Michael Houser - lead voc/electric guitar
John Bell - vocals
John Keane - bass/guitars/organ/backup vocals
Andrew Hanmer - drums
Domingo Ortiz - percussion

The stars are spinning over my head
The clouds are showing their heels
I feel like rolling down my windows
And spinning my wheels

Stopping in down in New Orleans
It’s about halfway
I feel like calling for Mardi Gras
In the middle of May

And now I know that I’m
Crossing a river
On slippery stones
One day I know that I’m
I’m bound to tumble in
And have to find my way
Back to the shore

Baby, I’m gonna make it
I’m gonna get there
No matter what

The road has been
Twisting and turning
It about got away
But I’m so glad to be
Rolling down this mountain
Heading into the bay

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Goodbye My Love - 4:36

Michael Houser - lead vocal/electric guitars
John Bell- backup vocals
John Keane - bass/acoustic guitar/organ/backup vocals
Andrew Hanmer - drums
Domingo Ortiz - percussion

I’ve said goodbye
To many old friends
And many places
I’ve said goodbye
To some happy times
Familiar faces
I’ve said goodbye
To young summer nights
And electric guitars
And carefree sunny summer days
Having fun with the boys

Well I’ve said goodbye
To a lot of things in my life
But I never thought
The day would come
When I would say
Goodbye my love

I’ve said goodbye
To some things I thought
Would last forever
Some folks I thought I’d never miss
And now I can’t forget ’em
I said goodbye to some dreams I had
I watched them go so sadly
Late at night when I can’t sleep I know
I needed them badly

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Sandbox - 5:14

Michael Houser - lead vocal/electric guitar/mandolin
John Keane - bass/electric guitar/acoustic guitar/ backup vocals
Andrew Hanmer - drums
Domingo Ortiz - percussion

What a place to hang out is a sandbox
Bury things you don’t want
And dig up things you do want
And the sun is on your face

I’m in love with a girl that I met in the bar
She’s brought me this far, yeah
Such a beautiful face
And I know I’m in the right place

So won’t you come with me now girl
We’re gonna show all the world how
The candle and the wine
Can bring a song to mind

Well the barstool rodeo’s in town
And I know all of our friends will be going down
Hey, girl we might catch a ride downtown tonight
Hey, girl do you wanna go downtown tonight
That’s the smile that I like

Well it’s so hard for me to say
But that’s just for today now
When it gets dark outside
Then I can speak my mind

This town has always been my friend
I guess I’ll try again now
To get that number right
So I can hold that line

I’m in love with a girl that I met in the bar
She’s brought me this far, yeah
And all I did was say
Can I get you a drink

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Can’t Change the Past - 2:59

Michael Houser - lead vocal/mandolin
John Bell - backup vocal
John Keane - bass/acoustic guitar/steel guitar
Andrew Hanmer - drums
Domingo Ortiz - percussion

Can’t change the past
Wasn’t built to last
I had my fun and I climbed to the sun
But I was burned up on the surface
But I’m still here underneath
And I’ll be at your door tomorrow
Or the next day
I’m on my way

Can’t change the way
The way it goes
Nobody answers ’cause
Nobody knows what to say on the day
The flood waters come
And take your dreams away
But I’ll be at your door someday

Can’t change the way
Time rushes on
When I look behind me it’s already gone
But then there’s you and you alone
You have been right here with me all along
And I’ll be at your door someday

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Low Country - 5:30

Michael Houser - lead vocal/guitars/mandolin/piano
John Keane - bass/acoustic guitar/piano/organ/backup vocals
Andrew Hanmer - drums
Domingo Ortiz - percussion

Headed down highway 15 from Athens
On the way to Savannah
Gotta stop in at Pinkie Master’s
Maybe see O.C.

’Cause I’ve been
Searching for peace of mind
Behind every door
But I can not
Open them all I feel
My blood’s gonna boil

Gonna stop in in Greensboro
For a glass of sweet tea
I’m gonna pick up the pace a little
When I see Adrian

But happy I am
As a clam
When I get down in
Down in the low country again

Take a left on I -16
I got 95 to go
I’m gonna cross a lot of bridges
Gonna skin a lot of road

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Where Does it Go - 5:21

Michael Houser - lead vocal/guitars
John Keane - bass/organ/backup vocals
Andrew Hanmer - drums
Domingo Ortiz - percussion

A friend of mine called me up today
Said I didn’t want to but I couldn’t stay
I had to leave her now don’t you know
Won’t somebody please tell me
Where the loving goes

So you stare at the walls
‘Cause there’s nothing that you can do
Except wait and wonder
Who will make the first move

Where does it go when it goes away
I hear about it just about everyday
Nobody’s ever given me a clue
Won’t somebody please tell me
What I’m supposed to do

Called a friend of mine up today
Said she didn’t want to but she couldn’t stay
She had to leave me now don’t you know
Won’t somebody please tell me
Where the loving goes

Where does it go when It goes away
Where does it go when It goes away

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Nacoochee Queen - 3:23

Michael Houser - lead vocal/guitar/mandolin
John Keane - bass/backup vocal/organ
Andrew Hanmer - drums
Domingo Ortiz - percussion

Roll on my Nacoochee queen
Your life has come clean
And you, you throw your hands to the sky
And you, you shout oh, my my
I never, never knew it could be like this

Roll on my fisher king
Your catch is waiting
And it will, it will be oh so grand
Like the best thing you ever had
You never, never knew it could be like this

Roll on my monkey girl
The world is your pearl
And you, you see it there in the sand
And you, you take it in your hand
You never, never knew it could be like this

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Country Sex Song - 4:51

Michael Houser - lead vocal/guitars/mandolin/piano
Todd Nance - drums
Domingo Ortiz - percussion

I wish you were an airplane
And I could be the prop
Stuck there in front I’d spin and spin and never stop
We could fly so high you know
We’d never touch the ground
Wouldn’t need a parachute
’Cause nothing could bring us down

This is my country
Country sex song
And I will sing it a country mile long

I wish you were a car wash
And I could be a truck
I’d pull it in and watch you wash
And dry and spin and buff
And after you were finished
And I was on my way
I’d turn that truck around
And drive it through all night and day

I wish you were a strong box
And I could be the key
I’d open you up everyday to see what I could see
I’d never find you empty
And I’d never find you full
I’d always find you just in time to keep me out of trouble

I wish you were an island
Out in a deep blue sea
I’d sink my ship beside your shores
And go on happily

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Solitude - 4:59

Michael Houser - lead vocal/electric guitar/piano
John Keane - bass/guitars/organ/backup vocals
Andrew Hanmer - drums
Domingo Ortiz - percussion

Once I was loved by you
Now I’m wearing thin my shoes
I have learned things since then
Solitude can be my friend

Solitude
Solitude

I had a family and I had gold
But I was visited by a ghost
He said I have seen your line
Solitude will be your vine

Silence found me alone
Married to the ground
Made of stone
I am free now
And I am bound
To solitude, solitude

I am free now
And I am bound
To solitude, solitude

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Bull Run - 5:09

Michael Houser - lead vocal/guitars/mandolin/piano
John Keane - bass/organ/acoustic guitar/backup vocals/steel guitar
Andrew Hanmer - drums
Domingo Ortiz - percussion

Now I don’t blame you
And I don’t blame myself
We both gave a hundred percent
And we were in heaven
And we were in hell
But it’s time to help ourselves

You can go your way
And I will go mine
There ain’t no telling what we might find
And it’ll be heavy
And it’ll be tough
But I think we both have had enough

Over and over
We fought for the same ground
Just like that old battle
The Battle of Bull Run

Now maybe I’ll see you
In a year
Without anger or fear
Maybe we’ll find
Find our way
To what we could not see today

Now I don’t blame you
And I don’t blame myself
We both gave a hundred percent
And we were in heaven/And we were in hell
But it’s time to help ourselves
Yes it’s time to help ourselves
You know it’s time to break the spell

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No Cryin Now - 4:15

Michael Houser - lead vocal/guitars/keyboards
John Keane - bass/background vocal
Andrew Hanmer - drums
Domingo Ortiz - percussion

Summer with my girl
Rains never fell
Three months is a life time
In the wishing well

No Cryin now
No Cryin now

Autumn with my girl
Leaves never fell
Three months is a lifetime
In the wishing well

Winter my girl’s snow never melts
Three months is a lifetime
In the wishing well

And when the spring finally came
We hid our tears in the rain

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She Drives Me to Drink - 5:28

Michael Houser - vocals/guitar/mandolin/bass
Todd Nance - drums
Domingo Ortiz - percussion

We like to go out at eight
We can’t stay out late
’Cause my baby she works
We head on down to
The Barmuda Triangle
And the Nowhere Bar

She has a glass of wine
And I have a good time
She nurses hers and I doctor mine
Round ten is when we begin
To turn into pumpkins
She says I’ll drive

See she drives me to drink and I
Drive her to work
And then I go on back to bed
And think of what I’m gonna drink
When I get up

When that alarm clock rings
I begin to sing
A sad sad song
I jump into the shower then
And I’m wishing
I had a bar of that Zest

She works along way away
So I’ve got a tape
Of inspirational music
When I drop her at the gate
She says don’t you be late
She knows I won’t

When I get home again
I watch the CNN
Three times around
I crawl on back in bed
And I’m thinking about a Crown
See, I dream in red white and blue
And so do some of you
From the research I have done
So, if you will take my advice
You’ll go and find her
You’ll know the one

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