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Wrong Side Of The Tracks
04:19
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My Daddy moved here at the age of 10
And his Mamma said son you'll be a man
You're gonna grow up tall
Gonna grow up right
And along the way you better learn to fight
He was a desperado with a switch blade knife
A voice as mean as sin
He kept everything he owned in a gunny sack
It was the wrong side of the tracks
Wrong side of the tracks
He was playing with fire out on the wrong side of the tracks
When I came along he was 17
He was half in love with a high school queen
He got a job at the old steel mill
They said watch your back or you might get killed
Me and some kids in the neighborhood
Formed a band called the Ramblin' Thugs
There was something we still lacked
We were on the wrong side of the tracks
Wrong side of the tracks
We were playing with fire out on the wrong side of the tracks
I gotta a girl, she loves me and I love her back
She said I'll dig ya more if you buy me that pink Cadillac
I said I can't
Not on the wrong side of the tracks
We're on the wrong side of the tracks
Now my Daddy's long gone and my Mamma too
Just me, my gal, and the house rent blues
I don't feel right when I wear a suit
So I'll keep on doing what I do
Yeah I rip it up every Friday night
It takes two six packs to make it right
Don't give me no lip or wise-cracks
Not on the wrong side of the tracks
It's the wrong side of the tracks
You'd be playing with fire out on the wrong side of the tracks
I gotta job and it's just beyond those old smokestacks
At night we drink malt liquor
We don't drink no Cognac
Not on the wrong side of the tracks
The wrong side of the tracks
It's been 20 years with nothing to lose
Just an old guitar and a case of blues
There's more dirt in my fingernails
Than the back roads that lead to hell
It's the wrong side of the tracks
It's the wrong side of the tracks
It's the wrong side of the tracks
Yeah baby it's the wrong side of the tracks
But we be movin' on up!
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i aint looking for a fight
im just looking for a real good time
ill be heading downtown with a bottle of wine
gonna get her on right tonight
yeah theres plenty of fish in the sea
but that woman im watching she aint looking back at me
she aint looking at me but ill make her see
just what kind of man i can really be
because a woman needs a man
a woman needs a man
lord have mercy it aint right
they say a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bike
my mamma never raised no fool
but that woman im watching she aint looking back at me
she aint looking at me but ill make her see
just what kind of man i can really be
because a woman needs a man
a woman needs a man
lord have mercy it aint right
they say a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bike
now fella i dont mean to preach
but if youre looking for love then you gotta let her be
the heart of a woman it dont come for free
yeah youre gonna starve before you can eat
because a woman needs a man
a woman needs a man
lord have mercy it aint right
they say a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bike
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3. |
Miles Between Us
04:31
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Once there was a time
We both had time
We had each other
But time where does it go
Where did it go
We've crossed that line
We both went our separate ways
Something's you can't wash away
The hours they turned into days weeks months and years
Gone like the love and the trust
We're left with miles between us
I hear you've found a man
He comes from old money
I still ain't got none
But me I'm still alive
Keeping alive
Living a good life
But these days I don't stand as tall
Sometimes I stumble and fall
And your smile I still can recall if I try real hard
It's gone like the love and the trust
We're left with miles between us
I remember the day when you said that I was your hero
We sat by the window watching the world pass us by
I never knew I'd be as happy as I was there with you
With the love and the trust
Ah but those days are gone
We're left with miles between us
And one day I'll see you again
We'll try real hard to pretend
That beginnings all come to an end
And we'll say goodbye
Goodbye to the love and the trust
We're left with miles between us
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4. |
Hard Luck And Trouble
04:19
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you had me standing long in the rain
still smiling on a bad day
i was pushed around i was prodded
i was pulverized i was knotted in every way
i get kicked aroung but im grounded
i had two black eyes but thats alright
'cause i can feel the light in the morning
and its a full moon friday every night to me
yeah but you said
hard luck and trouble is gonna get you in the end my friend
youre always seeing double and the whiskey bottle never ends
you said hard luck and trouble is gonna get you in the end my friend
ive got a soul the size of harlem and my spirit can kill anything
i was flying i was fading
id seen everything thats ever been
im a lover and a hater
im a quick romancer lost out on the sea
i get the blues on sunday morning
ya but every day is the best day of the year
ive been to hell ive been to heaven
never saw your halo anywhere from here
yeah but you said
hard luck and trouble is gonna get you in the end my friend
youre always seeing double and the whiskey bottle never ends
you said hard luck and trouble is gonna get you in the end my friend
ive got a soul the size of harlem and my spirit can kill anything
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Lonesome Go
04:09
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you find your place to hide its keeping you alive
with mingling marionettes that are messing with your mind
tangled in tyranny angled in piracy
heres to the powers that be that make it easy to get what you need
guess ill be hittin the long ol lonesome go
straight to the promised land
hittin the long ol lomesome go with your heartbreak in my hand
if pretty hearts get broken then petty thieves survive
on the crumbs of compassion that you casually tossed aside
fortune favors the brave youll always be a slave
as you go marching toward the promise of an early rain
and ill be hittin the long ol lonesome go
straight to the promised land
hittin the long ol lomesome go with your heartbreak in my hand
with your heartbreak in my hand
ill be hittin the long ol lonesome go
straight to the promised land
hittin the long ol lomesome go with your heartbreak in my hand
with your heartbreak in my hand
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6. |
Only Stars
04:48
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Nelly came from Nashville there's a look that's in her eye
Says she's lived a lifetime and nothing makes her surprised
Her hair smells like tobacco her beauty it's gone
She sings her songs in the afternoon and serves beer from dust til dawn
(they're ain't no one wanna hear these songs aint no one wanna hear these songs besides)
The stars are only stars and the stars themselves will shine
The stars are only stars lighting my way through the countryside
The stars are only stars and they don't like the summer rain
I got an old guitar and I'll let the sound take me away
Just like a southbound train
Nelly loved her man as wicked as it seemed
They had three children and they shared in each other’s dreams
But he went off to war just to die on the other side
Now her kids are all grown and they're on their own
Left her to her own devices
(nothing left here to decide there's nothing left here to decide besides)
The stars are only stars and the stars themselves will shine
The stars are only stars lighting my way through the countryside
The stars are only stars and they don't like the summer rain
I got an old guitar and I'll let the sound take me away
Just like a southbound train
Just like a southbound train
Like the summer rain
Just like a southbound train
The stars are only stars and the stars themselves will shine
The stars are only stars lighting my way through the countryside
The stars are only stars and they don't like the summer rain
I got an old guitar and I'll let the sound take me away
Just like a southbound train
The stars are only stars and the stars themselves will shine
The stars are only stars lighting my way through the countryside
The stars are only stars and they don't like the summer rain
I'll let this old guitar come and take my blues away
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Marcus Starr Hamilton, Ontario
Passion, creativity and the fearlessness to avoid boundaries: that's what led Marcus Starr into pursuing his solo career. After years of touring as the guitarist in a popular rock n roll band, Marcus put his creative energy into his own music, drawing influences from J.J. Cale, Steve Earle, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Tom Petty. Starr released his sophomore EP THE WRONG SIDE OF TRACKS in Feb 2020. ... more
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