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I'm Blue
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I’m Blue
© 2009 by R. Bowdon
I’m blue / If you were me you would be too
Listen what I’m telling you / I’m blue ….
Please believe me when I say I’m blue blue blue
When I die and it won’t be long
I know you’ll forget this song / I’m blue ….
I’m sad aaaad. When I think of what we had
Darlin’ girl it drives me mad / I’m sad ….
Please believe me when I say I’m sad sad sad
Only God knows how I feel
I swear to God this pain is real / I’m sad ….
I’m gone gone gone gone gone. Put me in your deepest freeze
Cool me down to ten degrees / I’m gone ….
Please believe me when I say I’m gone gone gone
Tie that tag around my toe
Put me in the ground so slow / I’m gone ….
I said When I die and it won’t be long
I’m sure you’ll forget this song / I’m blue ….
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How Things Will Be
02:23
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How Things Will Be
© 2009 by R. Bowdon
Gonna hit the road / gonna hit the highway
Headed toward I don’t know where
got some cash but I need some courage
Ain’t no one says it’s fair
Gonna step into that all night diner
eat my grits with a greasy spoon
I’m grindin gears and I'm burnin daylight
shootin’ past the moon
Gonna turn some gas / on into speed walk up
You don’t ever know / how things will be
Well now’s my chance to take up smoking / it’s a perfect time to drink and drive
Everybody’s got to die of something / keeping me alive
Ain’t nothing safe / ain’t nothing free walk up
You don’t ever know / how things will be walk down
So hand me down my silver plated / automatic carbine gun
Just in case there may be trouble / in case there may be fun
You got to be prepared / you got to wait and see walk up
You don’t ever know / how things will be
Gonna hit the road / gonna hit the highway
Headed toward I don’t know where.....
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Free Will Blues
03:36
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Free Will Blues
by Nick Johnson
Saw the lady evangelist / talking on T V
Saying God's got plans / for you and me
I said we ain't robots baby / we got minds
But it's a sin / if we don't use 'em right
If you can't handle money / If you can't handle love
Why don't you give them to Jesus / he'll take care of ya
He got more love than you or me have ever seen
But it's for saint and sinner only / not for those in between
I got the free will blues / know what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna go to the riverside
Jump right in and drown
Well he knows we ain't perfect / but he knows we try
He said we should prepare ourselves for paradise
But can we trust him to tell us all he knows
If he don't want to, he don't have to
Well you got them pearly gates / you got Satan's welcome mat
Brother you can go this way, yeah, or you can go there
Ain't no middle ground, you got to choose
Don't you stop to sing those free will blues
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Richard Bowdon Cary, North Carolina
A prolific singer-songwriter over four decades, Richard Bowdon carries forward the best Americana traditions of country,
rock, blues, and folk.
Richard was selected three times for the Kerrville New Folk songwriting competition.
Richard performs at festivals, fairs, showcases, restaurants, bars, wineries, and breweries in the NC Triangle area.
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