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Workhorse Blues
04:00
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WORKHORSE BLUES
I should have been a workhorse
But I don't have the discipline
I should have been a workhorse
But I don't have the discipline
If you take me to the river
You know I will jump right in
I should have been a workhorse
Working just for you
I should have been a workhorse
Working just for you
For a minute of your love
I would work my whole life through
Some are born to carry a different load
Some are born to follow a different road
Some are born to fly on golden wings
Some are born for darker things
I should have been a workhorse
In the fields from kin till cain't
I should have been a workhorse
In the fields from kin till cain't
Like Little Willie Foster
I might bend but I won't break
Wednesday's child is full of woe
Thursday's child has a long way to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving
Saturday's child works hard for a living
I should have been a workhorse
Like a mule behind the plough
I should have been a workhorse
Like a mule behind the plough
I should have been a workhorse
But I know it's too late now
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Something Funny Going On
05:38
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SOMETHING FUNNY GOING ON
I thought I heard a door slam, I thought I heard a cry
I heard a dog bark but I don't know why
Keep yourself to yourself (to yourself) 'cause it's understood
There's something funny going on in the neighbourhood
There's things in the shadows, hiding out of sight
There's things that go bump in the middle of the night
Keep yourself to yourself (to yourself) 'cause it's understood
There's something funny going on in the neighbourhood
There's something in the water, something in the air
You gotta wear a mask if you're going anywhere
Your might lose your direction, you might lose your hair
Natural selection can be so unfair
Keep yourself to yourself (to yourself) 'cause it's understood
There's something funny going on in the neighbourhood
I thought that I was living in a quiet cul-de-sac
But this estate we're in is giving me a heart attack
Searching for the light; examining the cracks
I've got my nose to the grindstone and a monkey on my back
Keep yourself to yourself (to yourself) 'cause it's understood
There's something funny going on in the neighbourhood
Better get out while the getting's good
There's something funny going on in the neighbourhood
Dealing with danger in a worried nation
Feeling like a stranger on a strange vacation
We're circling the plughole of a dirty basin
Running for a train that left the station
Keep yourself to yourself (to yourself) 'cause it's understood
There's something funny going on in the neighbourhood
Better get out while the getting's good
There's something funny going on in the neighbourhood
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Bars Gonna Close
06:05
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BARS GONNA CLOSE
On a one night stand, out with the band
I met a traveller from an antique land
He muttered something I couldn't understand
About some statue somewhere in the sand
It had a head from what he said
And maybe hands, or was it feet instead?
To tell the truth I wasn't interested
In some old king who'd been a long time dead
CHORUS
Rain gonna fall
Bars gonna close
It's a mixed up world
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
It's a free-for-all
Bars gonna close
Rain gonna fall
Now my friend Ben ran off again
Took all the money that he could spend
He's living large on pies and rail-road gin
Just something he does every now and then
CHORUS
I know a clown called Toby Brown
He sells the finest weed around
Everybody's lining up to lay their money down
No time for working - the circus is in town
CHORUS
And if I stall and if I fall
I know that you will hear my call
And when I'm shut out with my back against the wall
Only you can keep me standing tall
CHORUS
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Driving After Midnight
04:00
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DRIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT
I'm always driving
After midnight
Nothing in the world
Just the road and the headlights
Nothing in the world
Just the road and the headlights tonight
Chet Baker singing
And playing that trumpet low
Flashing by trees
That took a hundred years to grow
Nothing in the world
Just the road and the headlights tonight
As far back as I can
Remember I've imagined
A car seen from far above
A small black satellite
Hurtling 'cross the face
Of the earth at night
Free as a meteor
Only two people
On an empty highway
Come tomorrow
All this will just be yesterday
Nothing in the world
Just the road and the headlights tonight
As far back as I can
Remember I've imagined
A car seen from far above
A small black satellite
Hurtling across the face
Of the earth at night
Doomed as a meteor
Let all these dark towns
Keep on sleeping
Let the edges of the hills
Always be about to brighten
Nothing in the world
Just the road and the headlights tonight
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Born To Bad Luck
03:33
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BORN TO BAD LUCK
I was born to bad luck, it will not let me be
I was born to bad luck, it will not let me be
I was born to bad luck, it will not let me be
Every place I travel trouble follows me
Once I lived the good life and the good life sure was sweet
Flush with money on the sunny side of easy street
Once I lived the good life and the good life sure was sweet
Then bad luck came and knocked me off my feet
I have been a gambler, rolled the dice my whole life through
Played the poker tables from Macau to Malibu
Watched the horses running in Hong Kong and Timbuktu
But bad luck came and stuck to me like glue
Luck is like the weather, it don't ever go your way
A storm can form without a warning, turn your blue sky grey
Into every life a little rain must fall they say
But lately it's been raining every day
If I had a ticket, I'd be homeward bound
Back to where my childhood friends and memories can be found
If I keep on sinking, thinking I'll be underground
But still I'm out here gambling, rambling round
I was born to bad luck, I've had trouble all my days
I was born to bad luck, I've had trouble all my days
I was born to bad luck, I've had trouble all my days
Hey, hey, hey, hey
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I'm Going Fishing
02:57
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I'M GOING FISHING
I'm going Fishing
Fishing today
Looking for something
To catch in the Bay
Leave the world behind
Examine where the skyline meets the sea
I'm going fishing
Won't you come fishing with me
I'm going fishing
Up before dawn
Out to the water
Windbreaker on
Load the bait and tackle
And beer and push the boat out from the quay
I'm going fishing
Won't you come fishing with me
I'm going fishing
Whenever I can
Hunting for food
Like the first fisherman
Snapper and trevally
Hapuka and terakihi
I'm going fishing
Won't you come fishing with me
I'm going fishing
That's what I said
Keeping myself
And my family fed
Following a long line
Of fishers from the turn of history
I'm going fishing
Won't you come fishing with me
I'm going fishing
Maybe you heard
Everyone's fishing
All over the world
Kaikoura to Long Island
Taupo to the Sea of Galilee
I'm going fishing
Won't you come fishing with me
I'm going Fishing
Fishing today
Looking for something
To catch in the Bay
Leave the world behind
Examine where the skyline meets the sea
I'm going fishing
Won't you come fishing with me
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SunDog
03:36
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SUNDOG
Sundog lying in the sun
Till the working day is done
Sundog lying in the sun
Hazy heat in the air
Lazy feet, easy chair
Sundog lying in the sun
He's a big old dog
He's a big old dog
Moondog howling at the moon
Daylight always comes too soon
Moondog howling at the moon
Sleeping world drifting by
Weeping clouds, shifting sky
Moondog howling at the moon
He's a big old dog
He's a big old dog
Sundog you're the dog for me
Leave that Moondog howling free
Sundog lying in the sun
Moondog call can fill the sky
Sundog lets it all go by
Sundog you're the dog for me
He's a big old dog
He's a big old dog
He's a big old dog
He's a good old dog
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Highway 29 Blues
03:36
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HIGHWAY 29 BLUES
Highway 29 is a mean old road
Made of blood and stone
Highway 29 is a mean old road
Don't go travelling on it all alone
Out in the hills in the rolling fog
The world slips away
Out in the hills in the rolling fog
You can't tell the night time from the day
Highway 29 took my lover away
Broke up my happy home
Highway 29 took my lover away
Kindest woman that I've ever known
Late at night how you call to me
How you call to me
Late at night how you call to me
Saying now we are not as we used to be
Highway 29 standing dark and still
In the ancient air
Highway 29 standing dark and still
Always been there and it always will
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Room With A View
05:16
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ROOM WITH A VIEW
Just before dawn is no time to remember
But ghosts always come creeping in
Now that you're absent the air breathes your perfume
And last night the sheets had your skin
CHORUS
All I need is a room with a view
A window to put all my troubles out through
The old ways are breaking the back of the new
All I need is a room with a view
Watching reflections in rose-tinted windows
With only a shadow of doubt
Far from the glances of old disapproval
And lips that don't smile but just pout
CHORUS
Breathless believers still flock to the temples
In search of an easier ride
The street's filled with strangers now faces like mannequins
Stealing what's left of my pride
CHORUS
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Kokomo Tauranga, New Zealand
Kokomo began in1991 as Kokomo Blues, an acoustic trio playing authentic early
blues.
The band has since become one of New Zealand's leading blues 'n' roots bands, renowned for dynamic live shows and highly-regarded songwriting.
Kokomo has performed at NZ's major rock, blues, jazz and folk festivals, releasing fourteen albums and a live concert DVD.
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