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It's Over
03:15
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You broke my heart in two
And I’m leaving this half with you
To remind you what you've done to me, honey
It’s over, it’s over
No tears to cry, no reason why
It’s over, it’s over
No tears to cry, no sun to shine
I've seen your picture
I mean, I’ve kissed you
If I had my own way
I’ll kiss you again
And again and again
It's over
It’s over, it’s over
No tears to cry, no sun to shine
Over and over
I tell myself, I tell myself
It’s over, it’s over
No tears to cry, no sun to shine
It’s over
Over
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Ain’t no woman gonna make a George Jones outta me
Ain’t no woman gonna make a George Jones outta me
Whatever will be will be
Just wait and you’ll see
You’ll see
Ain’t no woman gonna make a George Jones outta me
Love is priceless, it’s a feeling
Love is ruthless, with no ceiling
Love is this, love is that
Boys are dogs , girls are cats
The night is dark, I heard a bark
With no meow to follow
So I turned out the lights
Closed the door
Laid my head on a pillow
Oh, oh mamma
I got them really sad blues
Oh, oh mamma
I got them really sad blues
Oh, I got them really sad blues
Well I know you so very, very smart
You think like an arrow
Like a bullet or a dart
Oh, oh mamma I got them really sad blues
Ain’t no woman gonna make a George Jones outta me
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I had a girlfriend
Made me scared of the world
I'd sit and watch the TV
Terrified of the soap opera
I was trying to sing to you
But you were scared
The Dead dog laughing in the cloud
I just wanted to walk with you
But you were tired
The Dead dog laughing in the cloud
I just wanted to be with you
But you were gone
The Dead dog laughing in the cloud
I thought you might help me get to heaven
But you were thinking of him
The dead dog laughing in the cloud
The dead dog laughing in the cloud
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4. |
Funeral Home
00:53
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Funeral home, funeral home
Going to the funeral home
Got me a coffin shiny and black
I’m goin’ to the funeral and I’m never coming back
Funeral home
Funeral home
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5. |
Her Blues
01:31
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She knows what she’s doing
She knew what she had to do
She knows what she’s doing
She knew what she had to do
Her husband left her
For a prostitute
When she talks about him
She gets in a hypnotic state
When she talks about him
She gets in a hypnotic state
She says I tried to love him
But now it’s too late
He tried to come back to her
She would not agree
He tried to come back to her
She would not agree
And now he’s sad and she is lonely
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6. |
Running Water Revisited
02:09
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Do you want to hear another one
Tell me like you were saying the other day
You know, Danny should start playing out again and stuff
And just keep on talking about it
Daniel, you should start playing out again
Why don't you start playing out again
Why don't you start playing out again
Just talk about it
Why don't you start playing out again, Daniel
Is it because of a girl
No, nothing like that
You never tell me about stuff like that
Come on, just keep talking
Start again, don't stop
Because, keep your head going
Okay, you need to start playing out again, Daniel
Because your following needs to be building up
And a lot of your publicity is generated by word of mouth
And people see you and go
Oh wow, Daniel Johnston, he's great
And then, you know, they want to come into Record Exchange and buy your tape
Running water, running water
What are you running from
Running water, running water
Where are you running from
Running water, running water
What are you running from
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7. |
I Saw Her Standing There
02:54
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Well she was just
Well she was just 17
And you know what I mean
And the way she looked was way beyond compare
So how could I dance with another
When I saw her standing there
Well she looked at me
And I, I could see
That before too long I’d fall in love with her
She wouldn’t dance with another
When I saw her standing there
Well my heart went boom
When I crossed that room
And I held her hand in mine
Well we danced through the night
And we held each other tight
And before too long I fell in love with her
Now I’ll never dance with another
Since I saw her standing there
Well she was just
Well she was just 17
And you know what I mean
And the way she looked was way beyond compare
She wouldn’t dance with another
When I saw her standing there
Well she looked at me
And I, I could see
That before too long I’d fall in love with her
She wouldn’t dance with another
When I saw her standing there
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The coyote goes:
Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
He was smiling through his own personal hell
Dropped his last dime in a wishing well
But he was hoping too close and then he fell
Now he’s Casper the friendly ghost
He was always polite to the people who’d tell him
That he was nothing but a lazy bum
But goodbye to them, he had to go
Now he’s Casper the friendly ghost
Nobody treated him nice while he was alive
You can’t buy no respect like the librarian said
But everybody respects the dead
They love the friendly ghost
And now they say we’ll never forget that he learned, yes
We were mean to him, but he never burned us, and
Love lives forever, thanks to you, the friendly ghost
Thank you, Casper the friendly ghost
And so the legend grew
And all the people that he knew
Go and spread the news of
Casper the friendly ghost
The cow says:
Moo!
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9. |
Ghost Of Our Love
01:51
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Who’s that knocking at the door
It’s the ghost of our love
He just wants to sing a song some more
It’s the ghost of our love
We really thought he was dead
We just wanted to go to bed
Who’s that knocking at the door
It’s the ghost of our love
The ghost of our love
The ghost of our love
I figure the more I try to live a better life the better my orgasms will be
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10. |
Fly Eye
02:01
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Fly eye, fly eye
Fly eye, fly eye
Into the night, it’s alright
It’s alright, it’s alright
It’s alright, it’s alright
Alright
Alright
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11. |
Etiquette
02:57
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Alright, ready
Let me do an...verse in intro
Let's start again
What
Let's start again, cause you talked
Never noticed her
Why I noticed her so much
I made myself ridiculous
Never noticed her
But I made the blunder of trying to
Attract her attention instead of giving it
When I said hello
I had talked right past her
When she looked at me
I had glanced shyly to one side
I had been so self conscious
I acted health conscious
Notice others and let them notice by directness
Whoow, play it Bill, whoo
Don’t be scared, don’t be shy
You’ll never know until you try, buddy
Fred is one of the richest people I have ever met
True, he does not have a hoard of money to give away
He cannot pay handsome salaries
He does not entertain lavishly
Or bestow costly gifts
But he overflows with the gold of sincere friendliness
And gets in return a self-satisfaction
An influence and a power with people
That all the money in the mint could not buy
He does not wait to see if people will like him
Fred assumes they do like him
That is one of his secrets
He does not wait for them to say hello or smile first
He takes a friendly lead himself and everyone follows
That is another one of the secrets
He does not question whether or not
He will like a person
Or wait before deciding to be friendly
He takes it for granted
He will like everyone, every person
This is the third secret of friendliness
He magnifies other’s good points
No matter how inconsequential
He overlooks a few annoying qualities
Or major bad points
This is the fourth element in contagious friendliness
Friendliness is very contagious
The trouble is that many of us wait
To catch it from someone else instead of
Giving the other fella a chance
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12. |
A Walk In The Wind
02:19
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A walk in the wind…
I just want to be a writer
You make me feel better
By just being my friend
And maybe some day
We can take
A walk in the wind
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13. |
Dem Blues
03:22
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Hello
We are about to begin a little excursion if you will
Down into the depths
Plunging downward, down
Into what appears to be a bottomless pit
So now as we go, and going we might
Inviting ourselves to see some sights
Good luck
Down, down we fall
What will become of it all
And falling we fall
And fall, fall, fall
Looking cute like a storybook for you to look at
So now here we are and are here we is
Walking like cows and mammals of showbiz
The lifestyles of the bizarre and neurotic
Look, donuts and crackers
And paper cups to drink juice out of
This is de life
Yeah, but what about the strife
The pain and sufferage and all that ruffage
You mean them blues
You know what I’m talking about
Well I’ve had dem blues since I don’t know when
Looks like I’ve got dem blues again
Dem blues, dem blues
Dem blues, dem blues
I really don’t know what I’m after
You’re stepping on the crackers
I’m really feeling kind of loose
Would you like some juice
Dem blues will make me sad
Dem blues will make me mad
But dem blues, dem blues is all I have ever really had
That’s sad
You know fame means nothing to me
Fortune even less
You ain’t no donut
You know I only wanted to be a lover
Instead of a pest
What was that test you failed
And when my eyes turn inward knowing
I find myself beginning to
Sing dem blues, dem blues
Dem blues, dem blues
Dem damn blues
You’ve made crumbs of a lot of crackers
Hey what’s that
Looks like some kind of squiggly thing
Why it’s the most fascinating thing to be just floating around
Well don’t get carried away
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14. |
Girls
06:27
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Prettiest girl that you ever seen
Just popped out of a magazine
Pretty eyes looking at you now
But still you’re worried somehow
Oh Elvis, you know how it is
I can tell by that look on your face
Girls, girls
The sun and the moon and the stars in the sky
Kinda makes you wonder why
The grass on the ground
And the wind in the hair
I know there’s a girl for me somewhere
Girls, girls
Girls, girls
I was walking my head was in a whirl
I got dizzy and I stood on a hill
She couldn’t know the way she made me feel
But she was pretty
She was a
Girls, girls
Girls, girls
I was a lucky sperm that made it against great odds
And I never lost my youthful enthusiasm
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Daniel Johnston Waller, Texas
An American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist, Daniel Johnston spent 30 or so years exposing his heartrending tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps, and existential torment to an ever-growing international cult audience.
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