Billy Strings
Floydfest 19
Hill Holler Stage
Floydfest, VA
2021-07-22

Billy Strings - Guitar, vocals
Billy Failing - Banjo
Royal Massat - Bass
Jarrod Walker - Mandolin

Aud Mics: Beyerdynamic MC930 (card) FOB ORTF
Record: Aud > Tascam DR680II [24-48]
Edit: Samplitude Pro X5 [24-48] > Sound Forge 13.0
Plug ins: EQ116, Ozone Pro (EQ, Compression)
Recorded and mastered by Chris Cantwell
A Riverbend Music Production

Set List
01 Intro
02 Ernest T. Grass
03 Little Maggie (Bob Dylan)
04 Shenandoah Waltz
05 Thirst Mutilator >
06 Thunder
07 Wargasm
08 Show Me The Door
09 Blue Virginia Blues
10 Dust in a Baggie
11 Wild Bill Jones (Stanley Brothers)
12 Ground Hog (Doc Watson)
13 Brown's Ferry Blues (Doc Watson)
14 China Doll (Grateful Dead)
15 Pyramid Country
16 Angel Band (Jefferson Hascall)
== Encore ==
17 Hide and Seek
18 Doin' My Time (Johnny Cash) >
19 Train 45

Lyrics
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03 Little Maggie (Bob Dylan)	

Over yonder she stands,
Rifle on her shoulder,
Six-shooter in her hand.

Just to see them two blue eyes,
Shinin' like some diamonds,
Like some diamonds in the sky.

Where the sun don't ever shine,
Than to see you be another man's darling,
And to know that you'll never be mine.

With my suitcase in my hand,
Yes, march me away to the station,
I'm off to some far-distant land.

And sometimes I have a dime,
Sometimes I have ten dollars,
Just to pay for little Maggie's wine.

Pretty stars are made to shine,
Pretty girls are made for boy's love,
Little Maggie was made for mine.

Well, yonder stands little Maggie
With a dram glass in her hand,
She's a drinkin' down her troubles
Over courtin' some other man.

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04 Shenandoah Waltz

In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
Lives a girl who is waiting there for me
Many times we have waltzed in the moonlight
And in her lovely arms I long to be

I miss her smile in the moonlight
But I know she misses me too
In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
I know that her love for me is true

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05 Thunder

There is thunder in the morning
Thunder through the night
Thunder, thunder, thunder
In the failing of the light

There is thunder at the border
And thunder on the plain
Thunder on the mountains
Without a hint of rain

Thunder, thunder, thunder
My God but it's so loud
Just like a hundred cannons
Firing right above the crowd
There is thunder in the battlefield
Thunder in the rain
Thunder in the whiskey jar
As we race to give our pain

TherÐµ is thunder in the gazes
Of thÐµ soft and bluest eyes
Thunder in the phrases
Of the politics and lies

Thunder, thunder, thunder
My God but it's so loud
Just like a thousand cannons
Firing right above the crowd

Thunder, thunder, thunder
My God but it's so loud
Just like a thousand cannons
Firing right into the crowd

There is thunder in the marketplace
Where goods are bought and sold
Thunder, thunder, in the mining pits
And in the hills of gold

Thunder in the government
And in the courts of law
Thunder in the hall of mirrors
That shatter like a jaw

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06 Wargasm

I see it comin' everywhere I look
It's falling down like rain
Kill a man over a sentence in a book
And collect a reward for his pain
It's such a failing situation and I'm sick of looking at it anywhere I go
We let them talk us into hate and stick to war again like it's the only thing we know

So what's the reason for this again?
Right back where we've always been
These excuses are wearing thin
What's the reason for this again?
What's the reason for this again?
You can't decide but you've got to win
We're all the same but you're not my friend
So what's the reason for this again?

Same shit different century
Here we go again
It's no parade seeing tanks on your street
What's the mission, when's it gonna end
How many stones do we have to line up before we understand
We're caught up drawing lines on paper
At the price of the blood in the sand

So what's the reason for this again?
Right back where we've always been
These excuses are wearing thin
What's the reason for this again?
So what's the reason for this again?
You can't decide but you've got to win
We're all the same but you're not my friend
So what's the reason for this again?

So step into the grinder with your brother tomorrow
And kiss your mother goodbye
She'll wipe her tears with your ribbons and then they'll replace you in the blink of an eye
So bite the bullet and boots on the ground
These ain't sticks and stones
Flicking matches at a powderkeg while you're standing on a pile of bones

So what's the reason for this again?
Can't decide but you've got to win
We're all the same but you're not my friend
What's the reason for this again?

You are the reason I've been going psycho
It's too ugly still can't keep my eyes close
You're cold I still need your touch though
Probably wake up and still hate you tomorrow
What's the reason you never wanna conversate
What's the reason you never want to stay and wait
Fumbling all your words like you're afraid of me
But I'm the one with the knife stuck in my back again

Call my phone I decline, you're the reason why
We don't love in sequence you're not even mine
Show another display count how many times
You can't have it your way, sacrifice my pride!

So what's the reason for this again?
Right back where we've always been
But these excuses are wearing thin
What's the reason for this again?
So what's the reason for this again?
You can't decide but you've got to win
We're all the same but you're not my friend
So what's the reason for this again?
What's the reason for this again?
What's the reason for this again?
What's the reason for this? 

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07 Show Me The Door

She ebbs and flows like water
And she feels just like wine
She loved the things I bought her
When I did not have a dime

There were times I felt like hiding
She could almost read my mind
In her yard the trees are dying
And there's nothing growing on the vine

I'll be here if you need me
I'll be here, even if you don't
Show me the door
Or show me something more
Take me in or shove me out to sea

She lit me up like powder
And she scattered me like dust
A broken bell in a crooked tower
Born to fall and built to rust

I'll be here if you need me
I'll be here, even if you don't
Show me the door
Or show me something more
Take me in or shove me out to sea

Couldn't see much deeper
Than a penny on the ground
We looked as far as flesh and bone
So that was all we found

She told me there's no way of knowing
When the last time had come and gone
We can't reap what we've been sowing
Waiting for answers farther along

I'll be here if you need me
I'll be here, even if you don't
Show me the door
Or show me something more
Take me in or shove me out to sea

Show me the door
Or show me something more
Take me in or shove me out to sea 

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08 Blue Virginia Blues

Have you ever been to Richmond in November
When the cold Virginia rain is coming down
Friends Iâ€™m here to tell you itâ€™s no pleasure
When youâ€™re all alone and a stranger to this town.

Donâ€™t take me wrong I do like East Virginia
And Richmondâ€™s full of hospitality
Except for one Virginia girl I know of
Who made a perfect love wreck out of me.

   Blue blue Virginia blue
   Thereâ€™s no blue like blue Virginia blue
   No other girls in the whole wide world
   Will break your heart like Virginia girls
   Thereâ€™s no blue like blue Virginia blue

She called me up in St Paul Minnisota
Said I need you here in Richmond right away
Take the bus Iâ€™ll meet you at the station
Bring your clothes â€™cause I want you to stay.

My bus pulled in the station late this evening
And thereâ€™s no one around this place but me
She must have changed her mind or sheâ€™s forgotten
And her nameâ€™s not in the phone directory.

I wish I had the money for a taxi
And a warm and cozy place to go lie down
Instead of standinâ€™ all alone in Richmond
While the cold Virginia rain is cominâ€™ down.

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09 Dust in a Baggie

[Verse 1]
I ain't slept in seven days, haven't ate in three
Methamphetamine has got a damn good hold of me
My tweaker friends have got me to the point of no return
I just took the lighter to the bulb and watched it burn

[Chorus]
This life of sin has got me in
Well it's got me back in prison once again
I used my only phone call to contact my daddy
I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie

[Verse 2]
Well if I would have listened to what Mom and Papa said
I wouldn't be locked up in prison, troubled in the head
I took that little pop and sucked until my mind was spun
I got twenty years to sit and think of what I've done

[Chorus]
This life of sin has got me in
Well it's got me back in prison once again
I used my only phone call to contact my daddy
I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie

[Verse 3]
Sometimes I sit and wonder where my little life went wrong
These old jailhouse blues have got me singing this old song
My life is a disaster, Lord and I feel so ashamed
In here where they call by a number, not a name

[Chorus]
This life of sin has got me in
Well it's got me back in prison once again
I used my only phone call to contact my daddy
I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie
I used my only phone call to contact my daddy
I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie

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10 Wild Bill Jones (Stanley Brothers)
	
As I went down for to take a little walk
I came upon that Wild Bill Jones
He was a walking and a talking by my true lover's side
And I bid him to leave her alone

He said my age is twenty-one
Too old to be controlled
I pulled my revolver from my side
And I destroyed that poor boy's soul

He reeled and he staggered, and he fell to the ground
And then he gave one dying moan
He wrapped his arms around my little girl's neck
Saying honey won't you take me home

So put them handcuffs on me boys
And lead me to that freight car gate
I have no friends or relations there
No-one for to go my bail

So pass around that old long necked bottle
And we'll all go on a spree
For today was the last of that Wild Bill Jones
And tomorrow will be the last of me

They sent me to prison for twenty long years
This poor boy longs to be free
But Wild Bill Jones and that long-necked bottle
Have been the ruin of me

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11 Groundhog (Doc watson)

Shoulder up your gun, and whistle up your dog
Shoulder up your gun, and whistle up your dog
Off to the woods for to catch a groundhog
Oh, groundhog!

Run here, Sally, with a ten-foot pole
Run here, Sally, with a ten-foot pole
To twist this whistle-pig out of his hole
Oh, groundhog!

Here comes Sal with a snigger and a grin
Here comes Sal with a snigger and a grin
The groundhog gravy all over her chin
Oh, groundhog!
Now, look out, fellas, I done gone wild
Look out, fellas, I'm a-goin' wild
Gonna eat that hog before he strikes a boil
Oh, groundhog!

Ya eat up the meat and save the hide
Eat up the meat and ya save the hide
The best durn shoestring that ever was tied
Oh, groundhog!

There's meat in the cupboard and butter in the churn
Meat's in the cupboard and the butter's in the churn
If that ain't groundhog, I'll be durned
Oh, groundhog!

Look out. boys, they're about to fall
Watch them fellas, they're about to fall
They eat till their britches won't button at all
Oh, groundhog!

There's a little piece of cornbread a-layin' on the shelf
Little piece of cornbread a-layin' on the shelf
If you want any more, you can sing it yourself
Oh, groundhog!

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12 Brown's Ferry Blues (Doc Watson)

Hard luck poppa counting his toes
You can smell his feet wherever he goes
Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues
Hard luck poppa don't do his stiff
Trouble with him he's been too rough
Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues

Two old maids a-sitting in the sand
Each one wishing that the other was a man
Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues
Two old maids done lost their style
If you want to be lucky, you got to smile
Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues

Early to bed and early to rise
And your girl goes out with other guys
Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues
If you don't bvelieve me, try it yourself
Well, I tried it and I got left
Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues

Hard luck poppa standing in the rain
If the world was corn, he couldn't buy grain
Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues
His knees knock together but he's raing to go
Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues

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13 China Doll (Grateful Dead)
	
A pistol shot at five o'clock
The bells of heaven ring
Tell me what you done it for
No I won't tell you a thing

Yesterday I begged you
Before I hit the ground
All I leave behind me
Is only what I found

If you can abide it
Let the hurdy gurdy play
Stranger ones have come by here
Before they flew away

I will not condemn you
Nor yet would I deny
I would ask the same of you
But failing, will not die

Take up your china doll
It's only fractured
And a little nervous from the fall
La la la la la la la

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14 Ride Me High (JJ Cale)

Low-down way you're feeling, the sexy things you do
Baby, baby, baby, let me talk to you
I just love to whisper in your sexy ear
Tell you that I love you, take away your fear
Destroy your inhibitions, ridin' back the day
Low-down, slow down, keeping low down in that funky way
Higher, higher, higher, how high can you go
Ride me high this morning, ride me high some more

The way you move your body, it is a crying shame
I won't tell nobody if you will do the same
If you leave tomorrow, one thing that's for sure
The more you get, the more you've got, the more you want some more
Higher, higher, higher, how high can you go
Ride me high this morning, ride me high some more
Higher, higher, higher, how high can you go
Ride me high this morning, ride me high some more 

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15 Oh Come, Angel Band (Jefferson Hascall)

My latest sun is sinking fast,
My race is nearly run;
My strongest trials now are past,
My triumph is begun.

Refrain:
Oh, come, angel band,
Come and around me stand
Oh, bear me away on your snowy wings
To my eternal home
Oh, bear me away on your snowy wings
To my eternal home

I know Iâ€™m near the holy ranks
Of friends and kindred dear
I hear the waves on Jordanâ€™s banks
The crossing must be near
Iâ€™ve almost reached my heavâ€™nly home
My spirit loudly sings
Thy holy ones, behold, they come!
I hear the noise of wings
Oh, bear my longing heart to Him
Who bled and died for me
Whose blood now cleanses from all sin,
And gives me victory

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16 Hide and Seek

A twisted game of hide and seek
The stench of darkness and defeat
Another day without relief
Leaves me broken

Curtains falling all around
Echoes up from underground
Screaming out without a sound
Leaves me breathless

Well itâ€™s a dark time I do believe
A cold winds a blowin' at my door
Incredible light I'm gonna find
Where I donâ€™t have to worry anymore

A feast for eyes deprived of peace
Internal pressure no release
Pain eternal my disease
Neverending

Paralyzed and drowned in thought
All the things that I have lost
My salvation can't be bought
Drains me empty

Well itâ€™s a dark time I do believe
A cold winds a blowin' at my door
Incredible light I'm gonna find
Where I donâ€™t have to worry anymore

I wasnâ€™t ready to believe
Constant failure to achieve
Nothing hidden up my sleeve
I remember

Well itâ€™s a dark time I do believe
A cold winds a blowin' at my door
Incredible light I'm gonna find
Where I donâ€™t have to worry anymore

Itâ€™s a dark time I do believe
A cold winds a blowin' at my door
Incredible light I'm gonna find
Where I donâ€™t have to worry anymore

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17 Doin' My Time (Johnny Cash)

On this old rock pile with a ball and chain
They call me by a number, not a name Lord, Lord
Gotta do my time, I gotta do my time
With an achin' heart and a worried mind

When that old judge looked down and smiled
Said I put you up that river for a while Lord, Lord
Gotta do my time, I gotta do my time
With an achin' heart and a worried mind

You can hear my hammer, you can hear my saw
Gonna swing it like John Henry all day long Lord, Lord
Gotta do my time, I gotta do my time
With an achin' heart and a worried mind

Well now it won't be long just a few more days
I'll settle down and quit my rowdy ways Lord, Lord
With that gal of mine, with that gal of mine
She's waited for me while I've done my time

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