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Bessie
03:59
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Maybe you were living on the wrong side of the history book
Living in a time that just couldn’t keep up
Cuz everything in your head went vroom vroom vroom
Just the open road and the wild sky in front of you
Hey there little girl aint you seen the color of your skin
Tell me how the fire got lit with no next of kin
Born to just be blazin’ trails coast to coast
They would always know your name in the dust you left up
Oh Stringfield gold
Riding with the angels, laughing at the ghosts
Running down the demons with everything you got
Life was just a highway without a way to stop
Oh, Bessie
Took off on a coin toss in a foreign land
Took up with the carnival that never paid it’s share
But working for the army they just didn’t understand
There was too much fight in the belly to keep you down
CHORUS
Lovin’ them and leavin’ 6 times was enough to bear
And the 3rd time losing the seed there would be no heir
But riding down to Miami wind in the hair
Riding til the day she died as the Queen down there
CHORUS
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2. |
Right Or Wrong
02:55
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Hanging, waiting at the crossroads
365 and going strong
Danger, danger is what they tell ya
But all I got, all I got is this holding on
I still hope for the light that’s coming at the end of the tunnel
And I still lie and smile like nothing is wrong
Cuz sometimes it’s a subtle line
between grace and the face of the devil
It’s where I belong, I belong right or wrong
Tempered, it fills the cup of longing
Clandestine, it wakes me up at dawn
Lately I can’t take it any longer
Willing prisoner running towards the gun
I still hope for the light that’s coming at the end of the tunnel
And I still lie and smile, baby, like nothing is wrong
Cuz sometimes it’s a subtle line
between grace and the face of the devil
It’s where I belong, I belong right or wrong
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3. |
Remedy
03:08
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Nobody’s getting any younger
And getting wiser is all that we can do
So go on and get it together
Before it all gets to you
And in the meantime that’s about all I have to say you
I’ve been hearing your stories
Been a tall tale or two
And I even loved you more for them
Believing that they would come true
But it’s been a long time since I seen the pudding or the proof
I got a remedy, I got a remedy for you
Take a cold/long hard look in the mirror at the truth
I’ve been noticing the changes
The subtlty in everything you do
The lack of putting it all out there
And treating me like I aint’ good to you
If you don’t love me then what the hell you putting me through
CHORUS
Maybe you’re suffering confusion
Maybe just a case of the old blues
Maybe your past is creeping demons
And you’re letting then just run all over you
Well I ain’t no doctor baby, but I got a remedy for you
CHORUS
Nobody’s getting any younger
And getting wiser is all that we can do
So go on and get your shit together
Before it all gets to you
And in the meantime that’s about all I have to say you
Cuz in the meantime I’ve got better things to do
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4. |
Eye Of The Storm
04:03
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Feel the weight pulling under
Try to brace for the reckoning
Piece by piece, layer by layer
Make amends with the storm within
Sail away on murky water
Over head the clouds are gray
No turning round; like a soul born sailor
The only way on out is going through it
Tidal wave and hurricane
C’mon, take me under
Fire away, take your aim
Make it straight for the heart
Fire away, I’ll be waiting in the eye of storm
Step inside the hallowed forest
All the while the dusk is threatening
There’s no compass, there’s no breadcrumbs
The only way on through is by instinct
Avalanche and earthquake
C’mon, I surrender
CHORUS
CHORUS
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5. |
Alright
03:04
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Coming slowly to the end of it
Bitter sweetness sealed with a kiss
Make the final entrance
Turn the other cheek
And dance under the stars tonight
Oh, it’s alright, Oh, it’s alright
Whisper through your holding on too tight
C’mon raise your glasses high
Hope could be the reason
Love could be the rhyme
As we dance under the stars tonight
Oh, it’s alright, Oh, it’s alright
C’mon c’mon it won’t be long now
One more cheer for days gone past
Let’s go, hi-ho, no don’t look back
You never know what’s coming just up on the bend
But maybe if you take my hand
Oh, it’s alright, Oh, it’s alright my friends
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6. |
One Horse Town
03:44
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Ain’t it a shame, ain’t it a shame how you’ve been trying
Making the play to make it your way all this time
Honey you should know by now you’re living in a one horse town
Cradle to gave, cradle to grave they own you
Heart and the mind toeing the line in vain
Tell me how you like it now living in your one horse town
It’s all one way, dead end and safety signs
Tightrope, short leash at the end of the line
Everybody knows the story as old as time
Tick tock - tick tock
Hand to to the fire, hand to the fire, it’s burning
Nose to the grind, quiets the mind, but you keep on
Wondering how you’ll get out of this lonely little one horse town
CHORUS
Retribution of dissolution and watch it fade away
Ain’t it a shame, ain’t it a shame how you’ve been trying
Making the play to make it your way all this time
Honey you should know there isn’t any getting out of this
One horse town
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Shadows
03:29
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When the cold winter's blown in
It's all that I can do to hold onto the memory of you
And time just keeps on rolling trying to push me through
But my heart knows me better than the truth
Come on back to me; raise the dead of night
Come on back to me when everything is quiet
I'll be chasing shadows
Faithful in my dreams
Slipping through the echoes
Locked and bound for eternity
Forward keep on forward, but you're still on my mind
Heartless like the iron anchor drops it's line
I can hear your breathing coming from behind
And I still bear the evidence of your heart on mine
CHORUS
Waiting waiting for you
Crying and staying and hating that it’s true...
CHORUS
Locked and bound til you come back to me
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8. |
Sugar
03:35
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Sugar sugar, I don’t know what you do
Sugar sugar, you got me all wrapped up in you
I been waiting all night long for all your love and just to be close to you
Sugar sugar, what you got it tastes so sweet
Sugar baby, oh all the things you do to me
C’mon baby and take all my love with all your care
And tell me I’m not dreamin, tell me I’m the only one
Let’s make this story forever into the setting sun
Cuz I’ll be spending all my time just to make you understand
doing my best
Sugar sugar, I think I know what you do to me
Looking into those eyes
Snuggling up to me
Never wanna leave your side
Yeah you know how to get to me
Even in the worst of times
You make it feel alright
So jump in for the ride
Cuz you got what I need
Sugar, sugar, sugar
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Elle Sera
You can do away with any notion that a singular genre or box would contain Elle’s broad songwriting styles and even broader skills as a vocalist. Effortlessly and authentically, she flows through blues, rock, pop and country wrapped up in a singer-songwriter foothold that stir together to set her soulful vocals on fire with dynamic conviction. ... more
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