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I-25, Walsenburg line.
I left you the flowers, but I took the wine
Sundown is hanging, hanging by a thread
And I still can't believe all those things that you said.
And It's all I can do
To keep my hands at ten and two
Honey, how many miles, until I forget about you.
How many miles until I forget about you.
Got the pedal to the floor, hear the humming of the wheels
And I ain't got the time to make any deals
The highway signs are all pointing west
And the Arizona line is a day away at best.
And It's all I can do
To keep my hands at ten and two
Honey, how many miles, until I forget about you.
How many miles until I forget about you.
So take away your Shakespeare, take away your Rimbaud
Those sugar coated lines just don't cut it anymore
The western skyline is a-comin' on strong
One more tank of gas and I'll be long gone.
And It's all I can do
To keep my hands at ten and two
Honey, how many miles, until I forget about you.
How many miles until I forget about you.
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Old Walsenburg has never looked so alone
Six days on the road, I'm skin and bones
Driver side mirror, sure shows my years
Yeah, even old truckers shed some tears
She spit my heart out on Raton Pass
I was kind of hoping this one would last
Sixty miles an hour never felt so fast
She spit my heart out on Raton Pass
She spit my heart out on Raton Pass
I guess that life on the road just wasn't for her
Maybe all those road signs started to blur
All I know is that she is gone
And another sunset is coming on
She spit my heart out on Raton Pass
I was kind of hoping this one would last
Sixty miles an hour never felt so fast
She spit my heart out on Raton Pass
She spit my heart out on Raton Pass
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3. |
Let It Lie
04:45
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Let It Lie
Words and Music by Jason Bennett
You tell me things in the middle of the night
But all it does is get me all uptight
Just look me in the eye, say goodbye, just let it lie.
All I want is a little bit of sleep
Get some shuteye for about a week
Just look me in the eye, say goodbye, just let it lie.
Gotta hunker down at the cabin door
Stoke the fire with the clothes you wore
Just look me in the eye, say goodbye, just let it lie.
This roller coaster is moving too damn slow
Why'd you have to spit on the carnie down below
Just look me in the eye, say goodbye, just let it lie.
So many things I try to get across
Girl, you got too much fish on that tartar sauce
Just look me in the eye, say goodbye, just let it lie.
Hundred dollar bill in my hand today
And your love is a price I just can't pay
Just look me in the eye, say goodbye, just let it lie.
You knock me down when I'm on my feet
You spit me out between your teeth
Just look me in the eye, say goodbye, just let it lie.
Got my feet in the water, cool off my toes
You throw me an anchor, down I go
Just look me in the eye, say goodbye, just let it lie.
So I'm heading west, towards the sea
I hear the fish are biting, I'm running free
Just look me in the eye, say goodbye, just let it lie.
Words & Music by Jason Bennett
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New Start
03:03
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Well I wanna, wanna, wanna make a new start
And I need ya, need ya, need ya, to play the lead part
Can you show me, show me, show me the way to your heart
'Cause I don't understand
What it takes to be your man
I'm all alone, reach out your hand
'Cause I wanna, wanna, wanna make a new start
Yeah I wanna, wanna, wanna make a new start
Well I see ya, see ya, see ya everyday
And I don't know, don't know, don't know what to say
Can you help me, help me, help me any way
'Cause I don't understand
What it takes to be your man
I'm all alone, reach out your hand
'Cause I wanna, wanna, wanna make a new start
Yeah I wanna, wanna, wanna make a new start
Yeah, I wanna, wanna, wanna make a new start
Yeah, I wanna, wanna, wanna make a new start
Yeah, I wanna, wanna, wanna make a new start
Yeah, I wanna, wanna, wanna make a new start
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
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Mindchange
04:01
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Talking to myself again
Should I answer in pencil or pen
Staring at the ocean again
I think I'll hang out 'til nine, or ten
Mindchange
I call you because I'm able
Am I Rimbaud or am I Clark Gable
Honey, my head is so unstable
All these cards you put on the table
Mindchange
Another change is coming
Should I walk, or come a-runnin'
My thoughts are so out of range
Mindchange
Am I a singer or am I a writer
Should I sleep or pull an all-nighter
Hand write or typewriter
Am I a lover or am I a figther
Mindchange
Another change is coming
Should I walk, or come a-runnin'
My thoughts are so out of range
Mindchange
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6. |
Between My Lines
02:56
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Well I wrote you a letter telling you how I feel
But I don't think you read between my lines
I thought I wrote it well, but it's hard to tell
Maybe you just need some more time
And yeah I know it's true, all those crazy things I do
Like when I kissed your sister at the barbecue
But hell it didn't mean a thing
It was just a two second fling
I just wanted to see if she kissed like you
Well if you read between my lines, you never know what you might find
I'm like an old bottle of wine, getting better with time
Read between my lines
And now I'm picking on my guitar, just singing to the stars
Hoping someday you'll hear my song
And if you listen real hard, before you shuffle all them cards
Well, you just might want to sing along
Well if you read between my lines, you never know what you might find
I'm like an old bottle of wine, getting better with time
Read between my lines
Well if you read between my lines, you never know what you might find
I'm like an old bottle of wine, getting better with time
Read between my lines
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Snap My Fingers
03:53
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I slipped out the back door
When I should have been running for the front
I caught a glimpse of your eyes and I didn't know what to say
Didn't know what to do, didn't know where to run
Snap my fingers and disappear
I'd rather be anywhere but here
Gonna snap my fingers and disappear
You were embarrassed riding shotgun
In my pickup truck painted primer gray
And these memories of you ringing in my head
Why can't they just go away
Snap my fingers and disappear
I'd rather be anywhere but here
Gonna snap my fingers and disappear
How can you sit there and smile
With all that grace and style
How can you break my heart into so many pieces
And not even blink an eye
And now the world's gone wrong and my head hurts
And the hands on the clock are lost in time
I think I'll head down south to Zihuatenejo
And leave the world and you far behind
Snap my fingers and disappear
I'd rather be anywhere but here
Gonna snap my fingers and disappear
Snap my fingers and disappear
I'd rather be anywhere but here
Gonna snap my fingers and disappear
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Words and Music bu Jason Bennett and Rauly Curran
Copyright Jason Bennett and Rauly Curran
I've asked myself a thousand times before
Who's to blame, I just don't know anymore
We made the choice to go our own separate ways
But now that you're gone I know I've seen better days
Why couldn't we just work it out
In some old simple way
But you said, "You go your way and I'll go mine"
You go your way and I'll go mine.
I stare at the pictures up upon the wall
Remembering the days when it looked like we had it all
But now the time has come and now we both need more
Than just a kiss and a hug and flowers at the door
Why couldn't we just work it out
In some old simple way
But you said, "You go your way and I'll go mine"
You go your way and I'll go mine.
And now I look back on how we could have made things right
But I'd rather sleep alone, than put up a fight
And I can't help but think of what could have been
To let it slip away seems like such a sin
Why couldn't we just work it out
In some old simple way
But you said, "You go your way and I'll go mine"
You go your way and I'll go mine.
You go your way and I'll go mine.
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9. |
Is It Love
03:25
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So here we are in a corner cafe
Lazy Sunday afternoon
Watching the sun fade away
Making way for the moon
Is it love, is it love, is it love, is it love
When we hold each other through the night
Into the morning sun
Is it love, is it love
I've been down this road a time or two
This circle of uncertainty
It starts out all shiny and new
But in the end it's the same old mystery
Is it love, is it love, is it love, is it love
When we hold each other through the night
Into the morning sun
Is it love, is it love
So babe, where do we go from here
My pickup truck hit a fork in the road
The windshield is muddy and unclear
And this guessing game is a heavy load
Is it love, is it love, is it love, is it love
When we hold each other through the night
Into the morning sun
Is it love, is it love
Is it love, is it love, is it love, is it love
When we hold each other through the night
Into the morning sun
Is it love, is it love
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10. |
Cortez Blues
03:53
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Well she threw me out of Cortez
When that snow was a-comin' down
Yeah, she threw me out of Cortez
When that snow was a-comin' down
You know she gets that barbed wire smile
When my other women come around
Now honey I wasn't lying
When I said I ain't the husband kind
Now honey I wasn't lying
When I said I ain't the husband kind
So when that little red head Betty come around
Ah, hell, I didn't think you'd mind
Now I gotta get me outta Cortez
Ain't no water left in the well
Gotta get me outta Cortez
Ain't no water left in the well
And you know I got that sweetheart down in Alamosa
Aw yeah and she knows me well
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Take Me Back To The Day
03:42
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The Real Me
02:59
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I don't want to get out of bed today
I want to run my fingers through your hair
And I don't want to get dressed today
I want to run my fingers through your hair
Run my fingers through your hair
Run my fingers through your hair
And I don't want to start the car today
I want to run my fingers through your hair
And I don't want to go to work today
I want to run my fingers through your hair
Run my fingers through your hair
Run my fingers through your hair
And I don't want to see the sky today
I want to run my fingers through your hair
And I don't want to see the sun today
I want to run my fingers through your hair
Run my fingers through your hair
Run my fingers through your hair
I don't want to get out of bed today
I want to run my fingers through your hair
And I don't want to get dressed today
I want to run my fingers through your hair
Run my fingers through your hair
Run my fingers through your hair
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One time a crazy dream came to me
I was blind, I couldn't see
So I listened real well
But them people were mean as hell
They were yelling
And screaming
And fighting
And stealing
And hurting
And crying
Good Lord, they were dying
So I picked up my guitar and played
I had something I wanted to say
But no one would hear my song
They were too busy not getting along
They were yelling
And screaming
And fighting
And stealing
And hurting
And crying
Good Lord, they were dying
So I went home to figure it out
See what the fuss was all about
But I fell asleep at a quarter to two
I realized there ain't nothing I can do
To stop the yelling
And screaming
The fighting
And stealing
The hurting
And crying
Good Lord, we're all dying
The yelling
And screaming
The fighting
And stealing
The hurting
And crying
Good Lord, We're all dying
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Goodnight Suzanne
03:36
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Darkness is coming
I can hear it through the breeze
The city's falling asleep
To the cries of the trees
And I can still hear you saying you need time to think it through
I've been quietly waiting since that November afternoon
And all I've got to say, is Goodnight Suzanne
We walked through the days
Not knowing the time
Made love through the nights
To your poems and rhymes
And I can still hear you saying you need time to think it through
I've been quietly waiting since that November afternoon
And all I've got to say, is Goodnight Suzanne
Well I gave you the sun,and you turned it to rain
And you traded my love for pain
And the pebbles in the sand
Fall through my hand
and spell out the words, Goodnight Suzanne
So I'm painting by numbers
And connecting the dots
Trying to piece together
All these things that we've got
But I can still hear you saying you need time to think it through
Just remember all I ever wanted was to give my love to you
And all I've got to say, is Goodnight Suzanne
Yeah, all I've got to say is Goodnight Suzanne
Goodnight Suzanne
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This Old Boat and Me
02:20
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I've lived int he cities, I've lived in the towns
Left and right, up and down
I've played guitar and sang all around
Met some women and sang 'em some songs
Worked some jobs that didn't last very long
There's only one friend I've known all along
This old boat and me
Sailing away on the sea
There's something about water and wood
That makes a man feel free
This old boat and me
As far as the eye can see
There's something about water and wood
That makes a man feel free
Now I'm old and gray and the world's too damn fast
Slow it down, make it last
Take it day by day, forget about the past
I'll sail away, and live for the now
This old boat will show me how
Destination unknown from stern to bow
This old boat and me
Sailing away on the sea
There's something about water and wood
That makes a man feel free
This old boat and me
As far as the eye can see
There's something about water and wood
That makes a man feel free
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Jason Bennett Washington
Jason Bennett has been writing, performing and painting in the great American West in CA, Washington State and Colorado since the mid 90's. You can usually find him performing in a small art gallery or coffeehouse out west. He has released 9 CD's of Americana flavored music featuring himself on vocals, guitar and harmonica and his music has been featured on television and radio all over the world. ... more
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