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Singer​-​Songwriter Classics

by Driftin' Luke and His Many Personalities

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1.
Buglers and Singers 02:35
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hear the bugles blowing help the singers sing i come from the land of barbwire i was sent here by the king i came to tell you that your daughters are trying to toll a bell that doesn't ring
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Keep it Cool 02:15
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the singer asks the people to dance he tryin' to put the people into a trance there's a few harmonica's stuffed in his pants that in an emergency he would pull to keep it cool the writer asks the singer to speak about what makes his message so unique but the truth would make him feel like a freak like a sincere humble fool so he keeps it cool i was lol when she said gb we were bff but she's jk'd me she said to KISS but I couldn't see that she didn't even LMLAB, she was so cruel she kept it cool now the people sing the writer to sleep and the singers voice is hacked to a heap and people change at the sound of each beep every second time changes the rule of how to keep it cool
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Don't Call Me Honey 03:31
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honey, i want you to know me by my name i won't call you honey, babe, if you won't do the same cus everywhere i go, there's honey to be found and i don't want to be just another honey hangin' round there's honey in the comb like babies in the womb there living for the honey, babe, clear up to the tomb i've known you as a bride, so hold me as a groom and then you'll get to know me by my name we'll learn to love and make me smile again please don't call me sugar when i ain't bein' sweet please don't call me honey, that's something that you eat just know me by my name, make everything alright please just keep it honest and keep me warmed up in the night
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Soul Food 01:53
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i need some soul food that good as gold food "i need you to hold me" food i need some comfort food tonight mary's been mean to me forced her machine on me she's quite the contray and you know that isn't right though she's been rude i still need her food yes, i do mary gets dressed up still wears lots of makeup even when we break up she's in come hither garb mary don't mind me she's always behind me says she can't find me but i'm always tangled in her barb though she's been rude i still need her food yes, i do
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Dark Dancer 02:21
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someone's got it in for your life, good and bad someone's in your head and they won't disappear someday on the map of your mind you must chart out a line to get one out i, i saw the dark dancer behind you you didn't see it though you had a blindfold on your eyes i, i know you're beautiful and kind you couldn't see it though you had a blindfold on your eyes
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Let out the feeling 02:39
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they've given up giving you the benefit of the doubt and even your family wants the secrets to come out get into to a shouting match and go another bout, but let it out i feel it, now the feeling found unreeling round let it out you take a shower when the dogs are rainin' down you take the laundry out for the man who goes out of town to take the pressure off and cover up the sound that moves around i feel it now the feeling found unreeling round let it out the sacred cow is breaking down the truth is found let it out
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O Mother 02:18
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i took it up with bad luck motel desk clerk last night someone's sleepin' in my bed and the covers read a shape of an awful fright can't close my eyes, might get surprised and then i'll tumble down it'd be better if the whole thing fell apart and ran in the ground o mother, what did i do, I'll be leaving that up to you? Did it go to my head? I let it go to my head, left for dead. people taking me directions, through the injections in my ears, in my eyes no one told me they were lies, no one told me they were lies can't close my eyes it might fall from the skies and it wouldn't fit saw you crack a small little smile when the fallout finally hit o, mother, i cannot say I've always stayed true but i think its best to the leave the guessing up to you o, mother, what did i do? i'll be leaving that up to you? did it go to my head, let it go to my head, left for dead.
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Make War for You (demo) 03:46
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I'm happy just thinking about you and the life that we have shared for a while every day we are together, it gets better and better my hearts frozen like a fetter to your smile And just like the first day we met dear When you showed me all the colors in your eyes I've been watching your love flowin' like the river breeze a' blowin' I need a dam to keep it in and bright blue skies And I will give to you What you want me to If it grows in the garden Then for you I'd pick the fruit I would like to see, all the selfishness in me Go away, and with you I'd like to stay I've never claimed to be near perfection And certainly you see just what I am But I'm trying to be honest and honestly I love you and I'll honestly keep on the best I can Your hair is like the willows near the water Softer than the sunrise is your skin Your certainly a keeper but your love goes much deeper I've seen your boldest beauty lies within I'll sing songs for you How you want me to If it somewhere on the scale Then for you I'd sing the tune I would like to see, all the selfishness in me Go away, and with you I'd like to stay If I've ever wandered please forgive me I've drifted very far from your shore The trap doors strongly trip me up, but when I drink your loving cup, your anchor strongly pulls me back much more I've invented words to help me listen to act like swords against the slaying sounds of the temptresses and tyrants who rob our love like pirates and who make us both forget the love we found I'll make war for you if i need to If it comes near our hearts then I'll cut it at it roots I would like to see, all the selfishness in me go away, and with you i'd like to stay
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Satisfying Haiku 01:42
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Lay it down 03:42
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should that seed be planted in you should your fountains be dispersed flowing round to re-confuse them for the waters that they thirst should your empty eye be laden with a law that you can't trust when the tears are pressing swiftly on a dam that's sure to burst i can't help but be convicted by the evidence around i spent years inside the manger 'til the shepherd i had found lay your arms down, lay your eyes down lay your head down, lay em down lay your guns down, turn your frowns around please don't let me down, lay em down lay your wants down, lay your wives down don't let your children drown, lay em down lay your cards down, lay your bards down lay your "too-hards" down, lay em down tempted eye, you are the roller, picking up a shoulder's worth in attempts to wind Victrola for the ear as big as earth hasn't anybody listening to the rhythms that you roll tempted eye, you are the roller, like a snowball in your soul
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I am not afraid 02:28
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Ollie, Ollie 01:34
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13.
Russ & Norv Ell 01:30
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14.
a kid named ed 01:29
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released July 4, 2018

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