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JW's Blues
03:58
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Well I’ve got an education but I’m dumb as dumb can be
I find shark-infested waters and I jump in with both feet
I wash my colors with my whites, and write all my songs in G
And ain’t no man alive know what to do with me
I throw my love at moving targets and I ain’t hit one yet
I fall for every bait and switch and I beg for what I get
I break in all my broken hearts with alcohol and weed
And ain’t no man alive know what to do with me
And uphill battles they’re the only kind I pick to fight
And I been all kinds of broken, I ain’t never got fixed up right
I’m tellin you, go ask my mama, ask my dad
I’m damaged goods that turned out bad
And everything I ever let go got clawmarks on it, don’tcha know
I’ma keep my bar set low.
I’ve been to jail, I’ve been to Saskatoon, I’ve been to Rome
I hitchhiked cross the Kalahari Desert on my own
But I can’t find my way back home from that bar across the street
And ain’t no man alive know what to do with me
CHORUS
The last man I let chock my wheels was far too hard to hold
He locked himself inside my heart and left me out in the cold
But at the end of every day, you are where you wanna be
And ain’t no man alive…..
Aint no man alive….
Ain’t no man alive…
Ever. Gonna. Know what to do with me.
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Man O' Mine Blues
03:24
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That man o’ mine – lord knows he ain’t easy
That man o’ mine – he come packin bags
And each one carry the name of that other woman
I tell him darlin’ that luggage gotta go.
That man o’ mine – he make me work so hard
That man o’ mine – he kick me when I’m down
He got me thinking that I best be movin’ on
Got me believing he don’t want me around
So I beg him: baby, won’t you try a little tenderness
You got yourself a woman who loves you so
I said baby, just a little tenderness
But that’s a word that man o’ mine don’t wanna know
That man o’ mine – he sure know how to hurt me
That man o’ mine – sure know how to make me cry
He up and leave me when I need him the most
He walk out the door, and I just gotta watch him go
That man o’ mine – he never stop to listen
That man o’ mine – he don’t wanna hear my say
He scream & holler, and make sure I can hear him
Hear him tell me, he never needed me anyway.
CHORUS
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3. |
20 Times
02:41
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Well it happened on a night we got to fighting
He knocked me down and stormed out like a thousand times before
And on a whim I was inclined to follow
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
And the first stop that he made was to the headache house
He bought a fancy wine that he would never buy for me
His second stop was more what I expected
That hussy piece of trash from down the street
And I could’ve took his dumb ass to the cleaners
Divorced that waste of space for all his dreadful selfish crimes
I guess I didn’t have to shoot him in the you-know-what
And run over his body 20 times.
His hussy stood there screamin bloody murder
As I was grinding all the gears between reverse and drive
Forward for each time he laid a hand on me
And backward for each time that low-life lied
The judge looked down at me with great displeasure
He shook his head and everyone could hear him roll his eyes
“Girl, why’d you have to shoot him in the you-know-what,
And run over his body 20 times???
You could’ve took his dumbass to the cleaners
Divorced that no-good S.O.B. for all his selfish crimes
You didn’t have to shoot him in the you-know-what
And run over his body 20 times!!”
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4. |
Whiskey Will
03:52
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When I catch shady ladies staring too long at my guy,
I ain’t the kind of woman to punch another in the eye
I’d never wave a gun or even shoot a look to kill
No I won’t but the whiskey will
No I won’t, but the whiskey will
I’m tellin’ you I swore right off that nasty devil’s swill
I don’t touch a drop….
I tell you people, I done stopped….
<kick drum intro> …’cause I know I’ve had my fill
I ain’t gonna lie to you, but the whiskey will.
And if some handsome picker from my favorite barroom band
Should wink at me from up on stage, though he’s a taken man
I’d never wink right back and be like “I’m down for cheap thrills”
No I won’t but the whiskey will.
CHORUS
And when that blackjack dealer’s stayin hot all through the night
You know I’m gonna walk away ‘cause mama raised me right
I’d never double down just so them boys know I got skills
No I won’t but the whiskey will.
CHORUS
…no I don’t wanna lie to you…..
…..but that whiskey will.
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Jill Westra Kansas City, Kansas
Jill Westra & Them KC Boys are a Kansas City-based, woman-fronted trio with their fingers in a number of musical pies. Their original tunes draw on Jill’s influences that include Texas singer-songwriters such as Robert Earl Keen, as well as 1960s Bakersfield and Memphis blues. In 2019 the band released “so_low” an EP that will take you on a gutsy trek through a handful of up-tempo foot-stompers. ... more
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