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Disillusion Blues

by Zeno Jones

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1.
Upton Blues 04:05
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Going down to Upton, maybe I can lose my mind Headed down to city hall, see if they're going to hang me, maybe it'll only cut me back about a dollar five I said I ain't even doing nobody no harm, I aint even out here selling my moonshine Going down to Upton, there ain't no power lines there I got 5 rounds left in my colt .45, I don't see no sheriff nowhere They got a lighthouse there looking out for people like you and me, but they're selling Jesus at the county fair Going down to Upton, maybe I can sell my soul Headed down to that church house, maybe I'll be the one to throw that first stone The lord said he ain't handing out stones today, but there's always handing out his own
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Gone Away 03:16
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I'm going away babe, won't you kneel when I'm gone I'm headed down to North Carolina, I'll be in jail before the dawn I'm going away babe, got a briefcase chained to my hand I might hit up 3 or 4 banks, maybe shoot me up a holy man I feel like stomping, my old wedding suit out flat I ain't got one wrinkle out of this suit, I'm just walking all over my baby's back I'm going away babe, won't you bury me in my backyard My baby said you can go wherever you want, I know you ain't gonna get that far
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Cold Beverage (Stonewater) Blues 03:10
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I got these Cold Beverage Blues, can't leave your side I'm chained up to the front porch, so you can swim at the riverside I got two types of whiskey, and a suitcase full of stones There's 27 stones in that suitcase, you can't hold that on your own Babe won't you come and live under my bed for a while Mr. Patton's already under there, you can hear him sing for 40 miles There's a man on your street, selling trouble and shine If you don't buy nothing from him, he ain't ever gonna hop that midnight line
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White Lightning 04:09
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White lightning killed me Put me on the run Didn't wanna die In a gutter in the sun Broke my body Working on the line Couldn't make that man his dollar Wouldn't give me my dime Doctor told me I'll kill your pain Head full of dollar bills and a pocket full of change Take two of these Now my peace is strange Peace is gone My soul's undone Can't work, can't stand in line The devil [has] won Street doctor told me I'll help you sleep Take this white lightning you won't feel your feet Got it on the mainline Can't feel no rain White lightning got me Like a ball and chain So I said, White lightning killed me Put me on the run Didn't wanna die In a gutter in the sun In a gutter in the sun In front of my son
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If You Wanna Leave 02:37
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If you wanna leave, there's the door I ain't getting paid to hold your hand no more You got some pretty eyes, prettier than you could ever ask for But even you got a black eye from your mama before I'm so tired I ain't slept in days Tugging the pillow, I've turned about a thousand ways This time tomorrow I'll be on my way They're out here burning bibles but I saved my favorite page I moved by the hills to keep the sunrise down She rolled her eyes and said she can't stick around She opened that letter she got but didn't even make a sound I know where her mind went, went about 6 feet in the ground Her mind is aching and so is her soul She can't remember where she buried that gold I know that ground's empty, empty and cold That's cause I went and grabbed my shovel as soon as she tore out my soul
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Bury Me 04:09
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Hang me from a telephone line, fill my pockets with moonshine You can leave me on hold every day Bury me in 37, throw in my 12 confessions You can let that river come and wash me away Mourn me on the radio, nursing that afterglow Late at night you might, find some new waves Remember in the sea of the tall grass, don't let the waves die so fast Just do as you do and not as you say Oh Bury Me, if you find the time Hang me from the mast of a cutter, we can sway through the waves with the rudder We'll be dancing until we fall off the edge of the sea Bury me in Alamogordo, my wake ain't gonna be a no-show Just lock the casket and throw away the key Mourn me on the edge of the blue ridge, in the twilight of the covered bridge See a moonbow cut down the trees Remember when you sing with the motions That I’m hangin on the ocean I won’t move till I find a breeze Hang me from Tacoma Narrows, paint all the streetcars yellow Blow it down once it feels refined Bury me in carbonite, so I can hang on your wall tonight Might not be home, but I can have a little peace of mind Mourn me up on the moon, bring up your rusted harpoon You can take one step back, for all mankind Forget me on the bank of the river, we'll let it freeze over, I’ll shiver I’ll watch upstream till I go blind I don’t know what I thought I’d find I didn’t know you’d be so unkind I can’t believe you killed me three times
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Nobody Knockin' 03:29
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Nobody knocking on my door Somebody knocking down my door Your man ain’t here, you still gotta put on the show Please don’t let death be my pillow babe Please don’t let death send me to the grave take your steel to that reaper, send him from where he came Now I’m on the cooling board, you’re sleeping on stone My mother’s crying, she’s picking out my gravestone Don’t you know about me babe, I'm the one on your telephone Executioner sleeps in his bed, Sheriff unplugged his telephone
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Colleen 01:43
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Take a break from the disillusion
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Muddy 04:36
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You don’t mind if I smoke my dynamite in here, do you? Watch out for that hole in the floor, it tends to sneak up on you. What are you doing out here, get back on the street where you belong If it rains the sewer can sing you a soothing song. Use your own hand to reach through the fire. Use your own prayers if you’re helping some siren Satan is easy to hide behind when you’re so small Man you’re driving so fast where do you think you’re going? Cutting off a hearse takes a special type of person. Let’s put the world in with your sixteen tons Just cut down this forest with your Gatling gun Fireman don’t run some killing machine Forget your coffee this morning, drink some ice cold gasoline Is it warmer outside the box or in between my lines?
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No More 02:54
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Well she walks all right and talkin like she might want to come home Quite a sight in the spotlight and she don’t even look down at her phone Off the corner, of the bedside With her former lovin man outside Yeah she don’t want him no more Well there ain’t nothing wrong but ain't trying to mess me around Yes it hold up all right but we don’t, even try to hide our sound Only halfway, up the stairs Oh this girl of mine she ain’t playin fair Yeah we’ll she don’t want that old man no more But what happens if pretty soon, she don’t want me no more? Well she walkin wrong and looking strong, my baby she don’t want to come home Caught a fight in the moonlight and she won’t even answer her phone Out the corner, of my eye line Now I’m the the one on the outside Yeah she don’t want me no more
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Arkansas BBQ 02:34
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Well god’s gonna set this world on fire someday Don’t look at me to stop him, I’m gonna step outta his way Hot Damn!
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Disillusion Blues 05:28
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Feels like I’m walking through a river Well that river rising Up to my knees They hand me a bucket, they say Save us boy Well that river rising At my chest They hand me a teacup Save us, they say Save us! Think of the Children You're all we got Well that river rising Up to my chin, lord I said, man you gotta help me They look at me and they say one thing He said there ain’t no room on this Steamboat of ours, its full of black gold I said yes sir, just give me a Big Easy funeral Feels like I washed up in a street market But I ain’t got a dollar to my name They said to sell yourself sell yourself, child but I ain’t even got nothin to give So I crawl into the alleyway I trip into a butcher shop That butches says boy you aint got no meat on you I can’t make a cut outta you Get outta here I head out the back door Now I’m staring down a gun range I crawl into a burnt down house, lord Lord, it’s warm in here Oh it's warm I let myself fell asleep Sleepin with one eye open You know they ain't gonna find me But sure enough they did They wake me up and say son did you pay for that wink you just took? I said no sir, just give me a Big Easy funeral Feels like I woke up dead and buried, lord And I gotta find me, that golden staircase But then it came to me Then it came to me brother I ain’t dead, I'm just tired, lord I’m tired of proselytizing Tired of rationalizing Tired of criticizing memorizing Sympathizing Sacrificing Analyzing Lord now we Antagonizing So you can pacify He's gotta Maximize So she can come out and Minimize Now I'm out here Fantasizing Evangelizing Gotta make sure you're Merchandising So you can afford to go out Patronizing Anglicizing Tranquilizing Satirizing Sanctifying Fratriciding Agonizing I don’t know what to do I don’t know what to believe Nothings real, nothings real no more Just take me lord, take me lord But the lord said He said you ain’t even gone to work yet, you ain’t earned nothing I said yes sir, just give me a Big Easy funeral

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released November 17, 2023

All songs written and performed by Zeno Jones

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Zeno Jones Louisville, Kentucky

Rodney B. rocks his own socks off, going through drum heads & sticks like a wood chipper. Zeno Jones drowns in the deep blues, bending everything he can get his hands on like it’s the truth. As Cold Beverage they play rock & ****ing roll. Not afraid of voice cracks, breakdowns, and other beauty marks, Cold Beverage lays down heavy blues & rock riffs the only way they know, totally out of control. ... more

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