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Thaddeus Dale Johnson - Uncle John's Elixir
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Well it’s just a few more miles
I think it’s just around the bend
I gotta keep on rollin’
The highway is wide open
Nothin’ but the wind
You know it’s far and wide
Lots of places to fall in
And I ain’t one to hide
I’m gonna let it ride
I’m playin’ for all my chips
Come on Rider won’t you see me through
Just one more time that’s all I ask of you
I know it’s late and I’m out of tune
But rain or shine, I’ll make it up to you
We’ve been around a while
And we’ve tumbled down the hill
But I like never knowin’
And the struggle to keep goin’
Whatever come what will
So come with me one more mile
I think it’s just around the bend
Well this ain’t path to glory
There’s no heroes in this story
Just you and me my friend
Come on Rider won’t you see me through
Just one more time that’s all I ask of you
I know it’s late and I’m out of tune
But rain or shine, I’ll make it up to you
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I never let a dollar
Burn a hole in my pocket
I don’t worry bout tomorrow
I’m a smoke it if you got it…kind of guy
I won’t let it pass me by
I been livin in the moment
You never know how long you got it
I won’t wait around for nothing
Get off your ass if you want it…walk the walk
Well I’m sick of idle talk
I been up and down the mountain
I been lost upon this road
But I won’t waste a single morning
You never know how good you got it…till it goes
Well I’m here to smell the rose
It’ll cure your aches and pains and
Ease yer troubled mind
It’ll rise you to occasion
For them romantic times
It’ll keep you in good spirits
And heal the color blind
It’ll soothe yer indigestion
Keep you right on time – through and through
Try Uncle John’s Elixir for the blues
It’ll cure your lack of sleep and
Get you through the night
It’ll help you stay awake
It makes your hairdo shine
Restore that youthful spirit
It brings you back to life
It even takes out stains
That’s spit on you
Anything from blood to wine
Try Uncle John’s Elixir for the blues
It’ll cure your aches and pains and
Ease yer troubled mind
It’ll stave off bad infections
From bullet wounds or knives
It’ll keep you in good spirits
In these troubled times
It’ll remedy affliction
Anything you find – that’s ailin’ you
Try Uncle John’s Elixir for the blues
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You don’t need it anymore
You just do it for – the pile of money
You like the feel of luxury
You built a palace ‘round – your shiny trophy
But I liked it better when you were hungry
Well you don’t struggle like before
You just can’t afford – the cost of worry
You got people on the money – roll
Old friends you used to know – treat you like royalty
But they liked you better when you were hungry
You don’t feel it anymore
Not quite like before – you got your glory
You find a taste for finer things
All that money brings – the sweet and easy
But it tasted better when you were hungry
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There’s no one at the wheel
And the engine glowin’ red
The sparks fly off the rails
There’s no stoppin’ now my friend
The night sky’s in a blur
And the moon shines overhead
The headlight’s bearin’ down
You know where we’re bound my friend
The smell of fire and steel
And the engine creaks and moans
And any minute now
The smokestack’s gonna blow
We leave a burnin’ trail
And the whistle screams ahead
We’re hell-bent for distruction
But no one rides for free my friend
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What brings you out to wander
On a night like this
Out in the wild blue yonder
What brings you here
Where has your heart – take you
Out under stars – that never fade
Cut through the fields as the crow flies
What brings you this way
The smell of the rain and thunder
The feel of the wind
Out on the Indian summer – we’ll meet again
Where has your heart – taken you
Off somewhere far – far away
Cut through the trees as the crow flies
What brings you this way
She was a stripper in a brokedown bar
She had a tattoo of a barbed wire heart
A mighty dream to be a starlet someday
She smiled for pictures in her bulletproof shades
She fell in love sometimes but only for fun
Something to do just to get her undone
She played the damsel and the world was her stage
She went to movies in her bulletproof shades
No one ever got through
No one seen your eyes were blue
No one ever got away
No one knew the part you played
She made the movies – she’s a Hollywood star
She plays a stripper in a brokedown bar
A mighty dream to be a starlet someday
She bares her soul under bulletproof shades
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I pulled it out of nowhere
There was nothin’ here before
I set it free and it came back again
I carved a mountain out of stone
I painted visions of horizons
Pulling color from the leaves
And when I watched her sleeping
It moves mountains in me
The time it takes creation
Nobody can afford
It’s the mother of invention
Tell me what you do it for
I pulled it out of darkness
There was nothin’ here before
I poured light into the Milky Way
I made treasures out of junk
I formed a mighty redwood
Made a river out of tears
And the sound of her laughing
It inspires me just to hear
The time it takes creation
Nobody can afford
It’s the mother of invention
Tell me what you do it for
I’ll shed away these earthly things
Gonna make the journey
Everything that I don’t need
That I found along this old highway
I’ll leave these tired bones
But I’m takin’ you along
It was hard there in the end
It was hard there in the beginning
Lots of loved ones and old friends
That I met along this old highway
I’ll leave the good times and the sorrow
But I’m takin’ you along
I’ll shed away these earthly things
I’m gonna make the journey
Everything that I don’t need
I’ll leave here along this old highway
But you’ll be with me when I go
Cause I’m takin’ you along
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You best get away
The storm’s movin’ in
Don’t tell no one you seen me
Don’t tell em where I been
There’s a dark cloud comin’
It’s comin’ black as sin
You better take shelter
Or brave the hard wind
My fairweather friend
The company we keep
It’s how it’s always been
In the circles we run through
There’s always flies ‘round the shit
Wrong place at the wrong time
It seems to be my thing
You start believin’ your own lies
So be careful what you weave
Careful what you need
You better stand clear
The sky’s fallin’ down
I got a bullseye on me
I got to get out of town
There’s some bad men comin’
They’re comin’ to collect
Don’t tell no one you seen me
Don’t say which way I went
My fairweather friend
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