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by Leslie Waugh

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1.
Magdalena 03:45
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The winds of change were cold and kickin’ up It made him feel a little older He swore the highway would be his love Now it weighed heavy on his shoulders He met Magdalena in Santa Fe There were moonbeams in her smile Suddenly he was swept away He thought he’d stay with her a while He said, Oh Magdalena For you I’d make a home With your brown eyes glowin’ So easy goin’, I’ll never roam from Magdalena It wasn’t easy to give it up Down by the crossroads he would wonder If he heard the highway call his name It echoed through him just like thunder Magdalena, she knew his heart He was always free to go And if he did she knew he’d come right back A thousand times he told her so He said, Oh Magdalena You’re the reason I come home To your brown eyes glowin’ So easy goin’, I’ll never roam Oh Magdalena You’re the only home I’ve known And your brown eyes are glowin’ So easy goin’, I’ll never roam So easy goin’, I’ll never roam Oh Magdalena
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Beauty 02:57
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The tide rolls in, stirs up the shore A pelican dives then silently soars Through a cloudless sky, I can’t ignore All I see is beauty Wind’s at my back, sun’s on my face Must’a done somethin good to be in this place I’ve fallen into a true state of grace All I see is beauty A glimpse into heaven to strengthen my life A welcome relief from the toil and strife Baptized by the water I’m finally free to breathe I’ve never been sure of just who I am I’m starting to see, now I understand I’m a spectator in the grandest of plans All I see is beauty All I see is beauty All I see is beauty
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Drunken Poets Dream 03:48
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I am a woman who’s wild as Rome I like being naked and gazed upon When I cross a bridge I set it on fire I land like a bird on a telephone wire I’m gonna holler. I’m gonna scream I’m gonna get me some mescaline Then I’m gonna rhyme that with gasoline A drunken poet’s dream There’s some money on the table and a pistol on the floor A few paperback books by Louie Lamoure And whiskey bottles scattered like last night’s clothes With cigarettes and papers and Oreo’s My harmonica’s got a busted reed My lips are chapped and about to bleed But that ain’t nothin’ when I was a kid I danced with the dead at the pyramids I’m gonna holler. I’m gonna scream I’m gonna get me some mescaline Then I’m gonna rhyme that with gasoline A drunken poet’s dream I never paid back my student loans I smell like Coors and cheap cologne But I don’t worry about judgment day Dyin’ to get to heaven just ain’t my way I’m gonna holler. I’m gonna scream I’m gonna get me some mescaline Then I’m gonna rhyme that with gasoline A drunken poet’s dream Oh I’m gonna holler. I’m gonna scream I’m gonna get me some mescaline Then I’m gonna rhyme that with gasoline A drunken poet’s dream I am a woman who’s wild as Rome I like being naked and gazed upon
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Wine, Women and Song 04:05
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There’s not enough wine, women and song to keep you happy There’s not enough wine, women and song to fill your bed When it comes to them I can’t compare All your lovers are everywhere There’s not enough wine, women and song to keep you happy I’m just another girl with a broken heart, another name in your black book When you tossed out your line, you know I bit the hook And when you cut me lose you dried my tears, like every girl you’ve set free I bet you told ‘em too how love wasn’t meant to be There’s not enough wine, women and song to keep you happy There’s not enough wine, women and song to fill your bed When it comes to them I can’t compare All your lovers are everywhere There’s not enough wine, women and song to keep you happy You need the thrill of the chase; love is easy when it’ new How was I supposed to know that this is what you do Now I feel like a fool, ‘cuz you were always in for life And you would never settle down, or make me your wife There’s not enough wine, women and song to keep you happy There’s not enough wine, women and song to fill your bed When it comes to them I can’t compare All your lovers are everywhere There’s not enough wine, women and song to keep you happy And I tried to cast my spell, but you still ran away I didn’t stand a chance in hell, now it’s plain as day There’s not enough wine, women and song to keep you happy There’s not enough wine, women and song to fill your bed When it comes to them I can’t compare All your lovers are everywhere There’s not enough wine, women and song to keep you happy
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Stay With Me 04:14
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Stay with me Stay with me, baby stay with me If I give you a reason to leave stay with me We’re lying in bed with the radio on You sing along to my favorite song I hear your voice and my heart skips a beat This is the closest that I’ve ever been to complete Night after night I sleep in your arms Day after day I’m lost in your charm Is it a dream, you’re too good to be true If love is the answer then I know the question is you Stay with me, baby stay with me If I give you a reason to leave stay with me Stay with me, baby stay with me You’re the reason I believe Stay with me Words can’t express how I feel for you Those three little words they’ll never do I think you know, it’s understood All of my life I’ve been waiting for something this good Stay with me, baby stay with me If I give you a reason to leave stay with me Stay with me, baby stay with me You’re the reason I believe Stay with me We’re lying in bed with the radio on You sing along to my favorite song I hear your voice and my heart skips a beat This is the closest that I’ve ever been to complete Night after night I sleep in your arms
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Whiskey High 03:53
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It was a bad ending from the start I’m a walking wounded with a broken heart So I made my way to the nearest bar To seal my wound before it left a scar I bought me a bottle, grabbed me a seat I began to pour, drink and repeat Last night I was whiskey high, today it shows I don’t know when I’ve felt so low But it sure felt good going down That whiskey sure felt good going down Every little kiss, every little hug Felt just like we were in love When you said “baby this is the end” I made that bottle my new best friend I betcha it was a helluva sight To me see make love to the whiskey last night I was whiskey high, today it shows I don’t know when I’ve felt so low But it sure felt good going down That whiskey sure felt good going down Oh, going down Just so you know, I never touch the stuff But I wanted to die and I never bluff I wanted the pain to disappear Guess the hole in my heart is a souvenir And I betcha I drink that whiskey again ‘Cause it can knock me out like a rolling pin Last night I was whiskey high, today it shows I don’t know when I’ve felt so low But it sure felt good going down That whiskey sure felt good going down Last night I was whiskey high I was whiskey high, I was whiskey high Today I’m low, today I’m low O I’m so damn low From my whiskey high
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I Want Love 03:36
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If you can sleep without me night after night If you don’t miss me there holdin’ you tight If you can go for hours and never think of me Then you’re not the one, we’re not meant to be ‘Cause I want love a tangled up in you love I want love without you I feel blue love I want love nothing less with do love I want love. I want that kind of love If you can say goodbye and not choke up inside If you’re not strong enough to swim against the tide If you can’t take my bad along with all my good Then I wasn’t clear or you misunderstood I want love an aching in my bones love I want love a trade all that I own love I want love I finally feel at home love I want love. I want that kind of love If you only care when I say I’m leaving If every day with me is not a day worth seizing If you would let me go just to save your pride Then you’re not the one, you’re not bona fide I want love a syrupy and sweet love I want love a knock me off my feet love I want love a constant and complete love I want love. I want that kind of love Let me tell ya one more time I want love infectious and contagious I want love heroic and outrageous I want love a love that’s for the ages I want love. I want that kind of love I want love. I want that kind of love
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South Texas Fall 04:25
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You and I were lovers for a while But you chose to live with her where it’s cold and dry If you need to get away, warm up inside See me where it’s sunny and it’s 85 And when you arrive I’ll say welcome….. I’m your south Texas fall Oh welcome…..I’m your south Texas fall You can blame the weather, it don’t mean to be cruel ‘Cause weathers gonna do what it has to do If you miss the winter I’ll rake the leaves off the trees I’ll do whatever sets you at ease Stay as long as you please Oh, welcome….I’m your south Texas fall Welcome, welcome, I’m your south Texas fall You’re loyal without question, lost in good intentions That ain’t a crime How ‘bout a change of scenery, you need a little greenery And a new frame of mind I can be your comfort, that’s as good as gold I can be a talisman against a world gone cold Autumn leaves are falling, there’s a frost in the air You need my Indian summer to relieve your despair Let me show you I care Oh welcome…..I’m your south Texas fall Welcome, baby welcome I’m your south Texas fall
9.
Jewel 04:43
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The first thing I do is toss yesterday’s news Straight into the garbage can There’s nothing I can use from yesterday’s blues So I start it all over again I could get stressed by what happens next My heartbeat would surely spike The world is complex so it helps to project A positive outlook on life Life can seem empty, empty cold and cruel But if I try to mine it, chip it out and shine it Inside I’ll find a jewel I work so hard, it’s my calling card It takes up most of my day When fun finally comes I’m a rabbit on the run You gotta chase me to take it away When my head and my feet beg me to sleep I’ll lay all my burdens down And there in my slumber I’m unencumbered I wear all the jewels in my crown Life can seem empty, empty cold and cruel But if I try to mine it, chip it out and shine it Inside I’ll find a jewel We all need a way to make it through the day It takes courage to face our fears I won’t make in to heaven on just good intentions God knows if I’m less than sincere The first thing I do is toss yesterday’s news Straight into the garbage can There’s nothing I can use from yesterday’s blues So I start it all over again But, if I try to mine it, chip it out and shine it Inside I’ll find a jewel Yea, if I try to mine it, chip it out and shine it Inside I’ll find a jewel
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The Pain of Losing You 03:47
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When I think about love, I think about you And all the nights you held me tight under a silver moon So I don’t think about love now that we’re through Every tear I cried has long since dried, and I’m finally over you I was just about to lock the door on that chapter of my life Now you come knockin’ and say to me this time you’ll treat me right But you’ll never get a second chance to break my heart I already cried twice as hard for you Then any other lover who said goodbye I can’t relive the pain of losing you So I’ll think with my head, not my heart this time It hurt to the bone to be alone but I found peace of mind When I look in your eyes, I know that I’m strong Every part of me has been set free and I’m finally moving on I was just about to lock the door on that chapter of my life Now you come knockin’ and say to me this time you’ll treat me right But you’ll never get a second chance to break my heart I already cried twice as hard for you Then any other lover who said goodbye I can’t relive the pain of losing you No I can’t relive the pain of a love that was in vain I can’t relive the pain of losing you The pain of losing you The pain of losing you
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Freedom Train 03:36
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Calabasas County is a long way from the place Where he bled and sweat and bent the steel ‘till his bones did ache With a gold piece in his pocket he’s ridin’ with the freight On the Southern Pacific to the Golden State On that freedom train, He’ll ride the freedom train Aboard the freedom train ‘till he’s home Freedom train, He’ll ride that freedom train Aboard the freedom train ‘till he’s home Not a free man, he’s a debtor those Yankees can exploit Part of the great migration to the city of Detroit Where they used him like a pack mule, never learned to read or write Twelve years to buy his freedom and he’s headin’ out tonight On that freedom train, He’ll ride the freedom train Aboard the freedom train ‘till he’s home Freedom train, He’ll ride that freedom train Aboard the freedom train ‘till he’s home He heard in California, the sun warms your bones And a colored man can live off the land and just be left alone Oh, Calabasas County is a long way from the place Where he bled and sweat and bent the steel till his bones did ache On that freedom train, He’ll ride that freedom train Aboard the freedom train ‘till he’s home Freedom train, he’ll ride that freedom train On that freedom train, ‘till he’s home

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Produced by Lloyd Maines & Terri Hendrix. Engineered by Pat Manske. Mixed and mastered and recorded at The Zone in Dripping Springs, Texas by Lloyd Maines and Pat Manske

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released May 3, 2014

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Leslie Waugh Houston, Texas

After a fateful songwriter's workshop in 2005, Leslie Waugh began her musical journey in earnest. Her music creates snapshots in melody and verse. Vignettes from a Woman's Serenade, a trilogy of EPs embraces matters of the heart and human connection across the three volumes. New Volume III will release on 9/29/2023. The EP was co-produced by Waugh and Pat Manske at The Zone recording studio ... more

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