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HOLD ON They hung a sign up in out town if you live it up, you wont Live it down So, she

left monte rio, son Just like a bullet leaves a gun With charcoal eyes and monroe hips She went and took that california trip Well, the moon was gold, her Hair like wind She said dont look back just ome on jim !chorus" #h you got to Hold on, hold on $ou got to hold on Take my hand, %m standing right here $ou gotta hold on Well, he gave her a dimestore watch &nd a ring made from a spoon 'veryone is looking for someone to blame (ut you share my bed, you share my name Well, go ahead and call the cops $ou dont meet nice girls in coffee shops She said baby, % still love you Sometimes theres nothin left to do #h you got to Hold on, hold on $ou got to hold on Take my hand, %m standing right here, you got to Just hold on) Well, *od bless your crooked little heart st) louis got the best of me % miss your broken+china voice How % wish you were still here with me Well, you build it up, you wreck it down $ou burn your mansion to the ground When theres nothing left to keep you here, when $oure falling behind in this (ig blue world #h you go to Hold on, hold on $ou got to hold on Take my hand, %m standing right here

$ou got to hold on ,own by the riverside motel, %ts -. below and falling (y a // cent store she closed her eyes &nd started swaying (ut its so hard to dance that way When its cold and theres no music Well your old hometown is so far away (ut, inside your head theres a record Thats playing, a song called Hold on, hold on $ou really got to hold on Take my hand, %m standing right here &nd just hold on)

GRAPEFRUIT MOON *rapefruit moon, one star shining, shining down on me) Heard that tune, and now %0m pining, honey, can0t you see1 0 ause every time % hear that melody, well, something breaks inside, &nd the grapefruit moon, one star shining, can0t turn back the tide) 2ever had no destination, could not get across) $ou became my inspiration, oh but what a cost) 0 ause every time % hear that melody, well, something breaks inside, &nd the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is more than % can hide) 2ow %0m smoking cigarettes and % strive for purity, &nd % slip just like the stars into obscurity) 0 ause every time % hear that melody, well, puts me up a tree, &nd the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is all that % can see)

I HOPE I DONT FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU Well, % hope that % don0t fall in love with you, 0 ause falling in love just makes me blue) Well, the music plays and you display $our heart for me to see) % had a beer and now % hear $ou calling out for me) &nd % hope that % don0t fall in love with you) Well, the room is crowded, people everywhere, &nd % wonder, should % offer you a chair1 Well, if you sit down with this old clown, Take that frown and break it, (efore the evening0s gone away, % think that we could make it) &nd % hope that % don0t fall in love with you) Well, the night does funny things inside a man) These old tomcat feelings you don0t understand) Well, % turn around and look at you, $ou light a cigarette, % wish % had the guts to bum one, (ut we0ve never met) &nd % hope that % don0t fall in love with you) % can see that you are lonesome just like me, &nd it being late you0d like some company) Well, % turn around and look at you, &nd you look back at me) The guy you0re with, he0s up and split, The chair ne3t to you0s free) &nd % hope that you don0t fall in love with me) 2ow it0s closing time, the music0s fading out) Last call for drinks, %0ll have another stout) Well % turn around to look at you, you0re nowhere to be found, % search the place for your lost face, guess %0ll have another round &nd % think that % just fell in love with you)

Ol' 55 Well my time went so 4uickly, % went lickety+splickly out to my old 055 &s % drove away slowly, feeling so holy, *od knows, % was feeling alive) 2ow the sun0s coming up, %0m riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks, Stars beginning to fade, and % lead the parade Just a+wishing %0d stayed a little longer, #h, Lord, let me tell you that the feeling0s getting stronger) &nd it0s si3 in the morning, gave me no warning6 % had to be on my way) Well there0s trucks all a+passing me, and the lights are all flashing, %0m on my way home from your place) &nd now the sun0s coming up, %0m riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks, Stars beginning to fade, and % lead the parade Just a+wishing %0d stayed a little longer, #h, Lord, let me tell you that the feeling0s getting stronger) &nd my time went so 4uickly, % went lickety+splickly out to my old 055 &s % pulled away slowly, feeling so holy, *od knows, % was feeling alive) 2ow the sun0s coming up, %0m riding with Lady Luck, 7reeway cars and trucks, freeway cars and trucks, freeway cars and trucks)))

BLIND LOVE 2ow you0re gone, and it0s hotels and whiskey and sad+luck dames &nd % don0t care if they miss me, % never remember their names They say if you get far enough away, you0ll be on your way back home Well, %0m at the station, and % can0t get on the train 8ust be blind love, only kind of love is stone blind love (lind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love With your blind love, oh it0s blind love, stone blind love %t0s your stone blind love 2ow the street0s turning blue, the dogs are barking and the night has come &nd there0s tears that are falling from your blue eyes now % wonder where you are and % whisper your name The only way to find you is if % close my eyes %0ll find you with my blind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love The only kind of love is stone blind love The only kind of love is stone blind love With your blind love, oh your blind love, your stone blind love %t0s your blind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love Stone blind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love With your blind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love Stone blind love, stone blind love

HOIST THAT RAG Well % learned the trade 7rom 9iggy :nowles Sing Sing Tommy Shay (oys *od used me as hammer boys To beat his weary drum today Hoist that rag ;<3= The sun is up the world is flat ,amn good address for a rat The smell of blood The ,rone of flies $ou know what to do if The baby cries Hoist that rag ;<3= Well we stick our fingers in The ground, heave and Turn the world around Smoke is blacking out the sun &t night % pray and clean my gun The cracked bell rings as The ghost bird sings and the gods *o beggin here So just open fire &s you hit the shore &ll is fair in love &nd war Hoist that rag ;>3=

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.O-/EY FULL OF BOURBON 'dna million in a drop dead suit ,utch pink on a downtown train Two+dollar pistol but the gun wont shoot %m in the corner on the pouring rain Si3teen men on a dead mans chest &nd %ve been drinking from a broken cup Two pairs of pants and a mohair vest %m full of bourbon, % cant stand up Hey little bird, fly away home $our house is on fire, children are alone Hey little bird, fly away home $our house is on fire, your children are alone Schiffer broke a bottle on morgans head &nd %m stepping on the devils tail &cross the stripes of a full moons head &nd through the bars of a cuban jail (loody fingers on a purple knife 7lamingo drinking from a cocktail glass %m on the lawn with someone elses wife &dmire the view from up on top of the mast Hey little bird, fly away home House is on fire, children are alone Hey little bird, fly away home House is on fire, your children are alone % said hey little bird, fly away home $our house is on fire, your children are alone Hey little bird, fly away home House is on fire, your children are alone $ellow sheets on a hong kong bed Sta?ybo horn and a slingerland ride To the carnival is what she said & hundred dollars makes it dark inside 'dna million in a drop dead suit ,utch pink on a downtown train Two+dollar pistol but the gun wont shoot %m in the corner on the pouring rain Hey little bird, fly away home $our house is on fire, your children are alone Hey little bird, fly away home $our house is on fire, your children are alone

-EMETERY POL/A Bncle vernon, uncle vernon, independent as a (og!um tipo e porco" on ice Hes a big shot down there at the slaughterhouse 9lays accordion for mr) weiss Bncle biltmore and uncle william 8ade a million during world war two (ut theyre %$g(%0a" !pao+duro" and theyre &(ea' +a%e !mu4uirana" &nd theyll never give a dime to you &untie mame has gone insane She lives in the doorway of an old hotel &nd the radio is playing opera &ll she ever says is go to hell Bncle violet flew as a pilot &nd there aint no pretty girls in france 2ow he runs a tiny little bookie joint They say he never keeps it in his pants Bncle bill will never leave a will &nd the tumor is as big as an egg He has a mistress, shes puerto rican &nd % heard she has a wooden leg Bncle phil cant live without his pills He has emphysema and hes almost blind &nd we must find out where the money is *et it now before he loses his mind Bncle vernon, uncle vernon, independent as a hog on ice Hes a big shot down there at the slaughterhouse He plays accordion for mr) weiss

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