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Straight Time

This song was 126 x played live .

This songs has been heard live by 1800 users.

First time played on: 21/11/1995

Latest time played on: 22/06/2005

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Lyrics

Got out of prison back in '86 and I found me a wife
Walked the clean and narrow
just tryin' to stay out and stay alive
Got a job at the rendering factory,it ain't gonna make me rich
In the darkness before dinner comes
Sometimes I can feel the it
I got a cold mind to go tripping across that thin line
I'm sick of doin straight time


My uncles at the evenin' table makes his living runnin' hot cars
Slips me a hundred dollar bill, says
"Charlie, you best remember who your friend are."
I got a cold mind to go tripping across that thin line
I ain't makin' straight time

Eight years in, it feels like you're gonna die
But you get used to anything
Sooner or later it becomes your life


Kitchen floor in the evening, tossin' my little babies high
Mary's smilin', but she watches me out of the corner of her eye
Seems you can't get any more than half free
I step out onto the front porch, and suck the cold air deep inside of me
Got a cold mind to go tripping cross that thin line
I'm sick of doin' straight time

In the basement, huntin' gun and a hacksaw
Sip a beer, and thirteen inches of barrel drop to the floor


Come home in the evening, can't get the smell from my hands
Lay my head down on the pillow
And, go driftin' off into foreign lands
Played in:
21/11/1995State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJUnited States
22/11/1995Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJUnited States
26/11/1995Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, CAUnited States
27/11/1995Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, CAUnited States
29/11/1995Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CAUnited States
30/11/1995Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CAUnited States
03/12/1995Rosemont Theatre, Chicago, ILUnited States
05/12/1995Constitution Hall, Washington, DCUnited States
06/12/1995Constitution Hall, Washington, DCUnited States
08/12/1995Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PAUnited States
09/12/1995Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PAUnited States
12/12/1995Beacon Theater, New York, NYUnited States
13/12/1995Beacon Theater, New York, NYUnited States
15/12/1995Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MAUnited States
16/12/1995Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MAUnited States
17/12/1995Beacon Theater, New York, NYUnited States
07/01/1996Place des Arts, MontrealCanada
08/01/1996Massey Hall, TorontoCanada
10/01/1996Fox Theatre, Detroit, MIUnited States
11/01/1996Fox Theatre, Detroit, MIUnited States
12/01/1996Stambaugh Auditorium, Youngstown, OHUnited States
16/01/1996Music Hall, Cleveland, OHUnited States
17/01/1996Music Hall, Cleveland, OHUnited States
18/01/1996Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MOUnited States
22/01/1996Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LAUnited States
23/01/1996Jesse Jones Hall, Houston, TXUnited States
25/01/1996Music Hall, Austin, TXUnited States
26/01/1996Bronco Bowl, Dallas, TXUnited States
28/01/1996Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GAUnited States
12/02/1996Alte Opera, Frankfurt am MainGermany
14/02/1996Kulturpalast, DresdenGermany
15/02/1996Rudi Sedlmayer Halle, MunichGermany
17/02/1996CCH Halle 1, HamburgGermany
18/02/1996Phillipshalle, DüsseldorfGermany
21/02/1996Le Zénith de Paris, ParisFrance
22/02/1996Le Zénith de Paris, ParisFrance
25/02/1996De Doelen, RotterdamNetherlands
26/02/1996Carré, AmsterdamNetherlands
28/02/1996Apollo Theatre, ManchesterGreat Britain
29/02/1996Symphony Hall, BirminghamGreat Britain
02/03/1996City Hall, NewcastleGreat Britain
03/03/1996Playhouse Theatre, EdinburghGreat Britain
13/03/1996The Cirkus, StockholmSweden
14/03/1996Spektrum, OsloNorway
16/03/1996Falkoner-Teatret, CopenhagenDenmark
19/03/1996Kings Hall, BelfastGreat Britain
20/03/1996The Point, DublinIreland
10/04/1996Auditorium S.Cecilia, RomeItaly
11/04/1996Teatro Smeraldo, MilanItaly
13/04/1996Teatro Carlo Felice, GenovaItaly
16/04/1996Royal Albert Hall, LondonGreat Britain
17/04/1996Royal Albert Hall, LondonGreat Britain
19/04/1996ICC, BerlinGermany
20/04/1996Queen Elizabeth Hall, AntwerpBelgium
22/04/1996Royal Albert Hall, LondonGreat Britain
24/04/1996Brixton Academy, LondonGreat Britain
25/04/1996Brixton Academy, LondonGreat Britain
27/04/1996Royal Albert Hall, LondonGreat Britain
30/04/1996Palais de Congres, StrasbourgFrance
01/05/1996Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, BrusselBelgium
02/05/1996Kongresshaus, ZurichSwitzerland
06/05/1996Teatre Tívoli, BarcelonaSpain
07/05/1996Teatre Tívoli, BarcelonaSpain
08/05/1996Palacio de Congresos, MadridSpain
16/09/1996Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, PAUnited States
18/09/1996Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, CTUnited States
19/09/1996Performing Arts Center, Providence, RIUnited States
24/09/1996Miller Auditorium, Kalamazoo, MIUnited States
25/09/1996University of Akron, Thomas Hall, Akron, OHUnited States
26/09/1996University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIUnited States
01/10/1996Braden Auditorium, Normal, ILUnited States
02/10/1996Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, WIUnited States
03/10/1996Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MNUnited States
15/10/1996Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, UTUnited States
16/10/1996Paramount Theatre, Denver, COUnited States
17/10/1996Paramount Theatre, Denver, COUnited States
19/10/1996Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NMUnited States
21/10/1996Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZUnited States
22/10/1996Civic Theatre, San Diego, CAUnited States
23/10/1996Saroyan Theatre, Fresno, CAUnited States
25/10/1996Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara, CAUnited States
26/10/1996Event Center Arena, San Jose, CAUnited States
28/10/1996Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, ORUnited States
29/10/1996Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WAUnited States
08/11/1996St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold, NJUnited States
12/11/1996Shea\'s Perf. Arts Center, Buffalo, NYUnited States
13/11/1996Landmark Theatre, Syracuse, NYUnited States
14/11/1996Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MAUnited States
19/11/1996North Auditorium, Memphis, TNUnited States
20/11/1996The Louisville Palace, Louisville, KYUnited States
21/11/1996Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, INUnited States
24/11/1996Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJUnited States
26/11/1996Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJUnited States
02/12/1996Sunrise Musical Theater, Sunrise, FLUnited States
03/12/1996Sunrise Musical Theater, Sunrise, FLUnited States
05/12/1996Township Auditorium, Columbia, SCUnited States
06/12/1996Jefferson Civic Centre, Birmingham, ALUnited States
10/12/1996Music Hall, Cincinnati, OHUnited States
11/12/1996Veteran\'s Auditorium, Columbus, OHUnited States
12/12/1996Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TNUnited States
14/12/1996Ovens Auditorium, Charlotte, NCUnited States
27/01/1997Tokyo International Forum Hall, TokyoJapan
04/02/1997Concert Hall, BrisbaneAustralia
05/02/1997Concert Hall, BrisbaneAustralia
07/02/1997Capitol Theatre, SydneyAustralia
08/02/1997Capitol Theatre, SydneyAustralia
10/02/1997Capitol Theatre, SydneyAustralia
11/02/1997Capitol Theatre, SydneyAustralia
12/02/1997Capitol Theatre, SydneyAustralia
15/02/1997The Palais, MelbourneAustralia
16/02/1997The Palais, MelbourneAustralia
17/02/1997The Palais, MelbourneAustralia
06/05/1997Austria Center, ViennaAustria
07/05/1997Austria Center, ViennaAustria
09/05/1997Sala Congresowa, WarsawPoland
10/05/1997Sala Congresowa, WarsawPoland
12/05/1997Congress Center, PragueCzech Republic
15/05/1997Auditorium M.Ravel, LyonFrance
16/05/1997Opera Berlioz-Le Corum, MontpellierFrance
18/05/1997Acropolis, NiceFrance
19/05/1997Le Zenith-Omega, ToulonFrance
21/05/1997Teatro Verdi, FlorenceItaly
22/05/1997Teatro Augusteo, NaplesItaly
25/05/1997Palais des congrès de Paris, ParisFrance
26/05/1997Palais des congrès de Paris, ParisFrance
22/06/2005Forum, CopenhagenDenmark