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Up We Go
05:28
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Up We Go
Touch the hand, touch the heart
Strike the flag and bar the door
Beat the plowshares into swords
March into eternity
Hey hey up we go - hey hey up we go
Men will build and men will fight
Women know the awful truth
Of husbands, sons and fathers lost
Not to love but to conviction
Hey hey up we go - hey hey up we go
While righteous ones with wings of gold
Seek to harvest what they’ve sown
Their wagons piled with carrion high
Into the misty eve withdraw
———Bridge———
Now boys in gray and boys in blue
Boys clad in rags of other hue
Hand in hand will all descend, soul to proffer, knee to bend
To cower ‘neath the baleful eye
Of she who sits in judgement
Hey hey up we go - hey hey up we go
In your closet as in mine
A pas de deux with mournful glee
Ahhh … the bones … they rattle so
Those wind chimes of the dead
Some come to dance upon your grave
Some leave behind their bitter tears
Others simply pause and stare
Some come in supplication
The aperture of truth shall show
As middle distance comes to fore
Lovers kneeling at your stone
You beg of them to weep no more
You beg of them to weep no more
Hey hey up we go - hey hey up we go
Hey hey up we go - hey hey up we go
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Did You Ever
04:01
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Did You Ever
Did you ever wake up in the morning
And rub your aching head
Tryin’ to remember just what you did
Thinkin’ you’d be better off dead
The light through the curtains hurts your eyes
And your bed won’t stop its spin
So you add last night to the list of things you swear you’ll never do again
Did you ever wake up in the morning
And wonder just how you got home
Oh, you was havin’ so much fun
When did things start to go wrong
You can’t find your wallet, can’t find your keys
Baby you can barely find the door
So you add last night to the list of things you swear you won’t do no more
Did you ever wake up in the morning
And can’t remember her name
What seemed so appealing late last night
In the morning don’t look the same
Did you ever wonder if she just might be thinkin’
The very same thing about you
You both add last night to the list of things you swear you’ll never do
Did you ever wake up in the morning
And wonder what you did last night
Something’s naggin’ in the back of your mind
Something don’t seem quite right
Did you ever wonder if you might have done somethin’
You might just later regret
You better add last night to the list of things you haven’t even thought of yet
Well my little list has grown into a book
It sits up there on my shelf
Page upon page upon page upon page
Of admonitions to myself
If I tok my own advice I’d be sittin’
In the middle of the room on the floor
‘Cause everything I do today are things I swore I’d never do no more
Yeah everything I do today are things I swore I’d never do no more
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Hard Fall
05:23
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Hard Fall
I only miss you when I drink too much
I never think of you at all
I only miss you when I drink too much
Well it’s good falls and bad falls and fallin' off the wall falls
This is a hard fall for me
This is a hard fall for me
I only miss you when the sun comes up
I never think of you at all
I only miss you when the sun comes up
I never think of you at all
Well it’s high falls and low falls and fallin’ off the wagon falls
This is a hard fall for me
This is a hard fall for me
I only miss you when I take a breath
I never think of you at all
I only miss you when I take a breath
I never think of you at all
Well it’s pitfalls and pratfalls and fallin’ from grace falls
This is a hard fall for me
This is a hard fall for me
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I Don't Mind
05:19
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I Don’t Mind
Well you got me where you want me, baby
You got me right under your thumb
Yeah you got me where you want me baby
I don’t mind
The first one was free now wasn’t it, baby
You still slide me a little from time to time
Now you make me pay just a little don’t you, baby
I don’t mind
C It’s all right mama
You don’t see me fightin’ too hard
Don’t you worry ‘bout it, mama
“Cause I don’t mind
Ever since you was just a little bitty baby
You always did get what you did want
I’m just a bauble now for you, baby
But I don’t mind
Our situation is a little quixotic
Some might even say it’s getting out of hand
But I tend to be drawn to the more exotic
You understand
C The first cut was deepest now, baby
But now I’ve built up a little scar
You make me bleed just little don’t you, baby
But I don’t mind
——— instrumental ———
C But it’s all right, mama
You don’t see me fightin’ too hard
Don’t you worry ‘bout me, mama
I don’t mind
Well I got you where I want you, baby
Got myself right under your skin
Never saw it comin’ now did you, baby….
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5. |
Never Be Free
06:55
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Never Be Free
Hello friend, I can sense you’re troubled - I can smell it on your soul
Do you wonder just how you got here
Could it be you had no place left to go
It’s so nice to have someone to talk to - it’s so nice to have some company
Just lean on back and take your comfort
Time don’t mean too much ‘round here you see
I once was thought to be a good man - but I fell hard and I fell fast
I don’t know if I’ve yet hit bottom
But I do know I’m still paying for my past
Many days I’ve spent in reflection - man nights reliving what I’ve done
Though I never was indicted
Neither has my fate been mourned
Will the next life be any different well I don’t know
If you read the bible you might just think that’s so
But I’m here to tell you there ain’t no guarantees
It don’t matter what book you read
Or which god you try to please
You won’t never be free
I once had a faithless lover - I had a temper, a bottle and a gun
When I considered her indiscretions
Bad things happened and I had to run
So I ran ’til I could run no further - I made my stand when I could take no more
When I saw just what had pursued me
The hounds of hell were at my door
Will the next life be any different well I don’t know
If you read the bible you might just think that’s so
But I’m here to tell you there ain’t no guarantees
It don’t matter what book you read
Or which god you try to please
You won’t never be free
Thank you friend for your attention - thanks for lending me your ear
If you ever feel the need for your own confession
Come on back, I’ll be right here
‘Cause this grave is dark and it’s cold and clammy - I get so lonely I could cry
Don’t let no one ever tell you any different
There ain’t nothing more a-waitin’ for you when you die
Will the next life be any different well not for me
You believe the bible you’ll have to just wait and see
But I’m here to tell you there ain’t no guarantees
It don’t matter what book you read
Or which god you appease
It don’t matter if you walk across the desert down on your knees
You won’t never be free
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6. |
Hurricane Woman Blues
05:32
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Hurricane Woman Blues
Got a Hurricane Woman - right about now she’s a Category Four
Got a Hurricane Woman - right about now she’s a Category Four
Better look out people
She’s about to blow down my door
Been pickin’ up steam since Monday - by Wednesday night she’s a howlin’ gale
Been pickin’ up steam since Monday - by Wednesday night she’s a howlin’ gale
I feel a bit like old Jonah
Tossed around in the belly of that whale
Well it’s rainin’ in my kitchen
Tornadoes in the den
I doubt this heavy weather
Is ever gonna end
Ooooo I’m not too good with my forecast anyway
This ain’t just a cloudburst people
Hurricane been goin’ on for days and days
Flood water risin’ - my furniture is floatin’ all around
Flood water risin’ - my furniture is floatin’ all around
There’s a waterfall down the stairwell
Think I’ll just go in the basement and drown
Got a Hurricane Woman - that’s about all I got to say
Got a Hurricane Woman - but I would not have it any other way
‘Cause when that storm blows over
She loves me right…
She loves me right…
Whoa she loves me right…
Every night and every day
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Do You Ever Think Of Me
05:37
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Do You Ever Think Of Me
You ever hear that old mockingbird early in the morning
Singing from the power lines right outside your window
I roll over to touch your cheek and you’re not there
And I wonder do you ever think of me
Yeah I wonder do you ever think of me
You ever pour that first cup of coffee and sit out on your porch
Watch the sun come up red through the trees, feel that heat comin’ on
Looks like another sunny day - sunny for someone anyway
And I wonder do you ever think of me
Yeah I wonder do you ever think of me
And when the breeze slides softly through your window
Bringing with it the sweet scent of sacred desert rain
Do you close your eyes again all those memories
What changed in you, baby
Changed in me too, baby
You ever wonder in the evening, daylight fading down
Just what became of all the hours between sleep and sleep
How I long to kiss your mouth, to smell your fragrant hair
And I wonder do you ever think of me
Yeah I wonder do you ever think of me
Oh I wonder do you ever think of me
Yeah I wonder do you ever think of me
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8. |
Find My Way
05:08
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Find My Way
Well I’m sittin’ here drinkin’ just like last night and the night before
Guess I’m worried about somethin’
But right now I can’t remember just what I’m worryin’ for
I know it’s gonna come to me sure as night time comes to day
But ’til then I have this bottle to help me find my way
Well I’m always short of money, I got no gas in my old truck
And the politicians are runnin’ us all into the ground
And peace on earth good will to all people - well brother there ain’t a lot of that to be found
How I would love to make a little sense of it all - I guess what I’m tryin’ to say
Is I’m so glad I have this bottle to help me find my way
Now those of you who are chronically sober…you have no idea how nice it is
To have a companion who is always at the ready to point out what ain’t and to illuminate what is
You know, most of us had our first bottle when we were just little babies
Seem only right and proper that we carry one to our graves
I’m so glad I have this bottle to help me find my way
Yes I’m so glad I have this bottle to help me find my way
I’m so glad I have this bottle to help me find my way
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Eric Ramsey Scottsdale, Arizona
2022 International Blues Challenge Winner - Solo/Duo Category, and Memphis Cigar Box Award Winner for best
guitarist!
Eric writes from experience about the human condition - at times sensitive, at times humorous, always thought-provoking. His arrangements and delivery encompass a spectrum of styles, from delicate fingerpicking to raucous, bluesy bottleneck slide.
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