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Hard to Please
04:11
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Music by Cruz Contreras and Bowman Townsend
Lyrics by Cruz Contreras
I've been working my fingers to the bone
Everyday one more day done gone
Show me a sign so that I can see
That the sun's gonna shine one day on me
We got a long way to go and a short time to get there
Get your foot in the door, don't just sit there
I don't need ya but I want ya and I wish that you could see
Chorus
You’re hard to please, so hard to please
Ain't nothin ever good enough for you
You got me down on my knees
You gonna have your way no matter which way
Say whatever you're gonna say
... You’re hard to please
Well it's a big old world with lots of folks in it
Some take take, some gonna give it
At the end of the day it's all about the same
Ain't nobody else that you can blame
For your own damn troubles and the way ya go
Buck up now you got a long ways home
It's like I said when you end up dead
There's no farther to go
Chorus
You’re hard to please, so hard to please
Ain't nothin ever good enough for you
You got me down on my knees
You gonna have your way no matter which way
Say whatever you're gonna say
... You’re hard to please
Tell me once more so I can hear
All the things you know all the things you fear
Do what you want cause at the end of the day
You know just what I'll say...
You’re hard to please (4x)
Chorus
You’re hard to please, so hard to please
Ain't nothin ever good enough for you
You got me down on my knees
You gonna have your way no matter which way
Say whatever you're gonna say
... You’re hard to please
You’re hard to please...
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Music and lyrics by Cruz Contreras
Good love gone, I never felt so low
So I set out on a trail of woe
Anybody got in my way
Take it or leave it nothing more to say
Mama sure wouldn’t be proud of me
I knew better though I could not see
All the angels said now he’s hell bent
Steady your wings and let’s make a bet
Here’s a guy that thinks he’s got it made
Drinkin’ rye whiskey in the midnight shade
Take one down pass it around
Company and misery meet downtown
That’s the way it goes down (2x)
Staring at the phone but it don’t make a sound
There’s a picture of a love left town
She’s probably with him getting me back
How could I blame her, it’s a two way track
Blame it on love blame it on fate
Blame it on the one that you’d love to hate
But you can’t so you won’t so you just forgive
There’s a better way to learn and live
That’s the way it goes down (3x)
If I had it all to do it over again
I wouldn’t change much but the shape I’m in
And I’d hold your hand and never let go
Stand up proud …
And if I had it all to do it over again
I wouldn’t change much but the shape I’m in
And I’d hold your hand and never let go
Stand up proud so everyone would know (2x)
That’s the way it goes down (x6)
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Mercy
04:15
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Music and lyrics by Cruz Contreras
Oh darling, oh darling
I am calling out your name
And I’ve got a feeling, mighty revealing
That your tender heart feels the same
But it ain’t easy, no it ain’t easy
For a grown man to confide
That I need your love
Mmm … flesh and blood
That’s why I’m calling, calling on you ….
And your mercy
Sweet mercy
Send it down the line,
Oh right on time
You know you do it for me
Yes you build me up
And you fill my cup
With your mercy
Oh darling, yes darling
I can hear you calling out my name
And it sounds so good, every time we meet
Like a rollin’ melody you’ve got a hold on me
Still it ain’t easy, no it ain’t easy
For a grown woman to confide
That I need your love
Mmm … flesh and blood
That’s why I’m calling, calling on you
Oh darlin’, only you can rescue me
I am calling, calling down on bended knee
Wondering, wondering when will we arrive
Believing and seeing from that love look in your eye
Oh mercy
Sweet mercy
Send it down the line
Oh right on time
You know you do it for me
Yes you build me up
And you fill my cup
With your mercy
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4. |
The First Time
04:30
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Music and lyrics by Cruz Contreras
And the first time that I saw your smile
I knew in a moment that I’d walk any mile
And I never, no, no, no, how could I have known
That your love would be waiting at the end of a never ending road
You give me such a hard, hard time
Never felt such cold inside
Tell me, where is my pride
You know it ain’t right
No, no, no it ain’t right
And the next time that I touched your skin
I knew that good love of ours, oh, it would never end
And I never, no, no, no how could I have known
That your love like a flower would be wilting, got me feelin oh so low
You give me such a hard, hard time
Never felt such cold inside
Tell me, where is my pride
You know it ain’t right
No, no, no, no it ain’t right
And the last time that I saw your eyes
They say there’s nothing to do nothing to say, don’t even try
Oh, but I should have known
Oh, no, no I should have known
Love like yours, slamming doors
Gonna leave a woman out in the cold
You give me such a hard, hard time
Never felt such cold inside
Tell me, where is my pride
You know it ain’t right
No, no, no, no it ain’t right
You know it ain’t right
No, no, no, no it ain’t right
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5. |
Bound to Roam
05:13
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Music and lyrics by Cruz Contreras
Darlin’ Sarah, you know I'm leaving
I'm 21 and bound to roam
I've got a pistol and a greenback dollar
Fare thee well, I'll ride alone
Willie my darlin’, don't leave me standing
You know I'll gladly be your bride
I've got a dagger and a silver dollar
Ride away and you're bound to die
Love it changes like the seasons
Steal your heart like an old freight train
Leaves a young heart cold and wanting
Comes and goes like a summer rain
Darlin’ Willie come down with me
To the river...one last time
I've got treasures for you only
Pleasures for you there to find
Oh dear Sarah, you know I love you
In your trust I do reside
I'll go with you down to the river
Take my hand, you'll be my guide
Love it changes like the seasons
Steal your heart like an old freight train
Leaves a young heart cold and wanting
Comes and goes like a summer rain
Darlin’ Willie, take my hand now
Let's go down to the water's edge
Wade on in...feel the water
Wrap around and take us in
Oh dear Sarah I'm so scared now
The water's rising and I can't swim
Hold my hand and I'll go with you
Sink on down to the promised land
Love it changes like the seasons
Steal your heart like an old freight train
Leaves a young heart cold and wanting
Comes and goes like a summer rain
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Dancin'
04:43
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Music and lyrics by Cruz Contreras
Well I'm thinking ‘bout my darlin'… it's been a long long while
Yeah, I’m thinking ‘bout my darling
Sure has been a long long while
Let's go dancin', let's go out in style
Hey there darlin’, go and find your dancin' shoes
Hey there daddy, go and grab your dancin’ shoes
We can go downtown and chase away these blues
Let's go dancin',… just like we used to do
We’ll go dancin’ … dancin’ me and you
Get that sunshine feeling, chase away these blues
Hey lordy mama, go and find your dancin' dress
Oh, lordy mama … have you seen your dancin’ dress?
Oh you know the one, the one that I love best
I’ll tell you the truth now, it ain't always been a ball
Tell you the truth now, life ain’t always been a ball
But right down the line, you've been my one and all
Let's go dancin' … just like we used to do
We'll go dancin'...dancin' me and you
Get that sunshine feeling, chase away these blues
We've been higher than the mountains
Lower than the valleys wide
Through the good and the bad times
We'll go side by side
Sing me a sweet song
Let it be what it will
Come early morning
We'll be dancin' still...
Oh we'll be dancin'...just like we used to do
Yea we'll be dancin'...dancin' me and you
Get that sunshine feeling, chase away these blues
Let's go dancin'...just like we used to do
We'll go dancin'...dancin' me and you
Get that sunshine feeling, chase away these blues
Find that sunshine feeling, chase away these blues
And we'll be dancin'...dancin' me and you
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7. |
Desire
04:33
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Music and lyrics by Cruz Contreras
Standing in the light out on the hill
The sun in your hair the whole world stood still
Silhouette on a blood red sky
I could see the fire burning in your eyes
Oh the fire burning in your eyes
I could've heard your heart beating from a mile away
Take it all in things words can't say
Sunset falling on a bright eyed dream
I guess everything's not what it seems
No everything's not what it seems
But desire, oh desire
You can look away but it still remains
You can't hide that burning flame of Desire
And the prettiest thing that I've ever seen
crashed in like a storm and gone like a dream
We took it all in and we drank our fill
Now I hold you in my heart and I always will
I hold you in my heart and I always will
Like desire, oh desire
You can walk away but it still won't change
You can't hide that burning flame of Desire
And the coldest thing that I've ever known
Is life without you in this world alone
There's a picture of you burned in my mind
And I'll carry it with me till the end of time
I'll carry it with me till the end of time
And this desire, Oh desire
You can look away but it still remains
You can't hide that burning flame
You can walk away but it still won't change
You can't hide that burning flame
You can turn away but it still remains
You can't hide that burning flame
Of desire
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40 Days
04:15
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Forty days and forty nights
Flying down the highway white line sideways leavin it all behind
We gonna rock n roll till the break a dawn
Set em up knock em down sing our song
Forty days and forty nights
Mmm beep beep back it up real slow
Pull up a chair cause momma Nestor knows
Ol Blind Joe gonna sing you a song
Kick you in the teeth send you along
Forty days and forty nights
Flying down the highway white line sideways leavin it all behind
We gonna rock n roll till the break a dawn
Set em up knock em down sing our song
Forty days and forty nights
Ol Green River’s got a smell to it
Five AM why can’t we just quit?
Police man said there’s a change of plans
We’re going downtown boys, show me your hands
Forty days and forty nights
Flying down the highway white line sideways leavin it all behind
We gonna rock n roll till the break a dawn
Set em up knock em down sing our song
Forty days and forty nights
Buy me a bouquet up in Boise town
Gotta see your baby when you come around
Swing her to the left, swing her to the right
Drinks on the house…you only get one night
Forty days and forty nights
Flying down the highway white line sideways leavin it all behind
We gonna rock n roll till the break a dawn
Set em up knock em down sing our song
Forty days and forty nights
Lookin for a win, tryin to find a way
Scarlett called up said that she can pay
High on a mountain up in the sky
From here on out…I think we’re gonna fly………
Down to The River of Sorrows where the spirits flow
Cold cold water gonna soothe your soul
Sing and dance, rock all night,
Hangin by a thread…in the spirit’s light
I seen the devil and my lord settin side by side
Up on the rock over the countrywide
Playin cards, shootin dice
It’s just like I thought now….I think I’m gonna cry
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Broken Shore
05:38
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Music and lyrics by Cruz Contreras
There's a rock in the middle of the ocean
Where the water meets the sky
Built from the fire way down below
I can hear her mournful cry
Waves crashing on a broken shore
There's darkness on the sun
Please lord don't leave me here
In the valley of the gun
Sail across the ocean
Span the waters wide
Seventy thousand gonna take that hill
Look death in the eye
There's fire on the ground and earth in the air
The whole world's come undone
The devil's loose on a beach of fire
In the land of the rising sun
Which way is heaven and which way is hell?
It’s so hard to tell
Which way is heaven and which way is hell?
It’s so hard to tell
Which way is heaven and which way is hell?
It’s so hard to tell
Which way is heaven and which way is hell?
It’s so hard to tell
Which way is heaven and which way is hell?
Which way is heaven and which way is hell?
Which way is heaven and which way is hell?
Which way is heaven and which way is hell?
It's so hard to tell
I see colors flying, brothers dying
The tides of war have sung
Gonna fight to the death till there ain't much left
In the land of the rising sun
I see colors flying, brothers dying
The tides of war have sung
Gonna fight to the death till there ain't much left
In the land of the rising sun
In the land of the rising sun
In the land of the rising sun
In the land of the rising sun
There's a rock in the middle of the ocean
Where the water meets the sky
Built from the fire way down below
I can hear her mournful cry
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Fade
04:05
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Music and lyrics by Cruz Contreras
Is it time? Time for the moving on
Give me a sign, tell me you’re holding on
You say that you hear me but I don’t believe it’s true
I can see it in your eyes but our thoughts are misconstrued
I’ve said it a thousand times and I’ll say it a thousand more
I’ve loved you from the first time and I love you even more
Please don’t fade, fade away
Please don’t fade, fade away
It’s crazy how we try to hold on to the days
When everything was promised and we’d always find a way
Hold on to each other and dwell within the light
Now all the sky is clouded and day has turned to night
Please don’t fade, fade away
Please don’t fade, fade away
We’ve got a good thing darling…and don’t you forget
There’s a brand new sunrise we’ve never seen yet
Just a little patience and the living is ours
Hold on to tomorrow and we’ll count our lucky stars
Please don’t fade, fade away
Please don’t fade, fade away
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