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13 Hillbilly Giants

by Robbie Fulks

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Cocktails 02:46
Cocktails tore up my family cocktails tore down my home One to wake me up every morning One with a buddy at noon One for the road every evening ‘Till I found out pretty soon It took two to wake me up every morning two with my buddy at noon Two for the road every evening ‘Till guess what happened pretty soon Cocktails tore up my family cocktails tore down my home I cheated and I lied, swallowed my pride (and then) washed it down with cocktails I had a house on a hillside The car I was driving was new I had money in my pocket, But look what liquor made me do. I started running ‘round with a woman Turned my back on my wife and my kid. Wonder how mama's gonna tell him The awful thing that daddy did. Cocktails tore up my family cocktails tore down my home I cheated and I lied, swallowed my pride (and then) washed it down with cocktails Cocktails tore up my family cocktails tore down my home cocktails tore down my home cocktails tore down my home
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I want to be mama’d I want to be mother’d I want to be hugged I want to be smothered With love and kisses all the time For I’m a big baby Great big baby I want my mama I want my mama I want to be mama’d all the time I want some attention More than I can mention You do the cooing I’ll do the wooing I want to be mama’d all the time For I’m a big baby Great big baby I want my mama I want my mama I want to be mama’d all the time I want to be wanted I want to be needed I want to be loved I want to be treated to love and kisses all the time For I’m a big baby Great big baby I want my mama I want my mama I want my mama all the time I want some lovin Some turtle-doving You do the cooing I’ll do the wooing I want to be mama’d all the time For I’m a big baby Great big baby I want my mama I want my mama I want my mama all the time
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When the judge said divorce granted That you both are free to love anew Oh you walked away With a smile on your face dear While I walked away With a heart broke in two Oh I know I’ll never be free From this pain within my heart For every time I hear your name Teardrops seem to start Oh I may be free By the law of the nation I’ll never be free By the law of my heart Well I wish you happiness In everything you do But I’ll always be alone And so lost without you Oh I may be free by the law of the nation I’ll never be free by the law of my heart.
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Family Man 02:01
Well the day is bright and sunny and the fish’ll surely bite Boys down on the corner got a poker game tonight But I can’t do neither one they’ll have to understand Gotta bring home the bacon, cause I’m a family man Well Johnny needs some brand new shoes and peggy needs a dress My wife's knittin' little things and I don’t have to guess There'll be another smilin' face To hold her daddy's hand Gotta bring home the bacon, cause I’m a family man (Interlude) Well, I'd like to take this shotgun Blow the alarm clock half in two All because no tellin' Oh Buddy, we are through But I've gotta make some money Leave those castles in the sand I gotta bring home the bacon 'Cause I'm a family man Well I’ve always said when the kids are grown I'd really have a ball But I'll bet the years we're livin' now Will be the best of all So thank you Lord, for everything And united we will stand I gotta bring home the bacon 'Cause I'm a family man
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Burn burn burn, Burn on love fire Burn burn burn burn Forever like a star First it was a spark And then a flame And that eternal fire that no man can take Burn burn burn, Burn on love fire Burn burn burn burn Forever like a star It burns through the sunshine And the rain It’s that eternal fire that no man can take I don’t think they’d break us apart Because of the love fire deep in our hearts But if cold and cool They choose to remain They’ll never win for that eternal flame Burn burn burn, Burn on love fire Burn burn burn burn Forever like a star First it was a spark And then a flame And that eternal fire that no man can take
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Her two little feet would come running into Our bedroom almost every night Her soft little face would be wet from her tears And her little heart pounding with fright She'd hold out her arms, then she'd climb in beside us In her small voice, we'd hear her remark "Mommie and Daddy, can I sleep here with you 'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark" One day in the summer, we took some flowers To place on some old family graves Jeannie said, "Mommy, ain't it dark in the ground Oh, Daddy, I'd be so afraid" Then she looked up at her daddy and me And said somethin' that broke both our hearts She said, "When I die, please don't bury me 'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark" Jeannie was always afraid of the dark And we never could understand why 'Cause we looked after Jeannie with the very best of care Because Jeannie was our only child Perhaps it was death that she was so afraid of 'Cause it took her one dark stormy night I think we always knew that we'd never see Jeannie grown 'Cause it seemed she was destined to die But on Jeannie's grave, we placed an eternal flame That glows and never loses its spark And on the darkest night, there's always a light 'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark Our Jeannie's afraid of the dark
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Knot Hole 02:37
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released November 6, 2001

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Robbie Fulks Chicago, Illinois

Robbie Fulks is a recording artist, instrumentalist, & songwriter living in Chicago. His most recent release, Upland Stories, earned wide-spread recognition & 2 Grammy® nominations. His early work helped define the 90s "alt-country" movement while his newer work extends that tradition with old-time rambles, reflections on love, & the troubles the people. ... more

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