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Simplest Song

by Kid Billy

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1.
Turpentine 03:35
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I’ve been up I’ve been down I’ve been wishing in wells I’ve been caged I’ve been free Tasted heaven and hell Met an old wise man With a broken heart He said you can play it safe But you’ll still fall apart Like me Well, I found God I lost him I lost everything Let it go It comes back Then again it leaves Heard an old wise tale With a wild tongue It said, you think its done But its really just begun You will see You will see I’ll take another sip of wine Wash it down with turpentine Unless you’ve got a better plan Honey let me be your man Honey let me be your man Well I’ve been kissed I’ve been loved I’ve been cheated and dumped Let you in Let you stay Let you walk right away Had the saddest dream Last time i slept Oh I fell in love And now I’m scared to death Don’t you see Well I have swam I have sunk I have woken up drunk I have prayed I have lied I have gauged out my eyes I sold my soul To the man downstairs He paid me twice And said don’t look so scared It’s a dream It’s just a dream I’ll take another sip of wine Wash it down with turpentine Unless you’ve got a better plan Honey let me be your man Honey let me be your man I’ll take another sip of wine Wash it down with turpentine Unless you’ve got a better plan Honey let me be your man Honey let me be your man
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Just Say The Word 04:35
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sharpen your fangs left the wolf in the door give it to me straight do you love me anymore? its hard to conceive what times done to me its hard to believe that you still believe i will beg for a buck on the palace steps well you should kick me out cold say there's nothing left you should kick me out cold say there's nothing left ah, I'm cold as winter and you're like a summer day ah, you just say the word and i will walk away well i've been waking up tired and i can't fall asleep you can't tell me you don't notice anything no i'm not who i was well who do you want me to be why do you still let me hold you why do you still let me hold you? why do you still let me hold you? ah, I'm cold as winter and you're like a summer day ah, you just say the word and i will walk away ah, I'm cold as winter and you're like a summer day ah, you just say the word and i will walk away ah, I'm cold as winter and you're like a summer day ah, you just say the word and i will walk away
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Maybe We're Alone 04:17
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Well I chased the devil down Told him just what’s on my mind But his red eyes They didn’t shed a single tear He just told me Son, We’ll meet again the day you die Don’t tell my Mama It would break her heart to know And I just can’t watch Those sad eyes shed another tear Oh dear Lord, Don’t you think she’s already carried quite the load? We are not alone We are not alone But maybe sometimes There’s nobody who can help With the heavy load Come home Virginia You might not find me here Yeah, some days They look better than the other ones But honey, in the end, each day Still sits beneath the same damn sun Well, I chased an Angel down Asked him how he still slept at night Knowing what he done? I said, where’d you take my baby girl? He just told me son, She’ll be waiting for you down there The day you die Oh, maybe we’re alone Maybe we’re alone maybe sometimes There’s nobody who can help With the heavy load Oh, maybe we’re alone Maybe we’re alone maybe sometimes There’s nobody who can help With the heavy load
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Sink or Swim 03:18
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Keep your chin up darling Don't let this big bad world bring you down I can tell your head is spinning circles it is sink or swim and you done wound up drowned oh but sweet, sweet little darling, we can turn it all around you just lay down right beside me with the lights down low I promise I won't let ya, nothings gonna get ya. I promise I won't let you go No use in crying we can make it to the morning no use in crying we can make it to the morning no use in crying we can make it to the morning yeah just keep your chin up and we'll make it to the morning just keep your chin up and we'll make it to the morning no use in crying we can make it to the morning yeah Keep your chin up darling Don't let this big bad world bring you down I can tell your head is spinning circles it is sink or swim and you done wound up drowned oh but sweet, sweet little darling, we can turn it all around you just lay down right beside me with the lights down low I promise I won't let ya, nothings gonna get ya. I promise I won't let you go just keep your chin up and we'll make it to the morning just keep your chin up and we'll make it to the morning no use in crying we can make it to the morning yeah No use in crying we can make it to the morning just keep your chin up we can make it to the morning just keep your chin up we can make it to the morning yeah
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Simplest Song 02:44
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Dancing with you should be simple But it aint as simple as dancing alone But dancing alone can get lonely so move slowly and Ill catch on oh the singer will sing us the simplest song the simplest song that he knows and I'll stand beside you and fumble along just move slowly and I'll catch on when everything is spinning honey, don't let me down you can turn me round any which way I will try not to cross you or fall out of step if you promise that you'll do the same oh the singer will sing us the simplest song the simplest song that he knows and I'll stand beside you and fumble along just move slowly and I'll catch on Dancing with you should be simple But it aint as simple as dancing alone But dancing alone can get lonely so move slowly and Ill catch on

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Recorded at home during initial covid-19 Stay at home orders in Asheville, NC. An intimate side-project from the singer of the band Hustle Souls. Billy Litz (Kid Billy) wrote and performed all of the music on this album.

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released November 20, 2020

Mixed by Garrett Long at The Watermelon Room / Baltimore, MD
Mastered by Dylan Kaminkow at Audubon Lab Recording / New York, NY

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Kid Billy Asheville, North Carolina

Kid Billy (Billy Litz) is the solo-side-project from singer of the band, Hustle Souls. All songs are written and performed exclusively by Billy Litz. The music is inspired by the roots of American music, blues, jazz, ragtime, gospel, country and folk.

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