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Lyrics To All Songs On The Album: Old Kentucky
Who I Am
Jon Sizemore
I’ve walked a thousand miles in the dark
With an aching in my heart
Cursing the dust in the air
Praying I make it out of there
And I’ve watched a mountain fall at my feet
Cause I chopped it down at the knees
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I’m not scared of where I’m going
Because of where I’ve been
All these scares and bones I’ve broken
Made me who I am
Well I’ve felt that flame so many times
When I get burned I don’t blink my eyes
And I’ve been left out in the cold
Soaking wet with nowhere to go
And when I’m called on home
I wear my crown of sticks and stones
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I’m not scared of where I’m going
Because of where I’ve been
All these scares and bones I’ve broken
Made me who I am
Made me who I am
Angels Heart
Jon Sizemore
I said Lord please help me find my way
As the sun came through the windshield of my Chevrolet
Three days are gone and how the hell did I get here
I threw the bottle in my hand and I shed a tear
Cause there’s a note on the dashboard telling me farewell
When you get home I’ll be long gone and you can go to hell
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I guess that’s where I was headed anyway
Well I’ve been there a time or two but I don’t want to stay
I said Lord please help me find my way
So I can make back in time to ask her to stay
But your lights shining bright on me but I’m still in the dark
How can you get to heaven when you’ve broke an angels heart
I said Lord please help me find my way
You sent me an angel and I drove her away
I don’t see why she stuck it out so long
And I can’t seem to find no right in all this wrong
And there’s a note on the dashboard telling me farewell
When you get home I’ll be long gone and you can go to hell
(Chorus)
I guess that’s where I was headed anyway
Well I’ve been there a time or two but I don’t want to stay
I said Lord please help me find my way
So I can make back in time to ask her to stay
But your lights shining bright on me but I’m still in the dark
How can you get to heaven when you’ve broke an angels heart
An angels heart
Welfare Blues
Jon Sizemore
Well it’s a long way outta the holler ain’t got a dollar in my name
That old rooster’s crowing at midnight he’s driving me insane
My woman’s talking in my left ear it’s just going out the right
And I’m just starring out the window at nothing but the night
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At the first of the month I start a howling towards the end I don’t what to do
I’ve been drinking homemade wine by the gallon
I got these damned old welfare blues
Well my neighbor works in the coal mines and I hang out at the house
I get outta bed at his lunchtime wilder than hell when he gets out
And he works his self to death so he can drive a fancy truck
And he thinks I’m lazy but I don’t give a
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At the first of the month I start a howling towards the end I don’t know what to do
I’ve been drinking homemade wine by the gallon
I got these damned old welfare blues
Well I’ve got these damned old welfare blues
American Man
Eddie Fee, Jon Sizemore
Born on a cabin floor before the war
In eastern Kentucky on a winter night
He lost his old man when he was nine years old
Became a man himself before it was time
His baby brother turned eighteen in forty-one
He got a letter that said he had to go
But Uncle Sam want take all of a mother’s sons
So he walked down to the court house through the snow
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And he said take me I’m the one you want
I’m the one that don’t give a damn
To fight like hell until my last shell
So give me all you can
I’d do whatever it takes to defend this land
Oh before you I stand an American man
Years passed by in the blink of an eye
And you can’t turn back those hands of time
He left his mark on this Earth
He left us all with a little peace of mind
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And he said take me I’m the one you want
I’m the one that don’t give a damn
To fight like hell until my last shell
So give me all you can
I’d do whatever it takes to defend this land
Oh before you I stand an American man
I’ll Be There
Jon Sizemore
Don’t be a sinking ship never to be found
Don’t be a falling star that can’t find the ground
And every road you travel down lead nowhere
And even thunder makes no sound I’ll be there
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I’ll be there for you I swear till my last breath
And I’ll be there for you I swear even after that
This world will beat you like a drum with a cold dark beat
But son I’ll pull off the ground put you back on your feet oh yeah
Don’t be a dark cloud on a sunny day
Things are looking up don’t look away
Always run against the wind with all your might
Don’t let the darkness creep on in through the light
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I’ll be there for you I swear till my last breath
And I’ll be there for you I swear even after that
This world will beat you like a drum with a cold dark beat
But son I’ll pull off the ground put you back on your feet oh yeah
Midnight Rain
Jon Sizemore
When the darkness is all you see
And you can’t find what you need
The world around you is caving in
Can’t tell your enemies from your friends
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Midnight rain can break all these rusty chains
That wrap around your heart and lead you home through the dark
Midnight rain can wash away all your pain
And lead you to a brand new start ohh
Don’t give up without a fight
You’re fighting for more than your life
For forty days and forty nights
It came down to spare no life
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Midnight rain can break all these rusty chains
That wrap around your heart and lead you home through the dark
Midnight rain can wash away all your pain
And lead you to a brand new start ohhh
It’s coming down, it’s coming down, it’s coming down, it’s pouring down
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Midnight rain can break all these rusty chains
That wrap around your heart and lead you home through the dark
Midnight rain can wash away all your pain
And lead you to a brand new start ohhh
Kerosene
Jon Sizemore
Kerosene why do you haunt all my dreams
And burn’um down to a smolder in the rain
Kerosene don’t you think you’ve had enough of me
Cause I’ve sure had my fill of you
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Cause you ain’t done nothing but hold me down
And I can’t do nothing when you’re around
Going to break this bottle on the ground
But not till I drink the last drop down
Kerosene, Kerosene who the hell do you think you are
Trying to take control of me
Kerosene gonna throw you in the flames
If you don’t just let me be
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Cause you ain’t done nothing but hold me down
Tired of this suffering when you’re around
Going to break this bottle on the ground
But not till I drink the last drop down
Kerosene, Kerosene, Kerosene, Kerosene, Kerosene, Kerosene
All That Survived
Jon Sizemore
Well I went to the Hurricane Mine Memorial today
My mind went blank and time stood still and I went back to that day
Well I got home from work and sit down with a pounding in my brain
The phone rang out and I swear to God it had never rang that way
He said come back we need your help there’s been a explosion at the mine
The lights went out and the wind blew cold and a shiver ran down my spin
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Well thirty-eight lost their lives in a place darker than night
But they live on in our minds a mining hat on the wall ain’t all that survived
Well they sent me in to recover my friends we got’em out three or four at a time
And I thought I’d never see their face again but their always there when I close my eyes
So I set out to find another way to provide
I’m a coal miner in my heart and I’ll be one till the day that I die
(Chorus)
Well thirty-eight lost their lives in a place darker than night
But they live on in our minds a mining hat on the wall ain’t all that survived
Crazyern Hell
Jon Sizemore
I picked up my old buddy on the side of the road hadn’t seen him in a while
He didn’t look the same he was skin and bones had the same old crooked smile
He said I had me a Mountain Dew and set it down and lost it
But I don’t pay my taxes anyway and I know that it’s July but last night it frosted
And I’m headin’ down to the post office to get my pay
Well we pulled into the parking lot I said buddy you have a good one
He said I will but you know I ain’t that tame
And he got out and he took off a walking back up the road the way that we just came
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Well he’s crazyern hell what happen to
That good ole boy who used to smoke a little weed and shoot a lot of pool
Well dope don’t grow out of the ground no more and as far as I can tell
These days they say their snortin’ wasp’er spray and their all goin’ crazyern hell
Well I rolled up to the One Stop out running on fumes
But she was kickin gravels across the parking lot and didn’t have on no shoes
She had a Marlboro in her lip standing at the counter with the line backed up playing scratch offs
Some ole boy in hurry tried to go around her
She threw her Obama phone and kicked him in the balls
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Well she’s crazyern hell what happen to
That pretty girl that had all her teeth and went all way through school
Well dope don’t grow out of the ground no more and as far as I can tell
These days they say their snortin’ wasp’er spray and their all goin’ crazyern hell Yeah
Why Must You Roam
Jon Sizemore
Like a car that just won’t start like a scare cut deep in your heart
Like a whisper on the wind blowing somewhere that’s you’ve never been
Like a river running wild on the stones
Like a helpless child a thousand miles from home
Oh gypsy why must you roam
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You’ve got everything you ever need inside you
Don’t you get tired of calling nowhere home
Put down some roots in the ground that made you
Oh gypsy why must roam
Another empty town another silent sound another strangers face another unfamiliar place
If you don’t stop running you’ll always be gone
Don’t spend all your days on this Earth all alone
Oh gypsy why must you roam
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You’ve got everything you ever need inside you
Don’t you get tired of calling nowhere home
Put down some roots in the ground that made you
Oh gypsy why must roam Oh gypsy why must roam
Old Kentucky
Jon Sizemore
I’ve seen the sun sinking in the ocean felt the waves roll across my feet
And I’ve seen the stars shine bright in a painted desert sky
Been to California and everywhere else in between
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But I’m one of the chosen to be so lucky to be in Gods masterpiece
Cause these mountains here in old Kentucky beats all I’ve ever seen
When the fog lays low in the holler and the creek sings me a tune
It makes me feel like a million dollars if I never see another one Lord I’ve this heaven here
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Cause I’m one of chosen to be so lucky to be in Gods masterpiece
Cause these mountains here in old Kentucky beats all I’ve ever seen
It’s where I lay my head at night it’s where I‘ve been all my life
I know it’s where I’ll always be until the end of the line till the end of time
Cause on a mountain is where they’ll bury me in old Kentucky