5 Chinese Brothers - You Are Where You Want To Be

Did you ever feel
Like you were painted into place
In a picture in a room
That's decorated in bad taste
You say "is this my best,
Then I'm not impressed"
You wonder how did you get here
But it's exactly as you fear
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You are where you want to be
You find yourself where you belong
And every fool is looking for what any fool can see
You are where you want to be
You've tried so hard
You think you'd be satisfied
But you've been in too many places
That looked much better from outside
Life's an alternating chain
Of boredom and pain
You wonder why you want to live
Till you consider the alternative
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I know the way to happiness
I know the secret of success
I know the way to happiness
It's knowing this is as good as it gets
Did you ever feel
Just like a song
That you really can't stand
But it sticks with you all day long
It happens every day
You can't run away
You can't lose these walking blues
Cause they fit you like a pair of shoes
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5 Chinese Brothers - Walk Away

You've got a head like a boulder
And feet of clay
It's gonna be real hard
For you to just walk away
You keep telling everybody
That you just can't stay
You're all talk, no action
Why don't you just walk away?
You can wallow in your sad condition
Frighten people with your disposition
Step on folks 'cause they get in your way
Or you could have a heart, you could walk away
You've been downright depressing
I hear your ex-friends say
All this contempt you're expressing
Why don't you just walk away?
Well, that girl don't love you
And that job don't pay
And your friends don't respect you
You ought to just walk away
You can wallow in your sad condition
Frighten people with your disposition
Step on folks 'cause they get in your way
Or you could have a heart, you could walk away
Yeah, that girl don't love you
Yeah, that job don't pay
Believe anything you want to
But please, please just walk away

5 Chinese Brothers - The Avalanche Song

Sometimes you only have to move one rock
For an avalanche to start
Sometimes it only takes one smile
To get inside and mess around your heart
Ever since I met you we've been tumbling toward destruction
That's as certain as the setting of the sun
If I'd known I'd fall in love with you
I'd have fixed it so we never would have met
Never having known you
Would have made you so much easier to forget
You're about as good for me as I am good for you
And that's about as good as an avalanche is fun
And I wish that we were married
So we could get divorced
Get over this loving stuff
Let nature take its course
You can't choose who you love
Darling we're the living proof
So we'll ride this old landslide where it takes us
Headlong to the truth
I'm moving through this landscape
With all the grace of a two-legged mule
I try to stand a while
Then I accept it, I'm no exception to the rule
As I'm bouncing down this mountainside I am pleasantly confounded
But I'm worried that it's never going to stop
I'm thinking as I'm falling I hope I don't land
Where anyone will see me
I'd rather lay in solitude
Until the winds of time blow by to free me
But I've got the peace of mind of a skydiver whose parachute won't
open
In other words, I'm good to the last drop
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And I got two-months' pay burning a hole in my pocket
It's a crazy thing
I don't know if I should move as far away as I can
Or buy you a wedding ring
And I wish that we were married
Hey maybe we would get divorced
If we get over this loving stuff
If nature takes that course etc.

5 Chinese Brothers - Pit Stop

I've been driving fourteen hours
I could use some company
But lipstick kiss and faded flowers
Is all she left for me
I met her in a diner, asked her what her name was
Asked her if she'd like to see my rig and she laughed
She tossed the red carnation underneath the front seat
Tried to say she's not that kind of girl but she was
She wants to settle down, she knows a trucker never does
Just another truck stop angel
Sent down the highway from above
Just another pit stop on the speedway of love
I went down to the racetrack
I entered the second heat
They said the red car out there was the one to beat
I made it to the finals, the red car right behind me
Passed me just before the checkered flag and I lost
The girl who kissed the winner asked me if I would meet her
Under the bandstand down by the finish line and then
Later in her trailer I crossed that line time and time again
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See the headlights gleaming
Hear the engines roar
From my eyes the tears are streaming
Falling to the floor
The road ahead is just a blur I slow down and pull over
I think of all the women I have found and forgot
Some girls like movie stars, sad songs on the radio
Some girls like the smell of gasoline and exhaust
For every chance I take there's another I have lost
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5 Chinese Brothers - Nothing But Time

For everyone who had a chance and blew it
For everyone who knew what he had to do
And couldn't do it
When every little bit of hope
Turns into a cloud of smoke
You'd swear that you can't take no more
But you've been wrong before
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I've got nothing but time
But time is all I've got
And all my time is free
I've got nothing but time
But time is all I've got
Till time runs out on me
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When everyone who you call your friend
Will stick with you right from the start
But not until the end
Nothing hurts like broken trust
No one said this world is just
When every vow you've heard is broken
There's still one that's left unspoken
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If you look at all I'm sure you'll find
There's no such thing as peace of mind
I used to try to be prepared
Now I'm not scared of being scared
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5 Chinese Brothers - Trust Me

I bet you get to feeling pretty well shot
Like you used to think a deal's a deal, but now you know it's not
And it don't matter if you work or steal cause there's no one behind
the wheel
When a promise is just something you pretend that you believe
You can trust me
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You can trust me
When there's no one left to trust
You can trust me
When it gets down to them and us
If a friend is all you want a friend is all I want to be
Trust me
I heard a spokesman for my generation
He said he was misquoted, he said it was just misinformation
When lowered expectation turns to quiet desperation
And you can't believe what anybody says even when it's on TV
You can trust me
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People always say to me, you can't choose your family
But I don't think that's where it ends, cause you can barely choose
your
friends
And I'll tell you this for what it's worth, you get the friends that
you
deserve
These are words that no one ever means
These are words of lawyers, political machines
Smoke-screens, go betweens, vaseline and magic beans
When opiates and hypocrites are all there seem to be
You can trust me
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5 Chinese Brothers - My Friend

Found a dirt road beneath my feet
Must have wandered off the main street
When I was looking up instead of looking down
I was enjoying the city sights
Wanted to compare them with the northern lights
I guess that's how I wound up way outside of town
Now I'm wondering if I should go back
Or search around for an unbeaten track
I wish that you were here to show me how
Oh my friend, oh my friend
I'm wondering what you would do now
'Cause I wasted my good looks
Oh television and beer
And cynical heroes with nothing to say
Now I'm living in my second stage
Between my youth and my middle age
Hope when it's over I don't feel the same way
Just because you've left the bad behind
Doesn't guarantee what you'll find
So I'm thinking of you to make me strong
Oh my friend, oh my friend
Am I going where I belong
150 rum by the double shot
Warmed up in an aluminum pot
I'm trading my tomorrows for today
Life's a gamble when you don't toe the line
I want to let it ride every time
Winning or losing, learning something along the way
If this song sounds like a fan letter
It's 'cause you just keep getting better
I want to thank you for your high and lonesome sound
Oh my friend, oh my friend
Thank God there's still good friends around

5 Chinese Brothers - Mr. Williams

From the land of miracles comes Mr. Williams
And he says Don't Give Up - He says Don't Give Up
This Southern born spiritualist who brings to you
The solutions to the mysteries of the land of voodoo
Seeks to help many thousands of people
Who've been crossed, have spells, or been plain hoodooed
Want luck, want their loved ones back
Recently been victimized by unprovoked attacks
Want to stop nature's problems or get rid of some strange sickness
If you're seeking a sure fire man to do
What needs to be done, as God is my witness
If you seek financial aid
A big promotion or a higher grade
You need to see this man of Jesus
He sets fire to the fears that freeze us
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He tells you all before you utter a word
He can see right into your soul
To your every dealing and affair
He brings the spirit of release and control
Thousands of people are amazed by his powers
See him any time, he keeps unusual hours
Are you suffering from illness or diseases that you cannot cure?
There's a doctor of all doctors, this doctor is God
Of this Mr. Williams is sure
Read James chapter 5, verses 13 on
Then go see this man, your troubles will be gone
Satisfaction is doubly guaranteed
One visit is all you'll need
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Mr Williams has the power to satisfy each and everyone
He reveals hidden secrets, evil eyes
Lurking dangers before they've even begun
Here is the man who gets his job done in a hurry
Destroys all fear and transplants all worry
Don't tell him, let him tell you, he knows just what's the matter
He will throw his mojo high in the air
Black cat bones he will scatter
See him in the morning! Be happy at night!
This man always his job and he always does it right!
He takes what's bad and make it good
He's located in a refined neighborhood
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See him any time, no appointment's necessary
For a change do something out of the ordinary

5 Chinese Brothers - Like A Mole In The Ground

I wish that I was a mole in the ground
Like a mole in the ground, I would root that mountain down
Tree by tree and town by town
I wish I was a mole in the ground
And I wish that I was a lizard in the spring
Like a lizard in the spring, I would hear the robin sing
I'd feast upon the robin's eggs and I'd not regret a thing
I wish I was a lizard in the spring
But I'm just a man who loves a woman who's drifting away
The miles and miles between us grow wider every day
I wish that I was strong or free or not in love or dead
Better still, I wish I was a mole in the ground
I don't like working for the railroad man
For the railroad will kill you just as fast as it can
It drinks your blood like wine and throws your bones to the wind
I don't like working for the railroad, man
And Tempy oh Tempy wants a $100 shawl
But I got $90, $90, that is all
Our house is not a home it's just a roof and four walls
But Tempy wants a $100 shawl
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Tempy, oh Tempy let your hair hang low
Let your hair hang low while I rosin up my bow
We'll pretend we are lovers like we were so long ago
Tempy, let your hair hang low
I wish I was a mole in the ground etc
Don't wait up for me 'cause tonight I think I'm going downtown

5 Chinese Brothers - Faith In Something Bigger

Some days you wake up thinking that the end could be in sight
Well you know it might
Some days you think you could be someone and you know
You could be right
If you've got faith in something bigger
Some people, when they wake up they just can't get out of bed
They don't have the head
That tells them what is best or worst or says
"Try this instead"
That says to have faith in something bigger
Something behind you, you may not even know it's there
But it pushes you on
Something that tells you you're not swatting at the air
When you wonder are we really all alone
My girlfriend thinks I'm crazy 'cause I think about these things
First thing in the morning
She tries to wake me while I wonder if you even heard a warning
Before you lost your faith in something bigger
Something behind you, you may not even know it's there
But it pushes you on
Something that tells you you're not swatting at the air
When you wonder are we really all alone

5 Chinese Brothers - Couldn't Fall In Love

He ain't handsome, he ain't witty, he ain't cute
Lives in his mother's house, wears a brown suit
He works, gets paid twice a month
Tells his friends, "Yeah, I had a girlfriend, once"
Doesn't do too much, he just kind of hangs around
Couldn't fall in love until it came and knocked him down
She's got sisters, they make her cry
Mom says, "You get your looks from your father's side"
"You're a very pretty girl" her daddy swears
She's got a mole on her left cheek with three black hairs
Bought a beat up Ford with what she'd saved for a wedding gown
Couldn't fall in love until it came and knocked her down
They meet at a place, a place where people meet
"Life ain't all that bad" he says, and she says, "I agree"
It's a fairy tale for a dragon and a witch
They're perfect for each other, she ain't pretty he ain't rich
They're a little bit surprised by what they've found
Couldn't fall in love until it came and knocked them down
A pretty girl with coal black hair
Takes her handsome beau to a family affair
He kisses mama's right cheek and he gives daddy's hand a shake
Thinks to himself, "This must be some mistake"
He's just seen it come and go and come and go around
Couldn't fall in love until it came and knocked him down

5 Chinese Brothers - Amazing Dolores

Amazing Dolores saw an angel in the trailer park
She talked to him like he was really there
Amazing Dolores has 50 years behind her
She's got two ex-husbands, she's got great big hair
Amazing Dolores was called to be a singer
A lot of folks don't seem to understand
Amazing Dolores sings the songs the way she hears them
She hears the beat of a different drummer,
She hears the tune of a pickup band
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Amazing Dolores sings the words of the Holy Spirit
With a heart from rhythm and blues
Amazing Dolores, lonely voice, hallelujah chorus
There's gospel cheer and ice cold beer
Grace is where you find it here
Every Wednesday night at the Empty Glass Saloon
Amazing Dolores saved herself for Elvis
Found herself in Janis, she never sticks to the melody
Amazing Dolores hears these voices in her head
They sing along with her, she don't need psychology
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Amazing Dolores knows people think she's funny
She thinks people are funny too
Amazing Dolores doesn't care what people say
This is the way it's supposed to be
This is the work she was called to do
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5 Chinese Brothers - The Boy From New York City, The Girl From Tennessee

Once I had a sweetheart
She meant the world to me
I met her on the road one night when we were in Tennessee
I met her in a barroom after we'd done a show
We sat and talked about the Louvins 'til the 'tender called time to go
She wrote her address on a napkin
I wrote mine on my CD
She said, "It was sure nice talking to you"
I said, "You'll be hearing from me"
I wrote her a letter the next day
She wrote one in return
The letters we wrote each other could have made the mailbox burn
Yo-de-lay-he-he-hoo
I wrote her a long letter and told her that I loved her so
And if she'd come to New York to the altar we would go
I sent it with a dozen roses and I waited for her reply
Til the day the letter came my way that made me want to die
It said, "I know that you love New York
So wild and fancy free
And I love you, dear,
But I also love my home in Tennessee
Now I know that you'd be no more happy here than in the city I would
be
So though I love you dear
I'm gonna stay right here
Home in Tennessee"
Yo-de-lay-he-he-hoo
And now I know I will never wed
But a bachelor I'll always be
'Cause my heart belongs to a pretty girl down in Tennessee
Yo-de-lay-he-he-hoo

5 Chinese Brothers - A Lot Of Nights

There will always be someone to tell you what to do
And there will be someone to see you try and laugh at you
Now I'm too dumb to get right
But I'm dumb enough to try tonight
And I'm sure there'll be someone out there laughing at me too
CHORUS
I sure have spent a lot of nights in worse ways than this
I sure have spent a lot of nights in worse ways than this
But you know that don't mean I'm having a good time tonight
You can be a kid in Sunday clothes
Trying way to hard to strike a natural pose
Or a singer where he don't belong
Trying to hide behind a song
And he's not even sure if he remembers how it goes
CHORUS
You can stir your coffee with your thumb
You can beat on a saxophone you can blow into a drum
It's easy to find rules to break
There's so many mistakes to make
And I'll just stay right here till I've made every single one
CHORUS

5 Chinese Brothers - Claudine

I can see you through the window
By the glow from those party lights
But that glow just don't compare
With those tears shining in your eyes
I see you crying and looking across the street
And I'm alone here wishing that you'd look down at me
No one else can see
Kiss me, Claudine
Kiss me, Claudine
Kiss me, Claudine
Kiss me, Claudine
I can hear the people laughing
And I see you put the headphones on
Now you're swaying just a little bit
To some old girl group song
I can't stay much longer out here on the street
But I'm looking straight at you and I'm conquered in this car seat
Are you looking at me?
Kiss me, Claudine...
I wish you'd look at me instead of staring into empty space
But in your eyes are pop star lies the tears of clowns run down your
face
I think about leaving but I'll stay a while
Wish I could see those party lights reflected in a smile
If we were face to face I don't know what I'd do
If I was only twenty three years old and you were twenty two
Maybe we'd be meeting in the Blue Rose Cafe
Talking about great poetry like Walking In the Rain
Would you walk with me
Kiss me, Claudine...

5 Chinese Brothers - Marionette

Pull my string
I'm your marionette
And I'll do anything if you let me
If you need a lover here I am
And if you need a fighter I'll do the best I can
Since you left I've been a wreck
Now I'm walking these streets, ain't had no cigarettes
And I'm hungry
I think you know what I mean
These days my love is too few and so far between
Pull my string for some hugging
Pull my string for some kissing
Pull my string make my heart sing
Yeah it's been a long lonely time
Your sweet love I've been missing
And I know it might be old fashioned
But I need you, I need you
Show me some compassion
Pull my string
I'm your marionette
And I'll do anything for your forgiveness
If you let me I will sleep on your floor
And all you've got to do is ask me
I'll sneak out your back door
Pull my string

5 Chinese Brothers - Three Cool Guys

If my life was a movie I'd want to be Jackie Chan
Cause humor grace and honor are the marks of a man
My fights would all be glorious, my smile would melt girls' hearts
I'd be the toast of Hong Kong, my songs would top the charts
But I am what I am and that's all I am
That's all I can stand cause I can't stands no more
If my life was a silent film I'd want to be Buster Keaton
I'd embrace the blues and in the process I'd defeat them
I'd have no fight with gravity, I'd do just as I please
I'd tumble down each flight of stairs with the greatest of ease
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If my life was a cartoon I'd want to be the Popeye the Sailor
I'd have a damsel in distress and I would never fail her
I'd mutter something clever then I'd knock Bluto cold
I'd be a one-eyed mumbling crazy thug with a heart of gold
And all my problems would be solved because I eat my greens
My life it would be measured out in well-constructed scenes
I'd have drama without tragedy, anger without pain
Love without loneliness, hey, I would not complain
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