Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Palestine Blues: The Song Lyrics

Palestine Blues
Lew Jetton & 61 South
Copyright 2017 All rights reserved
All selections writer by Lew Jetton (BMI, Brooks Chapel Music, Coffee Street Records)


1. Will I Go To Hell
I asked the preacher, who's worried about my soul
Will I go to hell, if I lose control, he said, he said

I heard you politician, you yourself did stray
Will I go to hell, if I don't vote your way
He said, he said

Well head on, well head on
Well head on, head on to hell

I might like to drink, good ole southern mash
Will I go to hell, am I just white trash
He said, he said

Sometimes I want to live, sometimes I wanna die
Will I go to hell, if I don't feel like trying
He said, he said

Well head on, well head on
Well head on, head on to hell

Let me talk to Jesus, tell me if it's cool,
Will I go to hell, if I don't follow rules
He said, he said

Is it that I'm different, I am I just a fool,
Will I go to hell, if I'm not just like you,
He said, he said

Well head on, well head on,
Well head on, head on to hell

2. Oh My My
There are days, want to be alone, don't get up, don't leave home,
Oh my my, oh my my,
Is this what it feels like, feels like to die

Hate my job, hate this strife,
Hate this town, hate my life,
Oh my, my, oh my, my
Is this what it feels like, feels like to die,

Maybe someday change my mind,
Maybe come out on the other side,
Maybe darkness turn to light,
Something better but, oh my my...

Another day, another year,
Another season, same old tears,
Oh my my, oh my my,
Is this what it feels like, feels like to die

Oh my my....



3. For The Pain
Here comes the pain again, just like the other times,
Yeah it's my daily grind, that's my life today,

Here comes the pain again, I wonder when it will end,
My addiction is my only friend who always stays by my side

It's just my pain and me, we keep to ourselves,
Doctor, write me up, or I'll do it myself, for the pain, for the pain

It's just my pain and me, we keep to ourselves,
Write me a prescription, or I'll do it myself, for the pain, for the pain,

Here comes that pain again, always here to remind,
To that feeling I am resigned, I will never escape,

Here comes that pain again, I can't pretend to be brave,
and I'll carry it to my grave, please dear lord take me now,

It's just my pain and me, we keep to ourselves,
Doctor, write me up, or I'll do it myself, for the pain, for the pain

4. Mexico
Don't know why I hang around,
Nothing left here in this town,
Someday maybe head on out,
Ain't no use to sit and pout

Every month I get my check,
Living off the government,
I don't want to live this way
I don't know another way,
That's the way, that's the way it goes,
Since my job went to Mexico

Wish I had a brand-new car,
Mine won't get me very far,
Hope I get it fixed someday,
Maybe then I'll run away, that's the way, that's the way it goes,
Since my job went to Mexico,

They say I'm getting rich off you, and I ain't nothing but a fool,
I wish you could understand,
I'm just doing the best I can
That's the way, that's the way it goes,
Since my job went to Mexico,

Want to get so far from here,
Where I go I just don't care,
I know what they think of me,
I see how they look at me,
Thats the way, that's the way it goes,
Since my job went to Mexico



5. Sold Us Out
The politicians in DC done sold us out,
Don't give a damn about you and me, they sold us out,
We taking on more than we can bear,
They make the money and they just don't care,
They want more and more and more

They sold us out, they sold us out,
They sold us out

The corporations with their profit lines done sold us out,
They want to take away my overtime, they sold us out,
It's bout the money and you best beware,
Don't give a damn and they just don't don't care,
They want more and more and more, they sold us out.

This country built by the workingman but they sold us out, we don't fit their financial plan, they sold us out,
They pay less taxes than you and me,
Then hide the money overseas,
They want more and more and more, they sold us out



6. Drinking Again
One for the road, one cause you're mad,
One when you're happy, another when you're sad,
I guess it's a sin, that you're drinking again

One to relax, one to be brave, just one more baby, could take you to your grave,
Well I guess it's a sin, that you're drinking again

I know why you do it, I really do,
I know you can't help it, I don't blame you,
One of these days, unless you make up your mind,
You're headed for trouble, it's just a matter of time

I know I can't stop you, I've tried and I can't,
And I'm just like you baby, I sure ain't no saint,
I guess it's a sin, You know it's a sin, it's a lowdown sin, that we're drinking again

7. Don't Need No Devil
Don't need no devil, to take me down to hell,
Don't need no devil, to take me down to hell,
I don't need no help at all, I done it to myself,

Don't need no hangman, to take the breath from me,
Don't need no hangman, to take the breath from me,
Don't need no help at all, I can hardly breathe,

You know there ain't no whiskey, can take away my pain,
Ain't no whiskey, can take away my pain,
It just makes it worse, and the pain well it just stays,

Sweet sweet Lori, she can't stop the hurt,
Sweet sweet Lori, she can't stop the hurt,
When the heart is hurting, it only makes it worse

Don't need no devil to take me down to hell,
Don't need no devil to take me down to hell,
I don't need no help at all, I done it to myself

8. Christ Have Mercy
Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord have mercy, for what I did and did not do

It's my own fault, and no one else,
I am on my own, and I need help, Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord have mercy, for what I did and did not do

Please don't send me down to hell,
Where I am now, I'm already there,
Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord have mercy, for what I did and did not do

This here life is hard to take,
The devils grip is hard to break,
Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord have mercy, for what I did and did not do

It's my despair, wrought at my hands,
I don't expect you to understand, Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord have mercy, for what I did and did not do



9. Drama
Don't want no drama around me,
Don't want no drama around me,
Don't want no drama around me,
Don't want no drama around me,
Baby let me be, can't you see,
Don't want no drama around me,

Now don't be playing no games,
Now don't be playing no games
Now don't be playing no games,
Now don't be playing no games,
Sayin Im to blame, just the same,
Now don't be playing no games

Well now all you want is all you can get,
I ain't no fool, my ways are set
If you're thinking I'm a fool, I've had it baby, now, get a clue

Don't want no drama around me,
Don't want no drama around me,
Don't want no drama around me,
Don't want no drama around me,
Baby let me be, can't you see, don't want no drama around me


10. Bout Time
Bout time, for me to let it go,
Bout time, for me to let it go,
Time to move on, time to let things,all alone

Bout time, to stop feeling bad,
Bout time, to stop feeling bad,
Change my way of thinking before it drives me mad,

Time to stop a life that just can't last,
Slow down my mind, stop living in the past,
Put the bottle down and pick myself up,
I want to do it now but I'm just too beat up, bout time

Bout time, you know they all say the same,
Bout time, they all say the same,
But it's easy to say when you ain't the one in pain

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