Well my daddy was a hard working man
And he rambled from town to town
I'm going to be a ramblin' boy
Ain't never going to settle down
Beefsteaks when I'm hungry
Something tall and cool when I'm dry
Give me greenbacks when the times are hard
Sweet heaven when I die
Well they locked me in the jailhouse
My friends all passed me by
Nobody came round to see bout me
And I can't help but wonder why
Beefsteaks when I'm hungry
Something tall and cool when I'm dry
Give me greenbacks when the times are hard
Sweet heaven when I die
Honey hold me when I'm sad and blue
Honey cheer me if I cry
All I really wanted was someone to love me till the day I die
Beefsteaks when I'm hungry
Something tall and cool when I'm dry
Give me greenbacks when the times are hard
Two eggs cooked sunnyside, that's enough for me
One spoon, one fork, one knife you guard it with your life
Take in this kitchen life, one hundred people wide
Beware that sausage grinder never takes its time
Big kitchen, big kitchen, no need to think about it all
Big kitchen, big kitchen big belly and a coffee cup to fill
Big kitchen, big kitchen, anytime night or day, day or night
Hobnobbing cost a fortune, big elbows rubbing mine
That fool is bugging me, he sure don't know the time
I hope somebody sees this ham biscuit choking me
Hey man maneuver for the heimlich on the floor
Big kitchen, big kitchen, no need to think about it all
Big kitchen, big kitchen big belly and a coffee cup to fill
Yonder goes Jimmy
He's got a new ride
See him winding on down Highway 5
Heading straight for the drive in
He's got Susie by his side
Later we'll all meet by the riverside
I can't help myself
I wanna testify
I wanna take you there
Down by the riverside
Down on the river
We got gators runnin wild
Mama said you better not go down there child
But I got a crazy feeling
And I like your style
Later let's head on down and walk a while
I can't help myself
I wanna testify
I wanna take you there
Down by the riverside
I can't help myself
I wanna testify
I wanna take you there
Down by the riverside
I can't help myself
I wanna testify
I wanna take you there
With waving dark hair and brown eyes
She stares you into focus
While pretending not to care
She's wondering if you really notice
That she can drive you insane
And she stop a train in those jeans
There's no other way to tell you
She knows what love really means
Maria, she's one in a million to me
Maria, she is the only one for me
And little does she know
she's the reason for every single dream
And little does she know
I'm comin apart at the seams
With one touch of her hand
she reminds me why i came to be
And I think it's time she knows
She's the only one for me
Maria, she's one in a million to me
Maria, she is the only one for me
Maria, she's one in a million to me
Maria, she is the only one for me
Maria, she's one in a million to me
Grandma's a stranger, smilin' inside
Holding her own as her old sense of pride lingers on, lingers on
Changing directions, changing these memories of crimes and crazy dreams
Piled up in front of me
Ice cream never erases the heat of her smile
Grandma's a stranger, a taste I recall
A warm intuition, to shine through the wall wrapped around it all
Never protecting the fall
Hot silent summers, backyard adventures,
a world swept away by tomorrow today
And these games I play, to cover the distance I've made
Ice cream never erases the heat of her smile
Up ahead is a place
Where the future I see is but one generation away
Up ahead is a face of a queen, in-between, sight unseen
Grandma's a stranger, a wish gone away
A misty encounter, questions surround her
As children obey whatever tradition might say
Ice cream never erases the heat of her smile
Hello Mary Lou,
Good-bye heart,
Sweet Mary Lou I'm so in love with you,
I knew Mary Lou,
We'd never part,
So hello Mary Lou,
Good-bye heart,
She passed me by one sunny day,
Flashed those big brown eyes my way,
And I knew I wanted you forever more,
I'm not one who gets around,
Swear my feet stuck to the ground,
And though I never did see you before,
Hello Mary Lou,
Good-bye heart,
Sweet Mary Lou I'm so in love with you,
I knew Mary Lou,
We'd never part,
So hello Mary Lou,
I've been walking down this railroad
I've been laying on the tracks
Yes and if I need this railroad
I won't bring it back?
I got me a penny
And a dirty dish
I got me a daisy
I keep between my teeth
I been laying on the flatcar
I been laying in the sun
It's better than a boxcar
When I'm the only one
Always seek a doctor
Please let me stay on
I said I'll always seek a doctor
Here comes that boat floating down the river
The south bound channel on the west side
It looks like the captain's pulling over
And I'm bound to take a ride
Take a ride
Well down at the dock I paid my fare
I paid only one way not two
I don't know where but I'll get there
And on my way I'll sing this tune
And when the night falls down on the southern city
And there's nothing left to do but play
Well opportunity is beckoning to me
And I'll make my way back home some day
Don't you know my daddy was a real hard worker
For us he did all he could do
Worked all day for the white collar man
So he could send us off to school
But I feel just like cryin
Because I didn't play by all his rules
Well opportunity is beckoning to me
And I'll make my way back home some day
Here comes that boat floating down the river
The south bound channel on the west side
It looks like the captain's pulling over
And I'm bound to take a ride
Take a ride
And when the night falls down on the southern city
And there's nothing left to do but play
Well opportunity is beckoning to me
There's nothin' in the world that I like better than
Bacon, lettuce and home grown tomatoes
Up in the morning and out in the garden
Lord get you a ripe one, don't get a hard 'un.
Plant 'em in the spring eat 'em in the summer,
All winter without 'em's a culinary bummer.
I forget all about the sweatin and the diggin
Every time I go out and pick me a big'un.
Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes,
What'd life be without home grown Tomatoes,
There's only two things that money can't buy:
That's true love and home grown tomatoes.
You can go out and eat'em that's for sure,
But there's nothin a home grown tomato won't cure
You can put em in a salad, put em in a stew
You can make your own, your very own tomato juice
You can eat em with eggs, you can eat em with gravy
You can eat em with beans, pinto or navy
Put em on the side, put em on the middle
Home grown tomatoes on a hot cake griddle
Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes,
What'd life be without home grown Tomatoes,
There's only two things that money can't buy:
That's true love and home grown tomatoes.
If I could change this life I lead,
I could be Johnny Tomato Seed
I know what this country needs,
It's home grown tomatoes in every yard you see
When I die don't bury me
In a box in a cemetery
Put me out in the garden would be much better
Hell I could be pushin up a home grown tomatoes.
Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes,
What'd life be without home grown Tomatoes,
There's only two things that money can't buy:
So you think you've found the one that fits you
You said you'd never fall in love
Ah but then you see her and hits you
Like a bolt of lightning from above
Some I'm walking watching a dream
Falling apart before their eyes
Just remember as bad as it may seem
Love never really dies
Ain't nobody gonna take that away
Ain't nobody gonna tell you what to do
The only thing you can do is stay
And hope she falls in love with you
And hope she falls in love with you
Wanna let her know that you love her
And you call her on the phone
Gotta tell her there's no one above her
Can't let her think that she's alone
And you keep on pushing to make it work out
And you keep on trying to make her feel
That you're in love there ain't no doubt
The love you're feeling is so real
Ain't nobody gonna take that away
Ain't nobody gonna tell you what to do
The only thing you can do is stay
And hope she falls in love with you
And hope she falls in love with you
And you keep on pushing to make it work out
And you keep on trying to make her feel
That you're in love there ain't no doubt
The love you're feeling is so real
Ain't nobody gonna take that away
Ain't nobody gonna tell you what to do
The only thing you can do is stay
And hope she falls in love with you
I'd give anything
If I could hold you
I'd give anything
If you were mine
I'd give anything
To have told you
Just how much I've loved you
All this time
All this time
Just to have you with me
Just to know that you care
I'd give anything
Just to have you there
When the last bell rings
Just to know that you love me
I'd give anything
Without your hand to hold
I can't find a reason
To come in from the rain
Or the cold
I've always been told
Seeing is believing
But I can't see a thing
Without your hand to hold
All this time
Just to have you with me
Just to know that you care, I'd give anything
Just to have you there
When the last bell rings
Just to know that you love me
I'd give anything
Just to have you there
When the last bell rings
"I'm not in your town to stay"
Said a lady old and gray
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
Yes, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
I will wash all your clothes
I will scrub all your floors
If that will get my baby out of jail
Yes, warden, if that will get my baby out of jail
I will pawn you my watch
I will pawn you my chain
I will pawn you my gold wedding ring
Yes, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
Two iron gates swang wide apart
She held her darlin' to her heart
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
The sun comes up
In a coffee cup
Waitress please I've had enough
Lord I can't believe what I see
How could you be alone
When you could sit right here beside me girl
And make yourself at home
I've been to Memphis
And Muscle Shoals
And I love a woman
What I don't know
When the sun goes down
In another town
Bartender please another round
Lord I can't believe what I see
How could you be alone
When you could sit right here beside me girl
And make yourself at home
I've been to Houston
And San Antonio
And I love a woman
What I don't know
Sally she had big ones
Susie had some too
But Allison had little ones
What hate to go to school
And I make my bed
Where I lay my head
And I wish I heard what she just said
Lord I can't believe what I see
How could you be alone
When you could sit right here beside me girl
And make yourself at home
I've been to LA
And El Paso
And I love a woman
What I don't know
Sally she had big ones
Susie had some too
But Allison had little ones
What hate to go to school
And I make my bed
Where I lay my head
And I wish I heard what she just said
Lord I can't believe what I see
How could you be alone
When you could sit right here beside me girl
And make yourself at home
I've been to...
And where I go
I love a woman
Sunrise in Richmond
With a smile that ain't me own
Mornin comes, I always realize
That the things that seem to matter
Don't seem to matter long
Cause my baby she's coming home tonight
Strugglin without her
Underneath a cloud
But holding her our love will fly
I want to hold her now
CHORUS
Cause I try when the days are going wrong
And I hide when the nights are oh so long
But I fly when my baby's here at home
And tonight my baby's coming home
Like a marble in a mason jar
I rattle around this house
I can't wait till my baby's rollin in
When she arrives our love will rise
Up above the clouds
Flyin high and hope it never ends
Strugglin without her
Through the daily grind
But holding her our love is fly
I want to hold her now
REPEAT CHORUS THREE TIMES
Yes, tonight my baby's coming at home
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
go out on the ocean
I said me upon my pony on my boat
And if I were Roy Rogers, I'd sure enough be single,
I Couldn't bring myself to marryin' no Dale,
Well it'd just be me and Trigger, we'd go riding through them movies,
And We'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail.
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
go out on the ocean
I said me upon my pony on my boat
Now the mystery masked man was smarter, he got himself a Tonto
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free
but Tonto he was smarter, and one day said Kemosabe,
"Well kiss my ass, I bought a boat, I'm going out to sea"
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
go out on the ocean
I said me upon my pony on my boat
And if I were like lightning, I wouldn't need no sneakers,
Well I'd come and go whenever I would please,
And I'd scare 'em by the shade tree, and I'd scare 'em by the light post,
But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea.
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
go out on the ocean
I said me upon my pony on my boat
When I wake up this morning
Tell ya what I'm going to do
Going to pack my suitcases honey
Going to leave with you
Down to Austin
Yes I'm going down to see the town hang around down in Austin
Yeah I'm going down to Austin going down to watch the armadillos rootin
Armadillos rootin all around
Well now when I get down to Austin
I'm going to sit right down
Yeah I'm going to drink some of those lone star beers honey
Going to hang around down in Austin
Yes I'm going down to see the town hang around down in Austin
Yeah I'm going down to Austin going down to watch the armadillos rootin
Armadillos rootin all around
Well when I get down to Austin
Tell ya where I'm going to go
Going down to the railways
I'm gonna watch the blue winds roll
Down to Austin
Yes I'm going down to see the town hang around down in Austin
Yeah I'm going down to Austin going down to watch the armadillos rootin'
Armadillos rootin' all around
When I'm going down to Austin
Tell ya what I'm going to do
Going to pack my suitcases honey
Going to leave with you
Down to Austin
Yes I'm going down to see the town hang around down in Austin
Well I'm going down to Austin going down to watch the armadillos rootin
Armadillos rootin all around
Well I'm going down to Austin going down to watch the armadillos rootin
Armadillos rootin all around
Well I'm going down to Austin going down to watch the armadillos rootin
Welcome to the Dock Street Theater
She's a devil in disguise you can see it in her eyes
She's telling dirty lies she's a devil in disguise in disguise
Now a woman like that all she does is hate you
She doesn't know what makes a man a man
She'll talk about the times that she's been with you
She'll speak your name to everyone she can
She's a devil in disguise you can see it in her eyes
She's telling dirty lies she's a devil in disguise in disguise
Unhappiness has been her close companion
Her world is full of jealousy and doubt
It gets her off to see a person crying
She's just the kind that you can do without
She's a devil in disguise you can see it in her eyes
She's telling dirty lies she's a devil in disguise in disguise
Her number always turns up in your pocket
Whenever you are looking for a dime
It's all right to call her but I'll bet you
The moon is full and you're just wasting time
She's a devil in disguise you can see it in her eyes
Well there's a little boy, joe is his name
He's nine months old with a tow headed mane
Well he's got a lot to say he says it simple and plain
But he speaks his own language he's expecting the say
He says DE DOO DA DADE DOO DA DA
Everybody talking about the DE DOO DA DA DE DOO DA DA
The answer to your question is DE DOO DA DA, DA, DA, DA
Well he's got a handle on this communication thing
And if talking don't work he just claps his hands and screams
Well he loves to the talking he loves to hear the phone ring
When it comes to talking trash he's the pediatric king
He says DE DOO DA DA DE DOO DA DA
Everybody talking about the DE DOO DA DA DE DOO DA DA
The answer to your question is DE DOO DA DA, DA, DA, DA
Well when life gets ugly, mean and unkind
Cause you're carrying a load that comes from behind
You can't help yourself so you start into crying
And the change is on the way happens every time
They all look at ya like you're doing ok
Well they don't understand that it happens every day
Something in the translation must get in the way
So you take another stand and this is what you say
He says DE DOO DA DADE DOO DA DA
Everybody talking about the DE DOO DA DA DE DOO DA DA
I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't never shine
Than to be in some big city
In a small room with you on my mind
So blow your whistle fright train
Carry me farther on down the track
For I'm going away I'm leaving today
I'm going but I ain't coming back
I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't never shine
That to be all alone and far away from home
Promises Promises, broken in two
The meaning of long term ain't nothing to you
Going the distance don't mean that much
If you're thinking 'bout forever, baby, you're out of luck
Cause you said your love was never ending
Baby you were wrong
This thing has been never ending
Baby way too long
CHORUS
Cause Baby always as we know it ended yesterday
Your always never meant forever anyway
Forever never meant to end up quite this way
Baby, always as we know it ended yesterday
He said she said is all behind us now
We could have gone forever, but baby you don't know how
Cause falling out of love ain't that tough to do
Especially when I'm falling out of love with you
Cause you said our love was never ending
Baby you were wrong
This thing has been never ending
Baby way too long
Well I was the youngest of thirteen children
We lived in a little country town
Never had much to eat
The first words I could speak were patch 'em up and hand-me-downs
Well my daddy hauled bills for the textile mills to pick up the little money we
Made
Had a three room shack with a john out back
We only had paper when daddy got paid
Well somehow i grew up a really fat kid
Though we never had that much to eat
Those rich kids laughed and they beat on me
And their dogs chased me up and down the street
They bite my ankles and tear my pants
Yeah they all had fun with me
And as got fatter those dogs got madder
Things were bout as bad as they could be
Well I always wanted me a puppy
Daddy said there wasn't no way
There wasn't near enough food to feed our crew
There wasn't none to give away
One night a drunk in a poker game
He won ole Bill Tedder's hog
I kinda liked that ole pole shiner so i raised him like a dog
Those rich kids all had puppies
But I never had no dog
It was always me and bill bill
The old fat boy and his hog
Well he'd follow me to school most every day
And he'd waller outside and wait
Yeah sometimes I'd take him fishing with me
But he ate up all my bait
He wasn't much good at hunting either
Cause everything I shot he ate
He was so doggone slow that everywhere we go
We always got there late
But all my troubles they ended one day
When ole Bill Bill got full grown
They waited for us one day after school
And jumped us as we headed home
When the dust had settled and the fur stopped flying
Ole Bill Bill sorta grinned at me
Cause screaming youngins and the howlin dogs, was all there was to see
Well I guess they learned a good lesson
Cause they never bothered us after that day
Those rich kids called us the two Ton terror
And stayed out of our way
And they all disappeared to fancy schools
And the town got kinda dry of dogs
It's only me and Bill Bill
The ole fat boy and his hog
Those rich kids all had puppies
But I never had no dog
It was always me and bill bill
The old fat boy and his hog
That was all many years ago
And ole Bill Bill is a long time gone
See things are a whole lot different now
About the best I've ever known
You see Bill Bill got a little lonesome and brought him a lady friend home one
Now I've got 2872 hogs and several more on the way
Got a thirteen thousand dollar pick em up truck
Making money so doggone fast
Yeah married me a fine southern woman
She's teaching me a little bit of class
Well she just had a little baby boy about as round as he is tall
And I think I'll call him Bill Bill
If he's got any spunk at all
Those rich kids all had puppies
But I never had no dog
It was always me and bill bill
Birds, they're walking all around
Birds, they're making little sounds
Have you seen any birds today
I will blow those birds away
Birds, birds, birds, birds
Worms, they're sneaking underground
Worms, they're making tiny sounds
Dirt, is what they eat
Rocks and stones make a worm complete
Worms, worms, worms, worms
Birds, they're looking pretty cute
Birds, I see 'em, I shoot
Have you seen any birds today
I will blow those birds away
Since were feeling so anaesthetised
In our comfort zone
Reminds me of the second time
That I followed you home
We're running out of alibis
On the second of may
Reminds me of the summertime
On this winters day
See you at the bitter end
See you at the bitter end
Every step we took that sycronised
Every broken bone
Reminds me of the second time
That I followed you home
You showered me with lullabies
As you walking away
Reminds me that it's killing time
On this fateful day
See you at the bitter end
See you at the bitter end
From the time we intercepted
Feels a lot like suicide
Slow and sad, getting sadder
Arise a sitting mine
*See you at the bitter end*
I love to see you run around
And I can see you now
Running to me
Arms wide out
*See you at the bitter end*
Reach inside
Come on just gotta reach inside
Heard your cry
Six months time
Six months time
Prepare the end
I stare out my window
I wonder if you know
The sound of the sea
Do you ever think of me?
We used to share love
Do you ever think of
What happened to me?
Everybody's a brand new face to me
Everything is something new to me
I hear your voice and i turn slow
little did i know
My mind plays tricks on me
So i turn back around
Put one of two glasses down
Shame on me
Everybody's a brand new face to me
Everything is something new to me
All i want is to find you out
And turn you on to what i'm all about
i know where i am but all i see
Is the back of you getting further from me
I go to the phonebook
I take a fast look
Are you in town? are you somewhere around?
I go to the window
I wonder if you know
What i'm doing now?
Everybody's the same old face to me
Everything is nothing new to me
All i want is to feel you out
And turn you on to what we're talking about
All i want is to feel you out
She's a brick----house
She's Mighty might just lettin' it all hang out
She's a brick----house
She's the one, the only one,
Who's built like a amazon
She's built
She's got everything
A woman needs to get a man
She's built and knows how to please
She comes over and starts a dancin with me
She's a brick----house
She's Mighty might just lettin' it all hang out
She's a brick----house
She's the one, the only one,
Who's built like a amazon
Shake it down
She's a brick----house
She's Mighty might just lettin' it all hang out
She's a brick----house
She's the one, the only one,
Who's built like a amazon
She's got everything
A woman needs to get a man
How can she use, the things she use
36-24-36, what a winning hand!
She's a brick----house
She's Mighty might just lettin' it all hang out
She's a brick----house
She's the one, the only one,
Who's built like a amazon
I was driving down the highway, on a dark and stormy night
A little girl by the roadside showed up in my head lights
I stopped and she got in the car and in a shaky tone
She said my name is Mary, please won't you take me home
She must have been so frightened, all alone there in the night
Something was so awfully wrong, her face was deathly white
She sat there in the back seat, the back seat all alone
I never will forget the night, I took Mary home
I pulled into the driveway, where she told me to go
Got out to help her from the car, opened up the door
I just could not believe my eyes, the back seat was bare
I looked all around the car, but Mary wasn't there
A light shone from the porch, someone opened up the door
I asked about the little girl was looking for
Then the lady gently smiled, brushed the tears away
She said it sure was nice of you to go out of your way
But thirteen years ago today, in a wreck just down the road
Our darling Mary lost her life, how we miss her so
Thank you for your trouble and the kindness you have shown
Gone are the days when the ox fall down,
Take up the yoke and plow the fields around.
Gone are the days when the ladies said, "Please,
Gentle Jack Jones, won't you come home to me?"
Brown-eyed women and red grenadine,
The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.
Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin' down,
And it looks like the old man's gettin' on.
1920 when he stepped to the bar,
Drank to the dregs of the whiskey jar.
1930 when the walls caved in,
He made his way sellin' red-eyed gin.
Delilah Jones was the mother of twins,
Two times over and the rest were sins.
Raised eight boys, only I turned bad,
Didn't get the lickin's that the other ones had.
Tumble down shack in Bigfoot county,
Snowed so hard that the roof caved in.
Delilah Jones went to meet her God,
And the old man never was the same again.
Daddy made whiskey and he made it well,
Cost two dollars and it burnt like hell.
I cut hick'ry just to fire the still,
Well i said goodbye to mother
And i packed away my old guitar
I gave the rest to my dear brother
And hit the road in his old car
I'll make it home someday
'cause you know they say
What goes around comes around
I've got a carolina heartache, and i'm california bound
Well i was raised in south carolina
Just this side of the georgia line
And the folks back home are finer
Than the finest vintage wine
I left my love there
And she knows i care
But i had to beat that town
Now i've got a carolina heartache, and i'm california bound
Well i know the grass is greener
When you're on the losing side
And the miles i've put between us
Don't seem to stop my pride
Now the days have passed
And the memories last
But they just can't hide the sound
Of my carolina heartache, and i'm california bound
Well i know the grass is greener
When you're on the losing side
And the miles i've put between us
Don't seem to hurt my pride
I'll make it home someday
Because you know they say
What goes around comes around
There's no california heartache, cause i'm carolina bound
all the things I've done in time
were justified the day stars aligned
and you came here and filled this space
of an empty place inside my soul
left open by old loves grown cold
and when I saw you angels sang amazing grace
so don't let go too soon or hold on too strong
a love like this could never be wrong
to hold you, I will with all my might
the most significant thing I'll ever do
has to do with loving you
to hold you, and keep you warm at night
have you ever walked down a road alone
and noticed how it seemed so long
and you wondered if you're ever gonna make it home
but you carry in your heart a love you've found
and it lifts you up as your thoughts turn around
and you can feel it as it gently lays you down
so don't let go too soon or hold on too strong
a love like this could never be wrong
to hold you, I will with all my might
the most significant thing I'll ever do
has to do with loving you
to hold you, and keep you warm at night
I carry your heart wherever I go
I carry it in my heart
I carry it in my heart
I carry it in my heart
I carry it in my heart
I carry it in my heart
I've seen the lightning flashin' I've heard the thunder roar
Somewhere on the dark side of town
My baby's with a new love the wind is howlin' on
I should be with her right now
Cold sheets of rain pouring down is my love safe and warm
Where is she sleeping now
Cold sheets of rain pouring down
Well I worry so about her she's afraid of storms
She needs someone to ease her mind
She needs someone with her to keep her safe and warm
Someone who's patient and kind
Cold sheets of rain pouring down is my love safe and warm
Where is she sleeping now
Your shining lips remind me of a mountain stream
Your cool blue eyes straight from a dream
Your breath smells like cornbread
Sometimes I think about you in the dead of night
When the lights are low and all is right
And I'm eating cornbread
Don't you know it gives my heart the jitters
Every time I bite into those fritters
And it always seems to take me back to those good ole days
When the injuns gave the pilgrims the good good goodness of maize
Sometimes I think about you in the checkout line by the candy bars
There stands a sign, discounts on cornbread
Discounts on cornbread, discounts on cornbread, discount on cornbread
Don't you know it wipes away my frown
Every time that cornbread coming round
Vitamin just stone ground?
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Hang my hat on a crescent moon
Way up there in a cosmic saloon
And watch the world go by through
the eyes of a bird up in the sky
On a horse named shooting star
We'll be riding high out wherever we are
Up where cowboys go at the end of the rodeo
Over trees and the power lines
Over mountains into the sky
I look down from a starlight night
Watchin' the world go bye
Repeat Chorus
I don't mind going all alone
For the milky way is my home
Earth is not the place for me
I prefer less gravity
Yeah, Yeah
Repeat Chorus
well i had a mini-battle with my baby last night
so i left her for the dance hall to make it all right
i grabbed a mini-bottle at the end of the bar
then lord have mercy i saw a movie star
now just who she was i couldn't see quite clear
but i saw her throwin' down shots through the smoke and the beer
just as i made it over to ask for her hand
well the dogs started howlin' as they struck up the band
hey ho, here i go
if you see my baby just let her know
i'm headed down the road
to a little dance hall where anything goes
well your mouth starts waterin' when you walk through the door
take in the smell of sawdust down on the floor
it doesn't matter where you come from, just where you are
just grab a pretty dance partner and a PBR
hey ho, here i go
if you see my baby just let her know
i'm headed down the road
to a little dance hall where anything goes
well the boys in the band are still out of tune
but they get 'em swinging from the rafters in the middle of june
so get yourself down to the finest hole in the wall
it's cousin homer's anything goes dance hall
hey ho, here i go
if you see my baby just let her know
i'm headed down the road
Well, I've got creatures, living in my house y'all
Very messy, yeah they're getting me down
A salamander nibbling at the food on my plate
And his friend Mr. lizard,
Talks about the folks he don't appreciate
Well there's the crickets
Coming out at night and messing with my stereo
They's a monkey prowlin' around my cookie looking for a Oreo
Who's that sittin' on my back porch drinking a Michelob
Yes a striped coon sitting in my closet chewing on my bathrobe
Well, I've got creatures, living in my house y'all
I don't despise them, but I'm just tired of it all
Hippopotamus just sitting in the bathtub reading my books
And a walrus in the stairway, is always giving me, the funniest looks
I got spiders in my nose
I got gators hanging and biting on my toes
The exterminator man he got so scared that he froze
For all i been down ain't the same road i chose
I got creatures in my house
But that's all right
Pair of sandals on the dashboard
Nothing on the radio
Both our footprints on the windshield
No particular place to go
Just a pair of melted milkshakes
Perched high above the lights of town
A little love can your earth quake
When sweet darkness falls around
This must be heaven looking down at the stars
Eveything that matters is right here in this car
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Janie and Me
We're holding on to love that sets us free
So goes the night for Janie and Me
Two clumsy hearts a beatin
Join in nature's dance
And we fumble with the feeling
Of the random act of chance
Yes, this must be heaven looking down at the stars
Eveything that matters is right here in this car
It's not that I don't love you, you know how much I do
It's not that I'm afraid at all, or that I'm feeling blue
I'm not angry I'm not sick, there's nothing wrong me
You must understand my love I'm lazy, lazy as can be
I'm a lazy, lazy man I stay as lazy as I can
Heaven to me is watching Jeopardy! with my feet up on your upholstery
Waking up and working are two kinds of hell
Loafing is a sacred vow
If you're watching you might be able to tell, I'm rolling over now
Go ahead, take a walk if you like
Play some tennis, water plants, ride your bike
I'll be here inanimate, idle, pardon me if I appear suicidal
Oh I lay my head on a hard loaf of bread wake me when the meal is through
Breakfast in bed would be better instead, if I only didn't have to chew
I'm a lazy, lazy man I stay as lazy as I can
Heaven to me is watching Jeopardy! with my feet up on your upholstery
Waking up and working are two kinds of hell
Loafing is a sacred vow
Sometimes when the night builds walls around me
I find myself thinking about the time you found me
I was lost until you came around
With your sweet love
In my dreams
Sometimes I think I feel you right behind me
And it seems it's just the little things that remind me
Just a fool
With wandering eyes
But I was blind
Until i realized
Your sweet love
Oh by and by
As my eye
Caught you walking by
Much to my surprise
Me with my disguise
You saw through it all
I never knew that something was wrong
Until your light came along
Sometime though the night builds walls around me
I try reaching out from a window inside me
Reach for you
Arms open wide
Promise me
Forever and besides
All I need
When I lay down at night
All I need
Is your sweet love
He was standing by the highway
With a sign that just read Mother
When he heard a driver coming
About a half a mile away
So he held the sign up higher
So no decent soul could miss it
It was ten degrees or colder
Down by Boulder Dam that day
He was raised up in Milwaukee
Though he never was that famous
He was just a road musician
To the taverns he did go
Singing songs about the rambling
The loving girls and gambling
How the world fell on his shoulder
Back in Boulder, I don't know
It was out in Arizona
And he heard the lady listening
To each song that he was singing
To each line that he would write
So he sat down by her table
And they talked about the weather
98.6 and rising down
By Boulder Dam that day
And she told him she would take him
For a ride in the morning sun
Back in Boulder he had told her
I don't know when I've had a better friend
Now he's traded off his Martin
But his troubles are not over
His feet are nearly frozen
And the sun is sinking low
Won't you listen to me brother
If you ever loved your mother
Just pull off on the shoulder
If you're going Milwaukee way
It's ten degrees and getting colder
Had a dream
That i was flyin' through the skyline of the city
And i could see
All the buildings and the nameless people there
And so it seems
As i'm flyin lonely through the darkness
But in my dreams
You light the way and the skyline disappears
I can see
A brand new sunset brightening my horizon
I say farewell
To the city and the skyline of my home
You're with me and in my mind you're lighting my direction
You know so well
That when my journey's over i'll be home
And it's you
That takes me from the haze of a skyline burning
The things you do
Remind me of the reasons i'm returning
From a maze of nameless cities and a road to long it seems
Where i'm yearning to awaken
From this endless skyline dream
There comes a time
When the skyline becomes a distant vision
Show me a sign
We must follow directions of our dreams
And you are fine
With this skyline dream that i am living
And you are mind
And that's the only thing that keeps me strong it seem
Miles ahead in the distance
Another city in this dream
On a barren plain of circumstance
And a road too long it seems
A candle burns behind me
The flame flickers and it breathes
It's burning to remind me
That my soul can escape this skyline dream
And it's you
That takes me from the haze of a skyline burning
The things you do
Remind me of the reasons i'm returning
From a maze of nameless cities and a road to long it seems
Where i'm yearning to awaken
Well you're waiting for me sister
And I don't have to explain
That whenever I am parched and dry
I look to you for rain
Well there are two things that can happen
Things will come or they will go
And time makes fool of fashion
Not for those who know they know
That the storm it always passes
That the sunshine follows rain
That the love will always rise above the pain
Well she's waiting for me sister
And I will not make her wait
And you know that I have misses her
And you know it's not too late
yes she's waiting for me sister
I'm flying through the clouds of rain
I'll stop only when I've kissed her, only then
And I'll never leave her lying in wait again
Well you know you will remember
Your heart won't let you forget
Here's a sweet forever coming to us yet
Well she's waiting for me sister
And it's easy to explain
That whenever she is parched and dry
She looks to me for rain
Yes she's waiting for me sister
I'm flying through the clouds of rain
And I'll stop only when I have kissed her, and only then
This is the first time
Also the worst time
For me to fall in love with you
If the truth was told on me
You had a hold on me
And I wondered if you knew
It's a simple complication
That destroys a piece of mind
Looking for a feeling I'll never find
Stays with me every day
Always getting in my way
Hoping for another place in time
A simple complication
You're on my mind
Passed by you the other day
You were going the other way
I asked myself what else is new
You were walking hand in hand
It's a sight I can't stand
What in heavens' name can I do
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La La La La La ...
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But the simple part of loving you
Was all I felt
The complicated part is you belong to someone else
Can't play the game
Cause it's one I can't win
I guess you play the hand you're dealt
Lady in a turban, cocaine tree
Does a dance so rhythmically
She's cryin', and a singin' and having a time
Don't that cocaine tree look fine
You've got to put on your sailin shoes
Put on your sailing shoes
Everyone will start to cheer
When you put on your sailin' shoes
Well Jedidiah, he's got a dime
Says he catch a more fish, every time
Well I've got a line, and you've got a pole
And I'll meet you at the fishin' hole
You've got to put on your sailin shoes
Put on your sailing shoes
Everyone will start to cheer
When you put on your sailin' shoes
Doctor, doctor, I feel so bad
This is the worst day, I ever had
Have you this misery a very long time?
Well if you have, I'll lay it on the line
You've got to put on your sailin shoes
Put on your sailing shoes
Everyone will start to cheer
A pothole ate my motion
And let me lay there for a while
Where I lie smells like a fossil, something died
Powerful inanimate objects they mortared me
Some piercing my skin some consuming me
Saliva on the pavement next to me
Wash away, wash away oh so gently please
Is there nothing unpredictable something to hold on to
Except for math and science and all they know is true
Well it's something like the river and it's always heading out
A steady source of motion going down
Water and debris knockin' things down to the sea
The bottom of the valley and the leaves on the trees
I began to think that this could happen to me
Wash away wash away oh so gently please
Is there nothing unpredictable something to hold on to
Except for math and science and all they know is true
True, true, is there nothing true
The desert is the place where the wind makes more desert
Carrying out the mission of a zillion bits and pieces more like everything
Go down, be down, get small like me
Chaotic sand and random sea
Everything unglued at the seams
Where do you go, when you go?
You move to the rhythm of something i don't know
What do you do, when you do?
If i could only find a way to get out of these blues
Around you i'm weightless
In your sight i'm blind
My heart knows i must have you
But i'm paralyzed in my mind
If you could show me a sign
I might know what to do
Seeing your face sometimes makes rainbows over my blues
Where do rainbows come here from
Appearing out of thin air?
Then just as quickly as they come
They are no longer there
It's an old sign of hope
It can have a pot of gold at the end
It's a sign of the times
That i'm out in the cold
Maybe we'll just be friends
Freeing myself somehow
Gonna make rainbows over my blues
Bright and brilliant it may be
At the end is my destiny
Is it a pot of golden love
In the back of my pick-up, out under the stars
Me and Miss Tina just talking about cars
She says I'm tired of riding with you up to lover's leap
She says I'm tired I'm riding in this old truck
And as long as you're in it you're out of luck
How can you stand to be seen in this dirty old heap
Well I heard what she said and I went downtown
I grabbed the first salesman that I found
I said I need an extended cab a Ford or GMC
He said son if a woman's involved with the choice you make
Here's some advice you might wanna take
You need to take a look around at these brand new SUVs
A sports utility vehicle, hell they're made for women and ain't got the
Strength to pull
A billy goat out of a hard drivin' rain
He said, son you've been drivin' that truck to long
Your thinkin' is fuzzy and your mind is gone
Just come around here and let me show you just one thing
Don't you know the seats lay back
When you get in the way back
Of this brand new Jeep Cherokee
You can call her up and say that
We can get in the way back
And she'll find her way back to me
Well lover's leap is never gonna be the same
Cause we can sit cross legged and play a poker game
And Tina's made curtains for the windows so no one can see
Well insurance is high and that payment great
It's putting a strain on our budget
Taking food off our plate, so we decided to live in our brand new SUV
Don't you know the seats lay back
When you get in the way back
Of this brand new Jeep Cherokee
I remember the day that
We got in the way back
And she found her way back to me
Well it's been thirty-nine months since we signed this lease
Through a lot of tire kickers and a lot of police
Sneaking up on me and shining their light on me
Me and Miss Tina we got a family plan
We're gonna trade in our new home for a minivan
But we will never forget how we started our family
Don't you know the seats lay back
When you get in the way back
Of this brand new Jeep Cherokee
Well I called her up and said that
We oughta get in the way back
And you'll find your way back to me
Don't you know the seats lay back
When you get in the way back
Of this brand new Jeep Cherokee
It sure beats a haystack
As a matter of fact
Well it always seems to happen when I least expect it
Like a cool summer rain in the west of Texas
Dusty roads seem to let off steam
when the rain comes pourin down
Well the bottom of my heart was most affected
The center and the soul so connected
To the touch of her hand
The sound of her voice telling me sweet pretty lies
Let the walls come down
Can't you hear that sound
From the night I found my dream
Oh Lord let it be
It's amazing to see
What one night in her arms can do for me
When I wake up in the morning
And my mind I go in the middle of the night
With my lights turned low to my angel girl
With smilin eyes she's got a radio up loud
When I'm out on the road I gotta get back home
Well bless my soul I'm gonna lose control
It's just a matter of time before i get that girl
Gonna turn my life around
Let the walls come down
Can't you hear that sound
From the night I found my dream
Oh Lord let it be
It's amazing to see
What one night in her arms can do for me
Well she answers the phone on the very first ring
Sleepin by the side and hopin it would ring
The heart beats for her at the end of the line
Let the walls come down
Can't you hear that sound
From the night I found my dream
Oh Lord let it be
It's amazing to see
When this world's unkind
Please keep this in mind
I'll always be standing close behind
With a hand to hold
To keep you from the cold
I'll be with you until we grow old
You're not alone
By yourself in this world
You've got someone else to take you home
When there's no one left in this world
You're not alone
When this day is done
And you need someone
I'll be here when the morning comes
Why going down life's road
I will share the load
I'll help rest weary soul
You're not alone
By yourself in this world
You've got someone else to take you home
When there's no one left in this world
I came home early to a goodbye note
With the diamond in the pocket of my old coat
So I sat down to read the words she wrote
About the wrong love at the right time
She said "the good Lord know we sure did try
we thought we had the right love wrapped up tight
but a change of heart came over me tonight
it's the wrong love at the right time
Wrong love at just the right time
The thunder's clapping while the sun's still shining
A quintessential case of essential bad timing
It's the wrong love at the right time
So I was down on love feeling all alone
Wonderin if my baby's gonna come back home
Then the lightning strikes with the ringing of the phone
It's the wrong love at the right time
A long lost sweetheart callin on the line
Checkin on me wonderin if im doing fine
It looks like this is a mighty good sign
It's the wrong love at the right time
Wrong love at just the right time
The thunder's clapping while the sun's still shining
A quintessential case of essential bad timing
It's the wrong love at the right time
Ain't it funny how it turns around
You finally get your feet back on the ground
Cause the one that you're needing is the one found
The wrong love turns out right
Just when you think you're getting left behind
You stumble on what you never thought you'd find
It just goes to show it's the grand design
And there ain't no wrong love
Wrong love at just the right time
The thunder's clapping while the sun's still shining
A quintessential case of essential bad timing
She got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back
She got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back
She can take the dark out of the night time
Paint the daytime black
She never stumbles, she's got no place to fall
She never stumbles, she's got no place to fall
She's nobody's child, Lord can't touch her at all
She wears an egyptian red ring, sparkles before she speaks
She wears an egyptian red ring, sparkles before she speaks
She's a hypnotist collector, you are a walking antique
You will start out standing, proud to steal her anything she sees
You will start out standing, proud to steal her anything she sees
You'll wind up looking through her keyhole down upon your knees
Bow down to her on sunday, salute her when her birthday comes
Bow down to her on sunday, salute her when her birthday comes
