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All The Things You Lose

by Dead Soldiers

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No one can remember how it started or when Was it a broken heart or a broken word that came between old friends Was it an insult or a trifle, or something much much worse All that I know is that for everyone after, we all must live with this curse It's a matter of honor when push comes to shove It's cold blood revenge, it's a matter of blood It's a matter of blood It's a matter of... It's a river of blood that makes the world go 'round. It makes the world go 'round. Ain't all men just beggars of truth And ain't all men just dreamers of war And isn't dying for something so much more romantic than whatever you've been living for And ain't all men just natural born sinners Don't the good book tell? So, let's praise the lord and pass the ammunition and ride the bible straight to hell. It's a matter of honor when push comes to shove It's cold blood revenge, it's a matter of blood It's a matter of blood It's a matter of... It's a river of blood that makes the world go 'round. It makes the world go 'round.
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Wicked River 03:07
Well, I said goodbye to Chicago, I intend to save some souls But, the river changed all that, I couldn't even save my own I don't trouble the water but the water troubles me. I don't ever wanna see the Mississippi again The river towns ain't nothing more but killers, sinners, thieves and whores And I aim to see some holy water washing off their shores Down to the Delta, that seething, muddy hell Where the world goes underwater and the rising river swells I don't ever wanna see the Mississippi again Never wanna see the muddy water again Always thought the river would be on my side Never wanna see the wicked river again Well, I went down to the river banks looking for some kind of sign It was all that I could do not to swim to the other side It's coursing through my veins. It's calling me to try This is all I've got to live for. This is how I'm gonna die Never gonna see the Mississippi again Never gonna see the muddy water again Always thought the river would be on my side Never gonna see the wicked river again As I lay down at the base of the river the water washed over my face Into my lungs, washing away all of my pain and disgrace The waste of this city is crawling all over My tongue's spitting out it's fowl taste Let the currents carry me down through the delta and spirit me away from this place
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Church 03:24
Who goes to church when the sun goes down? Raises up a bottle a prays to the sound Smokin and dancin 'round the fire all night Drinking rot-gut whiskey in the neon light He shakes and he shivers and speaks in tongues Drinkin gasoline and spittin fire out from his lungs Who's always a stranger but familiarized the word about a fallen angel who told you bout a church 100 miles an hour down a 2 lane road and the light just steps aside and out the back door He heals the sick with the laying on of hands to the devil's music and a rock n roll band Well, he don;t give a damn if the sun never comes up He knows, like ashes back to ashes, we all return to dust Now he's smokin and dancin 'round the fire all night Drinkin rot-got whiskey in the neon light
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I was awakened quite rudely in the night and with a burning pain I jumped out of my tent And now I'm dancing with death in the moonlight Now I'm doing the Tennessee quickstep And now I'm dancing to my grave (x4) Doing the Tennessee quickstep Our reinforcements are so far from the fight The air is hot, mosquitoes choke the night I always thought it'd be a bullet take my life But, now I'm doing the Tennessee Quickstep And now I'm dancing to my grave (x4) Doing the Tennessee quickstep And now I'm dancing in my grave (x4) Doing the Tennessee quickstep
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Willow Tree 03:18
I'd like to live in a willow tree, a willow tree, a willow tree and if I lived in a willow tree, would you come and live there with me? We park my truck in a hollow log get a look-a-like cat and a part time dog Let's go live in a willow tree. Me with you and you with me Let's get as cozy as cozy can be. Me and you in a willow tree And if Lived in a willow tree, would you come and live there with me?
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We wore different colors, but red was the one that tied us together by the barrels of our guns And when they opened bar, I just froze in a my shoes Just a dead Sunday soldiers with some dancin to do. There goes somebody's darlin (x4) When you died was there time for one last memory? Of a childhood dream? Of a long-lost romance? Of being back home in Tennessee? The battle was ragin' all around where I stood Still as a statue, scared like a kid When a man fell before me from the opposing side Just begging for what cause his mouth was so dry There goes somebody's darlin (x4) When you died nothing changed no one lost no one won and all that you get is a medal for your widow and a lie for your kin There goes somebody's darlin (x4) When you died was there time for one last memory? Of a childhood dream? Of a long-lost romance? Of being back home in Tennessee?
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A gray sky in the cold falling like ashes Like autumn in winter. Like the aching to my bones If I could fly up like an ember, or wood smoke from the fire I'd try to ride this last cold sunset on home Don't let the fever take me in the night They were burning tar in the corners of the city when I left and through the smoke I could've swore I saw Calvin Etson Step Just skin and bones he looked so at home Maybe, just maybe, it was death Don't let the fever take me in the night But that yellow bastard followed me here and he caught me all alone Now Jack is whispering into my ear telling me to give up on my hope I, I don't want to die. I don't want to die here by myself I don't want to die. So, Don't let the fever take me in the night I, I don't want to die. I don't want to die here by myself I don't want to die. So, Don't let the fever take me in the night
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There's only two kinds of people in this world People like you, and people like me People that want everything and people that just wanna be free Ain't it a shame to think never the two shall ever meet Y'all just keep on buying all that shit. We'll just keep on sleeping in the streets There's all kinds of people in this world People like you, and people like me People that want everything, people that want to be free People that want every-goddamn-thing for free You spend half of your life working at a job that you hate Just to make a couple dimes and find someone to fill the empty space Your heart is a landfill for all the time that you waste and all the things you lose Now, I've had about all that I can stand from this world People like you bringing me down Everyone wants everything and you say there ain't enough to go around Ain't it a shame to think. So many of us out here on the brink Saving change to buy ourselves a drink and we can't even buy ourselves a drink You spend half of your life working at a job that you hate Just to make a couple dimes and find someone to fill the empty space Your heart is a landfill for all the time that you waste and all the things you lose
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The train was roaring loud and the sun was backing down and around the world to end another day Your eyes were rollin 'round and your tongue was sticking out The river's edge was whispering sweet goodbyes In an old and yellow Polaroid, she is smiling still. But in the tall grass down by the riverside she's got flowers growing out of her skull Flowers growing up around her bones Her pale lips won't tell no more lies cause she's got flowers growing out of her eyes Just a scared girl in fishnet stockings standing underneath the streetlight She played a lonesome saxophone that echoed through the night She was someone's daughter once but now she's all alone Just another girl that tried and failed to make this world her home In an old and yellow Polaroid, she is smiling still. But in the tall grass down by the river's edge she's got flowers growing out of her skull Flowers growing up around her bones Her pale lips won't tell no more lies cause she's got flowers growing out of her eyes
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There ain't no man in that sky. Dollar to a dime your momma's gonna call me a liar There's a couple of things she don't know She thinks the black book of lies' gonna tell her where she's gonna go There ain't no light, there ain't no horns You've been headed for the grave since the moment that you were born Cause when you die it all goes black It don't matter if it's murder or if you have a heart attack When you die, it all goes black You're gonna live until you don't. You're gonna rot, and that's a fact There ain't no truth to what you see I ain't never seen no divine light shining down on me Be it gun or be it knife I ain't never seen an angel step in and save no man's life So whether your chasing jesus or chasing cash Whether you live your life under a steeple or at the bottom of a glass When you die it all goes black It don't matter if it's murder or if you have a heart attack When you die the lights go out Whether you have a noose around your neck or there's a gun in your mouth Cause when you die it all goes black It don't matter if it's murder or if you have a heart attack When you die, it all goes black You're gonna live until you don't. You're gonna rot, and that's a fact
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I'm just a drunken silhouette dancin with my shadow Singing to myself, sweet and low, under my breath I don't feel all that alone. My head is spinning now and it's summertime, I don't have to go home I'll just fall down wasted by the river. I find comfort in it's size While the moon and far off trains sing me lullabies I've been scratching out the days that I've been locked up in this place I know that I could let myself out any time I want She's just a bird with a broken wing but man, you should hear her sing I song so sad and sweet it'll make you cry What's another broken heart? What's one more last goodbye? If you fall and miss the ground then baby, you might fly You won't believe how hard it can be to leave Memphis, Tennessee behind I'm just a drunken silhouette dancin with my shadow Singing to myself, sweet and low, under my breath I don't feel all that alone. My head is spinning now and it's summertime, the whole city feels just like home All the songs in the old streets, I can feel them in my feet You know this town has a reputation for killing dreams You won't believe how hard it can be to leave Memphis, Tennessee behind I'm just a drunken silhouette dancin with my shadow

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released March 2, 2013

Engineered and mixed by Scott Bomar
Assistant engineer Justin Hess
Recorded at Electraphonic Studios Memphis, TN
Mastered by Kevin Nix

Artwork by Derek Nobbs
check out his other works at www.dereknobbs.com

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Dead Soldiers is an American Roots Rock Band from Memphis, Tennessee. They steal liberally from Blues, Rock and Roll, and Soul, and they guarantee that heads will roll. These Heart-Breakin, Shack-Shakin, Shot-Takin Music Makers are coming to your joint soon, so tell your primary physician to go ahead and order that new liver you've been looking at as an early birthday present to yourself. ... more

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