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Well you thought I'd be, another man chasing you around,
but when you turned to yank my chain I was nowhere to be found
So long baby, looks like you played your hand all wrong
'cause if you don't want me baby, If you don't want me then I'm gone
When I was after you, I told you all I can,
but when the shoe's on the other foot, you turned your tail and ran
so ling baby, just like I told you all along
if you don't want me baby, if you don't want me, then I'm gone
I wish you all the best, but there's nothing more to say
you had your chance to get with me, you let it slip away
So long baby, just like the title of this song
If you don't want me baby, if you don't want me then I'm gone
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When I look back on our romance it was doomed right from the start
but I vowed I wouldn't cut and run, and play the quitter's part
But I wish i would've listened to what my instinct seemed to know
'cause six more months of pain and woe, is all I've got to show
All the shed tears and apologies, were nothing but a fake
a voice inside said "cut her loose" but instead I took the bait
I only have but one regret, I know it sounds unkind,
but I wish that I had dumped you when the thought first crossed my mind
I told you of my troubles, you said that if I'd only wait,
that life would finally settle down, then everything'd be great
I was too in love to notice that you'd drifted far away
but I soon learned that talk was cheap, 'cause your actions never changed
All the shed tears and apologies, were nothing but a fake
a voice inside said "cut her loose" but instead I took the bait
I only have but one regret, I know it sounds unkind,
but I wish that I had dumped you when the thought first crossed my mind
The day it finally came when I could fool myself no more
and I had to admit the awful truth: you'd left me months before
but you wouldn't come out and say it so I had to be the jerk,
our breakup was like our sex life... I did all the work!
All the shed tears and apologies, were nothing but a fake
a voice inside said "cut her loose" but instead I took the bait
I only have but one regret, I know it sounds unkind,
but I wish that I had dumped you when the thought first crossed my mind
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Ideology Blues
02:44
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I got the ideology blues, everyone thinks they know how it should be
I got the ideology blues, everyone thinks they know how it should be
Maybe we'd be much better off if we could all just mind our own business please
Ain't about to preach or judge, 'cause all I know is no one knows what's true
Ain't about to preach or judge, 'cause all I know is no one knows what's true
I'm just relyin' on my body heart and mind, to see my ass on through
I ain't a poet and I ain't a spokesman, I just sing and play because it's what I do
I ain't a poet and I ain't a spokesman, I just sing and play because it's what I do
And if you don't like what I've got to say maybe you should write your own damn tune!
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Circling the Drain
04:02
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I heard a lot of people talkin' about the way things are, and how they think everything is supposed to be
I'm just sittin' on the sidelines laughin' because I know they're just half-assin'
we're already circling the drain, it seems to me
We're just as fucked as we can be right now, but we're not as badly fucked as we're gonna be soon
so let's crack another beer and watch this shit-house burn
If you think there's a solution, then I think you're part of the problem my friend. Lord knows I got no answers of my own
You keep talkin' like you think you've got 'em, what you don't understand, is I don't want 'em. Now it's time to reap exactly what we've sown.
We're just as fucked as we can be right now, but we're not as badly fucked as we're gonna be soon
so let's crack another beer and watch this shit-house burn
We should've had this conversation back when there was a chance for things to not go all fuckin' wrong. Too little too late ain't gonna do much to impress me.
You've every right for your opinion to be heard, but to ascend and then decline is just the way of the world so get over it. You won't change how it's gonna be.
We're just as fucked as we can be right now, but we're not as badly fucked as we're gonna be soon
so let's crack another beer and watch this shit-house burn
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East Coast Dave Bellingham, Washington
Hi Folks. I grew up in Western NY state (think Buffalo), moved to Portland in '98, and from there to Bellingham in '02. I've
played music since age 11. My influences are too many to list, but this record reflects my desire to give American music the"Pogues treatment" (though not just that). Thanks for listening, and I hope you dig it.
East Coast Dave
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