• A Be-Why
  • A Bend In The River
    (Mark Erelli) CHORUS It's just a bend in the river Where the water slows down Might not look like much to you But it's my hometown It ain't no mystery How thi...
  • Ain't No Time Of Year To Be Alone
    (Mark Erelli & Polly Mathewson) Saint Nick fell down the chimney right on cue With a big ole' bag of gifts for me and you I was crying by the Christmas tree wi...
  • All Behind Me Now
    (Mark Erelli) Well, you know I used to be alone Never ever needed anyone I couldn't say what I was running from Man, I was constantly blue Down every boulevar...
  • Almost Home
    (Mark Erelli) How many miles Did we travel down that road Searching all the while For a place to call our own So young and hypnotized By the stars in our eyes ...
  • Before I Knew Your Name
    (Mark Erelli) I walked these streets before I knew your name Now you're by my side and nothing seems the same Has everything been turned around or am I the one...
  • Blue Eyed Boston Boy
    (Trad) He was just a blue eyed Boston boy His voice was low with pain I'll do your bidding comrade mine If I ride back again But if you ride on and I should fa...
  • Brand New Baby
    (Mark Erelli) I met her on the farm on a hot summer night I don't have to tell you it was love at first sight It was a chance introduction by a mutual friend I...
  • Call You Home
    (Mark Erelli) There are seven sisters weeping Down by the old oxbow As the coffee colored river Swells with melting snow Soon a bittersweet new season Will tu...
  • Compass And Companion
    (Mark Erelli) Out here on this road just after midnight Silver sickle rising in the east I'm steady on the wheel But I know just how you feel So just lean back...
  • Dear Magnolia
    (Chris Moore & John McGann) Dear Magnolia, I lend you my ear Whisper your stories and secrets hidden here Of a South that rose, of a South that fell Your days ...
  • Do It Everyday
    (Mark Erelli) Everyday moves from a blessing to a curse Pull out of the driveway slip it in reverse Take a turn for the better, a turn for the worse And you're...
  • Evening's Curtain
    It's written of in papers, books and magazines For centuries adventurers set sail In schooners, clippers, sloops and brigs and barquentines O'er the deep blue o...
  • Every Goodbye
    (Jim Armenti) I've been called every bad name, some I can't name By judges and lawyers and folks I never met But my mother she called me Walker Jermaine She sa...
  • Fine Time Of Year
    (Tim Gearan & Michael Dinallo) Take what you want, see to it You dust all your memories away Cause I can't find the strength to do it Can't remember what shoul...
  • Fool No 1
    (Mark Erelli) Whenever you call you can bet I'll always come So honey you can just forget the other ones Though you're cruel and unkind I'm the very first in l...
  • Free Ride
    (Mark Erelli) Did you think they'd part the seas for you like Moses Did you think everything would come up roses For every door they open There's another door ...
  • Ghost
    (Mark Erelli) I'm not the kind to believe in superstition Lately the truth I have seen is stranger than non-fiction You race through my blood, some kind of swe...
  • God Loves Everyone
    God loves everyone Like a mother loves her son No strings at all Unconditional Never one to judge Would never hold a grudge 'Bout what's been done God loves eve...
  • Good Enough For You
    (Mark Erelli) The sky went black, the world stopped turning round As you took my hand and sat me down Remember how I cried as you broke the news My best just w...
  • Goodbye
    (Mark Erelli) Darlin' it's the end for you and I We've both seen this coming for some time I could say I'm sorry But you'd not believe it You could say you'll ...
  • Hartfordtown 1944
    It was a dry and dusty summer day When that wagon train pulled in Just three hours 'til the matinee Was scheduled to begin As the razorbacks unloaded the flats ...
  • Here & Now
    Cobblestone pillow Newspaper sheets Ten below zero Sleeping on the street Someday we all will have a home A place to come in from the cold Somewhere so high ab...
  • Hollow Man
    (Mark Erelli) They picked another one off the vine Scooped out the seeds in the back of his mind Filled up his head with half-truths and lies And put the finis...
  • I Always Return
    (Mark Erelli) It's no secret, no mystery How you once loved me so Now you're part of my history That was a long time ago You'd think I'd have learned But it's ...
  • I Thought I Heard You Knocking
    (Mark Erelli) I thought I heard you knocking As I sprung up from my chair Flung the door wide open There was no one standing there It's getting harder every mo...
  • Ichabod
    (John Greenleaf Whittier & Lorne Entress) So fallen, so lost, the light withdrawn Which once he wore The glory from his gray hair gone Forevermore Revile him ...
  • Imaginary Wars
    Behind the house where I lived Back when I was a kid I played GI Joe beneath the tall pine trees I'd fight imaginary wars 'Til my mom called from our back porch...
  • Let's Make A Family
    (Mark Erelli) I hear a tick I hear a tock Must be your biological clock You're ready Oh, you're ready You got the itch I wanna scratch I can't resist that's a...
  • Little Sister
    (Mark Erelli & Polly Mathewson) My little sister makes more than you My little sister makes more than you Would you believe she¹s just 22 My little sister make...
  • Midnight Train
    (Mark Erelli) I climbed out my bedroom window Shimmied down the tree Under cover of the darkness I crept on down the street She is waiting for my signal Hope h...
  • Miracle Man
    (Mark Erelli) I can't waive my hand And make a blind man see No I ain't got nothing Hidden up my sleeve I can't change The water to wine I can't pull you up If...
  • My Love
    (Mark Erelli) My love I see the shadows fill your eyes Your smile is but a thinly veiled disguise Could it be you've grown dissatisfied With me My love I know...
  • Northern Star, Southern Cross
    (Mark Erelli) Across the miles that lie between The lives we live, and the lives we dream Full moon shines so blue and bright Smiling down on the both of us to...
  • Not Alone
    There is a mist on the mountain After a deep green summer rain The highway is steaming and the tires seem to whisper your name As I blow by the crows Picking t...
  • Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
    (Mark Erelli) Wish I could say that I didn't know If we held on too tight or just let it all go Thinking maybe we'd profit from time spent alone We must have b...
  • Once
    I turned 33 in a Canada and wasn't even carded Drinking to the newly born and souls of the departed Oh my Jesus you be damned it feels like I'm just getting sta...
  • One Too Many Midnights
    (Mark Erelli) Too many nights thinking 'bout you Too many lights in my rearview Too many miles by the light of the moon Guess we all pay the price for the life...
  • Only Wondering Where You Are
    (Mark Erelli) The sun goes down, the sun comes up Black coffee fills a paper cup Every morning it gets harder to remember The days all seem to pass this way No...
  • Passing Through
    We are passing this world on to our kids From the moment that they climb out of their cribs We try to teach them well And show them they are loved But in the en...
  • Pilgrim Highway
    (Mark Erelli) I'm going down that pilgrim highway Though none can say for certain where it leads I believe someday I'll reach a place Where all my burdens shal...
  • Pretend
    (Mark Erelli) If my smile Ever fails to make you swoon If my kiss Doesn't send you to the moon If my arms Hold no charms There's no need for alarm Don't reveal...
  • Seasons Pass
    Daffodils and tulips Now surely they're a sign That lemonade and mint juleps Can't be far behind Love, there's a touch Of sweet perfume on the wind We made it ...
  • Seeds Of Peace
    Intro: The American flag is tied to a fence on an overpass With a homemade sign written in red, white and blue And it reads "Welcome home, Jason Miller, Privat...
  • Snowed In
    The weatherman warned me Stay off the road tonight If you know what's best Mercury is falling There's a storm rolling in From the Midwest He called for two fee...
  • Summer Night
    (Bill Morrissey) You've traveled the river From end to end Never found a true love Anywhere you've been Never broke a heart That wouldn't mend On such a lovely...
  • Take My Ashes To The River
    (Jonathan Kingham & Mark Erelli) She was the parson's only daughter And a poor sharecropper's dream Her voice as sweet as falling water From the cool clear mou...
  • The Devil's Train
    (Cliff Carlisle & Mel Foree, Acuff-Rose Music/BMI) The devil's train is long and black It rides on rails of tears It's headed for destruction now With a drunke...
  • The Drinking Gourd
    (Trad, arr by Mark Erelli) When the sun goes back And the first quail calls Follow the drinking gourd The old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom Follow...
  • The Farewell Ball
    (Mark Erelli) The government man Started building his dam Then he told us it was all for the best 'Cause they were tearing it down They were drowning our town ...
  • The Only Way
    (Mark Erelli) I read the paper I watch the news It seems there's only pain and sufferin' And there ain't much I can do It's so senseless I feel defenseless So ...
  • The River Road
    (Mark Erelli) Every year about this time I think of leaving But every year about this time I never go I'm the only one I am deceiving This town sinks it's teet...
  • Theresa
    (Dennis Brennan & Kevin Barry) Down on this row there ain't much to do So I close my eyes and dream about you You and that guy I met once or twice That's alrig...
  • Troubadour Blues
    (Mark Erelli) When I was a boy I went to hear this picker play I still recall his blue guitar Like it was yesterday I was a powder keg a-waitin' For someone to...
  • Troubles
    (Clarence Gibson) Well you think you got troubles Man listen to me I'll tell you a story as it happened you see I got four little kids a-waiting at home My wi...
  • Undone
    Trouble come falling from the pure blue sky Went down to the well but the well was dry Wasn't nothing but a bucket and a hole in the ground I pitched myself lik...
  • What's Changed
    (Mark Erelli) Darlin' when we me you said I was the one So I never thought the knot we tied would come undone But lately you've been acting kind of strange Wha...
  • Why Should I Cry Over You
    (Mark Erelli) You taught me everything I know 'bout being lonesome And I learned my lesson oh so faithfully What was I thinking of When I gave you my love For ...