Saddles & Boots

Cover, Up! Vol. 23

Covering Fire

From the badlands of Dakota
to the outer banks back East
we're sitting here and starving
there was supposed to be a feast
never wanted to be a ranger, a maverick? not in the least
dirt mountain won't you just give us some peace
dirt mountain what's the number of my beast?

from Ithaca to Trumansburg, took the Black Diamond trail
Down in Big Bend Texas, ya know I spent some time in jail
Now I ain't no Gladiator, never crossed  no Rubicon
Dirt Mountain, why must you lead us on?
Dirt Mountain, where's my First Edition?

Now posters are delightful, and rodeos they're fine
but i need to climb Dirt Mountain
and nirvana will be mine!

Now Moses went to Sinai, Hillary climbed his Step
Hans Meyer had Kilimanjaro to solidify his rep
Me? I'm heading out to Dearborn
I'm taking all my gear
Dirt Mountain, this is my  model year
Dirt Mountain, you can't make me live in fear
Dirt Mountain, I'll no longer stand in line
Dirt Mountain, I have come to take what's mine

The Legend Of Dirt Mountain

Then She Appeared

Leaning On The Everlasting Arms

Old Dirt Road

Me At The Museum, You In The Wintergardens

Alone Again Naturally

The Painter

Vanishing Girl (30 Ips Deck Master)

We're All Lite

Carolina in my Mind

Main Title

He'd get home at 5:30
Fix his drink, sit down in his chair
Pick a fight with mama
Complain about us kids getting in his hair

At night he'd sit alone and smoke
I'd see his frown behind his lighter's flame
Now that same frown's in my mirror
I got my daddy's blood inside my veins

Fish swim, birds fly
Daddies yell, mamas cry
Old men sit and think
I drink

Chicken TV dinner
6 minutes on defrost, 3 on high
Beer to wash it down with, then another
A little whiskey on the side

It's not so bad alone here
It don't bother me that every night's the same
I don't need another lover hanging 'round
trying to make me change

Fish swim, birds fly
Lovers leave by and by
Old men sit and think
I drink

I know what I am
But I don't give a damn

Fish swim, birds fly
Daddies yell, mamas cry
Old men sit and think
I drink

I Drink

Lady dear lady I knock at your door
I just want to sit by your fire
Tell you the story of natural law
and how we might conquer desire
There in your kitchen you don't look too happy
You can't even remember your name
So who is the clown now? Who is the fool?
And which one is lost in the game?
Don't you know its just paranoia?
Don't you know there's nothing can destroy ya?
Don't you know I'd climb mountains to find you?
And only make love if you want to
Lady dear lady let me in your door
cuz i just want to sit by your fire
tell you the story of natural law
and how we might conquer desire
there in your kitchen you look oh so sad
you can't even remember your name
So who is the clown now? Who is the fool?
And which one is lost in the game?
oh you know there's nothing can destroy ya
and you know that its just paranoia
don't you know i'd climb mountains to find ya?
and only make love if you want to
Some say you are what you feel love
only have friends if you need them
high in your high rise, I'm watching the moon rise
I know that it's your time to go
and its the happiest time of your life
and its the happiest time of your life
and its the happiest time of your life

Only Make Love (If You Want To)

Dear Prudence (3rd Eye Chakra: Indigo)

got me a job at Wendy's
pushin that mop and pail
aint too great but reckon its better
than sittin in the county jail

married my high school sweetheart
a skinny little blond called Gayle
slapped her around a bit too much
they put me in the county jail

all those years they told me
"be a man strand straight and smile"
but now it looks like being a man
has gone right out of style

i hear them yelling all nite long
they fuss they cry they wail
far as they're concerned scum like me
can rot in the county jail

heard they making some changes
something to do with bail
got my lawyer on the pay phone
said "get me out of county jail"

he told me "hold your horses"
told me "slow your roll
son far as those city folks is concerned
you can stay here til you're cold"

they told me i had a visitor
my son walked thru the gate
wanted guidance from his old man
he's about to graduate

said "don't know what to tell you son
don't know what you should do
as long as there ain't no shooting war
they got no use for you"

so he got him a job at Wendy's
pushing that mop and pale
aint too great but he reckons its better
than sitting in the county jail

County Jail

Heard It In A Love Song

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Carolina in my Mind

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