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Ashes
04:32
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in the woods down by the shore
no one lives here anymore
she would watch the barges run
floating white pine by the ton
in the days before the fire
she would marry her first love
she would draw the mother’s ire
calling Jesus from above
she was venus in a pocket
she would burn without a flame
every sister went out walking
every brother knew her name
in the streets of sap and sawdust
she would meet the old man’s eye
daddy’s favored native daughter
underneath a white hot sky
hey
old mill burned the town away
hey
ashes on the river bay
gotta get that first train out
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2. |
Timid Soul
05:20
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the leaves fall down in Blackhawk town
the cousin jacks are singing
fifty foot of shaft straight down
chains and picks are ringing
oh, the wind blows cold
winters round the bend
deep down in rock hard ground
candles burning thin
oh, we’ll go dancing baby
out on a vein of gold
I won’t be your proper lady
I won’t be your timid soul
I laid down my wedding gown
and worked that quartz hill mine
dragged those timbers up that slope
and watered down our wine
oh, the wind blows cold
in tunnels deep and dark
you let the fire burn out
every little spark
oh, we’ll go dancing baby
out on a vein of gold
I won’t be your proper lady
I won’t be your timid soul
caught a wild bird in a cage
it pined away and died
a yellow flower for its grave
out on the mountainside
oh, the wind blows cold
and leaves its lady fair
I won’t stay and fade away
there’s silver in the air
oh, we’ll go dancing baby
out on a vein of gold
I won’t be your proper lady
I won’t be your timid soul
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3. |
Leadville
03:51
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turn your face to me love
turn your face to me gently
turn your face to me love
and free me
all I have is my heart
all I know is to see you
I was born for the part
to free you
we don’t have to worry but let’s be alone
we don’t have to hurry but make me your own
I came here to find you and bring you a song
don’t know where you’re going but take me along (yeah)
we’ll forget who we are
we’ll come in from the cold too
I have traveled so far
to hold you
if you just take my hand
I can be what you need dear
I will do all I can
to be here
we don’t have to worry but let’s be alone
we don’t have to hurry but make me your own
I came here to find you and bring you a song
don’t know where you’re going but take me along (please)
turn your face to me love
turn your face to me gently
turn your face to me love
and free me
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4. |
Bad Man
05:10
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he was born
in Polk County
January 1854
raised up fighting
fast as lightning
the devil barking at the door
In ‘69
he was a cowboy
drove the trail to Abilene
he rode the black hills
5 braves were fast kills
he was the worst they’d ever seen
(said) I’m a bad man / got a fast hand
I’m a gambler on the run
Don’t mistake me / (I’ll) set your soul free
on the barrel of my gun
at 23
he was an outlaw
dealing whiskey to the Sioux
his prison train
bound for Omaha
he never paid the law his due
made his way
on up to Leadville
he was a gambler on the rise
a man named Brown
wouldn’t stand down
shot him right between the eyes
(said) I’m a bad man / got a fast hand
I’m a gambler on the run
Don’t mistake me / (I’ll) set your soul free
on the barrel of my gun
In ‘81
he was a hired gun
down in Tombstone’s finest hall
a man named Storms drew
but he was shot through
took 2 bullets in the fall
(said) I’m a bad man / got a fast hand
I’m a gambler on the run
Don’t mistake me / (I’ll) set your soul free
on the barrel of my gun
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Silver Dollar
03:52
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she was a girl with an eye for beauty
she was a child of desire
she never shied from the eye of strangers
she grew up close to the fire
you’re my Silver Dollar
you’re my precious stone
love, I cannot follow
you are far from home
I gave her all that a mother could give
even a pony to ride
she traded all for a snow white gelding
and took up a man on the side
you’re my Silver Dollar
you’re my precious stone
love, I cannot follow
you are far from home
sent her to write for the city paper
city was kind for a while
penned her a tale in a dime store western
sold it for less than a smile
Chicago would call for the miner’s daughter
darkness would pull her inside
mother would never believe she’d gone and
swore that her girl was alive
you’re my Silver Dollar
you’re my precious stone
love, I cannot follow
you are far from home
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