Death Before Pop Country

I Hate Lonely (DBPC)

Free and Clean (DBPC)

Raging in the Dark

Preacher Man

Where The Red Fern Grows

Don't Lose Your Faith

Save Me

Other Than That

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Long Story Short (2023 Remaster)

Where The Red Fern Grows (2023 Remaster)

Rocky Ford (2023 Remaster)

Waiting (2023 Remaster)

Never Was Mine (2023 Remaster)

Stay (2023 Remaster)

Well I met her I was floating
Tahlequah down on the river
When we started talking
You could feel it getting thicker
Tension steady building
Could’ve cut it with a knife
Where in the world had she been all my life
That little lady had a frightful reputation
Beast with many faces
Read about her in Revelation
But all I see spinning here in front of me
Is an Oklahoma good time
That don’t look like its cheap

If she wants to dance
Then I guess I’m dancing
If she wants to run
Then I’ll run until I drop
But if she wants to make me question
Til I’m crazy
Ain’t much that I can do
Can’t bear to see it stop

We showed up to the ballroom
We were sipping liquid courage
And smoking out our brains
On these cigarettes we’s burning
And everybody wondered where we’d been
It’d been several hours since we reached the rivers end
Worry ‘bout yourself now boys
We’re trying to have some fun
We’re just getting started and it looks like y’all are done
She grabbed me by the hand and walked me out onto the floor
Put Turnpike on the jukebox
I can’t take it anymore

So if she wants to dance
Then I guess I’m dancing
If she wants to run then I’ll run until I drop
But if she wants to make me question til I’m crazy
Ain’t much that I can do
Can’t bear to see it stop

So if she wants to dance
Then I guess I’m dancing
If she wants to run then I’ll run until I drop
But if she wants to make me question til I’m crazy
Ain’t much that I can do
Can’t bear to see it stop

Diamondhead

Well I come from a line of hard men who all died in their boots
Told me there's worst things in life that a man's got to lose
Said keep your head high point your nose to the ground
Keep in mind when the time rolls around
You better shoot straight 'cause the Forest's are hearing this, too

I remember the ribbons tied up in her raven hair
She was too pretty to breathe in that Rocky Ford air
And her pa saw me starin' and he started my way
I didn't care what he had to say
No Forest alive or dead tells me where to look

Now Jesse says she's getting tired of running around
She's sick of the fighting says love isn't chosen it's found
And I think of my brother and if he'd feel the same
Laying there cold and stiff in his grave
With a .44 slug from a Forest boy still in his eye

Too much has been done and I think that the end's drawing nigh
Jess says it's more than just you now let go of your pride
And I think of my father and the words that he's said
Better shoot straight boy or you'll wind up dead
Laying here bleeding, I've found out my daddy was right

Now my boy comes from a man who died in his boots
There's worse things than life that a boy of his name's got to lose

Rocky Ford

There's evil 'round the corner
And joy around the bend
The devil's on my trail
He's been chasing me like hell
And I don't think he's out to let me win
So I keep my eyes wide open
Wear my heart on my sleeve
Cause where I'm from an honest name
Means more to folks than diamond rings
Or anything that gold and silver brings

Cause the love of a woman and respect of my old man
Is about the only two things that I need
And if folks just keep listening to these songs that I've written
I reckon I can do it all for free
I don't need your money
I don't want your name
And I don't really care who you know
I'll be in Oklahoma
Just fighting fear and loathing
Living where the lonely people go

My hands are getting restless
My friends are getting high
They're headed to the show
With their lighters all aglow
Just hoping that we make it out alive
And I may never make it
I may die a poor man
But I'll be singing my own songs
If the good lord thinks that's wrong
He can kill me where I stand

Cause the love of a woman and respect of my old man
Is about the only two things that I need
And if folks just keep listening to these songs that I've written
I reckon I can do it all for free
I don't need your money
I don't want your name
And I don't really care who you know
I'll be in Oklahoma
Just fighting fear and loathing
Living where the lonely people go

Fear and Loathing

I'll hide in these trees 'til I wanna come down
You may find me on the outskirts of town
Making my way to my new home
To hide in the gutter 'til you pull the cover
And give me some time on my own

Cause I'm a free roaming
Natural re-homing
Fun-loving son of a gun
Mean as a varmint,
My diet's pure garbage
And when the lights come on, I run
Bandit by name
A leaver by trade
I'm destined to die on my own
But I ain't scared of death
And a bandit is always alone

Well, night after night
The hounds they keep coming
Chasing until I'm out on a limb
High as a bird
Too scared to come down

And I ain't scared of dying
But I ain't fond of flying
So I don't want to do either now

Cause I'm a free roaming
Natural re-homing
Fun-loving son of a gun
Mean as a varmint,
My diet's pure garbage
And when the lights come on, I run
Bandit by name
A leaver by trade
I'm destined to die on my own
But I ain't scared of death
And a bandit is always alone

J.R. Carroll

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