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Coming On Strong
01:51
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Oh when I met her last winter
I took a sip from her lovin' cup
Until she said I had to quit her
The scale had tipped
And I couldn't get enough
She can't be satisfied
And she's never wrong
Come come, she comin' in strong tonight
She wears a bad-locket locket
Of secret spells that nobody knows
She keeps her hand in my pocket
So she can tell
When I was ready to go
And when the lights go down
She'll go all night long
Come come, she comin' in strong tonight
Now I got a clearer indication
How I fell for her infatuation
Bow to the mistress of temptation
She said, "Ooh....."
But who can really blame her
When she's so young?
Come come, she comin' in strong tonight!
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2. |
Here Comes Love
03:07
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All night long, all I see:
The town rolls up its ornamental streets
I'm down on my luck and dead on my feet
You, babe!
How you shine like a light!
Hey!
Here comes love!
Calling:
Do-do-DOO!
All you got is all I need:
I got no stock in property
I got my guitar a car and some weed!
You, babe!
How you shine like a light!
Hey!
Here comes love!
Calling:
Do-do-DOO!
Don't let go holdin' my hand:
Givin' you up is not in the plan
We're gonna fly off to never never land
You, babe!
How you shine like a light!
Hey!
Here comes love!
Calling:
Do-do-DOO!
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3. |
All Bad Things...
03:50
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Been on a cloud
Of uncertainty
I'm comin' down
To the harsh reality
I wanna climb out of this poverty
I wanna find out what's goin' wrong with me
Cuz no doubt no doubt no doubt
All bad things come in threes!
I got no work
The city towed my guitar
I sunk so low I even stole
A twelve-string guitar
I wanna know why
Life's got it out for me
I wanna cry
Someone say a prayer for me
Cuz no doubt no doubt no doubt
All bad things come in threes!
I met a fine girl
I took her out for drinks
I spilled the wine, my card's declined
And I threw up in the sink
I wanna know why
Life's got it out for me
I wanna cry
Someone say a prayer for me
Cuz no doubt no doubt no doubt
All bad things come in threes!
Baby, take a look at me,
Can't you see I've got a dream
Yes, I'm gonna be a star,
Just like we all are!
But now I feel so down and out
That it makes me wanna shout
Don't close that door,
I need you more
Than ever, ever, ever, ever, ever before!
YEAH!
I wanna know why
Life's got it out for me
I wanna cry
Someone say a prayer for me
Cuz no doubt no doubt no doubt
All bad things come in threes!
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A Prayer for You
04:15
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Once, when I was brokenhearted,
I turned to my lover and I sighed,
"Soon I will have departed
From this world, and I'll have no place to hide,
So please, don't turn me away from your doorstep
'Cause I wanna stay where your heartbeat can be heard --
Then I don't need to say another word."
Soon my lover replied,
"How do I know that you'll be true?"
Oh, I felt crippled inside,
But I realized exactly what to do:
I said, "Please, don't take away my pillow
'Cause I wanna stay where your heartbeat can be heard --
Then I don't need to say another word."
A prayer for you is a prayer for me
Coming 'round and 'round eternity.
A prayer for you is a prayer for me
Going 'round and 'round eternity.
Please, don't turn a deaf ear to my sorrow
'Cause I wanna stay where your heartbeat can be heard --
Then I don't need to say another word."
A prayer for you is a prayer for me
Coming 'round and 'round eternity.
A prayer for you is a prayer for me
Going 'round and 'round eternity.
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5. |
Look What She Done to Me
03:36
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I met her ramblin'
Down near Natchez
She had a candle
And I had matches
And her eyes aflame
She saw through my game
She said she rolled in
From Alabama
As she was holdin'
A silver hammer
And she crushed my brain
When she said my name
Look what she done to me
What she done to me
We met a preacher
Down near Clarksdale
He tried to teach her
By the cross and nail
And he took us in
And we fell into sin
Look what she done to me
What she done to me
Look what she done to me
What she done to me
When I whispered in her ear
My heart was on her shelf
She looked me in the eye and said,
"Boy, I did it for myself."
She caught the last train
To Atlanta
She gave me more pain
Than I could grant her
And she kissed my face
As we parted ways
Look what she done to me
What she done to me
Look what she done to me
What she done to me
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Ruins of My Life
05:19
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Oh mama, please, I feel so sad
I lost the best friend I ever had
When she said goodbye, my heart sank low
Cuz I know, I know I gotta let her go
She left me standin' all alone in the night
But not empty handed: every note that she wrote
Was a light
When i had no sight
Of all the ruins of my life
So when it's time to ride to the sun --
When the painting's dry and being hung --
At the curtain call, when I bid you all adieu,
Well I'll leave a little souvenir or two, allelu.
I won't look back at the paths I left behind,
So don't cry for me, I move fast, in the blink of an eye,
I'll be standing high
Above the ruins of my life.
I cast my memories to the side with this lullaby
And what do I see? No more tears! No more pain! No more time!
Above the ruins of my life
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7. |
The Pouring Rain
02:23
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Rain
A million little pindrops
Fallin' on my rooftop
I hear the pouring rain
Sun
I wish it would surround me
The golden rays would drown me
Instead of pouring rain
Summer days are made in the shade
But they washed away
All that's left for me to do
Is paint the sky in shades of blue, and
Fade into the night with you, and
Rain
Fallin' on my rooftop
Callin' like a ticktock
I hear the pouring rain
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All Our Yesterdays
04:14
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All our yesterdays
Are buried in the ground
And though I'm here today
Tomorrow lay me down
I was born
Born of love and death
Now I see the door
With each and every breath
As I rest my head
On this hollow bed
Waiting for the sun
For to rise again:
Mama, Mama, Mama!
When my time has come
I know you'll be awaitin'
In the setting sun,
That's where we're all gonna go
All good things
They must naturally end
Just like the springtime
Turns to winter again
All our yesterdays
Are buried in the ground
And though I'm here today
Tomorrow lay me down
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Joshua A F Cook New Orleans, Louisiana
Joshua Cook is a New Orleans based singer, songwriter, performer, and world class international troubadour.
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