Travelin' down this weary road
Travelin' down this weary road
Travelin' down this weary road
A troubled min'd is a heavy load
Travelin' down this weary road
Hold my ticket in my hand
Hold my ticket in my hand
Hold my ticket in my hand
Lookin for the Promised Land
Hold my ticket in my hand
I'm a thousand miles from home
I'm a thousand miles from home
I'm a thousand miles from home
Georgia rain blows through my bones
I'm a thousand miles from home
Told my love my last good bye
My very, very last good bye
Told my love my last good bye
Hang my head and the tears just cry
Told my love my last good bye
I'm a thousand miles from home
I'm a thousand miles from home
I'm a thousand miles from home
Georgia rain blows through my bones
I'm a thousand miles from home
I opened the blinds in a Texas Motel room
When the sun blasted in, I saw it in you
I been a rollin' and a ramblin' all over creation
Rollin' down the highway lookin' for the truth
I saw it in you
I saw it in you
I woke up my sidekick, "It's a long way to LLano
I'll see you next summer when the peach trees are ripe"
I'll follow my dreams where ever they take me
Now I'm headed home, I saw the light
I saw it in you
I saw it in you
I saw it all in you
The sun, the wind
The trees that bend
I saw it in you
I saw it in you
I saw it in you
Sometimes, I listen to the fool inside me
Sometimes, I follow the song in my heart
Sometimes, I swear there's an angel beside me
Guiding my footsteps on through the dark
I saw it in you
She rides a horse named Las Grimas
through deserted railway stations
Blood red lips through a cloud of
dust
in her quest for the crucifiction
She's the Queen of Heaven,
Sweetheart of the rodeo,
Heroine of hometown corridos,
finder of your silver dime,
Border radio valentine
Blue Ribbon winner at the South
Plains fair
She's a desert solitaire
Would yon like to dance a brand
new dance ?
It's called the New World Tango,
it's leaving its bloody hand print
from Lima to Durango
Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown.
Tonight I think I'm gonna look around
For something I couldn't see
When this world was more real to me.
Yeah tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown.
My love, my love has gone away.
My love, my love what can I say.
My love would never see
That this world's just not real to me
And tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown.
I told my love a thousand times
That I can't say what's on my mind,
But she would never see
That this world's just not real to me
And tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown.
Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown.
Tonight I think I'm gonna look around
For something I couldn't see
When this world was more real to me.
I came into Atlanta
Dreamin' of Lorraine
Came so tired of ridin'
Cross the Savanna Plain
Still feel the wheels a-rollin'
Feel them just the same
Steel wheels still a-rollin'
On a long night train.
She met me at the station
Took me to her room
Was a time of meeting
Was a risin' moon.
Angels set the table
With candles and beer.
Heard that midnight train moan
Miles away from here.
Instrumental Chorus
Lay me down a pallet,
Lay it soft and low.
Lorraine lay beside me,
Sad I had to go.
Gypsy boy I traveled with
Played his old guitar.
We watched that candle flicker
Like some low morning star
But the time to part must always come
Time the bells must ring.
Time for lovers to say goodnight
I'll see you in my dreams.
Time to part must always come
Time when trade-winds sing.
Time to hit the road again
I been workin' all my life tryin' to beat the company clock
In a Louisiana gravel pit, breakin' up rock
My baby's had enough, she's packin' up and leavin'
She says you're workin' for the man and you ain't breakin' even
Workin' for the man and you ain't breakin' even
Jackhammer Jimmy said to Shallowwater Slim
?If you see Doctor Danny then you better talk to him
Life's too short to be sittin' 'round grievin'"
You're workin' for the man and you ain't breakin' even
Workin' for the man and you ain't breakin' even
Breakin? up rock, breakin? up rock
Working for the man on the company clock
Breakin? up rock, got everyone belivin'
You're workin' for the man and you ain't breakin' even
My daddy tried to tell me when I was just a kid
Don't work in the pit like your poor ol' daddy did
Some days you sit and wonder what it is that you're achievin'
You're workin' for the man and you ain't breakin' even
Workin' for the man and you ain't breakin' even
Breakin? up rock, breakin? up rock
Working for the man on the company clock
Breakin' up rock, got everyone belivin'
All the street lights on Main Street know my shadow
All the stars up in the sky know all my wishes
And the sidewalk on your street know my footsteps
And the stars keep tellin me I'm repetitious
I keep wishin for you
I keep wishin for you
It's more than you'd ever do all alone
On and on and on
I keep wishin for you
I keep wishin for you
I keep wishin for you
It's more than you'd ever do in a pinch
Honey it's a cinch
To keep wishin for you
All the boys down at the poolhall got my number
Some gal up in some hotel got my shoes
Ah but I still got my last, bottom, dollar
Lucky me I never lost more than I could lose
I keep wishin for you
I keep wishin for you
It's more than you'd ever do all alone
If you can't wish on your own
I keep wishin for you
I keep wishin for you
I keep wishin for you
It's more than you'd ever do in a squeeze
It ain't nothin' to sneeze at
Wishin for you
All the dogs down at the dumpyard can hear me whistle
As I walk through my hometown wild as a stranger,
Oh, but the kiss of love is hotter than a pistol,
And I think it's safe to say I love the danger.
I keep wishin for you
I keep wishin for you
It's more than you'd ever do all alone
If you can't wish on your own
I keep wishin for you
I keep wishin for you
I keep wishin for you
It's more than you'd ever do, in the wind,
And when the wind don't blow even then,
Well its cheek to cheek and its face to face
If I told ya once, I told ya twice
East is east, west is west
Fire is fire an ice is ice
That wind's gonna blow tomorrow
Just like it blow'd today
But someday when your bones turn to dust
That wind's gonna blow you away
In the pale moonlight, in the cold campfire light
I have danced in burnin coals
Well it ruined my shoes but it cured my blues
All i wanted was to soothe my soul and
That wind's gonna blow tomorrow
Just like it blow'd today
But someday when your bones turn to dust
That wind's gonna blow you away
Now mistakes are all right if you make them yourself
But they ain't worth a damn if they're not your own
You can sing the blues you can read the news
You can dance off in the dark all alone, but
That wind's gonna blow tomorrow
Just like it blow'd today
But someday when your bones turn to dust
That wind's gonna blow you away
From the piney woods to the great south plains
From the Red River to the Rio Grande
I have crossed some streams, I have lost some dreams
It's Saturday night, I just got my check
Been working all week breaking my neck
I put on my hat, picked up my spurs
Whiskey and women and money to burn
Whiskey and women and money to burn
A taste of the high life you'll never return
From Whiskey and women and money to burn
My mom told me to stay in school
And always to live by the golden rule
I learned everything there was to learn
From whiskey and women and money to burn
Whiskey and women and money to burn
A taste of the high life, you'll never return
From whiskey and women and money to burn
A preacher preached on the sins of man
You hold the world in the palm of your hand
I did not leave a stone unturned
For whiskey and women and money to burn
Whiskey and women and money and burn
A taste of the high life, you'll never return
From whiskey and women and money to burn
Whiskey and women and money and burn
A taste of the high life, you'll never return
From whiskey and women and money to burn
Here I am drinkin'. I am caught thinkin'
I wasn't always lonely like this.
It must be the liquor that makes me remember
The ones that I swore I'd forget.
But I was unkind. I left them behind
And now I can just reminisce.
Where is my love on a night like tonight?
Does she still see the same stars as I?
Where is my love on a night like tonight?
Does she still see the same stars as I?
I left pretty quick. I give justice the slip
I gave up the ones that I love.
I was strung out on need. I had to leave
But I left myself with no choice.
Now my romance is gone. I'm exiled alone.
I'm holed up somewhere near love.
Where is my love on a night like tonight?
Does she still see the same stars as I?
Where is my love on a night like tonight?
Does she still see the same stars as I?
Don't ask my advuce on the secrets of life.
Just buy me another round.
I got no more answers. I took too many chances.
The path that I chose was unwise.
That's why I'm lonely. I'm broke and I'm only.
Some wanderer wondering why.
Donde esta' mi amor en una noche como hoy?
Vera' el mismo cielo que yo?
Where is my love on a night like tonight?
Down to the quarter there you go
MADAME WOE
Down to Canal where the red lights glow
MADAME WOE
Take some of your lonliness and lay it on me
It's a tough ol way to make ends meet, honey can't you see?
Down to the steps and over the fence,
MADAME WOE
Down to the shack that your landlord rents
MADAME WOE
Hey, hey a girl like you is a mystery to me
Hey, girl the look in your eyes is all I need
Over to Bourbon turn to the wind
MADAME WOE
To the tattoo parlor where you meet your friends
MADAME WOE
Hey, babe the world don't know how much you see
Yea, Yea would you show a little to me?
Down to the corner turn to the right
MADAME WOE
To the wooden Hotel where you stay all night
MADAME WOE
Hey, babe would you speak to me, easily
Crossed the desert in a dining car
D Bm
In the spring of '91
D Bm
Met some people drinkin' at the bar,
They were laughin', havin' fun
Told 'em that I hadn't heard the joke
That was so hilarious
They said that I was just a dumb cowpoke
I didn't want to make a fuss
Chorus:
So I shot them down, one by one
And left them 'long the rails
I only use my gun
A Bm
Whenever kindness fails
Verse 2:
Moon was in the sign of Scorpio
The sun was at my back
I didn't know how far the train would go
Till the law would find my track
Saw the brakeman and the engineer
Drinking wine and eating brie
I asked them who would brake and who would steer
They started pointing back at me
Chorus
Solo: Repeat chords in chorus
Verse 3:
I only have a momment to explain
Just a chance to let you know
When it's time to board that train
There are 2 ways you can go.
You can ride the wind into the sun
Feel a cool wind on your face
Or you can laugh into a loaded gun
And you'll likely lose your place
Chorus:
Yeah I shot them down, one by one
And left them 'long the rails
I only use my gun
Whenever kindness fails
I shot them down, one by one
And left them 'long the rails
When I use my gun
When you're ready for steady to go dancin', romancin'
Grab your sweetheart and jump in your car
Drive right on down to the bright side of town
You'll be glad you don't have to drive far
You'll be happy you don't have to go far
Park your pick-ups and Cadillacs and fords and Renaults
Get out and dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
My pickup needs a tune-up, I better get up and make up
My mind to get on it today
The tractor's been actin' up and the sewer lines are backin' up
But I'll be dancin' tonight anyway
I'll be dancin' tonight anyway
'Cause I count my blessings, I don't count my faults
I like to dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
Well I found a young cow-dog an' I told him, "Now, now dog
You're a borderline collie, I'm a borderline fool?
But he had some bad habits, he was scared of jack rabbits
I sent him off to canine school
I think they call it obedience school
But when he came back he couldn't tell a cow from a horse
But he could dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
Grand mammy, grand pappy if you wanna stay happy
Better lace up your best dancin' shoes
Come see us, don't write us, you can stop your arthritis
Just by dancin' away your blues
Now ,just by dancin' away your blues
So bind up your bunions with band-aids and gauze
And come on, dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
Oh yeah, hey Mama
I met a fine lady banker and I'd sure like to thank her
For the credit she gave me made me shout
She changed my whole attitude and to show her my little gratitude
I decided I'd just ask her out
Yeah, I thought I just might ask her out
I said, ?Close up your windows and lock up your vaults
And lets go dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz?
We spent the next to last dollar in the old ice cream parlor
On a milkshake and a malt and a pop
And then we heard us some sounds, was a honky tonk lounge
Driving next to the ice cream shop
Next door to the ice cream shop
Now only two things are better than milkshakes and malts
And one is dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
And the other is somethin' but really it's nothin'
To speak of, it's somethin' to do
And if you've done it before you'll be doin' it some more
Just as soon as the dancin' is through
Right after the dancin' is through
And if anybody asks you why, just tell 'em because
Up on the ridge, I seen a rider passin' by
Up on the ridge, I seen a rider passin' by
I heard thunder in the distance
I seen the lightning in his eye
Up on the ridge, I gotta tangle with my fate
Up on the ridge, I gotta tangle with my fate
Details must be dealt with
Before the hour gets too late
Up on the ridge there's a highway headin' home
Where the ramblin' men must leave their sin
Up on the ridge
Up on the ridge, there's a fire about to burn
Up on the ridge, there's a fire about to burn
When the sun sets on the lowlands, only one of us will return
Up on the ridge, there's a highway headin' home
Where the ramblin' men must leave their sin
Up on the ridge
Up on the ridge, there's a highway headin' home
Where the ramblin' men must leave their sin
I recall that Twisy River Bridge
Over that painted river bed
They pumped about a gallon of Muddy Water
Out of my salty head.
I woke up in St. James Devine
All wrapped up in plaster and twine
The nurse said I made the front page
Of the River City Sunday Times.
Oh, that Twisty River Bridge
Was damn near, the death of me
Love, wine and Gasoline
Don't mix with jealousy
Have you seen my Reena
Did she, did she make it home?
We had a little misunderstanding
Talkin on the telephone
Tell her that I miss her
But I dont miss what she done
When she run off with that double talkin
Son of a Preachers son
Oh, that Twisty River Bridge
Was damn near, the death of me
Love, wine and Gasoline
My heavy heart pounds hard tonight down this highway in the wind
The windshield wipers clean away the tears I cry within
The love I've thrown away, I know I'll never feel again
And I, I'm just twistin' in the wind
Some one cut me down from here
I can't prove what don't exist
Did you feel the same as I?
Or was there something I might have missed?
I turned my back on everyone who wanted me to win
I needed you so bad, I guess
That's the way that I was back then
Now I, I'm just twistin' in the wind
I believe I'll go down to the bridge and watch the trains roll by
See the sparks fly from their wheels where the rocks and the cinders lie
The weight I feel inside tonight could put a freight train in a spin
And I, I'm just twistin' in the wind
Some one cut me down from here
I can't prove what don't exist
Did you feel the same as I?
Or was there something I might have missed?
I turned my back on everyone who wanted me to win
I needed you so bad, I guess
That's the way that I was back then
Now I, I'm just twistin' in the wind
And love has made a fool of me at the gates of guillotine
I can't believe I heard the truth comin' from your answering machine
How did I become this broken man, was I too blind to bend?
Now I, I'm just twistin' in the wind, I, I'm just twistin' in the wind, I, I
Some one cut me down from here
I been hangin' here too long
Release me from the binds of love
I'm going out where the lights don't shine so bright
I'm going out where the lights don't shine so bright
When I get back, you can treat me like a Saturday night
I'm glad to see you coming, I'm glad to see you go
She once told me now, "Glad to see you coming I'm glad to see you go"
How I miss you sometimes, love, you might never know
Don't make me wait so long before you let me back in
Baby, please don't make me wait so long before you let me back in
Knowing she's going to lose, might give my baby, the blues
But it won't ever keep my baby from trying to win
You gotta give up something, have you tried anything new?
You gotta give up something, have you tried anything new?
But whatever I give up, love, it won't be you
I'm going out where the lights don't shine so bright
Going out where the lights don't shine so bright
Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town.
She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around.
On Main Street after midnight, a brand new pack of
cigs,
A fresh one hanging from her lips, a beer between her
legs.
She rides down to the river, and meets with all her
friends.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
Sonny was a loner, older than the rest.
He was goin' in the Navy, but couldn't pass the test.
So he hung around town, he sold a little pot.
The law caught wind of Sonny and one day he got caught.
But he was back in business when they set him free
again.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
Sonny's playin' eight-ball in the joint where Sherry
works
When some drunken out-of-towner put his hand up
Sherry's skirt.
Sonny took his pool cue, laid the drunk out on the
floor.
Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar, walked out the door.
She's running right behind him, reaching for his hand.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
They jumped into his pickup, Sonny jammed it down in
gear.
Sonny looked at Sherry, said "Let's get on out of
here".
The stars were high above them, the moon was in the
east.
The sun was setting on them when they reached Miami
Beach.
They got a hotel by the water, a quart of Bombay Gin.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
They soon ran out of money, but Sonny knew a man,
Who knew some Cuban refugees, who dealt in contraband.
Sonny met the Cubans in a house just off the route,
With a briefcase full of money and a pistol in his
boot.
The card were on the table when the law came bustin'
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
The Cubans grabbed the goodies, Sonny grabbed the jack,
Broke the bathroom window and climbed on out the back.
Sherry drove the pickup through the alley on the side,
Where a lawman tackled Sonny and was reading him his
rights.
She stepped out in the alley with a single shot .410.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
They left the lawman lying, they made their getaway.
Got back to the motel just before the break of day.
Sonny gave her all the money, he blew a little kiss.
If they ask you how this happened say I forced you into
this.
She watched him as his taillights disappeared around
the bend.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
It's Main Street after midnight, just like it was
before,
Twenty-one months later, at the local grocery store.
Sherry buys a paper and a cold six-pack of beer.
The headlines say that Sonny is going to the chair.
She pulls back onto Main Street in her new Mercedes
Benz.
Because you walked that lonesome valley
Because I met you in your town
Because you saw stars in the alley
When the street light, you, did crown
Because I saw you lift your head
Because you knew I was watching you
Because there was nothing to be said
That's why I love you like I do
I am a stranger to the others
No one knows you like I do
To the great beyond, there is no further
That's why I love you like I do
Because I asked if you were cold
Because the wind had changed that day
Because you needed a hand to hold
Because I saw it in your face
Because you knew I needed laughter
Because it heals the wounded fool
Because you saw the near hereafter
That's why I love you like I do
I am a stranger to the others
No one knows you like I do
To the great beyond there is no further
That's why I love you like I do
Because the charms, you thought you're hidden
In spite of pride, came shinin' through
Because you knew that I was not kiddin'
When I said that I could see through you
Because I knew that you had diamonds
Inside your soul where the wild winds blew
Because I thought I was a miner
That's why I love you like I do
I am a stranger to the others
No one knows you like I do
To the great beyond there is no further
That's why I love you like I do
I am a stranger to the others
No one knows you like I do
To the great beyond there is no further
Walkin' on the shore
Feelin' mighty bad
These have been the worst
Ol' blues I ever had
So far
Since you've gone
So far
Clouds around my brain
How can I drain
These Gulf Coast Blues away
Talkin' to myself
Tellin' me lies
Wonderin' if the tide
Will ever rise
Again
Since you've gone
Again
Clouds around my brain
How can I drain
These Gulf Coast Blues away
Ships a comin' in
Fog around the shore
Wonderin' if you'll be
Waitin' at my door
Tonight
Oh Lord
Tonight
Clouds around my brain
How can I drain
These Gulf Coast Blues away
If love is an ocean where all the rivers end
How many times did you
tell me "I need you"?
How many times did I
Try to belive you
(That ain't enough)
How many roads did I
Ride just to find you
How many fires did you
burn there behind you
(That ain't enough)
That ain't enuf to satisfy my love
I'm so greedy
No that ain't enuf you called my bluff
When I was bleeding
You knew me so well
I trusted your power
Now that you're gone
It's my darkest hour
(That ain't enough)
That ain't enuf to satisfy my love
I'm so greedy
No that ain't enuf you called my bluff
When I was bleeding
I was losin my head
over somethin' you said
But I don't blame you
I was falling apart
About to break my heart
I was the same as you
You know I care
I combed your hair
with my fingers
If that ain't enough
I'm givin' up
You might call it sad confusion
You might even call it off
But once you called me more than just your friend
Now there's more to what I'm thinkin'
Than the Mississippi Line
And Tennessee's not the state I'm in
You call me up at midnight
To explain your whereabouts
I should've seen your love was coming to an end
And as you call from longer distances
I began to have my doubts
Still Tennessee's not the state I'm in
No, Tennessee's not the state I'm in
Satisfied is not the way I've been
I can feel my world turning
As I watch the bottle spin
Still Tennessee's not the state I'm in
Well, I could stand out on that highway
Trying to make that Nashville scene
But I think I've stretched my luck a little thin
So I walk the streets of Memphis
But I'll have you understand
That Tennessee's not the state I'm in
No, Tennessee's not the state I'm in
And down to earth is not the place I've been
I can feel my world turning
As I watch the bottle spin
Still Tennessee's not the state I'm in
Mighty river muddy as sin
Troubled waters like the shape I'm in
Would you open your screen, let a poor boy in
If I come back home off the streets of sin
Off the streets of sin, the streets of sin
If I come back home would you let me in?
If I could hitch a ride on a DC9
I'd be back home by closin' time
Would you open your screen, let a poor boy in
If I come back home off the streets of sin
Off the streets of sin, the streets of sin
If I come back home would you let me in?
Love oh love, can't you hear me moan?
This ramblin' boy ain't got no home
Would you open your screen, let a poor boy in
If I come back home off the streets of sin
Off the streets of sin, the streets of sin
If I come back home would you let me in?
Off the streets of sin, the streets of sin
Love is the beating of hearts
Like distant drums in the dark
Love gives and love takes away
True love will meet you half way
Hearts tell you things words can't say
In darkness or light of day
As far as I can discern
Love asks for love in return
Baby, I know how you feel
Love is the only thing real
I know what you're looking for
'Cause baby, I've been there before
Baby, I know how you feel
Love is the only thing real
I know what you're looking for
'Cause baby, I've been there before
Love gives and love takes away
True love will meet you half way
Love is the beating of hearts
Like distant drums in the dark
Love is the beating of hearts
I was standin' at a big hotel
Wishin' everybody well
But if anybody paid me, any mind it was hard to tell
A big policeman on his beat
Pulled his pistol and he pointed at me
Lookin' down the barrel I could see the gates of hell
Standin' at a big hotel
So I went walkin' down the avenue
Lookin' for someone who looked like you
But I never saw a face that seemed to ring a bell
I stopped beside the five and dime
Just window shoppin' and wastin' time
When along came a gal who sold me all she had to sell
She left me standin' at a big hotel
I lost my mind in the wilds of Hollywood
And I did some time in the shadows where I stood
I let the cards fall where they fell
And then I found myself standin' at a big hotel
A blind lady with a old tin cup
Had her pencils all sharpened up
She was standin' in the door just to see what she could sell
But nobody bought a thing all night
They just thought she was a pitiful sight
Now the Lord helps the gal who helps herself
Standin' at a big hotel
Oh, but I know what you're thinkin' today
I can feel it though I'm miles away
Everybody knows I love my southern belle
But from the east to the wild, wild west
They say a bird in the hand is best
Here I am with a bird dog and a bottle of muscatel
Standin' at a big hotel
I lost my mind in the wilds of Hollywood
And then I did some time in the shadows where I stood
I let the cards fall where they fell
And then I found myself standin' at a big hotel
Come here with me
I wanna slow you down
I wanna smear the moonlight in your skin
And put Orion in your crown
Let it all go
I know that you're beat
That truck stop's just not good for you
You're always on your feet.
I wanna slow you down
I wanna slow you down
I wanna slow you down
Take off your dress
I wanna slow you down
I wanna feel the warmness of your skin
As your heart begins to pound
Let it all go
I Know what you need
That lonesome coyote sounds forlorn
He's hurtin' he's so free
I wanna slow you down
I wanna slow you down
I wanna slow you down
Lay a while beside me
Forget about your cares
Down in your arroyo
I wanna climb your silver stairs
I wanna slow you down
I wanna slow you down
He had hair, black as a fiberglass speedboat
The morning air was crisp as a brand new bank note
He swaggered like a surfer on a Louisiana dirt bike
He swerved like a trucker on the Dallas Turnpike
They were sleepless in love, they were lovers
They were lovers, sleepless in love
She had eyes, bright as a sunlit Air stream
She told no lies, she hardly ever had a bad dream
She was calm, still as a July Willow
She was tender, soft as a K Mart pillow
They were sleepless in love, they were lovers
They were lovers, sleepless in love
He held her close, tight as a Harley's drive chain
Like a rose, riding on a midnight freight train
They shivered, like the streamers in a gypsy car lot
They melted, like a rain on an Irish rooftop
They went crazy, crazy as a the wild wild west wind
When it chases a tumbleweed with too much top-spin
They made love like, wild horses in a hurricane
Chasing rainbows in a souped-up silver seaplane
They were sleepless in love, they were lovers
They were lovers, sleepless in love
They were sleepless in love, they were lovers
Sister, soak the beans
I'll be comin Home to Chop the Onion
Mama, light the stove
It'll take a while for the cornbread to get done
I'll be comin' home
I've had enough, I'm done with self-denial
Can't you hear me moan?
Set the table, I'll be there in a while
Workin' on the run
Burnin' cactus down on the Rio Grande
No shade from the sun
Just wishin' I'd get done with shovelin' sand
Sister, soak the beans
I'll be comin Home to Chop the Onion
Mama, light the stove
It'll take a while for the cornbread to get done
I'll be comin' home
I've had enough, I'm done with self-denial
Can't you hear me moan?
Set the table, I'll be there in a while
I been gone so long
Callin' cattle on the Goodnight Lovin' Line
Can't you hear my song
The canteen's dry as the dust that's in my eyes
Sister, soak the beans
I'll be comin Home to Chop the Onion
Mama, light the stove
It'll take a while for the cornbread to get done
I'll be comin' home
I've had enough, I'm done with self-denial
Can't you hear me moan?
Set the table, I'll be there in a while
Last time I got stuck
In a Yankee city up above the Dixon Line
I run plum out of luck
Not an inch of enchalada could I find
I'll be comin' home
I've had enough, I'm done with self-denial
No Peace can I find
One day I went and left my home out in the West
Said I was headed for the Silver City
All along the line I was dreaming all the time
Dreaming of the shining Silver City
I kissed my love goodbye, said "Honey don't you cry"
For I'm going to the Silver City
If you could read my mind you'd know that I'll be fine
Soon as I do my time in the Silver City
Two weeks and a day I slowly made my way
To the gates of the Silver City
Finally one night I saw the flaming lights
I had made it to the Silver City
I honestly believed that I would be received
With the golden key to the Silver City
But my first night on the town, bandits knocked me down
They welcomed me to the Silver City
Musta been a freak mistake I said as I did wake
In the gutter of the Silver City
With a throbbing head I begged for my bread
Half-smiling as I bled in the Silver City
Oh, how can there ever be such misery in the streets
How can it ever be in the Silver City?
But soon enough I saw how easy it was to fall
And not be seen at all in the Silver City
Got caught for a crime I done; Policeman said "Son."
"Don't you try to run in the Silver City"
He locked me in his jail. No one to go my bail.
Oh when can I sail away fron the Silver City?
Now the moon crys through the bars; my love shines in the stars
I'm glad that she is far from the Silver City
If she could read my mind she'd know that I'll be fine
Soon as I do my time in the Silver City
Met her in old Mexico
She was laughing sad and young
In a smokey room no-one could see
Her favorite poets all agreed
Spanish is a loving tongue
But she never spoke Spanish to me
She was born in Monterey
And all the Christmas songs were sung
The padre knew what she'd grow up to be
Saints and sinners all agree
Spanish is a loving tongue
But she never spoke Spanish to me
Like a lion screamin' in the jungleo
She never could in what she couldn't see
She spoke to all the shadows in her bungalow
But she never spoke Spanish to me
She said, "If you're from Texas, son
Then where's your boots and where's your gun?"
I smiled and said, "I got guns, no-one can see"
We laughed at that, we both agreed
Spanish is a loving tongue
But she never spoke Spanish to me
I left her in old Mexico
She was laughing sad and young
In a smokey room and no-one could see
Her favorite poets all agreed
Spanish is a loving tongue
But she never spoke Spanish to me
This highway's like a girl I knew
You climb into her car.
She takes you many places
She leaves you where you are.
Her ribbons are all a tangle
Her breath is long and fast
But if you're only tryin' to pass the time
Her love will never last.
This highway's like a girl I knew
Who walks you to her door.
She teases you with lovin' arms
And promises you more.
And then one day she walks away
Says she ain't goin' far.
She takes you many places
But she leaves you where you are.
This highway's like a girl I knew
Who had your very soul.
But you tried to get too close to her
To have and to hold.
Days and nights you chase her
With your bag and your guitar.
She takes you many places
But she leaves you where you are.
She takes you many places
Baby like the night life
She can't tolerate the quiet life
She got a shakin' fever
Ain't nobody don't believe her
She gotta get the gettin' tonight
She gotta get the gettin' while the gettin' is right
She said,"Oh, oh, oh, boys, can't you rock this joint
I gotta get the gettin', baby, get to the point
Oh, oh, oh, boys, can't you rock this joint
I gotta get the gettin', baby, get to the point"
Baby licks her lipstick
I slick down my cow lick
She'll be out this weekend
Ain't nobody disagreein'
She gotta get the gettin' tonight
She gotta get the gettin' while the gettin' is right
She said,"Oh, oh, oh, boys, can't you rock this joint
I gotta get the gettin', baby, get to the point
Oh, oh, oh, boys, can't you rock this joint
I gotta get the gettin', baby, get to the point"
She gotta get the gettin' tonight
She gotta get the gettin' while the gettin' is right
She said,"Oh, oh, oh, boys, can't you rock this joint
I gotta get the gettin', baby, get to the point
Oh, oh, oh, boys, can't you rock this joint
I gotta get the gettin', baby, get to the point"
She said,"Oh, oh, oh, boys, can't you rock this joint
I gotta get the gettin', baby, get to the point
Oh, oh, oh, boys, can't you rock this joint
Waiting for the train to France
I hung my head in shame
Feeling for all purposes like a
Man without a name
Adios that's all she said
I knew it had to be
But she Finally Spoke Spanish to Me
Life just passed by on the sly
I tried to live mine over
It's been a cold dark lonesome night
On the White Cliffs of Dover
Adios that's all she said
It echoed across the sea
But She Finally Spoke Spanish to Me
Wine and dreams
She blew the candle out
I came to her for something
I went away without
Adios, that word will always haunt my memory
But She Finally Spoke Spanish to Me
I left my boots in Italy
Souls wore out in Spain
I left my guns in London Town
Just smokin' in the rain
Adios that's all she said
I knew it had to be
But She Finally Spoke Spanish to Me
But She Finally Spoke Spanish to Me
Wine and dreams
She blew the candle out
I came to her for something
I went away without
Adios, that word will always haunt my memory
She collected gun-slingers
First-stringers, dead-ringers
She just needed more
She collected dance hallers
Know-it-all-ers, wreckin'-ball-ers
She just needed more
She just needed more
She had cars, clothes and health
She just needed more
She had looks, spare time and wealth
She just needed more
She collected chain letters
Irish setters, go-getters
She just needed more
She collected show-stoppers
Window-shoppers, name droppers
She just needed more
She just needed more
She had money to pay her fines
She just needed more
I gave her all of my time
She just needed more
First I hardly noticed
I just thought she was just showing affection
But when her carpenter came
To measure me for a frame
I walked right out of her collection
She collected ransacker's
Bushwhackers, nutcrackers
She just needed more
She collected soul sellers
Fortune-tellers, go-to-hell-ers
She just needed more
She just needed more
She had diamonds, pearls and wine
She just needed more
I gave her all of my time
She just needed more
She just needed more
She just needed more
She just needed more
She just needed more
She just needed more
She just needed more
She just needed more
You say you want drama
I'll give you drama
You want muscle
I'll give you nerve
You want sugar
Would you settle for honey?
You want romance
Would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love
Or do you need
All that meaningless stuff?
Would you settle for love?
Would it be enough?
Baby, would you settle for love?
You say you want fire
I'll give you fever
You want kisses
I'll give you all I got
You want diamonds
Would you settle for rhinestones
You want romance
Would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love
Or do you need
All that meaningless stuff?
Would you settle for love?
Would it be enough?
Baby, would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love
Or do you need
All that meaningless stuff?
Would you settle for love?
Would it be enough?
Baby, would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love
Or do you need
All that meaningless stuff?
Would you settle for love?
Would it be enough?
Baby, would you settle for love?
C'mon, tell me now
I need to know, yeah
Would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love?
Would you settle for love
Or do you need
All that meaningless stuff?
Would you settle for love?
Would it be enough?
Baby, would you settle for love?
Here's a little ditty 'bout Screamin Blue Jillions
It was a stormy night there was a cyclone comin'
In a back street shack was a young boy strummin'
Born and raised in the Texas sand
Every thing he wore was second-hand
The life he lived was a cryin' shame.
So that very night he changed his name
He grabbed the cyclone with his hands.
That was the start of a hurricane band.
(Bass and Drums and a Guitar hail
Keyboard clickin his fingernails)
Come on baby, baby clap your hands
I know he needs your lovin' don't you understand
Come on baby, baby clap your hands
Shake it, shake it any way you can
Here come Blue like hell on wheels
Tryin' anything just to feel the feel
Love is the medicine that moves his soul
He gets his kicks from rock and roll
Look out baby its fixin to scream
Blue Jillions rockin'to Smithereens
Come on baby, baby clap your hands
I know he needs your lovin' don't you understand
Come on baby, baby clap your hands
Saint Valentine drove a red Continental
With a headlight out and a dent in the side
He said it wasn't his; it was only a rental
But he drove it every single night
Saint Valentine wore shades and a Cowboy Hat
He looked straight outa Lonesome Dove
You never saw his eyes but you knew down deep inside
He was longin for a long lost love
The Origional Lover had a broken heart
To the ground his blood did flow
And for every drop that fell to the earth
A red, red rose did grow
Saint Valentine ate pizza every Monday night
And chased it with Johnny Walker Black
The waitresses would stare but he just didn't care
He just wanted his lover back
Saint Valentine wore a t-shirt of the Virgin Madonna
With the sleeves cut out and a tear through the heart
He wore it like a shield to protect his pride and honor
He was tired of livin' so far apart
The Origional Lover had a broken heart
To the ground his blood did flow
And for every drop that fell to the earth
A red, red rose did grow
Saint Valentine would Circle the Shoppin' Center Mall
With his radio wailin' the Blues
He'd park outside the door of the Video Store
Like he was one of the chosen few
Saint Valentine drove a red Continental
With a headlight out and a dent in the side
He swore it wasn't real; it was only mental
saw her in the barrio
In the town where the brothers fought
Across the river from the Moorish Mosque
That the Spanish Christians bought
Her hair was dressed by Vesps
Woven in the leather wind
She grew up int the country
You could see it in her innocent grin
Run Preciosa, Run for love
The olive trees need rain
Memories of your gypsy past
Still ride on the midnight train
Your lover's heart was way too wild
You saw it in his face
You walk the graveyard with his child
In a veil of Spanish lace
The son of Tony Camborio
Drove a souped up Red Renault
With a muffler rusted as the red wrought iron
Around his father's burial vault
The Civil Guards raise their sleepy heads
When she spins to watch the car change lanes
Tho so many years have passed
Not that much has changed
Run Preciosa, Run for love
The olive trees need rain
Memories of your gypsy past
Still ride on the midnight train
Your lover's heart was way too wild
You saw it in his face
You walk the graveyard with his child
In a veil of Spanish lace
The hours paint the whitewashed walls
In shadows of Lavender-grey
Preciosa counts the ring of bells
From the church where the white doves lay
The flashing lights of the Civil Guard
Around a red renault they flash
Not that much has really changed,
I went down to the races to watch my pony run
Down to the races to watch my pony run
Lookin at the faces, lookin for the fastest one
I took my money, money Id saved for rent
I took my money, money Id saved for rent
Forgive me honey, Ill give it up for lent
Run Little Pony, run like youre runnin from Sin
Run Little Pony, Run like the Crazy Wind
Play your bugle, boy, play it fast and hard
Play your bugle, boy, play it fast and hard
Here come the ponies, come trottin out in the yard
The odds against me, they laid aem seven to one
Odds were against me, they laid aem at seven to one
Cold sweat like t drench me, when the starter man fired
his gun
Run Little Pony, run like youre runnin from Sin
Run Little Pony, Run like the Crazy Wind
I yelled and I cheered and praised the lord above
I yelled and I cheered and praised the lord above
My Little Pony come in, one head out in front
Out all night until the mornin sun
Out all night until the mornin sun
Buyin all the drinks with the money I had won
Run Little Pony, run like youre runnin from Sin
Run Little Pony, Run like the Crazy Wind
Next thing I knew I was lookin thru cold hard steel
Next thing I knew I was lookin thru cold hard steel
Carmen must have been the Devils daughter
At least he taught her how to wear her clothes
And the boys folled her to the slaughter
Where they fell like a row of dominoes
They fell like a row of dominoes
Don't let your past drive you under
You know how a memory comes and goes
Well the years rolled away just like thunder
Where they fell like a row of dominoes
They fell like a row of dominoes
Won't you tell me how you been
Something more than you've been feelin fine
I'm havin that feelin again
There's a whole lot more to lay on the line
A whole lot more to lay on the line
Share and share alike you know I love you
But I also love the way the wild wind blows
So don't set your dreams up there above you
Where they'll fall like a row of dominoes
They'll fall like a row of dominoes
They say a fool never knows what he misses
And a wise man never misses what he knows
What can I say your ten thousand kisses
Fell on me like a row of dominoes
They fell like a row of dominoes
Won't you tell me how you been
Something more than you've been feelin fine
I'm havin that feelin again
And the dominoes are standin in a line
"Damn this sand", sang the rambler
"Damn this hand", sang the gambler
Nobody's satisfied with the road they chose to ride
Oh let it go, roll again
"Damn these caves", sang the jailer
"Damn these waves", sang the sailor
Nobody's satisfied with the road they chose to ride
Oh let it go, roll again
You get in the game, you pay the price
You lay down your life and roll the dice
And if you roll 'snake-eyes', roll again
"Damn temptation", sang the preacher
"Damn frustration", sang the teacher
Nobody's satisfied with the road they chose to ride
Oh let it go, roll again
"Damn this livin'", said the sinner
"Damn forgivin', what's for dinner?"
You get in the game, you pay the price
You lay down your life and roll the dice
(Butch Hancock)
I got a road hawg on my mind
Move over, baby, look out I'm comin' through
You're on the side of the road, I got a load on my mind
And I'm bringin' it home to you
Got a road hawg on my mind
Got a Cadillac V-8 motovatin' down the line
Don't wave your pretty fist at me, I'm on the Freeway
Baby I'm losin' time
Well, You know about a road hawg
I guess I'm one
And this road I'm a hawggin'
Is the one you're standin' on
I got a road hawg on my mind
I got a 4-barrel carburetor, 2-barrel shotgun
In the cool of the evening she calls me to dance
My back's about broken from choppin' the plants
My soul is so thirsty I can't sleep at night
She walks in my dreams, brings me delight
I was born to the workers to toil and to strife
My father before me he worked all his life
He took nothing for granted, he said, "Son never bend"
This heart that's been broken only her love can mend
Some men could give you ranches and rivers
With fences of barbed wire to keep out the cold
But me, I got nothin', no titles to nothin'
Just a love and a fire more precious than gold
Your daddy works me in the ground, he knows something's goin' down
Would you pack your things and run with me?
Tomorrow at sunrise with the dew on the cotton
They'll cut loose the watchdogs when they see that we're gone
The smile of my sweet one asleep on the car seat
Ten miles to the border where we will be free
Some men could give you ranches and rivers
With fences of barbed wire to keep out the cold
But me, I got nothin', no titles to nothin'
I ain't been sleepin', I ain't been eatin'
I've been on pins and needles, waitin' by the phone
You better call me, you better call me
I've been on pins and needles, waitin' by the phone
You better call me or I'll go crazy
I ain't been tryin', I feel like dyin'
I've been on pins and needles, waitin' by the phone
You better call me, you better call me
I've been on pins and needles, waitin' by the phone
You better call me or I'll go crazy
I should've known when you said, "So long"
To run another telephone line
The operator told me said, "Joe, lay low
Before you lose your mind"
I should've known when you said, "So long"
To run another telephone line
The operator told me said, "Joe, lay low
Before you lose your mind"
I feel forsaken, my heart is achin'
I've been on pins and needles, waitin' by the phone
You better call me, you better call me
I've been on pins and needles, waitin' by the phone
You better call me or I'll go crazy
My Daisy she's crazy
Just like she seems
She climbs into bed and covers her head
And sneaks into my dreams
My Daisy she's lazy
Don't do nothin' but play
While I work like a slave
in an airplane wing
And bring home all the pay
Well I wish she'd take it easy
On poor delicate me
wish she'd take it easy
It'd be a better day for my Daisy and me!
My Daisy she's amazing
Sneaks in the movies for free
While me and the chauffeur
keep the motor runnin'
If I have to lose you, to lose you
I'll forever wonder why
For then I would refuse you, refuse you
And that would be a lie
But if I choose to love you, love you
I will lose my life
And all the stars above you, above you
Will forever lose their shine
I know it's wrong
I been hurtin' much too long
Friends say I've changed
They see that I'm insane
If I have to lose you, to lose you
I'll forever wonder why
For then I would refuse you, refuse you
And that would be a lie
But if I choose to love you, love you
I will lose my life
And all the stars above you, above you
Will forever lose their shine
Where can I turn?
I broke faith, I never learned
If you stay behind
I will lose my mind
But if I choose to love you, love you
I will lose my life
And all the stars above you, above you
The doors flew back and in they came
A tough bunch of cowboys, thirsty
They said to the waitress, "Honey what's your name?
Mama, won'cha bring us whiskey?"
The waitress [Incomprehensible]
Her eyes rolled in her head
And no one took a single breath
When she turned to them and said
She said, "I'm nacho mama, nacho mama
Nacho mama, nacho girl
I didn't bring you into this world
I'm nacho mama, no'cho mama"
The wild bunch rode on down the line
To some cafe on the Pedernales
They said to the waitress, "Honey, what's your name
Mama, won'cha bring us tamales?"
The waitress raised her fly swatter high
Her new tattoo did show
It was Napoleon with a big black eye
And she was lettin' everybody know
I'm nacho mama, nacho mama
I'm nacho mama, nacho girl
I didn't bring you into this world
I'm nacho mama, nacho mama
The wild bunch rode on down the line
Sidesaddle to their saddlebags
They crossed their legs and laughed all night
You see, the wild bunch was in drag
They sang, "I'm nacho mama
Nacho mama
I'm nacho mama, I'm nacho girl
I didn't bring you into this world
I'm nacho mama, nacho mama
I'm nacho mama, I'm nacho girl
I didn't bring you into this world
I'm nacho mama, nacho mama
Out a my window, 'round my back
You can see the full moon slidin' down the railroad track
Sixty miles an hour, my babys holdin' tight
I'm crazy to be on this highway tonight
Cool breeze in my hair baby I don't care
I've got no destination and I'm half way there
My eyes got lucky, My eyes got lucky
My eyes got lucky, My eyes got lucky
My eyes got lucky when they fell on you
If this night never ends, It'll be way too soon!
My eyes got lucky
I remember when I met her the wind in the trees
Moonlight on your face and a cool, cool breeze
Now I'm sittin' here beside her and she's purrin like a cat
It's funny how memories seem to be made like that.
Cool breeze in my hair baby I don't care
I've got no destination and I'm half way there
My eyes got lucky, My eyes got lucky
My eyes got lucky, My eyes got lucky
My eyes got lucky when they fell on you
If this night never ends, It'll be way too soon!
My Baby Thinks She's French
My Baby Thinks She's French
She plays a spanish guitar
At the coffee bar
She's takin' self-defence
My Baby Thinks She's French
She like the rose perfume
In the afternoon with her chocolate mints
She thinks she's French she likes to kiss and kiss
Her Flame is hard to Quench!
My Baby Thinks She's French
My Baby Thinks She's French
She drive a citroen car
She sings me Ooo wa wa
She's prone to accidents
My Baby Thinks She's French
Well its Paris this
And its Paris that, it makes me cringe
She thinks she's French she likes to kiss and kiss
Her Flame is hard to quench!
My Baby Thinks She's French
My Baby Thinks She's French
She reads Madamoselle
and when the clock strikes twelve
she wants to give me a pinch.....
My Baby Thinks She's French
She's a Texas doll
She likes shopping malls where the mood is French
With a southern drawl
They say come back y'all
and they never even flench!
My Baby Thinks She's French
My Baby Thinks She's French
She wants to start a fire
In the Eifel Tower
She's lost all common sense!!
My Baby Thinks She's French
She likes the Moulin Rouge
when the sun shines thru
she seldom squints....
Please understand me everything's all right
I just musta notta gotta lotta sleep last night
I was high flyin' down the riverside drive
Rockin' to the radio man alive
Stopped into a joint bought a round of booze
Hot dog I got a buzz in my shoe
Please understand me everything's all right
I just musta notta gotta lotta sleep last night
Writin' you a letter it's late in the night
Sittin' in a caffe honey eatin' a bite
I'm telln' you about where all I've been
Hot dog I'm gone again
Please understand me everything's all right
I just musta notta gotta lotta sleep last night
Now there's two kind of people in this big 'ol town
There's the early to rise and the late to go down
I guess I better find a better way to stop the clock
Hot dog I like it a lot
Hot dog I like it a lot
Please understand me everything's all right
I just musta notta gotta lotta sleep last night, yeah, hot dog
Please understand me everything's all right
Me and Billy the Kid never got along
I didn't like the way he cocked his hat
And he wore his gun all wrong.
We had the same girlfriend
And he never forgot it
She had a cute little Chihuahua
Until one day he up and shot it
He rode the hard country down the New Mexico line
He had a silver pocketwatch that he never did wind.
He crippled the piano player
For playin' his favorite song
No, Me and Billy the Kid never got along
Me and Billy the Kid never got along
I didn't like the way he parted his hair
And he wore his gun all wrong
He was bad to the bone
All hopped up on speed.
I would've left him alone
If it wasn't for that Senorita
He gave her silver and he paid her hotel bill
But it was me she loved and she said she always will.
I'd always go and see her
When Billy was gone
Yeah, Me and Billy the Kid never got along
Me and Billy the Kid never got along
I didn't like the way he tied his shoes
And he wore his gun all wrong
One day I said to Billy
"I've got this foolproof scheme"
We'll rob Wells Fargo
"It's bustin at the seams."
I admit that I framed him but I don't feel bad
Cause the way I was livin' was drivin' me mad
Billy reached for his gun
But his gun was on wrong
Yeah, Me and Billy the Kid never got along
Me and Billy the Kid never got along
But I did like the way he swayed in the wind
While I played him his favorite song
Now my baby sings harmony with me
To "La Cucaracha"
She winds her silver pocket watch
And pets her new Chihuahua
I moved in to the Hotel and got a room with a shower
We lay and listen to that watch tick hour after hour
Outside I hear the wind
Blowin' o so strong
Walking in this city
Ain't got a friend
All I meet is strangers
With no time to lend
Buildings and the steeples
Aimed for the sky
Looking oh, so lonely
Lonely as I
Maybe, maybe, maybe
I can find someone
Maybe, maybe, maybe
Maybe she'll find me
Some lovers are like countries
So far apart
Spending time counting the miles
That lay between their hearts
Some lovers are like ships at sea
With a broken mast
Knowin' not where they're goin'
Knowin' not who to ask
Maybe, maybe, maybe
I can find someone
Maybe, maybe, maybe
Maybe she'll find me
Believe I'll go down to the bay
Believe I'll jump right in
Hear the fishes laughing
When they find out I can't swim
Believe I'll go down to the bay
Look across the sea
Throw a rose into the bay
With your fan belt slippin' and your bare tires
squealin'
Every time you hit the road you think you're rich.
You're Lord of the Highway but the way you been drivin'
Sends them hitch-hikers divin' for the ditch
Well the law's on your trail and there's another law to
lead you
And yet another law to let you down
And the laws of the game they're the very same that
freed you
The Lord of the Highway gets around
You weren't the only one who saw the dark days a
commin'
And you weren't the only one who shut em out.
It was nothin like your pride; it was somethin' deep
inside
That saw the Shimmer felt the Shake and heard the Shout
So lay it on thick if you lay it on at all
If you're gonna do the job, do it right
If you gotta hit the road, leave your burdens behind
The Lord of the Highway travels light.
With your air cleaner hissin' and your radiator
steamin'
And the sun burnin' bugs to the glass
You're Lord of the Highway ,you're livin' you're not
dreamin'
And if time really wants to, let it pass.
You'll be miles down the road when the toll bridge is
burnin'
And your mirrors face foward at last.
You got what it takes to be Lord of the Highway
As I was riding across the Mississippi stopped there and I cried
No use for a man to keep a mighty river all dammed up inside
I jumped bail from the Sweet water County, now I'm on the run
On my head is a five number bounty, for a crime I never done
Take this letter to Laredo, to one I love
Tell her to stay low, beneath the stars above
Her love is my only alibi, it's for her love I lied
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Why did Frankie have to pull that trigger? Why did you have to hide?
Sheriff still thinks I was standing with her, it's for her love I lied
Love will make a free man a prisoner, make an honest man lie
Love can be tough, love can be tender, it's my only alibi
Take this letter to Laredo, to one I love
Tell her to stay low, beneath the stars above
Her love is my only alibi, it's for her love I lied
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Take this letter to Laredo, to the one I love
Tell her to stay low beneath the stars above
Her love is my only alibi, it's for her love I lied
Yeah, yeah
Take this letter to Laredo
Tell her to stay low
Her love is my only alibi
It's for her love I lied
Yeah, yeah
Take this letter to Laredo
You're afraid to lose your cover
Afraid to bare your soul
Like an Alfred Hitchcock lover
Who slowly goes out of control
Your love is like the city
Only shines at night
Your love has no pity
Baby baby that's all right
Your vanity is your castle
You're like a neon sign
And the poor lost souls in your shadows
You forget, they are friends of mine.
Your love is like the city
Only shines at night
Your love has no pity
Baby baby that's all right
Little Johnny Vain lost his head
While you broke a young girls heart.
And Cecil D. Demille once gave to you
The 'Cast of Millions' part.
Your love is like the city
Only shines at night
Your love has no pity
Baby baby that's all right
How many memories have you, honey,
Swept beneath the bed?
And how many roses have you, honey,
Well Johnny come in last night, man he was an awful sight
The Bartender said, "Hey Johnny, there'll be no band tonight"
"The piano-man's drunk, he been down in the dumps
The drummer's in bed, he got a pain in his head
No Johnny, there'll be no band tonight"
The clock was stickin' close to ten, the mailman came runnin' in
He said, "Anybody here named Johnny? I got a special delivery for him"
"It's from a woman he knows, it's from his Bayou Rose
The girl of his dreams wants a wedding ring"
Love Rosie, "I've got a letter for him", that's what the letter said
Johnny jumped up from his beer, he told the mailman, "Yes I'm here"
And then he read it out loud to the bar room crowd
Before they had a chance to cheer
He said, "Call up the band, I'm a happy man
I want them to play on my wedding day"
When he told them, they had a chance to cheer
The piano-man came even though it was rainin'
The drummer was drummin' just like and insane man
They tore off the roof, they knocked down the doors
And Johnny and his bride drove away in her Ford
Slappin' that dash to the beat of the band
Draggin' behind them a string of tin cans
And he ain't been back yet but I know when he do
Well Johnny's gonna play some of the meanest blues
He was a canvas back'd scatter brain from jazz street
He had a 65 chevy and and a surfer shirt full a parakeets
It's a dead-end road by Love Canal where the moon eyed dream
He was hot to trot and he beat a lot on his drum machine
She had a sweet-scented cool hotel on jazz street
Where the company girls and the go betweens are known to meet
Her younger sister runs the desk - she rings a little brass bell
And if the truth were known she liked to drink alone and it was just as well
He was the King of Trash, he could sling it around
On Jazz Street
She was the Angel of Poverty, she followed him down
On Jazz Street
They were happy together, all their dice seemed to turn up seven
With a love like this, who could wish
for anything better than heaven...
On Jazz Street
On Jazz Street
On Jazz Street
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He had a fuzzy dash and a steering wheel made out of loggers chain
His stereo had remote control that was made in Spain
He left his sister behind, she was doin time in the Federal Pen
Times were rough, but just tough enough for a man like him
She had a mobile phone in her mobile home that she loved to use
She'd been inspired by the girls that she hired at the interviews
She'd seen the ropes and her only hope was to play the bluff
Make believe that he had a fantasy that was big enough
He was the King of Trash, he could sling it around
On Jazz Street
She was the Angel of Poverty, she followed him down
On Jazz Street
They were happy together, all their dice seemed to turn up seven
With a love like this, who could wish
For anything better than heaven...
On Jazz Street
On Jazz Street
On Jazz Street
He was the King of Trash, he could sling it around
On Jazz Street
She was the Angel of Poverty, she followed him down
On Jazz Street
They were movin their feet tryin' to make ends meet
On Jazz Street
All the little birdies go tweet tweet tweet on Jazz Street
On Jazz Street
On Jazz Street
Well I woke up wonderin'
'Bout what you said last night
When you wanted me to say in my own kind a way
What it was that our love was like
It's a little like a Daytime Drama
When the plot gets thick
You just never realized thru the turns and ties
That you was in the thick of it
It's a little like a Carousel
That's breakin' apart
And all the wild wild horses runnin ever which way
Runnin all over your heart
It's a Little like everything
This crazy world's made of
It's a little like a feelin' when your heart is reelin'
It's A Little Like Love
I don't know if I'm strong enough
To even hold on tight
I don't know if I can keep my poor eyes open
Baby till I see the light
It's a little like a Six O'Clock News
In the middle of your head
Both sides are a little hazy about which one's crazy
And what is better to be left unsaid
It's a little like a stock car race
You never stay in line
You just dodge flyin' steel and the rubber off the wheels
And try to make it to the finish line
It's a Little like everything
This crazy world's made of
It's a little like a feelin' when your heart is reelin'
It's A Little Like Love
I didn't buy no four week Course
I had to learn it on my own
Who ever wrote the book must've never took a look
At the seeds that they could have sown
It's a little like a thunderstorm
Lightnin' hail and rain
But when the clouds blow by there's a clear blue sky
To wash away all your pain
It's a little like a mountain climb
It's a long hard rise
If you make it up the hill then you know you will
See the sun on the other side
It's a Little like everything
This crazy world's made of
It's a little like a feelin' when your heart is reelin'
If you ever go out to the circus
Where the Wallendas walk on the wire
I'll tell you a tale to remember
When the white horses leap rings of fire.
It was a cold night in Oklahoma
The show was about to begin
The animals, they were all restless
When the star pony broke from her pen.
Now she was a mare of high spirit
Like a whore on a saturday night
Kickin' and buckin' past the men who were brushin'
The elephants lyin' on their sides.
Close to the tents set a lantern
Dangerously next to the hay
That mare headed straight for those lantern
Some fool had put there by mistake.
Up stepped some Indian Cowboy
His lasso he whirled through the air
In the full dead middle of danger
He roped that run-away mare.
The elephants raised up their trumpets
Two of them broke from their chains
Stampeded that Indian cowboy
Who had saved the Big Top from flames.
So if you ever go out to the circus
Where the Wallendas walk on the wire
Remember that Indian Cowboy
When the white horses leap rings of fire.
Remember that Indian Cowboy
Oh, weary me
I'm broke as a man can be
My bills are all due, I got holes in my shoe
Bill collectors, they won't let me sleep
If I could teach my Chihuahua to sing
I could make cash registers ring
What a sight to behold her
She could sit on my shoulder and whimper in harmony
If I can teach my Chihuahua to sing
What a wonderful world, will it would be
I can take her to the border and teach her how to order
Margaritas and Fajitas, Senoritas would bring
The circus is coming to town
The telephone lines are down
While the tight rope they're stretchin'
Well, my puppy is fetchin' the tin cans all scattered around
If I could teach my Chihuahua to sing
The whole would live in peace
Instead of them fightin', everyone would be writin'
Love letters to senators and police
If I could teach my Chihuahua to sing
What brave new world it would be
I could take her to China, on a big jet airliner
And bark in the park 'til the freedom bells ring
If I could teach my Chihuahua to sing
There'd be no more sorrow and grief
I could take her to the border and teach her how to order
Im on the run again
Im on the run again
Runnin from the pleasure
Runnin from the pain
Runnin from the voices
Who're callin my name
And Im feelin like the wild wild wind
Im on the run again
Im on the run again
Hidin from my feelings
Hidin from my heart
Hidin from barriers
That keep us apart
And Im feelin like the wild wild wind
Im on the run again
Hold me close
Youre the only one who knows me
Hold me tight
Protect me from the winds that blow me
Im on the run again
Im on the run again
Fleein from the city
Fleein from the cars
Fleein from the comets
And the fallin stars
And Im feelin like the wild wild wind
Im on the run again
Im on the run again
Im on the run again
Runnin from the salesmen
Tryin to connect
Runnin from the tax man
Callin collect
And Im feelin like the wild wild wind
Im on the run again
Hold me close
Youre the only one who knows me
Hold me tight
Protect me from the winds that blow me
Im on the run again
Im on the run again
Runnin from the internet
Runnin from the Man
Runnin from the Cameras
Travelin' down this weary road
Travelin' down this weary road
Travelin' down this weary road
A troubled mind is a heavy load
Travelin' down this weary road
Hold my ticket in my hand
Hold my ticket in my hand
Hold my ticket in my hand
And headed for the promised land
I hold my ticket in my hand
I'm a thousand miles from home
I'm a thousand miles from home
I'm a thousand miles from home
Georgia rain blows through my bones
I'm a thousand miles from home
I told my love, my last good bye
My very, very last good bye
Told my love, my last good bye
I hang my head and the tears just cry
Told my love, my last good bye
I'm a thousand miles from home
I'm a thousand miles from home
I'm a thousand miles from home
Georgia rain blows through my bones
I'll be your fool, I'll be your lovin' loser
I'll be your ridicule
I'll be the one you make fun of
When all your plans fall through
Because you sure need a fool
I'm not alone, I've seen the one's you run to
I've known the ones you've known
I've seen the ones you come to
When you leave your happy home
No, I'm not alone
All fools must fall, some of them get up again
And some are made to crawl
Some of them hang on a limb
Some sit on the wall
But all fools must fall
But before I fall
I'll run right down your narrow hall
And warn your other gentlemen
Yeah, before I fall
I'll stand up on your garden wall
Faithful till then
I'll be your fool, I'll be your lovin' loser
I'll be your ridicule
I'll be the one you make fun of
When all your plans fall through
Because you sure need a fool
Yeah, you sure need a fool
I'm a working
On the line
Six days at a time
With a shovel and a spade
I'm digging for the shade
But I keep getting paid the same
Been working for a man and he likes my style
The more I sweat the more he smiles
The more I sweat the deeper I get
He's driving this poor boy wild
I can't live no good on what I get paid
I know trouble's just a poor man's claim to fame
But the prices keep rising every day
And I keep getting paid the same
I get up every mornin' 'bout half past six
Drink a pot a' coffee just to load a ton of bricks
Long about noon, I'm thinkin' that soon
You're gonna work this poor boy sick.
I can't buy beans on what I get paid
I was cooking biscuits when the bill collector came
And the prices keep rising everyday
And I keep getting paid the same
I lay down my hammer when the whistle sounds
I bury my shovel in the deep deep ground
I run to my home to see my honey comb
When that evening sun goes down
I can't live to good on what I get paid
My roof's got a hole and It's looking like rain
And the prices keep rising everyday
Well, I left my home out on the Great High Plains
Headed for some new terrain
Standin' on the highway with my coffee cup
A wonderin' who was gonna pick me up
I had my hopes up high, I never thought
That I would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye
I had my hopes up high
Well, the first ride I got was in a dynamite truck
The driver kept tellin' me his bad luck
As we swerved around the curves, I began to shout
I said, "Hey mister would you let me out?"
I had my hopes up high, I never thought
That I would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye
I had my hopes up high
And the next ride I got was with a man in trouble
The beard on his face was all in a stubble
Runnin' from the law he was goin' ninety-nine
I said, "Hey mister, you're out of your mind"
I had my hopes up high, I never thought
That I would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye
I had my hopes up high
And the next ride I got was with a preacher man
Told me that the wicked would be buried in sand
I don't know why I did it but I lost control
I said, "Ho Papa, would you save my soul?"
I had my hopes up high, I never thought
That I would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye
I had my hopes up high
And I finally got a ride on a carnival train
Nearly blew away in a hurricane
I got to thinkin' bout that preacher down in Louisianne
Now I'm sittin' on the Delta Siftin' sand
I had my hopes up high, I never thought
That I would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye
I had my hopes up high
I never thought
That I would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye
Smoke from a downshift blows across the grain
And the blackbirds are flyin across the golden plain
Im goin back to where it was I came
I got to find ol Joe before he loses it all
Last night in the cafe I wanted to hold your hand
So I told you with my eyes that I understand
That life sure aint easy here in this no mans land
I got to find ol Joe before he loses it all
Somewhere I believe theres a place for me
Down the road to destiny
Can you hear that eagle call?
I got to find ol Joe before he loses it all
The dogs go to barkin at the risin of the moon
And the highways a callin and Ill be listinen soon
Another weary rambler crazy as a loon
I got to find ol Joe before he loses it all
The motel up ahead has a vacancy sign
But Im travelin too hard to pay it any mind
Theres a rainbow in the clouds down ol highway 99
I gotta find ol Joe before he loses it all
Somewhere I believe theres a place for me
Down the road to destiny
Can you hear that eagle call?
I got to find ol Joe before he loses it all
The wild west was made with the blood of the brave
Where there was little to take and even less to save
Where they buried their heros in unmarked graves
I got to find ol Joe before he loses it all
You work all your life to get where you are
Then you throw it all away to chase some crazy star
While the prophet on the radio slings his guitar
I got to find ol Joe before he loses it all
Somewhere I believe theres a place for me
Down the road to destiny
Can you hear that eagle call?
I got to find ol Joe before he loses it all
The wild west was made from the blood of the brave
Dry as the creek bed, cracked with age
Where they buried their heros in unmarked graves
River's on the rise, crows are in the skies
Look at that big yellow cornbread moon
Now that you're lookin', do you feel something cookin'?
Look at that cornbread moon
Well, I wouldn't be surprised
If I didn't see your eyes shine soon
Sometimes I feel like maybe I will
I'll jump through the keyhole in your door
Ooo, ooo honey, I ain't being funny
Through your hardwood door
And then sometimes I feel like
Yes I will for sure, for sure
Walkin' by that river
Did I feel you start to shiver
Leaves on the tress turn red and gold
Here and there there baby, everywhere maybe
All Shades of red and gold
Now all you need is somebody one to hold
River's on the rise, crows are in the skies
Look at that big yellow cornbread moon
Now that you're lookin', do you feel something cookin'?
Look at that cornbread moon
Well, I wouldn't be surprised
I woke up this mornin
I was half insane
And I didn't even know it
I didn't even know it
I went back to bed
I knew I had been framed
Cause I didn't even do it
I didn't even do it
Well you can't come in
No you can't come in
I didn't even do it...
I didn't even do it...
I didn't even do it...
And you can't come in......
When the telephone rang
I was thinkin' 'bout the jury
But I couldn't even face it
No I couldn't even face it
When the cops come knockin
They was knockin with a fury
I said I didn't even do it
I didn't even do it
Well you can't come in
No you can't come in
I didn't even do it...
I didn't even do it...
I didn't even do it...
And you can't come in......
When they took me to the jail
I said, "Room service, please"
They didn't even like it
When the judge said, son
Boy, get down on your knees
I said I didn't even do it
Your honor, I didn't even do it
Well you can't come in
No you can't come in
I didn't even do it...
I didn't even do it...
I didn't even do it...
I Ain't Been Here Long
I ain't sung my song
But light the road and kiss me on my way
About leavin' I ain't strong
But darlin' before long
You'll close your eyes and kiss me home to stay
I rolled down under a fat sun
Just knowin' you're the one
The miles were taken from me for a while
But the one consolin' thought
That my wheels a spinnin' caught
Was the reasurance of your partin' smile.
I Ain't Been Here Long
I ain't sung my song
But light the road and kiss me on my way
About leavin' I ain't strong
But darlin' before long
You sure look fine tonight, in the beer sign light
Why did you seem surprised when I saw through your disguise
All your friends were there, no one had a care
They all just looked away in this honky tonk masquerade
You should have known I knew all along
That I could see through you, right or wrong
I didn't need a clue, I didn't even have to ask
You saw your own reflection in the glass
I'd like to see you home, but I know you're not alone
You seem to fit right in, as you tell me where you've been
You say there's not that much to tell but I know you oh, too well
Your eyes give you away in this honky tonk masquerade
You should have known I knew all along
I could see through you, right or wrong
I didn't need a clue, I didn't even have to ask
You saw your own reflection in the glass
You sure look fine tonight, they're turning out the lights
Why did you hold my sleeve when I said I had to leave
I hoped it never showed, that's the way it goes
Reeling cross the mossy swamp
Texarkana Louisiana listening to the engine thump
Nerves are shattered, what does it matter
if the rain pitter patters down the tree stump
Looks like the rivers low
Johnny and Lindy ain't they windy listening to the
radio
The rivers steamin', what are you dreamin'
Leaning half way out the window
Roll Roll Roll We're rollin' on
Blurred barbed wire out the window
Turn around and you'll be gone
Headed up east about broke
In my tuxedo, Holy Toledo, choking on the factory smoke
There go the Great Lakes I got a headache
And I ain't trying to make no joke
Roll Roll Roll We're rollin' on
Blurred barbed wire out the window
Turn around and you'll be gone
Now we gotta pay our toll
New York City, ain't she pretty, blazing like a
thunderbolt
Nerves are shattered what's it matter
If the rain pitter patters down the manhole
Roll Roll Roll We're rollin' on
Blow Blow Blow wind blow alone
Hold on honey We're rollin' on
Leaving California, she is on my mind
I left her back in Travis county, cryin' to a clothesline
A steel guitar on the radio is cuttin' slow and mean
I brought home the bottle, she just wanted beans
Highways and heartaches
Go together like you and me
Do you ever think about it
When the night is sad and lonely
I wonder if she's watchin' TV, cryin' with soap opera stars
I wonder if she sees them in me and if we gone too far
Look at all the lovers runnin' from their past
Gassin' up just to get somewhere, goin' nowhere fast
Highways and heartaches
Go together like you and me
Do you ever think about it
When the night is sad and lonely?
Do you ever think about me
When the night is sad and lonely?
Do you ever think about me
When the night is sad and lonely?
Runnin' away, don't stop the pain, it just delays the cryin'
What's left unsaid is better swallowed than covered up with lyin'
Though the song is over I still hear the steel guitar
And though the past is gone for good, it still helps to swallow hard
Highways and heartaches
Go together like you and me
Do you ever think about it
When the night is sad and lonely?
Do you ever think about it
When the night is sad and lonely?
Do you ever think about it
Well you can call out the sheriff and the highway patrol
There's a fool on the road careening out of control
Hard liquor, fast women, Lord, I can't leave 'em be
I wish hard livin' didn't come so easy to me.
I keep my engine revin' and my beer on ice
My idea of heaven is a pair 'a dice
Come on seven come eleven, set this poor boy free!
I wish hard livin' didn't come so easy to me.
Bright lights, Saturday night
I had me a little you know I feel all right
My cupcake, she can shimmy and shake
Spends more money any fool can make
When my tires are flat and I'm out of gas
I promise myself I'll let the next one pass
I wish that a promise didn't break so easily
My great great Grandfather
Prospected for gold
In the wilds of Alaska
In the Yukon cold
My great Grandfather
Fought the Civil War
On the side of the South
In the Infantry Corps
My own Grandfather
Was a hell of a man
He rode Rock Island Railroad
In the blowing sand
All this makes me wonder
What they'll say about me
Oh he was just some fool rambler
Dyin to be free
O-o-oh, I need one good woman to pull me through
O-o-oh, I got one good woman just like you
My great great Grandmother
Wore a calico gown
She had a double-barreled shotgun
That she never set down
My great Grandmother
Was a Cherokee bride
You could find her every evening
Down by the riverside
My own Grandmother
Had a heart of gold
She had eyes like an Angel
And an ocean for a Soul
All this makes me wonder
What they'll say about me
Oh he was just some fool rambler
Dyin to be free
O-o-oh, I need one good woman to pull me through
Now I lay me down to sleep
Leave the day behind
Pray the lord my soul to keep
I hope he cain't read my mind
Mother, mother, comfort me
Say everything is all right
Flames of hell surrounding me
Goodnight, dear diary, goodnight
Say everything will be all right
Good night, dear diary, goodnight
I remember how I felt
When I was but a child
Wind would blow right through my soul
I would feel so wild
Mother, mother, comfort me
Say everything is all right
Flames of hell surrounding me
Goodnight dear diary goodnight
Say everything will be all right
Good night, dear diary, goodnight
Well, I heard the news
there's good rockin' tonight.
Well, I heard the news
There's good rockin' tonight.
I'm gonna hold my baby
as tight as I can.
Tonight she'll know
I'm a mighty, mighty man.
I heard the news,
there's good rockin' tonight.
I say, well, meet me in a hurry
behind the barn,
Don't you be afraid, darling,
I'll do you no harm
I want you to bring
along my rockin' shoes,
'Cause tonight I'm gonna rock away
all my blues.
I heard the news,
there's good rockin' tonight.
Well, we're gonna rock. We're gonna rock.
Let's rock. Come on and rock.
We're gonna rock all our blues away.
Have you heard the news?
Everybody's rockin' tonight.
Have you heard the news?
Everybody's rockin' tonight.
I'm gonna hold my baby
as tight as I can,
Well, tonight she'll know
I'm a mighty, mighty man.
I heard the news,
There's good rockin' tonight.
Well, we're gonna rock, rock, rock,
Come on and rock, rock, rock,
Well, rock, rock, rock, rock,
Let's rock, rock, rock, rock,
Hello, my babe. I'm back to stay
You're sure wearing fine pretty things.
But where is your ring, your ring and chain
I gave you last summer in the fallin' rain?
"Your ring," she said, "You've been gone so long.
I gave your ring away
I met a man, a gamblin' man.
Said he would buy me the Milky Way."
Away, Away. I've been away.
I've been so many miles.
Where is the smile that once lit your face?
It seems a tear has taken is place
"My smile," she sighed, with a look a little wild,
"My smile it is possessed.
I met a man, a gamblin' man.
Said he would buy me happiness."
I never, I never
You know I never
I never had much to give
But I gave you my heart
Now where is your heart?
It was all that I had from the very start.
"My heart," she cried, " It has been bought."
She looked at me with fear.
"I married that man, that gamblin' man
I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano
I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano
I'm gonna keep 'em that way
Till the swallows get back from Texarkana
I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano
I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano
I'm gonna keep 'em that way
Till the swallows get back from Louisiana
Well, I used to chew 'em off
I was nervous over you
I missed that clickin', tickin' sound
Honey, what I'm gonna do
I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano
I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano
I'm gonna keep 'em that way
Till the swallows get back from Alabama
Well, I used to chew 'em off
I was nervous over you
I missed that clickin', tickin' sound
Honey, what I'm gonna do
I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano
I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano
I'm gonna keep 'em that way
I'm ridin' through the middle of some godforsaken town
Dark figures from the shadows, they're tryin' to cut me down
Some hero of the hour, needs a rival of some kind
So don't talk to me right now, I've got survival on my mind
It might seem a little strange to you
But babe, I got some things to do
Things for me that just can't wait
Don't let your love turn to hate
I got nothin' in the world against you, babe
It's gonna be a rough night out tonight
I got a feelin I'm fightin' for my life
Some street gang in the alley is tryin' to tan my hide
I give 'em all my money but they're still not satisfied
They're makin' up names but it don't reflect on you
So don't bother me I'm tryin' to make 'em, see my point of view
It might seem a little strange to you
But babe, I got some things to do
Things for me that just can't wait
Don't let your love turn to hate
I got nothin' in the world against you, babe
It's gonna be a rough night out tonight
I know the kung fu, I'm fightin' for my life
They say those silly phantoms, are only in your mind
But I swear that even some of them get out from time to time
Some are rough and some are rowdy, some are fast to make the scene
But the ones that move so slow, they're the ones that treat you mean
It might seem a little strange to you
But babe, I got some things to do
Things for me that just can't wait
Don't let your love turn to hate
I got nothin' in the world against you, babe
It's gonna be a rough night out tonight
I better meditate, I'm fightin' for my life
Well, I used to read the Bible and Paradise Lost
Now it looks like everybody's been gettin' double-crossed
I don't mean to crash the cymbals, I don't mean to beat the drum
I don't wanna waste your time, you know I'd rather save you some
It might seem a little strange to you
But babe, I got some things to do
Things for me that just can't wait
Don't let your love turn to hate
I got nothin' in the world against you, babe
It's gonna be a rough night out tonight
Everybody
Got Hammered
Last Ni-i-i-i-ight
Everybody
Got Hammered
Last Night
Everybody
down the hall
Got Nailed
to the wall
Everybody
Got Hammered
Last Night
Everybody
Got Hammered
Last Ni-i-i-i-ight
Everybody
Got Hammered
Last Night
Everybody
Drinkin'wine
Got ripened
On the vine
Everybody
Got Hammered
Last Night
Everybody
Got Hammered
Last Ni-i-i-i-ight
Everybody
Got Hammered
Last Night
Everybody makin love
Seen the sun, comin' up
(Talkin)
Everybody on the block
Got hammered like a rock
Carlotta was pourin shots
Bet me your last nickel that the neon shines tonight
Bet me on a night like this I will treat you right
Now don't tell me your troubles it just ain't worth the
time
Come here close beside me bet me you'll be mine
Now Leroy was a gambler he sang alto in the choir
Took a fall in Acuna Town set his heart on fire
So don't tell me your troubles it just ain't worth the
time
Come here close beside me bet me you'll be mine
If you got a nickel or a castle on a hill
Couldn't buy no sparrow song or one from a whippoorwill
So don't tell me your troubles just ain't worth the time
Every night about this time
She's waiting for a man
It could be me or it could be you
Who'll touch her with their hands
Someone left her long ago
She never found out why
So she falls in love again
Every night about this time
Every night about this time
She'll be holding someone tight
Faces don't mean much
When she turns out the lights
Just tell her that you love her
Even though she knows you're lying
Then she'll lead you to her room
Every night about this time
Every night about this time
She could be yours
She could be mine
Just hold her when she cries
Every night about this time
Every night about this time
She'll pretend the best she can
It could be me or it could be you
Who'll remind her of a man
Don't say nothing when you leave
No need for long good-byes
You're not the one she's missing
Every night about this time
Every night about this time
She could be yours
She could be mine
Just hold her when she cries
(Joe Ely)
Drivin' to the Poorhouse in a Limosine
Livin' on soda-pop and nicotine
Brushin' off the glitter from a 2nd-Hand suit.
Lookin' for a Marks-A-Lot to polish my boots.
That's the life I live in a rock and roll band
Drivin' to the Poorhouse just as fast as I can.
Sleepin' in the back-seat at the Shopping Mall
Parkin' at the pay phone waitin for a call
If it wasn't for 'collect' and 'I.O.U.'
I'd be up to my neck in 'Overdue'
Me and my baby rollin' hand in hand
Drivin' to the Poorhouse just as fast as I can.
Diggin' through the bottles and magazines
Hope I got some money for some gasoline
Government agents nippin at my heels.
I'm a limo-length ahead of a jailhouse meal.
Me and my baby rollin' hand in hand
Drivin' to the Poo house just as fast as I can.
Feelin' like a sailor in a submarine
Feedin' quarters to the car-wash keepin' her clean.
Dropped my last dime thru the cracks in the floor
Hope the promotor don't take the back door.
Me and my baby rollin' hand in hand
Drivin' to the Poorhouse just as fast as I can.
Drivin' to the Poorhouse just as fast as I can.
Drivin' to the Poorhouse just as fast as I can.
Fat-assed businessmen suckin my blood
Slingin my name like it was mud
If I go to hell in a Caddilac
Give 'em my money and I won't look back
I ain't gonna be treated this a way
I ain't gonna be tzeated this a way
I ain't gonna be treated this a way
Drivin' to the Poorhouse in a Limosine
Livin' on soda-pop and nicotine
Brushin' off the glitter from a 2nd-Hand suit.
Lookin' for a Marks-A-Lot to polish my boots.
That's the life I live in a rock and roll band
Drivin' to the Poorhouse just as fast as I can.
Sleepin' in the back-seat at the Shopping Mall
Parkin' at the pay phone waitin for a call
If it wasn't for 'collect' and 'I.O.U.'
I'd be up to my neck in 'Overdue'
Me and my baby rollin' hand in hand
Drivin' to the Poorhouse just as fast as I can.
Diggin' through the bottles and magazines
Hope I got some money for some gasoline
Government agents nippin at my heels.
I'm a limo-length ahead of a jailhouse meal.
Me and my baby rollin' hand in hand
Drivin' to the Poo house just as fast as I can.
Feelin' like a sailor in a submarine
Feedin' quarters to the car-wash keepin' her clean.
Dropped my last dime thru the cracks in the floor
Hope the promotor don't take the back door.
Me and my baby rollin' hand in hand
Drivin' to the Poorhouse just as fast as I can.
Drivin' to the Poorhouse just as fast as I can.
Drivin' to the Poorhouse just as fast as I can.
Fat-assed businessmen suckin my blood
Slingin my name like it was mud
If I go to hell in a Caddilac
Give 'em my money and I won't look back
I ain't gonna be treated this a way
I ain't gonna be tzeated this a way
I ain't gonna be treated this a way
I was standing at the end of the very longest line
Between everywhere and nowhere I could not make up my mind
Stole enough to keep me honest, walked a crooked mile, I know
I had more time than money, I had no place left to go
Closed my eyes and chose a destination like any good refugee
I stuck a fork into a roadmap right through Nashville, Tennessee
Swimming pools, country stars
Hitchhiking on the shoulder of the road to nowhere fast
I flagged down a ride, next thing I know we're haulin' ass
I turned to the scarecrow, to the lion, to the tin man
I said "Everyone in Nashville gonna wonder where we been man"
´cross the bridge into Memphis, I had my hat in my hand
Paid our respects to He King and drove on to the promised land
Welcome to Nashville - land of opportunity
Welcome to Nashville - your cab driver knows Alan Jackson
Welcome to Nashville - the dreams are shoulder to shoulder
Welcome to Nashville...
We corssed against the light on Broadway, we just got into town
Nobody saw the blind man who was showing us around
He'd just moved back to Nashville for teh forty-second time
Introduced himself as "Hey Buddy, can you spare a dime?"
He was back without a vengeance, he arrived there with a thud
He was living on the sidewalk, he was thinning out his blood
I told the hotel clerk about my band and our show in town tonight
He said "Let me guess - John, Paul, George and Ringo, am I right?
Take a look around you, Buddy, don't you know where you are?
You can't throw a rock without hitting some guy with a guitar.
Since you brought it up I must confess I got my own band, too."
He said his name was Wallace hartley, I said "Fancy meetin' you!
Welcome to Nashville - everyone's a songwriter
Welcome to Nashville - get yourself a crappy day job
Welcome to Nashville - they're gonna tear you a new one
Welcome to Nashville...
If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one around
If a band plays in Nashville does it make a sound?
We did our bet three minutes that nobody came to see
But we sure put some time out of it's misery
Singin' 'bout wallpaper cowboys and Hemmingway cats
To a conflict of disinterest from their boots down to their hats
I sang 'em six or seven hundred of my very best melodies
They just said "Boy, ain't you got any other songs than these?"
I go walkin' after midnight goin' where the lonely go
I got heartaches by the number, hear that lonesome whistle blow
I took the grand tour, lived the night life, saw the rose garden too
Found a good hearted woman but I can't stop lovin' you
If it's only maek believe well who's to bless and who's to blame
'cause I walked the line and they never even called me by my name
Welcome to Nashville - man these guys are serious
Welcome to Nashville - I've got a friend who's got a friend
Welcome to Nashville - would you like fries with that?
Down On The Drag...Down On The Drag
Where Some Low Down Son Of A Bum
Even Stole My Sleepin Bag
Left Me Standin At The Newstand
Readin want ads in The Rag
My baby's back up in Lubbock
And I'm...Down On The Drag
Well the sooner i get to Houston
The sooner i'll catch me a boat
I'm gonna cross that Gulf of Mexico
I'm takin' anything that will float
I been.....
Well The Sooner I Leave This Town Behind
The sooner i'll get control
Of all my dirty dreams and my hard losin' schemes
My heart...Body...Mind...And soul
I been......
If you don't believe my story
I ain't gonna tell you no more
And if you ever expect to see me anymore
I'm...
Just sittin' here wonderin'
The world's gone to hell
And we blame someone else
For the trouble we're in
In a big Easy Chair
At the T.V. we stare
While the world caves in
And it ain't no wonder, that we don't get a break
It's so easy to find someone else's mistakes
Give me a shovel
I'm gonna dig all night
Give me a hammer
I'm gonna chisel for light
Love is the thing
Makes the world go round
Come here darlin'
I wanna take you down...
I'm...
just sittin' here wonderin'
There's too many hearts
Too many miles apart
And they can't give up
And no one can win
There's just too many bends
On the river of love
And it ain't no wonder, that we don't get a break
It's so easy to find someone else's mistakes
Give me a shovel
I'm gonna dig all night
Give me a hammer
I'm gonna chisel for light
Love is the thing
Makes the world go round
Come here darlin'
I wanna take you down...
Well, if you ever get down
I got your letter in the mailbox, honey
Love flys, when your far away
When I get home I'll give you all a my money
Don't Put a Lock on My Heart
Don't Put a Lock on My Heart
Don't Put a Lock on My Heart!
Time will tell about romantic situations
Recollections are my only friend
I'll call you baby when I reach my destination
Don't Put a Lock on My Heart
Don't Put a Lock on My Heart
Don't Put a Lock on My Heart!
We can arbitrate with sexy incantations
Fill the void like we used to do
Growin' old is just a minor complication
Don't Put a Lock on My Heart
Don't Put a Lock on My Heart
There's a flood in the suburbs
Where will all the water go
I'm down at your shack
Hangin' on to your back door
You tell me you're the kind
That likes to change your mind
And when you start to rain you pour
But this dam of my heart just can't hold much more
The six o'clock weather
Tells me there's a pressure zone
I'm considering whether
The weather man's right or wrong
He tells me you're the kind
That likes to change your mind
And when you start to rain you pour
But this dam of my heart just can't hold much more
Pull out all the stoppers
Gotta let my feelings drain
This poor heart of mine
Ain't never seen such rain
It tells me you're the kind
That likes to change your mind
And when you start to rain you pour
But this dam of my heart just can't hold much more
This dam of my heart holding back a rip tide
Holding back a whirlpool
Holding back an overflow
And this dam of my heart - can't hold much more
Thunderclaps are rocking
Umbrellas inside out
The weatherman tells me
It's the end of a lover's drought
He tells me you're the kind
That likes to change your mind
And when you start to rain you pour
Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night?
Well Dallas is a jewel, oh yeah, Dallas is a beautiful sight.
And Dallas is a jungle but Dallas gives a beautiful light.
Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night?
Well, Dallas is a woman who will walk on you when you're down.
But when you are up, she's the kind you want to take around.
But Dallas ain't a woman to help you get your feet on the ground.
Yes Dallas is a woman who will walk on you when you're down.
Well, I came into Dallas with the bright lights on my mind,
But I came into Dallas with a Dollar and a dime.
Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eye
A steel and concrete soul with a warm hearted love disguise
A rich man who tends to believe in his own lies
They call me the Crazy Lemon
I'm crazy, wild, free for a while
I can't help what they think, I was born that way
I'll be a little crazy till my dyin' day
Just a man on the run, they call the Crazy Lemon
It's true that I stole a Budweiser truck
I changed my mind but the truck got stuck
In a muddy ditch, so I hitched it back again
The second car that passed had a cherry on top
But just my luck, it was a first to stop
They said with a grin, "Looky here, it's the Crazy Lemon"
They call me the Crazy Lemon
I'm crazy, wild, free for a while
I can't help what they think, I was born that way
I'll be a little crazy till my dyin' day
Just a man on the run, they call the Crazy Lemon
It's true that I run a little illegal cargo
From the border and the coast, north to Fargo
Busted with a truck load of Juarez aspirins
Seems everything that I tried to sell
Just bought me a room in some Iron Hotel
Things were looking grim for the Crazy Lemon
They call me the Crazy Lemon
I'm crazy, wild, free for a while
I can't help what they think, I was born that way
I'll be a little crazy till my dyin' day
Just a man on the run, they call the Crazy Lemon
Hey, I've jumped a little bit of bail
From a handful of city, county jail
Seeking out a spiritual hideout in the wind
It's easy to hide from a 6 foot cell
No use tryin', hide from yourself
Just play another hymn for the Crazy Lemon
They call me the Crazy Lemon
I'm crazy, wild, free for a while
I can't help what they think, I was born that way
I'll be a little crazy till my dyin' day
Just a man on the run, they call the Crazy Lemon
Hey, I'm a Crazy Lemon
Hey, Whistle Man, what's that on the track?
Looks like a crawdaddy sunnin' on his back.
Hey, Whistle Man, why don't he run?
Looks like he's darin' this train to come.
Blow your whistle, blow it low.
Looks like he' rarin' up some more.
Crawdaddy, crawdaddy you better hide.
Crawdaddy opened his pintchers wide.
Lord, he opened his pintchers wide.
Whistle Man, Whistle Man, wasn't he brave?
A little crawdaddy tried to whoop this train.
He was brave all right, brave as any man,
But his judgement, Lord, wasn't worth a damn.
Whistle Man, Whistle Man, blow it low,
Crawdaddy ain't in this world no more.
Whistle Man, Whistle Man, Whistle Man,
Blow it for the crawdaddy in the promised land.
Blow it for the crawdaddy in the promised land.
Hey operator, cancel the phone call
I hear somebody knockin' at the door
Lookie here it's Loretta and she never looked better
Her arms full of groceries from the store
My, my, my
Ain't she fine
My, my, my
Ain't she fine
Cool rockin' Loretta
Cool rockin' Loretta
Cool rockin' Loretta
Cool rockin' Loretta
Racin' is my trade, she works as a housemaid
On weekends don't you know it's paradise
Even though we got no dough, it don't bother Loretta though
She turns them red hot mamas into ice
My, my, my
Ain't she fine
My, my, my
Ain't she fine
Cool rockin' Loretta
Cool rockin' Loretta
Cool rockin' Loretta
Cool rockin' Loretta
I want an antenna, baby, she wants a clothesline
Then we'll be livin' like the rich folks do
I'll pick up Chicago on my transistor radio
Loretta she can stay in bed till noon
My, my, my
Ain't she fine
My, my, my
Ain't she fine
Cool rockin' Loretta
Cool rockin' Loretta
My, my, my
Cool rockin' Loretta
Cool rockin' Loretta
My, my, my
Cool rockin' Loretta
It’s pride against money
Love against pride
Drivin’ all the demons
That I’ve been keepin’ inside
I always go for the long shot
I never hesitate
When I wave to the four winds
The fickle finger of fate
If greatness courts failure
Then failure’s my fame
Although they call me a legend
They can’t remember my name
Some people chasin’ their savior
Some people chasin’ their call
As for my foolish behavior
It’s just a character flaw
It’s just a character flaw
No matter what you saw
It don’t matter at all
It’s just a character flaw
Some men livin’ for pleasure
Some thrivin’ on pain
Some live for love unmeasured
Some for the ball and chain
So if you call me a sinner
Or if you call me a saint
When I come up a winner
Don’t want to hear your complaint
If greatness courts failure
Then failure’s my fame
Although they call me a legend
They can’t remember my name
Some people chasin’ their savior
Some people chasin’ their call
As for my foolish behavior
It’s just a character flaw
No matter what you saw
It don’t matter at all
It’s just a character flaw
It’s just a character flaw
It’s just a character flaw
It’s just a character flaw
It aint against the law
And you can kiss my ass
The carnival is closed for the winter
The gates are full of nails
All my belongings' in the camper truck
In front of some Hell Hole Motel
The rides are wrapped in canvass
There's a smell of snow in the air
They're taking apart the ferris wheel
Like a game of solitaire
Love oh, love, I will be home
When the trees are bare and brown
Without you I'm just a carnival bum
Whose life goes 'round and 'round
Whose life goes 'round and 'round
When little Maggie lost big Earle
Man, that was about it for her
She was MIA in the Day to Day
The next 3 years were a blur
Well, I left home when Maggie checked out
An' I been a snowbird ever since
I work the circuit in the summertime
Come winter, I jump the fence
Love oh, love, I will be home
When the trees are bare and brown
Without you I'm just a carnival bum
Whose life goes 'round and 'round
Whose life goes 'round and 'round
The darkness comes with the headlights
It gives me a little relief
I feel a little more like a leaf in the wind
And a little bit less like a thief
Sometimes I feel I stole life itself
I'm lucky as a man can be
The carnival is closed for the winter
But it don't matter to me
Love oh, love, I will be home
When the trees are bare and brown
Without you I'm just a carnival bum
Whose life goes 'round and 'round
Whose life goes 'round and 'round
Love oh, love, I will be home
When the trees are bare and brown
Without you I'm just a carnival bum
Whose life goes 'round and 'round
Whose life goes 'round and 'round
Love oh, love, I will be home
Love oh, love, I will be home
When I first met her she had fire in her eyes
There was more to that flame than I did realize
Her love was wild and crazy, there's not a flicker of
doubt
She's been buildin' more fires than she's been puttin'
The party lights were warm and bright
The wine made feelings glow
She told me that she loved me, I believed her so
The way she looked her men over I could really do
without
She's been buildin' more fires than she's been puttin'
Buildin' more fires?to fulfill her desires
Flames spreadin', burnin' my insides out
Buildin' more fires, higher and higher
Buildin' more fires than she's been puttin' out
Love's never certain, it takes some funny turns
At times it seems you see the smoke before you feel the
burn
I wrote farewell on matchbook covers
I heard a thing about
She's been buildin' more fires than she's been puttin'
Buildin' more fires, to fulfill her desires
Flames spreadin', burnin' my insides out
Buildin' more fires
Higher and higher
Buildin' more fires than she's been putting out
She's been buildin' more fires
Than she's been puttin' out
She's been buildin' more fires
Well, I gave all my money to the banker this month
Now, I got no more money to spend
She smiled when she saw me comin' through that door
When I left she said, "Come back again"
I watched them lonesome boxcar wheels
Turnin' down the tracks out of town
And it's on that lonesome railroad track
I'm gonna lay my burden down
I was raised on a farm the first years of my life
Life was pretty good they say
I'll probably live to be some ripe ol' age
If death'll just stay out of my way
This world can take my money and time
But it sure can't take my soul
And I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks
Watch them lonesome boxcars roll
There's some big ol' Buicks by the Baptist church
Cadillacs at the Church of Christ
I parked my camel by an ol' haystack
I'll be lookin' for that needle all night
There ain't gonna be no radial tires
Turnin' down the streets of gold
I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks
And watch them lonesome boxcars roll
Now, if you ever heard the whistle on a fast freight train
Beatin' out a beautiful tune
If you ever seen the cold blue railroad tracks
Shinin' by the light of the moon
If you ever felt the locomotive shake the ground
I know you don't have to be told
Why I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks
And watch them lonesome boxcars roll
Yeah, I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks
In a border town when the lights go down
And the Ranchero Radio plays
You wont find me around in the lights of the town
I'll be out where the day meets the shade
I only came for a holiday to sit in the Mexican wind
I only came for the whiskey, but suddenly she walked in
She wore a dress made of lace,
And the light on her face
I felt the room start to shake
It shook a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade...
I only came for the sun but I wound up with the moon and the stars
When her eyes met mine, the room filled with Spanish guitars
The kerosene in my blood
Came on like a flood
As I stood to take her away
To a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade...
On a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade
With the skeletons dancing on the eve of the Day of the Dead
I reached out in the dark,
Put my hand on her heart,
While the bows of the palm trees swayed
On a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade
I woke up in a sweat, my legs feeling too weak to stand
There's a pain in my back and not a bit of grip in my hands
A flash of steel in the night
Left me no time to write
An epitaph to leave on my grave
The church bells rang on a Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade
On a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade
With the skeletons dancing on the eve of the Day of the Dead
If you see Juan
Tell him I can't come
I've got a previous engagement I've made.
Do you know why the trees bend
At the west Texas border?
Do you know why they bend
Sway and twine?
The trees bend because of the wind
Across that lonesome border
The trees bend because of the wind
Almost all the time.
Have you seen my Caroline
Up in Amarillo
Have you seen my Caroline
The one that I call mine
Well, if you see my Caroline
With her hair of yellow
If you see my Caroline
Tell her I'm doin' fine.
She is to me like the breeze
That blows from Corpus Christi
She is to me like the breeze
That blows up from the sea
Now if she is like the breeze
That blows from Corpus Christi
Then I must be like the trees,
Cause Caroline blows through me.
Do you know why the trees bend
At the west Texas border?
Do you know why they bend
Sway and twine?
The trees bend because of the wind
Across that lonesome border
The trees bend because of the wind
There she was,
Way down South
She scared me to death
She Knocked me out
Chrous:
Are you listening Lucky?
Are you listening Lucky?
Are you listening Lucky?
She used to be your heart and soul
She had sweet breath.
She liked the blues.
She fit real tight.
Like 50 dollar shoes.
Are you listening Lucky?
Are you listening Lucky?
Are you listening Lucky?
She used to be your heart and soul
She wore cutoff jeans
In the July heat
When the sun went down
She cooked black-eyed peas.
She drove way too close
In her automobile
She said, "Hey, Joe,
Would you take the wheel?"
Are you listening Lucky?
Are you listening Lucky?
Are you listening Lucky?
She used to be your heart and soul
There she was, Way down South
She scared me to death
