Van and Willie went out one night Once they get out on the road Well then everything is alright Had to get away from the kids and the wives Well they ran into s...

She moved back around here thirty-five weeks ago today Oh down the lane At night she walks on the banks and remembers how she Dreamed of rowing away And how she...

Woke up this morning looking at the screen There's a couple of men talking I'm not sure what they mean There's a conversation many men running wild We learn abo...

There were people living in a green valley Found a way to make a lot of money Made the green turn gradually gray They figured they could do whatever they wanted...

Cocked and ready oh here I stand Anticipating the laying on of hands Might be frivolous, may be profound But it feels like deliverance going down Hey now, come...

I'm driving down the highway Headed to the range Gonna knock 'em out stong But I'm feeling no pain Got an old brown bag Big stick in the back Where the grass d...

Some live life with eyes that don't see They look away at the time of your greatest need Some talk, some'll just do, some turn their back Turn around and just w...

You lie over there in a bed with iron rails Like a frightened child in the cold light, so frail Things were going so well,just rolling along Now, just when you ...

Deep down in the south county Over where the paper mill runs Lived a man, a young country doctor With the perfect wife and sons Well he worked his days And Sund...

It's been a long time coming, this feeling I've got That things'll always go your way, such a long shot Been so deep in the hole, never thought i'd come out Any...

It's coming any day said the captain It's coming any day now cried the priest The people in high places may defend you But son you better hope they keep the pea...

It's coming one day now said the captain It's coming one day now cried the priest The people in high places may defend you But son you better hope they keep t...

There's a place A local roadside shack A poor man's Paris with parking in the back There's a girl there She knows how to unwind She don't talk much but she know...

Way out here, working on the docks Everyone sees the long day through Well what would I do without the nights and the phone And the chance just to talk to you W...

When the night lies so still Before I go to sleep I come by, I come by Just to look at you In the dim light I say That in my own small way I will try, I will tr...

They're looking for some hired guns on the Texas border To shoot 'em all down if they try to cross over the water And they've got their old white hoods and the ...

Close your eyes and slip away To the dream of your fancy Close your eyes and float downstream To where the marsh grass dances Take you down where the air is thi...

We've lived around here most all of our lives Did most anything we wanted to do We will celebrate every 4th of July Just a little tamer than most of the rest of...

A strong man feels weak in the still heat of the day Nothing is black and white, just a hazy gray There's a long lonesome sound in the distance calling back to ...

Is he sane or insane That's all they want to know Is he crazy or strange then If so I want to go I've seen him leave at night Followed him so far Drove out abou...

There's a man workin' in a field See's the rain and it's burning He's saying this can't be real As he sees the color of the fields turning Far away the men too ...

There was a man of confused and sad nature Thought no one loved him that was not true He said he was a lost soul didn't fit in anywhere Didn't know where to tur...

The song came and went Like the times that we spent Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent I laughed and she'd smile It would last for awhile You don'...

Oh I wish I could laugh When I look way back To find out who stole all my dreams Whoa I wish it was easy To face the fact There's nobody there but me Well it'...

Train rolls by about 3 am Wakes me from a fitful sleep Got the urge to jump on board I believe I'm in a little too deep Walk the train station Walking through t...

Hey Now, where are you going Where are you going to my friend Said I'm going out to find The pastures of plenty I believe they're out there somewhere Did you h...

Sit there with a blank expression Say you can't go on anymore It's not like me to come out and help you Mabye I've been down this road before Been living in th...

Riding in the early evening I'd say I know of a certain tree I always asked if you wanted to go You'd just sit there silently Now you say come on let's go You k...

So nice to be here With all you good people Is anybody listening To what we're doing tonight Could you give us a chance While you hit the sauce Might try a litt...

And he stands at the banquet room bar Looking over the crowd The reunion band playing too loud And he sees his fellow old star Looks him up and down Sees a litt...

Well she was so fine On the first impression I was taken, taken in by the view With eyes so soft And a face so smooth I found her selling in a fashion booth All...

I heard you say that tonight's the night You say there's a party going on I'm in the door lik an old 78 side And I hear 'em out hitting on a Coleman song My fr...

I've been riding around with the top down Like I always do My love at my side, but only this time My friends say something's changed you They said you're runnin...

The scene is set, everybody's in place Two chairs filled for every five gone to waste Pantsuit girl gives me a nasty gaze She says play that on your own time Wa...

Remember when the days were long And rolled beneath a deep blue sky Didn't have a care in the world With mommy and daddy standin' by But "happily ever after" fa...

It's a hazy winter's day And I'm staring out on the southland In the twilight distance on the bay My mind sees you running through the marshland All these years...

Someone's dancing on the table Someone's got an old book in the back Some old jocks are sitting round their neighbors Exaggerating their stats Again There's Mr ...

Walking on the sidewalk, roundball under my arm Everybody knows how you play is who you are Walking down the road, looking for a game or two The real moves come...

Four walls I built one winter She came to share my name For years we lived as lovers on the open plains Far off the heat wave shimmers Pipelines and the gasolin...

The rain held back again Haven't felt a drop since you went away Outside of town, the hills are brown I guess way out there you'd call 'em golden Lines outside ...

Down in the southwest Virginia town of Richlands I fell in love with an Appalachian girl She lived in a long line of little row houses On the side of an old str...

What's the long face, whats all the crying for Didn't you expect it when you opened your door To the man with the long coat and the long list of victims Everybo...

Parking lot's full, the crowd's here All to see and hear the food and beverage seer Bumpin' time, everyone side to side Left allemand and do-pah-so time Here sh...

Sometimes I get lucky Most times I come up short Got to pull up the lines Got to move around the bend They say it's a dying breed They say it's going to disappe...

Sometimes I lead sometimes I follow This time I'll go where she wants me to go She said maybe today maybe tomorrow Go deep in the woods down the low valley road...

Standing in line marking time waiting for the welfare dime 'Cause they can't buy a jo The man in the silk suit hurries by As he catches the poor old ladies' ey...

Here I am I'm in a gaseous haze Ten lanes and tall boys Going both ways El dorado riding on the fringe Aztec princes take revenge This ain't my style, this ain'...

Well I'm walking on the floor Hanging right round the door Hoping you will come through Wanting you to, sweat on my brow I'm no saint Nothing left but a bad exc...

My name is Vernon James and I live to the south of town I work my window watching the women go round and round Some people come here for love Some people come f...

It came on fast when I heard the blast And the main generator gave a giant gasp It was round about midnight, about half past And the city went black as coal so ...

She walked into town in a long white gown And the band played on with no one around And the rice was gone oh hours ago And the white wheeled limosine's standing...