(Gillian Welch/David Rawlings) Mr Smith had an oldsmobile Baby blue with them wire wheels I took her home the day that she was adverstised He said she leaked wh...

I heard a siren late last night, you must have felt me shiver Shaken by a wave of fright, that you calm with a whisper And fear gave way to better things Like a...

A thousand stars in the sky like the stars in your eyes They say to me that there'll never be No other love like you-oo for me-e-e A thousand stars in the sky ...

My baby never was a cheating kind But it wasn't 'cause the ladies didn't try Now everywhere we go, we're walking 'round and slow Giving him a flutter and a sigh...

You'd better sit down I've got something to confess to you I can make you walk out But I think I owe us both the truth We've been going through some changes An...

Surprise goodbyes and tears unanswered Promises that fall Can leave your precious dreams defenseless Back against the wall But I will hold them tenderly Your s...

I will pledge my heart to the love we share Through the good and the bad times too I'll forsake my rest for your happiness 'Til my death I will stand by you Wi...

Martin Luther, who did you think that you were? Appointed by some higher up Merely mortal, your plans were unaffordable No one wants to pay for love Oh, you be...

Hail the blest morn, when the great Mediator Down from the regions of glory descends Shepherds, go worship the babe in the manger Lo, for His guard, the bright ...

(Larry Boone/Gene Nelson/Paul Nelson) I used to love him that ain't no lie We had a good thing till he said goodbye Then with one touch you set my heart ablaze ...

I heard a voice last night in my sleep I dreamed it was you callin' to me It echoed sweet and low like every song I've known Callin' me home Swift as an arrow ...

(Larry BooneGene NelsonPaul Nelson) I used to love him that ain't no lie We had a good thing till he said goodbye Then with one touch you set my heart ablaze I'...

Oh come, oh come Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the son of God appear Rejoice, rejoice Emmanuel Shall come to thee, ...

Travelin' on down that coal town road Listen to my rubber tires whine Goodbye to buckeye and white sycamore I'm leavin' you behind Oh, I've been a coal miner a...

When I was a young girl, my daddy told me A lesson he learned, it was a long time ago If you want to have someone to hold onto Youre gonna have to learn to let ...

Now that our mountain is growing With people hungry for wealth How come it's you that's a going And I'm left all alone by myself? We used to hunt the cool cave...

Early in the evening, just about supper time Over by the courthouse, they're startin' to unwind Four kids on the corner, tryin' to bring you up Willie picks a t...

(Paul Nelson/Gene Nelson) Charlie's got a gold watch Don't seem like a whole lot After thirty years of drivin' Up and down the interstate But Charlie's had a go...

(Kye Fleming/Janis Ian) Emmanuel, Emmanuel A child is born A child is born Sing glory unto God on high Joy to all the world this night And to all people, peace ...

(Kye FlemingJanis Ian) Emmanuel, Emmanuel A child is born A child is born Sing glory unto God on high Joy to all the world this night And to all people, peace A...

(Rhonda Kye Fleming/Janis Ian) Every love is different Every love's the same Every love has memories Every love has pain I knew love at twenty I knew love at ni...

I'm tired, so tired, it's time to give it up I've been draggin' his memory around long enough It's weighin' heavy like a stone around my neck I've got to find a...

From a distance, the world looks blue and green, and the snow capped mountains white From a distance, the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight ...

I've seen you calm the waters raging in the rivers of my mind Your spirit blows a breeze into my soul And I've felt the fire that warms the heart Knowing that i...

There was a motorcycle mama and her man With a wind-burnt tan and a Harley Roarin' through Bakersfield when her water broke They pulled into a hospital and for ...

By the way you watch the sunset, I can tell Soon you'll saddle up that ol' strawberry roan Bid goodbye to the goodnight lovin' trail And set off to blaze a new ...

(Claire Lynch/Mark Fair) Tomorrow brings another town We'll be on our way We'll hit the road and have a song Then there'll be nothing to say For hours on end An...

I got a few words For all you women out there If you've ever been in love Or if you're ever gonna be There's nothing much sweeter Than laying in the arms of yo...

I have always been on the outside Looking inside 'till I found you Never knowin' where my life would lead What I could believe 'till you broke through Where on ...

If this life should lead you down a lonely road And you need someone at your side I'd like to be the one to share your load The loving arms where you can come a...

After all was said and done There was nothin' left to do The hardest mile I ever walked Was the one I walked away from you Maybe I'm a little ragged around the...

(Claire LynchMark Fair) Tomorrow brings another town We'll be on our way We'll hit the road and have a song Then there'll be nothing to say For hours on end And...

I can't believe she had the nerve To show her face again I can't believe she got to you And now you're givin' in Remember how she walked away For reasons she c...

I need to go down and wash my face Deep in the river of my old homeplace I need to walk in the waters that once gave me life Go over and walk the old railroad t...

(Tim O'Brien) Late in the day when shadows start to play On my backdoor and up and down this alleyway I think back on the times with your hand in mine We sat ta...

(Kathy Mattea) Well, I'm leaving West Virginia in the morning And I'm headin' out that California way I don't know what I'll find but baby it's my time And I'll...

The key's in the mailbox the U-Haul is loaded This is the last time we'll call this place home The cats in a cage to leave at your mother's I'll be halfway to A...

A little bit south of West Virginia The miles go by and the engine roars I've come so far tryin' to forget you So far from that slammin' door Day dawned bright...

(Nanci Griffith) I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain Well those Delta towns wear satin gowns In a high beamed frame Loretta Lynn guides my hands throug...

(Mike Dowling/Jan Dowling) We were buddies once upon a time And then you took off on your social clim But fortune only brought you misery And now you're cryin' ...

(Jim Rushing/Larry Cordle) Do you feel a kindred spirit To the sound of pourin' rain Does your heart start to yearnin' When you hear a distant train If you'd li...

Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair She made the Woolworth counter shine And Eddie was a sweet romancer and a darn good dancer They'd waltz the...

Love comes unbidden Can't be forbidden It takes you and shakes you Right down to your shoes It knows heartache and trial But accepts no denial You can't choose...

Mary, did you know that your baby boy Would someday walk on water? Mary, did you know that your baby boy Would save our sons and daughters? Did you know that yo...

Baby blue with wire wheels I took her home the day that she was advertised He sais she leaked when it would rain Sounded like an aeroplane But I knew she was a ...

Once upon a time In a far off land Wise men saw a sign And set out 'cross the sand Songs of praise to sing They travelled day and night Precious gifts to bring ...

(Gillian Welch) Well nothing new has passed this way in a long time Maybe nothing's ever gonna come And nothing seems to grow outside my window I think I'd bett...

(Bob Millard) When everything you own Will fit in a paper sack No one notice you leavin' Nobody ask when you comin' back You live in a rented room Your money ru...

Oh, can't you see that pretty little bird Singing with all his heart and soul? He's got a blood red spot on his wing And all the rest of him's black as coal Of...

(Pat Alger/Ralph Murphy) Sometimes I stop on my way home And watch the children play And I wonder if they wonder What they'll be someday Some will dream a big d...

I am master and slave I am sunlight and shadow I am all roads to the river I am lost, I am saved I am beloved and betrayed I am all roads to the river Chorus: ...

She came from Fort Worth, Fort Worth couldn't hold her Her dreams were bigger than the Texas sky She's got a one-way ticket on the next bus for Boulder And it w...

Mary had a baby Born in a manger Mary what to do Mary what to do? Before the vow Was made In her belly Laid the King Chorus: Sing Mary, sing Lullabye the King ...

Wouldn't it be nice if we could take a trip? May we head down to the ocean? For just once in our lives leave the world behind And just chase the crazy notion I...

(Rodney Crowell) I don't drink as much as I used to Lately it just ain't my style And the hard times don't hurt like they used to They pass quicker like when I ...

Friends I could count on, I could count on one hand With a leftover finger or two I took 'em for granted, let 'em all slip away Now where they are I wish I knew...

In a town of David, not so near to spring, At the heart of love, there came a lovely thing It was the time of Mary, the time of Caesar's reign Nothing in our li...

In the shade of this old tree In the summer of my dreams By the tall grass, by the wild rose Where the trees dance and the wind blows As the days go oh so slow...

When you moved out this mornin' without any warnin' You said my heart would mend Then you told me goodbye and said I shouldn't cry 'Coz you and I can still be f...

There was a gentleman I knew A stroke held his wife fast asleep And his whole life had come down to The vigil he would daily keep I asked would he rather be fre...

(Tom Kimmel/Jim Pittman) Sometimes I wonder what's the right thing Maybe you could let me know We were struck by lightning A long time ago No one else's vision ...

(Guy Clark/Susanna Clark/Jim Janosky) Eight years old with a floursack cape Tied all around his neck He climbed up on the garage He's figurin' what the heck Wel...

(Mary Ann Kennedy/Kye Fleming/Mark Stephen Cawley) Love isn't easy Nobody said it would be We hurt each other without trying A little anger, a little pride and ...

Bob Roebuck is my sweetheart's name He's off to the wars and gone He's fighting for his Nannie dear His sword is buckled on He's fighting for his own true love...

My head in the clouds, I can't conceal, conceit I try to justify your looked, bewitched eye Am I shining brightly on falsified sky? Chous: And I try so hard to ...

A song for you this evening, and it's not to make you sad, Or for adding to the sorrow of a troubled Northern land But lately I've been thinking, and it just wo...

We're looking for The King, the new Messiah We're following the star shining brighter Old man, won't you help us if you can? He shook his head but he pointed hi...

Time after time, I've turned away from you When all I had to do was surrender to your love You've seen me stumble, you've watched me fall And though I heard you...

Dreams drift away like leaves on the water They roll down the river and slip out of sight Too many times we do what we ought Put off 'til tomorrow what we'd rea...

Ev'ry time you come around I hear that lonesome sound Ooh, train of memories Boxcars go flyin' by With all my dreams inside Ooh, train of memories I see you w...

(Wendy Waldman/Phil Galdston) He called as soon as he hit New York City The highway was like ice and the wind was turning cold He wanted me to know how much he ...

I know she hurt you It's clear to see The scar runs wide and reaches deep Wish I could find the one magic word to dry your eyes and heal your hurt But you hardl...

(Craig Bickhardt/Barry Alfonso) I'll be leaving when the sun is on the rise I can see the sorrow shining deep inside your eyes But this life that I've been livi...

Unto us a Child is born Christians, hear the story In this world our flesh is worn By Christ, the Lord of glory In a manger He is laid Where the kine are sleep...

(Tim O'Brien) All those untold stories All those silent lies We'll never know each other Keepin' them deep inside (let's) Wash away the troubles Keepin' us apar...

(Tim O'Brien) Up along the hallway Down along the stairs I can see the pictures We've made down through the years And it makes me blue, darlin' Thinking of the ...

Any time love is on the table the stakes are high But I thought this was love so I laid it all on the line You nearly took everything I had Never knew I could h...

(Allen Shamblin/Austin Cunningham) Oh a man named John The Baptist Had been hearlding the news About the coming of a Savior For both the Gentiles and the Jews A...

There was someone I used to love A long, long time ago He found someone before I had The chance to let him know And every time I tried to get My heart to close...

Claire had all but given up When she and Edwin fell in love She touched his face and shook her head In disbelief, she sighed and said "In many dreams I've held ...

Hey look there's a hole in my floorboard What's that there's a hole in my jeans And who left that hole in my closet Well, there's a hole in my bed where he used...

(Mark Sanders/Randy Albright/Lisa Silver) We've got a strong love And it's a life-long love Me and you And when it's tested We can't rest until Trouble blows on...

(Wendy Waldman/Donny Lowery) My father said some thing you learn Only by doing when it comes your turn Everything comes around so be ready if you can Prepare yo...

In the deep dark hills of Eastern Kentucky That's the place where I trace my bloodline And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone "You'll never leave Harlan...

(Wendy WaldmanDonny Lowery) My father said some thing you learn Only by doing when it comes your turn Everything comes around so be ready if you can Prepare you...