The Duel All songs written by Allison Moorer and Butch Primm I Ain’t Giving Up On You I always toss it in when things get heavy Wash my hands and leave ‘em high and dry I’ve put ‘em to the wind like confetti But a lady has a right to change her mind I ain’t giving up on you I ain’t giving up on you By owning up to this I’m breaking the promise I made when I was on the losing end To tell the truth it’s hard being honest When there is something else that might break again I ain’t giving up on you I ain’t giving up on you The tin horn’s jumping off the deep end Betting on a million-to-one shot All I want to do is break even And you’re the best chance I got I ain’t giving up on you I ain’t giving up on you Baby Dreamer There’s a foreign movie Up on your silver screen Black and white and silent If you don’t count the screams From where you are sitting It all seems so real Everyone who’s seen it Knows the way you feel Wake up baby dreamer Wipe the sleep from your eyes Look behind the curtain Such a beautiful sunrise Sometimes a flight of fancy Falls down from the clouds You don’t have to worry For crying out loud Wake up baby dreamer Wipe the sleep from your eyes Look behind the curtain Such a beautiful sunrise Melancholy Polly Melancholy Polly spills her guts on stage She can’t get her jollies any other way Safe inside the music and the melody Polly gets to lose it and no one can see She is not a starlet with a red guitar Just an easy target for a broken heart Peddling her story up there all alone Is another allegory carved in stone She would ransom her fate If she had some escape But her words are a curse Every rhyme every line and verse In front of the footlights Polly takes a bow Waves and says her goodnight to the drunken crowd When the house is clapping she knows what it means Her life only happens for a song to sing Believe You Me The cuckoo clock quit chirping The bird fell out and died Spent its whole life working And never learned to fly It ran out of time A man jumped in the river To wash away his sin In his religious fervor Forgot he couldn’t swim No one saved his skin Believe you me I want to believe in you Believe you me I want to believe I do A woman works the corner Of Hollywood and Vine No one can afford her But we stand in line ‘Cause her love is blind Believe you me I want to believe in you Believe you me I want to believe I do One On The House Mister bartender I’m speaking the truth When I tell you my mouth is bone dry I’d love four fingers of your hundred proof But I’ve run smack dab into hard times Wasted my fortune on having a ball Hit the bottle like a calf at a cow What I’m gonna ask you takes a whole lotta gall Do me a favor and give me one on the house One on the house Can’t say I’m proud of this life of mine But begging is brand new to me I cross my heart I’ll buy you one next time As soon as I’m back on my feet Mister bartender you won’t be the first To hear what I say and have doubts You can question my honesty but not my thirst Do me a favor and give me one on the house One on the house Gimme one on the house One on the house I’m just a poor soul who wants to get soused Gimme one on the house All Aboard Bandwagon rides for free Satisfaction guaranteed Fall in line and let it take you farther Hurry up they’re going fast This special offer will not last All aboard yells the main street barker All aboard, all aboard All aboard, all aboard Sign up and get a flag Wear it proudly you can brag To the fools who didn’t volunteer Some restrictions do apply Watch your mouth and close your eyes And we allow no yellow foreign queers All aboard, all aboard All aboard, all aboard A team of old white studs Pulls this rolling country club Climb right on in and take a seat Down the beaten path we’ll run High stepping to the drummer’s drum And if you don’t love it you can leave All aboard, all aboard All aboard, all aboard The Duel In this cemetery mist Stands a newborn atheist Even if you do exist You’re far from almighty Flesh and blood’s a sissy fit Death’s a gold glove pugilist And everyday it’s hit or miss That’s what I believe I stared at my polished shoes In front of your wooden pews Prayed and prayed don’t let me lose What my heart adores Are miracles old-fashioned news No healing hands were ever used Faithfulness was my excuse Tell me what was yours I don’t know how many rounds Are left in me ‘til I stay down And there’s no telling where I’m bound But one thing I’m sure of The king of kings has lost his crown It’s buried here in marble town In the god forsaken ground With my only love When Will You Ever Come Down Joyrides for the pain Sparkling in your brain Nothing's there just a haze Swallowing up your days When will you ever come down When will you ever come down All you have is what you need All you make are enemies Can't believe what went wrong Why you've been gone so long When will you ever come down When will you ever come down Who is the monster in the mirror With the sorry eyes You've never seen it any clearer And you're terrified Circling 'round and 'round Looking for the lost and found Dragon's teeth you have sown Make it hard to come back home When will you ever come down When will you ever come down When will you ever come down When will you ever come down Louise is in the Blue Moon The coolsville country sheriff Got tired of southern charm And traded in his lonesome badge For a lady on his arm Old Danny leads the well-dressed In a god box by the sea Armed only with an ancient tongue And a gut string on his knee Louise is in the blue moon Putting up her dukes Walking on rocky socks Punching numbers on a juke The handsome riverboat gambler Is holed up in some motel He’s dealing with new players Who know the game real well And Skinny’s off his rocker He left it on the road And even though he’ll miss it He had to let it go Louise is in the blue moon Putting up her dukes She’s walking on rocky socks Punching numbers on a juke Once Upon a Time She Said Just getting by is getting old Locked up inside this pigeonhole Breaking my back with my bare hands Some of us can’t some of us can I don’t have it in me A bullet needs a gun And in the land of plenty They need a champion I’m one more of many Not a lion in the sun Been hanging 'round and holding on Here underground way too long Losing my mind digging for gold All I can find as life unfolds is I don’t have it in me A bullet needs a gun And in the land of plenty They need a champion I’m one more of many Not a lion in the sun It’s unpopular To be unpopular It’s unpopular To be unpopular Isn’t it sad the ending Won’t be a happy one I’m one more of many Not a lion in the sun Sing Me to Sleep As a child I wept I was afraid That if I slept I would not wake But slumber came until the dawn When Mama sang a bedtime song Now as darkness falls on my last day Casting a pall on where I lay Let me make one last request Before I take eternal rest Sing me to sleep while I close my eyes A soft and sweet lullaby I’m asking please don’t say goodbye Sing me to sleep one more time