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MADE
IN USA
1. MUST BE HARD (TO BE SO PRETTY)
Must be hard to be so pretty, all the
boys stop and stare.
If you could scrub off all that beauty, would you, cutie?
Everybody wants to be your man.
Must be hard to be so good looking, all
those whistles and glares.
You got them hotter than a cock in a roomful of hens.
Everybody wants to be your man.
Mirror, mirror, rearview mirror on a
winshield- Cheverolet?
Whos the hottest, little hottie, on the highway today?
He said,"she's five-foot-five, extremely fine, barrelling down highway 49!"
Must be hard to be so pretty, there are a
lot of dogs out there.
You've got them scratchin', foolin', drippin' and droolin'.
Everybody wants to be your man.
2. FREIGHT TRAIN
Freight train, freight train- get moving
fast.
Freight train, freight train- get moving fast.
The devil came by and he slowed down past.
Freight train, freight train, he's coming back.
It's a long way down.
Freight train, freight train- coming down
the line.
Freight train, freight train- coming down the line.
I've been waiting all my life.
Freight train, freight train, I'm running behind.
It's a long way down.
Freight train, freight train- how sweet
the sound.
Freight train, freight train- how sweet the sound.
I was lost. Now, I am found.
Freight train, freight train, glory bound.
It's a long way down.
3. STANDING ON A CORNER (A LOVE SONG)
I was standing on a corner with a dealer
and a whore
I was drunk as I could be.
When the whore fell down to her knees started praying
crucifix-style/rosary
I said "Hey baby, what do you see?"
She said "I see my Jesus and my Jesus see me".
I said "Hey, Hallelujah, haw haw haw"
Well, the pusher was her pimp, her lover and her friend
He said "This happens all the time.
If it weren't for swag or my charming disposition-
we wouldn't make a dime"
I said "Buddy, buddy boy do you see what she see?"
He said "Me and the lord have agreed to disagree"
I said "Hey, Hallelujah, haw haw haw"
Preacher says "the problem with the heart of the human
is the problem with the human heart"
Preacher says there is a problem with heart of the human..wha?
I think that preacher just likes to hear himself talk....
I was standing on a corner with a dealer and a whore
I was drunk as I could be.
When the whore kicked her kink, jumped to her feet and said
"Honey what do you need?"
I pulled a pint from my pocket-she gave it a pull- she said,
"a good catholic whiskey keep you warmer than wool"
I said "Hey, Hallelujah, haw haw haw"
4. MADE IN USA
Head bowed, body bent
Jesus love don't pay the rent
I pray, but I won't repent
MADE IN USA
Corn liquor on a pop'lar stump
Trash burnin' in a fifty-five gallon drum
Backyard's a boneyard of memories and junk
MADE IN USA
I love you, baby
'Though you gave me no son
And all the money
I worked my wholelife for is gone
My Bible pages, cut out, in the shape of a gun
MADE IN USA
I'm gonna hang on 'till heaven rains down
the fire,
or they pry
my cold
dead fingers
away
Old friends, dead and gone
Old Glory, hangin' on
blind faith
right or wrong
MADE IN USA
5. THIS OL’ LIFE (SEEMS TO BE TAKING
FOREVER)
This ol' life seems to be taking forever
In my arms, you are as light as a feather
What do you say- you and me- we get together
Do what comes naturally
Hard times they'll be waitin'
For all my life, I've been followed by Satan
He's a mean old goat, but he is overrated
Don't believe everything you read
The moon is vigilant
Tried to drag me out with it
I held onto my fifth
I stood my ground
This ol' life seems to be taking forever
In my arms, you are as light as a feather
What do you say- you and me- we get together
Do what comes naturally
I'll walk a straight line from
here-on-out
No more whorin', drinkin', or ramblin' about
You're the only woman I know, who knows when to keep her mouth shut
I mean that- most delicately
Sunlight, it burns my eyes
So, I sleep until it's night
Seems all my dreams have been plagiarized
I'm gonna love you, 'till the radiator
boils over
This ol' life seems to be taking forever
In my arms, you are as light as a feather
What do you say- you and me- we get together
Do what comes naturally
I'll buy a piece of land- we'll live off
it
A little house we can back up and park on it
Make a big ol' sign
"TRESSPASSERS SHOT ON SIGHT"
This ol' life seems to be taking forever
6. I STOPPED BELIEVING IN YOU TODAY
Say you're leaving on a midnight plane
Red eyed and coming home again
But I don't believe you
Not a word you say
I stopped believing in you today
All our good times don't mean a thing
With all our sorrow blowing around in a wicked wind
Friendships gathered split and splatter like a felled rain
I stopped believing in you today
I stopped believing in you today
All my worry and strife
gone away
It's a bitter comfort
It's a lightening of the weight
I stopped believing in you today
Got to believe in something
So I believe it's time
To crack open a shade
and let in some sunlight
Won't tell you father
What his little girl did
Don't tell my mother
About the shape I put myself in
My bad habits
Your maniacal ways
I stopped believing in you today
7. YOU'RE MY JESUS
You walk where I fall
Pick me up
Stand me tall
Dust me off
Tell me I'm a worthy man
You're my Jesus
I'm your Magdalene
I've heard The Word
Salvation/Sin
I know the rules
I've broken seven of ten
Put your hand in my hand
Tell me I am a decent man
You're my Jesus
I'm your Magdalene
She said, "Hush! Hush! No Blasphemy!
I only do for you what you'd do for me.
You never stood at the foot of the cross on Calvary.
Nobody bleed the way he bleed."
Please forgive me
I know you will
She said, "A rolling stone can roll straight down to Hell."
I said, "Baby, what I need for you to see...?"
"Standing here next to you's
as close to Heaven as I'll ever be."
8. NO GOOD
went to drink from the well but the
water's no good
went to eat from the river but the fish's no good
went to grow from the garden but the soil's no good
went out for some air but the breathing's no good
went to save my soul but the preacher's no good
flood water rising
9. LORD HAVE MERCY (WHEN I LAY MY BURDEN DOWN)
Lord have mercy when I lay my burden down
Lord have mercy when I’m buried in the cold hard ground
Put rocks under my coffin
And a cold coin in my hand
Pray Jesus that I’m coming
Pray the devil take another man
Lord have mercy when I lay my burden down
Lord have mercy when I’m buried in the cold hard ground
10. NORTH ATLANTIC LINE
To a river in Massachusetts
From a hill down in Maine
Spudtown to Milltown
Everywhere in Between
Rollin' and Tumblin'
Hand to mouth
Day to Day
Searching and fixing
a cure
for pain
Love like religion
comes and it goes
Never there when I need it
overbearing when I don't
A guilty man swallows hard
The devil taunts a hollow soul
Roll them bones while your living-
bones will roll when you're gone
Gone are the days riding the North
Atlantic Line
Sipping potato whisky
Drinking sweet cranberry wine
The mind don't wander much further than
the reach
Dreams are for children, dogs and the rich
Eat when you're hungry
Drink when you're dry
Pray for your forgiveness every day of my life
Gone are the days riding the North
Atlantic Line
Sipping potato whisky
Drinking sweet cranberry wine
Home is a place a man goes to die
Home is a place there ain't no lie
Home is a place a man provides
Home is a place where there is no goodbye
"The Pain
Does it ever go away?"
Not for me
my dear
My reply
"The Pain is here to stay?"
Yes for me
my dear
My reply
11. NO EVIL
Though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death
I will see no
speak no
hear no
Evil
Evil don't give me no rest
Though I walk through the valley the
shadow
I will fear no Evil
for You are here with me
No rest for the wicked
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