Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away. And if I never do nothing, I’ll get you back someday.
TOM PETTYI’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it’s so hard to kick it.
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I like a good beer. Of course, I’ll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel’s remedy.
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I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
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In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I’m gonna stand my ground, and I won’t back down.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse.
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I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
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I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
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I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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I’m not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that’s become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
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I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
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I wouldn’t want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don’t mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
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