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The Lost Anglers

by The Lost Anglers

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1.
Who Knows Where I've Gone 03:47
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Writing this letter just broke my heart If you look me in the eyes I"ll fall It's the only way to say I'm leaving right now Nothing really matters at all Crossing the bridge, look over the edge Pinball in the station, don't lean on the walls Get on a train, to nowhere at all The journey I'm on is not the one I want Who knows where I've gone? Who cares if the rain is falling? Who will spare my heart? Who will take all my money? And when I get there, and stand in the blue and burn in the sun, and shed my skin Get on the pain, from nowhere at all This journey I'm on, is not the one I want Who knows where I've gone? Who cares if the rain is coming? Who will save my heart? Who will help bees to make honey? Who knows where I've gone? Who cares if the rain is falling? Who will spare my heart? Who will take all my money? Who knows where I've gone? Who cares if the rain is coming? Who will save my heart? Who will help bees to make honey? Writing this letter won't save my heart Looked into the mist, didn't fall Strangers round here holding me now Nothing really matters at all
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If I Had The Wind Behind Me 04:33
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If I had the wind behind me I’d leave this town today If I had the wind behind me like the wind I’d slip away Tucson up to Phoenix, that’s the road I’d take If I had the wind behind me I’d drift your way Were there no chains to bind me I’d lift my feet of clay Were there no chains to bind me I’d be at your door again Everything that a man should be is a bond I’d surely break Were there no chains to bind me you would pay You would pay You would pay with all your warmth and all your charm You’d pay with your hopes and your dreams You’d pay like before with a piece of your heart You’d give everything to me just for love Just for love You would not think kindly if I made her cry And would not think kindly of one more stolen night Phoenix down to Tucson, you will not come this way And you would not think kindly if I strayed If I strayed If I had the wind behind me If I had the wind behind me If I had the wind behind me
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Ghost Town 04:18
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Lovelock's a faded post card The scene's a dusty afternoon A musty motel room, a junk yard An old guitar and a brand new tune We were on the road in Nevada Never traveled there before Made our fortune up in Canada Lost our love and so much more Like a ghost town - imagine We've seen some better days Like a ghost town - imagine Maybe we'll even stay We're out one night drinking And up 'till way past dawn Felt the pain of a bitter sting When I awoke and you were gone I knew you'd go on with him To drink some more you said Out past the seventh line I wished that I was dead I followed the tracks of his old truck Down along the gravel line I pulled up along side the cab Shot that old 45 of mine I wonder what life might have been Had I joined the drillin' gang Would I be buyin' time in Reno Or simply praying for little rain. Like a ghost town - imagine We've seen some better days Like a ghost town - imagine Maybe we'll even stay Lovelock's a faded post card The scene a dusty afternoon But I remember a musty motel room An old guitar and a brand new tune Like a ghost town - imagine We've seen some better days Like a ghost town - imagine Maybe we'll even stay Like a ghost town Like a ghost town Like a ghost town
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Your Velvet Noose 04:15
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I see my feet lifting off the floor The world looks smaller than it did before And I say to my self it's such a pretty shade of blue It’s good to be hanging around in your velvet noose Miranda, Miranda your noose fits fine If you cut me down it would be a crime Miranda, Miranda it fits so tight You’re always the last thing on my mind Then a pit opens up and death angel above Swings me around like a pendulum does And I say to myself Edgar Allan Poe Would die to be hanging around in your velvet noose Miranda, Miranda your noose fits fine If you cut me down it would be a crime Miranda, Miranda it fits so tight You’re always the last thing on my mind I see my life flash past - I’ve seen it before Padre says it’s time to settle the score But I’m thinking I’ll pull through I always do just hanging a round in your velvet noose Miranda, Miranda your noose fits fine If you cut me down it would be a crime Miranda, Miranda it fits so tight You’re always the last thing on my mind You’re always the last thing You’re always the last thing You’re always the last thing on my mind
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Southbound Amtrak 04:09
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I was settin' on a bench outside the station Taking in golden rays of sunsation Our train was late getting to the border Held up by US law and order A big man came and set down beside me Asked me what time it might be I told him it was later than you think man And he turned and lit another cigarette Waitin by the tracks he told his story Of a time when he was in his glory But a roughneck stole his girl and money Now he’s got a plan to get back his honey. Hey hey now don’t you look back Board that Southbound Amtrak Ride it to Manhattan Listening to the sound of clicky clackin He stared down that Southbound Amtrack If he boarded it he may never get back Cause he’d earned two years in a California prison But he jumped the wall before one month was done He watched as the border agents spied us And wondered if we’d make it across Or would they check their facts and records And take us back shackled and cuffed The steel arch bridge crosses at Niagara Into the American Diaspora This time the big man turned away and went home And left me to board that train alone. Hey hey now don’t you look back Board that Southbound Amtrak Ride it to Manhattan Listening to the sound of clicky clackin Hey hey now don’t you look back Board that Southbound Amtrak Ride it to Manhattan Listening to the sound of clicky clackin Listening to the sound of clicky clackin Listening to the sound of clicky clackin
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Montana Slim's Ballad of Love Gunned Down 05:59
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My .45s are rusted now Montana Slim is making mournful sounds A cowboy’s pony is lying on the ground Gunned down, gunned down, gunned down The rider crawls to the canyon wall Trying to escape the storm that fell And ricochets through this dry gulch hell The sound, the sound, the sound He thinks back to a younger day Before her love drifted away Before he learned how to kneel and pray Out loud, out loud, out loud They’d married East in a summer rain They danced across the wild Missouri Breaks Now she’s gone to Santa Fe Southbound, southbound, southbound The dying horse was all she left Strawberry roan and a note that read “Nothing’s proved by love or death I’ve found, I’ve found, I’ve found” He leans against the sandstone cliff Breath cuts like a knife in his pounding chest He loads his guns with all that’s left One round, one round, one round The cowboy way is work and hurt His life is just a trail of dirt And the past hangs on forever like a curse So he’ll face a stranger’s gun That blows him all to Kingdom Come Because the silence of a lover’s heart kills worse There is a hole in Wilf Carter’s soul I feel his wound - I’ve got my own All the joy I’ve ever known Left town, left town, left town My .45s are rusted now Montana Slim is making mournful sounds Singing again how love was found Gunned down, gunned down, gunned down Gunned down, gunned down, gunned down Gunned down, gunned down, gunned down
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Motel Row 06:55
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I checked in last night on motel row With a woman I didn’t even know I was trying to drop the cross I bear And lighten up my load I don’t know why I pulled into the Blue Lagoon That place where I lost you I don’t know what that sign said ‘Vacancy’ Because my heart had no room What happened there last night Was it wrong or right I’ll let you decide But high above where the turnpike ends I saw your light on motel row I saw your light on motel row The time went by like diesel thunder Under a hubcap moon And the wreckage of my life lies shattered Strewn around the room On motel row At night the wind blows cold down motel row And rattles at the door I woke before the dawn and I checked out Following the road What happened there last night Was it wrong or right I’ll let you decide But high above where the turnpike ends I saw your light on motel row I saw your light on motel row I felt your love on motel row

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released April 24, 2015

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