Down In The Dirt
01. I'mma Make You Love Me
02. Player Blues
03. Wait
04. Guess I'll Lay Down
05. Prisoner Of Your Touch
06. Boots On The Ground
07. I Don't Need It
08. Hard Walkin' Blues
09. Lady Of The Night
10. Breaking Me Down
11. Watch It All Burn
12. Down In The Dirt
01. I'mma Make You Love Me
I'm gonna make you love me
You just don't know it yet
I'm gonna make you love me
You just don't know it yet
Like a spider to a fly
I'mma catch you in my Web
It's 4 o'clock in the morning
We're still talking on the telephone
Well it's 4 o'clock in the morning
We're still talking on the telephone
I'm gonna whisper sweet words
Until I make you my own
Baby please don't worry
Loving me just can't be wrong
Baby please don't worry
Loving me just can't be wrong
I'mma let you take your time
But you better not take too long
I'm gonna find me another man
One who remind me of you
I'mma find me another man
One who remind me of you
I may never love him
But he'll do what I tell him to
It don't take much
Just to keep me satisfied
No it don't take much
Just to keep me satisfied
I only want your heart
Your body, soul, and your mind
I'm gonna make you love me
You just don't know it yet
I'm gonna make you love me
You just don't know it yet
Like a spider to a fly
I'mma catch you in my web
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02. Player Blues
My baby ain't got much of his time to spare
He gives me just enough to make due
But he holds me close and keeps me warm some nights
If only for an hour or two
I'll make love to him, sing his praises and hymns
And thank him for the good in my life
I hold his face in my hands and kiss him goodbye
And send him on home to his wife
I love his stolen glances of our secret romances
His fire burns down in my heart
Each kiss I set in stone to build his pedestal
And it hurts so much to tear it apart
And I don't know how long I've been down inside of this hole
My days and nights just don't keep track
And everything I am is in the palm of his hand
And he's never gonna love me back
No, he’s never gonna love me back
When you play the game of lovers and lies
Even winners are bound to lose
There's a cost of pain and sacrifice
And you still gotta live with you
I put forward a strong facade to keep up his lies
But I break under the smile I wear
My heart is holding back a boiling river inside
And I don't know how much more I can bear
I'll never say those three small words, I know how he gets
When I try to tell him just how I feel
Because diamonds and smiles are for the movie screens
And pain is what you get for real
Pain is what you get for real
Pain is what you get for real
Pain is what you get for real
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03. Wait
I've been down this road before
I seen the murder crows gathered round my door
And I could tell the time
By the love lost in his eyes
You don't see things the same way
He's falling further from ya each and every day
You can't see the light
Of your own demise
And if you think it's going well
You can't see that far down the range
Wait, wait, wait - That'll change
She's coming back this way again
I don't say "if" now, I'm just waiting on the "when"
She's got a nasty habit
Of reading between the lines
Ain't heard a word from her when she was on the roam
Don't ask no questions, you just open up your home
She's acting shady now
Can't you see the signs?
She's on the straight and narrow
To repair all she's estranged
Wait, wait, wait - That'll change
You can rely on human nature to lean to the despicable
Ain't cause to cry, It's a blessing in disguise
It makes the heartache and the lies so predictable
You found some trouble, your life is full of doubt
Here they come, hand up to help you out
There are strings attached
To keep you under their thumb
You're so grateful to be living on the dole
Can’t you see that you’re losing all control
You compromise
Whole is greater than the sum
Well you think you're slick
You got the best of the exchange
Wait, wait, wait - That'll change
Yeah you smile and cheer
As they're tightening the reins
Wait, wait, wait - That'll change
Well it's no big deal
You think your life won't rearrange
Wait, wait, wait - That'll change
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04. Guess I'll Lay Down
It's my own fault baby
What can I do?
You can't be his baby
And be my baby too
Guess I'll lay down and try not to dream of you
When the night gets quiet
And the room gets dark
Well that's the worst time
For us to be apart
Guess I'll lay down and try not to dream of you
You know I'm sitting here
I hang my head
To think of all of those
Bad things I said
Guess I'll lay down and try not to dream of you
12 shots of whiskey
I'm in a haze
When you ain't around
Minutes turn to days
Guess I'll lay down and try not to dream of you
Thinking about us baby
Love we made
Waiting for your call
I start to fade
Guess I'll lay down and try not to dream of you
You're wound up honey
I take the abuse
You ask me why
I got no excuse
Guess I'll lay down and try not to dream of you
My heart is aching
Taking my turn
Can't walk away from you
I'll just have to burn
Guess I'll lay down and try not to dream of you
It's my own fault baby
What can I do
All the love I'm givin'
Is only hurting you
Guess I'll down and try not to dream of you
Guess I'll down and try not to dream of you
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05. Prisoner Of Your Touch
I knew I shouldn’t love you but I had to follow through
And now you’re with another woman and I don’t know what to do
Because I’m a prisoner of your touch
I know this is wrong and it shouldn’t be so tough but I’m a prisoner of your touch
I know I shouldn’t want this, I know I should be strong
But anytime that you’re away, you know it’s just too long
Because I’m a prisoner of your touch
When you give me everything, you know it’s not enough because I’m a prisoner of your touch
I can’t be away from you but I can’t be by your side
And when you ain’t here that’s when I can’t hide
That I’m a prisoner of your touch
I shouldn’t ask for anything, I know I ask too much but I’m a prisoner of your touch
Without you, time crawls by, you're here and gone too fast
I’d give up everything I have just to make these moments last
Because I’m a prisoner of your touch
When I have to be without you, the world is just too rough, because I’m a prisoner of your touch
You keep me going strong, your love can keep me still
You keep the world in color, you give my life a thrill
And I’m a prisoner of your touch
When life is falling down around me, I use you like a crutch because I’m a prisoner of your touch
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06. Boots On The Ground
There's been a lot of talk going on these days
Seems like you had a lot to say
That writing on the wall ain't painted on
You don't want to say it but you want me gone
Ain't my kinda thang to hang around
Once I get my boots on the ground
I begged and lied and starved and stole
Just to escape from your control
Not one to do what I've been told
I'll take my chances in the cold
No telling where my feet are bound
Once I get my boots on the ground
Running on ain't something to fear
The winter wind is sharp and clear
I'll walk alone but at least I'm free
The bitter road is calling me
Who am I to deny the sound
Once I get my boots
my boots
my boots on the ground
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07. I Don't Need It
You drink the nights away
You're closing down the bar
You tell me "Babe, don't worry"
Then you're driving in your car
My heart is pounding
Praying that you make it through the night
I don't need that kinda bullshit in my life
You're sleeping through the day
Won't get up and outta bed
Nothing seems to help ya
And it's messin' with my head
You need to pull yourself together
Ya gotta get your mind right
I don't need that kinda bullshit in my life
I been waiting for your call
Only silence on my phone
You tell me that love me
But you leave me all alone
You know you're gonna lose me
But you won't put up a fight
I don't need that kinda bullshit in my life
I've been so heavy-hearted
From everything you put me through
Please, baby, please
Won't you help me help you?
The one I used to love
Don't seem to be there anymore
You pushed me so hard, baby
Forced me right out the door
Hope ya get it figured out
Hope someday you see the light
I don't need that kinda bullshit in my life
I don't need it
I don't need it, no
If ya ain't gonna change
Then ya best let me go
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08. Hard Walkin' Blues
Well I got holes in my shoes
I been walking, nothing to lose
Say you don't love me no more
I got a whole world left to explore
Gon' to explore
Gon' to explore
Gon' to explore
Gon' to explore
You took my money, I took the blame
Ain't got a dollar left to my name
But I been happy since you put me out
Now I got nothin' to cry about
Won't cry about ya no
Won't cry about ya no
Won't cry about ya no
Won't cry about
You're living high, think that you've won
You got your crazy, got my freedom
Well we had fire, drank kerosene
I was young, and you were mean
You were mean
You were mean
You were mean
Yeah, you were mean
Hurt me so bad when you done me wrong
Ain't nothin' for me, got to move on
I'm walking on down the railroad track
Sun on my shoulder, ain't comin' back
Ain't coming back
Ain't coming back
Ain't coming back
Ain't coming back
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09. Lady Of The Night
I don't care what you call me
As long as you call me sometimes
I don't care what I mean to you
Cuz honey, your money's just fine
I can be your best friend
I can be your enemy too
It don't make no difference to me
Cuz this hour is all about you
I'm a lady of the night
I'm the one you're gonna call
I'm a woman of leather and lace
And we're gonna have a ball
I don't need no rescue
You don't gotta help me out
I ain't got nobody telling me
What my life is gonna be about
I can bring you some comfort
When your day can't get any worse
Just remember that the real boss is
The .45 in my purse
I'm a lady of the night
I'm the one you're gonna call
I'm a woman of beauty and grace
And we're gonna have a ball
Johnny brings his hassle
Like a shepherd minding the flock
But we both know where he's gonna be
After he punches out the clock
The road is the one that I talk to
I do it all on my own
Money is all the family I need
And when I die I won't be alone
I'm a lady of the night
I'm the one you're gonna call
I'm a woman of expensive taste
And we're gonna have a ball
Yeah, we're gonna have a ball
As long as you can pay for it all
We're gonna have a ball
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10. Breaking Me Down
You hit me close this time
To be assured that you are still mine
Your eyes give me a right to life
And the will to fight
Down in our secret place
Where I memorize the lines of your face
Given a choice to take flight and shine
Or decline in your twilight
Hold me close, while you wound me once more
In a sea of you I cannot find the shore
Let in the cold, I don't care if I drown
Don't let me go cuz every beat of your heart is breaking me down
I am a slave to your tongue
To the pain of the words yet unsung
And I live with the bite of the lie
By which I'm defined
You visit me in my dreams
No escape from this ache now, it seems
I'll fall from great height, fly too close
To the light of the divine
Hold me close, while you wound me once more
In a sea of you I cannot find the shore
Let in the cold, I don't care if I drown
Don't let me go cuz every beat of your heart is breaking me down
Bear me down, tasting of your DNA
Given out, make me to lay
Coil me round, tether my fate to you
Give me a sip of your poisonous lips, there is nothing else for me to do
Hold me close, while you wound me once more
In a sea of you I cannot find the shore
Let in the cold, I don't care if I drown
Don't let me go cuz every beat of your heart is breaking me down
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11. Watch It All Burn
Who was I, a breath of youth
Unfamiliar and afraid
Desp’rate and free I walked alone
In need of strangers’ aide
You saw me there, a child but
A temptress in your eyes
You drew me in to violate
And cut me down to size
I was made so small
On my knees and crawl
Through the furnace and the fray
You stood strong and tall
I’ll watch you fall
I’ll watch it all burn away
Who was I, so wild eyed
Green wheat among the chaff
Affected by the wine and frost
Still learning how to laugh
The wind had cut me to the bone
And bore your strategy
You sheltered and in shadow sought
To dim the light in me
I was made so small
On my knees and crawl
Through the furnace and the fray
You stood strong and tall
I’ll watch you fall
I’ll watch it all burn away
I’m wiser now
I don’t see how
I put my trust in you
Friend for so long
Knew right from wrong
Was I just overdue?
I was made so small
On my knees and crawl
Through the furnace and the fray
You stood strong and tall
I’ll watch you fall
I’ll watch it all burn away
Burn away
Burn away
Burn away
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12. Down In The Dirt
All my loved ones go their own way
And all my friends just simply fade away
When they leave the take everything but my shirt
I keep em down in the dirt
I keep em down in the dirt
Dirty old man don't care what I have to say
He don't wanna hear the songs I have to play
He judges my worth by the length and the width of my skirt
I keep em down in the dirt
I keep em down in the dirt
Measure old teachers by the lives of the children they touch
I come along and they tell me I'll never be much
How many fragile minds would they go on to subvert?
I keep em down in the dirt
I keep em down in the dirt
When I start to feel like I'll never smile again
And the rest of the world only causes me pain
What can I do when everything just seems to hurt?
I keep em down in the dirt
I keep em down in the dirt
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