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THE MONKEY AND THE LIZARD
THE MONKEY AND THE LIZARD
HIGH UP IN A PALM TREE
BILLOWING SMOKE
NEVER STOP TO BREATH
THE MONKEY SAID I CAN TAKE THIS ALL DAY LONG
THE LIZARD WASN'T SURE
STILL HE HUNG STRONG
THE LTTLE GUY GOT THIRSTY SAID HE NEEDED A DRINK
SO HE CLIMBED DOWN THE TREE
TO THE RIVERSIDE
TO STUMBE INTO THE LIPS OF A CROCODILE
THE CROCADILE WAS CRANKY
BUT THESE WERE TWO REPTILES
ONE HELPING THE OTHER
HE JUST LAYED HIM ON DOWN THE RIVERBANK
AND HE WARNED WITH A SMILE
'BOUT THEM OTHER CRAZIES
OUT THERE IN THE WILD
WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT THEY'D
TAKE YOU OUT
AND THERE'S NOT TOO MANY AMOUNG 'EM
THAT WOULD SAVE YA'
THE CROC GOT PERMISSION TO GO UP TO THE TREE
AND SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY WITH MONKEY
SO HE WADDLED OUT THOUGH THE JUNGLE
UNTIL HE COULD'NT GO NO FARTHER
THEN THE THE MONKEY LOOKED DOWN
AND SAID DUDE YOU DRANK A LOT OF WATER
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GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE
03:39
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GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE
ON A MIDNIGHT RUN
OUT TO SOUTH PADRE
WE WERE WELL AHEAD OF A
LIGHT NORTH WIND
PULLED INTO ISABEL
TO GET SOME WAX
I JUMPED OUT ON THE HOOD 'N SAID
BE RIGHT HERE
TILL Y'ALL GET BACK
WHEN THEY COME RUSHIN' OUT
I SAW THE LOOK IN WEAZEL'S EYES
AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID
GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE
LET'S GET INTO THIS CAR
THE WIND IS SHIFTING'
AND WE NEED TO MAKE THE OFF SHORE
GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE
LET'S GET INTO THIS CAR
GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE
LET'S GO
NOW THERE WE WERE
WITH OUR WHEELS NOW IN THE SAND
THREE FOOT GLASSY FACES
A LITTLE LESS THAN WE HAD PLANNED
DE LEON WAS SHREDDING
OUT THERE ON HIS STICK
WHITE WATER CHASING HIME SPELLED OUT HIS FIRST NAME RICK
ROYS SNIPES DROPS IN ON HIS 10 FOOT 6
TUCK ALL WAY UP LOW
HEAD UNDER THE LIP
WEAZAL ROCAH WAS SLICING DIAMONDS
OFF THOSE GLASSY WALLS
SINCE I BODYSURFED THE INSIDE
I GOT TO SEE IT ALL
GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE
LET'S GET INTO THIS CAR
THE WIND IS SHIFTING'
AND WE NEED TO MAKE THE OFF SHORE
GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE
LET'S GET INTO THIS CAR
GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE
LET'S GO
WHEN WE WERE DONE WE CHECKED INTO
HOTEL PURDY'S
A OLD WOODEN STRUCTURE
BUILT SO STRONG AND STURDY
AS THE STORY
YOU JUST HEARD
GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE
LET'S GET INTO THIS CAR
THE WIND IS SHIFTING'
AND WE NEED TO MAKE THE OFF SHORE
GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE
LET'S GET INTO THIS CAR
GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE
LET'S GO
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BARRLIN' DOWN THE ROAD
03:07
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BARRLIN' DOWN THE ROAD
WELL IM BARRLIN DOWN THE ROAD
I WON'T BACK DOWN
IVE GOT TOO MUCH WEIGHT BEHIND ME
IM ON THE LOOSE THEY'LL NEVER FIND ME
LESSIN' I COME BACK TO SAN ANTONE
SHE'S MY 1992 CLASS A MOTOR HOME
FORD 460 CUBIC MO'
SHE'S GREEN AND WHITE WITH BRAND NEW TIRES I HOPE SHE DON'T CATCH ON FIRE
AS IM BARRLIN' DOWN THE ROAD
I PICKED HER UP IN BOSSIER CITY
ON THE INTERNET SHE LOOKED SO DAMN PRETTY
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT SOMETHIN' COULD GO WRONG
BUT I M BARRLIN' DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 70 AND IM LISTIN' TO BAD COMPANY AND RIGHTN THERE THE LEFT FRONT DECIDED TO BLOW
WELL I PULLED HER OVER THOUGHT I'D TAKE A LEAK SHE HAD ONE OF HER OWN UNDER THE KITCHEN SINK I SPENT THE NEXT FOUR HOURS LEARNING AOBUT ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE
LONG ABOUT 3AM I BROUGHT THAT PUPPY IN I GOT HER HIME CUZ I AM PERSISTANT
WELL AFTR A SHORT TERM MINI DROUGHT IT BEGAN TO RAIN THATS WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT OLE ROOF OF HER'S KINDA RESEMBLED SWISS CHEESE
I SPENT THE BEST PART OF THE NEXT TWO WEEKS SCRAPING AND A PULLIN AND BRUSHIN' ANA ROLLIN' I FELL IN LOVE ALL A GAIN ON MY KNEES
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COLIN'S TOENAIL
02:25
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COLIN'S TOENAIL
IT FEELS PRETTY GOOD
WHEN YOU ACTUALLY
LOSE THE JOB
CUZ YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT AROUND
AND WAIT
FOR THE PHONE TO RING
NO MORE
MOST DAYS I MAKE A POINT
NOT TO THINK OF IT
AND IF THAT BOTTA YOU
YOU CAN DO IT TOO
DEN I'LL BE LIKE YOU
HOORAY
THEY SAY YOUR WATCHING ME
ARE YOU SEEING THROUGH
MY WINDOW WHERE SIT
NOT WATCHING YOU
WE CAN SIT AROUND
AND WHATCH THE SUN COME UP
AND THEN PRETTY SOON
IT'S GONNA GO DOWN
BELIEVE ME
IT'S NEVER FAILED ME ONCE
AND IT WILL ALWAYS RISE
JUST AS IT DID
TODAY HOORAY
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CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY
I WAS HANGIN' AT THE PARTY LATE LAST NIGHT
A FELLA' WALKED UP AND HE WANTED TO FIGHT
HE PUNCHED ME IN THE STOMACH AND THEN HE HIT ME IN THE HEAD
NEXT THING YOU KNOW I'VE GOT THREE CRACKED RIBS
I SAID WHAT YOU DO THAT FOR MAN I DIDN'T HAVE THAT COMIN'
HE SAID LAS YEAR YOU RAN OFF WITH MY WOEMAN
I SAID WHAT
HE SAID SHE WENT BY IRIS MAN I DON'T RECALL THAT NAME
HE SAID YOU LOOKED JUST LIKE THAT CAT BEFORE YOU FACE GOT MAMED
EVERYONE WAS LOOKIN' I WAS PUT TO SHAME
I LOOKED BACK AT EVERYONE AND SAID I THINK THAT I'VE BEEN FRAMED
THEY JUST LOOKED BACK AT ME AND SAID YEAH RIGHT BUDDY
YOU KNOW I MUST'VE LOOK REAL DAMN FUNNY
IT WAS A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY
IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME
BUT NOW THAT MY FACE IS ALL BENT UP
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PAYIN FOR ANYBODY ELSE'S CRIME
SHE'S A REAL HEARTBREAKER AND A REAL RIB SHAKER BROTHERS YA'LL KNOW WHAT I MEAN
IRIS HURT ME BAD IN A SPECIAL KINDA WAY
HEY IRIS YOU AND I OUTTA GET TO GETHER SOME DAY
YOU SOMEHOW THAT JUST MIGHT EASE THE PAIN
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WHERE WOULD I BE
02:38
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WHERE WOULD I BE
THE HOME LESS ON THE STREET ARE PIONEERS
THEY DON'T PAY TAXES SO EVERYTHING IS CLEAR
IN MOST FOLKS EYES THE'RE NOT EVEN AROUND
WICH IS PRETTY DARN GOOD LOOK OUT THEY'RE GETTIN' OFF THE GROUND
FOR TOO DAMN LONG THEY'VE BEEN FLYIN' 'NEATH THE RADAR
MAYBE MORE OF US COULD USE THAT HUMILITY
IS GUESS THAT'S WHAT US GOOD FOLKS ARE TRYIN' TO SAY
AS WE WAKE UP EARLY IN OUR TIDY BEDS EACH DAY
WHERE WOULD I BE WITHOUT MY BED WHERE WOULD I BE WITHOUT MY HOME
I AI'INT MAKIN' ANY PROMISES
BUT I'D GET SOME HORSES AND A COVERED WAGON AND ROAM
SOLUTIONS THAT WE NEED FOR OUR URVIVAL
THE ONES WE PUT UP TOP A'INT GOT ANY
THEY SPEN TOO MUCH TOME GETTIN' TO WHERE THEY ARE
THAN THEY EVER DO KNOWIN' WHAT IS GOING ON
AND THERE'S THOSE THAT'LL PROTEST A SOLDIERS FUNERAL
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING SO OBSCENE
THAT KINDA SPEECH JUST DON'T REPRESENT
NOTHING ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM
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CREEPY CRAWLY SPIDER
03:30
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CREEPY CRAWLY SPIDER
CREEPY CRAWLY SPIDER
THAT'S WHAT I SAID
CREEPY CRAWLY SPIDER
CLIMBED UP MY BABY'S LEG
BIT MY BABY'S LEG
SHE GOT ALL WELPT UP
WHITH THE VENOM INSIDE
I SAID TO MYSELF MY OH MY
I SAID BABY DON'T YOU CRY
CUZ I A'INT GONNA LET MY BABY DIE
I WNET TO THE DOCTOR HE WAS CHECKIN OUT HER LEG I SAID DON'T CUT IT OFF SHE A'INT WHEREIN' NO PEG
SO I SAVED HER LEG Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I DID TIGHT THERE ON THE HOSPITAL BED
SHE SAID SHE FELT LIKE SHE WAS STUNG BY A BUMBLE BEE SECONDS LATER SHE WAS UP ON HER FEET GOT HER HOME SHE WAS A LIL TIERD AND FUSSY ABOUT THAT BIG RED SPOT NEXT TO HER OTHER LEG
IM GONNA HUNT THAT SPIDER DOWN BUT TONIGHT HE A'INT GONNA DIE I'M GONN PUT IN AN EMPTY PEANUT BUTTER JAR AND GIVE HOM TO AL BARLOW TO TORTURE THROUGH THE NIGHT
AND WHEN THE SUN COMES UP AND BEGINS TO FISE THAT CREEPY CRAWLY SPIDER GONNA WHISH HE DIED
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RUBY
03:30
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HER NAME IS RUBY LIPS OF FIRE SONG SO SWEET
RUBY SUCH A SWEET THING WHERE YOU ARE IS A MYSTERY
HOW I WISH YOU WERE HERE WITH ME
TOBACCO BODY
AND WHEN SHE SANG SHE SANG SO SWEETLY
RUBY SUCH A SWEE THING
SHE WAS JUST AN OLD STRATOCASTER THAT I GAVE AWAY DIDN'T THING I'D EVER NEED HER HOW I WISH SHE WAS HERE WITH ME
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9. |
A COWBOY'S HEART
04:30
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