1. |
SIX AGAINST ONE
04:33
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six against one isn't fair
they say drinkin might kill me
and me i don't care
but six against one isn't fair
well I beat the bottle before
for years i was a good man
steady and sure
now i aint sure
of nothin
no more
your love
my foundation, so strong
when you up and quit me
i drifted along
now my darlin, my future
they're gone
i went to the chevron in town
i bought me some tallboys before they
closed down
drove home with my thoughts
spinnin round
now im sittin here tryin to decide
what's more important?
my pain or my pride?
which hurt to live with inside?
cuz six against one
isn't fair
they say drinkin might kill me
and me i don't care
but six against one isn't fair
no, six against one
isnt fair
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2. |
WHAT REMAINS
04:38
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every day that i
can't say i love you
brings me pain
in my dreams
simple it seems
like loving ought to be
way back when
well, i thought i knew you then
i thought i knew myself,
lord, was i wrong
all this cryin won't
make things right
i wish you'd taken all the feeling with you
when you'd gone
i beg and plead with my memory
forgive my conscience clean
i tried to change in every way
it aint no use now
i know im still the same
way back when
well, i thought i knew you then
i thought i knew myself
lord was i wrong
all this cryin won't
make things right
i wish you'd taken all the feeling with you
when you'd gone
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3. |
O MY JACKIE
04:29
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jackie o my jackie
a sailor as i am
enlisted on a collier
to escape the sins of man
rugged as the iron
brooding as the waves
i studied him from far away
for lo, how many days
there upon a shore leave
we grew as close as kin
he swore to me he'd never be
slave to the deep again
he knew me to my very bones
i knew his soul as mine
our tragedy, then ecstasy, we two
were of a kind
...
fled from our captivity
no duty would we know
to misery upon the sea
to each other would we hold
living as the fugitive we
made a bond to stay
it's anchors up with jackie
and wildness our way
...
i thought my loving jackie belonged
to only me
but jackie was tormented by a
longing to be free
desertion his intention
a traitor to our home
i set myself upon him
now no more will jackie roam
jackie o my jackie
it puts me ill at ease
to meditate upon the way
you've come to make me grieve
for all that he
did give to me
unraveled in one night
i'll take no more from jackie but his
one and precious life
...
pray mercy on the man to whom
i pawned my jackie's ring
forgiveness for the flowers that grow
over him in spring
pray pity on the bold young men
who set themselves a'sail
damnation for the foolish man
who makes his heart
a jail
jackie o my jackie a sailor as i am
enlisted on a collier to escape the sins of man
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4. |
THE RECORD
02:48
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there's a song for the day that i met you
full of melody lighter than air
there's a tune that our hearts sang together
on the record of our love affair
there's some slow ones we wrote all in whispers
and a few for the laughs that we shared
love was sweet harmony with you, honey
on the record of our love affair
but there's another side to the record
that i just cant get out of my head
from the day our love quit
its been hit after hit
full of things i wish i'd never said
here i sit in this lonesome hotel room
gettin by on a wing and a prayer
all i have is a line with no ending
and the record of our love affair
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