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Southern Fashion
03:07
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touching down
places i've outgrown
tasting that misery
i used to wear like clothes
some still do, my old friends
they're all ghost now
i suppose now
i was on a fault line jumping over land mines
but it was my home
gave up that regional dialect and that southern fashion
i took that culture across the state line
and sent it back in a casket
but here's what's left of my old heart
on the river bank
all waterlogged
we were just some young trash trying to make a buck fast
but i'm moving on
i'm moving on
there's a place
that still exist
they've got that small town secret
that nobody's keeping
well i guess some do
all my old friends
they're all ghost now
i suppose now
i used to run through good nights
the way some run through red lights
but we're moving on
we're moving on
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2. |
Texas Sky
03:13
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well it must have been the summer of '99
my dreams were as big as a texas sky
by the time i woke up i was hardly alive
7 years later with a thorn in my side
and it was better than im ever going to remember
it was hard to stay faithful i was so impure
singing just remember where this train has been
next time you wanna jump them tracks again
some men they stay out all night long
and some prefer to drink alone
my heart's set on that open road
i just can't stay here no more
and think yeah i really think i've heard 'em all
your gunna do what it takes to keep 'em singing along
make friends ever night you're gunna lose 'em by dawn
well i lived fast but i did not die young
i've felt the backlash of all them things i've done
through all of these mistakes
i still wouldn't change a damn thing
well it must have been the summer of '99
my dreams were as big as a texas sky
but the time i woke up i was hardly alive
7 years later with a thorn in my side
and i gave my heart
i sold me soul
i've been burnt up by the ones i love
but hey that's life keep moving on
you're going to ride that train till the money's all gone
well i lived fast but i did not die young
i've felt the backlash of all them things i've done
through all of these mistakes
i still wouldn't change a damn thing
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Liquor & Guilt
03:09
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well i woke up in a parking lot for the second time this week
but you know i'm feeling blessed them troupers didn't catch me
i've been running hard this way for 7 lucky years
and i know you wanna change me
i can see that in your tears
i can see that in your tears
i'm out of luck and into trouble
full of nothing but liquor and guilt
can't promise much but disappointment
'cause a ramblin' man like me don't ever quit
every good girl wants a bad man
to show her a good time
but you bit off more than you could chew
when our lives intertwined
you say you're always worried
you say i never call
hey i'm doing all i can
but i guess that ain't enough
i guess that ain't enough
i'm heading southbound toward kentucky
with a bottle of grand marnier in my passenger side
and i'm dialing up your number
just hoping you'll have a way to get me high
i'm out of luck and into trouble
full of nothing but liquor and guilt
can't promise much but disappointment
'cause a ramblin' man like me don't ever quit
i said
i'm out of luck and into trouble
full of nothing but liquor and guilt
can't promise much but disappointment
'cause a ramblin' man like me don't ever quit
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4. |
Casinos & Strip Shows
02:39
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forget the country
and the big town
you can keep that time share
and the lake house too
these old apartments
and fancy condos
either way i ain't got no use
'cause it's been too long
time to move on
heading southbound
towards somewhere new
yeah my whole life long
i never quite belonged
they've got me all wrong
and you do too
'cause there ain't no place for me
nowhere i'd rather be
yeah there ain't no place for me
but that open road
i been uptown
and i've been beat down
yeah i've been ran out of a place or two
and i feel rundown when i'm back in this shit town
but that's the beauty of just passing through
we got a road show
hello chicago
i got a brother out there
and he's got it back too
and all them casinos
dive bars and strip shows
that i'll never outgrown
i'm long overdue
cause there aint no place for me
nowhere i'd rather be
yeah there ain't no place for me
but that open road
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Southtown Siren
02:34
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just admit it and i'll say it's alright
if you're only feeling lonely tonight
'cause if you're showing up like this at my door
i want to know just what you're doing it for
southtown siren you say you want to see me again
but the last time we met you got me kicked right out of the motor inn
we used to talk about someday getting out
we used to talk about how it's not working out
but you're forgetting all the hard times it seems
hey baby you might be as crazy as me
southtown siren you say you want to see me again
but you ran so fast last year and i tell ya not a damn thing's changed since
guitar
southtown siren you say you want to see me again
but the last time we met you got me kicked right out of the motor inn
i said
s-southtown lover you say you want to see me again
but ya ran so fast last year and i tell ya not a damn thing's changed since
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6. |
Parallel Lines
02:51
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if the world doesn't owe you anything
then maybe I do maybe I do
maybe i do
but you know what they say about ignorance
i only want you to live a life of bliss
that's true
i just want you to be happy
if knowledge is power
and power corrupts
then the more that you know
the more we're all fucked
if it looks a little greener on the other side
well who's side are you on just come back to mine
theres one hundered reasons to run for the hills
but they're so hard to climb may as well just stay still
that's what I'll do
I'll be right where you left me
hun i couldn't cross you even if I tried
i guess that makes you my parallel line
ain't that the truth
just want to see you smiling
your dreams will precede the ghost you gave up
you threw in the towel before you dried off
you took one leap of faith
and broke both legs
but the time it will mend you
we just have to wait
if the world doesn't owe me anything
then
either do you
either do you
and acting natural is one difficult pose
when all my true colors are all overexposed
ain't that the truth
but at least you got me smiling
and if i die before i wake
then i was dead wrong when i said it's never too late
it looked a little greener on the other side
i should have jumped that fence
i guess you were right
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7. |
Don't Know Me At All
04:07
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well i was drunk when I told you I loved you
i didn’t lie
i just thought you should know
you thought i’d meet you at that airport
bound for nashville but I never did show
and it was true when i said i need you
don’t believe me
you don’t know me at all
and i know I told you by the ocean
but that breeze blew your mind out to sea
i will probably regret
every last word that I said
except
goodbye
now you’re living 'cross the country
you got a man
and he treats you right
i know i'll never be quite what you needed
but i’m pretty goddamn sure the thought of me keeps you up at night
and i know I told you by the ocean
but that wind blew your mind out to sea
and i will probably regret
every last word that I said
except
goodbye
allright
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8. |
Ain't My Kind
01:02
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on any other day
i might have walked on by
but i'm in rare form
and you caught my eye
i know what your friends think
and they're probably right
i'm good for nothing
but i'm yours tonight
you just ain't my kind
but i'm sayin that's all-right
you just ain't my kind
but that don't mean this don't feel right
you just ain't my kind
but we can have fun for tonight
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9. |
Love Stories
03:11
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there was a film
about a woman who loved a man
you fell for every word they said
your loves in beliefs that this life can exist
but all you got was me
and I used every word they said
you waited for the chance of a lifetime
you've gone and wasted that chance on me
things didn't turn out how you thought they would
you're a fool to be led and you've given yourself to the love stories
music plays
every single time they touch
and you hold on to every note
you fell further in love
was it them? was it him? was it me?
did I have any chance at all?
'cause I used every word they said
you waited for the chance of a lifetime
you've gone and wasted that chance on me
things didn't turn out how you thought they would
you're a fool to be led and you've given yourself to the love stories
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Bradley Palermo Los Angeles, California
Bradley Palermo's songs are often autobiographical, turning themes of free living and the open road. Before setting out on
his solo folk career, he spent 15 years fronting the bands The Sudden Passion and Femme Fatality.
His first so album, "Volume 1" is out 4/19/19. He is originally from St. Louis, MO, currently based out of Los Angeles, CA, and touring often.
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Bradley Palermo recommends:
"Pretty songs about ugly things". Check out this dark folk trio from Vista, CA. They're my good friends, and we even did an EP cover each other's songs
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The one and only Typesetter from Chicago, IL. Their sophomore record is full of artful yet catchy gems. Also, most of this band is involved in someway in my "Shadow Queens" releases.
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