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1. |
Shining Through
05:30
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Hear the wind, wind a rattling the trees
Lot like the way, way you rattle me
You call out my name
I ain’t to blame
The way your loving
Liquefy my brain
I see you shining
You’re just a shining in everything I see
Hear the rain, rain just a beating down
It’s a lot like my tears, since you put me down
It kills inside
I just want to cry
Your sweet loving, baby’s
Got me misty-fied
I see you shining
You’re just a shining in everything I see
Watch the stream, stream’s just a rolling by
You know a love like ours ain’t never gonna die
Moon come out at night
Sun come in the day
You’re the light in my world
Now you’re back to stay
I see you shining
You’re just a shining in everything I do
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2. |
The Price You Pay
05:46
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The Price You Pay
Rubies sapphire / diamonds and gold
All the money / hands can hold.
Had a nice place, / flood stole away.
Nothing now / but hell to pay.
Baby cried /when the waters came.
Wash me clean, / just don't wash ‘em away.
It's hard to live, / so much harder to breathe,
When you've lost / everything you need.
All them riches that shine today
Sure ain't worth the price you pay.
Your brightest dream is sure to fade
The more you hold on the more it slips away.
It's so hard / to start all over again.
Mean ol’ blues / my only friend.
Gotta a song / I still need to sing
Stops the flood / these mem’ries bring.
It's all changed / now I'm back to stay.
All I owned, / just wasted my day.
Them that got, / still got ever’thing.
All we got / is what the morning brings.
All them riches that shine today
Sure ain't worth the price you pay.
Your brightest dream is sure to fade
The more you hold on the more it slip away.
Instrumental Verses
Rubies sapphire diamonds and gold
Take that money, / can’t take my soul.
Build me a home / of heart and stone.
Atop the hill, / rest my bones.
All them riches that shine today
Sure ain't worth the price you pay.
Your brightest dream is sure to fade
The more you hold on the more it slip away.
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3. |
Blues Ain't Nothing
04:44
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CHORUS:
Blues ain’t nothing but a poor boy looking for a home
Blues ain’t nothing but a poor boy looking for a home
I’m down on the corner, tired and all alone
v2 (down at the crossroads)
v3 (up on this hilltop)
Well the landlord says boy, you ain’t paid your rent 2x’s
I had it in my pocket, now it’s already spent
CHORUS
Well I went to the crossroads, sat down on a stump 2x’s
I was looking for some mojo, get me over this hump
CHORUS
I stood on a hill, I was looking over the town 2x’s
If I had me some money, I’d walk on down
CHORUS
There’s a good woman somewhere, take me in I know 2x’s
Until she finds me, just a lonely hobo
CHORUS 2x’s and out
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4. |
Delivery Man
03:48
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You know now baby I’m the delivery man
Come to your door whenever I can
When I give it to you, I’m sure you understand
You’ll understand I’m the delivery man
Someone said you’re sad & blue
You need some lovin’ but don’t know who to do
Well I got a package, baby, now just for you
Cause someone said you’re sad & blue
CHORUS: I got something for you –nothing to sign
Feel so good it will blow your mind.
Special delivery right to your door
I think you know just what it’s for
Gonna want it baby, you’re gonna cry for more
It’s a special delivery right to your door
Same day service, overnight express
I’ll get it to you before all the rest
You know now baby gonna think it’s best
Same day service, baby, over night express
CHORUS: I got a package – big and long
It’s so big you gonna think it’s wrong.
You gonna find out baby I ain’t no liar
What’s inside is sure to set your pants on fire
Shake and squeeze it all you desire
You gonna find out I ain’t no liar
You know now baby, I’m the delivery man
I come to your door, whenever I can
Special delivery, right to your door
I think you know, just what it’s for
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5. |
Take a Little Time
03:56
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6. |
My Will Is Gone
04:16
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The stars are melting / I’m a going home (2x)
Cold wind’s a moaning/ don’t wanna be alone
I need your loving / need my heart made whole (2x)
Need to feel the thunder/from the lightening in your soul
I’d say I love you / but nothing lasts real long (2x)
I’d say I’m sorry / but I’ve done no wrong
Come on baby / help me ride this storm (2x)
Won’t you love me baby/ while my will is gone
Won’t you love me baby/ while my will is gone
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7. |
It's a Sunny Day
02:09
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It’s a sunny day chased my blues away
Thought of leaving town but now I’ll stick around it’s such a sunny day
I was thinkin’ of you when it was just us two
but now it’s nice out side I’m gonna go for a ride and do the things I used to do
Trying to write songs about the weather
And the good times we had together
Seems, I find, is the perfect rhyme
For the perfect waste of time
On a sunny day throw my worries away
Gonna clear my head get up out of bed into the sunny day
Trying to write songs about the weather And the good times we had together
Seems, I find, is the perfect rhyme
For the perfect waste of time
On a sunny day throw my worries away
Gonna clear my head get up out of bed into the sunny day
Gonna clear my head get up out of bed into the sunny day
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8. |
Hangman
04:06
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Well He said, I’d hate to die here as the rope went over his head
Won’t you take me back home and you can kill me there instead
I’ll take my sentence, plead guilty for my crime
Please hang me once we cross that state line
‘Cause if you bury me in Kansas soil my soul won’t find it’s way Well He said, I’d hate to die here as the rope went over his head
Won’t you take me back home and you can kill me there instead
I’ll take my sentence, plead guilty for my crime
Please hang me once we cross that state line
‘Cause if you bury me in Kansas soil my soul won’t find it’s way
There’s a place where I belong but it’s not here in the plains
I’ll take my sentence, plead guilty for my crime
Please hang me once we cross that state line
I did the killin the other fella did the dyin
He’d still be around if he hadn’t been cheatin and lyin
Ain’t planned a getaway believe me I won’t run
Don’t let me die in the Eldorado sun
‘Cause if you bury me in Kansas soil my soul won’t find it’s way
There’s a place where I belong but it’s not here in the plains
Ain’t planned a getaway believe me I won’t run
Don’t let me die in the Eldorado sun
If I may I’ll make one last request
Let’s find another state where I can take my last breath
Ain’t planned a getaway believe me I won’t run
Don’t let me die in the Eldorado sun
There’s a place where I belong but it’s not here in the plains
I’ll take my sentence, plead guilty for my crime
Please hang me once we cross that state line
I did the killin the other fella did the dyin
He’d still be around if he hadn’t been cheatin and lyin
Ain’t planned a getaway believe me I won’t run
Don’t let me die in the Eldorado sun
‘Cause if you bury me in Kansas soil my soul won’t find it’s way
There’s a place where I belong but it’s not here in the plains
Ain’t planned a getaway believe me I won’t run
Don’t let me die in the Eldorado sun
If I may I’ll make one last request
Let’s find another state where I can take my last breath
Ain’t planned a getaway believe me I won’t run
Don’t let me die in the Eldorado sun
Oh Mr. Hangman, I beseech you hear my plea
Make the rope a little looser and I’ll get down on my knees
I’m at your mercy, no I won’t kick or scream
Send me east to meet my maker in the land of Missouri
‘Cause if you bury me in Kansas soil my soul won’t find it’s way
There’s a place where I belong but it’s not here in the plains
I’m at your mercy, no I won’t kick or scream
Send me east to meet my maker in the land of Missouri
I’m not really all that picky this body’s just a loner
West to Colorado or South to Oklahoma
Or East to meet my maker in the land of Missouri
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9. |
Good Morning Blues
04:07
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Good morning blues, blues how do you do
Good morning blues, blues how do you do
Well I’m feeling just fine, Mad Dog how about you
Well I’m up in the morning and the blues all ‘round my head
Yeah I’m up in the morning and blues all ‘round my head
Well I sit down to breakfast but the blues walked across my bread
Well I tell all you people that the blues best friend around
I tell all you people the blues best friend around
Well it’s the only friend won’t leave you when you’re feeling down
Good morning blues, won’t you have a cup of coffee with me
Good morning blues, won’t you have a cup of coffee with me
I’m feeling kind of lonesome, I need your company
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10. |
Still Blue
00:51
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11. |
Powerful Love
05:05
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Powerful Love
As I look out my window
stars bright to see
I want to thank you
for giving your love to me
Each day before you
was a darker shade of blue
with your loving
the sun comes shining through
Chorus:
When I hold you in my arms
Pull you so close to me
Fell my heart a beating
Know my love will always be
Instrumental Break
The feeling’s growing stronger
I love you more and more
Like a powerful wave
I’m crashing on your shore
Chorus:
When I hold you in my arms
Pull you so close to me
Feel my heart a beating
Know my love will always be
© 2006 by Mark “Mad Dog” Friedman
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12. |
Sitting Alone
04:47
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Sittin Alone, I got a view of the cars next door
Houses across the street in a row
White picket fence, and the trees their old and bent
And I really don’t have no place to go
And it seems so simple just to want some company
But my friends, (my friends) can’t seem to locate me
SO I’m sittin alone, just biding my time
Till that day when I can be rolling on
Finding out, that it aint too much fun anymore
Going to a party I guess just to show
I drank too much beer
And I was reaching for something so near
But to get it was way too far to go
You know it makes me wonder, how long it would be
Before anybody missed me
If I stayed at home, would they know that I was gone
Would anybody ever even try to rescue me
And it seems so simple just to want some company
But my friends, (my friends) can’t seem to locate me
SO I’m sittin alone, just biding my time
Till that day when I can be rolling on
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13. |
Shine
09:22
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She got legs like a spider
Eyes like a hawk
You better listen now boy
When it’s time to talk
She might say yes
She might say no
Better run now boy
when it’s time to go
God gave you legs
You gonna find out why
Don’t stand there begging
With a tear in your eye
Last night was last night
Today is today
You won’t last long
If you’re in the way
She got legs like a spider
Claws like a hawk
You better listen now boy
When it’s time to talk
She might say yes
She might say no
Better run now boy
when it’s time to go
Tell me now baby what’s on your mind
Show me now baby what makes you shine
Tell me now baby what’s on your mind
Show me now baby what makes you shine
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Mad Dog Friedman | Mad Dog Blues | Peddlers of Joy Lafayette, Colorado
Mad Dog writes from the moment and sings from his heart. His influences include sources as divergent as William Butler Yeats & the delta blues. His songwriting is sincere, simple & often humorous. He has recorded many solo & collaborative projects featuring his spontaneous compositions on harmonica, Native American flute & Theremin. He is also the founder of Mad Dog Blues & The Astral Project. ... more
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