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Covers (Lyrics)
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Ol’ Cook Pot (© The Duhks)
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Mama’s gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot
Try to get more than what that boiling’s got
Don't trim no fat, pull potatoes from a box
Mama’s gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot

Mama’s gonna water that gravy down
Got to make enough to go around
With five mouths to feed and Papa in the ground
Mama’s gonna water that gravy down

Well, thank the Lord and sit up straight
Mind your manners and clean your plate
Don't ask for seconds, savor every drop
'Cause nothing more’s comin' from that ol' cook pot

Chicken Cordon Blues (Steve Goodman)

When I first met you baby you fed me on chicken and wine
It was meat, potatoes and lobster and babe, I sure felt fine

Now all you give me is seaweed and alfalfa sprouts
And sunflower seeds and I got my doubts
Babe, you left me here with them chicken cordon blues
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My stomach is empty and all I got is food for thought
And I've been sittin' here pondering the twenty pounds of groceries we bought [there at the East End Food Coop]
We bought ten pounds of brown rice and five more of beans
And tenpounds of Granola and you know what that means
I'm just a regular fella with the chicken cordon blues
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I am starved for affection, and I can't take no more
This stuff you feed me’s so weird all the cockroaches moved next door
Can you see that old dog, he's out in the street
Got a smile on his face 'cause they let him meat
Here I am with the chicken cordon blues

I got the chicken cordon blues
I’m passing out, Baby, with the chicken cordon blues

Beautiful Dress (© Emily Pinkerton)
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I have these hours to dream of you
The lonesome road, I thought I knew
Beneath the sky, shining bright blue
I have these hours to dream of you
Lead me back to your eyes again
Oh silver road, my traveling friend
My heart would burst from the love that’s within
Lead me back to your eyes again

CHORUS:
You make me wanna wear a beautiful dress
You make me wanna dance when the music ends
You make me wanna smile upon my friends
I wanna feel the touch of your healing hands
I wanna be the teardrop on your face
I wanna move with the slow and simple grace
I wanna be the end of the long long race
I want you

High in the night from a starry throne
The heavens call sweet and low
Can all the angels see in my soul
High in the night from a starry throne

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Life is Beautiful (© Keb Mo)

Let's go drifting through the trees
Let's go sailing on the sea
Let's go dancing on the juke-joint floor
And leave our troubles all behind and have a party

BRIDGE:
So easily forgotten are the most important things
Like the melody and the moonlight in your eyes
And the song that lasts forever
Keeps on getting better all the time

CHORUS:
'Cause life is beautiful, life is wonderous
Every star above shining just for us
Life is beautiful on a stormy night
Somewhere in the world, the sun is shining bright

I get crazy, so afraid
That I might lose you one sad day
And I'd be nothing but a tired old man
And I don't wanna' be without you at the party

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[BRIGDE]
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Mama just wants to barrelhouse (© Bruce Cockburn)

I was up the road on easy street
Watching everybody stand around and cheat
A man comes up and says, 'Move along
Down to the corner where you belong'
But mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long

I hear the city singing like a siren choir
Some fool tried to set this town on fire
TV preacher screams 'come on along'
I feel like Fay Wray face to face with King Kong
But mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long
Mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long

Sometimes I wonder what I am
I feel like I'm living in a hologram
It doesn't seem to matter what's right or wrong
Everybody's grabbing and coming on strong
But mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long
Mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long​

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Header photo by Chiemi Karasawa