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Backroom Deals
03:54
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Backroom deals not for tender hearts
I won’t get made and I won’t get caught
Sliding around some backroom trades
the cost of business done today
We all do backroom deals
Pay me now, not any later
Don’t think it doesn’t matter to me
And there’s a vig, that ole alligator
Taking a bite out of what you need
Making money, letting it go
Moving fast and then lying low
Another deal coming, what do you know
I need to make some more not go so slow
A gun’s in my pocket case something goes wrong
I got nothing for brains anymore
I’m square with the dealer and nothing is gone,
So I’m backing right out of the door
We all do backroom deals, we all do backroom deals
Backroom deals, ain’t very pretty
Let’s do it here, no strings, you see
Backroom deals nothing that resembles
Anything that’s good for me
Let’s get our kids into college somehow
Let’s sell those stocks before the DOW goes down
Let’s get a bribe to a senator or two
It all depends on what you want to do to make a backroom deal,
We all make backroom deals
Making money, letting it go
Moving fast and then lying low
Another deal coming, what do you know
I need to make some more, not go so slow
I’ll think about this if you’ll look into that,
You’ll be okay if you don’t look back,
back, back, back
Into the backroom deals,
into the backroom deals
Everyone does backroom deals, don’t you?
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Too Good to Last
04:37
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We had all that any two could ever want
But somehow our lives began to fall apart
And sometimes everything is not enough
To calm the waters when the sea is rough
And it’s too good to last
I think of all the love you shared with me
Did it slip through our fingers like the wind through the trees
I think of all the ways you tried to make it right
And How I always longed to be with you each night
Your kindness could not be mistaken
But loving me was never the answer
When it’s too good to last
I think of when we wished on falling stars
And walked the desert paths in moonlight wash
I think of all the things you saw in me
And when I do it brings me to my knees
The breeze that blew us here has come and gone
What else can be said, what can be done
Are we drifting apart, drifting away
Why doesn’t the past count for something more today
When it’s too good to last
Tomorrow may bring a different point of view
Maybe my thoughts return to loving you
And maybe we would want each other in the night
And troubles that we had would be set right
With kindness, that can’t be mistaken
And both of us finally asking the question
Is it too good to last
Is it too good to last
Is it too good to last
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What Would You Do
03:56
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Darlin what would you do
If I floated away from you
Would you keep me in your heart
Would you keep me in the light
Would you always keep me deep inside
Darling what would you do
If I drifted away from you
Would you love me just the same
Or would you hate me by and by
Would you always keep me deep inside
Floating…I’m floating away
And drifting more day by day
I’m flying above the clouds
I’m leaving here somehow
Maybe if I try
I could soar away
Would you love me as before
Or would you close that door
And say you won’t think of me anymore
Darling change my mind
Rescue me before I go
Darling hold on to me
And keep me safe and warm
Darling please open your arms
What if I thought it through
And decided to stay
Would you love me even more
If you only knew
All the things that I would do for you
Floating…I’m floating away
And drifting more day by day
I’m flying above the clouds
I’m leaving here somehow
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4. |
The Other Side
04:37
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I’ve been on the other side
And I won’t be lying
It’s better over here
So don’t stop trying
And I don’t advertise
That I have enough to eat
Or that I’m walking through my life now
With new shoes on my feet
I’ve got new shoes now,
and a fancy dress
That I bought last week from
A thrift store address
But I’ve been trying hard
Just to make it work
And it feels so right
Let’s go dancing tonight
We can hang outside under the silver moon
And play the radio and get our favorite tunes
We can rock and roll, we can sing some soul
And dance and swing, we can do our thing
Under the stars tonight, and the bright moonlight
It’s the simple things
That money cannot buy
But even with new shoes on my feet
I’m still asking why
Because I’ve been there before
On the other side
We should rock and roll, we should sing some soul
And dance and swing, we can do our thing
Under the stars tonight, and the bright moonlight
Because I’ve been there before
On the other
I’ve been there before—on the other side
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On Fire
03:45
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I don’t understand, I will never know
All that we had and why we let it go
But once, for a while
We were on fire
First it was you and then it was me
In and out of love like leaves falling off a tree
But for a while
We were on fire
Oooo, just feel the soft winds blow
Summer nights just like we used to know
And in these years since then we’ve had our desires
Are we still on fire?
Nothing ever felt quite as good as then
I’ve tried to remember all the special wheres and whens
And in my efforts to recall, I’ve seen them all
My thoughts of you will be the last to go
Embers once ablaze still have a blushing glow
Oh oh we were on fire
Oooo, just feel the soft winds blow
Summer nights just like we used to know
And in these years since then we’ve had our desires
Are we still on fire?
I don’t understand signal to me dear,
Won’t you let me know that you want me near
After all these years
And all of this desire
Won’t you tell me now
Are we still on fire?
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El Salvador
04:51
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Oye mijitas, come take your mama’s hand
Stay with me closely
As we cross the desert sand
It was leave or die
But we had no where to go
It’s been a desperate journey
All the way through Mexico
And it could mean the end, either way we go
Hold on tight ninitas
As we wander down the shore
While we think of our home
Back in El Salvador
Blessed virgin please be with us
God grant your shining light
We know we will be hunted
From the day through the night
Do not cry Angelina, Magdalena take her hand
Maybe there will be a miracle
When we reach the promise land
Do not cry Angelina, Magdalena take her hand
Maybe there will be a miracle
When we cross the Rio Grande
Hold on tight ninitas
As we wander down the shore
With nothing to return to
And evil knocking at our door
Hold on tight ninitas
As we wander down the shore
And we think about our home
Back in El Salvador
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Chasing the blues
03:11
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We’re at the gates of desperation
With a figure standing there
A key in one hand
And a cold-hearted stare
At the edge of tomorrow
We’re fighting for our lives
In a twisted sort of world
that cannot be set right
Take off your white hat,
Kick off your white shoes
Come with me baby
Gotta sing the blues
I’ll put on a black dress
You put on a wicked smile
And we can chase those blues for a little while
I know that never
Is soon enough to think
Of trials and tribulations we have seen
I wish that there
Could be redemption
Or that I could awaken from this dream
And if I could, I would celebrate the gains,
But that’s not how they play this game
I do find solace
In many things that I see
And singing is the cure for misery
But if we stop
To take a deep breath
I fear the quiet leads us to our deaths
Take off your white hat,
Kick off your white shoes
Come with me baby
Gotta sing the blues
I’ll put on a black dress
You put on a wicked smile
And we can chase those blues for a little while
It could be soon,
It might be later
But the blues are catching up with me
And when they do
The search is over
I’ve found my perfect company
Take off your white hat,
Kick off your white shoes
Come with me baby
Gotta sing the blues
I’ll put on a black dress
You put on a wicked smile
And we can chase those blues for a little while
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Anna Rudolph Placitas, New Mexico
Anna Rudolph is a singer-songwriter of roots, blues, Americana. Anna began writing, playing and singing in 2012, and in 2013, was nominated for her first of fifteen nominations and two wins for a New Mexico Music Award (2017 and 2022). Since her songwriting began, she has released six original CDs, all available online. Her style is a soft bluesy confluence of intimacy and emotion. ... more
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