STEVE EARLE
EXIT O
(MCA 5998)
October 15/1987
Produced by Tony Brown & Emory Gordy
Steve Earle - vocal/guitar/harmonica
Richard Bennett - guitar/bass
Mike McAdam - guitar
Bucky Baxter - steel
Emory Gordy - bass/mandolin
Harry Stinson - drums/vocals
John B. Jarvis - piano
Ken Moore - organ/keyboards
K-Meaux Boudin - accordion
1.
NOWHERE ROAD
(Steve Earle - Reno Kling)
« © '87 Lorimar Music, ASCAP »
There's a road in Oklahoma
Straighter than a preacher longer than a memory
And it goes forever onward
Been a good teacher for a lot of country boys like me
I push that load from here to someday
I'll push as long as I'm alive but I don't know how long I'll last
Cause it's just a road it ain't no highway
I'm blowin' by the double five I know I'm goin' way too fast
I been down this road just searchin' for the end
It don't go nowhere it just brings you back again
Leaves you lonely and cold standin' on the shoulder
But you've come too far to go back home
So you're walkin' on a nowhere road
Some folks say if you keep rolling
And keep it on the yellow line it'll take you on the big highway
But there's a toll to pay if you're going
The keeper of the gate is blind so you better be prepared to pay
I been down this road just searchin' for the end...
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2.
SWEET LITTLE '66
(Steve Earle)
« © '87 Lorimar Music, ASCAP »
Now I'm a pretty big man around this town
I got me the hottest little Chevy around my sweet little '66
She got a yellow front fender and a gray one on the back
But my income tax is comin' and I'm gonna paint her black my sweet little '66
She got the 3-9-6 she got the four on the floor
And those stickers in the window ain't just for show my sweet little '66
Now old Bubba and me built her back in '79
Then he went into the army so now she's all mine my sweet little '66
I used to run her down on River Road and make a little dough
Can't afford another ticket so I'm layin' kinda low my sweet little '66
She got the 3-9-6 she got the four on the floor...
[ guitar ]
Now she ain't too good on gasoline she burns a little oil
She was built by union labor on American soll my sweet little '66
So when your Subaru is over and your Honda's history
I'll be blastin' down some back road with my baby next to me in my sweet little '66
She got the 3-9-6 she got the four on the floor...
She got the 3-9-6 she got the four on the floor...
My sweet little '66 my sweet little '66 my sweet little '66
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3.
NO. 29
(Steve Earle)
« © '87 Lorimar Music, ASCAP »
I was born and raised here this town's my town
Eeverybody knows my name
But ever since the glass plant closed down tings round
Here ain't never been the same
I got me a good job alright but some nights take me to another time
Back when I was No 29
I was pretty good then don't you know watch him go
Buddy I could really fly
Everyone in town came hip flasks horn
Blasts any autumn Friday night
Sally yelled her heart out push 'em back way back I was hers and she was mine
Back when I was No 29
[ steel ]
Now we were playin' Smithville big boys farm boys
Second down and four to go
Bubba brought the play in good call my ball
Now they're gonna see a show
Bubba let his man go I cut back heard it crack it still hurts me but I don't mind
Reminds me I was No 29
Now I go to the ballgames cold nights half pints
Friday nights I'm always here
We got a pretty good team good boys strong boys
District champs the last three years
Got a little tailback pretty slick real quick I take him for a steak sometimes
Nowadays he's No 29
I don't follow rainbows big dreams brass rings I've already captured mine
Back when I was No 29
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4.
ANGRY YOUNG MAN
(Steve Earle - John P. McMeans)
« © '87 Lorimar Music, ASCAP / Ensign Music, BMI »
Got a lot of memories tied up in this place
So much time spent in so little space
What looked like the world through the eyes of a child
Kind of closes in on you after awhile
It's a place to grow up and a place to grow old
You keep your mouth shut and you do what you're told
I told mama the day that I ran
This ain't no place for an angry young man
Mama if you could see me right now
You'd be so sure you failed me somehow
Mama you never could understand
There ain't no peace for an angry young man
[ harmonica ]
A cheap hotel a long way from my home
So many people make you feel so alone
Dreams die easy out here in these streets
And hearts grow cold in the city heat
I ain't never been the patient kind
I got to live like I please or die tryin'
At a filling station with a gun in my hand
The only way for an angry young man
Mama if you could see me right now...
[ harmonica ]
Got a lot of memories tied up in this place
Tonight they're starin' me right in the face
A lonely grave on the outskirts of town
It's three in the mornin' ain't no one around
Just like a ghost I come out of the night
But I'll be gone before the morning light
Mama I hope that you understand
There ain't no peace for an angry young man
Mama if you could see me right now...
Mama if you could see me right now...
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5.
SAN ANTONIO GIRL
(Steve Earle)
« © '87 Lorimar Music, ASCAP »
Since I first saw you I've been thinkin' about you
Now I'm out here on the highway goin' crazy without you
I can't help but want you girl you're young and pretty
But somehow I can't see you up in New York City
I'm gonna leave you alone in your own little world
But won't you be my San Antonio girl
Be my San Antonio girl
Be my be my be my San Antonio girl
Now I know you've heard the stories bout life in the fast lane
What they didn't tell you is you come home on a slow train
I'd just as soon remember you the way that I found you
Dancin' by yourself with the stars all around you
Gonna leave you alone in your own little world...
Be my San Antonio girl
But won't you be my San Antonio girl
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6.
RAIN CAME DOWN
(Steve Earle - Michael Woody)
« © '87 Lorimar Music, ASCAP / Termite Music, ASCAP »
The old man loaded up everything that he owned
On a wagon and headed out west
The old woman fearlessly faced the unknown
Cause she figured he knew what was best
And they settled down hard on a government grant
With six mouths to feed and forty acres to plant
And the rain came down like an angel come down from above
And the rain came down it'll wash you away and there ain't never enough
Fall turned to winter another year gone
Over and over again
Some took their lives from their land and moved on
And some stayed on to plow it back in
And the good Lord he giveth and he taketh away
And the restless shall go and the faithful shall stay
And the rain came down...
[ guitar ]
Now my grandaddy died in the room he was born in
Twenty-three summers ago
But I could have sworn he was beside me this morning
When the sheriff showed up at my door
So don't you come around here with your auctioneer man
Cause you can have the machines but you ain't taking my land
And the rain came down...
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7.
I AIN'T EVER SATISFIED
(Steve Earle)
« © '87 Lorimar Music, ASCAP »
I was born by the railroad tracks
Well the train whistle wailed and I wailed right back
Well papa left mama when I was quite young
He said now one of these days you're gonna follow me son
Ooh I ain't ever satisfied ooh I ain't ever satisfied
Now I had me a woman she was my world
Nut I ran off with my backstreet girl
Now my backstreet woman couldnot be true
She left me standin' on the boulevard thinkin' bout you
Ooh I ain't ever satisfied ooh I ain't ever satisfied
I got an empty feeling deep inside
I'm goin' over to the other side
[ guitar ]
Last night I dreamed I made it to the promised land
(I ain't ever satisfied)
I was standin' at the gate and I had the sky in my hand
(I ain't ever satisfied)
St Peter said come on in boy you're finally home
(I ain't ever satisfied)
I said no thanks Pete I'll just be moving along
(I ain't ever satisfied)
Ooh I ain't ever satisfied ooh I ain't ever satisfied
Ooh I ain't ever satisfied ooh I ain't ever satisfied
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8.
WEEK OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
(Steve Earle)
« © '87 Lorimar Music, ASCAP »
Well I got out of work and I headed for the neighborhood beer joint
I sat around and had a beer with the boys like I always do
Well I didn't have nothin' to say anyway there ain't no point
There's just somethin' bout a Monday that always makes me blue
Well it was well after dark so I knew my wife and kids were waitin'
And I guess I took a left where I generally take a right
Well I filled her up with gas checked the oil at the Texaco station
I threw the car seat in the dumpster and headed off into the night
Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
There's somethin' bout a Monday that always makes me blue
Well I headed south on 35 hell bent for vinyl
I hadn't never had her up past 55 before
Well somethin' bout that little red line always looked so final
Buddy you'd be surprised how fast a Chevrolet truck can go
Now down in Mexico they've got a little place called Boys Town
Where a man's still a man if you know what I'm talkin' about
Well I walked into the Cadillac bar and I laid my cash down
I said there's plenty more where that came from and the lights went out
Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
There's somethin' bout a Monday that always makes me blue
[ guitar ]
Well I woke up in a county jail cross the line in Laredo
With a headache and a deputy staring at me through the door
Well he said now how you got across that river alive I don't know
But your wife just made your bail so now you're really dead for sure
Now my wife she called my boss and cried so I got my job back
And the boys down at the plant they whisper and stare at me
Yeah well my wife can find a lot of little jobs to keep me on the right track
Well but that's a small price to pay for a week of livin' dangerously
Yeah-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-wee
That's a small price to pay for a week of living dangerously
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9.
I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH
(Steve Earle)
« © '87 Lorimar Music, ASCAP »
Ooh pretty baby what you doin' to me
The way your kisses burn right through me
I don't think I can last much longer
I get weaker and my love gets stronger
I don't think that my heart can take it
One little slip of a word might break it
Well believe me baby this ain't no crush
I think maybe I love you too much
Baby baby baby ooh baby ooh baby baby I love you too much
Baby baby baby ooh baby ooh baby baby I love you too much
[ guitar ]
I tell myself that it ain't no big thing
Then you give another little tug on that heart string
Well you cut me girl and I'm still bleeding
Well just touch me baby that's all I'm needing
You must think that I'm easy don't you
but I got scars that I've never shown yout
Well every inch of me burns for your touch
I think maybe I love you too much
Baby baby baby ooh baby...
[ guitar ]
Baby baby baby ooh baby...
Baby baby baby ooh baby...
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10.
IT'S ALL UP TO YOU
(Steve Earle - Harry Stinson)
« © '87 Lorimar Music, ASCAP / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
No matter which way the wind blows it's always cold when you're alone
Ain't no candle in no window they got to find your own way home
Now the rain ain't gonna hurt you it's come to wash away your blues
It's all up to you
Nobody said it would be easy but it don't have to be this hard
If you're looking for a reason just stand right where you are
There ain't no one out to get you they got to walk in their own shoes
It's all up to you
It's all up to you no one else can get you through
Right or wrong win or lose it's all up to you
You can stand out on that highway look as far as you can see
But when you get to that horizon there's always someplace else to be
But don't you stop to look behind you cause you've got some travelin' left to do
It's all up to you
It's all up to you...
Yeah it's all up to you...
[ steel ]
No matter which way the wind blows
It's always cold when you're alone
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