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The Tennessee Fire

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1. Heartbreakin Man
2. They Ran
3. The Bear
4. Nashville To Kentucky
5. Old September Blues
6. If All Else Fails
7. It’s About Twilight Now
8. Evelyn Is Not Real
9. War Begun
10. Picture Of You
11. I Will Be There When You Die
12. The Dark
13. By My Car
14. Butch Cassidy
15. I Think I’m Going To Hell

• CD/2LP (Darla)
• May, 1999

Included with first pressings (1000 copies) of the 2LP-version was a bonus 7″ single with 4 tracks: Evelyn Is Not Real (flood remix), R.I.P.V.G., Tonight I Want To Celebrate With You, Josta Dreams And Bitter Hands.

hEARTBREAKIN MAn
2o times i wish you’d understand, that you’re breakin the
heart of this heartbreakin man. 20 times i wish you’d use the door, cause
you’re makin this heart want some more. oooooo

tHEY RAn
somebody stole my lighter. and where it go’d is higher.
i was another boy, down in another town. armed with casino bars, tight
whores and tinseltown. but i stayed. oooo. oh but i stayed.
she had a cigarette and asked if i had a light. out it came, and i gave it
to her, and off into the night….. his arms were thin, and off into the
night, they ran. oooo they ran. oooo they ran.

tHE BEAr
its a bad idea, to go down to the pier by your self after dark.
it’s a bad idea, cause they’re down on their luck and they’ve lost touch
with their bleeding hearts. bad idea, cause i’ve felt that way and i know i
shouldn’t have gone. the time is near, to come forward with whatever killed
your spark. There’s still time, for you, to change your mind or whatever
else you do. there’s still time. whosaa!!!

nASHVILLE TO KENTUCKy
from nashville to kentucky, my heart it draws the line,
somewhere someone thinks of me, i just wish it was somewhere i could find.
TAKE ME OUT of this dead-end nightmare. TAKE ME OUT of this hell im in.
TAKE ME OUT of this dead end nightmare, and put me back in a world i can live.

oLD SEPTEMBER BLUEs
all alone at the end of the day. really tired it’s time to hit the hay.
it was always good to hear you say:”you never were a
drawback, you always were an asset, you never were a drawback,
no you weren’t.” put away your corset, put away your shoe,
put away the old september blues.

iF ALL ELSE FAILs
surely your lips deceive me. surely i know you’re fine.
and if we get too close this evening, well apart we’ll grow in time… and i
know (that you’re mine). oooo. sherie your heart, i’ll take you there, it
ain’t far. and if all else fails, i’ll come running back, wonderin where you
went with my heart. sherie your arms deceive me, sherie i know you’re fine…
and i know (that you’re mine) sherie your heart, i’ll take you there, it ain’t
far. and if all else fails, i’ll come running back, wonderin where you went
with my heart.

iT’S ABOUT TWILIGHT NOw
it’s about twilight now, out in the stream, you’re
lookin low now, in yo tight blu jean. i’m feelin ready, i’m feelin lean, four
years of bright lights, can make it seem like no one can baby (yeah yeah) it’s
about twilight now, i’m in the field. you’re lookin low now, im runnin still,
you’re a readin book now, it’s gettin!!!! oh, four years of bright lights,
can make it seem, like no one can b.b. (yeah yeah)

eVELYN IS NOT REAl
ev-O-lyn i hope this cant be true. ev-Olyn, you know my
hearts with you. dont try to tell me there’s another boy, don’t try to use me
like a lovers toy. ev-Olyn you know this cant be true. from what i found the
ground remains with you. don’t try to tell me theres another boy, don’t try
and use me like a lovers toy. “aw take it away johnny!!!”

wAR BEGUn
stolen as the war begun, this time your soul is my one.
i belong to a race of robots, drownin out my one. anytime your war gets out
of hand i’ll take it on. stolen as the wars begun, this time your soul is my
one. I’D MOVE ON, but i know you’ll need me some day.
I’D roll ON, but i know you’ll need me some day.

pICTURE OF YOu
i’ve got the ocean blue. i’ve got a picture of you with green
green eyes and a cocaine smile and a little worry anymore. i’ve got a house
in a court, i’ve got a car and a door and a big left arm. and a little worry
any more, cause i tried, i did. sorry, you know im sorry you know i’d give
you anything on a dime.sorry again. cut your little head. but sorry don’t
mean nothin, if sorry’s still in bed.
you dont say “i’ll wait up”

i WILL BE THERE WHEN YOU DIe
joe was born in new york city, son of paul and catherine.
always down and always out, but his morrows always seemed jus’ fine.
there will be bigotry and there will be open minds.
there will be days of peace you’ll never have the time.
AS LONG AS YOU KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE,
i will be there when you die.
i was born in east kentucky, home of where the grass is dyed. always down
and always out, but my ‘morrows always seemed just fine. there will be
bigotry and there will be open minds. there will be days of peace you’ll
never have the time. as long as you keep a straight face,
i will be there when you die.

tHE DARk
trapped in gasoline, a lizard on a string, no one ever screams any
more. its called THE DARK. its not a sunny day for the dark. let in the
dark, then you you can sleep and fuck and park. let in the dark, it’s not
another day for the dark. let in the dark, then you can sleep and move and park.
so tight, i can’t breathe, gods fingers chokin me, like a prisoner on his
knees, beggin won’t do a thing for me so c’mon (you can’t fight it)
people, oh they’re my thing these days, they like to swim, and catch them
rays. MONEY, dont do a thing for me, im happy now, thats how i be.
it’s called the dark.

bY MY CAr
you said, evan, is comin over again. and i said, if he does, i’ll
kick his head IN. i’ve known you for years, i know all your moves, i just
cant believe that it caved in this soon. and i’m playin it over and over
again in my head. you said evan is comin over again. i asked where you go’d,
and you said where you went: he took you to movies and carnival tents.
bought you big houses and payed all the rent. and i’m playin it over and over
again in my head. oh but Los Angeles ain’t that far, and the rest of the
girls said they’d be there, by my car.

bUTCH CASSIDy
butch cassidy i could’ve been your friend, and rode with you
and the sundance kid. we’d laugh awhile and we’d smile a bit, cause crimes
like our arent counterfit. they say you never even killed a man,
till it came right down to your final stand.
bullets flyin and the wounded cryin and your buddy he’s goin down. get lower
and the feelins show and you gave off the final sound. cause a soldiers
death is so much better than defeat just hangin around.
defeat just hangin around.

i THINK IM GOING TO HELL
down in the city, the flames gathered round.
churches and buildings in ashes on the ground. they think they’re goin to
hell. out in the hollow, it drown out the crowd, and i think my other would
kill me. if she knew what i was about.
i think im going to hell…
devils and demons are comin.
lovers and children beware.
devils and demons are comin…
to take me to hell. to take me to hell. to take me to hell.