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Essentials of Americana 2018

by Yep Roc Records

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1.
The wind took my friend away He flew away yesterday The government lies, children die They still won’t heal the poor Is there money To be made off the people’s parade. They’re selling broken hearts outside the door So I’ll write something blue A melody, I’ll play for you I’ll sing, yes I’ll sing Something blue You claim a victory Like a hurricane memory St James is hanging in the breeze. We turn another cheek In velvet armour chic We sing for the workers of tomorrow So I’ll write something blue A melody, I’ll play for you I’ll sing, Yes, I’ll sing something blue Nobody wants you<something blue Maybe you’ll turn to>something blue Maybe they’ll see, what the people need today That’s Everybody say Hey hey Another smoky rainy day The magpie’s flown away Searching for love lost along the way If this beginning has no end Let the one man band begin There’s always time to tell another story So I’ll write something blue A melody I’ll play for you I’ll sing, Yes I’ll sing Something blue Something blue So, I’ll sing Yes, I’ll sing Sing For You Something blue
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Woke up with our hands on our heads Slid off the wrong side of the bed It’s sad when it’s not the same No point in passing round the blame The things that were meant to do, but we didn’t get to Time Flies, don’t it seem like a dream come between when it could because. Time Flies, don’t it seem like a dream come between when it could because After the changes, you can’t turn nothing back, until the curtain call Way back in the early days, When we were running through the maze Still searching for a stroke of luck Guess were all still growing up If it’s not too much to lose, Want to hear some different news Time Flies, don’t it seem like a dream come between when it could because. Time Flies, don’t it seem like a dream come between when it could because After the changes, you can’t turn nothing back, the different stages, have played a different act To our amazement, we almost made it Until the curtain call Time Flies, don’t it seem like a dream come between when it could because. Time Flies, don’t it seem like a dream come between when it could because
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Hey Love, I hear you calling me Your song brings life’s mysteries Asleep in your arms floating like a dove Heavens holding me Your words are all that speak to me The sweetest poem words could ever bring Out of Winter’s cold comes the spring Heaven’s Holding me Love, are we ready for this day Should it come and find us Asking that we say farewell Are you leaving now my dear Even as I leave you Taking my heart, and it’s song now As you do
4.
Well I get up every morning Fix me something to eat Walk in to the kitchen And you’re staring at my feet Yeah you start bad mouthin me Yeah you bad mouthin baby You keep bad mouthin baby, I’m sure gonna put you down Well I get off in the evening I get home right about four The first thing I hear from you woman When I walk through that door Yeah you start bad mouthin me Yeah you bad mouthin me baby You keep bad mouthin baby, Sure gonna put you down Well you better stay put You better get started Cuz one of these days Gonna leave you broken hearted Yeah just keep on bad mouthin Just keep on You keep bad mouthin baby Sure gonna put you down
5.
When I left New York this morning I didn’t really have a plan Loretta on the radio, no real place to go Just a suitcase in my hand I’m not looking for a pot of gold Not reaching for a hand to hold I’m not searching, you know I’m just traveling I’m not waiting to be whisked away I’ll take my chance on a southbound lane Wind is blowing again and I’m Traveling Watched the sun rise over Graceland and go down in New Orleans Listening to Dr. John, one more and I’ll be gone I hear the highway calling me I’m not looking for a pot of gold Not needing a hand to hold I’m not searching, you know I’m just traveling I’m not waiting to be whisked away I’ll take my chance on a southbound lane Wind is blowing again and I’m Traveling So what if I drag my wheels through the mud? Can’t help myself Got gypsy in my blood I’m not looking for a pot of gold At the end of the open road I’m not searching you know I’m just traveling I’m not waiting to be whisked away I’ll take my chance on a southbound lane Wind is blowing again and I’m Traveling
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I’ll be a long gone daddy when they find my note But just for the record this is what I wrote I’m relocating to a foreign shore You won’t have me to kick around no more You can’t make me stay I’m leaving today It’s anchors aweigh I’m shipping out to Tokyo Bay There’s a solemn little geisha pining for me Under a parasol out on the quay She knows I’m coming from beyond the sea And she’s hoping and a-praying most fervently That today’s the day I come smoking into Tokyo Bay I’ll find a liner, then my plan To work my ticket as some kind of hand Maybe picking up after the cabaret band Anything to get my toes in the sands of Tokyo Bay Well in a dim dockside canteen I know With my collar turned up and my cap down low All dressed up like a matelot I got my grip in my hand packed ready to go I’ll be long gone daddy when they find my note But just for the record this is what I wrote You, you, you can’t make me stay I’m leaving today So glad to say I’m heading up the gangway Bound for Tokyo Bay Tokyo Bay I’ll be long gone daddy Be long gone daddy Long, long gone daddy Long gone daddy So long That’s all I wrote
7.
Well I’m a wild blues blaster from a sunburnt California town And I gotta loud Stratocaster that can blow any roadhouse down You know I been up on the mountain And I looked for the promised land And I been to the Ashgrove And I shook Lightnin’s hand Now I’m leaving tonight people I’m Downey to Lubbock bound Well I’m an old flatlander From the great high plains Like wanderlust and wonder West Texas wind blows through my veins But it seemed like California Was the place to be For a hippie country singer That was me And I’m leaving tonight man I’m Lubbock to Downey bound Forty years on the highway Livin’ on dreams and gasoline Yet somehow still surviving On Advil, Nyquil and nicotine Every city and every heartbreak Every hopeful kiss Every road I’ve traveled Has led me to this Now I’m leaving tonight people I’m Downey to Lubbock bound Well I took a lot of detours Cul-de-sacs and dead ends But I made a lot of music And I made a lot of friends I took a lot of turns Maybe some were not that good If I had to do it over Well I surely, mostly would I’d stay right on this highway That’s Lubbock to Downey bound Well I’m a wild blues blaster Looking to find what can be found And I’m an old flatlander I’ve been round and round and round I know someday this old highway’s Gonna come to an end I know when it does You’re gonna be my friend So, I’m leaving tonight people I’m Downey to Lubbock bound I’m leaving tonight I’m Lubbock to Downey bound
8.
Look at you knocking at my door Ahh, What’d he done he hasn’t done before It's’ the same old story, song and dance You’re always good for one more chance Look at you knocking at my door You saw a light - I saw a freight train coming I tried to tell you he was no damn good You heard bells - I heard the hammer falling He ran you down like I said he would Baby, pin a rose on me Baby, pin a rose on me It’s a dead end road – it’s a trail of tears It’s a heavy load that drops you hear Well, it tears me up to see you run back to him Over and over, time again It’s a dead end road – it’s a trail of tears You saw a light - I saw a freight train coming I tried to tell you he was no damn good You heard bells - I heard the hammer falling He ran you down like I said he would Baby, pin a rose on me Baby, pin a rose on me You saw a light - I saw a freight train coming I tried to tell you he was no damn good You heard bells - I heard the hammer falling He ran you down like I said he would Baby, pin a rose on me Baby, pin a rose on me
9.
Miss Betsy Shall I climb up your chimney Brush the soot out of the flue I don't have any homework Not in school You’ve got a little daylight coming through Miss Betsy I can work in your factory Stitch the leather shoes you wear I don't have your kind of money Pull your kind of strings But the cabinet is bare And there’s little time for mischief Little time for games Little time for pennies on the tracks Little time for drawing Pictures on the board Little time for mischief anymore Miss Betsy I can wiggle in a hole In places where a man cannot get by Santa says be good Or else you’ll get a lump of coal I’ll bring you back a handful if you like But there’s little time for mischief Little time for games Little time for pennies on the tracks Little time for drawing Pictures on the board Little time for mischief anymore Miss Betsy Have you seen the pyramids Rode a camel, is it true My friends say you're a princess That’s why you've never worked When I grow up I want to be like you But there’s little time for mischief Little time for games Little time for pennies on the tracks Little time for drawing Pictures on the board Little time for mischief anymore Little time for mischief You work and then you pray Only so many hours in the day Leaves little time for mischief
10.
stayed out late last night wasn’t hurtin’ anyone got a taste of something good and that led me to some fun if you want me here I am if you want me here I am come and get it while you can I’m your man now you’re knockin’ on my door sayin’ “hey John where you been?” “ain’t seen you round the store since who knows when” if you want me here I am come and get it while you can I’m your man I wrote you into this song take your last chance before it’s gone if you want me here I am if you want me here I am come and get it while you can I’m your man

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There’s no better way to celebrate Americana Music Month than with this Yep Roc Essentials of Americana sampler, featuring some of the brightest Americana luminaries of our time. On this collection you’ll find songs from legacy names like Nick Lowe, Alejandro Escovedo, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Tony Joe White alongside modern Americana luminaries like Dawn Landes and Amy Helm. With a refreshing variety of folk, country, and bluegrass, these ten tracks are truly essential listening for Americana fans.

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released September 5, 2018

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Yep Roc Records believes in the vision of each of our Artists. We strive to serve each project based on its unique characteristics. Through strong promotional and marketing efforts, our goal is to reach as large an audience as possible with each new release. Yep Roc was founded in 1997 by Tor Hansen and Glenn Dicker, and is exclusively distributed through Redeye Distribution. ... more

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