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Hitchin' Doc's Highway

by Richard Bowdon and No Worries

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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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I'm Blue 03:54
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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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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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Four July Parade 03:50
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Two [G]bits won't buy a paradigm of [D]virtue any more But [A]virtue is it's [A7]own reward so I'll [D]get up off the [D7]floor And [G]rise to heights not seen before last [D]Tuesday after[D#dim]noon When ol' [E]Cupid caught me [E7]staring at the [A]moon [A7] {c:Chorus:} Like a [G]four July parade, like a [D]hammock in the shade While [A]sucking down a [A7]straw full of that [D]homemade lemon[D7]ade I can't [G]hold it all inside, I can't [D]hope to try to [D#dim]hide That old [A]feeling when you [A7]lay down by my [G]side [D] [D7] This [G]old guitar is made of wood, its [D]strings are wound with steel The [A]chords go 'round from [A7]C to C like the [D]turning of a wheel You [G]can't win it playing poker, you can't [D]take it to the [D#dim]bank You can't [E]get nowhere by [E7]struttin', pulling [A]rank [A7] Like a [G]four July parade, like a [D]moonlight serenade Like a [A]triple stack of [A7]buttermilks with [D]orange marma[D7]lade I can't [G]hold it all inside, I can't [D]hope to try to [D#dim]hide That old [A]feeling when you [A7]lay down by my [G]side [D] [D7] {c:(Jim verse break on verse, no chorus)} I know [G]life with me it may not be a [D]picnic every day But [A]legs just need to [A7]reach the ground to be [D]long enough they say I'm [G]still in love with you, anybody [D]says I ain't, they [D#dim]lie Just [E]watch me turn on [E7]back to you to[A]night [A7] Like a [G]four July parade, like a [D]cabin in the glade While the [A]morning sun is [A7]shining on those [D]children that we [D7]made I can't [G]hold it all inside, I can't [D]hope to try to [D#dim]hide That old [A]feeling when you [A7]lay down by my [G]side [D] [D7] Like a [G]four July parade, like a [D]hammock in the shade While [A]sucking down a [A7]straw full of that [D]homemade lemon[D7]ade I can't [G]hold it all inside, I can't [D]hope to try to [D#dim]hide That old [A]feeling when you [A7]lay down by my [G]side [D] [D7] {c:outro} Yeah that old [A]feeling when you [A7]lay down by my [G]side [A7][D]

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The Doc and Merle Watson Highway runs from their hometown of Deep Gap into Boone, NC. Doc is a major musical hero of ours, a trailblazer of musical fusion, one of the first to transcend traditional boundaries of genre. He taught us that good music is just good music, never mind what you call it, or where it came from. No Worries!

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released July 1, 2011

Jim Amsden: vocals, mandolin, bass, electric and slide guitars, organ, bouzouki.
Richard Bowdon: vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Ken Faircloth: vocals, lead and rhythm acoustic and electric guitars
Recorded at Clear Sky Studio. Engineered, produced, and mastered by Jim Amsden

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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, parties, showcases, restaurants, wineries, and brewpubs in the NC Triangle area. ... more

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