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Its All Worth It
03:40
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Calloused fingers, lack of sleep, beer-stained clothes, not much to eat
No drink rider, blown-up van, miles & miles of brown dry land
Hit the next city, back street pub, door deal only, now here's the rub
Loading out at 3a.m. - swear I won't do this place again
(CHORUS) But it's worth it - playing for you - it's all worth it
Got to work it - playing the blues - it's all worth it ( repeat)
Blown out speakers, broken strings, jealous girlfriends, lost friendship rings
Back stage passes, you couldn't get-try to repay a long lost debt
(CHORUS)
Only takes one person to believe you've paid your dues & it's alright
Worth it at the end of every tunnel you will always see a light!
(SOLO)
No sound check 'cause you got there late, dead 9 volt battery just play it straight..
Down to 5 strings - you change if fast, playing this gig now like it's your last
(Chorus) TO FIN.
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Gonna call my baby at the break of day -(repeat)
But she won't listen to a word I say...
She won't pick up the telephone, happy just to leave me here alone...
I want to meet my baby, meet her at sunset -( repeat)
But there's no reply, no message from her yet....
But the die is cast, the time is now, but she ain't gonna meet me anyhow...
Tease, tease all of the time - please , please I'm losing my mind
Come on girl let's shake, rattle & roll - like a runaway train, were out of control....
It's the morning after, after the night before -( repeat)
Dreaming of you coming, through my bedroom door...
But you leave me hanging by a thread, woke up alone, in this single bed...
(Repeat last line) ...to FIN.
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Purgatory
04:40
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When I woke up this morning, had to settle last night's score
My kitchen table's covered, with the things I can't ignore
I had the devil at my shoulder - an angel by my side
Telling me different things - I could not decide
(CHORUS) To be a saint or sinner - holy or be damned
I'm stuck here in purgatory - yes I am!
Now the devil he did tell me, "you can live a life of ease, fast cars, late nights, money - all the women that you please"
The angel she said " not so fast, there's more than meets the eye, if the devil takes you by the hand, there's no room for compromise"
(Chorus) - SOLO
Now I'm stuck here in purgatory, I'm somewhere in between...
Between a rock and a hard place - It not all that it seems..
You only get this one chance...and if you play it right..
One shot at life is just enough, too tired to live life twice!
And now I've heard their stories, and it's leaving me confused
Tell me what you think now, 'cause I want is truth
The devil he says" not so fast" - the angel just smiled...
"If the devil takes you by the hand, there's no room for compromise!"
(Chorus - repeat) won't you listen to my story -
I'm just here in purgatory - Yes I am....
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4. |
The Heartbreak Kind
06:11
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You stole my heart, I'm not sure when,
but one thing I know right now, I want it back again....
You stole my heart, but I've got no clue
How can you get away, with the things that you do...
(Chorus) There's a price that we pay, for the heart, the heartaches that weigh - on our mind... That's why your known - as the heartbreak kind...
You stole my heart, so please explain,
When did you plan to give, it back again....
You stole my heart, and you surely knew,
But you never thought to ask, for my point of view....(Chorus)
Here ..on my own, one more year older
I'm ride, riding the storm and life's getting colder
Time's passed me by - and you looked straight through me,
I thought you knew me...To blind to see, thought that you'd set me free!
You stole my heart, and it's in your hand
But there's just one thing that I , I can't understand...
You stole my heart, and I hate to loose
The one last thing I had that your taking too...
(Chorus) - solo to FIN.
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5. |
Blue Collar Blues
04:07
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Alarm bell rings, it's 6a.m. - Monday morning comes, around again
Off to work , the daily grind - leaving last week-end behind
Days turn to weeks & then to months - I got this life to live just once...
Blue collar blues, yeah that's my life - mortgage, car & cat - 2 kids & wife
The high, high cost of living low -working hard not much to show
Try to save a little more, keep those wolves far from my door...
Blue collar working, yes indeed - Monday to Friday in this f-factory
Counting the years down, retire soon, be good for just one thing...
I'll dust my broom!...
That cat got 9 lives , me just one - and growing old, it ain't much fun
Creakin' bones & short of breath - but don't put me in no pine-box yet!
From the cradle to the grave, blue collar blues that's what I say....
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Along Loves Edge
04:45
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I'm lost out in the wasteland - I'm of the burned out breed
I live with the remnants of the habits of a lifetime, I live with the fear of the one thing I need...
It's a strange situation, it's not one I'd choose, these open wounds keeping us apart - how do we survive? along loves edge...
Time doesn't exist here in the wasteland -and what we see is just in part..
An old man lifts a hammer- sparks fly- he's forging a brave new heart
It's not a hopeless situation, there's a light that burns but it's a long way away - these open wounds are keeping us apart - how do we survive?
Along loves edge...
Shadows drift across the wasteland- it's all that's left of those who've been here too long, their slow parade , a ritual of silence -their bleeding cries long since gone...pity is a stranger to this dead land, mercy is the angel whose face we'll never see - chained to the memories, tortured by the past
Taunted by the things we loved and knew couldn't last...
It's not a hopeless situation, there's a light that burns but it's a long way away- these open wounds are keeping us apart -how do we survive?
Along loves edge...along loves edge...to FIN.
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So meet me down on the corner - well anytime after 10...
Just like an un-armed soldier, who's going into battle again
There ain't no use in pretending - 'cause I'm fighting a one man war
I'm up against that rival, I've tried to beat a hundred times before....
(Chorus) It's a down hill spiral...I'm beaten by the bottle again
I'll see you down at the station - late in the afternoon...
Were all just creatures of habit, tonight were gonna howl at the moon
Take a sip from that demon bottle, what's your poison of choice?
'Cause everyone has there demons, but the demon has one voice
(Chorus)- solo
Now it's late in the evening, let's have just a couple more...
Think about what might have been, if the bottle wasn't left by the door...
Should we seek redemption? say our prayers and amen...
'Cause tonight that bottle - will get emptied once again
It's a down hill spiral - beaten by the bottle again! (solo to FIN)
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Boneyard
04:49
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I'm going down to the boneyard, gonna lay my body down (repeat)
I get to feeling so weary, every time I look around...
I'm gonna buy me a ticket, gonna take my burden home
Gonna buy me a golden ticket, and take my burden home
I'm gonna lay it at your feet Lord - and my burden will be gone...
I see people making promises they know they'll never keep
Bureaucrat's all of crap, I wonder how they sleep!
I see greedy corporations, big fat millionaires, all sucking on the planet and no-body seems to care...and all this stuff runs round my head & makes me wonder why? - all the bad men prosper - and the good men die...
I see a world that's full of wonder, going down the drain, I see every man rise and reap his harvest of pain- the poor discarded millions, all clinging on their wounds, the pleading hands, the open mouths- the endless open tombs - and it always makes me wonder why ? The big men prosper, while the little men die....
I'm going down to the boneyard....
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Rehab & Camel
04:25
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I went to pack my suitcase, ring up and book a cab ( repeat)
I can't give you no excuses, done you wrong I know I have...
Every sinner has a future, every saint might have a past ( repeat)
I'm just seeking some redemption, try to make this rehab last...
Well I know I've blown my chances, been drunk one too many times
But a man is not a camel, got to have a drink sometime!
Well I went to pack my suitcase , ring up and book a cab
I'm just seeking some redemption, try to make this rehab last....
(Solo)- Well a man is not a camel and I've said this all before..
But to get you back, I'd cross the Tanami to reach your door!
Every sinner has a future , every saint might have a past
I'm just seeking some redemption, one last time I'll raise my glass...
Just seeking some redemption - got to make this rehab...last...
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10. |
Trouble
02:50
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Your my kind of trouble - baby can't you see
Your in my system just like an incurable disease
No doctors gonna tell me - that there's any kind of cure
No treatment necessary yes I'm sure...
Your my kind of trouble - girl you know it's true
Wearing nothing but that perfume and those black stiletto shoes
Standing in the doorway, well your such a sight to see
Died and gone to heaven - you and me!
Trouble baby that's your middle name - trouble girl still want you just the same...T-R-O-U-B-L-E your all I want and all I need
I got to make you mine - Good trouble so hard to find!
(Your my kind of trouble...sweet & pure - that's for sure)
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There would still be you
05:02
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If I should last a thousand years - and all my troubles lead me far from here
Wherever I might be - I know - there would still be you
If all the roads and all the miles - and all in life had bled me dry
And though this world might crush me - there would still be you
(Chorus) our paths are forever deep in-twined...
Some ancient mystic spell keeps us intertwined....
And if eternity, is all it's thought to be, you would find me...
We are forever - we are forever.....
My nets were cast, far and wide - the evil & the good , netted side by side
But even when the light had failed me - there was always you..
If I lost that piece that made the whole - if I had to search from go to whoa
Wherever I might be, I know - there would still be you
(Repeat chorus) to FIN.
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12. |
.........
05:04
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(Chorus)You keep me waiting, waiting - I just can't hold on
You ain't behavin' - your breakin' - my heart - well so long (repeat)
No little red rooster ,no little black hen, upsetting the barnyard
Again and again and again!
They done flown the coup - maybe two weeks ago, and just like your lovin'
There ain't nothin' left here to show...(Chorus)
Like the fox and the crow - or dog losing his bone, well I never did nothin'
To give up a good happy home..... just workin' my hardest, do the best that I can - while your out after hours, in the shadows with some other man...
(Solo) -I must have told you - at least one hundred times, I'm so sick & so tired - of your passionate crimes!
Like a wolf in sheep's clothing -there's no way to disguise...
Your indiscretions......... and all of your sweet talking lies!
(Chorus) Well so long..... to FIN.
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Mick Kidd // David Blight Adelaide, Australia
Harmonica maestro David Blight & Adelaide award winning guitarist/ songwriter Mick Kidd have teamed up on a regular basis over the past decade playing gigs from Memphis to Melbourne - Festivals in Darwin, Bruthen, Bendigo to their debut at "Blues on Broadbeach" QLD. in May 2022, releasing their 3rd album.. a contemporary, eclectic Australian blend of acoustic blues entitled "It's All Worth It!" ... more
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