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Bloodline
03:53
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They say that blood is thicker than water but will It run hot or does it run cold you can choose your friends but not your family get what your given cradle to the grave my best friend he since departed left a big hole god rest his soul a friend in need is a friend indeed not driven by money power or greed brother sister there family
The time will surely come that old reaper will come calling its just natural just like sleeping
And the angels will protect you heavenly angels
My beloved sister I love you so why you reject me and left me cold its never to late to make amends be my sister or be my friend brother sister came to me
The time will surely come when that reaper will come calling I go to hell you go to heaven and our brother will go with you oooh oooh
Your heaven bound brother sister your heaven bound
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Country girl
03:02
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I’m heading back to the country where that country girl she’s waiting for me I’ve been gone 3 years or more that city life too fast for me when I get back too the country I’ll ask that country girl will you marry me she’ll say I do I truly do I’ll marry you till eternity
I’ll marry you till eternity till eternity
Im coming back back to the country where my true love waits for me
I’ll build a home up in that mountain next to the old creek and the meadow lea you’ll bear my child country girl and settle down with a family with a family with a family
I’m coming back, back to the country, where my true love waits for me
Waiting for me
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Tennessee
03:43
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Well I’m a rolling down that line this old train she’s right on time that six five special from New Orleans bound for Nashville Nashville Tennessee
From New Orleans to Tennessee the rhythm of the rails will set me free
I’ve got a woman waiting for me she’s in Nashville Tennessee
Rolling rolling rolling down that line
Well this old train she better be on time that Nashville girl she won’t wait for me well that train better be on time
Well this old train rolling down the track and this here drifter he ain’t coming back the rythm of the rails has set me free hello Nashville Tennessee Nashville Tennessee rolling rolling rolling down that line rolling rolling rolling down that line
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Well in 1919 a legend named joe hill he met his fate joe said it’s pie in the sky that’s a lie
Take more than guns joe said to kill a man I didn’t die
Enter honey haired Hilda with peachy cheeks and green hazel eyes she softly strummed joes back like a harp joe sighed all pie in the sky
Scatter my ashes anywhere but Utah scatter them wildly anywhere but Utah Salt Lake City
Under the blistering union sun joe begged hoi polloi to strike before the sun went down
Handsome joe he sang out left the crowd in no doubt you murderers you sycophants all pie in the sky
Well we upped your load and lopped your pay and your revolutionary ways have been in vain
Well we rule by compliance not labour alliance so behave you slave or you’ll end up in an early grave
Scatter my ashes anywhere but Utah scatter them wildly anywhere but Utah Salt Lake City
Well joe hill who did you kill you were framed for murder one and sent to Boot Hill
You never even tried to use your alibi all pie in the sky joe said I didn’t die I didn’t die I didn’t die
Set me free
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I’ve got a girl she’s got her way she don’t listen to a word I say
She don’t care what anybody says she’s gonna do it her own sweet way
She’s gonna do it her own sweet way she’s gonna do it her own sweet way
I’ve got a girl she’s so fine she’s straight on down the line don’t you know I love you so and I’ll walk over hot coals for you
I’ll walk over hot coals for you I’ll walk over hot coals for you
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About ready to go
03:55
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Give me a shovel and I’ll dig my grave I’m about ready to go well give me a shovel and I’ll dig my grave I’m about ready to go give me a shovel and I’ll dig my grave
for women and whisky have been my slave I ain’t got nothing left to save and I’m about ready to go
Give me some chalk and a piece of wood coz I’m about ready to go give me some chalk and a piece of wood I’m about ready to go give me some chalk and a piece of wood if you ain’t got chalk I’ll do it in blood hope I make myself understood I’m about ready to go lord
Knock it in the ground and mark the spot I’m about ready to go lord knock it in the just ground to mark the spot I’m about ready to go knock it in the ground just to mark the spot where my soul can be at peace where my body can lie until I rot coz I’m about ready to go lord
Got some advice that you can take or leave Hope it might do you some good
Yeah, I got some advice that you can take or leave hope it might do you some good
Well I’ve got some advice that you can take or leave don’t set limits on what you achieve don’t live in a world of make believe coz I’m about ready to go lord I’m about ready to go
I’m about ready to go lord I’m about ready to go
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Are you coming home
03:37
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I remember the day that you walked out and left me and that low down sinking felling deep inside
you said I’d understand the reason why you did it but still I find it hard to comprehend
Can you imagine how I felt to wake up and find you gone that image still sends shivers down my spine now it’s six months you’ve been gone I can’t believe how the time has gone soon I hope you’ll be in my arms once more
Are you coming home you’ve been gone to long are you coming home
You’ve been gone to long you’ve been gone to long you’ve been gone to long are you coming home
Now this war it still drags on the missiles fly and the bombs they fall this senseless loss of life just has no end as the leaves begin to fall as autumn turns to winter this war it will be over soon they say so they say
Are you coming home you’ve been gone to long are you coming home
You’ve been gone to long you’ve been gone to long you’ve been gone to long are you coming home
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Manhunt
04:17
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Well in 1902 a manhunt did ensue in Lincoln country on a hot summers night Harry Tracy was his name murder and robbery was his game and that’s how he got his fame
When that posse comes with a hundred guns there gonna fill you full of lead but Harry he cried you’ll never take me alive I saved a bullet for myself instead he’d escaped from six jails and this is the final tale of the wests most desperate man well they cornered him in a field but Harry would not yield even though he was crippled and bleeding well when that posse comes with a hundred guns there gonna fill you full of lead but Harry he cried you’ll never take me alive I’ve saved a bullet for myself instead sheriff Gardner called out left the outlaw in no doubt that the posse had him surrounded but Harry he cried you’ll never take me alive a single shot rang out in the night
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Leaving this town
03:08
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Well listen to me honey I’ll tell you what’s on my mind well I’m thinking of leaving this dirty old town coz I’m tired of your lying and your cheating ways I’m gonna take a midnight train gonna make a new start coz you’ll only break my heart oh well I’m telling you woman I’m gonna set you free baby baby gonna set you free
Well I heard your running around with every man in town made a fool of me you been putting me down well I’ll be on that midnight train don’t try to change my mind just like Hundred times before you walked out of that door just like a hundred times you broke my heart
Oh well I’m telling you woman I’m gonna set you free baby baby gonna set you free
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They shut the day
04:03
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They shut the night they shut the day she could not speak or free in flight there was no people on the street still close embrace and warmly greet no one to call nowhere to go inside these walls she died slow she stayed safe safe in body and in mind down in spirit slowly recalled the past came nowhere near it turning bent corners of a diary her fingers brailled wide eyed they looked
Turning bent corners of a diary her fingers brailled wide eyed they looked the price to live she paid in full face twisted tight like worsened wool she called for help but they minimalised her secretly despised her shut the day, shut the night
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Lullaby#2
03:10
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Come on son get ready for bed the hour is getting late don’t be afraid of shadows on the wall asleep you surely will fall so close your eyes little one go to sleep my darling your daddies here right by your side and I’ll be here in the morning dream your dreams the moon is bright the stars shine tonight dancing on your wall don’t be afraid of the shadows on the wall asleep you surely will fall the moon is bright the stars shine tonight dancing on your wall don’t be afraid
Of those shadows on the wall and asleep you surely will fall shhhhh shadows on the wall asleep you surely will fall
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Howard Rickard Kyiv, Ukraine
Howard Rickard is a north of England singer songwriter living in Ukraine 4 years.. 3 albums I have recorded in the Ukraine, mostly all original songs , songs of love, hate, fear, angels devils. Country bluegrass, folk ballads , Americana
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