose your life, keep it forever
and I watched a live band
from my native land
steeped in the sadness of longing
found my ears wishing for
your boots on that floor
to dance till the morning was dawning
I was far too young to cry
oh, there’s places I’ve been
I won’t go again
mmmm, mmmm, mmmm
edge of the earth
so perfect it hurts
mmmm, mmmm, mmmm
mmmm, mmmm, mmmm
mmmm, mmmm, mmmm
mmmm, mmmm, mmmm
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she don’t laugh and sass me like she used to
she don’t go out of her way to say hello and talk
she don’t want to ride with me 'round Houston
but maybe she don’t hate me after all
maybe she don’t hate me after all
even though the things I did always turned out wrong
so maybe she don’t hate me, maybe she don’t hate me
no, maybe she don’t hate me after all
she smiled when I told a funny story
she said she liked the way I played on my guitar
she didn’t try to walk off in a hurry
so maybe she don’t hate me after all
maybe she don’t hate me after all
even though the words I said always came out wrong
so maybe she don’t hate me maybe she don’t hate me
no, maybe she don’t hate me after all
well I wish that I could tell her that I’m sorry
that I don’t really feel for her the way that I recall
but I might just be wasting time with worry
‘cause maybe she don’t hate me after all
maybe she don’t hate me after all
even though the things I did always turned out wrong
maybe she don’t hate me after all
even though the things I did always turned out wrong
so maybe she don’t hate me, maybe she don’t hate me
no, maybe she don’t hate me after all
oh maybe she don’t hate me, maybe she don’t hate me
no, maybe she don’t hate me after all
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Chattanooga
04:59
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the night came creepin’ in like fog upon the mountain
set the orange lights on the trucks aglow
the jake brakes and the engines started growlin’
truckers tryin’a take the downgrade slow
and the people finished what they had in Nashville
an off-ramp led ‘em safe back to their homes
I drifted to the side and felt a rumble
that shook me to the marrow of my bones
oh Chattanooga, lights in the valley twinklin’ like the stars
oh Chattanooga, it’s just too dark to see where you are
I knew a man who swam the mighty Mississippi
Minnesota down to Louisian’
but he could not fight the current from his whiskey
and he drowned in just a puddle in Cheyenne
seems the tide of war can leave you with a victory
but the battlefields are never far behind
well babe I know you don’t believe my story
but I swear it was true in my mind [refrain]
and the mountain air bit me with a shiver
blowin’ me across that Georgia line
and it felt like I was swimmin’ down that river
to fight the battle for the thousandth time
well honey this entire world is filled with strangers
it’s mighty hard to tell a friend from foe
and I can’t explain how joy can fade to anger
but I’m prayin that you’ll never have to know
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8. |
Farewell, Columbia
03:37
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I rolled in to Boone County
one June evening all alone
and I was hearin’ Dylan singin’
a thousand miles from his home
and downtown CoMo was a fine place
just like you had often said
and in the blue room you gave this traveler
a place to rest his weary head
there’s more joy that we have laughed for
than a thousand jokes and tales
and there’s more hope that you have given
than I needed to fill these sails
and there is more that you have bought me
than a meal at any restaurant
and there is more that you have taught me
than I can measure in a song
so fare thee well, o Columbia,
and fair Missouri, adios
got bluebonnets for my heartstrings
but I got them prairies in my soul
and I may live a life of leavin'
and never learn to say goodbye
but every time I shall remember
that it ain’t no shame to cry
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9. |
Texas Is My Home
03:47
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she says she likes the skyline there in Austin town
she loves that drive to Midland even when the grass is brown
she tells me Texas is a fine place and she wants to put down roots
but girl you don’t become a native just ‘cause you bought boots
I’ve been through Mississippi, and I’ve seen Memphis too
I drove all the way to Pittsburgh just to get away from you
and with every mile down the road, one thing I’ve come to know —
America’s my backyard, but Texas is my home
now the band upstairs they hollered when that song was done
they thought they did a damn good job, and they sure had their fun
but I’ll pay ‘em just to take the Greyhound down where songs are real
and I’ll give ‘em the full treatment of squeeze-box and pedal-steel
I’ve been through Kansas City, and I’ve seen Tulsa too
I drove all the way to Pittsburgh just to get away from you
and with every mile down the road, one thing I’ve come to know -
America’s my backyard, but Texas is my home
so when that sun is slipping in the western sky
and I want to chase it out the door to find some better life
just let me go to drive a while, then call me when it’s time
and everything will be sweeter when I cross back through the line
I’ve been through Kansas City, and I’ve seen Memphis too
I drove all the way to Pittsburgh just to get away from you
and with every mile down the road, one thing I’ve come to know -
America’s my backyard, but Texas is my home
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10. |
Will You Stay With Me?
04:32
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darlin’, why you cryin’? there ain’t nothin’ sad
darlin’, why you cryin’? there ain’t nothin’ sad
the wind is howlin’ like a lovesick man
those days are over now and here you stand:
the greatest fortune I could ever have —
so will you stay with me?
is anything so lonesome as moonlight on the snow?
is anything so lonesome as moonlight on the snow?
if you have other places you must go
like snowflakes fallin’ to the earth below
I’d miss you more than you could ever know —
so will you stay with me?
hear the world a’singin' every time it spins?
do you hear the world a’singin' every time it spins?
the day I met you and forever since
my heart’s been covered by your fingerprints
oh, no I don’t believe in accidents
so will you stay with me?
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Owen Stroud New Braunfels, Texas
Owen Stroud is a folksinger from Texas.
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