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Rainbow in Elizabethton
03:32
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Fog is rising
In the Blue Ridge Mountains, where it lingers all the time.
Sun is shining
In the deep, dark hollows where you can't see past the pines.
There's a rainbow in Elizabethton
Just for a short while.
But while that rainbow lasts, I've gotta get there fast.
That's when they say she's gonna be mine.
There's hearsay of a girl
Who travels around this world
Just laughing at boys who try to waste her precious time.
I follow her round and round and round
She turns me on, then turns me down,
But now this rainbow's turning my luck around.
Fog is rising
In the Blue Ridge Mountains where it lingers all the time.
Sun is shining
In the deep, dark holler where you can't see past the pines.
There's a rainbow in Elizabethton
Just for a short while.
But while that rainbow lasts, I've gotta get there fast.
That's when they say she's gonna be mine.
I tracked her down in her hometown.
C'mon rainbow, don't fail me now.
But that moment when I knocked upon her door,
It opened up and I hit the floor.
It was another girls standing in her drawers, saying
"She don't swing that way, she's already mine."
Fog is rising
In the Blue Ridge Mountains where it lingers all the time.
Sun is shining
In the deep, dark holler where you can't see past the pines.
There was a rainbow in Elizabethton
Just for a short while.
But now that rainbow is here to stay.
That's okay 'cause we like it that way.
She don't swing that way,
She'll never be mine.
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Free
04:16
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Well, you grew up too fast
Looking for a well-paid job that lasts,
Settled down in a pre-fab house with four kids,
And every Monday at seven it's meatloaf again.
Well, you got off work too late,
And you already know your fate,
Peeling back on the wrapper of the lean cuisine,
And cuddling up with Two Buck Chuck.
Don't you wish you were free?
Don't you wish you were me,
Traveling round with your friends from town to town
Singing three-part harmony.
Well, it's a white hot summer's day.
You've been sweating your life away
Tacking shingles on a politician's house
Who will always vote against your say.
Staring at the computer screen,
Brother, wasting away your dreams
While your boss sends you message after message after message
When she's only ten feet away.
Don't you wish you were free?
Don't you wish you were me,
Traveling round with your friends from town to town
Singing three-part harmony.
Well, we've been driving all night long
Through some road work like Donkey Kong.
We'll play a two hour set for six people, I bet
That we're getting paid in PBR.
Well, we haven't been home in six weeks,
And our Subaru is starting to reek.
We're scraping up the coins from underneath the seat
Because we're living on pickles and cheese.
Now, don't you get me wrong,
You know we all get along.
But when you're traveling round with these fools for so long,
It ain't just sunshine and song.
Still, I'm glad to be free.
Yes, I'm proud to be me,
Traveling round with my friends from town to town
Singing three-part harmony.
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Petunia Porcellini
03:11
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Hey, Petunia Porcellini,
Accompany me to Nuku Hiva
Just say where you know you want to go
Just say that you'll see me there.
I could never love you better
Your thinning hair will make a sweater
We'll get cozy by the fireside, just you and me.
Hey, Petunia Porcellini,
Take me to your coast of Guinea.
We'll go swimming with the water pigs
We'll go dancing with the sharks
I would never, never falter
I'd place your face upon my alter
We'll sing la tee da tee da da da,
Strip and dance under the sun
And we'll be free
You and me
We'll be free
You and me
Dear Petunia Porcellini
We could parasail or bungee
Just say where you know you want to go
Just say if you see me there.
How I wish that you could see me,
There's no one I love more completely
Even though it's been so many years
Since the day
When I heard my sister weeping
She cried, "Petunia is barely breathing."
We rolled you in the morning paper
Just like a guinea pig cigar.
The world is full of evil people
Not Petunia, she is peaceful.
She just eats and sleeps and primps a lot
And kicks the bucket
When I do, then
We'll be free
You and me
We'll be free
You and me
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4. |
Take This On
04:15
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Wide, bright silver moon
Mountain road in early June
We will take this on
We will take this on
Soft, sweet sings the creek
Stone by stone, we climb the peak
We will take this on
We will take this on
I can only wonder what good could come from
A youth without fear of the unknown or young love
But with you, I think I might try
Oh but with you, I'm prepared to try
Conversations about conversations
About the things we should have said
Talking in circles and circling round my head
I care about you baby, but I'm always on the road
Distance is rough, but it's the life I've always known.
Me and you, we should be living instead.
Oh me and you, we should be living instead.
I have grown too weary of moonlight and night skies
They have only lead me to heartbreak and harsh lies
But with you, I think I might try
Oh but with you, I think I might try.
Soft, sweet sings the creek
Stone by stone, we climb the peak
We will take this on
We will take this on
Wide, bright silver moon
Mountain road in early June
We will take this on
We will take this on
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5. |
Song for Everyone
03:13
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Every single sunrise is everybody's
Every single snowfall is everyone's
And this single moment, this single moment
This moment just belongs to us.
Every single raindrop is everybody's
Every single mountain breeze is everyone's
But this sing moment, this single moment
This moment just belongs to us.
Belongs to us
Us... belongs to us
Every single sunburn is everybody's
The shade from every oak tree is everyone's
And this simple folk tune, this simple folk tune
This tune belongs to everyone.
To everyone.
One... to everyone.
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We'll Be Alright
03:47
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I'm not gonna tell you that I'm doing fine
I wouldn't lie about that to you my friend
But last night, I worked up the nerve to smile at a girl
When her boyfriend walked in
There's a solution to all of our woes
We wrote this tune so everyone knows
Just bring us three more whiskeys, and we'll be alright
Three more whiskeys, and all of the stuff that goes wrong will be outta sight.
We don't like to complain about all of our woes
We sing the remedy so everyone knows
Three more whiskeys and we'll be alright.
I went to a party in gay Par-ee
I sat down to go wee-wee
I thought I'd catch up on some of my texts
But oh no, you'll never guess what happened next
My phone went down
As I turned around to flush
But there's a solution to all of our woes
We wrote this tune so everyone knows
Just bring us three more whiskeys, and we'll be alright
Three more whiskeys
And all of the beep that goes wrong will be outta sight
We don't like to complain about all of our woes
We sing the remedy so everyone knows
Three more whiskeys and we'll be alright
Drunk solo
I can remember the first day of school
Trying to prove to them other kids I'm super cool
So I show off a balancing act on my tray
When a little scrap of nothing just got in my way
I went down
Oh my gosh, it was awful
My food went everywhere
My mashed potatoes went all over Charles
Jason literally drank my apple juice
And as for Jessica, my corn dog went right into her fruit cup.
But there's a solution to all of our woes.
We wrote this tune so everyone knows
Just bring us three more whiskeys, and we'll be alright
Three more whiskeys
And all of the shit that goes wrong will be outta sight.
We don't like to complain about all of our woes.
We sing the remedy so everyone knows.
Three more whiskeys and we'll be alright
Oh yeah
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7. |
Virginia May
04:05
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The stars don't hold a candle to the twinkle in her eye.
They keep talking bout the moon that shines so bright,
But they haven't seen her smile.
Sweet Virginia May
Please come back again
Nothing sweeter than the way she paints the ground so white
With her daisies everywhere
She can lead you on the Highland Ridge
and treat you to the ponies wild
Sweet Virginia May
Please come back again
Watch it now, be careful or she'll roll on by
Don't you know you'll miss her when she rolls on by
It'll be another year before she rolls on by
Sweet Virginia May
Please come back again
In the morning when she wakes me with her sunlight
And her warmth upon my skin
I could wait all day to lie down in her sweet embrace
And dream away
Sweet Virginia May
Please come back again
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