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HOTEL WV SIZEMORE

IT WAS LATE IN THE NIGHT, A BIG NEON SIGN SAID VACANCY AND FREE TV

I PULLED UP OUTSIDE GRABBED MY BAG AND I STARTED WALKING TOWARDS THE BIG GLASS DOOR

I FORGOT MY PICTURE OF YOU THAT I CARRY, IN THE DASHBOARD BESIDE THE RADIO

I GUESS IT’S NO BIG DEAL WHEN I GET BEHIND THE WHEEL AND GO

THE NIGHT CLERK LOOKED UP FROM HIS COFFEE CUP AND EYED ME WARILY

HOW MUCH FOR THE NIGHT? I DROPPED MY BAG AND TRIED TO SMILE THOUGH HE JUST STARED AT ME

I TOOK MY 20 DOLLARS FROM MY WALLET, HE SAID ROOM 13 AND HANDED ME THE KEY

AS I CLIMBED UP THE STAIRS THE COOL NIGHT AIR SMELLED OLD

I’VE BEEN DRIVING ROUND THESE BACKROADS TO PLAY A SONG WHEREVER I GO

THE PEOPLE I MEET ARE MOSTLY SWEET BUT I CAN’T WAIT ‘TIL I GET HOME

I WOKE UP AT NOON, IT FELT MUCH TOO SOON BUT I STOOD AND STRETCHED MY ARMS TO THE SKY

I FRESHENED UP, GRABBED MY BAG AND STARTED WALKING TOWARDS THE BIG GLASS DOOR

I FLIPPED THE KEY TO THE GIRL BEHIND THE COUNTER, THE SUN WAS BURNING OFF THE MORNING FOG

NO MONEY FOR A MEAL BUT I LOVE IT STILL ON THE ROAD

I GUESS IT’S NO BIG DEAL WHEN I GET BEHIND THE WHEEL AND GO

FOG ON THE RING SIZEMORE

IT’S BEEN 40 DAYS SINCE I LEFT THE VALLEY

40 DAYS OF WORK BUSTIN’ MY SIDE

I KISSED YOU ON THE CHEEK ON THAT SUMMER MORNING

WHEN I RETURN BONNIE BE MY BRIDE

ROLLING ALL THEM LOGS DOWN THE GREENBRIER RIVER

AT DURBIN TOWN THE TRAIN THEY’RE GONNA RIDE

THE RIVER RUNNING DEEP LOOKING WILD AND MUDDY

AT DURBIN TOWN IT’S THREE MILES WIDE

ON A SUMMER DAY WHEN THE SUN IS RIDING HIGH

THE VALLEY ROLLS ON FOR MILES

I CAN’T SEE MY HOME OR THE ONE THAT’S WAITING

BROTHER WHEN THERE’S FOG ON THE RING

BRIAR SWITCH SIZEMORE

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE ALL NIGHT LONG, C’MON GET YER TWO STEP ON

TWIRL AROUND TIL YOU FALL DOWN DANCE, DANCE, DANCE TIL THE BREAK OF DAWN

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE ALL NIGHT LONG C’MON GET YER HIPSHAKE ON

TWIRL AROUND TIL YOU FALL DOWN DANCE, DANCE, DANCE

HEY OLD JOE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, GOT THAT CRAZY MOUNTAIN ITCH

HEAVEN COME FROM A BASEMENT BIN, HE’S DANCIN IN THE DITCH

EYES ROLLIN ROUND TONGUE HUNG OUT, LEFT LEG GOT A TWITCH

HE’S DANCIN DOWN TO SHANTY TOWN, GONNA CUT HIS OWN BRIAR SWITCH

SWEETY SUE GOT NOTHIN TO DO, SIT AND WATCH THE OLD BOOB TUBE

EAT SYRUP SWEETS AND PEACH ICE CREAM IN THE LIVIN ROOM

NOTHIN IN HER MIND ROUND CLOSIN TIME, WHAT’S SHE GONNA DO

START MAKIN TIME WITH GOODTIME CLYDE AND DANCIN LIKE A FOOL

GRAB SOMEONE AND HAVE SOME FUN, AIN’T TOO HARD TO DO

THERE’S SWEETY SUE AND OLD JOE TOO WITH ROCKS ALL IN HIS SHOES

NOW CUT A SWITCH AND SCRATCH THAT ITCH, START ACTIN LIKE A FOOL

I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU SHAKE THAT STUFF, I’LL CUT A RUG WITH YOU

EACH JUNE Sizemore

I remember my Mother singing, soft and low

A forgotten lullaby, so I could sleep in the bitter cold

Of December, when the wind would moan

Some days I’m as old as this mountain,

Or young as the dawn

And summer comes on slowly

But it never stays as long……

My Billy is buried on a hillside; he died mining on the Knob

My Annie’s in Carolina, she went for a government job

I just live on this mountain, getting older, tired and lost

I still plant a garden in springtime,

Cook apples in the fall

And wintertime is coming

But it never stays as long…..

I get this feeling each June, when I realize another summer without you…

Today I’m as old as this mountain,

I awoke with the dawn

And this feeling comes on slowly

But it never stays as long……..

CROSSCUT SAW SIZEMORE

I WAS BORN IN WEST VIRGINIA, ON A HAZY AUGUST MORN

THE LAST OF 11 CHILDREN, I WASN’T A BABE FOR LONG

I WAS PUT ON THE MEADOW RIVER LINE

CUTTIN TREES ON THE COLD KNOB GRADE

JUST ME AND OLD INDIAN JOHN, AND A FIVE FOOT CROSSCUT BLADE

IN THE WINTER OF ’35, WE’D DIG A FOOT DOWN IN THE SNOW

IN THE SPRING WHEN THE SNOW DID LEAVE, THE GROUND WAS 5 FEET BELOW

OLD JOHN GOT CRIPPLED BY A CHESTNUT

LOST HIS LEG JUST PAST THE KNEE

THEY PUT A YOUNG BUCK ON THE GANG, TO PULL ON THAT OLD SAW WITH ME

I MET A MAN ONCE IN RICHMOND, WHO PLANTED ‘ROUND 10,000 TREES

I FIGURE THAT SOUNDS ‘BOUT RIGHT, TO MAKE HIM EVEN WITH ME

I’VE CUT EVERY KIND OF HARDWOOD

HARD MAPLE TO MIGHTY OAK

I’D SAY IT’LL BE SOFT PINE, TO HOLD ME WHENEVER I GO

THE COMPANY CUT ME LOOSE IN ‘68; THEY SAID I’D DONE GOT TOO OLD

WITH A PAT ON THE BACK AND A SMILE, I MOSEYED ON DOWN THE ROAD

SOMETIMES I THINK BOUT OLD JOHN

ON NIGHTS WHEN I CAN’T SLEEP

OR I THINK BOUT A CROSSCUT SAW, AND PLANTING 10,000 TREES

AND PLANTING 10,000 TREES

WINTER WIND Hoffman

That year it snowed before it frosted, so it came as quite a shock

Knew the sunny days were numbered, didn’t know their time was up

She kissed him when they parted, and the memory of that kiss

Warmed him for days on end, till she was too far gone to miss

And the change was subtle, unseen by the naked eye

But it cut right through him, like the winter wind at night

His days were grey, his nights were long

He endlessly wondered, what the hell he’d done wrong

That year it snowed before it frosted, snow lay heavy on the ground

His friends found him barefoot, out wandering round

He said that he’d seen her through the window, dancing in the snow

Snowflakes tangled in her long dark hair, and then she was gone

And the change was subtle, unseen by the naked eye

But it cut right through him, like the winter wind at night

And it left him shaken; it chilled him to the bone

And even by the fire, he never could get warm

That year it snowed before it frosted

UNSPOKEN WORDS SIZEMORE

DANCIN’ ROUND & ROUND BAREFEET ON A HARDWOOD FLOOR

DANCIN’ ROUND & ROUND MY HEART CAN TAKE NO MORE

I’M SITTIN AND I’M DREAMIN’ MOONSHINE MAKES ME THAT WAY

WHILE YOU’RE DANCIN’ ROUND THE THINGS YOU WANT TO SAY

MET YOU ON A WEDNESDAY JUST ME AND MY OLD GUITAR

AND I COULD TELL BY YOUR SMILE THAT I WOULDN’T GET VERY FAR

BUT I CAN’T FORGET YOUR RAVEN HAIR OR THE SMELL YOU LEFT IN THE ROOM

AND THE MESS YOU MADE OF MY HEART SO I SING A LONESOME TUNE

I SAW YOU IN THE MOONLIGHT AND THE STARS WERE TURNED TO DARK

WHEN I SAW YOU STRETCHIN’ OUT I COULD LOOK NO MORE

YOU SAY YOU’LL BE ANOTHER’S WIFE AND THAT YOU HAVE TO LEAVE

BUT THE WORDS YOU LEFT UNSPOKEN TELL ANOTHER THING TO ME

NEW TO THIS DAY SIZEMORE

I’M NEW TO THIS DAY BUT I’M OLD NEWS TO YOU

IN MY POWDER BLUE DRESS AND PATENT LEATHER SHOES

HAIR ALL UP IN A PRETTY WHITE BOW, I’M NEW TO THIS DAY

I’M NEW TO THIS DAY BUT I’M NOT NEW TO THIS

ANOTHER LONELY DAY AND NO ONE TO KISS

ALL DRESSED UP, BUT NO PLACE TO GO, I’M NEW TO THIS DAY

YESTERDAY THERE WAS ANOTHER, TOMORROW IS THE SAME

I’LL WALK PAST YOUR DOORWAY GO TO SLEEP WITH YOUR FLAME

I’M NEW TO THIS DAY WITH MY PAWN SHOP HEART

I GOT IT SECOND HAND; MINE TORE APART

I’M WAITING HERE FOR THE BEATING TO START, I’M NEW TO THIS DAY

YESTERDAY THERE WAS ANOTHER TOMORROW IS THE SAME

I’LL WAKE IN THE MORNING WITH YOUR MEMORY TO BLAME

I’M NEW TO THIS DAY WITH ANOTHER FRESH START

BRAND NEW DRESS, SECOND HAND HEART

TELL MYSELF WHAT I ALREADY KNEW, I’M NEW TO THIS DAY

BLACK DOG WANDERIN’ Sizemore

Rode my horse in the pale moonlight, broken shadows cut the night