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Troubadour Songs Vol. 1

by Robert Cline Jr

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    releases August 1, 2022

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1.
Won't say I love you, babe, Won't say I need you, babe, But I'm gonna get you babe And I will not do you wrong. Living's mostly wasting time And I'll waste my share of mine But it never feels to good, So let's don't take to long. You're soft as glass And I'm a gentle man We got the sky to talk about And the earth to lie upon. Days, up and down they come Like rain on a congadrum Forget most, remember some But don't turn none away. Everything is not enough And nothin' is to much to bear. Where you been is good and gone All you keep is the getting there. To live is to fly Low and high, So shake the dust off of your wings And the sleep out of your eyes. Goodbye to all my friends It's time to go again Think of all the poetry And the pickin' down the line I'll miss the system here The bottom's low And the treble's clear But it don't pay to think to much On things you leave behind. I will be gone But it won't be long I will be a'bringin' back the melodies And rhythm that I find. We all got holes to fill Them holes are all that's real. Some fall on you like a storm, Sometimes you dig your own. The choice is yours to make, Time is yours to take Some sail upondive into the sea, Some toil upon the stone. To live is to fly Low and high, So shake the dust off of your wings And the sleep out of your eyes Shake the dust off of your wings And the tears out of your eyes.
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I knew a man "Bojangles", and he danced for you In worn out shoes Silver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pants The old soft shoe He jumped so high He jumped so high And then he'd lightly touch down I met him in a cell in New Orleans, I was Down and out He looked to me to be the eyes of age As the smoke ran out He talked of life He talked of life He laughed, clicked his heels and stepped He said his name "Bojangles", and he danced a lick Across the cell He grabbed his pants and feathered stance Oh, he jumped so high Then he clicked his heels He let go a laugh He let go a laugh Shook back his clothes all around Mr. Bojangles Mr. Bojangles Mr. Bojangles Dance He danced for those in minstrel shows and county fairs Throughout the south He spoke with tears of fifteen years how his dog and him Traveled about The dog up and died, he up and died After twenty years he still grieves He said, "I dance now at every chance in honky tonks For drinks and tips But most the time I spend behind these county bars 'Cause I drinks a bit" He shook his head And as he shook his head I heard someone ask him "Please" Please Mr. Bojangles Mr. Bojangles Mr. Bojangles Dance
3.
South of Oklahoma, East of New Mexico West of Louisiana, where all them Cajuns go We got a little place called Texas Where the women grow on trees They're right there for the pickin' Just as easy as you please We'd better run take hold You're gonna get young 'fore ya get old Them Texas women is Texas gold Kisses that are sweeter than cactus Oh North of Amarillo, east of Old Dime Box You can find your Cinderella Or a genuine Goldilocks And if ya don't like love attachments If your taste in women gets strange Then go on and spend your money, my friend Down in old La Grange You better tell the world You wanna get a Lone Star girl With her cast iron curls And her aluminum dimples And they're so simple North of Waxahachie, East of old Cowtown Them Dallas women standing up Beat the others lyin' down But God bless the Trinity River And any man who is unaware Of the Northeast Texas women With the cotton candy hair And you'd better run take hold You're gonna get young 'fore ya get old Them Texas women is Texas gold Kisses that are sweeter than cactus Oh
4.
Well I'm headin' into Memphis, Memphis Tennessee The one place in this world I can get somethin' good to eat I'm hungry for some lovin' and some fried chicken That goes down greasy, finger lickin' I know just where to go, there's this woman I know She shakes it up right and lets it simmer real slow Memphis women and fried chicken Memphis women and chicken Over on Union there's a good ol' gal She can smoke a pig, she can fry some fowl She got biscuits in her oven Cornbread in the pan I get by to see her every chance I can I catch a whiff when I turn the corner My mouth starts to water and I'm a goner For that Memphis women and fried chicken Memphis women and chicken Yeah I take my old guitar and I go down on Beale Play some good blues and get a real good meal I don't care if the whiskey ever hits my lips As long as I get a taste of them bar-b-que ribs There's a woman up on the bluff makes her living making pies Got chocolate covered fingers and dark blueberry eyes Got that light powdered sugar sprinkled all in her hair Her apple turnover is beyond compare When it's hot, late and sticky And you want something cool and sweet She keeps the handle crankin' On that homemade ice cream Memphis women and good fried chicken Memphis women and fried chicken Memphis women and good fried chicken Memphis women and chicken
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When the wind don't blow in Amarillo And the moon along the Gunnison don't rise Shall I cast my dreams upon your love, babe And lie beneath the laughter of your yes? Snowin' on Raton Come mornin' I'll be through them hills and gone (and gone) Our mother thinks the road is long and lonely Little brother thinks the road is straight and fine Little darling thinks the road is soft and lovely And I'm thankful that old road's a friend of mine Snowin' on Raton Come mornin' I'll be through them hills and gone (and gone) I'll bid the years goodbye, you cannot still them You cannot turn the circles of the sun And you cannot count the miles until you feel them And you cannot hold a lover that has gone Snowin' on Raton Come mornin' I'll be through them hills and gone (and gone) Well, tomorrow the mountains will be sleeping Silent 'neath a blanket, green and blue All that I shall hear, the silence they are keeping And I'll bring all their promises to you Snowin' on Raton Come mornin' I'll be through them hills and gone (and gone) Snowin' on Raton Come mornin' I'll be through them hills and gone Come mornin' I'll be through them hills and gone
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TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG
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I've been riding on this train Drinking whiskey for the pain Another good ol' boy going home And every town I see Seems to take a part of me That's the price that you pay when you roam Well I cry when I have to And I lie when I can But I die a little slower On the train to Birmingham I got holes in both my shoes And a guitar full of blues And a one way ticket for a remedy It's the same ol' lonesome song I've been singing all night long Hey, porter, are we out of Tennessee? Well I cry when I have to And I lie when I can But I die a little slower On the train to Birmingham Well every year I ride this train To Alabama in the rain When I get that lonesome feelin' in my bones I never get to Birmingham But gettin' there ain't the plan I just like the feel of going home Well I cry when I have to And I lie when I can But I die a little slower On the train to Birmingham
9.
Lonely women make good lovers They're all at the mercy of a good lookin' smooth talkin' man Lonely women make good lovers So if you got a woman, you better treat her just as good as you can Lots of times a lonely girl will go out on the town With no thought of evil on her mind She don't try to plant bad seeds Lord knows there's something every woman needs A friendly smile will do it every time Lonely women make good lovers They're all at the mercy of a good lookin' smooth talkin' man Lonely women make good lovers So if you got a woman, you better treat her just as good as you can Once a woman's tasted love, she can't do without it She'll search for something warm when she gets cold And if her lips are wet with wine when it comes to lovin' time She'll trade her pride for something warm to hold Lonely women make good lovers They're all at the mercy of a good lookin' smooth talkin' man Lonely women make good lovers So if you got a woman, you better treat her just as good as you can Lonely women make good lovers

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This nine (9) song collection of “Troubadour Songs, Volume 1”, presents an acoustic mix of folk, country and alt country classics. Ranging from solo performances to accompaniments by James LeBlanc, on guitar, David Hood on Bass & Spooner Oldham on B3 Organ. Robert Cline Jr’s, “Troubadour Songs Volume 1”, pay tribute to the writers and the stories they tell.

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releases August 1, 2022

Robert Cline Jr.’s third studio album, Troubadour Songs, Vol. 1., is a troubadour’s tribute to the songwriter’s songwriter. As “one of Willis Allan Ramsey’s favorite Texas singer songwriters”, Robert, tips the hat to the “Northeast Texas Women”. And featuring other songs written by Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, George DeVore, Kevin Welch, John Hyett, Donnie Fritts, Dan Penn, Gary Nicholson & Dewy “Spooner” Oldham. This album, captures the spirit of the people and places that paved the road to a life of writing, touring & performing with true legends of the craft. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jimmy Nutt, at the Nutthouse Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. Troubadour Songs Vol. 1, features the multi-talented, James LeBlanc & members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, “The Swampers”, David Hood, and Dewy “Spooner” Oldham, on the recording of Spooner’s country classics, “Lonely Women”.

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Robert Cline Jr Sheffield, Alabama

Robert Cline Jr.’s third studio album, Troubadour Songs, Vol. 1., is a troubadour’s tribute to the songwriter’s songwriter. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jimmy Nutt, at the Nutthouse Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. Troubadour Songs Vol. 1, features the multi-talented, James LeBlanc & members of the Muscle Shoals, Swampers’, David Hood & Dewy “Spooner” Oldham.
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