(by Bruce R Hornsby and John Hornsby) 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 ...

(by Bruce R Hornsby and John Hornsby) There were people living in a green valley Found a way to make a lot of money Made the green turn gradually gray They fig...

B r hornsby 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 ...

Rollin' and a-tumblin' Take me to the mountain Fly closer to the sun Wailin' and a-rumblin' I'm movin' not stumblin' Come, come with me On my candy mountain Can...

Do you hear that or are you hearing my call It's a cry for help but now you see All these craters and these walls I'm erected in my room I'd like you to see, I'...

It's coming any day now, 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 t...

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...

Isn't this old night so nice I hope you can feel what I feel tonight Little boy's not getting it right Trying so hard with all his might Clouds in the sky keep...

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 standing by When "happily ever after" f...

I'm sitting wondering, watching the parade In my ever-present chair People laughing and smiles all around me Balloons and paper in my hair There's a man in a ca...

Jenny drove out to Vegas for the first time Picked up a guy hitching on the highway side Rode into town together looking for a sign Thought they saw something i...

(fade in) Gonna be some changes made Man was a knife expert Kinda of a Jim Bowie type, Swaggerin', blusterin', 'coon skin I said, "You're not serious, right?" T...

You're saying I've got, got a lot, a lot of nerve To say that we could, we could be friends YOu're thinking I'm just another one telling lies You don't want to ...

There was a young man named Arthur Gordon Heir to a large family fortune Walking 'round, all prissy and full of himself Pissing money, showing his wealth Built...

BR Hornsby Will it really help me to learn About Frederick the Great and when Rome burned? Wish they'd skip over me when it's my turn All this useless informat...

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 in black and white, just a hazy gray There's a long lonesome sound in the distance calling back to ...

Imagine Bruce R Hornsby imagine theres no heaven its easy if you try no help below us above us only sky imagine all the people living for today I imagine ther...

B r hornsby/john hornsby I met a fan dancer down in southside birmingham She was running from a fat man selling salvation in his hand She said he's tryin' to s...

I met a fan dancer down Southside Birmingham She was running from a fat man selling salvation in his hand She said he's tryin' to save me but I'm doin' alright,...

I met a fan dancer down in southside Birmingham She was running from a fat man selling salvation in his hand She said he's tryin' to save me But I'm doin' alrig...

I met a fan dancer down in southside Birmingham She was running from a fat man selling salvation in his hand She said he's trying to save me But I'm doing alrig...

I'm leaning on a rail Letting my eyes roam over the plain I'm laughing on my break Feeling like a captive on a long chain Watch the people pick up sticks Big bo...

Let my inspiration flow in token rhyme, suggesting rhythm That will not forsake you, till my tale is told and done While the firelight's aglow, strange shadows ...

Let my inspiration flow in token rhyme, suggesting rhythm That will not forsake you, till my tale is told and done While the firelight's aglow, strange shadows ...

I'm walking outside and I see you arrive You say let's go for a ride, and have a good old time I'm saving up lies, or just stay quiet every time While you talk ...

You know I think it's a funny thing People talk without listening People listen without hearing I do it all the time You know it's a funny phenomenon People on ...

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...

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 [Incomprehens...

There's a man working in a field Sees 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 ...

Come on kids, ya'll come with me Let's go looking for a Christmas tree Cross the river and through the woods I got my axe and it works real good Such a strong ...

I can see very well There's a boat on the reef with a broken back And I can see it very well There's a joke and I know it very well It's one of those that I tol...

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'...

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 a while You don...

I'd like to try throwing the I Ching I'd like to try someone analyzing my writing I'd like to see what's written on the crystal stones And see what happens if I...

About this time of evening, out by the bay They turn the roadlights on the bridge A diesel rolls in silhouette, eastbound Lovers glad the sun has set I'm starin...

(by BR Hornsby) 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 that they're out ther...

Pete took up Latin dancing Sherry loved his style We loved to laugh as they glided past But he kicked the blues for a while Mannby wanted to be artsy Always dr...

You're saying I've got, got a lot, a lot of nerve To say that we could, we could be friends YOu're thinking I'm just another one telling lies You don't want to ...

Spent the night over at a friend's place Sunday morning came, he was in my face Said I want to take you to a place Put you in a state of grace Drove way out to ...

There were tambourines and moans and wails Wrappin' the snake on the healing trail But a child passed, it was the devil and the snake And the devil prevailed Bi...

Spent the night over at a friend's place Sunday morning came, he was in my face Said I want to take you to a place Put you in a state of grace Drove way out to...

There were tambourines and moans and wails Wrappin' the snakes on the healing trail Child passed, it was the devil and the snake The devil prevailed Big deep t...

B r hornsby Well he came to town with a strong pull Would flash his moves for the worshipful Shoulder moves from side to side Go over your head and dot your ey...

Well he came to town with a strong pull, c'mon girl Would flash his moves for the worshipful, oh worshipful Well shoulder moves from side to side Go over your h...

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...

I'm on a long sojourn I'm sitting here shedding my skin Don't know about inside, ugly on the outside They're all messing with me for the shape I'm in I'm lookin...

Well, I'm on a long sojourn, I'm sitting here shedding my skin I don't know about inside but I'm ugly on the outside They're all saying with me for the shape I'...

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 them golden Lines outside...

I think maybe I knew her in school In my memory's faded view I remember years ago, her name I barely knew Years later I saw her in town Knocking on my window ta...

There was a little girl picked up a doll Oh so white as snow Said this is me as I really am Same little girl picked up a doll Looked just like her And threw it ...

In light of all I've learned so far I don't believe I'm so strange In spite of all this time I spend Calling the air by a name When the first light comes over t...

Darkness is definitely fallin' Movin' so slow I'm barely crawlin' Here I sit dirt on my hands Lying way out in the Shadowlands Made my bed and here I lie Try t...

Crawl up the back steps Up to the back door Reach up in the dark Turn the handle a little more Open up real slow So the door won't creak Look ahead and look be...

(by Bruce R Hornsby) 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...

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...

(by Bruce R Hornsby) 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 u...

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...

(by Bruce R Hornsby and John Hornsby) 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 f...

One eye is open, the other eye is shut Don't throw anything to me I'm in no place, no place to receive And I just can't move a thing Things are rough down here ...

One eye is open, the other eye is shut Don't throw anything to me I'm in no place, no place to receive And I just can't move a thing Things are rough down here ...

I would try most anything While I stand here lingering Have a couple of songs to sing To take your mind away Promises of treats I bring I'd give you most everyt...

This is no fond farewell You can be sure I could wish it was no farewell at all It's been a good long run Oh to be sure I don't regret much Not much at all I'm ...

This is an epic story Of low man's love and family pride But he's still awaiting A ride Looking for a wildest enemy Then only I know you can never care Man of ...

(by BR Hornsby) 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 s...

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...

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...

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...

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

What's the long face, what's 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 Ever...

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...

(by BR Hornsby and John Hornsby) 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 br...

B r hornsby/john hornsby 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 wood...

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'...

(by Bruce R Hornsby) Well, I'm walking the floor Hanging right round the door Hoping you will come through Wanting you to, sweat on my brow I'm no saint Nothin...

I found only one set of lyrics for this song on the web and I found them extremely unsatisfactory They were badly spelled and many sections were entirely, and o...

B r hornsby Well I saw her one day At the corner cafe Everybody there knew she's a wonder I sat there all night Too shy to say Honey you could keep me from goin...

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...

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...

B r hornsby/john hornsby 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 c...

B R Hornsby 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 limosi...

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

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