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Big Yellow Moon

by Dan Sullivan

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He likes pickup trucks and getting drunk With all his country bros And he looks real handsome in his latest video Nobody told him fortunes disappear And fame's a revolving door And they don’t make ‘em like Johnny Cash no more They don’t make ‘em like Johnny Cash no more You can’t find John Prine at the record store Hey, who’s that guy who just walked through the door They don’t make ‘em like Johnny Cash no more A man’s been shot in the parking lot There’s two live camera crews Recording the action for the six o’clock TV news Right’s still right and wrong’s still wrong But no one's keeping score And they don’t make ‘em like Johnny Cash no more chorus Lies can shine like brand new dimes And street’s can look like gold They can sell you dreams ’til you put your life on hold The future’s just around the bend Listen up, you can hear it roar And they don’t make ‘em like Johnny Cash no more chorus
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Oh Jerusalem 03:25
I hear the sound of a terrible wind (Oh Jerusalem) I hear it coming around the bend (Oh Jerusalem) There’ll be no more sorrow (Oh Jerusalem) There’ll be no more sin (Oh Jerusalem) The Son of Man is coming back again (Oh Jerusalem) Oh Jerusalem all your sorrows and your shame Shall soon be washed away like dust in the rain Let the first be last let the last be first (Oh Jerusalem) There’ll be joy in heaven, there’ll be peace on earth (Oh Jerusalem) So tell all your neighbors, tell all your friends (Oh Jerusalem) The reign of Satan is about to end (Oh Jerusalem) Oh Jerusalem all your sorrows and your shame Shall soon be washed away like dust in the rain I hear the sound of a terrible wind (Oh Jerusalem) I hear it coming around the bend (Oh Jerusalem) There’ll be no more sorrow (Oh Jerusalem) There’ll be no more sin (Oh Jerusalem) The Son of Man is coming back again (Oh Jerusalem)
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I turned my back on the God of my youth Yeah, I went my rebellious ways I knew God but I had no use for his saving Grace I had my wife, my family and job Yeah, I thought I had it all I was as proud as any man could be before the fall Jesus, could you use a sinner like me Life has a way of bringing a man to his knees And maybe there’s someone out there Who could learn a lesson from me Jesus, can you use a sinner like me When you’re sitting on top of the world You think it could never end What use do you have for God, you’ve got family and friends But in the blink of an eye it can all disappear Then where will you be? Oh I hear someone singing “Nearer my God to thee” Jesus, could you use a sinner like me Life has a way of bringing a man to his knees And maybe there’s someone out there Who could learn a lesson from me Jesus, can you use a sinner like me
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Rustin’ in the rain Like an old weathervane That hasn’t seen the sun in many a day A phone hangs on the wall That doesn’t ring at all Even dreams are rustin’ in the rain Rustin’ in the rain Like an old weathervane That hasn’t seen the sun in many a day Her hopes hang on a call She don’t expect at all Even dreams are rustin’ in the rain Rustin’ in the rain Like an old weathervane That hasn’t seen the sun in many a day A photo on the wall Someone she recalls Even dreams are rustin’ in the rain
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If I could make every dream You ever had come true I would for you, I would for you And if I could turn a grey sky Into a sea of blue I would for you, I would for you I know I’m just a man I’m only made of flesh and bone But I got two arms to hold you Whenever you’re feeling alone And I got these tender feelings And a heart that cares for you So if there’s anything that I can do I would for you
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Many ways to cross the river only one way to drown Many ways to cross the river only one way to drown Been standing by the river ever since my sweet baby left town She said that she’d love me, She’d always be true Now I’m standing by the river wonderin’ what I should do Many ways to cross the river only one way to drown Been standing by the river ever since my sweet baby left town She said she’d never leave me for another man Now I’m standing by the river with a gun in my hand Many ways to cross the river only one way to drown Been standing by the river ever since my sweet baby left town I think of the things we used to do I can’t stand the thought of him lovin’ you Many ways to cross the river only one way to drown Been standing by the river ever since my sweet baby left town The thought of my baby with another man Is drivin’ me crazy its more than I can stand Many ways to cross the river only one way to drown Been standing by the river ever since my sweet baby left town
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Well every time I took you back You promised to be true Then you’d turn around and give me Every reason to be blue Well I’m all fed up with all your lies I need a brand new start And I guess the world won’t fall apart Over one more broken heart One more broken heart Won’t make the world fall apart ‘Cause troubles knock on every door They don’t care who you are If you had to count every heartache In the world where would you start And I guess the world won’t fall apart Over one more broken heart Well every night I miss you less Than the night before Soon you’ll be a memory To me and nothing more The heartaches that you left behind Won’t always hang around They’ll someday pack their bags and catch The next train out of town One more broken heart Won’t make the world fall apart For if trouble were like picture shows We’d all be movie stars If you had to count every heartache In the world where would you start And I guess the world won’t fall apart Over one more broken heart
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Love is like a river Lying soft beside me Something warm inside me The river flows calm when you are around Rain never seems to fall Lost days are gone, they never come round They never seem to call, not at all Love is like a river Lying soft beside me Something warm inside me The boats passing by, they haven’t yet heard They want you for their own But lying beside me you can’t be disturbed A river needs a home of its own Love is like a river Laying soft beside me Something warm inside me
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Playing 90 cents a glass beer halls Drinking and a singing everybody else’s songs Taking every request from the crowd but the one That asked us to leave before the song was done Well just like the story always goes A man from the Big Town came down to let us know We were good enough to cut a song and make it number one When we signed on the bottom line the good times had begun And just like he promised we were hot The first three songs we cut went straight to the top We were number one on every country countdown in the land And everywhere we went they were yelling to beat the band We were rising stars fading fast Living legends, never looking back From the bottom to the top back to the bottom again It’s not a state of mind it’s just a matter of time (instrumental break) Six months later we were done Just like Hailey’s Comet you only see it once But in memory of what once was the royalties roll in Twice a year to remind us of where we’ve been We were rising stars fading fast, now we’re Living legends living off the past From the bottom to the top back to the bottom again It’s not a state of mind it’s just a matter of time
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Daddy, why did the people all laugh Just to see that poor clown cry Daddy smiled and said it’s only an act Just a clown feeling down The ringmaster came and led him away As elephants danced in the ring An empty room and a bottle of booze Was home to a clown His feet never stopped inside the Big Top And his roots never settled and grew ‘Cause every town means no more to a clown Than the last one he’s been through But Daddy, why did the people all laugh Just to see that poor clown cry Daddy smiled and said it’s only an act Just a clown feeling down
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Well, I bet I’ve seen every Salvation Army tree And every department store from sea to shining sea I must have turned the lights on on a million Christmas trees And held every boy and girl in the world on my knee If I wasn’t so busy I’d take you to lunch It sure does get lonely being everywhere at once Your hair is so curly and your skin is so soft I’m gonna drop off these toys and take the next 6 months off Well I love the laughing children and their eyes so bright and gay They shine and sparkle like the stars across the Milky Way But sometimes I get lonesome and I wish that you were here I can’t wait to get back home I can use some Christmas Cheer If I wasn’t so busy I’d take you to lunch It sure does get lonely being everywhere at once Your hair is so curly and your skin is so soft I’m gonna drop off these toys and take the next 6 months off

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released February 12, 2016

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Dan Sullivan Kalamazoo, Michigan

Some people like gardening, working on cars or woodworking. Others enjoy knitting, collecting stamps or coins. That kind of thing. I like writing songs.

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