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Nobody Got A Hold On Me
04:11
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NOBODY GOT A HOLD ON ME
I can head for the mountain or sail out to sea
Or hang out here in the hill country
If you dance with the devil he’ll dance right back
Ol’ Doc Dupuy told me that
Chorus
But nobody got a hold on me
Nobody got a hold on me
Gonna get what I need eventually
Nobody got a hold on me
It’s a crying shame what we gotta do
In the land of plenty for the few
But we got guns and rock n roll
Honky-Tonks and Muscle Shoals
There was once was a time when we could survive
With crops in the field and homemade wine
It’s a wicked world we’re living in
Fighting these wars over and over again
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2. |
More Than California
05:05
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MORE THAN CALIFORNIA
Say good-bye to LA for me
I don’t have the time to care
‘Cause I know she’s down in Austin
Who knows how long she’ll be there
Chorus
I need her more than California
Needs the bright lights of LA
She’s the dream I should be chasing
I can’t let her get away
I need her more than California
Ever needed me to stay
Had to try my luck out west
Had to see how far I could go
The further I got from her and Texas
The closer I got to coming home
I said I’d be there by tomorrow
If you’d give us one more shot
I may not have much to offer
But I’ll give you all I’ve got
Say good-bye to LA for me
I don’t have the time to care
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3. |
Dreams In The Desert
04:32
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DREAMS IN THE DESERT
There are dreams in the desert
Hope on the highway, a rough rocky road ahead
Promise in passion, faith in the fallen
Religion for when you are dead
Chorus
You pray, you dream, you beg, you plead
But it don’t change a thing
You want, you need, you give,, you bleed
But it don’t come so easy
It’s the same ol’ story
There are feelings of failure and down-right depression
Choices and chances to take
Wisdom in winning, lonely in losing
And fortune that can fall either way
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4. |
Hit The Road
04:32
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HIT THE ROAD
I left home when I was grown
When I could cross the bayous on my own
Spent some time living crazy
A little too lazy for a man
So I ended up down in New Orleans
With a pretty Creole woman I called Rose
But Rose she says we can’t stay round here
Let’s have another beer and hit the road
Let’s hit the road
61 can take us out of New Orleans
Be in Memphis in the morning if we drove
But Rose and me we ain’t got much money
Or a car that can make it to Tennessee
The TV’s talking but I can’t hear it
Bet they’re saying hell’s a coming for us all
And Rose she says I can’t make it without my Momma
Can’t be leaving here without her all alone
Let’s hit the road
Still remember walking through New Orleans
With my pretty Creole woman by my side
But if I smell me a blooming sweet Magnolia
I’ll pretend I don’t know ya and start to cry
‘Cause Rose and me we never ever found her Momma
Guess the Good Lord came and got her before we could
And as I boarded the last bus to Houston
Left Rose there refusing to go
So I hit the road
Hit the road
Cross the bayou
On my own now, all alone, heading home
Hit the road, hit the road, hit the road
And as I boarded the last bus to Houston
Left Rose there refusing to go
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5. |
Anna Lee
05:27
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ANNA LEE
It’s a cold grey morning and I can’t ignore it, I’m blue as I’ve ever been
I’m laying here lonely thinking if only I wouldn’t have done what I did
We had us a home on a slow rolling bayou living and loving so fine
She told me to hold her and always adore her and she would never leave my side
Chorus
Oh Anna Lee, baby come back to me
Oh Anna Lee, baby forgive me
Oh my sweet Anna Lee
All I can hear in my head is the fear in her voice when she called out to me
I woke up in water and grabbed our two daughters and told them all to hang on to me
‘Cause the water was rising and rising and rising through the attic and onto the roof
We swam to the street light together we held tight wasn’t nothing else we could do
I thought that forever that we’d be together but that was just never to be
She cried for her maker to please come and take her but all she had was me
She started screaming and cussing the demon that rained down upon us that day
I tried to hang on but I’m just not that strong, my sweet Anna Lee was washed away
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6. |
In The Afternoon
03:47
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IN THE AFTERNOON
Honky-Tonkin’ in the afternoon
Daydreaming ‘neath a neon moon
There ain’t nothing to loving you
Ain’t it cool, in the afternoon.
Ain’t it cool, in the afternoon
The jukebox plays all them country songs
Right or wrong, you’re gonna sing along
I dance with you, the sun shines through
And it’s cool, in the afternoon
Ain’t it cool, in the afternoon
There must be something
No there’s nothing
I wanna do without you
Baby it’s cool
Ain’t it cool, in the afternoon
Ain’t it cool, in the afternoon
In the afternoon
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7. |
I Can't Hide
04:23
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I CAN'T HIDE
My head is heavy and I’m beyond blue
Going crazy can’t stop thinking about you all the time
Must be losing my mind
‘Cause I can’t run and I can’t hide from you
I held you close, but you slipped away
And if I could I would fade away, but I keep on moving
Before I ruin everything
‘Cause I can’t run and I can’t hide from you
So drink ‘em down yea now one more round
Drive me out of this whiskey town, the skies are blue
Ain’t nothing more I can do
‘Cause I can’t run and I can’t hide from you
Can’t run from you, I can’t hide
Can’t run from you, I can’t hide
Can’t run from you
I can’t hide, I can’t run
I can’t hide, I can’t run
Can’t run from you
Can’t run from you
I can’t hide
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8. |
Down Here
04:06
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DOWN HERE
Up in the morning down on my luck
Well the money in my pocket, well it’s just ain’t enough
To take you out dancing and buy you pretty things
Had to hustle baby just to get you a ring
Chorus
Down here
Down here
Yea down here
I got a shotgun don’t need the police
‘Cause I’ll shoot you down if you point that piece at me
From Ft Worth to Houston live and die by the gun
Won’t you come and take it son ain’t that how it’s done
Singing songs of freedom in honky-tonks and bars
Sometimes I can feel ‘em sometimes I fall apart
But barley breaking even and just getting by
Get me gas in the van and little to get high
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9. |
Mercy
04:10
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MERCY
Give you all I got, it’s not enough for you
The tears they don’t drop ‘cause they’re tired and blue
And broken over you
I’m down on my knees
Mercy
Now I’m just a man at the end of his line
I do what I can but it’s just not my time
Won’t you show me a sign
I’m down on my knees
Mercy
There’s a monkey on my back but he ain’t the one
To blame for what I lack or for all that’s left undone
Yea there’s nowhere left to run
I’m down on my knees
Mercy
There’s a better road I know not the same ol’ highway
But I have been told that there’s a brighter day
Won’t you show me the way
I’m down on my knees
Mercy
I’m down on my knees
Mercy, Mercy
Mercy, Mercy
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10. |
There's Time
04:36
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THERE'S TIME
A man in a mirror, a soul made of stone
Callused and cratered, battered and worn
Dirt on your elbow, you finger your food
Out here a drift with the stars and the moon
But there’s time, oh it’s time
A pistol on a table, a book made of dreams
A heart with no halo and salvation seems
To pass you on by like you’re not really here
Watching and waiting for it to appear
But there’s time, oh it’s time
Chorus
There’s time to keep moving, time to carry on
Time to keep living and time for a song
There’s time, oh it’s time
A beer in a bottle, a boy and girl
A slow action throttle, a fast moving world
Holding and hoping for something to come
Lonely ain’t nothing but a loaded gun
But there’s time, oh it’s time
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11. |
Hollow Moon
04:38
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HOLLOW MOON
Hollow Moon up above me
Serpents shifting down below
Spin in circles forever
Round and round the cosmos
Some say the sun’s got a sister
Some say she will return
And bring the Annunaki with her
From the heavens to the earth
From the heavens to the earth
Cut up cattle and bended crops
Pyramids and carved rocks
Tell a story we forgot
About the Chariots of Gods
Oh believe it or not
When I’m up top the mountain
Or down in the valley below
Keep the spirit close to me
Baby never to let go
Filling my body and soul
Chorus
Round the cosmosOh round and round we go
Cosmos, oh round and round we go
Cosmos, oh round and round we go
Round and round the cosmos
Oh round and round the cosmos
Galactic hearts and dark rifts
Ancient calendars predict
The fiery dragon spits
A shift in consciousness
Cosmos, Cosmos, Cosmos
Round and round the cosmos
Oh round and round the cosmos
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12. |
Babylon
04:32
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BABYLON
There were towers of sin
For the children of men
Who all spoke the same
But when the tongues did change
With the winds of no name
Swept it all away
Chorus
It’s a hard day in Babylon
It’s a hard day indeed
In the land between two rivers long
It’s hard day indeed
There were idols of love
And gardens that hung
From behind the gilded gates
But they were covered in blood
When they danced and they sung
In the mighty Persian reign
Babylon, you've bled for far too long
Dead and gone in Babylon
Now the tyrants of old
Who long for the gold
That lies beneath the land
And so here they come
With their banks and their guns
And an oil company man
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13. |
Daydreamers
04:04
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DAYDREAMERS
Come with me
Take my hand
Cross the sea to another land
Cool breeze come
Blowing on through
There is no end to me and you
Chorus
Daydreamers, peaceful people
Don’t take your dreams away
No, not today
Not today, not today
Dreadlock Rasta
God and Allah
Makes no difference you see
‘Cause we are one
‘Neath the stars above
And everyone’s out looking for love
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14. |
San Juan Street
04:58
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SAN JUAN STREET
The sun still shines on San Juan Street
The wind still blows through the trees
November rains come and go
Your spirit it still remains
Your spirit it still remains
I close my eyes and see your face
Smiling back at me
I think you’re there and hope you’re here
All around this place
All around this place
Chorus
Self medicate myself into a haze
But that don’t bring back them damned ol’ good ol’ days
Them good ol’ days
Them good ol’ days
We said goodbye you touched the sky
I watched you fade away
My heart is heart and full of pain
Since you went away
Since you went away
Wet and cold, hot and dry
Seasons still pass on by
You’re in my head and on my breath
Can’t get you off my mind
Can’t get you off my mind
Them good ol’ days
Them good ol’ days
Them good ol’ days
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Shawn Nelson Austin
Shawn Nelson is a songwriter, musician and singer based in Austin who has been performing and making records for over a
decade. The Austin Chronicle named his 2011's San Juan Street "one of the best country albums of the year."
Shawn and the group of string band pickers have recorded a live studio album slated to be released in the Fall of 2016 marking Shawn's 9th independent release.
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