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Songs From The House By The Cemetery

by Les Barons

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Cemetery Man 03:31
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Cemetery Man by Exu Nazares I've seen alot of strange things in my life. I know better than to turn my back on the dead. If you do they'll come back to life, that kind of thing can mess with your head. Don't try to tell me , it's not happening take a look anywhere in town. Look in their eyes there's no sign of life but, somehow they still get around. I'm waiting for the world... I'm waiting for the word to wake up again. I'm a cemetery man. I see them digging their own graves but they don't know it at the time it's the end days. It's kind of obvious, awaken, still many can't seem to read the signs. Don't try to tell me we need evil, I won't stop until I banish it all. Be aware it's far from necessary and I'm going to be there to watch it fall. I'm waiting for the world... I'm waiting for the word to wake up again. I'm a cemetery man. In this snowglobe that I call home, Ilet my mind roam to keep myself sane. It gets hard sometimes in solitary, but I've got a friend in the wind and the rain. I don't know when it all started I only know I've got a job to do. I can't see and end in sight so I guess I'm going to have to push on through. I'm waiting for the world... I'm waiting for the word... I'm waiting for the world... I'm waiting for the word to wake up again. I'm a cemetery man. I'm a cemetery man. I'm a cemetery man.
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Phone Call 04:45
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Phone Call by Exu Nazares Got a phone call this morning, said my daddy passed away. You ain't got no right to judge the way you do on him. I don't want to be hearing all the things you say. Mamma there ain't no use in crying, it don't wash the pain away. Load up the shotgun I'm going into town right now. I heard the rumors flying and now I'm going to make them pay. Lord it's raining hard this mourning, harder than I've seen it rain. The river's rising high and washing out the road again. We'll build another one, then we'll be on our way. We've got to leave this place. I know it's hard to see too clearly, when the life you've known is gone. You've got to stand up tall and let the weak ones climb or fall. There comes a time when everybody must pass on.
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The Bottle 05:49
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The Bottle by Exu Nazares You don't come around, and I can't say that I blame you. What's done is done and now, how can we be strangers? Sitting on my porch, I watch your daddy's truck go rolling on by. Mom says "I know it hurts bad son, but remember you're not the only one who's lost his heart on the first try. The night is lonely but the bottle holds me until, morning comes around. The room is spinning , I'm no closer to winning than I was a year ago from now. We don't talk that much, you know I can't think of anything to say. I pour myself another drink, maybe this will help me think of things to say when you're around. I can't understand why things have to work out like they do. Days go by and things get stranger, I don't know what I'm afraid of but, maybe it's not knowing that hurts most. The night is lonely but the bottle holds me until, morning comes around. The room is spinning , I'm no closer to winning than I was a year ago from now. The night is lonely but the bottle holds me until, morning comes around. The room is spinning , I'm no closer to winning than I was a year ago from now. You don't come around, and I can't say that I blame you. What's done is done and now, how can we be strangers? You are fading fast, you know your face is a blur before my eyes. I've tried for years to stop the tears, to think of something else but hey, all this really comes as no surprise. The night is lonely but the bottle holds me until, morning comes around. The room is spinning , I'm no closer to winning than I was a year ago from now. The night is lonely but the bottle holds me until, morning comes around. The room is spinning , I'm no closer to winning than I was a year ago from now. A year ago from now. A year ago from now. A year ago from now. A year ago from now.
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Spent All My Money 02:43
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Spent All My Money by Exu Nazares Spent all my money on a ticket, I got stopped by a cop at the wicket, he said, "Son you look like the kind that carries a gun." "Officer I ain't the only one." Working by the highway by the riverside. Working all day to keep my mind from wandering back in time, to another age when you were mine. She waits down by the railway tracks, and says "I'll stay 'till you get back . If you don't come, then I will know, something's gone wrong and you couldn't show." She says she's found herself another man, the kind of man who understands when things go wrong, like they sometimes do. "What the hell's gone wrong with you?" When my blues have turned to black, when everything has turned it's back and left me here in this godless world, will I still think about that girl? Spent all my money on a ticket, I got stopped by a cop at the wicket, he said, "Son you look like the kind that carries a gun." "Officer I never needed one."
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Bury Me Deep 06:17
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Bury Me Deep by Exu Nazares Take this burden,take it away from me. Take this cross before they crucify me. It takes a gun to set a man free. When I die better bury me deep. Down in the pines where the willows weep. Lock all your doors and pray that you don't sleep. Angels are crying because you left me cold. Angels are crying cause I've got nothing to hold. You left an empty grave dug in my soul. When I die better bury me deep. Down in the pines where the willows weep. Lock all your doors and pray that you don't sleep. I'm going southbound cause it's too cold, my train is southbound cause it's too cold, you left an empty grave dug in my soul. When I die better bury me deep. Down in the pines where the willows weep. Lock all your doors and pray that you don't sleep.
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Say Goodbye 04:12
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Say Goodbye by Exu Nazares Say Goodbye to the one that you love, he's moving on. Got a place in the heavan's above, or down below. I'm just too tired to carry the weight, on my back. I've given up, but I haven't lost faith. So I'm moving on. To know what I know, you must go where I go. Read your letter now you read mine, when I'm gone. Taking a train to the end of the line, to touch the sun. Burn my body on a mounainside, build my pyre. After I'm gone don't bother to cry, 'cause that's a waste of time. To know what I know, you must go where I go. Got no time I'm fading fast, got no time I'm dying fast. Listen close I must confess. My life's been a mess.
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Living In The Past 04:10
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Living In The Past by Exu Nazares Hey I haven't seen you for some time, whatcha been doing with your life? Have you finally become another man's wife? I know it's been alot of years, I drowned your memory with my tears , but all that's behind me now, I can make it through the nights. I find time is moving way too fast. It's hard to see what's up ahead when you're living in the past. Once I tried to call you on the phone when I was all alone one night , I thought that maybe I would see if everything was alright. The line was busy my head was ringing, I hung it up and never called again. I guess I didn't want to know if there was someone in your life. I find time is moving way too fast. We could have had alot more time together, but some things ain't meant to last. God ya know it's been a while since I last seen you smile. While you were gone I had to go through hell, but I had to carry on. I drank myself into the grave almost except I was almost saved. I wish that it would go one way, or the other for a change. I find time is moving way too fast. I only feel at home when I'm living in the past. I feel right at home. I feel right at home. I feel right at home. I feel right at home.
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Hoodoo Woman Blues 03:26
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Hoodoo Woman Blues by Exu Nazares Woke up this morning and my blues were gone. Woke up this morning and my blues were gone. Noone ever told me it would take so long. She keeps my heart in a jar on the kitchen shelf. She keeps my heart in a jar on the kitchen shelf. She keeps keeps it there and she locks it away for herself. Any man can see that she's bad to the bone. We got a house, but it don't feel like home, knowing she would let me die all alone. She's got a way to keep men like me in line. Make a doll of wax and stick it with pins all night. She thinks that will make everything all right. I got a surprise for her when she comes home. Igot a little bit of Gris-Gris of my own. She won't know what hit her when she goes on home.
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House By The Cemetery (free) 06:31
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House By The Cemetery by Exu Nazares There's no place like home. Surrounded by stones, arranging my bones in the house by the cemetary. Neverending rain washing at my pain, alone and insane in the house by the cemetary. Sleeping through the sunny days, can't get out of bed. When night falls I'm wide awake, voices in my head. I may be afraid of growing older, I may be afraid of not growing at all. The weight of the grave is on my shoulders, had to learn how to run when I was learning to crawl. They come and they stay. Why they could never say. It has to be this way in the house by the cemetary. Affairs of the dark corners of the heart, they all fell apart in the house by the cemetary. I may be afraid of doing bad things. I'm more afraid of doing nothing at all. Maybe it's the way I never had things. If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. There's no place like home.

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released August 23, 2003

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