Chorus: My home ain't in the hall of fame You can go there but you won't find my name And my songs don't belong on top forty radio I'll keep the old back forty ...

(Part 1) (Instrumental) (Part 2) verme tan solo y triste Cual hoja al viento, Quisiera llorar, quisiera morir De sentimiento (Part 3) There's an alley in Ac...

I woke up in another strange place By a 40 acre parking lot With every kind of sign I was talking to another strange face Who was tellin' me That he didn't have...

Ooh when I was a little boy Only one or two The first thing that I did enjoy Was a plate of barbeque Barbeque sliced beef and bread Ribs and sausage and a cold...

I can't remember when I was here But I'm back again I barely know you friend And everything's changed Sun burned up The sky turned green The air smelled of gaso...

Billy Gray rode into Gantry back in '83 There he did meet young Sarah McCray The wild rose of morning that pale flower of dawning Herald of springtime in his yo...

Slidin' down the canyon on the Black Baldy Stallion Through the rocks and the ridges of the cold dark night Shinin' like a diamond from the belt of Orion Is it ...

You take off from work a bit early The boss doesn't care if you stay The guard with the key has to check your ID But he'd just as soon blow you away The cops h...

It's been five years come this autumn, she remembers well the day The day the fever got him, and took him far away Far away from always knowing that the love th...

Line of sight, speed of sound Feel of flesh the long way down Flash of light you look around it's over You're OK, but I'm a mess It's the way it goes I guess I ...

Time for the singer Time for the singer boy to make his way home A prodigal I've been distressed This lonely child can't make it on his own I've been traveling ...

Now i went out last Sunday with my little Mary Anne She said please stay 'till Monday and she grabbed me by the can She laid a big one on me- surprised me with ...

I worked the rigs from three to midnight On the corpus Christi Bay I'd get off and drink till daylight Sleep the morning away I had a plan to take my wages Leav...

Hot coffee on the dash board, a cold front on the way Last night I was in Oregon, tomorrow Santa Fe Up for two days running and I'm feeling tired inside Down to...

Daddy had a Buick and Mama loved to ride Daddy like to drive it and Mama liked to glide Four white walls constantly in motion From the Great Smoky Mountains to ...

Bob McDill Scarecrow and a yellow moon And a roadhouse on the edge of town Hear that midnight rooster crow Well I'll have one more before I go But Honey, don't...

When I was a young boy The only things that really mattered were Making friends and having fun Walkin' down the railroad track 'Til you reached the river Turn a...

Seems like yesterday I was here Dreamin' my life away and drinkin' beer Staying up till dawn strummin' on guitars Sleepin' all day long just like the big rock s...

I drove all night to be here I only stopped for gas Saw the sun come up this morning as I came across the pass I'm tired and wired and uninspired and broke in m...

Truth is all I'm looking From town to town And door to door Happiness is nothing more Than Sunday at the zoo Ridin' high inside the wires Is the sum of all my d...

Standin' down on Main Street Across from Mr, Blues In my faded leather jacket And my weathered Brogan shoes A chill north wind was blowin' But the spring was co...

Up this morning Before the sun Fixed me some coffee and a honey bun Jumped in my pickup Gave her the gas I'm goin' out to catch a five pound bass Down by the l...

Strapped my guns and courage on; set my cattle free Rolled a smoke and I made a vow no more to be reviled Combed her hair and laid her out; pretty as you please...

Dave Alvin She's waiting for me when I get home from work But things just ain't the same She turns out the light and cries in the dark Won't answer when I call...

We were at the Rythem Room In Scottsdale Arizona It was in the summertime it must have been O2' We got there way to early and we sat around for hours Loaded in ...

I left Houston, Texas on a Gulf Coast Hurricane I was blown down by tornadoes, washed up by the rain Well my pappy wasn't happy with me, he told me to go So I s...

In the corner of the barroom Lives the ghost of Langston Hughes He's takin' notes and smokin' cigarettes Sippin' slowly on his booze Got them goin' nowhere blue...

Gravitational forces The time is 8:45 Fifteen minutes shy of competing the 4-hour sound check It usually takes an hour and a half The room reminds me of a putt ...

We were standin' on a mountain top Where the cactus flowers grow I was wishin' that the world would stop When you said we'd better go We took a rowboat 'cross ...

There is a Barbie doll in the gravy boat up on mom's TV set An angel made of Styrofoam holds Rita's cigarette Santa waves an empty beer in his plastic hand Ever...

Terry Allen She was a honkytonker and he was a family man And she showed him her gold teeth when he'd hold her little hand And they met out on the highway at t...

Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr Out my door the leaves are falling The cold wild wind will come Sweethearts walk by together But I still miss someone I go out on a pa...

Have you got a minute? A little time that we can spend Open up and let me in Share some memories People in a hurry Every day goes by so fast No one takes the ti...

I wonder where my baby is tonight I wonder where my baby is tonight That street lamp ain't sayin' The moon is out of sight I wonder where my baby is tonight I ...

I've got clothes in my closet and new shoes to wear And all that I wanted are more than my share And the woman who loves me she's more than a dream So why am I ...

Good times come and then they go The rain will fall the wind will blow Through it all you gotta know I'll do what I can do To protect you right or wrong Heal th...

I've got clothes in my closet and new shoes to wear And all that I wanted are more than my share And the woman who loves me she's more than a dream So why am I ...

Packed my suitcase and I racked my brain Bought a ticket on a late night train Took a taxi through the pourin' rain I'm comin' home to you Flew from Boston out...

If I were the king of this old crazy world I'm telling you there'd be some changes made In my golden crown, I'd lead the big parade If I were king, there'd be s...

It's the way you stroke my hair while I am sleepin' It's the way you tell me things I don't know It's the way you remember I came home late for dinner Eleven mo...

Deep in the pocket of an old sport coat jacket I chanced to discover an old memory Three-for-a-quarter, a black-and-white portrait Taken of Jennifer Johnson and...

The sun is settin' On our time living here You've lost the will I've lost the heart We should be leavin' While the coast is still clear Cause we won't make it a...

Put the horses in the stable Load the mules on the train Set your pistols on the table leave the dogs out in the rain Take the money that they gave you Hide it...

Flatter than a tabletop Makes you wonder why they stopped here Wagon must have lost a wheel or they lacked ambition one On the great migration west Separated fr...

It's a long strecth of highway At midnight in New Mexico It's a small colored light That shines from your car radio It's the only motel on earth Who sleeps on a...

(Jimmy Driftwood) One night as I lay on my pillow Moon shining bright as the dawn I saw a man come-a-walkin' He had a long chain on I heard his chain a clanki...

I guess we've come full circle We're strangers once again It's hard to know we'd ever come to this It's funny you were saying how you'd miss The good ole times ...

The lonesome oak tree held it's fire into November We watched the last brown leaf hit the ground and blow away An evening gun shot let's him know the hunt is ov...

There's a salt grain tapping on your window There's a cool breeze blowing off the bay A warm flame dancing with our shadows To music playing far a way I never ...

The man outside he works for me, his name is Mariano He cuts and trims the grass for me he makes the flowers bloom He says that he comes from a place not far fr...

Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk at our Christmas party We were drinking champagne punch and homemade eggnog Little sister brought her new boyfriend He was a Mex...

Mr Wolf and Mama Bear were banging on the door I told 'em once, I told 'em twice, don't come 'round here no more They've stolen all our chickens, they killed ou...

I crossed the Mississippi, turned south at San Antone A bowie knife, a woolen coat, a grip bag on my arm It's all somebody needs to make it through the land Wal...

The first of the month Brings back the notion Of a big round white dance hall And a cool summer night Red cherry faces set black shoes in motion To the oom pa p...

Streets are almost empty, shops are closed down There's not a soul left in the bar to tell my troubles to Think I'll walk down to the river that runs just south...

I'm long past hungry I need a bed I got some real wild things Runnin' through my head Oh Rosie, don't forget me now I've been to Tulsa And New Mexico Still got...

Broke into you car last night Took your stereo Now you say you don't know why You live there anymore The garage man didn't see a thing So I guess it was an insi...

I slipped through your fingers into the clouds Ran down the concrete hallways Pushed through the crowds I watched by the water Reached for the sun Why did I bot...

I gave up the fast lane for a blacktop county road Just burned out on all that talk about [Incomprehensible] I traded for a songbird, a bigger piece of sky When...

A smokin', long black Cadillac; the engine's winding down He parked it up on the sidewalk like he owned the whole damn down. I saw him talking to some chick thr...

(Robert Earl Keen/Bill Whitbeck) One day after twenty-five years Head of service at the local Sears Helen Walker put her pencil down and walked away And all th...

Out along the road to no return Silence rules the day and knows no friend The troubled past and all her tribe adjourn To watch your dreams unravel in the wind ...

It's a busted old town, the plains of West Texas The drugstore's closed down, the rivers run dry The semis roll through like stainless steel stallions Goin' har...

It's midnight on the interstate and I'm flying like a bird I was talking to a friend of mine, he said "Have you heard the word?" "I've got some people comin' by...

We made Oklahoma a little after 3 Randy, his brother Bob and my old GMC We had some moonshine whisky And some of Bob's homegrown We were so messed up we didn't ...

Summer Sunday evenings around the old home place I would play my guitar sister'd sing along Sister's smile would always light up my daddy's face When they'd get...

Townes Van Zandt When the wind don't blow in Amarillo When the moon along the Gunnison don't rise And I cast my dreams upon your love babe And lie beneath the ...

I'm tired to the bone My back is to the wall I've been on my own So long I can't recall Take me in your arms tonight Hold me to your breast Tell me it will be ...

I am the king of burning daylight, and holdin' my own I've been doin', alright, leaving well enough alone My Daddy told me, I was lazy, my momma said, I love yo...

Kathy there was time when I thought Of no one else but me and myself Being on my own And how can I start to apologize for Not being there to dry your eyes when...

K Farrell Me and the boy's we cinched up our saddles and rode to sonora last night Gun's hanging proud, daring out loud for any one looking to fight Card cheat...

There's a big race down in Dallas Don't you wish that you were there? You could bet your bottom dollar On that iron gray mare Had a black horse named Delilah A...

I climbed the mountains and I swept the plains I crossed the border and I broke my chains I walked the back roads 'til my shoes wore through I'm still without y...

Sometimes I don't know what I'm doing Sometimes all my days are filled with rain As I travel down life's highway, things ain't going my way Cause there's always...

I had a horse Named Bad Luck She weren't good lookin' But she sure could buck Chorus Yahoo hey hey Yippee yi cy yey I put my mama on her She threw her in the ...

I had a hose, her name was Bad Luck, She wasn't good lookin', but she sure could buck Yeah hoo- Hey, hey, Yippy-i Ki-ay I put my momma on her, she threw her in...

She said she never really loved you Guess ya knew it all along Still you're willing to take the blame For everything that went wrong Now there's an ugly little ...

Robert Earl Keen/Lyle Lovett This old porch is a big ol' red and white Herford bull Standin' under a mesquite tree in Agua Dulce, Texas He keeps on playin' hid...

Then there was the time I saw the great Hank Williams singing on the stage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and he was all dressed up in drag From his rose red lip...

I don't care what you say I never liked you anyway Wouldn't give you the time of day If I had the time to spend You're malicious and downright cruel Superstitio...

Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around Down Main Street after midnight with a brand new pack of cigs A...

In a year that is not now From a place unknown I travel on the mountain roads Looking for someone Sewn inside my vest, a letter Tells me where and when In my p...

I'm looking for somebody who might have come this-a-way Could have been an hour ago, or maybe yesterday She's pretty as a flower and shining as a star I never t...

There were lean times, they were tough There were mean times they were rough And the good times didn't outweigh the bad I was sad you were bitter But you were n...

Down the hill Through the light Past the city jail I watch and walk Every night I wondered who to tell How can I tell my father? He's been gone all these years...

You say you're clearing out, the devil's in your eyes No time to walk, no time to talk, no time for long goodbyes The ticket's in your hand, you've made that fi...

VERSE1 She wasn't bad She wasn't good She was just what she was She had a thing makes a man, do the things he does She had a way A special way, to speak without...

Everyone in Nacodoches Knew Tom Ames would come to a bad end 'Cause the sheriff caught him Stealin' chickens and such by the time he was ten One day his daddy ...

Train Trek Lyrics for Album: Farm Fresh Onions Tracks are starting to rumble, wheels beginning to roll There's a short handle shovel full of number 9 coal Hey,...

You've been standin' on the corner for a thousand nights Ifs the slowest corner known to man Watchin' strange faces passin' 'neath the lights With a bottle wavi...

Fire one up and you toss one down Everybody knows you been downtown Been downtown late last night Busted your head in a barroom fight Fightin' with your brother...

Traditional: Arranged by REK I got high and I got in jail I got high and I got in jail I got high and I got in jail Weren't nobody to pay my bail My sins they...

There's a day of reckoning coming In my heart I know your gonna go I'll believe it when I see it When I see it I'll know When the rain falls, when the sun sets...

Drove from Albuquerque to Ft Smith, Arkansas Then all the way to New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras You should have seen the craziness down there What I really ...

I crossed the desert on a dining car In the spring of ninety-one I met some people drinking at the bar They were laughing, having fun I told 'em that I hadn't ...

What the hell is wrong with me? I can't do nothin' right? I sleep away the whole day long And I stay awake all night I'm fightin' things that I can't see And I...

Down on Main Street after sundown Goodtime Charlie and Wanderin' Bill Thought they might hold up Happy's Drive-in One got away and one never will Chorus: That'...