The air all painted pallid gray
The storm was coming in
Folks were lining out in all directions
Me and Holt and Henry Short
Were pitching on the skiff
Trying to make it home before the night
And the gray waves were rolling
Bold the brave, brave ocean and rolled us suckers in
Well I don't keep to goings on
I tend to stick with kin
But Watson had it in from the beginning
He built that house on Chatham Bend
A white-washed knotted pine
Ninety acres furrowed for the cane
And he drove it down from Georgia
His dad a martyred soldier
In the war between the states
Lord, bring down the flood
Wash away the blood
And drown these everglades
And put us in our place
We laid Edgar Watson in his grave
We laid him in his grave
'Til I'm dust I'll never know
Why he came ashore, with all those killers
Gathered on the shoreline
Kicking holes in ugly mud
With trigger fingers pinched
A brace of rifles, bristled in the wind
And we towed his body northbound
And buried him all face down with a good view into hell
Lord, bring down the flood
Wash away the blood
And drown these Everglades
And put us in our place
We laid Edgar Watson in his grave
We laid him in his grave
We laid him in his grave
We laid him in his grave
E. Watson
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A Bower Scene A Record Year for Rainfall After the Bombs All Arise An Interlude Annan Water Begin the Begin (REM cover) Burying Davy Calamity Song Culling of the Fold Days of Elaine Dear Avery Down by the Water East India Lanes Foregone Hurdles Even Here I'm Sticking with You (Velvet Underground cover) I4U & U4Me Isn't It a Lovely Night? January Hymn June Hymn Little Boxes (Malvina Reynolds cover) Margaret in Captivity O New England O Valencia! O Valencia! Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas) (Joh... Prelude Raincoat Song Rise to Me Row Jimmy (Grateful Dead cover) Sleepless Sons and Daughters Summersong The Abduction of Margaret The Cap Street Girls The Crane Wife 1 and 2 The Crane Wife 3 The Day I Knew You'd Not Come Back The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won'... The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All) The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!) The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned) The Perfect Crime #2 The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing The Rake's Song The Tain (Part I) (Demo) The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise) The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid Think About Me (Fleetwood Mac cover) This Is Why We Fight Valerie Plame When the War Came Won't Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga) Wonder Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) Zoot
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Me and You Watson - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Take Me As I Am Or Let Me Go - Gene Watson
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Let Him Run - Night Ranger
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Sycamore ft. K.Raydio - Chester Watson
Dublin Blues - Guy Clark
Watercolour Ponies - Wayne Watson
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The Power Of Three - Belle And Sebastian
Beyond The Moon - Max Webster
Behind The Moon - Fatima Mansions
Michael Jackson - Andy Mineo
The Legacy - Cormega
I I E E E - Tori Amos
Chi E' E Non E' - Blonde Redhead
E. E. Lawson - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
A Song For Emma Watson - Memories & Jersey
E - Chris Rea
E - Cloakroom
E..... - Vasco Rossi
E... - Vasco Rossi
E - Nicki Minaj
E - Luciano Ligabue
E... - Antonella Bucci
E - ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
E - Emmure
E - Butterfingers
E - Activator
E... - Mina
Ten to Run - Cru
School Days - Gentle Giant
Is There No Harbor - Wayne Watson
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Every Time I Hear Those Songs - Aaron Watson
Stones - Various Artists
Heaven's Devils Patch - Animal Nation
Research (At Beach Resorts) - Max Webster
LOOKING BACK - Dr. Feelgood
Murder Mystery - Scouting for Girls
Looking Back - Gary Moore
The Hunger - Wayne Watson
Material Magic - Wayne Watson
Before My Very Eyes - Wayne Watson
Jukebox Played Along - Gene Watson
The Jukebox Played Along - Gene Watson
Le Sac Des Filles - Camille
The Long Arm Of The Lord - Wayne Watson
In France - Frank Zappa
E HELE ANA E - Hapa
E Fuori E' Buio - Tiziano Ferro
E Raffaella E' Mia - Tiziano Ferro
E Inu Tatou E - Kingston Trio
Brže, Brže - Raznatovic Ceca
Wanted Man - Flatt and Scruggs
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Fresh From Norway - Tony Yayo
Mr 12, 12, 58 - Tony Yayo
Mon Dieu Que J'L'Aime - William Sheller
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Idiots Are Taking Over - NOFX
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R-E-V-E-N-G-E - Taylor Swift
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Houdini Said - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Wanted Man [DVD] - Johnny Cash
Houdini Said - Gilbert O'sullivan
Schooldays - Gentle Giant
Turn Down The Lights - Babyface
Love Should Brought You Home - Babyface
Every Now And Again - Wayne Watson
He's So Gay - Frank Zappa
Andy - Frank Zappa
A Texas Cafe - Aaron Watson
What's Her Name - Aaron Watson
Diesel Drivin' Daddy - Aaron Watson
Wanted Man [Live] - Johnny Cash
Diesel Driving Daddy - Dale Watson
Houdini Said - Gilbert Osullivan
Yesterday's News - Wayne Watson
Take My City - DJ Drama
E Raffaella E Mia [Italian] - Tiziano Ferro
C. R. E. E. P. - Fall
E R N I E - Madness
E Raffaella E' Mia - Tiziano Ferro
Diesel Driving Daddy - Aaron Watson
Gangster Of Love - Johnny Guitar Watson
Gangster of Love - Grateful Dead
Clowns On Velvet - Frank Zappa
Wanted Man - Johnny Cash
Johnny Guitar - Pearl Jam
Truly Something Special - Babyface
Give U My Heart - Babyface
I Still Believe - Wayne Watson
No Other Gods - Wayne Watson
Yo Cats - Frank Zappa
Amarillo Fair - Aaron Watson
Houdini Said - O'sullivan Gilbert
Love Shoulda Brought You Home - BABYFACE
Black Honey - Graham Parker
Didn't We Shine - Randy Travis
Wanted Man - Dylan Bob
Wanted Man - Destroyers
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E=MC2 - Ayreon
E Festa - Premiata Forneria Marconi
E Minor - Other Lives
Heroin(e) - DeYarmond Edison
Venom E - Siddharta
Open E - Jandek
Victor E - Gilbert O'Sullivan
A & E - Morning Parade
E-mobile - Kells
E=MC2 - Giorgio Moroder
E-Beat - Midnight Oil
E Tu... - Claudio Baglioni
Exhibit E - Boogie Down Productions
E Generation - Zebrahead
E [Instrumental] - Wolfsheim
E-Shock - De/Vision
Eternal E - Eazy E
B & E - Royal Bangs
Fat E - GuddiNuff
A&E - Goldfrapp
E' Strano - Zero Assoluto
e-Killer - All Too Human
Woe (E) - Little Comets
A&E - Clean Bandit
Sereno E - Drupi
Mr. E - Barclay James Harvest
Wile E - korea girl
E Talking - Soulwax
E-Talking - Soulwax
E Samba - Junior Jack
A+e - Clean Bandit
Vittorio E - Spoon
M-E - Reo Speedwagon
E-Bay - Weird Al Yankovic
Victor E - Gilbert O'sullivan
E Magic - Magica
Eternal E - Eazy-E
E-road - Evelynn
E Forty - E-40
E-Generation - Zebrahead
So?e - Zoe
