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American Heartache

by Jamie McLean Band

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1.
Backstage, it’s a once in a lifetime invitation Late night and I’m gonna live up to my reputation Stage fright, we’ll just turn down the lights, down the lights Its rock and roll, and it feels alright Come along and hear what everyone should hear Can you hear me now anyone? Cause I don’t want to hear what everybody hears Can you hear me now anyone? Backdoor, come on in step inside, step inside Showtime and we’ll open up our ears and let it ride Sing along, cause we’re all just a part of this congrigation Original, and it feels alright Come along and hear what everyone should hear Can you hear me now anyone? Cause I don’t want to hear what everybody hears Can you hear me now anyone? Spotlight, you know it can become a sticky situation Lately there is nothing to love but basic imitation Freeze dried, individually parckaged for condemnation Original and it feels all right
2.
Cherry Tree 03:14
Left my home without religion Just sipping on this dandelion wine These daysies ain’t coming up roses But angels they come on time I left my home without decisions Made about my future or my past Its all gravy and I’m a biscuit Lets make these good time last Meet me by the cherry tree You know we will chop it down Between here and Arbordale Ain’t no one gonna hear a sound Tell em what you heard I’ll tell em just what I saw I left my home with superstition Mr. Wonder playin hard and fast I’m headed down to Mississippi girl Lets make these good times last Meet me by the cherry tree You know we could chop it down Between here and Arbordale Ain’t no one gonna hear a sound Tell em what you heard I’ll tell em just what I saw
3.
Maybe I held too tight Maybe I stayed too long But I made my own decision Maybe your feelings changed Maybe you fought that feeling I know I was there with you So draw a line in the sand With the barrel of a gun And baby don’t you cross it It started out like a light You cut it out with a knife This is an American heartache This is an American heartache The love we build, the love we tear down and break I thought I was over this I thought I had seen it all But the end is just the beginning I thought I would go my way I thought I would break these chains Now I stand here tongue tied and bleeding So draw a line in the sand With the barrel of a gun And baby don’t you cross it It started out like a light You cut it out with a knife This is an American heartache This is an American heartache The love we build, the love we tear down and break This is an American heartache
4.
Up Down 03:57
I’ve seen you around here before I followed you down to the shore I like your friends but they’re all around They see just exactly whats going down All I said….. I saw you around here the other day You turned and smiled and walked away Your fancy friends from way up town Keep a guy like me from the come around I’d like to see you some more So come on baby, lets go I been up, down, on bended knees I been up, down, on bended knees I been up, down, on bended knees Come on back to me I saw the way you eyes met mine Enough to fill the great divide I know you’d like to come around I know you’d like to mess around I’d like to see you some more So come on baby, lets go I been up, down, on bended knees And the way this feels is killin me I been up, down, on bended knees Come on back to me
5.
I walked home in the rain I just need time to clear my head Something was going on Something was going wrong And now I know, this ends today I’ve been missing you for days This loneliness comes on in waves I was thinking maybe you could stay with me But don’t do me that way You two timing, back stabbing, no good double crossing Don’t do me that way You’re cheating and lying, you hurt me for the last time Don’t do me that way And don’t change your plans for me These city streets are quiet in the morning light There is nowhere to find a friendly face I passed by our favorite place, and quietly I said your name I’ve been missing you for days This loneliness comes on in waves I was thinking maybe you could stay with me But don’t do me that way You’re two timing, back stabbing, no good double crossing Don’t do me that way You’re cheating and lying, you hurt me for the last time Don’t do me that way And don’t change your plans for me
6.
Working Man 04:17
I am a working man Just look at these hands They’re tired and torn from a long day I got myself this job I’m trying to get my family on top And one of these days I’ll get paid I’ve been looking for my home All I see is this long and dusty road I’ve been looking for my baby child All I see is right here on this stage I’ve been so tired, I miss you baby But I’m spreading love along the way I’ve been so tired, I love you baby But I’m spreading love along the way I am a working man I’ve got myself a master plan And one of these days and it won’t be long I got myself this job I’m trying to get my family on top And one of these days I’ll get paid I’ve been looking for my home All I see is this long and dusty road I’ve been looking for my baby child All I see is right here on this stage I’ve been so tired, I miss you baby But I’m spreading love along the way I’ve been so tired, I love you baby But I’m spreading love along the way
7.
This plastic ring will be real someday And all my heart and soul is here to stay And all your pain I will wash away And all these promises I will keep ‘em baby Give me love and I’ll give you more Enough to fill your heart and spill out on the floor You give me strength to reach for more And all these promises I will keep em all I’ll give you all this baby and a bottle of love All this baby and a bottle of love And all your life has come to this Under a moonlit hour, a fateful kiss And from here on out its nothing but eternal bliss And all these promises I can live with this I’ll give you all this baby and a bottle of love All this baby and a bottle of love I was fearing that maybe you wanted more I was fearing that you’d be gone for sure But I’ll be bringing all my heart and soul And oh forgiveness, oh forgiveness I’ll give you all this baby and a bottle of love All this baby and a bottle of love
8.
Friday night the moon is shining, city lights behind us start to fade Got the keys, the car in drive, close your eyes you can sleep along the way And I began to worry about the things I left behind today Set our sights on Colorado, rocky mountain air all the way What they got but mountain tops, boy you’re confused you’ve gone astray I got myself a new guitar, you know I took the stage And the song that the band and me used to sing Find your heart and it will guide you Find your heart and it will guide you Find your heart and it will guide you Find your heart and it will guide you Now we stretched out on our own singing songs of lovers last refrain Racing suns and chasing moons up and down the California highway I began to wonder what the boys back home would want to play Then I heard the words that my father used to say Never mind the simple minded, what you want I hope you find it I was once a boy just like you What you want I wish you luck Stretch it out I’ll fill your cup, pave your streets of gold its true Find your heart and it will guide you Find your heart and it will guide you Find your heart and it will guide you Find your heart and it will guide you Spending time in the liquor store, pulling down that low end wage Like empty shoes on the dance floor, you’re thinking that you’ve got it made And Bob Dylan’s on the radio singing how its like a rolling stone And Bob Dylan’s on the radio singing how its like a rolling stone Find your heart and it will guide you Find your heart and it will guide you Find your heart and it will guide you Find your heart and it will guide you
9.
It was just a snake bite Baby that’ll heal Get lost in the garden baby And that’s another deal Best believe, I know where you’re coming from Got lost in the garden, had a little bit too much fun It was just a taste Of that apple in Eden Just a look never hurt nobody Til later on that evening Best believe, I know where you’re coming from Got lost in the garden, had a little bit too much fun Got lost in the garden, had a little bit too much fun You know that I, I shall be received You know that I, I shall be received Up in the garden of thieves So we best behave At least while there watching Pretend to be an angel baby And theres no stopping Best believe, I know where you’re coming from Got lost in the garden, had a little bit too much fun You know that I, I shall be received You know that I, I shall be received Up in the garden of thieves
10.
Way down down on the bayou Lay a secret never told Buried deep in the water Are fortunes, silver gold Belonging all to my children To no one else I know But buried next to my brother Was nothing but an empty hole Meet me on the barren ground And there I’m gonna take your soul Lived here for centuries This is my land this is my home You’re messin with my family And now these heads they gonna roll Lord, these heads are gonna roll Burning candles on your doorstep Putting voodoo in your home Pushing pins in your body Putting hoddoo in your soul Don’t wanna hear about forgiveness These heads are gonna roll Don’t wanna hear about salvation These heads are gonna roll Meet me on the barren ground And there I’m gonna take your soul Lived here for centuries This is my land this is my home You’re messin with my family And now these heads they gonna roll Lord, these heads are gonna roll
11.
Every time I write a song, I can feel time passing on Simple minded people say, there will be another day Visibly it looks I could, ritually I wish I would A tattered dress with lipstick stains an open heart still remains And does this make sense? Somebody tell her remember She always sees the darkest blue And shades of honeydew I’m only catching up with you, like a bicycle for two Driving west into the sun, makes the day continue on And the light it turns to dark, that’s when you know that you should part The hardest hard is how to end, a love song which includes no friend And does this make sense? Somebody tell her remember She always sees the darkest blue And shades of honeydew And does this make sense? Somebody tell her remember She always sees the darkest blue And shades of honeydew
12.
Cold Wind 06:27
Here comes that cold wind So why don’t you tell them To please light a fire Make it as warm as the sun So the cold doesn’t win So the cold doesn’t win So the cold doesn’t win So the cold doesn’t win Grab your coat and hat Never gonna look back Cause they never loved you Cause they never loved you Cause they never loved you So the cold doesn’t win Cold doesn’t win So the cold doesn’t win So the cold doesn’t win So the cold doesn’t win

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Recorded at Allaire Studios, the album features Jamie McLean and many special guests including members of The Black Crowes, North Mississippi Allstars, Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Shannon McNally.

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released July 1, 2008

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