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Last Chance Johnny

by Mark Cantwil

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1.
Another Small Town Song 04:30
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"ANOTHER SMALL TOWN SONG" Ten-o-clock, it’s finally time To turn off the BP sign Close the drawer and sweep the floor, Change the sign to Closed and lock the door Kevin’s waiting in his Thunderbird Blastin’ Tom Petty’s American girl Restless kids ready for the night Ah they’re ready for the night 17 pissed at the world We don’t know why but it’s worth fighting for Tomorrow’s just a lifetime away But tonight… is everything It’s another small town song About nothin’ ever going on On a Friday night, head in to town, Score some beer or sneak into Al’s and Check out the local bands Tie on a buzz and take a chance With a pretty girl just to get shot down Just another night in a small town The girls are waiting at Mandy’s house Been there awhile, feeling good no doubt Karie’s mending a broken heart Barb’s tired of waiting says she’s tired of it all Can’t hang at the Mill no more The cops ran us off, for why not sure We’ll just cruise the outskirts of town Till we run out of beer or the gas runs out 17 pissed at the world We don’t know why but it’s worth fighting for Tomorrow’s just a lifetime away But tonight… is everything It’s another small town song About nothin’ ever going on On a Friday night, head in to town, Score some beer or sneak into Al’s and Check out the local bands Tie on a buzz and take a chance With a pretty girl just to get shot down Just another night in a small town They’ll make promises they can’t keep Time will pass and they’ll find That they seldom speak But they’ll find one day, With a smile they will say Those days were everything It’s another small town song About nothin’ ever going on On a Friday night, head in to town, Score some beer or sneak into Al’s and Check out the local bands Tie on a buzz and take a chance With a pretty girl just to get shot down Just another night in a small town
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Last Chance Johnny 04:36
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"LAST CHANCE JOHNNY" Scotty’s got a car and I got a gun Head down to lake tonight Meet a man down there for a job he needs done Never done anything like this before Times’ are tough And there’s just no way An honest man can make a living anymore Would you believe me if I said I do this all for you Would you still love me If you knew what I was gonna do It doesn’t matter if it ends tonight Keep the lights off Out of sight, out of mind Don’t cry if I don’t come home You’re too pretty for me anyway The August night, it chills me to the bone The quarter moon don’t share much light And In the darkness I think of only you This 45 keeps jabbing in my side I’m scared to death to pull this trigger But it’s a chance you take when you cross the line Would you believe me if I said I do this all for you Would you still love me If you knew what I was gonna do It doesn’t matter if it ends tonight Keep the lights off Out of sight, out of mind Don’t cry if I don’t come home You’re too pretty for me anyway Last chance Johnny going nowhere If you got nothing to lose You don’t have to care So don’t cry if I don’t come home You’re too pretty for me anyway I’m not trying to impress I’m just trying to survive If it ends tonight, will it save my pride? It doesn’t matter if it ends tonight Keep the lights off Out of sight, out of mind Don’t cry if I don’t come home You’re too pretty, Ah you’re too pretty Last chance Johnny going nowhere If you got nothing to lose You don’t have to care So don’t cry if I don’t come home Don’t cry if I don’t come home Don’t cry if I don’t come home You’re too pretty for me anyway
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Black Coffee and Cigarettes 05:03
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"BLACK COFFEE AND CIGARETTES" She was raised by a single mother In the heart of the Mid West She grew up didn’t have to struggle Cause her mom worked hard for everything they had She never knew her father only knew that he was gone She would wake to her mother crying And an empty bottle laying on the floor 18 with a pretty face, she was gonna leave this place But she fell in love, had a son Now she’s paying rent on an old farm house Got a job at a factory down town pushing out RV’s Now it’s Punch cards and blue bandannas… Little pink Airstreams for you and me Ah the mornings, they are dark as hell On this side of town She lights a smoke, takes a toke It’s just another day of the fairytale Oh… It’s just black coffee and cigarettes She’s got a broken car and a broken smile From a past she can’t forget Ah this life is killing her she don’t know how to leave Now everyday it’s just the same damn thing Black coffee and cigarettes She loves her mother But she didn’t want her life Now she finds herself down at Melvin’s on a bar stool almost every night She finds love in a paperback With a glass of cheap white wine A love affair with curlers in her hair right before she turns off the lights Ah the mornings, they are dark as hell On this side of town She lights a smoke, takes a toke It’s just another day of the fairytale Oh… It’s just black coffee and cigarettes She’s got a broken car and a broken smile From a past she can’t forget Ah this life is killing her she don’t know how to leave Now everyday it’s just the same damn thing Black coffee and cigarettes Oh… It’s just black coffee and cigarettes She’s got a broken car and a broken smile From a past she can’t forget Ah this life is killing her she don’t know how to leave Now everyday it’s just the same damn thing Black coffee and cigarettes
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Cutlass 04:52
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"CUTLASS" He dropped a 350 small block in a 86 olds He wiped out his savings To make those tires roll He’ll turn 18 in two weeks He’s got a bag packed in the car He’ll flip off his old man As he slams the back porch door He fires that engine up Slams her into drive As the Cutlass hits the road He won’t be turning back He’s not lookin’ back He don’t know where he’s going He doesn’t even care He’ll keep pushing them horses Till he’s anywhere but here He’ll miss his mother But he’ll quickly dry those tears He’ll keep pushing them horses Till he’s anywhere, anywhere but here Last fall his girl told him He’s gonna be a dad But she lost the baby And then she lost her head They tried to stay together But the damage had been done Just another reason for that boy to turn and run He fires that engine up Slams her into drive As the Cutlass hits the road He won’t turning back He’s not lookin’ back He don’t know where he’s going He doesn’t even care He’ll keep pushing them horses Till he’s anywhere but here He’ll miss his mother But he’ll quickly dry those tears He’ll keep pushing them horses Till he’s anywhere, anywhere but here He’s been pissed for 18 years He’s waited for this day To tell his old man off And finally leave this place Gonna leave this place He don’t know where he’s going He doesn’t even care He’ll keep pushing them horses Till he’s anywhere but here He’ll miss his mother But he’ll quickly dry those tears He’ll keep pushing them horses Till he’s anywhere He’ll miss his mother But he’ll quickly dry those tears He’ll keep pushing them horses Till he’s anywhere He don’t know where he’s going He doesn’t even care He’ll keep pushing them horses Till he’s anywhere, anywhere but here
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Never Take Me Alive 03:42
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"NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE" I got red and blues in my rear view Doing 90 down 75 I got blood on my boots and a shaky hand And a smoking 45 There’s a light in the sky and 10 state bulls All with bead on me I hope they’re ready for long-long night Cause I won’t go easily They’ll never take me alive They’re all after me Cause I shot that girl The one that said she loved me They’ll never take me alive This is the end of me Cause I shot that girl The one that said she loved me My friends all told me What I could not believe What the whole town already knew That the little girl I called my own She just could not be true So I drove around till I found her truck Parked in that boys drive I kicked down door, emptied my gun And said, “Hey, have a nice night” They’ll never take me alive They’re all after me Cause I shot that girl The one that said she loved me They’ll never take me alive This is the end of me Cause I shot that girl The one that said she loved me They’ll never take me alive They’re all after me Cause I shot that girl The one that said she loved me They’ll never take me alive This is the end of me Cause I shot that girl The one that said she loved me I lost control when I hit the spikes That Chevy started to roll The last I saw was shattered glass Before my eyes closed They’ll never take me alive They’re all after me Cause I shot that girl The one that said she loved me They’ll never take me alive This is the end of me Cause I shot that girl The one that said she loved me
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That Guy 06:14
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"THAT GUY" Woke up pissed this morning Hung over from the night before No good reason for my anger But there’s not much these days To be happy for Got a call from my mother Said she saved a place in church for me Maybe some faith is what I’m needin’ But I know I’ll hang up this phone and fall back to sleep Someone give me one good reason One good reason to smile I’m trying to be that guy My mother prayed that I would be Some days I feel I hit the mark Some days I fail hopelessly I think I’m alright I just stumble from time to time Hope my mothers knows I’m trying to be that guy It’s been a year since my baby Finally gave up on me I Can’t say that I blame her She just got tired of playing A losing game I should suck up my pride And beg that girl to come back home Deep Down I know she’s better off Cause fools like me are meant to die alone Someone give me one good reason One good reason to smile I’m trying to be that guy My mother prayed that I would be Some days I feel I hit the mark Some days I fail hopelessly I think I’m alright I just stumble from time to time Hope my mothers knows I’m trying to be that guy Woke up pissed this morning Hung over from the night before No good reason for my anger But there’s not much these days To be happy for Someone give me one good reason One good reason to smile I’m trying to be that guy My mother prayed that I would be Some days I feel I hit the mark Some days I fail hopelessly I think I’m alright I just stumble from time to time Hope my mothers knows Hope my mothers knows I hope my mothers knows I’m trying to be that guy
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Ghost of Katie 05:30
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"GHOST OF KATIE" Katie was young girl just turned 13 Born into a hard life Only natural to follow the lead Her mother worked two jobs So Katie spent her time on the street Rran with some local kids Worthless, crazy and mean Tommy was the leader 18, angry and dumb He took a shine to Katie And the girl of yesterday was gone One day it caught up with her She couldn’t look at the mirror on the wall She broke down and told everything Then her mother called the law Place is picture perfect But the truth comes out at night The Ghost of Katie Walks the streets of this town The Ghost of Katie She will always be around Word got out to Tommy the law was looking for him That boy he went crazy Said I can’t go back to the pen They drove around looking Ripped on whiskey and coke They found Katie walking Down Pine Ridge road Took her to the lake shore The boys all took a turn Tommy softly kissed Katie Then he put his hands around her throat Wrapped her in a blanket Cut a hole in the ice They slipped Katie in the water On that cold cold winter night Place is picture perfect But the truth comes out at night The Ghost of Katie Walks the streets of this town The Ghost of Katie She will always be around The Ghost of Katie Walks the streets at night The Ghost of Katie Awe she’s watching you tonight
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Cock Rock 04:52
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"COCK ROCK" Stupid boys and stupid girls Run around my TV Pretty boys in black eyeliner Pucker their lips in their tight ass jeans Reccord deal for a pretty smile And more money for clear smooth skin Print that face on a magazine And let’s pray to god they can sing Oh… the ride it never ends Different day, different city For the sweet, sweet taste of sin I want to write me a cock rock ditty Wanna to play in a cock rock band Make the girls in the front row cry They’ll hang my picture above their bed Find myself a skinny ass girlfriend Pump her with powder and pills Ckeck myself into rehab When my record doesn’t sell Cock rock hell Late nights on the sunset strip Fueled by the candy-caine Wake up in the afternoon With a plastic blonde That has no name Grand a day just to play To keep the machine alive Cover your face when the little girls stare so they don’t see the lie Oh… the ride it never ends Different day, different city For the sweet, sweet taste of sin I want to write me a cock rock ditty Wanna to play in a cock rock band Make the girls in the front row cry They’ll hang my picture above their bed Find myself a skinny ass girlfriend Pump her with powder and pills Ckeck myself into rehab When my record doesn’t sell Cock rock hell So young and pretty They kiss and tell Sex and money Cock Rock Hell I want to write me a cock rock ditty Wanna to play in a cock rock band Make the girls in the front row cry They’ll hang my picture above their bed Find myself a skinny ass girlfriend Pump her with powder and pills Ckeck myself into rehab When my record doesn’t sell Cock rock hell
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Troubled Times 04:34
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"TROUBLED TIMES" I visit my grandpa’s grave The first time since he passed away And his favorite song Was running through my head Never met a more honest man He’d look you in the eye and shake your hand A man of few words but he always spoke his mind He said, son do what you got to do It’s okay to chase a dream Always have one or two But don’t forget who you are Cause boy, I know you Play what comes to you Sing about what you know Don’t try to change a mans opinion It’s all we have anymore Don’t give into the road’s temptation Cause she’ll beat you every time And always keep your head and your pride In the troubled times I tried to head the old mans words But some fools, they never learn I pissed away everything in my life I lost my Katie and my little boy I was drowning in the bottle And I didn’t care if I died! I hit rock bottom slammed the wall Turn my Back on everyone for “just one more” Well I lost my head and gave away my pride Play what comes to you Sing about what you know Don’t try to change a mans opinion It’s all we have anymore Don’t give into the road’s temptation Cause she’ll beat you every time And always keep your head and your pride In the troubled times The shades been drawn On my better days I’ve kicked the habit I’m okay and I play my songs in dive bars From town to town It’s been years since the old man passed I’d give anything for just one chance To sit with him and hear him say…. hear him say Play what comes to you Sing about what you know Don’t try to change a mans opinion It’s all we have anymore Don’t give into the road’s temptation Cause she’ll beat you every time And always keep your head and your pride In the troubled times
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Wreck 04:07
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"WRECK" Full tank of gas And a couple packs of smokes Stack of CD’s that youand I burnt Throw em in the front seat I’m taking a drive North bound not sure where I’m heading Last I heard you had moved to Philly If you see Lilly, tell her I said, “Hey” Don’t even know if you’re alive Ah it’s been such a long, long time I’m chasing a ghost Wired tight from a full cup of Joe I got Colin singing on the radio Preaching the gospel, of Rock and Roll It’s quarter to four and I’m shutting down. I can’t stop now, cause I might turn this car around St. Chris won’t you help me now Don’t even know if you’re alive Ah it’s been such a long, long time I’m chasing a ghost I'm a wreck And it doesn't matter anymore I don't think it ever really did but you keep smiling. You’re still smiling! I’m chasing a dead memory Ten years gone and ten years too late I’m a wreck and you’re still smiling I know you had to leave This town can only kill a dream I just wish I tagged along No one knows I was leaving They’ll probably wonder why I’m gone cause I act like nothing is ever wrong I'm a wreck And it doesn't matter anymore I don't think it ever really did But you keep smiling You’re still smiling! I’m chasing a dead memory Ten years gone and ten years too late I’m a wreck and you’re still smiling
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Cisco 03:57
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"CISCO" I used to call This place my home When I was a little boy There was no place I would rather be Memories get hazy As the paint starts to fade And everything’s smaller Than you remember it to be The memory will remain But this place has changed for me and I can’t stay I’ll never go back to Cisco again This can never be the place it was To me ever again I don’t want to fight with you This is the last thing I want to do But I’ll never go back to Cisco again Smiles come easy When you’re three feet tall The sun seems to shine Just a little bit more I stumble and struggle Just like every man But you’ve convinced yourself I think I’m better than I really am The memory will remain But this place has changed for me And I can’t stay I’ll never go back to Cisco again This can never be the place it was To me ever again I don’t want to fight with you This is the last thing I want to do But I’ll never go back to Cisco again I’ll never go back to Cisco again I’ll never go back to Cisco again I’ll never go back to Cisco again I’ll never go back to Cisco again

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released January 1, 2012

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