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so now let me tell you about this girl of mine
hard like all men's dreams in the days of '49
[?] hallowed, we must swallow
fast away she breaks
but distance keeps her miles or meters
what difference does it make
claw's here to come again to repossess my dreams
child don't play yourself,
things are never what they seem
blue jewel river, pale moon sliver
city shine so bright
but to my despair I return
well, I sleep out every night
but the girl I love is oh so
oh so far away
I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day?
oh now the raging sea, she laps upon my door
i'll run a thousand horns
just to drown upon her shore
blurry rosies, go down moses
oh below in sails
those so weak will
guts are sea-filled
throw them o'er rails
boys, slacked up the jim and sing a hearty song
we been drifting, drifting
for far too long
I take no care
me, I'm so bare
breasted on the bow
scabby weather, skin of leather
who's the deader now?
but the girl I love is oh so
oh so far away
I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day?
but so long lady, angel
I guess I'll say goodbye
but I do believe I'm aging right before your eyes
wash up on her coast,
not a nickle to my name
sell my, sell my, sell my gold watch and chain
enough to hire a band of liars
to march me on my way
through hills and valleys
streets and alleys
up to her open gates
but the girl I love is oh so
oh so far away
I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day?
but so long lady, angel
I guess I'll say goodbye
but I do believe I'm aging right before your eyes
cock crow in the morning
heard it loud and clear
ask her for to marry
she answer with a tear
"Boy, you had my heart, you know you always will
but it ain't enough to hold me
'cause love don't pay the bills"
I turned away in shame
for all my days in vane
I guess I'll just drag on
no one loves you 'till you're gone
let the river be my guide
let the desert be my bride
'till my heart turns to steel
'till i no longer feel
but the girl I love is oh so
oh so far away
I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day?
but so long lady, angel
I guess I'll say goodbye
but I do believe I'm aging
right before your eyes
hard like all men's dreams in the days of '49
[?] hallowed, we must swallow
fast away she breaks
but distance keeps her miles or meters
what difference does it make
child don't play yourself,
things are never what they seem
blue jewel river, pale moon sliver
city shine so bright
but to my despair I return
well, I sleep out every night
oh so far away
I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day?
i'll run a thousand horns
just to drown upon her shore
blurry rosies, go down moses
oh below in sails
those so weak will
guts are sea-filled
throw them o'er rails
we been drifting, drifting
for far too long
I take no care
me, I'm so bare
breasted on the bow
scabby weather, skin of leather
who's the deader now?
oh so far away
I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day?
but so long lady, angel
I guess I'll say goodbye
but I do believe I'm aging right before your eyes
not a nickle to my name
sell my, sell my, sell my gold watch and chain
enough to hire a band of liars
to march me on my way
through hills and valleys
streets and alleys
up to her open gates
oh so far away
I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day?
but so long lady, angel
I guess I'll say goodbye
but I do believe I'm aging right before your eyes
heard it loud and clear
ask her for to marry
she answer with a tear
"Boy, you had my heart, you know you always will
but it ain't enough to hold me
'cause love don't pay the bills"
for all my days in vane
I guess I'll just drag on
no one loves you 'till you're gone
let the river be my guide
let the desert be my bride
'till my heart turns to steel
'till i no longer feel
oh so far away
I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day?
but so long lady, angel
I guess I'll say goodbye
but I do believe I'm aging
right before your eyes
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"boys, slacked up the jim and sing a hearty song"
is actually
"boys, slacking up the jib and sing a hearty song"
a jib is the front sale that is shaped like a right triangle.
haha also it's "cause here they come again to reposes my dreams" haha i don't mean to be nit picky. just bored and figured i'd point out the little things....hmm that actually seems nit picky. fuck it.
No need to feel bad for correcting incorrect lyrics. *It is actually repossess-to regain possession of not reposes-the act of resting or the state of being at rest
[?] hallowed etc is actually I turn hallow no me more swallow
Claw's here to is actually Because here they come again to repossess my dreams
Blue jewel river is actually A bridge, a river, a pale moon sliver
Blurry roses is actually Blood red roses, go down moses, oh billowing sails
Scabby weather is Scabbed and weathered, skin of leather, whose the deader now?
Sell my sell my is actually Sold my sold my sold my gold watch and chain, enough to hire a band of lyres (musical instrument to serenade the damsel)
Streets and alleys is Sugar ditch alleys in the lyrics on the album, but I think that it sounds like streets and alleys on the actual recording personally.
It's all my days in vain not vane.
The last chorus should be "that the girl I love is oh so far away".
Sorry, I just dislike incorrectness. The lyrics are on the inside of the album and seem to be more correct. I tried to just repost them in the forum, but I'm getting an odd error.
Dammit, missed one. Hard like all men's dreams should be "Heart like all men's dreams in the days of '49".
the phrase (which hasn't been corrected yet)
"heart like all men's dreams in the days of '49"
is a reference to the expression 'heart of gold'.
1849 was the year that the California Gold Rush happened and all men dreamed of getting rich quickly from mining gold.
I love this song. Two Gallants and Adam Stephens never seem to disappoint. I love their references to the 'old days' like this song, about the gold rush, and like in Las Cruces Jail about the outlaws and old west.