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Corner
02:07
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Watch your life go down the line
In a factory, hours marking time
You wake up when the sky’s still gray
"Tomorrow will be like today.”
Look out your window and that’s all you know
A barroom stool is as far as you go
In the morning there’s a corner you can’t turn
But there’s a picture you can’t burn
Bathroom mirror makes nothing clearer
Indecision bought you all this time
Indecision bought you all this time
You’re still trying to find a reason
You could ever think of leaving
Can’t remember when you’re sleeping
Can’t believe what you’ve been dreaming
Watch your life go down the line
In a factory, hours marking time
You wake up when the sky’s still gray
"Tomorrow will be like today.”
Look out your window and that’s all you know
A barroom stool is as far as you go
In the morning there’s a corner you can’t turn
But there’s a picture you can’t burn
At the factory gate you can just wait
Or keep on driving ’til it’s night
Or keep on driving 'til it's night ...
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2. |
Off the Track
02:21
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New Jersey Southern Railroad line
Is gonna take me down, down through the Pines
I left Jersey City, six dollars in my hand
Atlantic City bound, singer in a band
If this train don't run off the track
I'm gonna find my luck and win her back
Last train that took me down this way
Broke down a mile from Milmay
I was lost somewhere among the Pines
Where the devil's never far from mind
If this train don't run off the track
I'm gonna find my luck and win her back
Hear that engine pick up speed
Please pray for me, Genevieve
Down the line I heard the brakeman say,
"You cannot win if you do not play."
If this train don't run off the track
I'm gonna find my luck and win her back ...
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3. |
The Long Haul
03:07
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Well she said, "think about your way of livin'"
But, thinking’s never been a given
Ramblin' down the road, built from parts unknown.
Halfway between wrong and right
Is where I laid my head last night
Ramblin' down the road, built from parts unknown
On the long haul, got to keep on riding
Tryin' to find my way back home
When the light outside is dying
When the light outside is dying
She said, "be careful you’re not grinding gears"
But, I been rolling highways all these years.
Ramblin' down the road, built from parts unknown
You can get lost in the hills
You can get lost on the pills
Ramblin' down the road, built from parts unknown
On the long haul, got to keep on riding
Tryin to find my way back home
When the light outside is dying
When the light outside is dying
Jersey to Maine, got a job hauling
Sometimes it feels like planets falling
Ramblin' down the road, built from parts unknown
Radio preacher tells me wash my sin.
But, I just might drown if I do it again
Ramblin' down the road, built from parts unknown
On the long haul, got to keep on riding
Tryin' to find my way back home
When the light outside is dying
When the light outside is dying
Taillights look like fireflies, dancing between power lines
Ramblin' down the road, built from parts unknown
Dashboard Mary killing time. straight through sixteen county lines
Ramblin' down the road, built from parts unknown
On the long haul, got to keep on riding
Tryin' to find my way back home
When the light outside is dying
When the light outside is dying
When the light outside is ...
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4. |
Rusted Out
02:53
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You keep talking to yourself without much to say
You're tired of listening anyway
You'd climb these walls but they fall apart
Can't have a pulse if you've got no heart
You've got a song and you're playing it slow
It's always the one that no one knows
Turn it up, or turn it off
You're in the lights, but you just look lost
How'd you get so rusted out?
How'd you get so rusted out?
You just can't keep from breaking down
How'd you get so rusted out?
You're a fan of the company man
But he sees the things that he can't stand
No one's a fan of your favorite band
Not even them ...
You keep talking to yourself without much to say
You're tired of listening anyway
You'd climb these walls but they fall apart
Can't have a pulse if you've got no heart
You've got a song and you're playing it slow
It's always the one that no one knows
Turn it up, or just get lost
You're in the lights, let's turn them off
How'd you get so rusted out?
How'd you get so rusted out?
You just can't keep from breaking down
How'd you get so rusted out?
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5. |
Stillman's Line
02:08
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You might think that it’s a crime
You might think that someone died
No stars came out tonight
You might think that I was blind
Take a ride to Stillman’s Line
Down the far side of the city
Follow the river, are you still with me?
I banged on your door
But you don’t stay here anymore
They told me, “Don’t come back again”
I found you wandering
Take a ride to Stillman’s Line
Down the far side of the city
Follow the river, are you still with me?
You wrote on the cover, "One way or another”
The book’s got torn out pages, from all the times you felt courageous
We got lost in the dark
We hadn’t traveled far
But once we found our way
We were going there to stay
Take a ride to Stillman’s Line
Down the far side of the city
Follow the river, are you still with me?
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Red Desert Motel New Jersey
Red Desert Motel is a roots-rock/cowpunk duo from South Jersey. Their music reflects the rural highways of where they're
from. They formed over a mutual love of Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Townes Van Zandt and John Prine.
Words matter.
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