Gilmore, Jimmie Dale Filmography

• Parkland
  2013, role: actor , character name: Reverend Saunders
• Tommy Hancock: West Texas Muse
  2012, role: actor
• Lubbock Lights
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Big Lebowski
  1998, role: actor , character name: Smokey
• In a New Light '94
  1994, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Thing Called Love
  1993, role: actor , character name: Himself

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Where You Going - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Your Love Is My Rest - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• So I'll Run - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Thinking About You - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Where Is Love Now - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Four Walls - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Farrow, Darcy - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• SALLY - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Santa Fe Thief - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• My Mind's Got A Mind Of Its Own - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Midnight Train - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Honky Tonk Masquerade - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Gotta Travel On - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Darcy Farrow - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Defying Gravity (executioner's Song) - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Just a Wave, Not the Water - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Just A Wave - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Don't Look for a Heartache - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• I'm Gonna Love You - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Headed for a Fall - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• I Was the One - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Georgia Rose - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Goodbye Old Missoula - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Black Snake Moan - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Defying Gravity - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Spinning Around the Sun - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Come On Back - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Come Fly Away - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Braver Newer World - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Borderland - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Blue Shadows - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Because of the Wind - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Banks of the Guadalupe - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Another Colorado - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Outside the Lines - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• One Endless Night - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Reunion - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Ramblin' Man - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Mobile Line (france Blues) - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Mobile Line - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Nothing of the Kind - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• No lonesome tune - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• There She Goes - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Chase The Wind - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• DALLAS - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Mack the Knife - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Long Long Time - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• These Blues - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Ripple - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• After Awhile - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Walking The Floor Over You - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Treat Me Like A Saturday Night - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown - Jimmie Dale Gilmore

I've seen crimson roses growing through a chain link fence
I've seen crystal visions, sometimes they don't make sense
You can see the future, it don't make no difference
Just don't talk about it, babe, you know I love the suspense
I once build a mansion then I tore that mansion down
I fixed up the penthouse, one day I burned it to the ground
Working in the basement, trying not to make a sound
I just keep on building and that wheel just keeps turning 'round
I remember when she was everything, everything to me
When that hollow sun has finally fallen in the sea
Where you going, where you going, where you going to be?
I've heard golden laughter glowing from the jail house walls
I have seen a garden growing where the rain don't fall
I would love to linger but I still hear the mountain call
You and I don't need goodbye, we'll meet at the fountain after all
I remember when she was everything, everything to me
When that morning star comes rising from the silver sea

These are the words
That cry out of me in the night
Like a buffalo herd
From a shotgun blast scattered in flight
I got a one track mind
Going down a one train line
Living on dreams half the time
Going west
I gotta pick up speed
Just to get what I need
The end of the line guaranteed
Your love is my rest
The coal catches fire
And I'm down the wire in a flash
That big old smoke stack
Is belching out black smoke and ash
So sad to think of
Hurting the one you love
But surely that's what leaving does
You'd know best
I gotta pick up speed
Just to get what I need
The end of the line guaranteed
Your love is my rest
Your love is my rest
I stand in the land
Of Custer's last stand and I grin
So this is where
Old yellow-hair's ghost-dance begins
I got the blood on my hands
Can't even live where I stand
But I'm just a traveling man
Cursed or blessed
I gotta pick up speed
Just to get what I need
The end of the line guaranteed
Your love is my rest
I gotta pick up speed
Just to get what I need
The end of the line guaranteed
Your love is my rest
Your love is my rest

You were surely wrong, crazy to admit it
Now your tears come falling, just as pure as rain
Well babe you don't even have to ask me to forget it
I'm not even trying, it won't be the same
And I'll run from you, oh, in the morning time
I know you'll need me when the sun comes softly
You'll want me by your side
Baby Leonardo must have held his hammer heavy
As he cast a shadow, straight into stone
Maybe wisdom comes to those who wait though being weary
I know for myself though, I'll just walk on
And I'll run from you, oh, in the summertime
I know you'll need me when the warm breeze is blowing
You'll want me by your side
I have often thought you were all that I saw clearly
When babe like me, you were trying too hard to be free
Maybe now it's time for us to look where we have come
Though you think you're hiding form me
I'm not the one you're hiding from
And I'll run from you, oh, in the winter time
I know you'll need me when the snowflakes are flying
You'll want me by your side
I would wait for you, but my feet just keep on walking
And like a laughing stream my thoughts come quick, cool and clear
Something echoes now and then, but I don't hear
And on a winding road I'm well on my way with nothing to fear
And I'll run from you, oh, in the evening time
I know you'll need me when the moon is a burning

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.
Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes.

It was a beautiful morning
On a hill where the wind
Only carried the sound
Of the Mockingbird's song
And I was thinking about you
And all the flowers were dancing
One by one they all told me of the time
That had been and the time that will be
And I was thinking about you
I walked on down by the river
Saw the sails on the ships that were leaving
For places I could only dream of
And I was thinking about you
The river ran to the ocean
I walked through the market
And stared at the harbor lights
Through the soft rain
And I was thinking about you
I stood alone in the city
And the song I was singing
Was a cry in the night
For the morning to come
And I was thinking about you
It was a beautiful morning
On a hill where the wind
Only carried the sound
Of the Mockingbird's song

If I can wait here for you
Without hope or knowing what to do
And watch the light fade away
Without fear or knowing what to say
Cry the tears from my eyes
Leave me here long enough to realize
Where is love now?
Where is love now?
Out here in the dark
If I can hold all my dreams
Through the night of the way life sometimes seems
If I can't see where to go
I'll stay lost in silence 'til I know
Cry the tears from my eyes
Leave me here long enough to realize
Where is love now?
Where is love now?
Out here in the dark
Where is love now?
Where is love now?

My Grandpa farmed for a livin',
Content to live the simpler kind of life.
My Grandma worked in the kitchen,
Awfully proud to be that farmer's wife.
They used to say that they'd got everything that they
need,
Each mornin' they wake up:
Four walls, three words, two hearts, one love.
Here I am, ring on my finger:
Grandpa's little grandson, all grown up.
I found my rock and I plan to keep her.
I wish they were here to see the two of us.
They'd proud to know we've got everything that we need,
Each mornin' we wake up:
Four walls, three words, two hearts, one love.
With the highway twice as wide,
And the farmland sub-divided.
It's good to know that some things never change.
I'm still lovin' an I'm still livin',
By those simple words of wisdom:
Life an' love come down to just four things.
My Grandpa, Lord knows, I miss him,
An' the way that he and Grandma looked at life.
And each day, I count my blessings,
To have that kind of love here by my side.
No matter what, we know we've got everything that we
need,
Each mornin' we wake up:
Four walls, three words, two hearts, one love.
Yeah, we've got everything that we need,
Between the two of us:

Where the Walker runs down through the Carson Valley plain
There lived a maiden Darcy Farrow was her name
The daughter of old Dundee and a fair one was she
The sweetest flower that bloomed over the range.
Her voice was as sweet as the sugar candy
Her touch was as soft as a bed of Eider-down
Her eyes shone bright as the pretty lights
That shine in the night out of Yerrington town.
She was courted by a young Vandermeer
And quite handsome was he as I'm to hear
He gave her silver rings and lacy things
And she promised to wed before the snows came that year.
But her pony he did stumble and he did fall
Her dying cut the hearts from us one and all
Young Vandy in his pain put a bullet in his brain
And we buried them together as the snow began to fall.
They sing of Darcy Farrow where the Truckee runs through
They tell of her beauty in Virginia City, too
At dusky sundown to her name they drink a round

Sally, what can I say about you?
That would be true without you
With your ribbons hanging rainbows in your hand?
You know, he's young and still unproven
And to himself unspoken
And though his roads like thieves appear
Lead him to think he's left what's near
He's gonna look for you to be who you are
Your friends are telling you to leave him
As though they really knew him
While they rob you with their honor and your name
But you won't give up now with all your pure love
Give up with all your strong love
He's gonna know when he's just as far as any body goes
And he'll look for you to be who you are
Sometimes my thinking gets so heavy
I feel, I stand too closely
And it's so useless, somehow, I should run away
But that's not the truth no matter what is
No matter who they say is
It's you and you alone can be sure that you're not wrong
You've got all you need to be who you are
Sally, What can I say about you?
That would be true without you
With your ribbons hanging rainbows in your hand
You know, he's young and still unproven
And to himself unspoken
And though his roads like thieves appear
Lead him to think he's left what's near

Oh the townhouse warbler lives far apart in a song
He holds the poor in his memory he never, he never lets on
He gathers strength as he gazes at length in a joy
You cannot tell from the sound of nothings been heard from his boy
He's a thief in the night and he's stealing for light you won't know it
He's already found you, his arms all around, you won't show it
Maybe one day you'll know more of, you'll know enough to say
Look over yonder he's already coming
Look over yonder he's already coming
Look over yonder he's already coming your way
Oh the caretaker's daughter she lives near the Garden of Eden
She knows the name of each flower, she remembers which let you in
She spills the sky when she looks in your eye and her jasmine
A symphony heard from a mansion when the wind sweeps in between
She's a thief in the night and she's stealing for love you won't know it
She's already found you, her arms all around, you won't show it
Maybe one day you'll know more of, you'll know enough to say
Look over yonder she's already coming
Look over yonder she's already coming
Look over yonder she's already coming your way
Oh the old engineer stays patient high in his roundhouse
He watches his trains appearing through silent puffs of snow
And his eyes are bright as he watches them nearing the time to set the track
With a flick of his wrist he waves to let them go
He's a thief in the night and he's stealing for life you won't know it
He's already found you, his arms all around, you won't show it
Maybe one day you'll know more of, you'll know enough to say
Look over yonder he's already coming
Look over yonder he's already coming
Look over yonder he's already coming your way

My mind's got a mind of its own
It takes me out a walkin' when I'd rather stay at home
Takes me out to parties when I'd rather be alone
My mind's got a mind of its own
I've been doing things I thought I'd never do
I've been getting into trouble without ever meaning to
I'd as soon settle down but I'm right back up again
I feel just like a leaf out in the wind.
(chorus)
I seem to forget half the things I start
I try to build a house and then I tear the place apart
I freeze myself on fire and then I burn myself on ice
I can't count to one without thinking twice
(chorus)
I tell myself to do the things I should
And then I get to thinkin' that them things ain't any
good.
I tell myself the truth but know I'm lying like a snake

That midnight train is a long and a slow one
your seat is reserved- the brakeman is tired
the timetables set with exceptions for no one
No luggage allowed no ticket required.
It will be there right on time at the station
Even if midnight must come at high noon.
You will not know that train's destination
And you'll not leave late nor one minute too soon.
You may sit beside Fear and go worse than lonely
Or travel with Trust with love and faith restored
These choices you have And these choices only
When that train rolls in, and you step aboard.
Now that whistle blows, yes it's already whining
If you listen close you can hear it soft and clear
And that headlight burns, yes its already shinin'
And you might as well choose right now, it's love or

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 and 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.
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.
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, but that's the way it goes.
As the lights begin to fade on this Honky Tonk

I've laid around and played around this old town too long
Summer's almost gone yes winter's comin' on
I've laid around and played around this old town too long
And I feel like I gotta travel on
Well papa writes to Johnny but Johnny can't come home
Johnny can't come home no Johnny can't come home
Papa writes to Johnny but Johnny can't come home
Cause he's been on the chain gang too long
High sheriff and police ridin' after me ridin' after me
yes comin' after me
High sheriff and police they're comin' after me and I
feel like I've gotta travel on
I've laid around and played around...
Well I wanna see my honey and I wanna see her bad
Wanna see her bad oh wanna see her bad
I wanna see my honey wanna see her bad she's the best gal
this poor boy ever had
I've laid around and played around...

Where the walker runs down through the Carson Valley Plain
There lived a maiden Darcy Farrow was her name
The daughter of old Dundee and fair one was she
The sweetest flower that bloomed over the range
Her voice was as sweet as the sugar candy
Her touch was as soft as a bed of eider down
Her eyes shone bright like the pretty lights
That shine in the night out of Yerrington town
She was courted by a young Vandamere
And quite handsome was he as I'm to hear
He gave her silver rings and lacy things
And she promised to wed before the snows came that year
[ guitar ]
But her pony he did stumble and he did fall
Her dying cut the hearts from us one and all
Young Vandy in his pain put a bullet in his brain
And we buried them together as the snow began to fall
[ guitar ]
They sing of Darcy Farrow where the Truckee runs through
They sing of her beauty in Virginia City too
At dusky sundown to her name they drink a round

I live on a big round ball I never do dream I may fall
And even it's one day that I do I jump off and smile back at you
I don't even know where we are they'll you we're circling a star
Where I'll take their word I don't know but I'm dizzy so it may be so
[ guitar - organ ]
I'm riding a big round ball I never do dream I may fall
And even the high must lay low so I do fall I'll be glad to go
[ guitar ]
I live on a big round ball...

Thirst is not the answer, oceans come and go
I loved her seven seas worth, Lord I loved her so
But she let me down so easy, one slow drop at a time
I would've killed myself but it made no sense
Committing suicide in self defense
But I lost everything I brought her
When she said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water
Centuries ago we were living on the gold coast
She was still in love with a long, gone, cold ghost
I was only trying to turn back the tide of her tears
I felt like an endless ocean, rolling through the fog
Full emotion drifting like a weather beaten log
I even thought that I out-thought her
Till she said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water
I said someday we'll love again, then you'll know the score
I've taught you everything I know and maybe even more
That's true she said, more than you ever will
I've said I've been your raging river, precious African queen
I've shown you everything that I've ever seen
But she knew more than I had taught her
When she said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water
Well I followed her far and wide with all of my will
Water on the move, you know it never stands still
And I moved every muscle, just to prove it can be done
Then up some old sad river, where snow white lilies float
I came to her for mercy, but I hardly rocked the boat
She seemed surprised that I have caught her
But she said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water
She said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water

Thirst is not the answer oceans come and go
I loved her seven seas worth Lord I loved her so
But she let me down so easy one slow drop at a time
I would've killed myself but it made no sense
Commitin' suicide in self defense But I lost everything I brought her
When she said babe you're just a wave you're not the water
Centuries ago we were living on the gold coast
She was still in love with a long gone cold ghost
I was only trying to turn back the tide of her tears
I felt like an endless ocean rolling through the fog
Full emotion drifting like a weather beaten log
I even thought that I out-thought her
Till she said babe you're just a wave you're not the water
[ steel ]
I said someday we'll love again then you'll know the score
I've taught you everything I know and maybe even more
That's true she said more than you ever will
I said I've been your raging river precious African queen
I've shown you everything that I've ever seen
But she knew more than I had taught her
When she said babe you're just a wave you're not the water
[ ac.guitar ]
Well I followed her far and wide with all of my will
Water on the move you know it never stands still
And I moved every muscle just to prove it can be done
Then up some old sad river where snow white lilies float
I came to her for mercy but I hardly rocked the boat
She seemed surprised that I had caught her
But she said babe you're just a wave you're not the water

Well I'm your Ramblin' Man and I can lift your latch
I could stay here, Mama, but I got me some trains to catch.
When that cold north wind stops blowing
I'll still be walking the line
You ever see me laughing little lady,
I'm laughing just to keep from crying
I'm your Ramblin' Man and some Christmas time
Won't you hang my holy socks on a midnight line.
Well that mountainside's just gonna sit there
That river's gonna rush on by.
But don't ask me to hang around
I couldn't stay here if I tried
I'm your Ramblin' Man and I can go where I choose
And if you sing me a song, Mama, make it a midnight blues.
Well don't that moon look beautiful, Baby,
Climbing up through the sky?
Well it looks like I'm gonna chase that moon
Mama, 'til the day I die
I'm your Ramblin' Man and there ain't no doubt
I'm gonna hang out late, Mama, with the midnight crowd
Where the silver starlight glistens
On the green mossy banks of time
I'm gonna spend my long nights listening
And looking for a star that's mine
I'm your Ramblin' Man, and 'til I come home
Won't you hang my midnight mail on a rolling stone

You found me when my heart was broken
And the cold world was closing in
And with a word unspoken
You taught me how to live and love and laugh again
You found me when my wings were broken
And I was crying to the sky
And with your word unspoken
You made me whole and showed me how to fly
And I'm gonna love you
Yes, I'm gonna love you
As long as you will let me
I'm gonna love you
You found me when my dreams were shattered
And what I needed was a friend
To let me know what really mattered
And that it lived and grew within
And then you showed me
Dreaming ain't the way it should be done
And you awakened me
To the awaiting warmth of the sun
And I'm gonna love you
Yes, I'm gonna love you
As long as you will let me
I'm gonna love you
And I'm gonna love you
Yes, I'm gonna love you
As long as you will let me
I'm gonna love you
And I'm gonna love you
Yes, I'm gonna love you
As long as you will let me

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
And I'm so lonesome I could cry
Did you ever see a night so long
When time goes crawling by?
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide her face and cry
The silence of a fallen star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry
Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin to die?
That means he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
And I'm so lonesome I could cry

You may be peeking in your mailbox
You may be waiting for a call
There might be only stars to see
If you're not waiting there for me
I believe you're headed for a fall
You may be staring in your mirror
Crying while you put your makeup on
Where you gonna go tonight
To find the thing that makes it right
What will you do when you find it's gone?
Don't put your dreams way up there in the clouds
I don't think that's what it's all about
You can't get much higher when you're so above it all
I'll be waiting here when you hit bottom
I believe you're headed for a fall
We'll have days together in the sunshine
Autumn's twilight, winter's darkness too
Darlin' I will hold you, my love will enfold you
'Cause you need me, babe, just like I need you
Don't put your dreams way up there in the clouds
I don't think that's what It's all about
You can't get much higher when you're so above it all
I'll be waiting here when you hit bottom
I believe you're headed for a fall

I was the one who taught her to kiss
The way that she kisses you now
And you know the way, she touches your cheek
Well, I taught her how
I was the one who taught her to cry
When she wants you under her spell
The sight of her tear drives you out of your mind
I taught her so well
And then one day, I had my love
As perfect as could be
She lived, she loved, she laughed, she cried
And it was all for me
Oh, I'll never know who taught her to lie
And now that it's over and done
Who learned the lesson when she broke my heart
I was the one
And then one day, I had my love
As perfect as could be
She lived, she loved, she laughed, she cried
And it was all for me
Oh, I'll never know who taught her to lie
And now that it's over and done
Who learned the lesson when she broke my heart

Dusty roads and winter time,
Tonight I'm thinking of the town
And the one I left behind
To do this rambling 'round.
Tonight I'm drinking while I'm thinking
Until the beer joints close
And I'm thinking of someone
I called my Georgia Rose.
It's on dusty streets we walked
And talked of things to be
And she never laughed or mocked
My wanting to be free Tonight I'm free
to walk these streets
While the wind cuts through my clothes.
And I'm free to dream forever
About my Georgia Rose.
So come to my dreams
Sweet as a flower
Blooming among the pines
Georgia Rose
Still my desire
Once you could have been mine.
Sometimes a man makes certain choices
And they lead his heart somewhere
Sometimes he follows certain voices
And he don't seem to care.
Oh how I love that little town
Down on the Eastern coast
And I love that pretty girl

Seaching for the sunlight
On this winter's day.
Here in old Missoula,
They locked the sun away.
Come tomorow morning
I'll head for the Bozeman round
And it's goodbye to old Missoula, sleepy town.
I met a girl named Rosie,
Sweet as she could be.
But I guess that Rosie
Didn't have eyes for me.
Time it waits for no-one
Lord, why did I hesitate?
And it's goodbye to old Missoula, a day too late.
Clouds that hang on the mountain
They make me lonesome inside.
And these four walls that surround me
They leave me no place to hide.
The show in this town is over
Or maybe it never began
And it's goodbye to old Missoula, I've done all I can.
Goodbye, Rosie - you'll never know
And time says my love will pass
But if I can remember your smiling face
That's all of time that I ask
The show in this town is over
Or maybe it never began
And it's goodbye to old Missoula, I've done all I can.
Goodbye to old Missoula,
Goodbye to old Missoula,

Well, well ain't got no momma now
Yeah ~ ain't got no momma now.
She told me late last night
You don't need no momma no~how.
Set here wonderin' would a matchbox hold my
clothes
Yeah ~ matchbox hold my clothes
I ain't got so many matches
But Lord I got so doggone far to go.
I got a great long snake crawlin' around my room.
Yeah ~ crawlin' around my room.
Handsome pretty momma better come down
here
Take that long snake soon.
That must been a bedbug, I know a chinch
can't bit that hard.
Yeah ~ chinch can't bit that hard.
Asked my woman for fifty cents.
She said Jimmie I ain't got a dime in the yard.
Well, well ain't got no momma now
Yeah ~ ain't got no momma now.
She told me late last night

I live on a big round ball
I never do dream I may fall
And even if one day I do
Well, I'll jump off and smile back at you
I don't even know where we are
They'll tell you we're circling a star
Well, I'll take their word, I don't know
But I'm dizzy, so it may be so
I'm riding a big round ball
I never do dream I may fall
And even the high must lay low
So when I do fall, I'll be glad to go
I live on a big round ball
I never do dream I may fall
And even if one day I do

Down by the banks of the Colorado
My true love and I one night did lie
And we laughed and played and made fun
Of the entire world spinning 'round the sun
Down by the banks of the Colorado
Up from the banks of the Colorado
Night watchmen stood guard 'round the wagon yard
And I took a pillar for a sign
That the salt of the earth was surely mine
Up from the banks of the Colorado
There is another Colorado
Wise men have told me, wise women too
That I may find sweet El Dorado
Down by the banks of one sweet Colorado
Down by the banks of the Colorado
The years flowed softly before my eyes
And the circus joined me in my quest
And stayed with me throughout my test
Down by the banks of the Colorado
There is another Colorado
Wise men have told me, wise women too
That I may find my sweet El Dorado
Down by the banks of one sweet Colorado

You left me and you went away,
You said that you'd be back in just a day,
You've broken your promise and you left me all alone,
I don't know why you did dear, but I do know that you're
gone.
CHORUS:
I'm walking the floor over you,
I can't sleep a wink that is true.
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in
two,
Walking the floor over you.
Now darling you know I love you well,
I love you more than I can ever tell,
I thought that you wanted me and always would be mine,
But you went and left me here with troubled mind.
CHORUS
Now someday you may be lonesome too,
Walking the floor is good for you.
Just keep right on walking and it won't hurt you to cry,
Remember that I love you and I will until I die.
CHORUS

I saw you yonder
Where soon the snows will cover
There, where the columbine will grow
Then I saw something
Makes me know
That I know nothing
While high upon a steady wing
The wild geese make their way
Amber, yellow fields
Topaz red and rust reveal
There's still something
You're yearning for
Seasons come, seasons go
Little one you know
Come here and take my hand
Help me understand
We're gonna fly away
We're gonna fly away
We'll fly and fly and fly and fly and fly
And maybe we'll find home
Winter's coming, thought's abiding
Like a fox
Where some moon's hiding
In the dark you see a distant glow
So you go on in your dreams
Where what it is is what it seems
While all along the source of spring
Is living in a song
We're gonna fly away
We're gonna fly away
We'll fly and fly and fly and fly and fly
Until we find our home
We're gonna fly away
We're gonna fly away
We'll fly and fly and fly and fly and fly

Tell me now that you know how
To greet the dawn each day
Fearless and unfettered, stand
Before the sun and pray
There's no controversy
Let silence judge your plea
For justice or for mercy
They both will set you free
It's a braver, newer world you've found
Rolling 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round
It's a braver, newer world you've found
Show me know, you know how
To play the winning game
Laughing 'til the sky stands still
With neither praise nor blame
There's still time for Heaven
Though we're already there
The daily bread will leaven
All hope, all pain, all care
It's a braver, newer world you've found
Rolling 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round
It's a braver, newer world you've found
Teach me now that you know how
To learn the learner's art
Open with the master's myth
And play with all your heart
Listen to your singing
Love will be your voice
The gift that you are bringing
Is all for all your choice
It's a braver, newer world you've found
Rolling 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round
It's a braver, newer world you've found
Rolling 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round

Well, I headed back to the borderland
When the home-guard went insane
No use trying to work with people
Who can't tell fire from rain
The judge had tried to hitch a ride
But I only took him half way
Friends are friends but in the borderland
You can't be careful of what you say
The sheriff sent me every warning he could
But I knew more than he
My home is both sides of the borderland
So he knows where I'll be
The businessman in a sleek sedan
Thought he could beat me here
But roads fade out before you reach the line
And the signposts disappear
So good to be home in the borderland
Where things are not what they seem
So good to be home in the borderland
Between the dawn and the dream
The brown-eyed girl from the battleground
Had just met me half-way
The border-guard had let her pass
But said you could not stay
She gazed upon the mountain above
And she reached out her hand
The she let go with all her might
And loved the borderland
So good to be home in the borderland
Where things are not what they seem
So good to be home in the borderland

Blue shadows
Devil moon over head
Blue shadows
On a half-empty bed
Broken promises
Loving words left unsaid
I remember them all
As blue shadows fall
Is twilight more lonely
Than any other time?
It sure feels that way to me tonight
The sound of your laughter
The joy of your smile
The sky on the day we met
I remember them all
As blue shadows fall
Blue shadows
Devil moon over head
Blue shadows
On a half-empty bed
Broken promises
Loving words left unsaid
I remember them all
As blue shadows fall
Has sunset forever been
Like the end of time?
It sure seems that way to me tonight
The misunderstandings
The letters unsent
The echoes of every goodbye
I remember them all
As blue shadows fall
Blue shadows
Devil moon over head
Blue shadows
On a half-empty bed
Broken promises
Loving words left unsaid
I remember them all

Do you know why the trees bend at the west Texas border?
Do you know why they bend and sway and twine?
The trees bend because of the wind along that lonesome border
The trees bend because of the wind, all along the line
Have you seen my Caroleen up in Amarillo?
Have you seen my Caroleen, the one that I call mine?
Well, if you see my Caroleen with her hair of yellow
If you see my Caroleen, tell her I'm doin' fine
She is to me just like the breeze that blows from Corpus Christi
She is to me just like the breeze that blows up from the sea
Well, if she is like the breeze that blows from Corpus Christi
Then I must be like the trees 'cause Caroleen blows through me
Do you know why the trees bend at the west Texas border?
Do you know why they bend and sway and twine?
The trees bend because of the wind along that lonesome border
The trees bend because of the wind, almost all the time

Down by the banks of the Guadalupe
On a summer's evening and a haloed moon
Wide-eyed as nightowls, naked as a dream
We washed our love in the rippling waters of a rambling stream.
We slept like time itself under diamond skies
Far from the bright lights and the city's lies
Our love arose like a morning dream
And it was washed in the rippling waters of a rambling stream.
Well the mountain dreams of a blanket of snow
And the wild wind dreams of directions it might blow
But the river's dream is a dream of love
And a dream of sweet reflections from above.
Down by the banks of the river of change
We watched the river running from the wishes of the mountain range
And the stars and the wildwood played the season's theme
And it was washed in the rippling waters of a rambling stream.
Down by the banks of the Guadalupe
On a summer's evening and a haloed moon
Wide-eyed as nightowls, naked as a dream

Down by the banks of the Colorado
My true love and I one night did lie
And we laughed and played and made fun
Of the entire world spinning 'round the sun
Down by the banks of the Colorado
Up from the banks of the Colorado
Night watchmen stood guard 'round the wagon yard
And I took a pillar for a sign
That the salt of the earth was surely mine
Up from the banks of the Colorado
There is another Colorado
Wise men have told me, wise women too
That I may find sweet El Dorado
Down by the banks of one sweet Colorado
Down by the banks of the Colorado
The years flowed softly before my eyes
And the circus joined me in my quest
And stayed with me throughout my test
Down by the banks of the Colorado
There is another Colorado
Wise men have told me, wise women too
That I may find my sweet El Dorado

I painted myself into a corner
But footprints are just about to become part of my design
Now that I've found myself over the line
And I cannot blame any body but myself
'Cause every single choice I ever made was mine
And now, I find myself a little outta line
You see the signs
A love light shines
Between the lines
A love light shines
Between the lines
There's a lot of water under the bridges
That are burning but It's a fact we can finally float or fly just fine
But Baby, don't get tangled in the bottom line
Looking back into the darkness
Will only blind your mind and heart and feed you that same old line
Come and we will cross the great divine
You see the signs
A love light shines
Between the lines
A love light shines
Between the lines
You see the signs
A love light shines
Between the lines
A love light shines
A love light shines

One endless night
So very long ago
Close as the moment
I held someone
To be the last
To be the only one
For all and everything
One endless night
When you awoke
And told me of your dream
The waves that rolled across
The starry skies
And broke upon
Your heart and disappeared
And promised everything
One endless night
I see you now
And I suppose
Everything's changed and rearranged
But no one knows
The why or how
Or if it might be
What depends on how it ends
One endless night
Your gift to me
Is nothing I can hold
The silence fades away
To find the song
This too shall pass
We two and everything
And this your gift to me
One endless night
This is your gift to me

It's today you say you're leaving, darlin'
Time comes when you must follow your own star
And though my silly mind is sick with fear
In my heart I know that these differences just go to show
How much the same we are
Someday we'll build a new home
Up in the canyon by the falls
Splashing water our companion
Under shooting stars
And when Mother Earth and Father Time
Reunite us one more time
We'll remember that we've never been apart
So step on out into the big world
Where all your dreams are waiting to come through
The first time we touched I felt a love so real, so much
That I knew I'd never say goodbye to you
Someday we'll build a new home
Up in the canyon by the falls
Splashing water our companion
Under shooting stars
And when Mother Earth and Father Time
Reunite us one more time
We'll remember that we've never been apart

Well I'm your Ramblin' Man and I can lift your latch
I could stay here, Mama, but I got me some trains to catch.
When that cold north wind stops blowing
I'll still be walking the line
You ever see me laughing little lady,
I'm laughing just to keep from crying
I'm your Ramblin' Man and some Christmas time
Won't you hang my holy socks on a midnight line.
Well that mountainside's just gonna sit there
That river's gonna rush on by.
But don't ask me to hang around
I couldn't stay here if I tried
I'm your Ramblin' Man and I can go where I choose
And if you sing me a song, Mama, make it a midnight blues.
Well don't that moon look beautiful, Baby,
Climbing up through the sky?
Well it looks like I'm gonna chase that moon
Mama, 'til the day I die
I'm your Ramblin' Man and there ain't no doubt
I'm gonna hang out late, Mama, with the midnight crowd
Where the silver starlight glistens
On the green mossy banks of time
I'm gonna spend my long nights listening
And looking for a star that's mine
I'm your Ramblin' Man, and 'til I come home

Well hey mama now did you ever go down on
Down on the Mobile line
Hey lordy mama mama hey lordy papa papa
Holler bout the Mobile line
Well it's a road to ride to ease your troublin' mind
Well I got a letter now this is the way it read
Hey lordy mama mama hey lordy papa papa
Holler bout the way it read
Said come home baby because your lover is dead
Well I ran out and I hopped out on the road
Hey lordy mama mama hey lordy papa papa
Holler bout on the road
When I got there she was laying on a coolin' board
Now when I die mama don't you bury papa at all
Hey lordy mama mama hey lordy papa papa
Holler bout your papa at all
Just throw my bones down in some alcohol
[ guitar - steel ]
Now when I die mama put my picture in a frame
Hey lordy mama mama hey lordy papa papa
Holler bout a picture in a frame
Hang it up on the mantle you can see me just the same
And when I die I think I'm gonna stop by France
Hey lordy mama mama hey lordy papa papa
Holler bout a stop by France
I'm gonna stop by France just to give all the women a chance
[ fiddle - guitar ]
Well hey mama now did you ever go down on
Down on the Mobile line
Hey lordy mama mama hey lordy papa papa
Holler bout the Mobile line
Well it's a road to ride to ease your troublin' mind
Well it's a road to ride to ease your troublin' mind

Well hey mama now did you ever go down on
Down on the Mobile Line
Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa
Holler 'bout the Mobile Line
Well it's a road to ride to ease your troublin' mind
Well I got a letter, now this is the way it read
Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa
Holler 'bout the way it read
Said come home baby because your lover is dead
Well I ran out and I hopped out on the road
Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa
Holler 'bout on the road
When I got there she was laying on a coolin' board
Now when I die mama don't you bury papa at all
Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa
Holler 'bout your papa at all
Just throw my bones down in some alcohol
And when I die mama put my picture in a frame
Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa
Holler 'bout a picture in a frame
Hang it up on the mantle you can see me just the same
And when I die I think I'm gonna stop by France
Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa
Holler 'bout a stop by France
Gonna stop by France just to give all the women a chance
Well hey mama now did you ever go down on
Down on the Mobile Line
Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa
Holler 'bout the Mobile Line
Well it's a road to ride to ease your troublin' mind

Just because of the mood I'm in
I know there's more to the weather than the western wind
And I feel like I'm gonna feel
Like a willow tree that's got some branches to bend
Well I give you all of my time
But you know I got nothing of the kind
And I take all your troubles I can find
But I know you say, you got nothing, nothing of the kind
Well I was told to just come on in
But I didn't know exactly why or exactly when
So I just stood inside your door
And I waited there a while and then I waited there some more
Well I give you all of my time
But you know I got nothing of the kind
And I take all your troubles I can find
But I know you say, you got nothing, nothing of the kind
Well darlin' I've seen you cry
But there's more to your tears than meets the eye
And if you'd only look I know you'd find

Well, I ain't gonna sing no lonesome tune
Oh, babe, I'm comin' soon
I cannot believe I stayed so long away
But a man must look around
An' you're the sweetest thing I've found
Oh, your lost high roller's rollin' home today
Well, my daddy said to me
?Son, it's hard as you will see
To find someone upon whom to rely?
An' in the kitchen Mama sneezed
An' he grinned big as you please
Said, ?Bless you" and a tear come to his eye
Well, I did decide that very day
That I would like to live that way
An' now I know I've just been wastin' time
It's with you that I should be
An' if you feel the same about me
Well, I'm headed home along the straightest line
Well, I ain't gonna sing no lonesome tune
Oh, baby, I'm comin' soon
I cannot believe I stayed so long away
But a man must look around
An' you're the sweetest thing I've found
Oh, your lost high roller's rollin' home today

There she goes, she's magic
Do you know why she cries?
You see the light of heaven in her eyes
She walks upon the waters
Of your dreams and lies
Upon your bed of love and life and dies
There she goes
Even in small ways
There she goes
It seems like always
There she goes, she's magic
I see her everywhere
Her dancing and delight defy despair
She troubles me with troubles
And a silent stare
Pretending she's pretending I don't care
There she goes
Even in small ways
There she goes
It seems like always
There she goes, she's magic
If you could understand
The faith and trust her love and light demand
With prophecy and poetry
At her command
She holds the key to heaven in her hand
There she goes
Even in small ways
There she goes
It seems like always
There she goes, she's magic
Do you know why she cries?

When he first knew this beauty
He brought no flowers
And she never asked him why
Although she shared his love of duty
He chased the wind in search of glory
She went beside him
Till he tried to reach the sky
Then she would wait to hear his story
And love was all that stayed between them
Music always played between them
Only gifts relate between them
But they could not see them for each other
Lovers for a sister and a brother
And then at last they found the real one
When she grew tired
He held her hand and made her strong
When a treasure is yours no need to steal one
And now the children are growing
She sometimes understands
The past can't last this long
The journey is worth the price of going
And love will always stay around them
Music always play around them
And the gifts that lay around them
Tokens of the lover and the friend
Telling them that they have caught the wind

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.

Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has Macheath, dear
And he keeps it out of sight
When the shark bites through his victim
Scarlet spreads amongst the green
But white gloves wears our Macheath, babe
And the blood is never seen
Seven children and their grandpa
In the fire near old Soho
Who's that creeping around the corner?
Doesn't speak and doesn't know
Solly Silverstein has vanished
Likewise other rich young men
And Macheath has all their money
Try and prove it if you can
Sookey Tawdry, Jenny Diver
Polly Peachum, Lucy Brown
Oh, the line forms on the right, dear
Now that Mackie's back in town
Oh, the shark has pearly teeth, babe
And he keeps them in his face
Just a jackknife has Macheath, babe

Well, I left my home searchin' for green grass
Headed for Pine Ridge and points beyond
But on the road I met an impasse
Every direction looked just like home
There is a road, there is a mountain
With many stops along the way
How many days? I am not counting
It's been a long, long time you've been away
Well, a flower grows in a deep dark canyon
Where the river wanders to leave the trail
And the night bird searches for her companion
Who sings of sunlight behind the veil
Everyone knows what makes the dove sing
And now I know you've gone to stay
How many nights? I am not counting
It's been a long, long time you've been away
Now, I walk alone down streets of silver
In the empty hollows wet with the dew
In the sudden stillness of a summer morning
In all my dreams I walk with you
There is a rose, there is a fountain
And I have found that lost highway
How many years? I have stopped counting
It's been a long, long time I've been away

When I get these blues, I just look back down that road
It's been a while since I laid down that load
These blues ain't nothin' like the blues I had
Before I paid a little debt I owed
When I get these blues, I just look back down that road
Everythin' I ever needed was on the shelf
Spent all of my time feelin' sorry for myself
I was driftin' and dreamin' and waitin'
And watchin' for a ship with a silver sail
But I got lucky and I woke up in jail
There is none so blind as he who will not see
And it's easy to see I could not see that was me
When he washed ashore
The drunken sailor was adrift in the city night
And you'd better believe, in the mornin' my burden was light
Well I don't know where I'm goin'
But I know where I've been
And there ain't no need to ever go back again
And my very worst days are so much better
Than the best I knew back then
And I thank the Lord that a loser can sometimes win

If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp, unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music?
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
It's a hand me down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed nor wind to blow
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full, may it be again
Let it be known, there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men
And there's a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
If you go, no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed nor wind to blow
You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall, you fall all alone
If you should stand, who's to guide you?

When he first knew this beauty
He brought no flowers
And she never asked him why
Although she shared his love of duty
He chased the wind in search of glory
She went beside him
Till he tried to reach the sky
Then she would wait to hear his story
And love was all that stayed between them
Music always played between them
Only gifts relate between them
But they could not see them for each other
Lovers for a sister and a brother
And then at last they found the real one
When she grew tired
He held her hand and made her strong
When a treasure is yours no need to steal one
And now the children are growing
She sometimes understands
The past can't last this long
The journey is worth the price of going
And love will always stay around them
Music always play around them
And the gifts that lay around them
Tokens of the lover and the friend
Telling them that they have caught the wind
Telling them that they have caught the wind

You left me and you went away,
You said that you'd be back in just a day,
You've broken your promise and you left me all alone,
I don't know why you did dear, but I do know that you're
gone.
CHORUS:
I'm walking the floor over you,
I can't sleep a wink that is true.
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in
two,
Walking the floor over you.
Now darling you know I love you well,
I love you more than I can ever tell,
I thought that you wanted me and always would be mine,
But you went and left me here with troubled mind.
CHORUS
Now someday you may be lonesome too,
Walking the floor is good for you.
Just keep right on walking and it won't hurt you to cry,
Remember that I love you and I will until I die.

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 I am
Glad to see you coming I'm glad to see you go.
But how I miss you sometimes, Love, you will never
know.
The things you've said don't mean so much to me, I am
sorry, Love
The things you've said don't mean so much to me.
I know how you try and every time you cry, I again see.
Don't make me wait so long before you let me back in,
Honey 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 when you try out anything
new.
You gotta give up something when you try out 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.
I'm going out where the lights don't shine so bright.

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.