1.

A-Town Blues

Wayne Hancock

© Pitch A Jingle Music, ASCAP

Don't go cryin' for me darlin'
You know this is what I gotta do
But I know I'll be back before you know it
Cause you know I'm gunna get then A-town blues

A-town baby

My home is on a road adorned with neon
Places that I've been most of my life
But no matter how hard I jump in the honky tonks I'm playin'
Them A-Town blues still come around at night

Oh my goodness

I can put on a clean shirt every mornin'
I can wear seven different kinda shoes
I get in my cab and drive all across this country

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2.

Man Of The Road

Wayne Hancock

© Pitch A Jingle Music, ASCAP

Well I'm a man of the road and the highway is my home
Coast to coast there ain't a route that I ain't drove
Well I'm goin' to Kansas City headed up the 35
Then I'm off to Minnesota that's one hell of a drive
Well I'm a man of the road and the highway is my home

It doesn't matter if it's Jersey some town way out west
Don't care how far I'm goin' cause it's the life that I like best
I've got an idea where I'm headed just itchin' to go
So give me my guitar and I'll roam

Well I'm a man of the road and the highway is my home...

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3.

The Sands Of Time

Wayne Hancock

© Pitch A Jingle Music, ASCAP

Yesterday I saw my baby walkin'
Arm in arm with another man
And its strange cause she used to me my darlin'
So long ago I think I understand

I no longer dream about you
Seldom the day you cross my mind
I've gone on to a better way of livin'
My heart is drippin' with the sands of time

I hear that you're doin' well now
Everywhere I go I see your name
I used to wonder if somehow I wronged you
But now I know no body shares the blame

Goodbye my dear, the highway's callin'
The rhythm of the road has won my mind
The sun is out and darlin' and I'm so happy

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4.

Miller Jack And Mad Dog

Wayne Hancock

© Pitch A Jingle Music, ASCAP

Last night I saw a bunch of kids swervin' down route 1
They's goin' fast as lightnin' Lord I guess they's havin' fun
They tried to take the corner but they couldn't hold the turn
And I saw them hit the treeline as their hot rod flipped and burned

Miller Jack and Mad Dog will do you everytime
But they're no good for staying to the right side of that line
If Johhny Law don't get you somebody else could die
So do yourself a favor don't go drivin' while your're high

I ran toward the wreckage but there was nothin' I could do
The fire burned so hot Lord I realized they was through
The car was full of people never knowin' what they done
And worst of all the driver cause he just turned twenty one

Miller Jack and Mad Dog will do you everytime...

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5.

Track 49

Wayne Hancock

© Pitch A Jingle Music, ASCAP

Well I used to be a dreamer, but that was such a long time ago
Yeah I used to be a walking man round them dusty back roads
Hangin' round the track waitin' by the main line
Listen to the rumble rockin' rhythm and time
I was swingin' with that jump up beat down on Track 49

Well I used to be a loaner and I thought I had nowhere to go
Yeah I used to be a boozer, a blew rock into a whole lotta dough
Then a heard them horns a blastin' and the next thing I knew
I was a jumpin' and a jive'n just a shakin' my shoes
Yeah I boogie away all my blues down on Track 49

Yeah let's ride
Yes tell me

Well I used to be a loser and I almost lost my handle on life
Yeah I spent my nights in darkness searching for an end to my strife
Yeah then I heard them horns a blastin' and it's makin' me high
Like the fireworks a flyin' on the fourth of July
Ain't worried about nothin' now

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6.

Life's Lonesome Road

Wayne Hancock

© Pitch A Jingle Music, ASCAP

I'm gonna get myself on a fast track baby
You don't want me around you so I'll go
Well I'm leavin' town today and I won't be back this way
I'm back home on life's lonesome road

Ain't so sure where I'm headin' but I do know that I'm goin'
I'm sorry darlin' that I hurt you so
I don't want to hear you cry so I'll just tell you goodbye
I'm back home on life's lonesome road

Yes Sir

Ain't so sure where I'm headin' but I do know that I'm goin'...

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7.

Cow Cow Boogie

Willie Lomax

© Blues Summit Music, BMI

Out on the west down by Santa Fe
I met a cowboy ridin' the range one day
And as he jogged along I heard him singing
A most peculiar cowboy song
It was a ditty he learned in the city
Comma ti yi yi yeah comma ti yippity yi yeah

Oh get along get along little doggies
Get along you better be on your way
Get along get hip little doggies
And he trucked 'em on down the old fairway
Singin' his Cow Cow Boogie in the strangest way
Comma ti yi yi yeah comma ti yippity yi yeah

Singin' his cowboy song was just too much
He's got a knocked out western accent with a Harlem touch
He was raised on local weed
That cat he's what you call a swing half breed
Singin' his Cow Cow Boogie in the strangest way
Comma ti yi yi yeah comma ti yippity yi yeah

Singin' his cowboy song was just too much...

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8.

Route 23

David Wilson

© Ashton Music, BMI

When I read this mornings headlines I saw your name
And it mentioned just two others that share your fame
In another fourteen days you would have married me
Now there's nothing but a cross out on Route 23

Tony come on in

Well I walked that stretch of pavement where you breathed you last
Run my fingers though the gravel and the broken glass
They told me not to come here but I had to see
All that's left ' what was once mine on Route 23

Tony

Well I'm a goin' to your funeral then I'm goin' away
Without you here beside me it's no use to stay
Everything I had ain't nothing but a memory

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9.

Happy Birthday Julie

Wayne Hancock

© Pitch A Jingle Music, ASCAP

Happy birthday Julie my it's good to see you gal
The last time I saw you smile you were still my pal
Yeah I sure did love you but somehow you slipped away
Now instead of lovin' you I'm reminiscin' on your birthday

Do you remember those warm summer nights when the stars hang in the air
I didn't have a dime to my name but you didn't care
Now you've gotten married and everything has changed
But happy birthday Julie just the same

Do you remember those warm summer nights when the stars hang in the air...
Yes happy birthday Julie just the same

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10.

California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4)

Jimmie Rodgers

© Peer Int, BMI

One two one two three
Yeah yeah California blues

Well I'm goin' to California where to sleep out every night
Well I'm goin' to California where to sleep out every night
Although I'm leaving you good gal you know you don't treat me right
I got the California blues and I'm sure goin' to leave you here oh Lord
I got the California blues and I'm sure goin' to leave you here
I may ride the line they got no railroad there

Davey

Tony Wakefield

Well if you don't want my mama sure don't got a style yodallay-ey
Well if you don't want my mama sure don't got a style
Well I'm goin' to California where to sleep out every night
Well I'm goin' to California where to sleep out every night
You know I'm leaving you good gal you know you don't treat me right

Ricky start
Come in Paul
Davey
Some of that California boy Wakefield

Well I'm goin' to California where to sleep out every night
Well I'm goin' to California where to sleep out every night
You know I'm leaving you good gal you know you don't treat me right

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11.

Every Time

Wayne Hancock

© Pitch A Jingle Music, ASCAP

Every time I look into your eyes
I fall in love again
And everything just fades from view
The way your hand fits mine
The softness of your sigh
My heart and soul they long for your kiss
And the right to be by your side

And every time I hear your name
I start to drift away
And the stars shine just a little brighter
When you're on my arm
I hope you'll be a part of me
Before all is said and done
You've got me hypnotized
Every time I look into your eyes

And every time I speak your name
I start to drift away
And the stars shine just a little brighter
When you're on my arm
I hope you'll be a part of me
For all eternity
You've got me hypnotized

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12.

Viper Of Melody

Wayne Hancock

© Pitch A Jingle Music, ASCAP

Dream about a reefer five feet long
A mighty immense but not to strong
You'll be high but not for long if you're a viper

I'm the king if everything
Well I gotta be high before I can sing
Light a tee and let it be if you're a viper

Now when your throat get dry
And you know you're high everything is dandy
Truck on down to your candy store
Get you kicks off peppermint candy

Then you'll know your bodies set
You don't give a damn about payin' no rent
The sky is high and so am I whoa ho if you's a viper

Now when your throat get dry...

Then you'll know your bodies set
You don't give a damn about payin' no rent
Well if you hear the bells ring ding dong ding
If you're a viper

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13.

We Three (My Echo My Shadow And Me)

Dick Robertson - Nelso Cogane - Sammy Mysels

© Penn Music, ASCAP

We three we're all alone living in a memory
Well that's my echo my shadow and me

We three we're not a crowd we're not even company
Well that's my echo my shadow and me

What good is the moonlight
The silvery moonlight that shines above
I walk with my shadow and talk with my echo
But where's that gal I love

We three we'll wait for you even till eternity
Well that's my echo my shadow and me

Ah take it boys take it away

What good is the moonlight...

We three we'll wait for you even till eternity
Well that's my echo my shadow and me
We'll be there a waitin'

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14.

Railroad Blues

Wayne Hancock

© Pitch A Jingle Music, ASCAP

Well Lloyd here we are we're at the end of another record
And it sounds like we've got a a real good one here this time
But folks you know a we're supposed to have roughly I guess 40 minutes of music for ya here
And Lloyd says we've only got like 39 and 50 seconds worth so just for the hell of it
Here's one from us to you here's a song I wrote when I was 23 years old
It's called the Railroad Blues Here we go
One two one two three

Livin' and lovin' that's how most folks make their way
I always look forward to goin' home everyday
Well I'd give a hundred dollars if I could be in their shoes
Lord I'm so damn lonesome I got them low down blues

Everybody's got someone yet I'm all alone
I got no phone number no one to call my own
And every night that lonesome whistle lets me know when a train goin' by
Some times when I hear it I wanna lay down and die

Yodal lay ee yodal oh yodal eh

Ah here's the professor

A whole lotta memories and I bottle of beer
Along with a lost love and a jug fulla tears
Oh I can hear that whistle whinin' when the hour is
Lord the Union Pacific makin' it's way across the Lone Star state

Well this is my story I ain't a playin' around nah I sure ain't
I got an old trailer on the outskirts of town
It's just me and this here guitar and a bottle of booze
Slappin' out a rhythm and singin' the blues

Yodal lay ee oh Railroad Blues

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