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Coming on Strong (live)
01:55
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COMING ON STRONG
Oh when I met her last winter
I took a sip from her loving 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’ on strong tonight
She wore a bad-luck locket
Of secret spells that nobody knows
She kept her hand in my pocket
So she could tell when I was ready to go
And when the lights go down she’ll go all night long
Come, come, she comin’ on strong tonight
Come, come, she comin’ on strong tonight
Come, come, she comin’ on strong tonight
Now I got a clearer indication
How I fell for her infatuation
Bowed to the mistress of temptation
When she said oooh, I said whoooa!
But who can really blame her when she’s so young
Come, come, she comin’ on strong tonight
Come, come, she comin’ on strong tonight
Come, come, she comin’ on strong tonight
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All Bad Things (live)
04:10
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ALL BAD THINGS
Been on a cloud of uncertainty
Been comin’ down to the harsh reality
I want out of this poverty
I want out — what’s goin’ wrong with me?
No doubt, no doubt, no doubt,
All bad things come in threes.
I got no work, the city towed my car,
I sunk so low I even stole a 12-string guitar
I wanna know why life’s got it out for me
I wanna cry — someone say a prayer for me
Ain’t no doubt, no doubt, no doubt,
All bad things come in threes.
I met a fine girl, 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
Ain’t no doubt, no doubt, no doubt,
All bad things come in threes.
Baby, take a look at me, can’t you see I got a dream
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.
No doubt, no doubt, no doubt,
All bad things come in threes.
No doubt, no doubt, no doubt,
All bad things come in threes.
No doubt, no doubt, no doubt,
All bad things come in threes.
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LOOK WHAT SHE DONE TO ME
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 rode 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
Look what she done to me, what she done to me
We met a preacher out near Clarksdale
He tried to teach her, Lord, by the cross and nail, but he failed
And when he took us in, they 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!”
We caught the last train to Atlanta
She gave me more pain, Lord, than I could handle.
And when she kissed my face as we parted ways, I said:
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, she said now, “Boy, I did it for myself!”
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A HOLE WHERE MY HEART SHOULD BE
I’ll tell you a story so you can see
What happens to a man like me
When there’s a hole where my heart used to be,
Oh yeah
I’m feelin’ so weary, but I can’t sleep
Alone in bed I hang my head and weep
Into this hole where my heart used to be
Mercy me
After everything is said and done, I do apologize
If I’m not the man you thought I was, God knows I tried
To hold you in my loving arms and keep you satisfied
But I could not give you everything you want, and I saw the pain in your eyes
And that is what hurts me, more than you’ll see
Now here I am just beggin’ on my knees
Down in this hole where my heart used to be
Mercy me
Now that is my story, you heard it from me
Now pray that one day I may find my peace
Lord, with this hole where my heart
With this hole where my heart
With this hole, yeah yeah yeah, where my heart used to be
Mercy me
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Make It Good (live)
05:00
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MAKE IT GOOD
Oh baby please if you’ll agree
To let me hold you for the whole night through
I’ll do anything I can to make it good with you
Oh baby please listen to me
You know that every word I say is true
I’ll do anything I can to make it good with you
You know the place, you know the time,
So let’s pop another bottle of wine
The whiskey’s gone, it’s almost dawn,
And I just want the night to go on,
So baby please stay close to me
You know there’s nothing I would rather do
Than do anything I can to make it good with you
I don’t know where, I don’t know when
We’ll ever be together again
So hold me close, don’t let me go
Because right now there’s no tomorrow
I’ll do anything I can to make it good
If you’ll do anything you can to make it good
And we can do anything we can,
To make it good, to make it good, to make it good,
I’ll do anything I can to make it good with you.
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TILL I FIND MY WAY HOME
Well I’ve known since the day I was born
That I walk a long lonely road
And I hope you will help me to carry this load
Lord, till I find my way home
Everyday I search high and low
For a place with my name on the door
And I hope you will help me to carry this load
Lord, till I find my way home
When my train comes along
I’ll be high and hangin’ on
When my train comes along
There’ll be no looking back, and I know
There are so many ways I can go
Into space or to a distant shore
And I hope you will help me to carry this load
Lord, till I find my way home
When my train comes along
I’ll be high and hangin’ on
When my train comes along
There’ll be no looking back, and I know
There are so many ways I can go
Into space or to a distant shore
And I hope you will help me to carry this load
Lord, till I find my way home
Yes, I hope you will help me to carry this load
Lord, till I find my way home
Lord, till I find my way home
Lord, till I find my way home.
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Lady Feather (live)
03:41
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LADY FEATHER
Lady Feather, if you ever hear another word that I say,
Lady Feather, please remember,
I’ll be true to you till the end of my days,
Even when the stars start to fade
Coming summer days, early mornings with nothing to do
Slowly wander away like the new evening dew
Oh I can’t take more than I am given,
And I have vowed to give my heart to you
In sunshine days played in lazy rhythm
Where I have vowed to give my heart to you
So we dance and sway to another midsummer night’s dream
In this golden state where we play, hide away
Oh I can’t take more than I am given,
And I have vowed to give my heart to you
In sunshine days played in lazy rhythm
Where I have vowed to give my heart to you
No, I can’t take more than I am given,
And I have vowed to give my heart to you
In sunshine days played in lazy rhythm
Where I have vowed to give my heart to you
I have vowed to give my heart to you
I have vowed to give my heart to you
I have vowed to give my heart to you
I have vowed to give my heart to you
So Lady Feather, please remember,
I have vowed to give my heart to you.
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THIS, THAT & THE OTHER
You talk about love but you don’t know what it means
You cut to the heart just to watch a good man bleed
Baby, I believe you belong in a penitentiary
You’re up in face, you got cocaine on your breath
You’re talkin’ in circles and you don’t make too much sense
And this conversation is boring me to death
You’re comin’ at me with
This, that & the other, you know you ain’t my mother
This, that & the other, you know you ain’t my mother
I can’t go along with it the way you bother me with
This, that & the other, all right!
You talk about love but you don’t know what it means
You go on and on ‘bout the way things oughta be
But you’re just repeating the things you heard on TV
You’re comin’ at me with
This, that & the other, you know you ain’t my mother
This, that & the other, you know you ain’t my mother
I can’t go along with it the way you bother me with
This, that & the other, all right!
Get down with
This, that & the other, you know you ain’t my mother
This, that & the other, you know you ain’t my mother
I can’t go along with it the way you bother me with
This, that & the other, all right!
This, that & the other, this, that & the other
This, that & the other, this, that & the other
I can’t go along with it the way you bother me with
This, that & the other, one more time, I said:
This, that & the other, this, that & the other
This, that & the other, this, that & the other
I can’t go along with it the way you bother me with—
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A Prayer for You (live)
04:33
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A PRAYER FOR YOU
Once, when I was broken-hearted,
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
Cuz I, I wanna stay where your heartbeat can be heard
Then I don’t need to say another word.”
Soon my lover replied,
“Oh, 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,
Cuz I, 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
So please, don’t turn a deaf ear to my sorrow,
Cuz I, I wanna stay where your heartbeat can be heard
Then I don’t need to say another word
No I don’t need to say another word
No I don’t need to say another word, no, no, no, no,
Oh no-no, no-no!
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
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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ALL OUR YESTERDAYS
When all our yesterdays are buried in the ground
When can be here today, but tomorrow lay me down
I was born, born of love and death
Now I see the door with each and every breath, hear what I said?
When all our yesterdays are buried in the ground
When can be here today, but tomorrow lay me down
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 awaiting in the setting sun,
That’s where we all come from
When all our yesterdays are buried in the ground
When can be here today, but tomorrow lay me down
When all our yesterdays are buried in the ground
When can be here today, but tomorrow lay me down
When all our yesterdays are buried in the ground
When can be here today, but tomorrow lay me down
Tomorrow lay me down
Tomorrow lay me down
Tomorrow lay me down
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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