Treasures/ Seasick steve

When I walk down your street

Through your barred windows you look at me
And you wonder, have I come to ask
For one of your precious things that do not last

All your treasures

All your treasures

You think you know me but you don't know

That there's more to this picture than that shows
And you fear that I come to steal
Your security that ain't real

All your treasures

All your treasures

I will leave now and you won't cry

With relief now you'll just sigh
You'll remember come one day
And you'll walk out your door
'Cause you can't stay

While all your treasures

All your treasures slip away

All your treasures

All your treasures

I don't know why she love me but she do/ Seasick steve

One, two, three

I don't know why she love me like she do

She's full of lightning through and through
She's my gold mine, she's my diamond mine
She's my buried treasure, lord, it's true
I don't know why she love me like she do

She's drop dead beautiful

Smart as a whip when she's in school
All the boys love her, yeah, it's true
I don't know why she love me but she do
I don't know why she love me but it's true

She's drop dead beautiful

Smart as a whip when she's in school
All the boys love her, yeah, it's true
I don't know why she love me but she do
I don't know why she love me but she do

I don't know why she love me but it's true

I don't know why she love me but she do
What a way to go/ Seasick steve

What a way to go x4

Twenty five years working for the state

Saved all your money, got a good rate
Always thinking 'bout that pension plan
The day of retirement, the promised land, well

Got a finish off that swimming pool

Get some umbrellas, don't wanna be cool
Remember to take them fishing trips
You never had time for, this is it

The day of retirement have finally come

Get a gold watch and your work is done
One month later your heart give out
What was all that planning about?

What a way to go x4

Well, they finally lay you in the ground

Your wife and the children standing around
Now they got that pension plan
Rather have you, don't you know it, man

What a way to go x4

It's a long long way/ Seasick steve

It's a long, long way

'Cause I've been there before
It's a long, long way
And I've been there before

You probably won't take no advice from me

I never took none myself, you see
It's just when you get older
You'd like to pass some on, but nobody's listening

And it's a long, long way

Why do we make the same mistakes

Year after year, tear after tear?
Just when we've learned a lesson or two
It's the time when our life's almost through

And it's a long, long way

I ain't tryin' to be no saint

Shoot I ain't even often right
But I'm still here fightin' that good ol' fight
So the only thing I'll say
Don't give up on your dreams
Or they will give up on you

And it's a long, long way

Thanks for takin' time to listen to an old man

Your time is a valuable thing
And I ain't tryin' to preach, I'm only passin' by
And I hope you like the song that I sing
And it's a long, long way

And it's a long, long way

'Cause I've been there before
And I don't think I'm going there no more

Cut my wings/ Seasick steve

Cut my wings ya'll

Shot me down I cannot fly
Cut my wings ya'll
Shot me down I cannot fly

When I lay my head down

at the night I sure do cry

Cap'n how long

Must I stand your evil ways? x2

One day I get out of here

It's gonna be your very last day

Cap'n how long

Must I stand you evil ways? x2

One day I get outta here

It's gonna be your very last day x2

My youth/ Seasick steve

Well, it gone
All my youth
Yeah, walked on down the road
Well it packed the bag
With all my dreams
And it left me alone and cold

But I got my memories

And that's somethin' no one can't steal
Yes, I got my memories
And that's somethin' no one can't steal

Well, it gone
All my youth
Yeah, walked on down the road

Whiskey ballad/ seasick steve

To all those people living in their flats not so pristine.

Who look up from the alleyways at the sky that weve both seen.
For some I now they see it from a different point of view.
The red doors painted black the sky is grey not baby blue.

So lighten up have a cup of my happy golden drink

it will taste strong to begin with, but youll get used to it I think.
Itll wash away your sorrows and soak up your concern.
Only trouble when you wake up not a single tables turned.

But its alright, its alright, its alright

So if youre a bit unhappy or youre slightly depressed

just hum along to this song I wrote, relieve some of your stress
Cause when I sing the Chorus theres one thing I know for sure
A nice clean shot of whiskey is my recommended cure

So lighten up have a cup of my happy golden drink

it will taste strong to begin with, but youll get used to it I think.
Itll wash away your sorrows and soak up your concern.
Only problem when you wake up not a single tables turned.
But its alright, its alright, its alright,
Its alright, Its alright, its alright

So lighten up have a cup of my happy golden drink

it will taste strong to begin with, but youll get used to it I think.
Itll wash away your sorrows and soak up your concern.
Only problem when you wake up not a single tables turned x2

Helena beat/ Foster the people

Sometimes life it takes you by the hair, pulls you down

Before you know it, it's gone and you're dead again
I've been in places and I won't pretend
That I'd make it out just to fall on my head

Wake up strange I take the walk downstairs

Hit the pawn up on the corner and pay for my rent
You know that I could not believe my own truth
Just show them what I choose, got nothing to lose

Yeah yeah and it's O.K.

I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way
Yeah yeah and I'm alright
I took a sip of something poison but I'll hold on tight

You know those days when you want to just choose

To not get out of bed, you're lost in your head again
You play the game but you're kind of cut
'cause you're coming down hard and your joints are all stuck

I've tried to say that it's not the only way

I never knew if I could face myself to change
You were impatient, I was insecure
Slip and fall, I'm dodging calls, in the prison I've been living in

Yeah yeah and it's O.K.

I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way
Yeah yeah and I'm alright
I took a sip of something poison but I'll hold on tight x2

Life on the nickel/ Foster the people

Yet again I'm hustling, hustling, hustling x3

But I can't seem to catch a dime
Take a little hit and I lose the time

I took the man and his horse

And ran before he looked up
I said the light's gonna change
But I'm calm and feeling warm

Now I'm sticking out my hands

And feeling weightless again
You got to push, got to shove
Got to eat before they eat me
Got the crown and the cup
Got to write to my family

Say, "I'm calm and feeling warm"

Not quite there but I'm close
And it's a world of a difference

Yet again I'm hustling, hustling, hustling x3

But I can't seem to catch a dime
Take a little hit and I lose the time

Got the worst all behind me

Yeah, they'll never be able to find me
I'm the king of the city
I'm a roach and they're all primates

This is meal time

Real life
I'm not gonna fight
No, I'm not gonna start a war

I've been right, I've been wrong

My smokes have come and gone
I've been crazy, been fed
Enough to not wind up dead

And I'm lonely

My eyes have been closed to the world
'Cause the world's got nothing for me

Yet again I'm hustling, hustling, hustling x3

But I can't seem to catch a dime
Take a little hit and I lose the time

Yet again I'm hustling, hustling, hustling x3

But I can't seem to catch a dime
Take a little hit and I lose the time

Yet again I'm hustling, hustling, hustling x3

Chin music for the unsuspecting hero/ Foster the people

Today I walked through the door and fell down on my floor

Got all of my papers out and read them
Seems that I've been wanderin' for a little too long
Yeah, the desert can be hot if you're wasted
Took a stab in the dark and missed again I believe
The hardest part is not seein' what I used to see
My faith grew to a top but worry does all it can
To whisper in both my ears make-believe stories

Where are my friends now?

They're not around when I need them
I cannot pretend
I find myself against all the odds again

Well I like to think I'm strong and then I'm proven wrong
Grab the keys to my car and go to work again
Yeah showed up late, got screamed in my face
Turn around, I'm punch drunk, but I'm laughin'
Got some thoughts in my chest, they're playin' games with my head
Ten hours of sleep, I'm in my bed again
Scream up to my God, say, "I do what I can"
How am I gonna move on from this circumstance?

Where are my friends now?

They're not around when I need them
I cannot pretend
I find myself against all the odds again

Yeah, yeah
I'm against all the odds again