Biography:
Tony Joe White (Oak Grove, Louisiana, July 23, 1943 - October 24, 2018) was an American swamp rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who is a friend of White.
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- Aint Going Down This Time
- Always The Song
- As The Crow Flies
- Backside Of Paradise
- Backwoods Preacher Man
- Bayou Woman
- Billy
- Closer To The Truth
- Clovis Green
- Delta Love
- Down By The Border
- Georgia Pines
- Goin Down Rockin
- High Horse
- High Sheriff Of Calhoun Parrish
- I Believe Ive Lost My Way
- I Get Off On It
- I Just Walked Away
- Ice Cream Man
- Lake Placid Blues
- Louisiana Rain
- Polk Salad Annie
- Rainy Night In Georgia
- Red Neck Women
- Robbin My Honeycomb
- Roosevelt And Ira Lee
- Save Your Sugar For Me
- Scratch My Back
- Soul Francisco
- Steamy Windows
- Susie Q
- The Guitar Dont Lie
- Tunica Motel
- Undercover Agent For The Blues
- Who You Ganna Hoodoo Now
- Willie And Laura Mae Jones
- Yo Yo Man
- Youre Gonna Look Good In Blues
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Tony Joe White - Closer To The Truth
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Strong instinct for survival
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Romantically insane
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Moving soft along the edge of time
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Like a panther in the rain F
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Manipulated rebels
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With a total disregard for the rules
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When pride comes tumbling off
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the great white stallion
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You move closer to the truth
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And the search continues for the meaning
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We build the cathedrals high
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And keep our weapons ready
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Looming dark against the sky
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They're taking down the rain forest
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Changing it to a room without a view
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The big trees fall like dominoes
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And we move closer to the truth
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And the eagle watches from the mountain
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As the warriors turn into fools
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And the dice are thrown on sacred ground
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And they move closer to the truth
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And who's gonna tell the children
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How the rivers used to flow cystal blue
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And we keep leaving scars on Mother Earth
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And moving closer to the truth
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F C Dm
Strong instinct for survival
F C Dm
Romantically insane
F C Gm
Moving soft along the edge of time
Bb C Dm
Like a panther in the rain F
C Dm
Manipulated rebels
F C Dm
With a total disregard for the rules
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When pride comes tumbling off
Gm
the great white stallion
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You move closer to the truth
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And the search continues for the meaning
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We build the cathedrals high
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And keep our weapons ready
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Looming dark against the sky
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F, C, Gm
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F C Dm
They're taking down the rain forest
F C Dm
Changing it to a room without a view
F C Gm
The big trees fall like dominoes
Bb C Dm
And we move closer to the truth
Bb, C, D
C D
And the eagle watches from the mountain
C D
As the warriors turn into fools
C A G
And the dice are thrown on sacred ground
Bb C Dm
And they move closer to the truth
F C Dm
And who's gonna tell the children
F C Dm
How the rivers used to flow cystal blue
F C Gm
And we keep leaving scars on Mother Earth
Bb C Dm
And moving closer to the truth
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