Come Hell or High Water
Left Alone
I Don't Want to Disappear Anymore
The New Damnation Alley
It Is What It Is
Black Bitter Moon
October Morning
Old North Side
Legal Tender
Gone by the Ol’ Sunrise
Brother’s Keeper
In the Winter Merry Christmas Torn and Wrinkled
Lyrics
left alone
he was a vietnam veteran killin' machine
made it back alive not a streak o' mean
good friend o' mine reckon thirty five years
not one cross word lookin' eye to eye
chorus
now ya dont know better
strung out in the cold
ya dont know better
when ya got no home
now ya dont know better
when ya left alone to die
she was pretty as a picture needle in 'er arm
'nother burned out night we were doin' wrong
never hugged and kissed 'er but her heartbeat strong
'nother burned out night we were doin' wrong
chorus
upside down at the bottom of the steps
in a pool o' blood aint nobody left
jus' me and drew and a new york cop
walkin' on change and the fallin' out
chorus
i see pictures ev'ry day and the headline news
i cuss and pray at the world and the blues
and i mow the yard and i go out to eat
still able to work but i jus' cant feel
chorus
i dont know better
strung out in the cold
i dont know better
but i gotta home
and i dont know better
when i leave ya alone to die
chorus
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malcolm holcombe
i dont wanna disappear anymore
intro
chorus
i dont wanna disappear anymore
i'm tired o' hidin' in the shadows
i love to work and keep my head above water
it's hard to live in the darkness
bridge 1
i keep movin' if i wanna survive
i send a lil money home sometimes
but i dont wanna disappear anymore
chorus
bridge 2
i (cant) remember how it use to be
a job and a home and a family
i dont wanna disappear anymore
chorus
bridge 3
i can do anything that you need
long hours little pay's no stranger to me
i dont wanna disappear anymore
chorus
chorus-instrumental-???
bridge 4
i get my clothes from a second hand store
my shoes fit good enough til tomorrow
i dont wanna disappear anymore
chorus
bridge 5
i still wanna believe in the truth
but the laws of color they always turn blue
repeat bridge 1
chorus
i dont wanna disappear anymore
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malcolm holcombe
the new damnation alley
bloody curtains in plymouth
dried out in st johns
makin' a livin'
on a whim outta town
feelin' my age
feelin' senical and wrong
too scared to believe
i belong anymore
jude's rollin' in the ev'nin'
not a crumb for a bum
betcha bottom dollar
one day he gonna run
chorus
billionaire barbarians
old cut throat history breeds
old money drags a poor man down
the new damnation alley
the new damnation alley
the truth takes a beatin'
like a whippin' boy screams
rich guys smilin'
for the kings and queens
limousine liars
clipper ships for slaves
street to street
shore to shore
chorus
coast to coast
now face to face
see the lovely children
tore up inside
stories tell times
of the names and graves
covered up by the love
we forgot to save
chorus
chorus
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malcolm holcombe
it is what it is
chorus
it is what it is
aint nuthin' too special
a gift from above
not down below
hold on to your feet
better watch where ya goin'
there's a man upstairs
it is what it is
gotta friend er two
still livin' wanna talk to
shake hands now and then
dont say nuthin'
chorus
sun hot as hell
ground broken and dry
break a sweat halleluja
you aint naked and cold
chorus
my body gets tired
fired up at sundown
i see your pretty face
yo kisses come around
chorus
some people get crazy
gotta a streak o' mean
they piss me off sometimes
i walk away free and clean
chorus
chorus
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malcolm holcombe
black bitter moon
intro
a thousand stars been lost in her eyes
tendin' bar in biloxi for a soldier eyes
pensacola blood in the sun and the sand
in the twinkle of a minute leaves another young man
chorus
that ol black bitter moon
hangs over my head
come hell or high water
comes the rain and the dread
comes the rain and the dread
intro
shove off to the ocean fly up to the sky
aint a drop o' lick o' sense in washington's mind
rocks in the road rock n' roll in my head
dirty socks in my closet bad luck up ahead
chorus
intro
bloody arm on the phone
daddy's drunk with a knife
party line sick alone
she cant run she cant hide
hold my hands in the air
pray for peace do i dare
stay home with my darlin'
so sweet and so fare
chorus
chorus
intro
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malcolm holcombe
october mornin'
(better in f# minor)////marco play 2/4 or half time---more like a dirge--
october mornin' four a.m.
nite as black as a one-eyed cat
smokin' chains will hold ya down
the sun wont rise the sun wont rise
legs cant run no feet can turn
back your words they're gone for good
hope has left your troubled world
helpless eyes oh helpless eyes
chorus
mothers rest your souls someday
find your children safe and well
never more too far away
never more far away
her southern blood was warm and red
plastic pearls around her neck
blessed she was all was said
love so true love so true
hand in hand the sound of shoes
walkin' up the road with you
silver hair and sweet perfume
stain glass shines stain glass shined
chorus
walls of thunder satisfied
jaws of churches closed your mind
left to wonder time and time
lost am i lost am i
venetian blinds the heavy door
left a burnin' growin' old
darkness falls before i know
where you are where you are
chorus
chorus
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malcolm holcombe
legal tender
my cousin's in and outta jail
more times than i can count
bad habits run in the family
marshall still grows pot
trailor meth labs round the corner
they make all the money
pharmaceuticals paint the sky
and fill the cementaires
bridge
that's the best i can tell
morphine's legal tender
i suck up to you you suck up to me
we could play and sing like the beatles
i was a younger man head full o' sand
now i'm washin'way into pieces
i use to run thru the woods run thru the streets
run to the eyes of a preacher
drink and work you under the table
in the mirror stands clark gable
bridge
now the world is flat flat as hell
re runs on the tv
they keep me here and off the edge
and fucked up on the needle
yeah i'm full o' shit but i got it made
dont wanna hurt your feelin's
in a twenty by twenty paradise
you can leave me
bridge
bridge
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malcolm holcombe
gone by the ol' sunrise
lights across the river
close enough to touch
a mile from here to me and you
gone by the ol' sunrise
satisfied and hungry
too busy countin' time
way too fast breathin' still
gone by the ol' sunrise
chorus
lookin' in your eyes so tired o' feelin' sad
prayin' in the evenin' mist gone by the ol' sunrise
givin' is the gift of life and my tongue should turn to stone
the ground will swallow up my bones gone by the ol' sunrise
instrumental
chorus
lights across the river
close enough to touch
a mile from here to me and you
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malcolm holcombe
brothers keeper
intro
oh helpless we been told
believe before my eyes
the sadness we behold
in one another's arms
the breadlines of the bones
the God forsaken skin
shriveled by the sun
and shaken deep within
chorus
i am my brother's keeper
so lost among these days
beyond the weepin' screams
i travel far away
intro pickin'(instrumental??)-verse-chorus-?
you savor word and deed
and spout the fountains full
of mighty hands and feet
to bare the swords of peace
oh but sorrow comes to hold
and knows no tongue to speak
to suffer madness close
and under lock and key
chorus
intro pickin'
my doorstep windows cast
the shadows from the light
of distant stars away
and wish upon the night
chorus
chorus
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malcolm holcombe
in the winter
skin and bones
feel the wind thru the windows
shiver like a dog
coughin' thru a wall
red blooded mem'ries
o' that ol' missin' money
bridge
and the sun goes down
in the winter
and the sun goes down
in the winter
a red hot nickle
spend a dime for a fiddle
pull the shades
close the curtains
the moon stands still
hard times keep a rollin'
bridge
chorus
i shoulda stayed down south
with my brother i could trust
i shoulda worked in the city
where the jobs was aplenty
aint it strange when ya wait
and you wish for a saviour
bridge
fifteen below
four days in a row
gone stir crazy
in a lunatic mind
no man's land
under cardboard on the sidewalk
bridge
old and sick
(dyin's) none o' your business
feet damn frozen
stuck to the floor
angel wings
ring the bells o' mercy
bridge
bridge
chorus
chorus
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malcolm holcombe
merry christmas
silver spoon in your eyes
never mind mama's tired
go to sleep outta sight
merry christmas
rockin' chair grouchy gums
edge o' nite on the tv
black and white make it color
merry christmas
chorus
merry christmas fried chicken
left overs in the mornin'
never got what i wanted
never kept what i got
merry christmas
fruit cake is the best
save yourself for the rest
two dollars for the children
merry christmas
brylcream ol spice
aqua velva it aint nice
coon track change a tire
merry christmas
chorus
sellin' grit for a nickle
shovel coal in the stoker
daddy's drunk doncha know it
merry christmas
runnin' chains in the snow
go to church when ya go
go to hell if ya dont
merry christmas
chorus
chorus
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malcolm holcombe
torn and wrinkled
to the point short and strong
ol pictures from the second war
humbled by the stories he told
i'll never be the man he was
bloody knuckles bustin' tires
good days in a suit and tie
glimpses of my father's pride
left only torn and wrinkled
chorus
forgive me when i turn away
and mumble to the floor
the perfect words are gone for sure
and the mirror's torn and wrinkled
it's hard to measure up inside
to ev'ry nobel sacrifice
my father lived to do what's right
as best i know he tried
my concious carries all the weight
to spare another's heavy burden
back then a family stayed together
silent nights and hurtin'
chorus
the bedroom walls were smoky blue
whispers in the greasy kitchen
a young and skinny kid got old
and the mirror's torn and wrinkled
you're lookin' like your father now
his fewer words say more thank i
the older i become it seems
the faster time does fly
chorus
chorus
c. 2016 gypsy eyes music, bmi
malcolm holcombe