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Tear Things Apart
03:56
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I like to tear things apart
Then build them right back up again
I like the feel of the hammer and the nails
In the palm of my hand
It don’t matter if I do the same thing
Over and over again
I like to tear things apart
And build them right back up again
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I like to spill the salt
Straight from the shaker
I like to feel it fall to the kitchen floor
To give me something to work towards
It don’t matter if it’s bad luck for years
If I throw some over my shoulder
I like to spill the salt
Straight from the shaker
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
You like to tear things apart
Then watch me build them up again
You like the feel of keeping me from leaving
The palm of your hand
It don’t matter if you squeeze too tight
Can’t let any fresh air in
You like to tear things apart
Then wonder who broke them
Yeah, you wonder who broke them
Yeah, yeah, you wonder who broke them
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Come With Me
03:18
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Look at you, look at you
in your Bowie t-shirt
I want to, I want to
see it off you
I don’t know you, and daylight’s on it’s way
You don’t know me, we don’t have to stay long but
Come with me, come with me
Come with me, come with me
Come on baby, don’t you wanna misbehave and satiate me
I’ve been craving, I’ve been craving something savory
I don’t know why we want the things we do
I don’t know how but I think I’m supposed to
Be with you, be with you
Be with you, be with you
Dah, dah, dah, dah
This is it, this is what we get, so don’t waste a minute
Staring down the calendar, measuring the diameter between reality and paper
I’m a metaphor, you’re like a simile
I’m a healthy pour and you’re like the glass that
Holds me, holds me
Holds me, holds me
Won’t you hold me, hold me
Ooh
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Mesquite Street
03:58
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Way down on mesquite street
People go to chase their troubles away
People go to hold each other tight
Dance until night turns into day
Way down on mesquite street
Tequila’s flowing like water and wine
Why don’t we mosey on over
Cause you know we ain't alive for a long time
Oh we’re scared of getting paired up
With a bad hand in life
Oh but baby, don’t you think maybe it’s about rolling the dice once in a while?
So let’s go down to mesquite street
Let’s go have ourselves a taste
Baby let’s go live our best days
You know there ain’t no time to waste, oh no
You know there ain’t no time to waste
Oh we’re scared of getting paired up
With a bad hand in life
Oh but baby, don’t you think maybe it’s about rolling the dice once in a while?
So let’s go down to mesquite street
Let’s go have ourselves a taste
Baby let’s go live our best days
You know there ain’t no time to waste, oh no
You know there ain’t no time to waste
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Stick Around
03:42
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Just a little longer and I’ll know how to get ‘em out
Just a little longer and I’ll know how to say the words
That I circle around my head
But I get tongue-tied when I’m sad
So baby, please stick around in between now and then
Just a little longer and I know the feeling will pass
If you wait just a little longer
You can sweep all your worries about us
Underneath the rug, shouldn’t my love be enough
Please stick around, even when the going’s tough
I say it’s just a rough patch, you say we’re not built to last
I say we’re cast iron lovers, you say we’ve rusted over
I wanna feel you on my skin
You say I’m not listening
You say I’m not listening
You say I’m not listening
I’m making this harder than it needs to be
You say I’m making this harder but you’re forgetting just how lonely
The world can be
How do you know this is the best thing
Please stick around even if you won’t miss me
Ooh, ooh
I say it’s just a rough patch, you say we’re not built to last
I say we’re cast iron lovers, you say we’ve rusted over
I wanna feel you on my skin
You say I’m not listening
You say I’m not listening
How can you say I’m not listening
Love is like lightning, it only strikes once
Love is like lightning
You’re lucky if you get close enough to feel a spark
Static love is better than none
Please stick around even if I’m not the one
Please stick around even if I’m not the one
Please stick around even if I’m not the one
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Little Lorrie
03:31
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Little Lorrie, little Lorrie’s got her dancing shoes
Little Lorrie, little Lorrie’s got the rhythm and the blues
And the oohs and the aahs, she knows what she wants
I know that she doesn’t want me
Little Lorrie’s the finest gal in this town
Little Lorrie knows just how to knock me down
Night after night, I try and I try
I just want to be her guy
So I said hey there, sugar babe, don’t you think it’s mighty strange
You’re dancing all alone
I’m a two-steppin’, love-makin’, heart-breakin’, leg-shakin’
Man down to the bone
Little Lorrie, little Lorrie didn’t like that much
Spun me around and said ‘keep your mouth shut-
Dancin’ and singin’ independent women like me don’t need your opinion’
Well, I looked around and what did I see
Lorrie and my best friend dancing next to me
One-step, two-step, three-step four
I’ll find another girl on the dance floor
Little Lorrie, little Lorrie’s got a sister named Jane
Takes two to tango but she brings me lots of
Pain and sorrow, like there’s no tomorrow
But I guess I’m to blame
So I said hey there, sugar babe, don’t you think it’s mighty strange
You’re dancing all alone
I’m a two steppin’, love-makin’, heart-breakin’, leg-shakin’
Man down to the bone
(x2)
Little Lorrie, little Lorrie’s got her dancing shoes
Little Lorrie, little Lorrie’s got the rhythm and the blues
And the oohs and the aahs, she knows what she wants
I know that she doesn’t want me
And I know that she doesn’t want me
And I know that she doesn’t want me
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Silver Dagger
03:38
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Don’t sing me love songs, you’ll wake my mother
She’s sleeping here right by my side
In her right hand lies a silver dagger
She says that I can’t be your bride
All men are false, so says my mother
They’ll tell you wicked, loving lies
The very next evening they’ll court another
Leave you alone to pine and sigh
My daddy is a handsome devil
He’s got a chain five miles long
On every link, a heart does dangle
Of another maid he’s loved and wronged
So go court another tender maiden
In hopes that she will be your wife
I’ve been warned, and I’ve decided
To sleep alone all my life
So don’t sing me love songs, you’ll wake my mother
She’s sleeping here right by my side
In her right hand, lies a silver dagger
She says that I can’t be your bride
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Carolyn Kendrick California
Carolyn Kendrick is a singer-songwriter, fiddler, guitarist, and producer. Most of the time she does regular musician things like play gigs, hit the open road, play the fiddle late into starry nights among friends and enemies alike. But when pandemics abound, she locks herself at home and learns to make records all by herself. ... more
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