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Hell Of A Ride
04:05
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Wake now in the morning light
Something here it don't seem right
It'll make a little sense maybe further on down the line
Won't you hope on this frieght baby it's gonna be
A hell of a ride
Lord Lord Lord Lord help me find a new road home
Looking back it seems I've been gone too long
Won't you come on along
To help me back down the line
I look now at the new sunrise
Yet theres something in them Wetern skies
Want to ride that wind and rail unit the day I die
Won't you hope on this freight its gonna be
A hell of a time
Lord Lord Lord Lord help me find a new road home
Hell looking back it seems I've been gone too long
Won't come on along
Help me with this heavy load
They say it don't pay to well
To look into the past
I like the memories I've made
I'd like to make's last
Won't you walk on these rails the hardtimes
Have already passed
Lord Lord Lord Lord help me find a new road home
Looking back it seems I've been gone too long
Won't you come on along
To help me down this winding road
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Still Waters
03:56
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VERSE
Deep now within
This dusty old town well he does hide
Stuck in a room lord
Stuck in a room of lies
In shadows she lingers
In the distance a whistle cries
He knows its that old South freight
well lord he hides his eyes
CHORUS
The still waters from which
He knows he will rise
Ih lord now he will learn to get by
Hardships will come
and then slowly pass him by
Still Waters will bring
a new light
VERSE
In his room he lay thinking now
Should leave it all behind
Hit that road Southward
Let it smolder far from sight
For deep within his mind now
He knows she's got a wandering eye
Keeps her left hand hidden
In the darkness of night
CHORUS
The still waters from which
He knows he will rise
Ih lord now he will learn to get by
Hardships will come
and then slowly pass him by
Still Waters will bring
a new light
VERSE/ ENDING
His last thought as he's walking Southward
Leaving her far behind
Hell Im free man tonight, Oh lord I see the light
As still waters come into sight
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Moon Hang Low
04:14
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Well, that moon hang low, lord yay, over that desert sky
Hell and I don't know why, I still have you now by my side
Take my time or the fast way down the line
Just as long as away from you I fly
Yesterday I saw you for the first time in awhile
Still holding that anger round your eyes
You're the way you are and thats the way it shall remain
Should've never tried to cary all your weight
Go on out now babe hell and say the things you say
We both know it didn't happen that way
The moon is hanging low
heavy like a stone
Headied out down
The long lonesome road
You can count on me to be
Alright now you'll see
I'm a man who knows
How to walk alone
You said a thing to me in the early morning light
I knew would not escape my mind
Tried to tell me then and there you were giving up on life
Seems you need to think for awhile
Still remember how your voice echoed around the room
I knew then I could never be with you
Go on out now babe hell and do the things you do
We both know nearly none of them are true
The moon is hanging low
heavy like a stone
Headied out down
The long lonesome road
You can count on me to be
Alright now you'll see
I'm a man who knows
How to walk alone
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Sands Motel
02:33
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Last Train
04:17
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VERSE
As we head now to them hills
Our eyes filled with fear
Thinking back onto that night
Through which we'd just lived
Standing there it was so damn cold
The rain it fell around
CHORUS
Take the last
Train lord out of town
For we might make
That ride North still
In the end
VERSE
Sitting here now upon this train I ride
As that whiskey settles on my mind
Remembering that man with the hate in his eyes
Upon that mountain side
Take God now all my prayers and send them to his wife
CHORUS
Take the last
Train lord out of town
For we might make
That ride North still
In the end
VERSE
The fear of prison it fades from our eyes
We've crossed that border line
How the hell did we get so damn lost
Within this simple life
When he drew that dusty 45
Well I had to take his life
CHORUS
Take the last
Train lord out of town
For we might make
That ride North still
In the end
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Memphis City
04:00
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VERSE
Yes I know lord I should just move on
Out on down that old lonely road
Maybe I'll stay right here just one more night
Head on out come the morning light
CHORUS
Want to hear some blues tonight
Under them Memphis city lights
Cheers to that old sound
Lord Memphis blues coming down
VERSE
I'm so tired of this lonely desert air
and that ole rain that never seems to fall
Just want to head now to that old Memphis town
and hear myself one of them good ole blues songs
CHORUS
Want to hear some blues tonight
Under them Memphis city lights
Heres to that old sound lord yeah
Memphis blues coming down
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Leaving This Town
04:44
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VERSE
Gonna ride that train Im gonna ride
If I don't make home by the morning light
Never again sleep by your side
Been traveling all morning lord into night
Been traveling all morning well lord into night
Truth is by now
my hands and feet and heads just tired
I work each day into overtime
I work each day into overtime
When I come home in he evening
That woman of my lord she take every dime
CHORUS
I'm a leaving this town
I'm a leaving this town
I'm a leaving this town
See no need to stick around
VERSE
Gonna ride that freight train gonna ride
Gonna ride that train lord I'm gonna ride
If I don't make it home by the morning light
I'll never again sleep by your side
But you yell in the morning most all the time
you yell in the morning carry on into night
Truth is by now
I just want to find some peace and quiet
Gonna drink this bottle until it's dry
Gonna drink this bottle lord until it's dry
Maybe I'll go on out and find
Some other place to stay warm tonight
CHORUS
I'm a leaving this town
I'm a leaving this town
I'm a leaving this town
See no need to stick around
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No Road Home
04:57
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VERSE
As she sits within these walls
A bottle and a fire to keep her warm
Something rises from the flame
Telling her there is no road home again
CHORUS
As the red sky
Holds her now
Within a daze
and the words well of that man
Have shattered her ways
VERSE
She holds the tears now within her eyes
Searching for answers around midnight
Picks up that guitar as she moves the strings
Feeling now driven to sing
CHORUS
As the red sky
Holds her now
Within a daze
and the words well of that man
Have shattered her ways
BRIDGE
It's just a lonely time
This whiskey gonna pull you through the night
It's just a lonely time
VERSE
She sets that guitar down upon the chair
Settles into silence again
The heavy oh still air
A reminder there ain't no road home again
CHORUS
As the red sky
Holds her now
Within a daze
and the words well of that man
Have shattered her ways
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Black Canyon
04:30
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Ain't gonna stay around this damn old town
Just drinkin and waitin on you
I'm out here now where them hills meet the skies
and I can pull on through
All of them years that have passed me by
Just asking for your time
Now as I look just below your eyes
I see they are riding on lies
CHORUS
Standing down by that riverside
Alone lord now and blue
Throw my arms up to them skies
and head again on back to you
It's a pain inside lord I'm lost in my eyes
Don't know what the hell to do
VERSE
Kneeling here by this old wood shed lord as my eyes dry
Snow falls down now it's cold as ice
Like the way I'm feeling inside
Looking back now on this wasted time
Trying to stand lord by your side
I'd wear my boot heels out just trying now
To leave your ass behind
CHORUS
Standing down by that riverside
Alone lord now and blue
Throw my arms up to them skies
and head again on back to you
It's a pain inside lord I'm lost in my eyes
Don't know what the hell to do
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Weary Travelers
04:41
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Come on all you weary travelers
Lets take some time off that
Why do you think it is that in end now
That one road well always leads home
Come on all you weary travelers
Lets take some time off that road
All of them years and miles that I've travelled
Still find myself craving that road
The road it goes on and on
That road well it twists and turns
The road it goes on and on
(End of song added line) Until you find your way back home
Come on all you weary travelers
Lets take some time off that road
Made runs through hem deserts canyons and mountains
Still miss those rolling hills back home
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Carter Freeman Virginia
Freeman's songs, instrumentation, and often smoky voice, bring forth something new and unique, while still capturing that sound of times past. Offering a look into the heart felt recordings of old, and the life that seems to spring forth from his songs and stories. Often conjuring an image of a ragged man carrying a tattered guitar case, bottle O'Whiskey in hand, along an old dusty road. ... more
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