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It’s late at night and here I am
I’m on the road again
Wishing girl that you were here with me
Playing dives for one night stands ain’t what you’d call the easy life
And through it all I need some company
Chorus
Beats me why I love it so when each bar looks the same
I’ll take my fifty bucks and go, and tomorrow they won’t remember my name
It doesn’t matter where I am
Or who I’m playing for
It’s the sad songs they want most of anything
They’re really here just to be depressed and the sad songs always do it best
And the sad songs, Lord knows, I know how to sing
Chorus
If I had any sense
I’d be with you now
Lying in the warmest arms I know
But something inside me just makes me go on
Singing my songs for people I don’t even know
Chorus
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Sweet Summer
02:14
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Sweet summer, where have you gone?
You took away the sunshine and you left me here with none
The winter months are closing in, they’ll soon be here to stay
And the love that you had brought me has once more gone away
Seems like only yesterday you came into my life
Bringing with you sunshine and easing all the strife
Winter’s end had found me feeling only dark despair
You picked me up, you brought me love, you showed me how to care
Chorus
Reluctantly I’ll try to face the dreary months ahead
And I’ll think about you often as I lie alone in bed
The lazy days and loving nights for now are at an end
But I won’t lose hope that you’ll come back and bring the spring again
Chorus
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Louisiana in My Head
04:19
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Louisiana born and bred, Louisiana in my head
Guess there’s something to be said about the way I feel
I’ll never try to leave my home; I know I’d never leave alone
The bond here that has grown is much too real
(chorus)
From the tall oak trees that stand along your rivers
To the hurricanes that lash about your coast
And the spirit of the ages haunts your people
And some would even get to know the ghost
There are those who even get to know the ghost
Stood along a lonely bayou, watched the sun reflect the fresh dew
Knew that I could never leave you, this place is my world
Louisiana in my head, Spanish moss will be my bed
I’ve been starved and I’ve been fed but never alone
(chorus)
Rock me in your arms, Louisiana
Sing my life in all your Cajun tunes
My father and his fathers
They’ve all been loved by you
Our lives reflect the strength we draw from you
(chorus)
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4. |
If You Don't Know by Now
04:09
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Well I hear you’ve got a new woman and you’re feeling pretty high
You ain’t touched ground since Thursday last when she let you touch her thigh
Well, that’s all right, yeah, that’s all right
Better love it while you can, cause pretty soon you’ll see the light
Cause if you don’t know by now:// (3)
That woman’s gonna teach you somehow, that woman’s gonna teach you somehow
I hear you hear your woman has been stepping out on you
You can’t believe it could be true, but you don’t know what to do
Well, that’s too bad; yeah, that’s too bad
Better lose it while you can, better wake up boy and see that you been had
Cause if you don’t know by now://
That woman’s gonna use you somehow
Well some women want your money, some women want your soul
Some women take what they can get and then leave you in the cold
Well that ain’t right, no that ain’t right
But if you don’t know that by now://
That woman’s gonna hurt you somehow
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Maybe This Time
04:14
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Here we are, together again
And after five years nothing much has changed
We still tell the lies, we still play the games
We still wonder why being together feels so strange
We’ve both been around, we both understand
That love is something that just gets in the way
The sorrow it brings, its limiting strings
Are things that neither one of us needs today
Chorus
But it’s nice to see you once again and share some time with you
And it’s good to hold you in my arms and wonder if we knew
That we’d find the past in the future and a future in the past
And I’m wondering if this time maybe we could make it last
Sometimes it seems a bit like a dream
It’s all just too unreal to think it’s true
In some other time and some other scheme
I’d find an easy way to say “I love you”
But we’re out of place and we’re out of time
And “we” won’t exist after today
You’ll go your way and then I guess I’ll go mine
Does it have to be that way
chorus
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Lost in Your Love
03:12
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Lost in your love, it’s a feeling I know each time
I look in your eyes–here it comes, that old feeling growing
Lost in the lies of a thousand yesterdays
And the web that you weave
Tangles me and there’s no escaping
How many times have I told you I’m leaving you?
I look in your eyes and I know I’m deceiving you
I’m lost in your love on a hopeless carousel
And I can’t stop the ride
Because I can’t bring myself to tell you
Searching my heart, it’s a feeling I can’t explain
I know I should leave, but you take me in your arms again
I’m lost in your love, like a child against a storm
I know I’ve nowhere to go
I don’t know what I’m running from
Lost in the lies of a thousand yesterdays
And the web that you weave
Tangles me and there’s no escaping
I’m lost in your love on a hopeless carousel
And I can’t stop the ride
Because I can’t bring myself to tell you
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With the wind at my back and a sail o’er my head
I set course for the wide-open seas
Mind not what’s behind, but what lies up ahead
For my future belongs to the breeze
(chorus)
Come hither, young sailors, and know me by name
For I’m one of a vanishing breed
I’ve rhythm’d my life to the roll of the ocean
I know what it means to be free
When the sea turns as black as the devil’s own heart
And she’s looking to swallow you whole
She’ll toss you and slap you and take you apart
Your courage the first thing to go
And you’ll curse her and swear that you’ll never return
If you ever see dry land again
But a week in the harbor among all the land folk
Will tell you which one is your friend
(chorus)
I’ve circled the globe and I’ve lived more than most
With Fate as my teacher and guide
I’ve wrestled with Death and I’ve wrestled with Boredom
It’s Boredom I cannot abide
Now, some call me childish and some call me foolish
Some call me downright insane
But them that have known me will never forget me
“Adventure” is my proper name
Come hither, young sailors, and know me by name
For I’m one of a vanishing breed
I’ve rhythm’d my life to the roll of the ocean
I know what it means to be free
I’ve rhythm’d my life to the roll of the ocean
I’m a sailor who lives for the sea!
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8. |
Packing to Leave
03:31
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When you were packing to leave did you consider
that you might not return?
When you were packing to leave did you consider
that as you left the bridge began to burn?
Isn’t it funny the way small things can hurt you
when you see them through angry eyes?
Aren’t you sorry today the way things turned out,
and you never even knew the reasons why?
Some people got a way of leaving
Say, “It’s over” and they leave ‘em grieving
At least they’ve got a reason when they go
But some people just drift apart
Never knowing when the leaving starts
Until they find they’re powerless to stop the flow
When you were packing to leave did you consider
that you might not return?
When you were packing to leave did you consider
that you might not return?
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Treasure Chest of Loving
02:49
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I’ll be rolling out of town with the early morning light
There won’t be any packing to do
Cause I been here for a while and the money’s kind of tight
I’ll prob’ly spend it all before the night is through
I got a fine tooth comb and a toothbrush in my pocket
That’s all the travel gear I need
Cause when I fin’lly find a way to find my way back home
I’ve got a treasure chest of lovin’ guaranteed, I got a treasure chest of loving guaranteed
Well I been feeling kind of low lately, moving kind of slow lately
Everything’s been going all wrong
But it looks like better days are coming when I hear those tires humming out
A little homecoming song
And though I ain’t got money I just know I got a honey waiting for me where I know I should be
And when I fin’lly find a way to find my way back home
I got a treasure chest of loving guaranteed, I got a treasure chest of loving guaranteed
7 come 11, gonna roll my own dice, hope it comes up winners every time
Cause I can’t afford to lose and I can’t afford the price
Of a ticket back to what should be mine
And though I ain’t got money I just know I got a honey waiting for me where I know I should be
And when I fin’lly find a way to find my way back home
I got a treasure chest of loving guaranteed, I got a treasure chest of loving guaranteed
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Doggone You Girl
01:37
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Doggone you girl you’ve gone and left me one more time
And here I am at Percy’s Bar just drinking myself blind
I swear I’ve never met a girl that’s harder to please
Set ’em up again, Barkeep, and somebody help me off my knees
Now, she said she didn’t mind the card games that lasted until 4
And the whiskey I sometimes over drink never bothered her before
She said as far as she’s concerned I can do just what I please
And now she’s gone and left me; it’s the damnedest thing I’ve seen
Doggone you girl you’ve gone and left me one more time
And here I am at Boudreaux’s Bar just drinking myself blind
I swear I’ve never met a girl so hard to understand
I’ve done my best, I’ve sacrificed as much as any man
Just because I’m sometimes gone for two days in a row
And just because I’m sometimes seen with another girl in tow
She’ll say that I don’t love her, she’ll yell and scream and cry
But any fool could see I do, I’m living with her, ain’t I?
Doggone you girl you’ve gone and left me one more time
And here I am at Eddie’s Bar just drinking myself blind, blind, blind
I swear I’ve never met a girl with less than twice your brains
Set ’em up again till I forget old what’s her name
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Country Night
02:40
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Country night, stars are bright
You’re beside me, please hold me tight
The air is clear and love is here
I hear it whisper when you are near
This country night
My lovely one, we’ve just begun
To share our lives, to chase the sun
The night will end, but let’s pretend
We’ll last forever here with our friend
Our country night
The stars will always be here
The love will be here too
As long as you are with me
As long as I’m with you
And when we’re old and nights grow cold
We’ll find our warmth in the memories we hold
Of the loving bliss of a simple kiss
The dreams we shared on nights like this
A country night
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The Chance of a Lifetime
03:28
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(Instrumental)
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All My Yesterdays
03:35
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Please don’t say that for us there’ll be another day
Please don’t say you’ll come back soon
When we both know it’s not true
We both know it’s the only thing for you
Please don’t cry or try to give the reasons why
Please don’t worry about me
It’s the end that I could see
So long ago; I knew it had to be
Chorus:
But I’ll have all my yesterdays to help me through the night
I’ll have all my yesterdays to make it right
I’ll have memories to fill my dreams though tomorrows I may lack
But all my yesterdays won’t bring you back
It’s too late to try to turn yourself around
It’s too late for you to say
That we’ll find another way
Too late to save the pain for other days
We’ve no time to stop and try to find ourselves
No time to stop and try
To learn to live with lies
Our love is gone, it cannot be denied
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Raining
04:01
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Raining, it’s raining
Seems like there’s more rain with every day
I can’t laugh, I can’t cry
It always seems to hurt the more that way
Lonely, I’m so lonely
These summer days get longer all the time
Sometimes I’m so down
I just can’t seem to get my life to rhyme
You went away so long ago
Don’t know why I want you so
I guess the love of yesterday
Will never fade away
Memories, these memories
Just can’t seem to get you off my mind
You’re so far, yet you’re here
How could I have ever been so blind?
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Louisiana Makes Me Smile
02:42
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I’ve been down the golden highway, up the silver coast
I’ve been to California for a while
I’ve seen the Smoky Mountains and I’ve traveled more that most
But I guess it’s Lou’siana makes me smile
(chorus)
I guess it’s Louisiana makes me smile,
When I’m with the Cajun people I go wild
Can’t replace ‘em, so embrace ‘em and be thankful for their style
I guess it’s Louisiana makes me smile
When I feel the warm embrace of that Louisiana sun
And remember good times here before I roamed
All the places I have been to, all the things that I have done
Could never match this place that I call home
(chorus)
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These Are Ours Today
02:55
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Sunny days and such good friends
Are only what we make of them
Loving eyes and star-filled skies
These are ours today
Don’t you moan, now don’t you weep
And don’t you spend your time asleep
The youth we know will come and go
Don’t let it slip away
Soon all we’ll have are memories of our younger days now gone
Don’t let those memories be filled with thoughts of what we might have done
Too many times we step aside
And watch the joy of life go by
Experience is all that counts
The time to live is now
Tomorrow never comes, today is always here
But yesterdays are real as life, don’t let them all just disappear
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Been Gone Too Long
03:05
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Sometime I’m lonely and sometimes I’m sad
Sometimes I feel like I’ve never felt so bad
Sometimes I feel like my whole world is through
And sometimes I feel like I’ve got to run to you
Sometimes I feel like I don’t need a friend
And sometimes I feel like I’m on my feet again
Sometimes I feel like I’m better off alone
But sometimes I know that it’s time to go back home
Because I’ve been gone too long
The feeling’s too strong
Only one thing can fill this empty space in my soul
The love of the woman that keeps hanging on
To the hope that a man will make half her life whole
this man with make both our lives whole
Sometimes I think on the day that I left
And sometimes I realize that there’s not much of me that’s left
Sometimes I wonder why I said goodbye at all
And sometimes I wake at night and I answer your call
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Listen to the Radio
03:08
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Listen to the radio
Isn’t that our song they’re playing
Didn’t we fall in love to its simple tune while gazing at a smoky moon
So long ago / just yesterday
Listen to the radio
Isn’t that our song they’re playing
Can you remember nights without an end, the passion that we felt back then
So long ago
Isn’t it a funny thing
They don’t sing love songs like that these days
All the days of wine and roses past have turned to nights that never last
Just yesterdays
Haven’t we matured since the days we had to say “I love you”
Haven’t we got wiser all the time
Isn’t love unspoken better than those silly games we played
Or have we gotten careless of each other
Listen to the radio
Isn’t that our song they’re playing
Why don’t you sit with me a little while and share the dreams that made us smile
So long ago
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The Best of Life
03:24
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Now are you feeling lost, do you feel the pain
And do you think you can’t go on spending nights in the rain
And do you feel you’ve been forgotten by a world that never cares
Just find your way back home and you will find me there
Summertime melodies whisper in my mind
Bringing back the times we shared, the times you left behind
Even with the sweetest things you weren’t satisfied
But now you’ll find the best of life is what you told goodbye
Days so warm and tender, nights that passed too fast
Love so sweet I had to feel that it would always last
And when you left I didn’t know that you’d be gone for good
And if there’s something I can do to bring you back, babe, you know I would
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Storybook Lovers
03:12
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She sits in her room with her rocking chair romance
In a land far away, in a time not her own
She dreams of a lover who’ll come to her someday
And sweep her away to enchantments unknown
But she wakes from her fantasy crying again
’Cause she lives in a real world and there, she’s alone
For storybook lovers aren’t easy to come by
And castles and kingdoms aren’t easy to own
Her friends are concerned ’cause she’s getting no younger
And her empty heart shows through her restless eyes
And always inside there is burning a hunger
For something she needs but she won’t recognize
Still she’s steadfastly true to what she never knew
And she’ll gather no rosebuds till he comes her way
And what will she do when she wakes up tomorrow
To find that her future has no yesterdays
And maybe someday it all will work out right
Maybe someday she will find her a white knight
She’ll rush to his arms never meaning to stray
But what will she do when she finds out one day
That her knight is a man and his feet are of clay—maybe she’ll say
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Dry your eyes and say goodbye
Sometimes that’s the best thing you can do
I know it’s hard, but though it’s hard
I think that it’s the best for me and you
You’re confused and so am I
I guess that life can be that way sometimes
It’s hard to know where you want to go
When you look ahead and you can’t see any signs
You’re not the first to find that love is hard to feel
And I can’t let you stay and pretend your love is real
I’d like to thank you now for the good times that we had
And there’s one thing left for us to do before they all turn bad
It’s time to dry your eyes and say goodbye
I think that it’s the best for me and you
You’ve tried to love me, but there’ll always be that doubt
And I can’t blame you, some things just don’t work out
I hope someday you find the man you’re dreaming of
And I hope that we can part as friends though I’ll never have your love
And now we’ll dry our eyes and say goodbye
I know that it’s the best for me and you
I know that it’s the best for me and you
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Does the glow from a fireplace
Still paint a smile upon your face
You know I see that lovely smile
Though you hide behind the miles
Does the warmth of the fire start
Somewhere deep inside your heart
Recalling memories of days
When the warmth was in my loving gaze
Do you think back when you’re blue
The way I sometimes do
To a winter’s day, a fireplace and you
Do you feel old heartstrings tug
When you hold that special coffee mug
To warm you when he’s not around
You still can hear that distant sound
Of the song, then our dance would start
Your ear pressed close to my pounding heart
And night would fade into the day
We’d never see it slip away
Though I see it through the years
I still see it through a tear
A winter’s day, a fireplace and you
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23. |
Who Will Remember Me?
03:20
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Headlights are burning my eyes
And the highway seems rougher tonight
I’ve sung all the songs I know twice,
But the end of my road’s not in sight
My body cries out for some rest
But my mind just won’t let me slow down
I’ve been with the worst and the best
And I’ve seen every part of every town
(chorus)
But who will remember me after I’m gone?
Who will be singing my songs?
Who’s gonna say that they’ll miss me one day?
And where did I ever belong?
Somewhere tonight there’s a lady
I can just see her face through the rain
And even though I haven’t met her
I can still feel the pain just the same
Maybe one day I will find her
And my wandering days will all end
But until that day I’ll just roll on
And the highway remains my best friend
(chorus)
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Pete Marcantel Mesa, Arizona
Pete Marcantel is a song and short story writer who has been playing music for longer than he cares to admit. Born and raised in south Louisiana, he now lives in Mesa, AZ.
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