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Smoky Mountain Girl
03:03
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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
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Mary Ann
01:57
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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
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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’
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No Good Man
02:02
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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
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Levi Whaley
02:20
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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
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Sawin' Logs
01:25
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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
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Speechless
03:05
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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
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Lament
02:30
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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
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Cardinals
02:31
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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
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Lonesome Tears
02:15
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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
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Maynardville
04:08
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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
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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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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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