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lyrics

When I ride into the sunset (Wake)

When I first left home I didn’t know why but I sure was glad to be gone
I didn’t know yet how trouble feels when you find it on your own
When I came back to my surprise I really didn’t mind it
Now I’ve found trouble lurking where I never thought I’d find it

Got a first rate deal on a second hand life and I make just enough to get by
Got a small time job and big time dreams and lots of time to get high
There’s nothing here to hold me but a girl I hardly know
she loves me more than I deserve but I don’t have the guts to tell her so

When I ride into the sunset
It won’t be like Hollywood
No white hat, no cloud of dust
no one sayin’ he done the best he could
Just classic rock and all news talk
and right wing crazies on the radio
a pile of maps on the passenger seat
to help me figure out where to go.

Every night I go to bed with the girl I hardly know
and wake up in the middle of the night and promise myself to let her go
I want to run away but I can’t get out of bed
When I think about it long enough I break out in a sweat

All the wheeler dealers fled to Vegas, certain they can beat the odds
The old man at the shoe repair says put your faith in God
Frank the tailor tells me I should find a girl and settle down
But I’m scared to death of growin’ old and dyin’ in this town

When I ride into the sunset
It won’t be like Hollywood
No white hat, no cloud of dust
no one sayin’ he done the best he could
Just classic rock and all news talk
and right wing crazies on the radio
a pile of maps on the passenger seat
to help me figure out where to go.

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from Whatever it is I'm against it, released October 14, 2012
by Jim Wake

Jim Wake – lead vocal, rhythm guitar
Ruud Fransen – bass, backup vocal
Egbert Kemner – guitar, backup vocal
Eelco Flapper - drums
Arnoud van Buuren – accordion, backup vocal
Corné van Woerdekom, violin

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Jim Wake and Sleepwalker, like the musical traditions in blues, rock ’n’ roll, and rhythm blues from which the band draws inspiration, is an experience defying easy description. It is music that swings, drives, bumps and grinds, moans and groans, screams and shouts, and then steps back and turns introspective, plaintive, or nostalgic. ... more

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