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Mole In The Ground
06:07
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THE LAST TIME
(M. DeHarp)
Key of E
Drop-D tuning on 2nd fret
I can't stand to see you here
I don't abide to feel you near
I get a restless feeling
Each time I come home
Pretty mama it seems
I'm bound to walk alone
You can wail
And you can cry
I don't care
Hey, I don't mind
Just got tired of waiting for you
Well, the only thing I know for sure
Is that I'm right on through
CHORUS:
Well, you could have saved me tonight
Said you needed someone to talk to
Helped me read the lines 'tween me and you
You could have made it feel all right,
But you did what all the proud girls do...
This will be the last time
I'm gonna walk with you.
Well you said you had your reasons ?
Baby, I heard none:
You played Treason
And now you're on the run...
But see me, I got straight
And I know you did not
I put in all my faith and baby,
That hurt a lot !
You say you'll explain
One of these days
And then we can be friends,
Like always
But it ain't easy to forget
I'm trying to get on with my heart
But baby, that ain't yet.
CHORUS
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Fraying At The Seams
04:14
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FRAYING AT THE SEAMS
(M. DeHarp)
Hoped you'd be knocking at my door
I still get quite lucky, sometimes.
We could have both rolled on the floor:
Wouldn't it be fine ?
But there's not much left to expect
Looks like you took it off the line
We could have tried in any case...
Maybe next time ?
CHORUS
We could have chased it all for real,
We could have made it all night long,
That book is fraying at the seams
But it's still ready to go on
And it felt just like coming home...!
Each time you take another chance
There's always danger, that's for sure
Sometimes you catch a second glance
And you don't want it anymore
You don't want it anymore
And you want it...
- instr. -
And I'll see you again someday
Just as you're sitting over there
In an old bar or a café
Then I'll see if you care
If you stare at me like a wall
I'll know love is not in the air
But if you smile and say: "Let's roll !"
... Then I'll be there.
CHORUS
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Beau Bayou
03:45
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Boomer's Story
04:46
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The Great Texas Eagle
03:49
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"Amtrack 21 -
Texas Eagle Southbound ! "
Got me time for a tchoo-tchoo
Grabbed a few old clothes,
Stuffed 'em in a bag,
I gotta move on through...
I met a man named Joe
He been on the rails 30 months or more
He had a big ole scar through the back of his head:
I think you know the score.
Went through the metroplex,
Looked for a Tex-Mex
Had a brisket instead
Then we went back inside
And moved down the line
Past the Cleburne Bend
CHORUS
Got me time for a tchoo-tchoo
Amtrack 21
Texas Eagle Southbound
I'm going to Austin Town
- instr. -
You get to hear them stories
You get to see them sights
You get to know them folks
You get to know their fears
You get to know their lives
You wanna feel the spirit ?
You want to hold the truth ?
Get off that train
And grab the next seat
Down to Bâton Rouge !
CHORUS
- instr. -
When you ride 'em rails,
You know the next town is never far away
You're up on them wheels and you're Texas-bound
I think you'll be okay
Through them fields
And the dots on the map
And the cities, too
Down to Austin-Town,
Eagle Southbound,
How are you ?
CHORUS
Got me time for a tchoo-tchoo
Amtrack 21
Texas Eagle Southbound
I'm going to Austin Town
Going down to Austin
Got me time for a train
Eagle Southbound
To see a friend again !
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Truth Or Prophets
05:29
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Driving down to the dance hall
Small german town
There ain't no truth or prophets
Only tractor tracks in the ground
You know there ain't no jukebox
No, the room stays bare
Just a couple of kids
Standing in the corner:
Heads shaved
And a burning stare
You know, they don't want you here
And they don't give a shit
And they don't read the books,
They just like the outfit.
They didn't study the violence
No, it just came like that:
Get a couple of beers
And take a walk downtown
And watch the good folks run like rats
CHORUS
And it makes them feel good
And it makes them feel strong
And it makes them feel lonely
Then again,
They've always been alone
And it makes them feel bad
And it makes them feel tough
But who really cares how it feels
If it's never enough...
Well, this funny little town
Has got some dark things to hide
Some are burried in the past
Some are just above the rye
You know, there's fear and madness
Most every place you go
Just some folks, they got more than their share
And it just goes to show
Just like poor little Hans-Einrich
Well, he didn't do no wrong:
He was just a little slow,
So they gave him the mail
Then he went from door to door
In this funny old town
'Till they hung him from a tree
With his hands tied in his back
And they said that he did it himself
CHORUS
And it made them (etc)
- instr. -
Well, this funny little town
Doesn't like no strangers
It's a stranger itself
Lost its way over yonder
And it lives in the shadows
And it lives in the rain
And it's got no regrets
And it's got no tomorrows
'Cause it's already dead
And it died from the boredom
And it died from the hate
And it died 'cause we let it
Let it choke on the pain
The pain of being nowhere
And of not being good
And if no-one cares about this town,
I don't see why it should...
CHORUS
And it made us feel good (etc)
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Stranded
04:06
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Mon Bonnet
03:32
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Matt DeHarp France
Matt DeHarp is a wandering frenchman who likes US folk music. Go see him strum his guitar, honk away on his harps and sing
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Du cajun au Blues, du Swing au Bal-Musette, des chansons caustiques dans des tons acoustiques, entre une clef de sol qui vous attrape au vol et des harmonicas qui font bien la java.
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