Preview the songs of Travel Inn

As Long As I Have You

I don’t care if the wild wind blows
Drought comes and the crops won’t grow
As long as I have you

I don’t care if the sun don’t shine
Rain falls like Noah’s time
As long as you’re in my boat

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You’re my sunshine, you’re my dreams
As long as I have you, I have everything
Everything, as long as I have you

I don’t mind if my guitar breaks
Songs don’t rhyme and my hips won’t shake
As long as you dance with me

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Some men want big houses and fancy cars
To become famous around town
But all I want is to wake up next to you
And help you look for your night gown

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You’re my sunshine, oh my sunshine
You turn my dark skies blue
There are no bad times, only good times
As long as I have you

I Don’t Live There Anymore

Golden light on the evergreens
Evening shadows on my floor
My clean T-shirt and dirty jeans
Another lonely night in store

This second-story rented-room
I’d like to go home through my front door
I’d like to get out of this lonesome tomb
But seems I don’t live there anymore

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Time don’t seem to be healin’
Especially the time when I’m alone
I need to put her picture in the drawer
Cause I don’t live there anymore

Yellow paper and black pen
The folks downstairs are talkin’ so damn loud
I’m trying to write a song again
But it’s hard alone here in this crowd

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I wish I hadn’t seen her with him
Watched her lean into his kiss
But I did, yeah I did, yeah I did
And now I’m living like this

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No I don’t live there anymore
No I just don’t live there anymore

Carol Ann

Carol Ann you know I love you
It’s not your fault we have to go
But go we must to new horizons
Get away from all this snow
So rock the baby and pack your heirlooms
In the trunk that sits outside
Come tomorrow morning, this big truck’s gotta drive

Carol Ann I know I’ve promised
Far too many times
That this would be the last location
Where you would spend your time
But jobs they come and jobs they go,
And here we go again
Life in cardboard boxes, to a place we’ve never been

Yeah, I chase too many rainbows
And not all my dreams come true
But the birds find Capistrano
And I sure did find you

Carol Ann you know I love you
It’s not your fault we have to go
But go we must to new horizons
Get away from all this snow
So rock the baby and pack your heirlooms
In the trunk that sits outside
Come tomorrow morning, this big truck’s gotta drive

Carol Ann you know I love you
Carol Ann you know it’s true
Carol Ann I can’t make it
A single day, without you

Missing You

I’m calling out your name, just like a little kid
Who’s lost in the store where the dresses hang
Wondering where his momma hid
I’m staring out the window, just a listening to the rain
Today will be like yesterday, there all the same

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Missing you, broken and blue
Walk by faith not by sight
Missing you, how my heart makes due
Cause lonesome lets me know I’m alive

Walking back and forth, in this six by eight-foot room
Biding my time making paper planes
At least up until noon
Then I shuffle down the hall to eat my lunch with a spoon
Then back here with nothing much to do

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I can’t believe what I’ve done
I never meant to hurt no one, no one, no one
But now these prison walls are killing me

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If I’m lonesome you’re still here
If I’m lonesome I’m not alone
I never meant to hurt no one, on one, no one

Seasons Come and Seasons Go

Somewhere over the rainbow, the cow jumps over the moon
That’s where happiness will find us, it couldn’t happen too soon
You say these days are just a season
Just a phase we’re going through
Well my heart tells me, I hope that’s true
Yeah I hope it’s true

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Seasons come and seasons go
Like the melting snow, they go
Away

I remember a young bride, back of the church in lace
Walking down the long aisle, what beautiful face
We drove away pulling tin cans
Then made love with all we had
But tonight those memories are makin’ me sad
Just a little sad

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But the earth goes ‘round the sun
And seasons don’t just go they come

Yeah, seasons go and seasons come
Like the rising sun, they come

And we’ll go dancing on the boardwalk
Maybe howl at the moon
And happiness will find us soon
If that old cow will just jump over the moon

Will You Finish What We Started

He wraps her Grandma’s shawl around her shoulders
Her trembling hands pull hard at the corners
She stares at the snow while he hands her the pills
And she asks him real slow
Will you finish what we started when I go
When I go

He sits down on the sofa beside her
His hands between his knees, his mind a blur
And his tears well up and she reaches for his hand
Then she whispers real low
Will you finish what we started when I go
When I go

There’s a boy to raise
Don’t let him shut down
And we’ve got friends all over this town
Please let them hold you
You’ll need to hold them too

She lays her hairless head upon his shoulder
She feeling mighty cold asks him to hold her
He stares at the floor as she swallows all them pills
Then he tells her so she’ll know
Yeah I’ll finish what we started when you go
When you go, when you go
I don’t want you to go

Waiting on the Magic

Willy, was feeling lonely, walked down to the Travel Inn
Said Wanda, something right quick, to ease this pain I’m in
And he sat up tall on the barstool smoking his Lucky Strike Cigarette
Just waiting on the magic to kick in

Wanda, got the Four Roses, poured two fingers for the man
She smiled big, but was heartsick, hated to see Willy start again
Then he starred at the boys in backroom where the young guns play eight ball
Still waiting on the magic to kick in

I heard him say,

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Hallelujah, what’s it to ya
If this is the place I call home
There’s no pain here, no desperation
Just a few hours of sweet freedom
I love it, when the magic kicks in

The third one, went down so smooth, he was finally feeling right
No money, no lover but those things they don’t matter tonight
Then he told the joke about the undertaker for the seventy-fifth time
Just happy that the magic’s was there for the night

And he said it again

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Willy’s free
No pain, no bad memories
Willy’s free
Hear him sing

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Yeah I love it when the magic kicks in

Julia

Tattered dress and worn out shoes
Nineteen years living in this little town
Her daddy never stayed in touch
Now her momma drinks too much
Prays for better days, Julia

Neon buzz, vacancy
Night shift at the Econ-Lodge again
She believes that interstate sign
Will set her free in time
She’s moving on, Julia

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She don’t know where and she don’t know when
But she’s getting out of this little town she don’t how she got in
And she dreams of a handsome lover
Brick house, big tub, and satin covers

Freckled skin and auburn hair
The boys they can’t help but dream of her
But she will not flirt
She can’t think of nothing worse
Than getting stuck here, she’s moving on

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She likes to walk to the edge of town
Where there’s nobody around
Just to listen, to that highway sound

She’s saving fifteen bucks a week
In that little purse she keeps
In her arms, while she sleeps

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Someday soon
Ya, someday soon

3x

Maybe the dreams will come true for Julia
 

sweet sophia

Sweet Sophia with the rosy checks
Crocodile smile and them pearly teeth
Gets a little sweater week-to-week
I love her so
From her head down to her toes
Sweet Sophia

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It’s just passing day
In this little town, on our front-porch swing
But when she holds my hand and we pretend to drink tea
The girl brings out the best in me

Tells me stories I don’t understand
Still amazed by my sleight-of-hand
She’s made me the man I am
Well I’ve got her fooled
Cause she’s thinking I’m cool
Sweet Sophia

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She’s got her momma’s eyes, and long fingers like her grandma Pearl
And her own, special walk, sometimes adds a twirl
And she sings just like Adele, at least in her daddy’s world
Oh thank God, for my little girl

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It’s just passing day
In this little town, on our front-porch swing
But when she’s the Queen and she serves me tea
The girl brings out the best in me

It’s just another day
It’s just a passing day
It’s just another day, when this girl brings out the best in me
Sweat Sophia, I love you so Sophia

Why Don’t You Wait

Your friends are telling you, you ought to pack your bags and leave
Find yourself a better man who’ll take care of your needs
But I’m begging you baby have just a little bit of faith in me
Just a couple of months can’t you just let it be

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So why, why, why don’t you wait
Why don’t you wait until our ship comes in
The whistle’s blowing and it’s right around the bend
Why don’t you wait until our ship comes in

I know this house is cold and dark and damp
You’re working too much and your daddy calls me a tramp
Lift up the bushel and take a little look at my lamp
I can hear the freeway, think we’re already on the ramp

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I’m working on schemes baby just for you
The bank gave us another month, but I’ll talk ‘em into two
If you’ll just hold on for a little while more
I’ll take you out to Paris or maybe Singapore

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Last Night

Last night was the last time that I’ll tell you
How much I’m needing you here by me
And last night was the last time that I’ll call you
Cause darling I’m needing to be free

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Last night, last night, was all I needed
And I heard no complaints outta you
Darling, darling, I’ll admit it
I’m crazy but I’m not in love with you

Last night was the last time that I’ll touch you
They’re plenty girls in this world for this old boy
And last was the night last time that I’ll hold you
I guess you’ll have to find a brand-new toy

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