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Lonesome Tears

by Jesco Payne & the Painkillers

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1.
I need to get paid Cause all my money was spent On cigarettes and buying these women drinks But who could I impress? I’m just a southern boy that lost his drawl But my veins still bleed blue And I can’t get much sleep With ya’ weighin' on my mind Kentucky still feels like home to me (Home sweet home to me) But I lost it in a phrase When I said I don’t love you’ anymore But I might have been wrong Cause there’s a long, dark road Through them Bell County mines and there’s a long, dark road To you in them Smoky Mountain Pines yeah, there’s a long, dark road Through them Bell County mines and there’s a long, dark road To you in them Smoky Mountain Pines
2.
Mary Ann 01:57
Mary Ann could have had about a hundred men So here I am in her living room, I’m holdin her hand, telling her that she’s pretty and she’s the only one But she don’t believe me and she never did But Mary Ann you’ve had my heart since we was little kids When we used to play house and I was the preacher man My sweet Mary Ann But she moved on to a different man And I used to dream when we was growin up about a picket fence and your hair dancin in the wind
3.
There ain’t no way to keep that rain from fallin There ain’t to stop that flowers bloom There ain’t no way to keep that sun from beamin’ And there ain’t no way to keep this love from leavin’ I’ve said I’m sorry 100 times But that don’t never seem to change your mind And I’ve cried and cussed through my pleadin and there ain’t no way to keep this love from leavin There ain’t no way to keep that rain from fallin There ain’t to stop that flowers bloom There ain’t no way to keep that sun from beamin’ And there ain’t no way to keep this love from leavin’ I wanted to stay through it all, love I did my best to make you see But sweetheart, you’re changing like the season and there ain’t no way to keep your love from leavin Jenny Don't; Well, you might be sorry, but it ain’t in the way you’re thinkin You smoke too much, and your bills are all past due So when I walk right out you can keep to your whiskey drinkin Cause there ain’t no way to keep my love from leavin There ain’t no way to keep that rain from fallin There ain’t to stop that flowers bloom There ain’t no way to keep that sun from beamin’ And there ain’t no way to keep your love from leavin’ No, there ain’t no way to keep your love from leavin’
4.
No Good Man 02:02
Well it started out just like any other I had a pretty girl to call my baby lover oh, yes - she’s so fine But once we started out just-a-courtin Pretty baby never took-a-to my flirtin Oh, darlin. Are you mad at me? I think that pretty little girl’s gonna leave this no good man Well, I used to go to see her every week For to go to dip our toes in the creek But last time, oh my girl wat'n home So I thought to myself-a-nothin of it Then I took a little walk and got to buzzin Oh, lord - tell me where’s that girl I think that pretty little girl’s gonna leave this no good man So I went out a-lookin, just a-searchin Just a-prowlin for the girl that left me hurtin Oh, baby - tell me who’s that man? Now I’m howlin’ and a-screamin at the moon Yes I’m cryin like a baby over you Oh, darlin - won’t you please come home But that pretty little girl’s done left this no good man Yes, the pretty little girl’s done left this no good man
5.
Levi Whaley 02:20
Levi Whaley was the saddest kind of lonely He’d sit all night in a bar stool drinkin $2 beer He’d buy rounds for everyone in the joint but at the end of the night he never had nobody by his side He’d say anybody wanna see Me drink a hundred of these beers I swear to god I’ll do it right now Cause I don’t care about livin and I just want you all to have a good time You know, he once said to me- See, I’m the kind of man that’d do just about anything to make his friends happy Shew, but buddy, sometimes that'll leave me with the uh... short end of the stick And I always find myself at the bottom of a bottle With no one around to share And you know, friends, that’ll only leave you in one kind of place Sad & lonely
6.
Sawin' Logs 01:25
Whoopsy daisy, I’m just lazy Sawin logs all mornin long Ain’t been kissed in a month of sundays And there ain’t nothin wrong with me Sittin ‘round like a bump on a log Ain’t worth a dime, but I sure got time Ain’t got sense that god gave a goose And there ain’t nothin wrong with me Shit fire to save your matches Hide your gun underneath your mattress Honeydew, cantaloupe, or watermelon I don’t know why but that’s what you tell ‘em Whoopsy daisy, I’m just lazy Sawin logs all mornin long Ain’t been kissed in a month of sundays And there ain’t nothin wrong with me Shit fire to save your matches Hide your gun underneath your mattress Honeydew, cantaloupe, or watermelon I don’t know why but that’s what you tell ‘em Sittin ‘round like a bump on a log Ain’t worth a dime, but I sure got time Ain’t got sense that god gave a goose And there ain’t nothin wrong with me Ain’t been kissed in a month of sundays And there ain’t nothin wrong with me
7.
Speechless 03:05
I’m spillin my tears almost every day I hang my head cause it’s a goddamn shame I miss you still Oh, I miss you still Well, they say some things, yeah, they never change You got my heart babe, and that remains I love you still Oh, and I always will Cause I still dream about you Oh, but I won’t change for you How does it feel on the receiving end? What’s it like when your life’s at an end? Well I could say Oh, well, I could say But I can’t talk tonight because I’m feelin blue All this whiskey, it won't erase you I wish it would Oh, I wish it could Cause I still dream about you Oh, but I won’t live for you
8.
Lament 02:30
Tell me do you laugh cause I will never see you smile Know that I have loved you all the while Will I see you up in Heaven, or will I be alone? I just wanna see you when I come home Said, I just wanna see you when I come home Hey, woah oh Hey Hey, oh oh I just wanna see you when I come home Said, I just wanna see you when I come home Tell me do you cry, cause I will never wipe your tears Know that I have loved you through all your smallest fears Hug me when you see me or kindly say goodbye Babe, I’d never get to hold you so I’ll cry and I'll never get to hold you so I’ll cry Hey, oh oh Hey Hey, oh oh I’ll never get to hold you so I’ll cry I’ll never get to hold you so I’ll cry I’ll never get to hold you so I’ll cry
9.
Cardinals 02:31
I got whiskey on my breath and on my clothes And not too many places left to go And I guess I’ll pack it in and head on home That place I go to cry when I’m alone And it got too hard to stop Praying I don’t see ya’ out with him I’m goin where I never thought you would That’s why I skipped and left this damn town But now I miss them cardinals singin in the wind And that bluegrass stickin' through my toes (good lord knows) I gotta pretty little girl just hangin on my arm But she don’t know me like you do, babe She don’t know me like you do, babe Well, she don’t know me like you do, babe And I’m flyin’ down them back roads again Fuckin’ with them unforgivable sins And I hold my head up high so I don’t choke On that pride that I’m struggling to chug And I once dreamt of children with you (but you got your own) Now I’m wakin’ in the dead of the night (all alone) And I smoked all the brains from my head (and guess what) Still all I see - is you Cause now I miss them cardinals singin in the wind And that bluegrass stickin' through my toes (good lord knows) I gotta pretty little girl hangin' on my arm But she don’t know me like you do, babe She don’t know me like you do, babe Well, she don’t know me like you do, babe Yes, she don’t know me like you do
10.
Well, I have cried lonesome tears every day since you left And if you’d call, well, I would quit And I don’t mind sittin' ‘round from early mornin' til the sun goes down What gets me blue - is missing you The world has become a scary place But when I had you - well, I felt safe And it takes time to overcome all your trouble, worry, and pain Well it’s been years and darlin, this toy heart ain’t changed Yes, the world has become a terrible place Now that my days are all missin you
11.
Maynardville 04:08
I lost my mind somewhere near Maynardville She thought that I was goin’ insane But what’s a man to do When a woman says that she don’t love you And I bet that Heaven smells just like you And I swear that Hell is home to your heart And I remember watching you leave Saddest day I’d ever seen But I still ain’t shed one tear . . . And I bet that Heaven smells just like you And I swear that Hell is home to your heart I lost my mind somewhere near Maynardville And she thought that I was goin’ insane
12.
Your heart will keep aching As long as you allow it to But don’t let it creep inside And cling to your troubled mind Because pain is temporary And you will love again With an angel of a woman A partner, a lover, a friend I could turn to the bottle The way that I always have But in the mornin when I wake up The pain’ll come floodin in Well, you know, darlin', I've laid awake a-many of nights Cryin' and screamin' your name But I realize now that you ain't comin' home And it's time for me, like you, to just move But you know, when I think of you, and God knows I will It'll always be fondly And I still remember the way that your skin felt against mine And on a cool Autumn day, I can catch a hint of your scent just a-blowin' in the wind I'll always love ya', darlin. And I'll see ya' in my dreams. . . It’s time to let go Of all of these memories Of a soft touch in the winter Of all of these shattered dreams Your heart will keep aching As long as you allow it to But don’t let it creep inside And cling to your troubled mind Because pain is temporary And you will love again With an angel of a woman A partner, a lover, a friend

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released March 23, 2023

Guitar & Vocal - Jesco Payne
Bass - Tim Sweeney
Banjo - Mike Tye
Fiddle - Lightnin' Luke
Lead Guitar - Clyde Mcgee
Pedal Steel - Jeremy Brandelik
Drums - Kyle Cregan & Jesco Payne
Backup Singers - Ian Coen, Christa Buckland, Laura Bat, Lightnin' Luke & Beggars Canyon



Recording Engineers: Eric Leavell, Kevin Parnow & Jesco Payne
Recorded @ Low Shelf Recording, Portland, OR 2020 - 2022
Mixed by Justin Longerbeam - Iconica Studios, Hollywood, CA - 2022
Mastered by Brad Boatright - Audiosiege, Portland, OR - 2022
Artwork & photos by Jon Moore

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Jesco Payne & the Painkillers Portland, Oregon

Taking influence from his Appalachian roots, Jesco Payne & the Painkillers sing songs that long for home, mourn lost love and glamorize the occasional rough and rowdy time through cathartic country music that pays homage to the pioneers of honky tonk and outlaw country. ... more

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