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Rev It Up

by Size 85 High Tops

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1.
Devolute 04:55
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Devolute now Guess I wanted to Be the one who fell Fathoms and leagues into the swell The tiny man Kicked and cartwheeled Some murmuring man spoke well of you Well what of you Devolute now Destitute with Nothin’ but our clothes Walkin’ up the coast A skippin’ stone’s throw won’t break the spell Oh little flower Why now won’t you grow One isn’t much fun, but two might do Should I choose you Devolute now Why are you so wonderful How are you so beautiful Beautiful to see, wonderful to me Love can be so powerful It even turns terrible Oh the irony, such hypocrisy Dead to rights, I Heard with second sight Under the deep blue Chasms and cracks broke up the shell You gotta change Shift the shape so No prison will hold, all truth be told But is that you Or are you through Devolute now Devolute now Devolute now
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Near Wagontire Mountain 03:10
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Back down to what you had, no frills and dollar bills Better go easy on the road, no tellin’ what’s around the bend River’s runnin’ low, warm days and nights so cold Put the best thing in your mind and go out and find it Right now or in the end, uh-oh, you’re gonna die Maybe lay low beneath the sky out near Wagontire Mountain Years before you know your pain made the body go Oh the less you feel inside when your world is right The more it only hurts to show Workin’ for a livin’s fine Don’t worry ‘bout the way I choose to spend my time We’ll all keep rollin’ to the end of the line Out there, in the dark somewhere Far Star Near Here Night Light Love makes the fire bright I’ll leave the sea behind and reach the desert tonight Get out and get ahead, look back and redefine See the big beach for little sands, Nevada, California Black Rock goldmine, warm days and nights so cold Put the best thing in your mind and go out and find it Watch and wave goodbye to a wasted life Cheers to your sunshine and a better way, brighter days, another phase...
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Rev It Up and Ride 06:22
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Found a good love one day Followed her down to L.A. She’s there, I couldn’t stay Had to cut out and go on my way She felt so good, I wondered if I should But when she cried I knew I would Pues dale mis saludos I didn’t get too far Banditos stole my car Walked on and found a bar Mezcal straight right from the jar A bad drunken dream makes it all kinda seem a little funny The end is right behind And creepin’ closer all the time Like souls to hell to suffer We’re done, yeah we’re done, better have us another On me, it’s on me, so give one for my brother, on me This one’s free for the taking, it’s free, this one’s free Oh it’s yours if you want it, it’s yours, this is ours ‘Til it’s time to rev it up and ride on Love me like you do Keep my heart and be true All your pretty tears Precious diamonds on you On and on and gone too soon Trip to worlds unknown Throw your neck ‘round a stone And see what’s at the bottom No peace in the valley, just war and destruction A tragic mirage, a bad hallucination you see Catastrophic delusions of calm, there’s no calm Only strife and affliction, so gather your horses All signs say rev it up and ride on
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Unlucky Number 05:11
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In my mind I can see into the shroud Where a figure flits from limb to limb In an old oak tree by the cemetery In my mind’s eye flying ghost is just a cloud Mournful voices prob’ly not so near As I think they are In this dream there is no waking no shaking free From the chains around my hands and feet Oh sweet by and by won’t you set me free And here we are come to the last crossroads No way out and no way to know But what if I don’t wanna go In the stream and the rocks reflecting Cold deep long eternities of sleep we seek In the night just before dawn to a dove’s song
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Someplace Else Maybe 03:25
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Same old crowd Same old town An outsider in a world fallin’ down Some old cowboy spit right in the dirt, left no mark Allow me? Plow free Plow under all the dead winter leaves Rebel kid don’t know what he wants, don’t know nothin’ Go roam the land, hell yeah, man, look at my plan Turn it up, turn it up Turn it up loud Be proud Movin’ east up towards the Bighorn Range Any job’s okay, just needed a change Must be more to this life than money and toys White noise Alright boys Restless mind, whatever truth you can find However tragic the line you almost crossed this time Nameless kind, no new horizon so you fly into the great unknown And lose all self-control Reckless soul, give it up and go Nobody really knows where the energy goes All you can say is it don’t go away Be better tomorrow, forget yesterday Fallin’ all the way down Stumblin’ around Fallin’ all the way down Stumblin’ around Someplace else maybe That or go crazy That or wither up and die
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Pearl-Handled Nickel-Plated Pistol 03:22
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Morning noon and nightshade growing all around your grave Cars go by in a sad parade Seasons come and go away Twilight sleep and softly dream of how it still could be Far away in the sweet country Close your eyes and you’ll see Our farm just as it was once upon a time Come no harm to your remembrance of what’s come to pass It’s gone so fast It will not last Deepest lake and white swan, clear blue sky, time’s oldest song Until the end we can do no wrong Find your place and belong There, there under the willow with your broken heart Anywhere’s bound to be dangerous, I only know I loved you so And let you go So now I hide And stay inside Without the light Good looks, evil intentions oh beware my love Feathered hooks with colors and pretty to see Pearl-handled nickel-plated pistol on the chair One in the chamber and no one there Leave it alone or take care
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Vacation Blues 03:57
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I jumped in line for a ride and the jump took forever Lost my place in the book I was readin’ Just forgot what I was gonna say Must be on my mind Maybe we could spend some time Me and you, by the pool, sippin’ drinks, that’d be cool I walked outside in the sun and the beautiful weather Missed your face, if I’d have known you were leavin’ I’d have thought of somethin’ good to say I was on a roll But you know how luck can go I sorta wound up all alone Crashin’ the parties and the fun Back down to one But I’m just fine for a fool tryin’ to keep it together Such a waste, though I can’t think of a reason Why I’d let it go and spoil my day Bust a happy rhyme Share a laugh with friends of mine Send some good will down the line On the beach where all the golden honeys lay Outta reach, I’m homesick on a holiday High and low, no one I know make me feel blue quite like she do And so I’m on the beach where all the foxy bunnies play Hide-and-seek, yeah this is where I’m gonna stay High and low, no one I know make me feel blue quite like she do That’s why I’m on the beach where all the golden honeys lay Outta reach...
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Cemetery Solitaire 04:22
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Came upon a city in the dusk Lit a fire and drew pictures in the dust Read the names of the fallen and the few Who served their loved ones better than I do The night is so big and the day just a flicker in the ashes left behind Walked along in the ruins and the rust Made a prayer for the wicked and the just Faces frozen in agony and lust Screams on lips long numb to the touch I kicked out the coals, couldn’t cry, cuz you’re done when you feel too much Lingered there in the stillness and the gloom Sounds of war like an echo in a tomb Hard to know that we’re anything but doomed Wolves and lambs lie snug in the womb I guess we’ll get by, by the skin of our teeth and the gleam in our eye Throw on another blanket, it’s colder Aces high, joker’s wild, my heart’s bleedin’ for ya I’ll get you there, just lean on my shoulder Baby all you have’s me and all I have is you I’ll say I told you so when we’re older Hang on tight, time to fight, you push on, I’ll pull through
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Lotus Meadows of the Dead 03:48
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I heard the footsteps fade The music water maid as she began to wade Across the starlit mire below the cave Balancing Rock illumed in the dark Moonshine’s mine up to the Primitive Over the fields and down to Ma’s garden Rustling of the old trees stirs my memory Oh I still believe all those mysteries Fooled ‘em all but me I ain’t that naïve Here never the foot of a man should tread But to dig a deep hole and put himself to bed Let the earth weaken the pull of his threads And the worms wind through the holes in his head Skeleton wheel of the mill hasn’t turned in an age And the factory’s burned Sweep out the cobwebs and grime We’ll have one hell of a time They say she’s haunted Trespass late at night Paradise ain’t this nice I won’t leave...on my own Feels like, feels like home
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Fencepost 07:21
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Ramblin’ the same dark woods again Followed a stray thought and wandered in Felt like an alien in my own skin Patterns and textures right down to the end Just like I know, just like I been told Autumn leaves of gold, trouble I’m in Recipe for some slow demise Not like I planned but hardly surprised Pieces of dreams that float out on the tide Letters to you that drew no warm reply Just like I thought, just like I been taught Seventh waves that roll, my misfortune Baby says no, papa don’t go Baby says no, papa don’t go Baby says no, no, no, no, papa don’t go I’ll make it right and mend your wing An eagle flies, it doesn’t sing I always knew you had me, I was just playin’ dumb The downtown bars are all shut down The hour’s late, no one’s around You always could impress me with your blouse undone So here I go again I guess You’ve seen the worst, so here’s my best: We always were a pair, and you were always the one Take a walk down Evans Quarry Road Call ol’ Bird Dog and see if he’ll show Grab our fishin’ poles and take life slow By the spillway on a Sunday in the summertime Steady hummin’ of the bugs drones on Shade tree shadow puppet playin’ on the pond Close my eyes and let go a lazy yawn In the tall grass, feel the clouds pass ‘til I’m gone Float on down past the bridge at Cookie’s Creek Don’t them fieldhands sure look beat Wren on a fencepost singin’ so sweet Not a worry, no hurry, leave our troubles behind You might not understand But to my eyes it looks like the promised land Like a flash at the bottom of a pan Look at ol’ Dog, no shirt, no shoes Wadin’ in the water like a redneck fool Big Jim told me son you got to get loose You just never ever know Got no fortune, nothin’ in the will Debt so deep, this bowl is bound to spill All them greedy fingers in the till While the fat cat naps, it’s tit for tat Seems the luxury of life is in your lap Reverie weakens, I’ll rue the day Treasure in hand but it slipped away Never a care for one damn thing we did Not how it was when I was still a kid Just like we knew, just like we been through Such a ways to go, but look where we’ve been...
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I'm Only Asking Twice/Baby's Mistake 05:10
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I’m only asking twice cuz you never heard the first time ‘Do Not Disturb’ was hanging on your door No, I just can’t steal you Drive away to some unknown destination And feel that sweet elation We knew when we fell through Upside-down all turned around And landed in love Everything reminds you of the beautiful place You can’t find your way back to Whoever said it would be easy in life Never had him a wife like the good woman I found Whoever said it wasn’t worth it Never had to earn it with his girl Open up your window Feel the sun on your face Breathe the word in your mind And maybe then by the grace of God It just might be time To let all your worries go Everything reminds you of the beautiful place You can’t find your way back to Watch where you walk, don’t go lookin’ for trouble Keep from the brambles and side-roads Watch how you talk to me baby, be subtle So much is already obvious I’ll just say, if I may One more thing, before I go away I tried so hard and came so far Now I’m so tired... You had your chance, all the time in the world To show me that you weren’t the same old fool-hearted boy Now you lost your best girl We live and we learn and we long to be loved by someone in return Hope you find your someone
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Just the Wind 02:17
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Just the wind Blowin’ again Thought I mighta’ heard you whisperin’ Sweet dreams, my dear, your true love is here And only sighing Swore I heard a music soft and slow Just like a lullaby from somewhere in the night But it’s just the wind Playin’ tricks again My mind’s wanderin’ Prob’ly just the wind Cold and rain Numbin’ the pain Hopin’ January things will change Maybe next year we’ll be far from here I’ll just keep tryin’ Listenin’ for music sweet and low Just like an angel’s cry so warm and filled with light It’s alright Sleep tonight Come tomorrow No more sorrow...
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Song from a Limestone Wall 03:12
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lyrics from the poem “How Many Little Children Sleep” ©️ James Agee (used by permission of The Wylie Agency LLC & The James Agee Trust) “How many little children sleep To wake, like you, only to weep: How many others play who will Like you, and all men, weep and kill. And many parents watch and say, Where they weep, where they play, ‘By all we love, by all we know, It never shall befall them so.’ But in each one the terror grows By all he loves, by all he knows, ‘Soon they must weep; soon they shall kill. No one wills it, but all will.’”

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