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OLD EMPTY BOTTLE

by Harley Bourbon

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1.
Devil Child 04:39
DEVIL CHILD Stand down the darkness stand in the light Stand on the borders of the western fires cut off your wings you devil child and cut off your wings ashes to ashes, dust to dust the war is raging and its blood for blood cut off your wings you devil child and cut off your wings angel of darkness, washes her hands leave the whole world to fend for themselves cut off your wings you devil child and cut off your wings you devil child you cover the earth in, fire and sand and wash it away lord, wash it away the devil saw you, in the flesh and couldnt say a thing cuz he not of heaven, he not of hell born of this earth but not of this world cut off your wings you devil child and cut off your wings you devil Masses will march and cover the earth and blood red rivers that bring all the end send your command to put out the flames and cut off your wings ashes to ashes, dust to dust the war is raging and its blood for blood cut off your wings you devil child and cut off your wings the angel of darkness washes her hands leave the whole world to fend for themselves cut off your wings you devil child and cut off your wings you devil child you
2.
ALL BROKEN IN Im so lonesome now cant get to sleep It only gets worse, every time i drink cant talk about it now, be leaving soon get to walking on, my worn out boots Their all broken in, just like me Yea you dont know, trouble ive seen Its all buried in, these guitar strings and ive been bloodied up, been all burnt out my old lonesome heart, dont mean a thing cuz ive been thinking that, well id be better off on my own cuz i dont hurt no one, and i dont hurt no one when im alone and im so tired of, been thinking bout how things have been and thats just how it is, lord aint that how it is all broken in sometime got rough, in the country side and id get too drunk, and id get too loud sometime there'd be blood, broken glass it turns out alright, blood washes out well ive been thinking that, well id be better off on my own cuz i dont hurt no one, well i dont hurt no one when im alone and im so tired of, been thinking bout how things have been and thats just how it is, lord aint that how it is all broken in
3.
WHERE I WONT EVER BE LONELY Well its almost 3AM and all them bars are closing down feeling like there aint no where to go in this here town but ive been thinking about a girl, i dont ever see around here anymore and now all the pretty girls are going home with other boys shows already over and im still out making noise yea i thought i got a look from a sweetheart in the crowd but im not sure as im packing up my guitar and i order one last drink shes looking at me from the corner, cute as any girl could be but ive seen enough to know, she dont want nothing from me anyhow so all them sweethearts think they want you , til they know what youve been through try playing cat and mouse, as if you got something to loose but i aint chasing after no one, cuz i aint in the mood right about now just want to go where i wont ever be lonely and i want to drive til that old highway ends and i want to live where that bottles never empty and you dont know my name just want to go where i wont ever be lonely and i wanna wake up where id never see your face and i wanna live where that bottles never empty and you dont know my name Now everybody's leaving with an angel on their arm and im underneath the street lights still pouring out my heart but there aint no body listening but this broken down guitar aint that the truth i say if i had a nickel for every broken heart of mine well im sure that id be rich by the time i was 25 but that aint no kind of way to go along and live your life but still i do cuz it seems like only yesterday, i still believed in love and i give that women everything and she just gave it up now ive seen enough to know that i wont ever be enough for anyone so as i sit here in the alley, with my last bottle of beer and i sing you one last song that you aint never gonna hear well i just wish this love was real, god damn wish this life was fair just for once just want to go where i wont ever be lonely and i wanna drive til that old highway ends and i wanna live where that bottles never empty and you dont know my name just want to go where i wont ever be lonely and i wanna wake up where id never see your face and i wanna live where that bottles never empty and you dont know my name you dont know my name (REPEAT CHORUS)
4.
ANGEL THAT YOU ARE Now there aint no mistaking, youre an angel in the making but you do your very best to break the mold ever since you were a child, well you were always running wild never seem to do what you were told and now id knew that you'd be dangerous, but those gorgeous eyes and those perfect lips just one look and any man was yours and all the boys chase you around, staring at the little sounds your beautiful but you already know i said your beautiful but you already know now on the night that you met me, i was heart-broke drinking whiskey singing songs about a girl that i once knew well you looked like Marilyn Monroe, with you sexy rockabilly clothes it felt just like a dream was coming true well you kept looking at me sweet, trying not to get too close to me like you could tell what i was going through well it didnt seem to take you long til you picked up this old guitar and i was trying not to fall in love with you girl i was trying not to fall in love with you cuz here we are, and i was on the run never know just what youve got until its gone well if i ever hold you again, then ill be holding on Swear if the road, keeps us apart well i just hope you keep a close watch on your heart cuz there aint no one to treat you right, like the angel that you are yea like the angel that you are yea the last time that i saw you, you were only passing through i knew it wouldnt be too long til you were gone and you came into my life and then you make me fall in love again price i pay for leaving you alone well i just wasnt ready then, for a gorgeous girl to want anything from me, i never meant to do you wrong now i know it aint my place, to ask you for another chance but at least i do is leave you with a song cuz here we are, and i was on the run never know just what youve got until its gone well if i ever hold you again, then ill be holding on Swear if the road, keeps us apart well i just hope you keep a close watch on your heart cuz there aint no one to treat you right, like the angel that you are yea like the angel that you are (REPEAT)
5.
HARSH CONDITIONS Well im tired of myself and im tired of this house blood stains on the carpets, broke bottles on the ground well im tired of my memories, that always give me hell another women in my bedroom just a story that shell tell well i dont even have a reason to drag myself along its another shot of whiskey and a lonely traveling song baby dont you miss me when you wake up and im gone cuz im a rambling kind of animal with no place left to run, no place to run no place to run cuz harsh condition im living in let me tell you about it son well im tired of myself and ive been tired of this town think ill pack my bags and ill turn it right around well im getting on a train trying to find my first love again i, i know her name but i dont know hows shes been these days keep going by and i have nothing to rely on but this money in my pocket and these shoes that i tie i walk a dead end street, and im falling through the cracks as it caves in under me, i end up right where i began where i began where i began harsh conditon im living in but i dont think youd understand well i, aint got no time for letting go whoah whoah whoah she said she love you but she dont no no no gamble it all and go for broke whoah whoah whoah that shotgun girl in the centerfold well the day im feeling lonely the day im giving up sitting around this empty house just talking to your ghost so im tying up my boots and im headed down the road well i dont know where im going but ill be sure to let you know these days are getting lonesome these days are getting rough ive been singing all these songs of times i thought i was in love well i dont know why im singing when im down to my last breath cuz she dont want no romance from a vagrant like myself vagrant like myself cuz harsh condition im living in might be heaven might be hell well i, aint got no time for letting go whoah whoah whoah she said she love you but she dont no no no gamble it all and go for broke whoah whoah whoah that shotgun girl in the centerfold aint got no time for letting go she said she love you but she dont gamble it all and go for broke that shotgun girl in the centerfold ( REPEAT)
6.
Blood Red 03:21
BLOOD RED Been up and down that wounded rock Got a 45 stuck to my pocket now im wearing out my worn out jacket got my thumb out but the cars keep passing got a little cash and a pack of smokes got my lovers heart wrapped around my throat another 100 miles til i get home got get back before my blood runs cold Blood Red (x3) Been up and down that damn west coast Searching for that holy ghost have nothing to do, no where to go you know ive got no place to rest my soul got me feeling like a bag of bones and i can take your sticks, i can take your stones you know there better be a silver bullet in your gun boy ya cant kill whats already long long long gone Blood Red (3x) Ya know ive been down but aint gving up gotta rabbits foot for lady luck you know i gotta get moving or i might get stuck cuz im a gambling man and i gamble on love sweet love blood red sweet love
7.
FAST HAND JACK Fast Hand Jack was a gambling man On the Mississippi Queen going to New Orleans he an eye for counting cards, sticky fingers to match he used to hide his 45 wipe under his hat He learned to deal from the devil with a deck of trick cards made a living taking money from the hustlers and sharks and got a little too good at the luck of the draw fast hand jack was a man who didnt know when to stop Fast hand Jack (3x) He used to win theyd say fast hand he done it again playing cards with you aint really playing a game now could you borrow me the money, to get back home Well if you need it so bad then wha'd you spend it for? anytime Now fast hand jack was born in 1912, they say his mother was an angel and his fathers from hell but one things for sure they had the magic touch fast hand jack was a man who didnt run out of luck and one day the devil come to fast hands door trying to collect the debt that fast hand owed he said devil please you know i aint got the cash fast hand lets see if you will ever win again Fast Hand Jack (3x) He used to win theyd say fast hand he done it again playing cards with you aint really playing a game now could you borrow me the money, to get back home Well if you need it so bad then wha'd ya spend it for? anytime Now its fast hand jack on the gamblin boat game of Texas Hold Em' with a bunch of cut throats One time in his life that he just couldnt win you know he couldnt pay up so they took his left hand now its one hand jack sitting on his front porch Shuffles with his thumb so he dont gamble no more Well one things for sure you cant always win when you deal with the devil you come back again anytime Fast Hand Jack (3x) (REPEAT)
8.
Whiskey 03:09
WHISKEY hey ive been drinking whiskey you can smell it on my breath wonder where the time goes til i see you again cuz i dont know where im going, and i dont know who i am hey i smoke too many cigarettes you can smell it on my clothes getting on a train who knows where no body knows cuz i need no time for loving, when i dont love myself guess this is, guess this is hell hey ive been drinking whiskey, you can smell it on my breath wonder when the time will come til i see you again cuz im getting on a train to go right back where i came from hey i smoke too many cigarettes you can smell it on my clothes getting on a train it goes where no body knows cuz i need no time for sleeping, well ill sleep when i am dead thats what i said cant seem to drink you out of my head dont want to leave but i know she dont want me i dont want to leave but i know she dont want me hey ive been drinking whiskey and i drink myself to death well i just get to walking when im tired of myself no i dont know what ive become, and i dont know who i am yea you melt just like molasses underneath my fingertips feeling rather ravish when i get to taste your lips cuz your much too soft too soft for a wretch like me wretch like me a wretch like me
9.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? well i step outside in the cold blue light wondering if youre doing alright miles away from where i stand wondering when you be back again cuz i cant stand us being apart run away with my broken heart i hear your voice like a midnight train wondering when you'll be back again where have you been? where have you been? where have you been? where have you been? well i wake up in my empty bed thoughts of you running through my head saw you in my window pane wondering when you be back again another great big empty day trying to drink my blues away another night, kentucky straight wondering when you be back again where have you been? where have you been? where have you been? where have you been? now pretty darling pretty darling petty darling where have you been? so i step outside in the morning light wondering if youre doing alright miles away from where i stand wondering when you be back again well i cant stand us being apart run away with my broken heart hear your voice like a midnight train wondering when you be back again where have you been? where have you been? where have you been? where have you been? well pretty darling pretty darling pretty darling where have you been? (REPEAT)
10.
OLD EMPTY BOTTLE well you broke my heart and lost my head went to sleep and then i woke up dead feeling like a ghost on that old highway since i lost that women been walking for days now i dont know if ill ever love again cant place a bet when your moneys spent sometimes it takes a bottle to put me to sleep gonna take a lot more to drink you away with that that old empty bottle got me thinking about the one i used to love i know shes never coming home its hard to swallow feel like a man without a purpose drag my feet along that long dark dusty road leading to nowhere gave you my heart so you could break it now im nothing but a bag of skin and bones cold and hollow heres to another couple years washed down the drain heres to that old empty bottle Thought heaven was a girl with that long dark hair with them hazel eyes and that skin so fair and i give that women all my heart but your giving too much tear you apart so i lost all that i had to loose took the last of my love and i put it on you and you threw it away like i wasnt enough now its just me and a long dark walk with that that old empty bottle got me thinking about the one i used to love i know shes never coming home its hard to swallow feel like a man without a purpose drag my feet along that long dark dusty road leading to nowhere gave you my heart so you could break it now im nothing but a bag of skin and bones cold and hollow heres to another couple years washed down the drain heres to that old empty bottle

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This album was HB's debut release, self produced and recorded in Bend Oregon c. 2011

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released January 1, 2013

Johnny Bourbon: Lyrics, vocals & Guitar
Collin Rhoton: Electric Guitar
Casey Cathcart: Upright Bass
Maxine Roach: Drums

Recorded &
Engineered by Shane Thomas

Mastered by Brian Sprague

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Harley Bourbon Bend, Oregon

Harley Bourbon was originally founded by singer-songwriter
John Forrest and guitarist Collin Rhoton, with Maxine Roach on Drums and Casey Cathcart on the Upright Bass

Later incarnations included various guitarists; Kylan Johnson then Sam Fisher, with Nolan Thompson on bass and Avery James behind the Drum kit.

Thank you to all who came to see us perform over the years. We had a blast
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