1.

Shores Of White Sand

Jack W. Routh

© Ten Cal Music, BMI

Here I go again back to that feeling
Of no worthy cause to carry me on
Cause my hearts been skipping like a flat rock on water
And with each ripple the further I'm gone

Some say I'm sinking to the muddy bottom
But somehow I'm sailing to shores of white sand

I feel it raining and the crosswinds are changing
Blowing my chances to make it alone
But should you get lonesome and your child need a mother
Just look for my traces on shores of white sand

Some say I'm sinking to the muddy bottom...
Yes some say I'm sinking to the muddy bottom...
Some say I'm sinking to the muddy bottom...

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2.

Hold On

Jude Johnstone

© Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP

What happened to your mother's love
What happened to your daddy's pride
I know you always had enough
I know they were right by your side

What happened to that ball of fire
When you got out on that open road
Now nothing but your own desire
Will lighten up that heavy load
Hold on

I know you didn't plan for this
But that's the way it always starts
Just lookin' for a little kick
Instead you bought a broken heart

And now you have to build a bridge
That only you can walk across
Wear the truth until it fits
Pay the price and bear the loss
Hold on

Once you were a little kid
Working on a great big plan
You threw away the simple joys
And now you have to take a stand

A battle's raging in your head
You wish you didn't have to fight
Just hold onto my hand instead
Another day goes by tonight

What happened to your mother's love
What happened to your daddy's pride
They're way down deep inside your blood
To help you through this lonely ride
Hold on

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3.

Moon Song

Patty Griffin

© Almo Music, ASCAP

Followed your road till the sky ran out
Followed your love till love was in doubt
Followed your love till it never really was at all
Feeling stupid and hollow
Now the moon's gonna' follow me home

Waited for you till the snow fell down
Over my skin like a thin nightgown
Waited for you but you never came around at all
Waited for you till they pulled the plug
Bartender emptied out his big tip jug
They swept all the floors
Vacuumed the rugs and went home
Drank all I could swallow
Now the moon's gonna' follow me home

Time go easy on me tonight
I'm one of the lost sheep alright
Take what you must take what you must
Of what I've lost as I have roamed
Let the moon follow me home

Followed your tears with a washing pail
I followed your story I followed your tail
Followed you straight through the
Doors of your jail cell too
Followed your voice in the darkness soft
A wind came through and carried it off
I followed your love till it never really was at all
Drank all I could swallow
Now the moon's gonna' follow me home
Drank all I could swallow
Now the moon's gonna' follow me home

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4.

Broken Man’s Lament

Mark Geronimo

© Music City Music, ASCAP

I was once a broken man I was once a broken fool
Lost my wife and children to one basic broken rule
Now I live my life in silence though I'm not quite in a shell
I drink and listen to that song a whiter shade of pale
Oh a whiter shade of pale

I was a good shade tree mechanic so I sent myself to school
They smoothed out my rough edges in my hands they put new tools
The instructor once he told me I could work on any line
I could tune and make a diesel sing just like Patsy Cline
Oh just like Patsy Cline

Well I met my wife to be through my mother's best friend son
She'd been a barroom singer she was as good as anyone
But I asked her to stop singing and the girl she did not flinch
Next day she went and bought that man a brand new crescent wrench
Oh a brand new crescent wrench

Well we had three fine children as eight years went on by
I learned to supervise a line my knuckles stayed bone dry
But after supper I kept hearing her by the kitchen radio
Singing sweet but desperate harmony a little bit too low
Oh a little bit too low

She left three months later I'd just come home for lunch
The note said easy come hard go but still love you much
She said I don't know if I'll be back or if you'll want me if I come
But if and when that happens dear you better let my sweet dream run
Oh let my sweet dream run

I was a good shade tree mechanic so I sent myself to school...
I was once a broken man I was once a broken fool...

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5.

Gold

Emmylou Harris

© Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP

Oh the night is growing colder and the stars have lost their shine
And I have been forsaken by everything I thought was mine
For in the darkest hour when the final story's told
No matter how bright I glittered baby I could never be gold

You gave up your finest treasure for the one you saw in me
But how could I know the measure of all you needed me to be
Though I came with sweet intentions more my pockets could not hold
No matter how bright I glittered baby I could never be gold

I finally gave up counting the ways you said I let you down
When I fell into that river of no return and you watched me drown
Oh I could sparkle like a diamond have silver line my soul
But no matter how I glittered baby I could never be gold

You looked so high and low for heaven I tried so hard to show the way
But though I flew on wings of angels my feet were always made of clay
I could come trailing clouds of glory but you saw nothing to behold
No matter how bright I glittered baby I could never be gold
No matter how bright I glittered baby I could never be gold

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6.

How She Could Sing The Wildwood Flower

Emmylou Harris - Kate McGarrigle - Anna McGarrigle

© Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP

How she could sing the Wildwood Flower
The orphan girl he would love so long
In the end he knew she'd been his finest hour
And all he has left of her is a song

He first saw her standing by a cabin door
Her song was ringing out in a voice so strong and sure
To the lonesome valley we'd bring her there to be his bride
Where they would live and work together side by side

She was his sunshine she was his moon and morning star
His words would ring true on the chords of her guitar
But he was driven and lost to her for days and days
Till the lonesome valley finally drove her far away

How she could sing the Wildwood Flower...

We all cling to as the years keep rolling on
One single promise Of a love that's past and gone
And that lonesome valley We all walk it by ourselves
Where the Wildwood Flower Is a story we will tell

How she could sing the Wildwood Flower...

How she could sing the Wildwood Flower
All we have left of her is a song

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7.

All That You Have Is Your Soul

Tracy Chapman

© April Music, ASCAP

Oh my mama told me
Cause she say she learned the hard way
She say she wanna spare the children
She say don't give or sell your soul away
'Cause all that you have is your soul

Well I was a pretty young girl
Once I had dreams I had high hopes
I married a man he stole my heart away
He gave his love but what a high price I paid
All that you have is your soul

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple
Don't you eat of a bitter fruit
Hunger only for a taste of justice
Hunger only for a world of truth
'Cause all that you have is your soul

Why was I such a young fool thought I'd make history
Making babies was the best I could do
Thought I'd made something that could be mine forever
Found out the hard way one can't possess another
And all that you have is your soul

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple...

I thought thought that I could find a way
To beat the system to make a deal and have no debts to pay
I'd take it all I'd take it all I'd run away
Me for myself first class and first rate
But all that you have is your soul

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple...

Here I am I'm waiting for a better day
A second chance a little luck to come my way
A hope to dream a hope that I can sleep again
And wake in the world with a clear conscience and clean hands
'Cause all that you have is your soul

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple...

Oh my mama told me
Cause she say she learned the hard way
She say she wanna spare the children
She say don't give or sell your soul away
Cause all that you have is your soul

All that you have all that you have
All that you have is your soul

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8.

Take That Ride

Emmylou Harris

© Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP

Don't you believe I loved you long enough
Didn't I try to give you all the right stuff
I hung around when the going got tough
Don't you believe I loved you long enough

Where were you when the world turned black
All those nights you never answered back
And I just asked you to cut me a little slack
Where were you when the world turned black

One of these days I'm gonna take that ride
Though there may be nothing on the other side
I'm too old for changing my true blues have all been tried
One of these days I'm gonna take that ride

You always were the one
Gave me my place out in the sun
Every race that's lost or won
It was thy will be done

Don't you believe it's time to let me go
The clock is winding down and I'm moving slow
I could keep on dancing but it's just for show
Don't you believe it's time to let me go

One of these days I'm gonna take that ride
Whatever's waiting on the other side
Had a little glory and I still got my pride
One of these days I'm gonna take that ride

One of these days I'm gonna take that ride
Oh don't you believe it's time to take that ride
Take that ride
Take that ride
Take that ride

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9.

Old Five And Dimers Like Me

Billy Joe Shaver

© Return Music, BMI

I spent a lifetime making up my mind to be
More than the measure of what I thought others could see
Good luck and fast bucks are too far and too few between
Cadillac buyers and old five and dimers like me

Yes she stood beside me letting me know she would be
Something to lean on when everything ran out on me
Fenced yards ain't hole cards and like is not never will be
Reason for rhymers and old five and dimers like me

It's taken me so long but now that I know I believe
All that I do or say all that I ever will be
Too far and too high and too deep ain't too much to be
Too much ain't enough for old five and dimers like me

Too far and too high and too deep ain't too much to be
Too much ain't enough for old five and dimers like me
And an old five and dimer is all I intended to be

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10.

Kern River

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

I'll never swim Kern River again
It was there that I met her it was there that I lost my best friend
And now I live in the mountains I drifted up here with the wind
And I may drown in still water but I'll never swim Kern River again

I grew up in an oil town but my gusher never came in
And the river was a boundary where my darlin' and I use to swim
One night in the moonlight the swiftness swept her live away
And now I live on Lake Shasta and Lake Shasta is where I will stay

There's the South San Joaquin where the seeds of the dust bowl are found
And there's a place called Mount Whitney from where the mighty Kern River comes down
Well it's not deep nor wide but it's a mean piece of water my friend
And I may cross on the highway but I'll never swim Kern River again

I'll never swim Kern River again...
I'll never swim Kern River again...

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11.

Not Enough

Emmylou Harris

© Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP

Oh my darling I miss you so
How I loved you you'll never know
Though it's time for me to let you go
Oh my darling I'll miss you so

Can't believe you're really gone for good
I still hold on to places you once stood
I should move on but I never could
Really believe you're gone for good

Oh my friend what could I do
I just came home to bury you
The road is long the road is rough
Your in my heart that's not close enough

All those years disappear
All my tears are not enough not enough
How can it be the ties that bind
Cut down deep and are so unkind
When we lose them we will never find
Anything stronger than the ties that bind

I still have your memory
One or two pictures of you and me
Life is long and life is tough
But when you love someone
Life is not long enough

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12.

Sailing Round The Room

Emmylou Harris - Kate McGarrigle - Anna McGarrigle

© Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP

One last gaze upon the sun bid farewell to everyone
Kick that bucket out the door where I'm going I won't need it anymore

Gonna lay my burden down take a bird's eye look around
From the tall pines of Carolina all the way to the wall of China

So I'll go sailing round the room through my window across the silver moon
No flesh and bone to hold me I'll finally set my soul free
When I go sailing round the room

Life may be just but a dream I row my boat on down the stream
To wake up on a different shore wind up as something I ain't never been before

I could be a drop of summer rain falling down on an Oklahoma plain
I won't leave the world behind me look around and you will find me

So I'll go sailing round the room through my window across the silver moon...

I will be in the smoke from Mauna Loa
Morning mist from the Shenandoah
I will be a grain of sand in the Kalahari
Magnolia by the Mississippi
I will be birdsong when day is breaking
Words of love when your heart is aching
I will be a bluebonnet by the highway
I'll be everywhere and always

When I go sailing round the room through my window across the silver moon
No flesh and bone to hold me I'll finally set my soul free
When I go sailing round the room through my window across the silver moon
No flesh and bone to hold me I'll finally set my soul free
When I go sailing round the room

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13.

Beyond The Great Divide

Jack W. Routh - J.C. Crowley

© Southern Crow Music, BM

There'll be greener pastures
Across that border line
We'll see new horizons my darlin'
Far beyond the great divide

Pools of clear blue waters
Star light in the sky
You'll be mine forever my darlin'
Far beyond the great divide

Somewhere in the distance
Northern lights will shine
You'll be there beside me my darlin'
Far beyond the great divide

You'll be mine forever my darlin'
Far beyond the great divide

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