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I came from Memphis on a fast train
Escorted by Able and killed by Cain
I came from Memphis in a hard rain
Ten thousand women knockin' on my coffin
They all wanna whisper sweet nothin's
They all wanna drive some extra nails
I came from Memphis on a fast train
I came from Memphis on a fast train
Escorted by Able and killed by Cain
I came from Memphis in a hard rain
The driver says the road's been closed
They never seen so much rain since Noah
The Ferriday town gone Lord Lord
They all been sayin' better go up North
I came from Memphis on a fast train
Escorted by Able and killed by Cain
I came from Memphis in a hard rain
The undertaker says that's fine
Roll over son you're the next in line
I came from Memphis on a fast train
Escorted by Able and killed by Cain
I came from Memphis in a hard rain
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Laughin' Along
02:31
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Paint the sky yellow
Paint the road beige
Paint my heart shallow
The color of flesh
Lord Byron is sittin'
Down by the bay
Don't pass him by
He might not be okay
His handkerchief’s dirty
With nothin' to do
If he cries a river
He's dangerous, too
I'm no male Augusta
I'm no Robin Hood
Why should I console him
He needs solitude
So paint the sky yellow
Paint the road dark
Paint my heart shallow
With a big dollar mark
Laughin’ along
All down the line
If that fucker drops dead
All his poems are mine
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Everybody
02:52
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The Con Man is singin'
His stripes are askew
He ain't gonna die
He's returnin' to you
The priest is in bed
His mistress is talkin'
All hell's breakin' loose
He's hard and she's rockin'
Daniel's alive
But lions are blind
They live in hope
That someday fate'll be kind
On Blueberry Hill
There's a whore in a dome
She once was my wife
But I've broken her home
And the way of all flesh
Has just ran amock
Now where will you spend
What you hide in your sock
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The Shuffle
05:00
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What A Time
03:40
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Amphetamins are cheap
I see them in the shops
You can get 'em easy
You can rag the mop
And wakin' from a bad dream
Is not so bad to me
Shake it off like dandrough
Kill it easily
And breakin' down the news to you
What a time I had
Go baptize them ol' preachers
Go wash them till they're dead
Amphetamins are cheap
Policemen's gettin' soft
Fuck that sunday driver
And kill the music off
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That's Right
03:32
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No man's entitled
To another chance
Even Perry Como
Goes to hell
Tossin' and a-turnin'
Goin' by the book
Now the fun is over
In the road motel
That's right
Paris is burning
Well over easy
Who's gonna buy
All of them bridges
Lookin' so happy
Givin' out money
Droppin' the rags
Embracin' the riches
That's right
Heartaches are simple
If you know 'em well
Even Perry Como
Goes to hell
That's right
No man's entitled
To another swindle
A proverb says
To each his Kindle
That's right
You can believe
In whatever you want
Porcelan women
Still leave you stunned
That's right
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Nobody Left
04:23
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The Harm (album version)
04:20
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Shortnin' Bread
03:00
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Look at the mist over there
Troublesome weather ahead
Count your blessings
Count your traffic jams
Seen from this angle
It doesn't look so bad
But seen from your angle
Man, I better be damned
If bad weather don't get me
Then traffic jams will
Shootin' old ladies
From my window sill
I'm thinking of marriage
If the waves are okay
If my man Belafonte
Delivers me from the sea
Drivin' along the Bospor canal
Just a few of my shadows
And Jack Lemmon and me
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Trouble of the World
04:02
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Matt Kaye Ljubljana, Slovenia
Born in 1975 in Maribor, Slovenia (EU). He holds a master’s degree in comparative literature. He published his first book in 1988 and started combining poetry and music into a singer-songwriter routine in 1992. He's a member of SLO National Writers’ Association, National Literary Translators Association, PEN and MIRA. ... more
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