Well I'm making big money a workin' at Bethlehem Steel
And I drive a big car and I look like a pretty big wheel
But I'd rather be home now a plowin' a Tennessee field
Instead of making big money a workin' at Bethlehem Steel
Guess I better get goin' now I better get on home now
Goodbye honey goodbye money goodbye automobile
Goodbye honey goodbye money goodbye Bethlehem Steel
[ steel ]
Well I sp...
I woke up in the night and saw the moonlight shinin' through my windows
I sat up and looked around startled by the sound I thought I'd heard
Through the silver hills high above the treetops where the wind blows
Flies the spirit of my love like the shadow of a big black bird
There was something in the air I could feel it as I stood there by the windows
Like a sign of a lover or the whisper of a...
Carolina sundown red
Making the mountains gingerbread
And the magical road's a golden thread
That winds me home
Carolina sundown red
Tucking a weary world in bed
Only a few more miles ahead
And finally, home
Carolina sundown red
Don't worry 'bout a place to lay my head
I'll be sleepin' in my old bed tonight
And I'll say all the words I left unsaid
Cry all the tears I left unshed
Carolina sundo...
Don't leave me alone on Chapel Hill in the silver mist in the midnight chill
Oh the moon is rising and the night is still don't leave me alone on Chapel Hill
They placed the flowers on me on Chapel Hill I'm gonna be so lonely on Chapel Hill
I wanna live in the sunshine or feel the autumn chill don't leave me alone on Chapel Hill
Can't you hear me mama can't you hear me cry
Don't walk away papa...
The clock of St James lookin' down through the rain at the city blackened with time
Alleys and the doorways are grim, the street lights dimmed from the soot and the grime
The pitiful scream from the Second Street bridge
Was drowned by the three o'clock chime
But the Clock of St James lookin' down through the rain knows I committed a crime
CHORUS
Clock of St James, Clock of St James like an eye...
I like cows, I think they're cute
Walkin' in their big cow suit
They give me milk, they give me cheese
They give me hoof and mouth disease
I like cows and that's no bull
Around the cowhouse, I got pull
If cream and butter ain't enough
She's got lots of udder stuff
Who gives me milk? Who gives me cheese?
Who gives me hoof and mouth disease?
I like to have my friends around
But I'll take cows wh...
Don't it make you wanna go home now don't it make you wanna go home
All God's children get weary when they roam don't it make you wanna go home
Don't it make you wanna go home
Oh the whippoorwill roost on the telephone poles when the Georgia sun goes down
Well it's been a long time but I'm glad to say that I'm
Goin' back down to my hometown
I'm goin' down to the greyhound station gonna buy som...
The Dum Song
Dum dum dum dum dum...
A world full of faces - no one to talk to
A world full of places - nowhere to walk to
A guitar full of music - the song on every string
Just because you know the words don't mean you can sing
Just because you know the words don't mean you can sing
Just because you wear a crown don't make you a king
Just because it's in the phonebook don't make it ring
Just b...
Fire hydrant No 79 standin' on the corner by the no-parking sign
You're the only friend I got in Nashville Tennessee
You work for the city in the rain and in the fog
Gettin' no respect from the neighborhood dogs
And when I sing you're the only thing that listens to me
Fire hydrant stumpy and red
I love you even though you got no hair on your head
Today I hocked my guitar to buy you and me a bo...
Let me tell you bout Humphrey the Camel amblin' across the sands umm
All the Nomads givin' him a great big hand
He's a big ugly Mammal and he's very very hairy
All the Shieks know he's a swinging Dromedary uhhuh oh yeah
Talkin' bout Humphrey the Camel
In the middle of the night by the light of an Arab moon
They say that you can see him stompin' up and down the dunes
He's a big raunchy cat but ...
If eggs had legs and long hair to their knees
They'd run through the flowers shinny up trees
When they tiptoe to the city better lock all the locks
They'd drink up our wine and take our dirty socks
If eggs had legs they'd steal a football shoes
You can see 'em kickin' chickens on a six o'clock news
Well they don't give a quack they got nothin' to lose
They're on the way to Tennessee that's why...
Legendary chicken fairy big as life and twice as hairy
In our windows you'll come creepin'
Whippin' goodies on us while we're sleepin'
When you wish upon a bird makes no difference how absurb
The chicken fairy hears each word and all your dreams come true
Chicken fairy in the sky Mother Goose is butterfly
Do whatever's necessary legendary chicken fairy
Sing a song that's sanitary take my wish ...
Hand in hand we walk Miami sidewalks the summer sun burnin' through our minds
When you're busted and you got no friends seems like the bad times never end
Never thought we'd leave Miami sidewalks behind
And the nights on Miami sidewalks
The booze and music driftin' from the barroom doors
A nickel and a dime the chili was cheap then we gotta worry about a place to sleep
Tried to get five on our...
Poor Jody a standin' on the same old corner it don't seem like the same old town
You dreamed of the good life where a man could walk alone
You walked out on a good wife oh it's too late she's gone
Poor Jody leanin' on the same old lamp post watchin' the buses goin' up town
Me and the neighborhood are feeling rundown
Poor Jody don't seem like the same old town
[ guitar ]
You're the last of the ...
I remember when you said with this ring I Thee wed
Now you've gone betrayed my trust rings of gold have turned to rust
Tears can't wash away the sin love that's dead can't live again
Knowin' there's no hope for us turns these rings of gold to rust
Plans we made just yesterday sands of time had chipped away
Now they've crumbled into dust rings of gold had turned to rust
[ violin - dobro ]
Love ...
My ship of life sailed stormy seas
Tossed and turned with every breeze
But I found safe harbor in your love
Let the winds of time turn bitter cold
On sails are torn and growin' old
I found safe harbor in your love
Just breathe your love to me
Let me feel it soft and warm
And I can weather any storm
If my ship is lost on waves of foam
Just shine your light and guide me home
I found safe harbor ...
Life was never easy but when troubles came along
Together we could take 'em in our stride
Through the good times and the tears through all the passin' years
Night and day you'd never left my side
Now the shadows of the leaves on the grass beneath the trees
Are the only things that move across the lawn
As I stand here all alone and read the words upon the stone
I begin to realize you're really ...
I'm callin' from somewhere in Virginia in the rain
I never thought I'd hear your voice again
I heard the windshield wipers callin' out your name
Somewhere in Virginia in the rain
I realized that I'm the one to blame oh come on
And I won't make the same mistakes again
My left front window's busted got a patch with cellophane
Somewhere in Virginia in the rain
I know it must be two a.m. bout Lewi...
My world is like a river as dark as it is deep
Night after night the past creeps in and gathers all my sleep
My days are just an endless stream of emptiness for me
Filled only with the fleeting moments of your memory
Sweet memories sweet memories I'm clinging to your memories
You slipped into the silence of my dreams last night
Wandering from room to room turning out each light
Your laughter s...
Take away the trees and the birds
All have to sit upon the ground, uum
Take away their wings and
The birds will have to walk to get around
And take away the bird baths
And dirty birds will soon be ev'rywhere
Take away their feathers and
The birds will walk around in underwear
Take away their chirp and the
Birds will have to whisper when they sing
And take away their common sense and
They'll be...
Bug, Bug, Bug, Bug, down... dooby dooby down. Cow Cow down...
Kill Kill Kill
Everybody do the C***roach Stomp.
California, Tennessee, and Louisville,
Come on, do the C***roach Stomp.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4,
Stomp your partner on the floor.
Squish squish. squish, squish, squish.
Find a bug,
Make a wish.
Kill Kill Kill
Everybody do the C***roach Stomp.
You'll feel better, like I know you will.
Come...
Like to be the flowers in the garden of your mind
Like to be the warm glow in your glass of wine
Like to be the kitten that so tenderly you hold
The blanket wrapped around you when the nights are cold
I'd like to be the nighttime in the darkness of your eyes
Be the sound of sweetness in your morning sighs
Like to be just everything you're always thinking of
Most of all I'd like to be
The one y...
Sky full of factory smoke stacks hot cinders paint the snow black
Turn up my callar to the cold
My old boots're wet and dirty missed my bus at 7:30
Ah there must be more to life than growing old
Each day seems like the last one each year just like the past one
As if they're stamped on from the mold
Somehow it seems to be the only change is you and me
There must be more to life than growing old...
With pen in hand we signed our names today at five you'll be on that train
And you'll be free and I will be alone so alone
If we could just find the love we once knew
If you think I can make everything up to you
Ah then I'll be gone and you'll be on your own you'll be on your own
[ piano ]
And tonight as I lie in that big lonely bed
And I look at the pillow where you laid your head
With my hea...
Well you can take all your love birds stick 'em in a tree
And they look just like a lotta bull finches to me
Now don't come home with them lovey dovey words
Baby that's strictly for the birds
You made me feel like a yellow bellied supsucker singin' in a eucalyptus tree
And now I feel like a sap since you made a sucker out of me oh oh
You made me feel like a wheel like a real big deal then cut
...
I see that worried look upon your face you've got your troubles I've got mine
You've found somebody else to take my place
You've got your troubles and I've got mine
I too have lost my love today all of my dreams have blown away
Now just like you I sit and wonder why you've got your troubles and I've got mine
[ guitar ]
You need some sympathy well so do I you've got your troubles and I've got m...