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Darlene Evening Blues
01:14
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DARLENE EVENING BLUES
(Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2008)
La la la, lala lala la la la
Friday night, sittin here
Darlene evening, Darlene evening
Darlene evening!
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Hee Haw (Family Place)
05:02
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HEE HAW
(lyrics by Patrick Porter C.2008)
Racing stripes on a rocking horse
Tears on the face of an overtime coin
Hee haw, hee haw, hee haw
Packing mule making hay, amen
Stoves in the snow oven Bailey sun
Schmoe coming home to the latest bum
Hee haw, hee haw, hee haw
Packing mule makes a play, amen
So lay me down with the stars above me
Lay me down in the shifting weeds
Drape that flag right over my body
Lay me down in a family place
Nap in a Tuff Shed, lock the door
Airplanes and Angus on a Hollywood wall
Hee haw, hee haw, hee haw
Packing mule makes a play, amen
Party poopers steal the show
Eating burgers after work
Hee haw, hee haw, hee haw
Packing mule making hay, amen
So lay me down with the stars above me
Lay me down in the shifting weeds
Drape that flag right over my body
Lay me down in a family place
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Hourglass
04:07
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HOURGLASS
(lyrics by Patrick Porter, C. 2008)
A row of cars
An actor on a late night show
A tipped-over traffic cone
Hourglass
Hourglass
A tool, a weapon
A key made at the hardware store
A square on a checkered floor
Hourglass
Hourglass
Stripmall, convenience store
Newsweek and Rolling Stone
Plunging out the toilet bowl
Hourglass
Hourglass
A new moon, the sunrise
Melting all the snow
Tomorrow there'll be more
Hourglass
Hourglass
Flex a mustle
Tie a ribbon into a bow
It's fastest when it's going slow
Hourglass
Hourglass
A soap bubble
Floating over a candy corn
It pops against a bone
Hourglass
Hourglass
Hourglass
(Hello?)
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4. |
Sober
03:16
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SOBER
(Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2008)
Force a four-leaf clover
It's hard to stay, hard to stay sober
Ole! smoking boiler
It's hard to stay, hard to stay sober
Turn the table over
It's hard to stay, hard to stay sober
AA, I'm your next member
It's hard to stay, hard to stay sober
All mine!
All mine!
Play a game
Jigsaw puzzle
Drinking Coke's not the same
I'm bored
Oil a wooden soldier
It's hard to stay, hard to stay sober
Kick a coiled cobra
It's hard to stay, hard to stay sober
Fill a growing bloater
It's hard to stay, hard to stay sober
AA, I'm dialing your number
It's hard to stay, hard to stay sober
Groan all day
Hungover
Last night's fun
Morning's broken
Pick up trash
Go undercover
This is the last time I'm ever doing this
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh!
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5. |
Don't Go Baby
06:27
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DON'T GO BABY
(Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2008)
I can walk
I can talk
But I can't seem to grow very high
You're right; I'm just a child
Just a little boy
Not in my right mind
But don't go baby
Don't leave me alone
Don't go baby
I know know how to live on my own
These nights are the worst of all
The worst that I've had in a long time
I feel like I'm the devil
I can't look anyone in the eye
But don't go baby
Don't leave me alone
Don't go baby
I know know how to live on my own
Last night I heard fighting
Outside on the sidewalk
It was a man and a woman
He hit her in the head with a gun
Don't go baby
Don't leave me alone
Don't go baby
I know know how to live on my own
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6. |
Denver Blues
04:19
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DENVER BLUES
(Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2008)
Gonna leave this town
On the next Greyhound
Let the tapeworms count
My days here
You won't know I'm gone
Until you hear this song
You know I never belonged in Denver
I bought this guitar pick from the King of Colfax
Walking back from Lion's Lair
He tried to sell me my own garbage
Thumbing a copy of Vanity Fair
Two cigars
From Paul's Liquors
Burned black cinnamon on my tongue
The Elway mural at Famous Pizza
Winks at me as I chew my cud
Gonna leave this town
On the next Greyhound
Let the tapeworms count
My days here
You won't know I'm gone
Until you hear this song
You know I never belonged in Denver
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere
The endless nights I walked these alleys
Waiting for the shoe to drop
Gabor's, Harry's, and the Satire
Caging drinks off of the creamless crop
It occurs to me on afternoon sidewalks
It occurs to me in rented rooms
It occurs to me I'm dead in Denver
Wheezing air into popped balloons
Gonna leave this place
This all-too-human race
I'm gonna waste away
If I stay here
You know I have to walk
So sign my bills with chalk
I'll always have a soft spot
For Denver
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere
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WORTHLESS WASTE OF TIME BLUES
(Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2008)
I walked alone all day today
Tonight, I'll be alone too
And when I wake up alone tomorrow
I'll credit that to you
I'm putting an asterisk next to the words 'me and you'
Let someone else pretend you're there
Worthless waste of time blues
Hold the mayo of the heart
Lord knows I can't hold you
And if we're always gonna be apart
You can't expect me to be true
I barely care enough about this bullshit
To write this song to you
Find someone else's axe to grind
Worthless waste of time blues
We talk about true love, Paris in spring
And all the things we're gonna do
But if we put both our heads together
I doubt that we could tie a shoe
We're just like Sid and Nancy
Without the cool hairdos
Find someone else to spice up your life
Worthless waste of time blues
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WALKING AROUND CRYING BLUES
(Lyrics by Patrick Porter, C, 2008)
Walking around crying
Because the house is on fire
Walking around maudlin
Cuz there's a nail in the tire
I got no dreams I'm holding
I got no desires
I got no hopes to be
Anywhere but here
Walking around sobbing
And wiping my nose on my sleeve
Past the honkeys jogging
And throwing Frisbees
I got no love in my heart
It's all smashed to bits
I got no hopes to be
Anyone but me
Walking around crying
Because it's all a lie
Walking around
Because I'm dying inside
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Patrick Porter Austin, Texas
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