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Ridin' The Five
04:29
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Ridin’ The 5
Now here I am out on the road
Where I’ll lay my head tonight I just don’t know
It’s been a week and you’re miles behind me
With one more town ahead and another show
Chorus:
Headed south in the passing lane
Loaded in in the pouring rain
To an empty house and I sure was feeling low
Changed my shirt and I combed my hair
Suddenly I see you there
The lights go on and I know it’s time to roll
Why do we sing and why do we play?
What brought us to the place we are today?
Is it the attention or just the rush?
It sure ain’t for the cash I know that much.
I think it’s just, a thing we do
And a compulsion that we’ve got to see it through
It’s in the rhythm, it’s in the tone
Cause music has a power all its own
Chorus:
Now here I am out on the road
Where I’ll lay my head tonight I just don’t know
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2. |
Heartaches Straight
03:03
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3. |
Too Late
04:48
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It was too late from the start
But I did not wanna see
How the lies and late nights
Would grow to be a part of me
It's too late baby
It's too late too soon
It's too late baby
For a summer day in June
In the mess of love and whiskey
Somewhere I lost my pride
Now we both go our separate ways
You'll take yours but leave me mine
It's too late to wonder
Too late to know
Too late to stay
Too late to go
You leave flowers on my windshield
Then spit gravel at my door
You can't promise me nothin'
You can't fool me anymore
It's too late baby
It's too late too soon
It's too late baby
For a summer day in June
It's too late to wonder
Too late to know
Too late to stay
Too late to go
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4. |
High and Low
04:32
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High and Low
You slipped past me this morning, And packed up all your clothes
You left the lunch I made you, And tore up all my notes
I’m only trying to help you, Is this the thanks I get?
I know it’s true that we’re not through
I’ll fill you with regret…..I’m Searchin’
Chorus:
High and Low, High and Low, I’m gonna stay on your track
High and Low. High and Low, You know I’m gonna win you back
2nd Verse
I hacked into your emails, And ran off all your friends
I only want what’s best for you
Let me make amends
I’m gonna stay close beside you
You won’t even know I’m there
Don’t say it’s an obsession
It’s strictly ‘cause I care
Chorus:
High and Low, High and Low, I’m gonna stay on your track
High and Low. High and Low, You know I’m gonna win you back
High and Low, High and Low, I’ll follow you in my car
High and Low, High and Low, you’re never gonna get too far
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5. |
This Job Is Killing Me
04:28
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This Job Is Killing Me
I’ve been grinding hard each day
Digging dirt along the highway
Trying to bring home some pay
Not enough to make my way
Sweating hard is such a drain
Feels like a ball and chain
All this talk about being free
This job is killing me
Promise you it’s gonna be
The biggest job you’ll ever see
No more trouble, no more strife
We’re gonna be set for life
Finally going to quench my thirst
If it doesn’t kill me first
Now I’ve got a better gig
Pulling long hauls in a big rig
Up all night popping pills
Doesn’t seem to cure my ills
I’m gone the whole week through
Takes me away from you
All this talk about being free
This job is killing me
Promise you it’s gonna be
The biggest job you’ll ever see
No more trouble, no more strife
We’re gonna be set for life
Finally going to quench my thirst
If it doesn’t kill me first
Nothing to it, it’s no lie
It’ll be as easy as pie
Hijack a truck, load of gold
Don’t get nothing if you’re not bold
What if there could be some risk?
Just in case, give me one last kiss
All this talk about being free
This job is killing me
Promise you it’s gonna be
The biggest job you’ll ever see
No more trouble, no more strife
We’re gonna be set for life
Finally going to quench my thirst
If it doesn’t kill me first
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6. |
Clatskanie
03:45
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CLATSKANIE
With shovel, pick and axe
We tried to hold that fire back
But it countered everything that we would try
And our firebreak never held
Near the town of Birkenfeld
And we lost our crew southwest of Clatskanie
It was early Tuesday morning
She moved out with little warning
And straight back to her mother’s she did fly
So I took that winding road
Despite my heavy load
But I lost her track so somewhere near Clatskanie
Chorus:
Oh Clatskanie
Where broken hearts and dreams all go to die
Oh Clatskanie
Why can’t we try again to find our long lost friends
Or at least we can give it one more try
In those misty fells and pines
Where I nearly lost my mind
In those shady hills southwest of Clatskanie
Chorus:
When we first heard Hansie say it
That he thinks that we should play it
I thought well that it’s a long way for a gig
But we figured it was work
So we headed for The Birk
To that little town southwest of Clatskanie
Chorus:
So as life rolls by you’ll see
Where you’ll find your destiny
In Paris or New York or in Shanghai
Or it could be someplace small
Barely on the map at all
A place that looks a lot like Clatskanie.
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7. |
Blue Halo
04:42
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Blue Halo
You’re sitting all alone
Surely you can’t be on your own
There’s a blue halo about you
I can see it in your smile
Something’s missing
And you know it, too
Whatever is missing
I can give it to you
Something’s missing
And you know it, too
Whatever is missing
I’ll show it to you
I’ve seen you at all the hot spots
There was a light in your eyes
Now there’s a blue halo about you
I can hear it in your sighs
Something’s missing
And you know it, too
Whatever is missing
I can give it to you
Something’s missing
And you know it, too
Whatever is missing
I’ll find it with you
Tell me, what can I do
To make you come ‘round
Tell me, how can you see
To take a chance with me
You let me in for a dance
But when we twirl across the floor
There’s a blue halo about you
I can feel it in your arms
Something’s missing
And you know it, too
Whatever is missing
I can give it to you
Something’s missing
And you know it, too
Whatever is missing
Already within you
There’s a blue halo about you
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8. |
Bigly Stomp
03:19
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Bigly Stomp
I love you bigly
My heart is bursting for you
I love you bigly
I hope you feel the same way, too
I felt it when we first met
Never knew how big it’d get
It is hard to keep inside
No use to try and hide
I love you bigly
My heart is bursting for you
I love you bigly
I hope you feel the same way, too
How much you wanna bet
It’s gonna keep on growing yet?
But a love like this starts to grow
And now my heart doth overflow
I love you bigly
My heart is bursting for you
I love you bigly
I hope you feel the same way, too
I love you bigly
I know you feel the same way, too
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9. |
Short Sand
03:15
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Instrumental
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10. |
Cascade of Whiskey
05:19
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Cascade of Whiskey
Chorus:
Cascade of Whiskey, baby I’m sorry
Tell me whats your story
I don’t remember your name
Been on a two week bender
And I don’t where I’ve strayed
Cascade of Whiskey’s washed my memory away
It seems like years since I’ve been straight And we could get along
We knew each other oh so well, and our love was oh so strong
Til I took up the bottle and got myself so tight
I fell so far and forgot your name and I know that just ain’t right
Chorus
How many nights you’ve lain awake and wondered where I am
How many days I’ve spent locked up inside the village can
Til finally the booze runs out and you’re back on my mind
When I’m released the search begins but whiskey’s all I find.
(I search for you?)
Chorus
It’s a wonder I can stand up straight as I walk as I walk through this town
Daring decent sober men to knock me to the ground
When I remember what I did to put me in this place
I’ve managed to forget your name but not your pretty face.
Chorus
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Shorty and the Mustangs Portland, Oregon
Shorty & the Mustangs was formed in 1996. Big Tex called some of his musician friends to see if they wanted to try something new. Having grown up in Texas, western swing music was calling him home. So they dug out some old Bob Wills and Ernest Tubb records and gave it a shot. The last 10 years the band has created original material with Mr's Wills and Tubb as inspiration.See below and enjoy! ... more
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