Oh Loretta

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Oh Loretta (Loretta, Loretta)

Won't you try to understand

Oh Loretta (Loretta, Loretta)

You say I'm seeing other women but you're out with another man

Well I haven't been as faithful as the pastor

But I haven't been as faithless as the judge

I been chatting up the youngins at the disco

But the furthest that it's gone's a lipstick smudge

My eyes they have a tendency to wander

But I still don't think that that gives you the right

To cover your affairs by accusin' me of cheating

Using selfish guilt to try and start a fight

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Well I found that pair of handcuffs in the dresser

I noticed there's some varnish off the chair

There's some strange, dark, curly hairs around the shower

And a faint scent of cologne I'd never wear

At first I had a temper like and A-bomb

But then the pressure dropped down off my gauge

I still think you and I work well together

But I'd rather me a lover half your age

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Darlin’ You Look Great

Babe it's been a long hard day come with me to bed

I'm wearing nothing but a smile just like the night we wed

Some nights I think of Brad Pitt but tonight the need is gone

'Cause darlin' you look great when I don't have my glasses on

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They're sitting on the dresser on the right side of the clock

But your body looks amazing so I think we'll leave 'em off

Your face is slightly hazy but there's this angelic glow

So honey leave the lights on and we'll both enjoy the show

Lets both face we're getting older, got some wrinkles on the skin

A little cellulite and extra hair and that's just to begin

So before we get excited w'these conclusions that we've drawn

Know that girl you look divine when I don't have my glasses on

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We've been together all these years and had our ups and downs

Held each other hand in hand through all the smiles and frowns

Now every time I look at you my heart is just as warm

As when your frames were wire rectangles and your curves were newly formed

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Snow Angel

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I want to bury you baby

Bury you six feet under snow

So It's no longer just a saying

Now it's true that your heart is so cold

Well you've been showing me the ropes girl

The ropes they burn like hell

Promised you'd be faithful

But I know that ain't your smell

You call me a filthy pig and say that

Men are only dirt

But if you play with fire baby

You know you're goin' get hurt

Everybody's got a limit

And you're the straw that broke my back

So tell me how it feels babe

When your whole world is black

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Well I took you to the kitchen

And I filled you full of lead

Made myself a sandwich

Wiped the bloodstains from your head

Well I wrapped you up in plastic

Got out some straps and cords

Sat you on my snowmobile and

Headed to the woods

To the ski hill where we met

And where I brought you on my sled

A hundred people skiing moguls

Right above my baby's head

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Carrie Ann

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Carrie Ann oh Carrie Ann oh won't you be my girl?

Carrie Ann oh Carrie Ann you're my entire world

I'm casting out my line in hopes that you will take a bite oh

Carrie Ann oh Carrie Ann won't you be mine tonight?

Saw you at the garden party in the middle of the grass

Dancing barefoot with your girlfriends drinking liquor from a flask

We stopped to take a breather, you grabbed everyone in sight

To come and join the party as the day became the night

With flies enough to eat ya and the June bugs in the air

You were trying not to giggle but I liked it, to be fair

Whispered to your friend no doubt about my manly charm

Came to me and said “You've got a spider on your arm”

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I was playing in the band and you were toying with my heart

What I thought was Cupid's arrow was a misguided lawn dart

I blacked out for a second, when my vision became clear

You said “My aim is not the best, but I brought you a beer”

Stumbled off into the night, which ended pretty quick

I was feeling awful dizzy and I felt a little sick

Made it to your cabin where I passed out in the tub

I woke up you were next to me I knew that it was love!

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Carrie Ann oh Carrie Ann won't you be mine tonight

Carrie Ann oh Carrie Ann won't you be mine toniiiiiiight

O.K.

Bathroom Floor

Well if I told you once babe, I told you time and time again

Perhaps it slipped your mind, perhaps we both had too much gin

I went along, and played that role and you believed it all too well

When I left town, I just became another brick that fell

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I didn't mean to break your heart

But it wasn't in the best shape from the start

You and I, I think we found what we were looking for

Lying there on the bathroom floor

Tell me darling were you thinking, I was gonna change my mind?

Were you thinking that I'd come around if you gave it some time?

I believed you didn't love me and I didn't see it then

When you looked at me, I couldn't see your mind imagining

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Well I haven't been around there in a while

And I'll admit I miss the vision of your smile

You said that you were okay but it was eating at your soul

How was I to know?

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You and I, I think we got what we were looking for

Lying naked on the bathroom floor

Lord x3

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Well I said Lord, Lord, Lord

I don't know what to do

Come on down from heaven and let me know

Lord, Lord, Lord

I'm praying here to you

Come on down and show me where to go

Come to me in person or come down in a dream

Please stop beating 'round the burning bush

You gotta understand that I believe what I can see

So separate the clouds let's have a look

You can surely understand that if I'm not a man of faith

It's because there's not much fact to fit the cause

But I'm praying that it's true because it sounds like a perfect deal

Th't you reside outside our scientific laws

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I'm having me some troubles and I'm having me some doubts

I'm really looking for some good advice

I've tried to help myself, but I /just don't have the strength

I think a little glimpse of heaven would suffice

If there was a clear and simple method not interpreting the scribe

Mankind would all be better off I'm sure

We'd be marching on together all towards the promised land

Ever loving light radiating from our core

Well the Lord sure works in mysterious ways

Something like a dormant disease

By the time I'm sure that you're truly there

I'll be sailing off to fiery seas

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Everyone Knows

A good hearted woman is getting so hard to find

I've been sitting here drinking, trying to get you off my mind

I promised myself all this worry was through

But sometimes I'm dishonest, I'm still thinking of you

I've tried everything to keep my memory clear

Tried working, tried hiding but still you're right here

Your figure is haunting and your scent wants me dead

I can't get your diction, out of my head

It's your eyes like the ocean, the fringe of your hair

Skin that's like porcelain, on a face that's so fair

Your beauty marked lips oh it's all killing me

I /ust want your love but I know it can't be

I dream my hand is 'round your waist, and yours is on my chest

Then I wake up head pounding and still fully dressed

Like using ice cubes for torture, when I'm stuck in my seat

As the water starts trickling, I just need your heat

It's like handwritten letters, bad luck at the store

Staying up until sunrise from a drunk midday tour

From the curls of your hair to the painted nails of your toes

I've tried hard not to show it but everyone knows

A good hearted woman is getting so hard to find

I've been sitting here drinking, trying to get you off my mind

Thrown Back out Of Love

Well she left me for a dark haired boy

She left me in the dark

We were trying hard as we could try

But her bite was twice her bark

When both of us decided it was time to call it quits

She was out all night romancing

Really putting on the Ritz

She left me for a light haired boy

And left me in the ditch

This time I was expecting it

But not the swimmer's itch

I crawled back up all damp and cold

And plopped down on the street

But by that January I was

Curled back at her feet

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Well I don't want her, anymore

But some/times it's really hard to believe

Well I don't want her, but goddamn

When I close my eyes she's all I see

She left me for another and when pushin' came to shove

Once again I'm cold and lonely I've been thrown back out of love

She left me for a dark haired girl

Well that was a surprise

Said it wasn't 'cause of me

She was a sucker for those eyes

Didn't need much 'magination

To know what those eyes would see

Now they're snuggled up together

I'm as lonesome as can be

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Your Wife Said You Were Gone

Well I hit the open road

On a hot mid-summer's day

And I went out to a friend's house

Way out west

I told my pretty darling

I'd be gone most all the day

But as it turned out, oh I'd be back

So much sooner than I'd guessed

I went out to your house

Your wife said you were gone

And as a tear rolled down her face

I told her it was gonna be okay

She said “I guess you haven't heard”

I shuttered at her words

That this man who I respected passed away so unexpected

Hours ago

Now I'm not, a religious man

But I reached out for her hand

And I told her he's in a better place

Where all the good people go

I went out to your house

Your wife said you were gone

As a tear rolled down her face

I told her it was going to be okay

I went out to your house

Your wife said you were gone

I wish you all the best and I know now that you can rest

Finally

I hit the open road

On a hot mid-summer's day

And it wouldn't escape my mind, how this world is left behind by us all some day 

Cuddling Gin

I woke up cuddling a bottle of gin, Lord knows the state I was in

The room it was spinnin and my mouth was so dry

I wondered whose bed I was in all alone

I came to terms with the fact by and by

That the bed where I lay was my own

Well I was roaming the streets with my baby last night

Had a couple drinks after work
Met a couple fellers who I thought to be alright

But as the night went on I wasn't quite so sure

They bought a couple rounds and they told a couple jokes

Then one feller took the missus for a dance

Seemed to me the two of them were having too much fun
So I upped my dukes and took a sturdy stance

I woke up cuddling with a bottle of gin, Lord knows the state I was in

I swooped in from the left and I swung in with my right

Striking nothing but a knuckle full of air

When the bouncers drove me out and in the back seat of a cab

At least I found a lump of change to pay the fare

I woke up cuddling a bottle of gin, Lord knows the state I was in

That's the last thing I remember 'till the violence of the lights

And her bitter screech that brought me back to life

Get the hell out of the bed you bastard

Who d'you think you are

Don't you remember buddy say'n'e had a wife?

That's it you're sleeping on the couch and now I'll tell you if you snore

You'll be gone out o'er the stairs and on the lawn

Then she slammed the door and that was that

I scuffed o'er to the couch and there it was

A bottle of gin just partly gone

I woke up cuddling a bottle of gin, Lord /knows the state I was in

The ceiling was spinning and my mouth was so foul

I wondered who's couch I was on in the buff

Then I saw the wife and said I'm really sorry bout last night

I'm not much of a fighter but one hell of a bluff

I woke up cuddling a bottle of gin, Lord knows the state I was in

Doghouse

She was talking to her girlfriend from back in her college days

She was shooting me a glare but my own eyes were but a glaze

She said can you cut out that racket! Yes dear, once I get this lick

Now I've got an aching backside but my scales are getting quick

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Well I'm in the doghouse now

I'm in the doghouse now

Well I'm out here in the pouring rain and I'm in the doghouse now

She was on the couch and tryin'a watch the evening news but now

It seems it wasn't world affairs that was furrowing her brow

I was slapping out some rhythm I was getting pretty good

Well now I'm in the yard I may's'well serenade the neighbourhood

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Well babe she had a headache, among several other things

And I'm quick to get excited when I'm yanking on those strings

Well I got a bowl of water maybe she'll throw me a bone

I guess I'll just keep practising till she lets me come back home

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I'm out here slappin that doghouse bass yes I'm in the doghouse now

“BILL!” 

Canadian currency blues

I've been working, in the cold

Everything that I once had I went and sold

I'm trying to scrape up enough of these nickles

To make it up to see my pretty girl

I've been saving and living meagre

But that's only gone and made me more eager

To book my float across the gulf

And give a brand new way of living a whirl

I might be slinging double doubles and staying out of trouble

Just so I can pay the rent

But as far as I can figure, our hearts will just grow bigger

'Cause a minute spent with her is a minute well spent

I've been dreaming of the Queen

Thinking different ways I could stack up some green

A loonie here, a toonie there

Starts to form a pile you can see

Well babe, I'll tell you what I'll do

With beavers, boats and caribou

I'll try to make it so we're living comfortably

Yeah if you need me I'll be under that duvet

Counting blue-faced Lauriers

We'll be scraping by as happy as we can be