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Meant To Be

by Tijerina

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1.
Nothin' Like the Blues 03:08
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Long hours on the road and there’s never much dough Livin’ a dream that some feel is crazy But it pays the bills and it gives me such a thrill I wouldn’t have it any other way I play the blues ‘cause it moves me more than any music ever has (repeat) A labor of love, the blues is a gift from above And it makes my world a better place, maybe yours too The blues gets inside me moves me deep down in my soul The blues is the groove that grabs ahold and won’t let go The blues will never grow old Whether funky rockin’ or straight ahead there ain’t nothin’ like the blues The blues gets inside me moves me deep down in my soul The blues is the groove that grabs ahold and won’t let go The blues will never grow old Whether funky rockin’ or straight ahead there ain’t nothin’ like the blues
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Life's Too Short 03:06
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Sometimes my life feels all in disarray Things left undone keep pilin’ up I’m bailing out my life raft with a spoon Seems every day new leaks have sprung Don’t wanna let my worries drown me ‘Cause life’s too short I’m feeling stuck in my situation Like it’s time to hit the road Feels like a ton of bricks crushing my mind I’d love to lose this heavy load I really need to take a holiday ‘Cause life’s too short Life’s too short To feel this stressed out Life’s too short To let my mind be filled with doubt I could let worry get the best of me But life’s too short I’m so busy worrying night and day I’ve got to schedule time to think I need to stop and smell the roses ‘Cause being worried sick sure does stink I’m losing sleep over troubles pilin’ up But life’s too short Life’s too short To feel this stressed out Life’s too short To let my mind be filled with doubt I could stay focused on my problems But life’s too short
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I Tried 03:57
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When love’s slippin’ away How we fight to hold on Sometimes we reach out in vain For something long gone I never contemplated solitude That you would walk some separate road But what was once warm and bright Has grown dark and cold I tried to keep our fading love alive Whoah oh oh oh I tried to save what had already died Perhaps there’s beauty in frailty To be touched a heart must be exposed With open hand we began our dance In pain we bring it to a close I saw it in your eyes And when I touched your distant hand It hides my path in shadows To know exactly where you stand I tried to keep our fading love alive Whoah oh oh oh I tried to save what had already died There’s no use hopin’ for a second chance When it would only be in vain I’ve got to keep movin’ forward I’ve got to break free from the pain I tried to keep our fading love alive Whoah oh oh oh I tried to save what had already died
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I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water 02:37
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Barely Gettin' By 03:42
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Words: Todd Tijerina; Music: Todd Tijerina & Dave Heidt Well I’m down and out And my luck has gone south And I’m feelin’ kinda mean But I know There’s better times around the corner Well my rent is overdue I’ve got holes in my shoes And my raggedy clothes Just seem to have the blues But I know I know my luck has got to change Well ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh sweet baby I said ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh sweet baby I ain’t been actin’ right Hard times make me kinda mean Me and my guitar survive from day to day We don’t know no other way You know sometimes I can’t help but feel a little desperate Always barely gettin’ by makes it so hard to be nice Well ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh sweet baby I said ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh sweet baby I ain’t been actin’ right Hard times make me kinda mean
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Roses 03:45
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Roses, roses Cast to the wind Prospects dance in shadows And fan the flame within But a fantasy can shade the sun That lights the face you see Desire paints a picture Of what your life could be With someone who fits the mold And you think that one is me But a fantasy can shade the sun That lights the face you see I’d be lying if I didn’t admit That my heart had filled in some spaces And it tricked my vision into seeing Rosy, painted pretty faces Now I can’t help but feel I’ll never be The ideal of your infatuation Sometimes hope feeds self-deception And I don’t know how to feel When you compliment the thing about me That I know just isn’t real Girl a fantasy can shade the sun That lights the face you see
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Crossroads 02:40
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Sweet November 03:07
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Another gray mornin’ As I’m starin’ out my window When hard times and bad luck wear you down It gets hard to face another day But the leaves have turned setting fire to the hillside I can’t help but take it all in Sweet November Demons flee on your arrival As the leaves die and snow falls My desperation fades For the first time in weeks, maybe months I begin to feel hope again Well it only takes one spark to be captured by the moment As the vast horizon expands the space between fills in with life And I’ll run as long as I can to make the moment last Leaving doubt behind Well it only takes one spark to be captured by the moment As the vast horizon expands the space between fills in with life And I’ll run as long as I can to make the moment last Leaving doubt behind
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Meant To Be 03:29
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Time… keeps on movin’ by Time… keeps on movin’ by The further down the road I go The more you’re on my mind Choices I can’t escape the past Regretful choices I can’t escape the past Girl like a prisoner doin’ hard time I need a second chance I close my eyes And you’re right here with me When I close my eyes You’re right here with me Sometimes dreams tell the story Like it was meant to be Whoah Sometimes dreams tell the story Like it was meant to be
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Born Under a Bad Sign 04:31
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I Hate My Job 03:43
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I hate my job The way they treat me like a slave (repeat) I dream of quittin’ this job Each and every workin’ day I’m gonna head to the bar I’m gonna have myself a beer (repeat) Gonna forget about this job And how much I hate workin’ here Hey Bossman You got a problem with my work? (repeat) ‘Cause then I’m askin’ if you don’t Why you always such a jerk I hate my job in the mornin’, I hate it at night I say if I don’t quit this job man there’s gonna be a fight I hate my job, I said I hate it day and night I’m gonna quit this job Find one a where they treat my right I’m getting’ tired Of being bossed around by you (repeat) I can feel you breathin’ down my neck On every little thing I do I hate my job in the mornin’, I hate it at night I say if I don’t quit this job man there’s gonna be a fight I hate my job, I said I hate it day and night I’m gonna quit this job Find one a where they treat my right
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Wrong Side 03:37
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4:30 in the mornin’ I hear the siren’s warnin’ (repeat) The angry world is waitin’ Just outside my castle’s walls Wrong side of the tracks Young man wanders out of bounds Wrong side of the tracks Ends up in the wrong part of town People despising his kind Wait for him to cross the line Is fear the root of evil People hating people (repeat) Devils that we’ve painted Without having seen their eyes Wrong side of the tracks Red, yellow, white or black (repeat) People afraid of differences Wait for us to cross the line
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Lookin' Away 03:38
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Freezin’ in the street No shoes on his feet Left to his wits to fight hunger and the cold An unjust sentence for the crime of growin’ old I’m lookin’ away I won’t be dismayed By what I don’t see Young mother huddled on the stairway ‘neath the storm Trades her child’s next meal for that needle in her arm Searchin’ for her pleasure in the rain Maybe retreatin’ from a life that’s full of pain I’m looking away I won’t be dismayed By what I don’t see I look at myself in the mirror and wonder why I know this person yet I don’t know who’s inside It’s hard to face the weaknesses that lie within I’m lookin’ away I’m lookin’ away I’m lookin’ away I look at myself in the mirror and wonder why I know this person yet I don’t know who’s inside It’s hard to face the weaknesses that lie within I’m lookin’ away I’m lookin’ away I’m lookin’ away

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released November 8, 2010

Todd Tijerina: Guitar & Lead Vocals
Dave Hiedt: Bass, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Percussion
Curly Castillo: Drums
Produced by Todd Tijerina & Dave Heidt
Recorded at Rt 66 Music in Bernalillo, NM

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