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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.

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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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from Family Reunion 2020: Disc 1 Acoustic Blues, released October 15, 2020

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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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