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I guess I don't get out too much If that wasn't enough I hear all these voices Always tellin' me that I'm bad But it's all in my head - like all those scary noises. I've been waitin' all of my life All of my life I've been waitin' all of my life All of my life. Some nights when I'm layin' in bed I wish I was dead - and I know you'd never miss me But I know where you go when you dream As strang...
Look at ya Yeah, take a look in the mirror now tell me what you see Another satisfied customer in the front of the line for the American dream I remember when we was both out on the boulevard Talkin' revolution and singin' the blues Nowadays it's letters to the editor and cheatin' on our taxes Is the best that we can do Come on Look around There's doctors down on Wall Street Sharpenin' their s...
Everybody call her angel she s no stranger to the devil I know His mark is on her body His fires burnin' in her soul When we're makin' love he's laughin' at us down below she's the devil I know CHORUS she's the devil I know she's the devil I know Said she come from heaven Angel is the devil I know she's the devil I know Now she's the kind a woman keeep you comin' back for more Got the kind of ...
One of these days when my minds made up And I'm sick and tired of hangin' around I'll be on my way in a cloud of dust On the road to another town Once upon a time I loved this house Now I'm thinkin' 'bout burnin' it down And I'll be long gone when the fire burns out On the way to another town To see another city in another light With my past behind me and my future bright One of these days whe...
chorus Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Ashes to ashes, dust to dust A long time ago before the ice and the snow There were giants that walked this land And with each step they took, the mighty mountains shook And the trees took a knee and the seas rolled in Then one day they say the sky gave way And death rained down, it made a terrible sound There was fire everywhere and nothin' was spared That ...
We signed up in San Antone my brother Paul and me To fight with Ben McCulloch and the Texas infantry Well the poster said we'd get a uniform and seven bucks a week The best rations in the army and a rifle we could keep When I first laid eyes on the general I knew he was a fightin' man He was every inch a soldier every word was his command Well his eyes were cold as the lead and steel forged in...
The first time I saw Carrie Brown She was so young and fair A voice like spring rain fallin' down and sunlight in her hair I'd never seen her face before so I asked all around Her daddy owns a grocery store and she lives in Bristol town Carrie darlin' Carrie Carrie Brown I cry If I can't marry Carrie Brown believe I'd rather die I laid my last ten dollars down Though I didn't need a thing Just...
with Emmylou Harris Early this mornin? I was washin? my face Thinkin? ?bout goin? to town Sick and tired of hangin? around this place Waitin? on the blues to track me down Bless my soul maybe I?m comin? around Been lyin? low but maybe I?m comin? around I?ve been runnin? nearly all of my life Far and as fast as I can It may sound funny but I?m thinkin? this might Be about right where I came in ...
Oh Condi Condi beggin? on my knees Open up your heart and let me in wontcha please Got no money but everybody knows I love you Condi and I?ll never let you go Sweet and dandy pretty as can be You be the flower and I?ll be the bumble bee Oh she loves me oops she loves me not People say you?re cold but I think you?re hot Oh, Condi, Condi Oh, Condi, Condi Oh Condi, Condi I?m talkin? to you girl W...
What if I told you it was done with mirrors What if I showed you it was all a lie Better be careful, someone might hear ya The walls have ears and the sky has eyes What if I said you were only dreamin' What you wanna bet that all you gotta do Is open up your eyes and you will wake up screamin' When you realize that it's all come true chorus Hush, now don't you believe it Cover your head and cl...
I am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man and I come from County Clare And the Brits would hang me for a Fenian so I took me leave of there And I crossed the ocean in the "Arrianne" the vilest tub afloat And the captain's brother was a railroad man and he met us the boat So I joined up with the 20th Maine like I said my friend I'm a fighting man And we're marchin' south in the pouring rain and we're...
On the blue side of evenin' When the darkness takes control You start lookin' for a reason To take your lonesome on down the road 'Cause the night is filled with strangers All you need is one you know And if she ain't the one you're after Keep on lookin' on down the road Though the miles lay long behind you You have still got miles to go How's love ever gonna find you If it ain't here it's dow...
Everyone's in love with You Everyone's in love with you But you don't seem to mind But it must be tough when you're cleanin' up Them broken hearts sometimes Or maybe you just struggle through And leave 'em where they lie But everyone's in love with you In love with you Everyone's in love with you They fall down at your feet And impale themselves knowin' full well You'll only watch 'em bleed An...
I used to listen to the radio And I don?t guess they?re listenin? to me no more They talk too much but that?s okay I don?t understand a single word they say Piss and moan about the immigrants But don?t say nothin? about the president A democracy don?t work that way I can say anything I wanna say So f*** the FCC F*** the FBI F*** the CIA Livin? in the motherf***in? USA People tell me that I?m p...
Don't you worry bout what you've been told Cause honey I ain't even close to cold It's kinda soon to fall in love again But sometimes the best that you can do is just jump back in I got me a fearless heart Strong enough to get you through the scary part It's been broken many times before A fearless heart just comes back for more Folks'll tell you that I'm just no good But I wouldn't hurt you h...
Take your red dress, leave the hanger Lose the sadness, use the anger You might need it 'fore you get there chorus Oh, Amanda You don't have to say goodbye You just go Amanda Ain't no way you didn't try Wo, oh All right Tell your sister, tell your brother Take a picture to your mother You've been livin' undercover chrous x 3 Oh, Amanda Oh, Amanda
I got a job but it ain't nearly enough A twenty thousand dollar pickup truck Belongs to me and the bank and some funny talkin' man from Iran I left the service and got a G.I. loan I got married bought myself a home Now I hang around this one horse town and do the best than I can Gettin' tough Just my luck I was born in the land of plenty now there ain't enough Gettin' cold I've been told Nowad...
Steve Earle I remember holdin' on to you all them long and lonely nights I put you through somewhere in there I'm sure I made you cry but I can't remember if we said goodbye but I recall all of them nights down in Mexico one place I may never go in my life again was I just off somewhere or just too high but I can't remember if we said goodbye I only miss you every now and then like the soft br...
I could tell it when I woke up this mornin' 'Cause I can smell it when a heartache's comin' Not that I'm in such a hurry to lose you I'd call you up but there's nothin' that I can do Talkin' won't do any good anyway 'Cause goodbye's all we've got left to say I don't think that it'll get any better So maybe you could just write me a letter And I could open it up when I'm stronger Another ten or...
Hey pretty baby are you ready for me It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on There's a speed trap up ahead in Selma Town But no local yokel gonna shut me down 'Cause me and my boys got this rig unwound And we've come a thousand miles from a Guitar Town Nothin' ever happened 'round my hometown And I...
There's a halo 'round the moon So I know it ain't to blame 'Cause I knew what love could do But I loved her just the same Then I let her slip away Now I'm all alone and blue That's the price I got to pay There's a halo 'round the moon There's a ghost that haunts this town Just ask anyone you see He drags his chain around And no spell can set him free And he looks a lot like me And if you ask h...
I'm a Harlan Man Went down in the mine when I was barely grown It was easy then ?Cause I didn't know what I know now But I'm a family man And it's the only life that I've ever known But I'm a Harlan Man Just as long as my luck and lungs hold out I'm a mountain man Born in east Kentucky and here I'll stay And if it's the good Lord's plan I'll wake up in the mornin' and find I'm lookin' at the e...
My grandaddy was a miner, but he finally saw the light He didn't have much, just a beat-up truck and a dream about a better life Grandmama cried when she waved goodbye, never heard such a lonesome sound Pretty soon the dirt road turned into blacktop, Detroit City bound Down that hillbilly highway That hillbilly highway Hillbilly highway Goes on and on He worked and saved his money so that one ...
When I pulled out of Basra they all wished me luck Just like they always did before With a bulletproof screen on the hood of my truck And a Bradley on my back door And I wound her up and shifted her down And I offered this prayer to my lord I said ?God get me back home to Houston alive and I won?t drive a truck anymore? Early in the mornin? and I?m rollin? fast Haulin? nine thousand gallons of...
I wish I'd never come back home It don't feel right since I've been grown I can't find any of my old friends hangin' 'round Won't nothin' bring you down like your hometown I spent some time in New Orleans I had to live on rice and beans I hitched through Texas when the sun was beatin' down Won't nothin' bring you down like your hometown CHORUS Home is where the heart is Ain't that what they al...
In the blink of an eye Stars'll fall from the sky No one even notices If you think it'll help I can walk out myself And we won't have to go through this If I pretend to hold you tight And out on the highway late some night That's all right If that's all that it takes Even if my heart breaks Darlin' I can wait I have nothin' but time And this poor heart of mine Probably could use some rest When...
Baby it's a cold hard world out there Broken hearted people everywhere Takin' whatever love they get I don't wanna wind up like that, so Chorus Baby throw your arms around my neck Lay your pretty head against my chest Listen to one heartbeat then the next 'Cause baby I don't wanna lose you yet You know I love you and I know you love me It's everything that love's supposed to be But I don't wan...
When I'm walkin' these streets And I'm countin' my steps And I'm draggin' my feet 'Cause I ain't ready yet To start all over again 'Cause every time that I do I remember you Well, you broke my heart And it healed alright Now we're far apart And I don't lie awake at night But every once in a while Right out of the blue I remember you Well, you never write and I never call And I don't miss you t...
I been watchin? you watchin? me I could feel your eyes from way across the room But now that I?m holdin? you close I can see Ain?t no way I?m gonna get around you I won?t tell you I don?t need you tonight I won?t pretend I ain?t burnin? inside Your skin glowin? soft in the silver moonlight The shadows where the promises hide The bittersweet taste of your kiss It?s all more than I can resist If...
I'm lookin' through you where did you go I thought I new you what did I know You don't look different but you have changed I'm Iooking through you you're not the same Your lips are moving I cannot hear Your voice is soothing but the words aren't clear You don't sound different I've learned the game I'm looking through you you're not the same BRIDGE Why tell me why did you not treat me right Lo...
I didn't know You'd be in this place tonight Then again I thought you might Now I don't know what to do Does it show When my poor heart skips a beat Each and every time we meet ?Cause I'm still in love with you There you are Right across the room from me Just the way I knew you'd be Lookin' lonesome wild and blue I'm alright so far Just as long as you don't speak That's what makes my knees go ...
I woke up this mornin' and none of the news was good And death machines were rumblin' 'cross the ground where Jesus stood And the man on my TV told me that it had always been that way And there was nothin' anyone could do or say And I almost listened to him Yeah, I almost lost my mind Then I regained my senses again And looked into my heart to find That I believe that one fine day all the chil...
I'm just an American boy raised on MTV And I've seen all those kids in the soda pop ads But none of 'em looked like me So I started lookin' around for a light out of the dim And the first thing I heard that made sense was the word Of Mohammed, peace be upon him chorus: A shadu la ilaha illa Allah There is no God but God If my daddy could see me now ? chains around my feet He don't understand t...
Leroy was a farmer and an honest man Would have lived in Oklahoma all his days He just wanted left alone to work a piece of land But a hard wind come and blew his dreams away So he headed for the West Coast thought he could not lose Rollin' down the highway with the dustbowl blues It's a thousand miles from Broken Bow to Bakersfield And the highway's paved with heartaches all the way Leroy dro...
Hey little guy, I can't believe you answered the phone I guess I didn't know you could do that, God help me, have I been gone that long I'm in a truck stop somewhere on the Arkansas line They got all the big trucks here, boy, you ought to hear the big diesels whine No little guy, your daddy won't be home for a while It's gonna be another couple weeks and another couple thousand miles So got to...
Bound down that long, lonesome highway just as far as I can go ?Til I outrun your memory I can't go home ?cause I can't face another day alone Now that you're gone this ain't no place for me I want to start all over new But I can't lose these lonesome highway blues Down that long, lonesome highway just as far as I can go ?Til I outrun your memory Bound down that long, lonesome highway just as ...
It doesn't get any lonelier than this I believe my heart'll break Tonight I prayed I'd die before I wake With every breath I'm tastin' your kiss And it's sweet upon my tongue Until the tears fall one by one It doesn't get any lonelier than this 'cause I'm on this road alone My hearbeat ringin' like a hollow drum I'm about as lonesome as a poor boy gets And there's nothin' I can do 'cause it's ...
Me and Bill there we both come from Georgia Met Hank out in New Mexico We're bound for Duranqo to join Pancho Villa We hear that he's payin' in gold I guess a man's got to do what he's best at Ain't found nothin' better so far Been called mercenaries and men with no country Just soldiers in search of a war CHORUS And we're bound for the border We're soldiers of fortune And we'll fight for no c...
Just when every ray of hope was gone I should have known that you would come along I can't believe I ever doubted you My old friend the blues Another lonely night, a nameless town If sleep don't take me first, you'll come around 'Cause I know I can always count on you My old friend the blues Lovers leave and friends will let you down But you're the only sure thing that I've found No matter wha...
There's a train a comin' There's a train a comin' Hear them tracks a hummin' Theres a train a comin' Can't you hear her blowin' Can't you hear her blowin' Wonder where she's goin' Can't you hear her blowin' Run down to the station Run down to the station Dread and fascination Run down to the station Don't you want to ride her Don't you want to ride her Wonder what's inside her Don't you want t...
I'm the keeper of your heart I keep the flame when we're apart I'm the lover in your arms Or a baby soft and warm I'm a hero in your eyes I'm a comfort when you cry When you hurt me I'm your fool But I'm nothin' without you CHORUS No I'm nothin' without you It don't matter what I do If I win or if I lose Sweetheart I'm nothin' without you I'm a beacon in the night To show the way until it's li...
Come on pretty baby won't you take me by the hand I thought maybe that I could be your man And for a while ? we could go in style Come on we're goin' on an outlaw's honeymoon I gotta keep movin' ?cause baby I'm a travelin' man And there ain't a lotta women out there that understand But if you do ? I'll be good to you Come on we're goin' on an outlaw's honeymoon Goin' up the country ? honey, do...
The warden said he'd mail my letter The chaplain's waitin' by the door Tonight we'll cross the yard together Then they can't hurt me anymore. I am going over yonder Where no ghost can follow me There's another place beyond here Where I'll be free I believe. Give my radio to Johnson Thibodeaux can have my fan Send my Bible home to Mama Call her every now and then. I suppose I got it comin' I ca...
I am just a pilgrim on this road, boys This ain't never been my home Sometimes the road was rocky ?long the way, boys But I was never travelin' alone We'll meet again on some bright highway Songs to sing and tales to tell But I am just a pilgrim on this road, boys Until I see you fare thee well Ain't no need to cry for me, boys Somewhere down the road you'll understand ?Cause I expect to touch...
Jimmy joined the army ?cause he had no place to go There ain?t nobody hirin? ?round here since all the jobs went down to Mexico Reckoned that he?d learn himself a trade maybe see the world Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl Somebody somewhere had another plan Now he?s got a rifle in his hand Rollin? into Baghdad wonderin? how he got this far Just another poor boy off to fig...
By the rivers of Babylon Where he sat down And there he wept When he remember Zion It was the wicked CHORUS Carry us away captivity Require from us a song How can we sing King Alfa's song In a strange land
Way out yonder, where the wild wind blows There's a place there lonely fools can go Where if you hold your money, it'll burn your hand So you buy you a ticket to the shadowland chorus Down the highway, down the road I'm bound And my heart keeps poundin' and the wheels go 'round And it's a hard place for a mortal man And a heartbroke pilgrim in the shadowland Yeah, when I was younger I could ho...
There ain't a lot that you can do in this town You drive down to the lake and then you turn back around You go to school and you learn to read and write So you can walk into the county bank and sign away your life I work at the fillin' station on the interstate Pumpin' gasoline and countin' out of state plates They ask me how far into Memphis son, and where's the nearest beer And they don't ev...
If you see her out tonight And she tells you it's just the lights That bring her here and not her loneliness That's what she says but sometimes she forgets If she tells you she don't need a man She's had all the comfort she can stand You'd best believe every word she says But don't give up 'cause sometimes she forgets Sometimes she forgets that not too long ago she swore She wasn't gonna let h...
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I'm thinkin' 'bout givin' up this ramblin' round Hangin' up my highway shoes Lately when I walk they make a hollow sound And they carry me away from you Every night I lay my body down My empty arms just leave me blue So I'm thinkin' 'bout givin' up this ramblin' 'round And find my way back home to you I have always been the travelin' kind A million miles behind me now I kept on followin' that ...
The name she gave was Caroline The daughter of a miner And her ways were free and it seemed to me The sunshine walked beside her She come from Spencer 'coss the hill She said her Pa had sent her 'Cause the coal was low and soon the snow Would tuwn the skies to winter Well she said she'd come to look for work She was not seeking favors For a dime a day and a place to stay She'd turn those hands...
My Grandaddy was a railroad man When I was young he took me by the hand Dragged me to the station at the break of dawn Said "boy I got to show you somethin' 'fore it's gone" She was blue and silver - she was right on time We rode that Texas Eagle on the Mopac line We had some sandwiches that Granma packed We rode to Palestine and hitchhiked back Home in time for supper with a tale to tell That...
Long ago and far away In a land no map can find There lived in long forgotten days A boy who never cried He was his mother's only child So she never wondered why Until the news spread far and wide Of a boy who never cried. From fabled lands the pilgrims came To behold the silent child In ancient tones they sang his name Over every lonely mile There were those who came in reverence There were t...
Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk Of a day -I-ay-I-ay I met a little girl and we stopped to talk Of a fine soft day -I-ay-I-ay And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do 'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl 'Round the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl We were halfway there when the rain came down Of a day -I-ay-I-ay And she asked...
I work the graveyard shift - stay up all night long You'll wake up someday And find your good gal gone If you don't treat your baby right She'll come see me Some lonely night When the sun goes down And the moon is gone That's when I come around Don't you think I won't On the graveyard shift - stay up all night long You'll wake up someday And your good gal gone I drive a Cadillac - rides just l...
Beggin? your pardon there stranger You look like you?re new to this town We?re a long way away from the beach here You won?t see many gringos around Well I come from West Colorado And I?ve wandered this world far and wide I?ve lived for some years in the shadows And my eyes are unused to this light If you buy me a strong drink of whiskey I will tell you the tale of my life It?s long and it?s s...
Tell me a story 'bout a fella with a crazy dream Everybody tells him that it won't amount to anything He fires the shot heard around the world He wins the prize and he gets the girl That's the kind of story I like ? the kind that makes you think Sing me a song about a cowboy with an achin' heart Ridin' along the lonesome prairie 'bout to fall apart Every time those doggies moan He doesn't feel...
I was born on this mountain a long time ago Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal When you rose in the mornin' before it was light To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone But I'll die on this mountain,...
I was walkin? down the street In the town where I was born I was movin? to a beat That I?d never felt before So I opened up my eyes And I took a look around I saw it written ?cross the sky The revolution starts now Yeah, the revolution starts now The revolution starts now When you rise above your fear And tear the walls around you down The revolution starts here Where you work and where you pl...
I was eight years old when my granddaddy died He that showed me the signs I still miss him sometimes Been a long time ago but his words still ring true Whatever you do be a seeker All these years I have wandered and wherever I roamed I was never alone or forsaken I know Somewhere way out yonder I know I will find That a bright beacon shines for a seeker You can?t always believe your eyes It?s ...
In the blue of the evenin' when the sun is low There's a shadow that creeps across my cell block floor And it comes to remind me what I'm in here for No, I'm not admittin' that I done the crime I'm only gettin' down to doin' time And the passin' of days is no concern of mine There's a guard on the second shift comes on at three And he's always about a half inch off of me Like he needs to keep ...
You're here, you're gone I'm still hangin' on This game ain't nothin' new You've changed your mind So many times But I'm still in love with you I'll think it over when you're walkin' out the door Why'd you go and leave me sad and blue And if you knew What I go through You'd think it over too I hope someday I'll find a way I'll walk right out on you Til that day comes I'm still the one If you s...
Everyone in Nacadoches knew Tom Ames would come to some bad end Well the sheriff had cought him stealin' chickens and such by the time that he was ten And one day his daddy took a ten dollar bill and he tucked it in his hand He said I can tell you're headed for trouble son and your momma wouldn't understand So he took that money and his brothers old bay and he left without a word of thanks Fel...
In the darkest hour of the longest night If it was in my power I'd step into the light Candles on the altar, penny in your shoe Walk upon the water - transcendental blues. Happy ever after 'til the day you die Careful what you ask for, you don't know 'til you try Hands are in your pockets, starin' at your shoes Wishin' you could stop it - transcendental blues. If I had it my way, everything wo...
Back in the hills when we were only kids Love shined like a diamond in your eyes I swore I'd never hurt you - then I did Now I'm all alone with all my lies I promised that I'd never be untrue I'd never make you cry The only promise that I didn't break Was to love you until the day I die I wish I'd never seen those city lights A sight for a country boy to see For every one that you see shinin' ...
This is the best time of the day?the dawn The final cleansing breath unsullied yet By acrid fume or death?s cacophony The rank refuse of unchained ambition And pray, deny me not but know me now, Your faithful retainer stands resolute To serve his liege lord without recompense Perchance to fall and perish namelessly No flag-draped bier or muffled drum to set The cadence for a final dress parade...
Dear Graciela, I'm writin' this letter Deep in the night and I'm all alone It's nearly breakin' my heart to tell you I'm so far away from home I know I said I'd never cross the border I know I promised to return to you But I lost my job in the maquiladora What's a simple man to do? I met a man in Tijuana Said he had a job for me to do Standin' on a corner in San Diego With a pocketful of red b...
Late at night on some dark deserted highway On my way to another lonesome town I thought I might see the first light of a new day As it lay like fool's gold on the ground Chorus But whenever I'm feelin' low I won't have to cry alone I know 'Cause you will answer when I call If I soar above the clouds and then I come crashin' back to earth again You will catch me when I fall All these years I'v...
Well I was born on a rainy day With a dark cloud hangin' down low Now it follows me wherever I go There were days I've sworn that I'd blow away With the cold wind chillin' my bones 'Cause it follows me wherever I go In the midnight hour when I'm all alone There's a hurtin' deep down in my soul And it follows me wherever I go When the sun shines down on my heart it's gone But there's another ni...
Since you left me baby I've been true to you I don't run around with every gal in town The way I used to do I'm startin' over new Yours forever blue I wrote you a letter and every word was true I apologized for all my lies And the way I treated you Signed it "lonely fool" Yours forever blue Lately I've been hurtin' deep inside of me My poor heart's broke and every ragged stroke Brings back you...

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