Lyrics:
Front Porch
Don't You Think About Me Anymore
I Overheard (You Were Over Her)
Leavin'
City Far Away
Tipperary
Sinners and Saints
Babylon Is Fallen
Come On In
Stonewall
Devil's Lullaby
Love The Pain
Oh, What A Night
Broken Shoes
H-Bomb
Shenandoah
Hymn #2
New Year's Eve
Front Porch
Bendel, Charyk & Pariah Beat
Sittin’ on my front porch just havin’ my first whiskey
I’m watchin’ all the cars go by and makin’ sure that they all agree
That a brand new car and a PBR are the American dream
And if I play my cards right that dream could become reality
Well they tell me the water is poisoned after I drank it all my life
Dad always said as I man I would see it’s just another conspiracy
Well step on my front porch and sit yer ass down
I’ll tell you’ bout the back streets of this one horse town
These streets here are made out of gravel and concrete
There’s blood in the back streets of My home town
Well they tell me the water is rising, we’re gonna need another ark
But that don’t even surprise me, it’s just another conspiracy
I’m just sittin’ on my front porch havin’ my fifth whiskey
Mine eyes might be blurry but suddenly I can see
That a dead end job and a wife who sobs are my current reality
But with that gold mastercard I’ll be livin’ the American dream
Well I’m sittin’ on my front porch, finished my last whiskey
My old lady’s soundly sleepin’ and you know that’s how I like her to be
And old Chance the dog, she’s a dirty slob just lickin’ herself happily
And you know I kind of envy her ’cause she’s livin’ the American dreamDon’t You Think About Me Anymore
Bendel, Charyk & Pariah Beat
Don’t you think about me anymore
Don’t you even think about me anymore
Don’t you think about me baby
When the dogs are at your door
No don’t you think of me no more
When you wake up in the morning and there’s coffee on the stove
When your singing in the shower I hope it’s not alone
Don’t you shed your tears on me ‘cause you know I weren’t the one
I t’s hard on me, it’s hard on you that’s the price for tempting love
Don’t you write me no letter don’t call me on the phone
Don’t try and track me down I ain’t listed anymore
Loosing you ain’t easy got your picture on the wall
Just remember that the times we had were good for one and all
If’n you were wondering I’m getting along
I’m still smoking cigarettes and hidin’ from the law
I know the hardest part is we could have made a go
Could our love have stood the ages? Well I’d rather not know
Well don’t you ever wonder what might have been
If we could ever learn to stop the spin
By the time you hear the thunder
Lightning’s torn the sky asunder
Don’t you wonder anymore?I Overheard (You Were Over Her)
Charyk & Pariah Beat
I overheard, you were over her.
Seeing you now and I aint so sure
that you were doing how you said you were
when I overheard, you were over her.
You wouldn't say, if you'd been out all night,
drinking and crying under the moonlight.
All you would tell is you were doing fine,
and moving that, train, a little down the line.
Saying, "let it rip, let it ride down inside
Nowhere to run, but I know how to hide”
Man I tell you, it was a damn good try,
But I saw them tears, behind your eyes.
Said you'd been down, but you weren't out.
Said you'd been down, not for the count.
I got up and left after the third round.
You ordered two more drinks and you pounded 'em down.
Guess I heard myself, in the things you'd say,
'bout looking forward to yesterday.
We always knew that we'd get cast out of Eden.
Now here we are, broken down,
singing love sick songs again.Leavin'
Sharff & Pariah Beat
Well I don't know where I'm headed I can't tell you where I've been
Lord I'm just trying to figure out who's truck I'm driving in
With my future so uncertain and my past still undefined
There's only one conclusion that should come to mind
It's that I'm leavin'
Everything I've ever known
All the places I've called home
And everyone I loved
Yeah I'm leavin'
Just looking for something new
A different light on the morning dew
With thoughts of someone besides you
Oh I'm leavin' for another place
Another point of view
I'm leavin', taking nothing
Taking me and leaving you
Well I'm rollin' through these lonely towns, I got spurs at my side
And they keep on kicking, keep me moving, keeping me alive
Oh lord I'm just a passing stranger, I'm just a passer by
And If you want to love me, baby, I'll be around all night, all right
Well when them winter winds start whining
I head off down that road
Follow them old birdies
They know the way I'm told
'Cause when them chills start going westward
Them cowboys get the blues
They'll leave their darling sweethearts
Put on their walking shoesCity Far Away
Eastridge & Pariah Beat
Headin’ out or hangin’ on the ranch,
Them girls mean business, them girls all stand a chance,
And who are you to judge all circumstance?
I’m in no hurry to supply to that demand
And if we’re not doing business
There’s no charm in shaking hands.
‘Oh, but where’s the love?’ you’d say,
Hidden in my heart, the country,
Cities far away and what is love
That doesn’t pay off in some way?
Isn’t really healthy to have it any other way
Swingin’ by the west coast with my man
He’s such an old man
Can’t stand without his medicine
Who’d of thought I’d be makin’ friends?
Friends and acquaintances to lend a helping hand
And if we’re just doing busines
there’s no harm in making plans.
If I thought once or twice
I might of thought about it all the time
Do something else, do it for yourself
All fears and worries on the shelf
Thanks, I’m doing really rather well
In a city far away
Tipperary
Bendel & Pariah Beat
Jesus Christ where have you been?
What dirty old cat done dragged you in?
You look like Hell, you smell like shit
I'm awful glad you made it
Well I traveled long & I traveled hard
o'er many a fence through many a bar
I did it once, I'll do it again
But it's awful nice to see an old friend
It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way I'm told
& if you want to get to Tipperary
You can't move slow
or you'll have to pay
Double for a place to stay. It's fine, I'll drive,
We'll make it if we take it all, all night
Well workin’ for the man just ain’t my style
Got no prospects, no zest for life
That’s why I had to leave my home
Start lookin’ for the lost city of gold
Last I heard you were doin’ fine
Seeing you now seems otherwise
I thought you had a union job
Watch your mouth boy,
Don’t swear in front of godSinners & Saints
Pariah Beat
Well he rode into town like a mangy beat up stray
sayin’ can you arrange for a room for a stranger, or
even just a manger or a bail of hay
What's your name is it Abel or Cain?
oh what's the difference ain't they one and the same.
You say your home is Rome but it's never fallen
it follows everywhere you go
you'll find it where the buffalo
I’ve traveled this world over
Sailed the seven seas
Seen sinners and saints but the
Difference ain’t, all that clear
All that clear to me
Unlucky sailors lost at sea
Drifting through life like a leaf on the breeze
You’ll find no port of easy leisure
Just praying that tomorrow
Will bring better weather
How old are you my boy?
Ragged as the mountains
Pure as Helen of Troy
Where did you get your song?
It was at bought discount prices
At a whorehouse dow at old boys town
I flew my white winged horse through hell
With my box of evil things
I touched the sun on homemade wings thenBabylon Is Falling
Adapted from The Sacred Harp by Pariah Beat
Now the hour so long expected
Now the day of full release
Zions walls have been erected
And her watchmen publish peace
The trumpet loudly sounds
The troops are on the ground
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, is fallen
Babylon is fallen to rise no more
Come on boys, we’ll make you men
You’ll never be the same again
Babylon is fallen to rise no more
All the merchants stand in wonder
Pondering what has come to pass
Murmuring like a distant thunder
Crying "Oh! Alas! Alas!"
Opponents cried in vain
There's profit to be gained
What a strange hypocrisy
We’ll fight the war and publish peace
Babylon is fallen to rise no more
Listen boys you'll stop in wonder
Christ shall come a second time
Ruling with a rod of iron
All his foes shall now combine
We care not how it's done
democracy has wonCome On In
Charyk & Pariah Beat
I'll tell you all a story about my Old Man
who says that Hell is a place called Vietnam.
When you see his eyes, then you'll believe that once
you go you can never leave.
I forget to sleep, I forget to eat, but I can't forget
what he said to me. He said,
"Listen son, you better understand, blind faith and
the Devil walk hand in hand. Come on in, come on in.
A trusting soul is His right hand man, come on in, come on in.
I turned 19, and I shipped out to Iraq, started
counting down the days 'till I got back.
But the things I done, they're who I am, and I'm stuck
out there, somewhere in the sand.
I've lost my mind, I've lost my way
been Left Behind, & led astray
Well the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird, and she warbles as she flies.
And she never hollers cuckoo 'till the fourth day of July
The lady at the door, she was dressed in red, her eyes
were flashing like the tracers in my head.
And when she smiles, so seductively, it's like an
IED, with its eye on me.
She got ruby lips and a face like Eve,
she's saying "you can come on in,
but you can't leave."Stone Wall
Eastridge & Pariah Beat
Sittin’ on a stone wall, all cold
Frozen to the bone on a stone wall
Starin’ at the pond
Wonder how the wind blows, growin‘ cold
burn the sofa, boxes, tires chairs
whatever keeps you warm
Come with me, come out of the Valley
Come live on the hill with me
With roosters and donkeys
When Katie got a clue,
worms ate her body
Katie gotta clue and
I got him too but I was lucky
Drivin’ all the way home, sober
Thinkin’ all alone on the drive home
Starin’ at the stars
Wonder how the heart knows, growin’ cold
Burn the sofa, boxes, tires, chairs
Whatever keep you warm
Here it goes again, it never endsDevil’s Lullaby
Bendel & Pariah Beat
Your time on earth is o’er
And your immortal soul is mine
So think now on the things you’ve done
While you were still alive
Remember sun, remember rain
Remember joy, now only pain
You’ll have no rest, for by and by
So sing with me this lullabyFor I have many names
But one in all resolve the same
So ponder not in which you dwell
Just know that your in hellLove The Pain
Sharff & Pariah Beat
Well come on baby
I'm lookin' for some love tonight
I'm lookin' to put up a fight
I'm lookin' for you
Well they say that
Tenderness can never miss
But now you deal me with a lethal dose
And babe I can't resist
Well they say that
Tenderness can never miss
Well then you taught me how to love the pain
And now it's utter blissOh, What A Night
Bendel & Pariah Beat
Everything was going fine, was a day in the sun
We were sippin’ on some forties, was a quarter to one
We were home again, kings of town
Then the clock struck three and it all went down
Downhill from there, should have known
But I got another forty, took off on my own
Well right about four it started to show
You could tell somebody was gonna blow
Let’s calm down, smoke a bowl
Well the jokes on them, I was already stoned
Now we gotta get back to play the show
For the next four hours I just let go
Oh what a night I had me last night
I gave myself an awful fright
Drinkin’ them forties like I just wanted to die
At 11:45 the stores don’t sell
Still had a few bucks, figured what the hell
I sipped it slow, saw some kids I know
Then I went back to the bar to catch last call
That is when shit hit the fan
By two AM I didn’t have many friends
Well right about then just me and Jake
If we only had a dime, we’d just get baked
Our wallets flat, so we hit the frats
We partied for an hour then I just blacked
Out in a car, who’s I don’t know
But my friends ain’t left, it’s 11 in the mornin’Broken Shoes
Sharff & Pariah Beat
Broken shoes on these broken feet
A broken heart that would love to beat
A broken mind
Treat my baby so unkind
Well there's bound to be a woman
Gonna love this man
Before that's gonna happen
I got to learn how to stand
(stand on my own)
Learn how to stand on my own
Head out on the highway take this
Wreck down south
You know my little lady, she's gonna
Run her mouth 'round town
'Bout how I beat her down
...Cool this old hand (stand on my own)...
She's got no gas in her engine
She's runnin' down slow
Her tranny's got all shifty
Her brakes about to go, well
This wreck she sure's goin' to hell
... Get a new van
(stand on my own)
Cool this old hand
(stand on my own)...H-Bomb
McHugh & Pariah Beat
Feels like a sledge hammer hittin’ your brain
Your head's all tight and it’s gonna explode
Your entire body’s warm and tingly all over
Your entire body is havin’ an orgasm!
You feel relaxed and calm but your
Ready to go, ready to go
Feel like you can do anything
And you just don’t care
You can fuck like a porn star
You’re a sex machine
You can go for hours and hours
Without blowin’ your load
She cums and screams and cums
And then she cums some more
She screams for more
But she’s startin’ to get jealous
you just wanna cum too
Now it’s startin’ to wear off
And your feeling fine
But now it’s gone away
And now your itchin’ for more
Give me more give me more ‘til I’m content
Give me more, give me more ‘til I’m dead
I need, I need more
I’m a junkie for your love
And it’s driving me insane
I need you pumping through my veins
You drive me wild, H-BombShenandoah
Sharff & Pariah Beat
I'll paint you a picture of that night
We were driving up the waistcoast of ol' Shenandoah
And the moonlight sure made it feel right
With a thousand miles of valley in sight
And the night wind grew colder and you girl grew bolder
Put your arm 'round my shoulder said "let's race this motor"
You held me tight, said "why don't we sing to the night,
Spread our wings o'er the valley in flight"
That's when your lips, baby they met my lips
And my fingertips, they just must have slipped
The next thing I knew we were falling but you were singing
"Shenandoah, Shenandoah, I love your daughter"
We seemed to stop in mid flight
Lord my face was pale white
But you looked at me and babe you just smiled
And with a frog in my throat and a tear in my eye
I said lord this ain't a bad way to die
Singing Shenandoah
Hymn #2
adapted from a poem by Jo Robin
Sharff & Pariah Beat
Come all ye old boxcars and lay down your loads
Lay down your wooden and step off your roads
Lay down on the soft dirt on the southside of day,
And shake out your cobwebs, wayside and lay
Come all ye weary sinners to the chapels of night
The moon is a' preaching in the evening starlight
Lay down in the soft dirt on the southside of the eve
And shake out those hard sinful hearts in relief
Come all ye young soldiers with strong able hands
Put down your weapons and give off your stance
Fade out the whiskeys and shut out the ales
Sit down in the duskdawn on buckets and pails
Jesus is down in the deep of the glass
The chapel is open
The chapel is open
Jesus is walking on water again
The barooms are closing
The barooms are closing
Come all ye rough ladies with skin for to sell
Leave off your dealin' at the base of the well
Turn down your silken and put off your face
Here in the chapel we've saved you a space
Come all ye weak minded and leave off your mad
Give it a good shake, let go of the grab
Roll yourselves up in three sheets to the wind and
Fear not repentance for you have not sinned
Come all ye old miners whose bodies need care
And sift through the glory that awaits you here
Let down your pickaxe and let go the barrow
Your bones will be mendedright through the marrow
... the bottle is brokenNew Year's Eve
Sharff & Pariah Beat
I've been meaning to come out and visit for years
But you never returned my calls
So I figured I'd drive out here for the New Year
And the famous moonshiner's ball
I got your address from ol' Kenny Hayes
Lord some boys they never do change
He asked me to give you a kiss for him
I said maybe that can be arranged
If I don't come across quite sober now
You know that it's been a hard year
And if you don't know it your back sure does show it
You're stooping right down towards the floor
Remember the year of the carnival
When you first took a liking to me
You saw a glimmer of light in my eye
That no one before you had seen
We spent that summer together
Smokin' corn pipes and wranglin' hogs
We were together like we would be never
Broken hearted again
Remember those days down at Frankie's arcade how I miss that man.
He used to say that there's no time to waste life just slips away
Will you come out dancing tonight
I've still got an ol' step or two
And I must admit that I've practiced a bit
But I promise it wasn't for you
The new year she's coming on quick now
She'll be here in an hour or two and they
Brought up a band from the city tonight
Playing them tunes just like they used to do
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