Thank You For Clapping


-16 Horsepower EP-

David Eugene Edwards: guitar, banjo, bandoneon
Keven Soll: stand up & flat top bass
Jean-Yves Tola: drums

01. Haw (3.29)
02. South Pennsylvania Waltz (5.15)
03. Shametown (2:45)
04. Straight Mouth Stomp (1.52)
05. Coal Black Horses (3:49)
06. I Gotta Gal (2:05)

Haw Go up

Don't let your mind do all your walking
Boy you'll stumble every time
That road I seen the devil stalking
Dealin' only with the dyin'

Go let the door hit em
Where my hound dog shoulda bit em
Leave him open, leave em there
I don't care

But baby don't look down
Keep your ... keep your arms around me

He showed me how he caught ya
Like a fish upon the line
Slow reelin' in he brings you closer
Like a poison he takes his time

Roll over little lady
Back and forth and twice around
You're gonna bleed to get away
There ain't no other way round

But baby don't look down
Keep your ... keep your arms around me

Hey, hey little baby
There, there little boy
Where, where little angel
Over here my joy

Hey, hey little baby
There, there little girl
Where, where little angel
Over here my pearl

But baby don't look down
Keep your ... keep your arms around me


South Pennsylvania Waltz Go up

I ain't afraid of your laughin'
Nor afraid of your fist
Come on with it brother
your sweet betrayal kiss

I ain't a scared of you no more
Nor the scars upon your wrists
These bullets you've been shootin' at me
Yeah, they all fall short an miss
Yea yo ... oh brother

Get your boots on boy an get on out
An make your leavin' quick
This shack you built is on my land
An it's comin' down brick by brick
Yea yo ... oh brother

Oh there's a, oh there's a willow

Oh my darlin' oh my girl
Again I've made you cry
I got a mean man in me
Yeah, I guess that's why
Get oh ... oh brother
... Upon the willow's walk ...


Shametown Go up

I see the world through the eyes of an idiot
Talkin' big white trash
Before the girls an boys inside of my soul
They make my path
In the mirror there I see my father's face in glass
I know I am not anyone yet too afraid to ask

I will pawn you my watch
Pawn you my chain
Pawn you my new diamond ring
Pawn you my watch
Pawn you my chain
Pawn you yeah most anything

Get your clogs on the floor
Step up step up step up an do more

Hey little girl is your door still open
The devil still inside
Seen your face he left the place
Took everything inside

Hey by the way I forgot to mention
I let it just slip out
Today is the day of salvation
Ain't a gonna tell no lie

Some through the water
Some through the flood
Some by the fire
But all through his blood
Some through the water
Some through the flood
Some by the bullet
But all through His blood


Straight-Mouth Stomp
Go up

Oh come sit down An give me your word
That I'll be a man someday an I'll hurt
These troubles around me
This boy that I am
It's up here for thinkin'
And down there for dancin'
Not the other way around

Apples in the summertime
Peaches in the fall
I can't keep the girl I got
I can't keep none at all

Nobody knows how I can swing that sway
How I can creep from the narrow
To the broader way
But I'll do no more talkin'
I'm goin' to town
With my true love's breath upon my neck
And my hands on velvet ground

Apples in the summertime
Peaches in the fall
I can't keep the girl I got
I can't keep none at all

Apples in the summertime
Peaches in the fall
I can't keep the girl I got
I can't keep none at all


Coal Black Horses Go up

Just as sure as that suns gonna shine
When he comes at his table I will dine
Just as sure as that dog's gonna whine
In my heart no longer will I pine

Just as sure as by evil you are torn
The sky will open up an an angel blow his horn
An down come Jesus lookin' so fine
Just as sure as that girl she is mine
An I say
Yes an I say

Hey hey hey it's always forever
Hey hey hey it's never or now
Hey hey hey it's always forever
Hey hey hey never or now

I dug a hole an hollowed it out
Yes an I fell in
Oh Lord I'm caught in the cord
The cord of my own sin

Shoot 'em up cowboy, I got away,
I've been draggin' this chain the whole way
Lay it down boy by the tree
Leave it there yes, an no lookin' at me
An I say
I say

Hey hey hey it's always forever
Hey hey hey never or now
Hey hey hey it's always forever
Hey hey hey never or now

He who my Lord sets free
Yes he is truly free
No longer will I allow evil way to mock me
He who the Lord sets free
Yes he is free indeed
Oh yea, he is free indeed

Well yea boys I know an I am certain
In your heart of hearts ye all are hurtin'
No no no not that name not to me
It's too hard to get down on my knees

Just as sure as by evil you are torn
The sky will open up an an angel blow his horn
An down come Jesus lookin' so fine
Just as sure as that girl she is mine
An I say
Yes An I Say

Hey hey hey it's always forever
Hey hey hey never or now
Hey hey hey it's always forever
Hey hey hey never or now

Hey hey hey it's always forever
Hey hey hey never or now
Hey hey hey it's always forever
Hey hey hey never or now



I Gotta Gal Go up

I gotta gal
An she's so fair
Those eyes the blackest hair
Behind those ...

I gotta gal
An she's so fine
All the boys stand in line
Keep your hands to yourself boy tonight




All music by 16 Horsepower, Lyrics by David Eugene Edwards
© 1995 WB Music Corp./Shame Town Publishing (ASCAP).    


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