You can't depend on anything, really There's no promises, there's no point There's no good, there's no bad In this dirty little joint No dope smokin', no beer ...

You can't depend on anything really, there's no promises, there's no point There's no good, there's no bad, in this dirty little joint No dope-smoking, no beer ...

You can't depend on anything really There's no promises there's no point There's no good there's no bad In this dirty little joint No dope smoking no beer sold ...

All of my love has been taken for granted I've been fair but you've been underhanded I've been disgraced, but I can't bear to face it Cause the truth is my hear...

Am I too blue for you? Am I too blue? When I cry like the sky Like the sky somethime Am I too blue? ?  Is the night too black? Is the wind too rough? Is it at y...

Last time I saw you, you had dirt under your nails Your eyes were glassy and you looked so pale You said my life has become a livin' hell Ain't got enough money...

Are you all right? All of a sudden you went away Are you all right? I hope you come back around someday Are you all right? I haven't seen you in a real long tim...

Written by Lucinda Williams Can't put the rain back in the sky Once it falls down Please don't cry Rain turns the dirt into mud Warm and messy Like your love ...

Come on, Come on, Come on Kill the rats in the gutter Sings the voice in the choir Bring your Father and your Mother Sing it higher and higher Shake the clammy ...

You've got a sense of humor You're a mystery I heard a rumor You're making history Photographic dialogues Beneath your skin Pornographic episodes Screaming sin...

We were blessed by the minister Who practiced what he preached. We were blessed by the poor man who said 'Heaven s within reach. We were blessed by the girls...

written by Lucinda Williams Go find a jukebox and see what a quarter will do I don't wanna talk I just wanna go back to blue Feed's me when I'm hungry and que...

Wear your anger well inside for all the world to see A heave cloak a one glove tan And no humility You stand inside the garden And feast on black cherries And s...

Written by Lucinda Williams I had to go back to that house one more time To see if Camellias were in bloom For so many reasons it's been on my mind The house on...

You talk about the junk you do like you talk about climbing trees You live the life of a little kid with bruises on your knees You will never cop to the damage ...

Written by Randy Weeks Gurf Morlix slide guitar John Ciambotti bass guitar Donald Lindley drums Bo Ramsey slide guitar Johnny Lee Schell sld...

by Lucinda Williams John Ciambotti bass guitar Donald Lindley drums Gurf Morlix guitar Buddy Miller mando guitar/vocals Sittin in the kitcken ...

I changed the lock on my front door So you can't see me anymore And you can't come inside my house And you can't lie down on my couch I changed the lock on my f...

I changed the lock on my front door so you can't see me anymore And you can't come inside my house and you can't lie down on my couch I changed the lock on my ...

[intro; all verses have these chords] I changed the lock on my front door so you can't see me anymore And you can't come inside my house, and you can't lie dow...

I tried so hard, my dear, to show that you're my every dream Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme A memory from your lonesome past keeps u...

Dude I'm so over you You don't even have a clue All you did was make me blue You didn't even make me, come on! You're so self-involved You're in some kind of f...

This wall divides us, we're on two different sides But this wall is not real; how can it be real? It's only made of concrete and barbed wire Concrete and barbed...

Convince Me Please, please convince me Please, please, please convince me Tell me so it makes sense to me How much better it's all gonna be And please, please,...

Thundering news hits me like a snowball Struck in my face and shattering Covering me in a fine powder and mist And mixing in with my tears And I'm 57 but I cou...

Everybody's had a few Now they're talking about who knows who I'm going back to the Crescent City Where everything's still the same This town has said what it h...

Doug Atwell fiddle Donald Lindley drums John Ciambotti bass Gurf Morlix guitar Richard Bennett acoustic guitar Jimn Lauderdale harmony Pat Quinn...

Jim Lauderdale harmony vocal Skip Edwards piano Don Reed fiddle Pete Andersen guitar Dan Fredman bass Josh Lee White drums Think y...

written by Lucinda Williams Gurf Morlix 12 string guitar John Ciambotti bass guitar Donald Lindley drums Johnny Lee Schell guitar Steve Earle ...

Written by Lucinda Williams Baby, sweet baby, you're my drug Come on and let me taste your stuff Baby, sweet baby, bring me your gift What surprise you gonna ...

I can't feel my love anymore I can't feel my love anymore The mystery and the splendor don't thrill me like before And I can't feel my love anymore I don't want...

Some think a fancy funeral will be worth every cent But every dime or nickel is money better spent Better spent on groceries or covering the bills Instead of li...

Baby, see how I been living Velvet curtains on the windwos to Keep the bright and unforgiving Light from shining through Baby, I remember all the things we did...

Written by Lucinda Williams I would risk the serpent's bite I would dance around with seven I would kiss the diamond back If I knew it would get me to heaven ...

1What a beautiful thought I am thinking Con-cerning a great speckled bird Remember her name is re-corded On the pages of God's Holy Word 2 All the other birds ...

written by Lucinda Williams Richard Price guitar John Ciambotti bass guitar Donald Lindley drums Charlie Sexton guitar Roy Bittan accordion Buddy...

Hush a wild violet Hush a band of gold Hush you're in a story I heard somebody told Tear the promise from my heart Tear my heart today You have found another O...

written by Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams lead vocals and acoustic guitar Mickey White acoustic rhythm and lead guitars, harmony vocals Rex Bell ...

how long have you been hangin' around your eyes fixed to the cement ground your heart is warm, your hands are cold you know the truth, but the story gets old yo...

by Lucinda Williams Betty Elders Lucinda Williams Lead vocals, acoustic guitar Gurf Morlix Electric and acoustic guitar/background vocals Duane Jar...

We'll make it right Gonna make it right Up in heaven Gonna make it right Gonna make it right Up in heaven Gonna make it right Gonna make it right Up in heaven ...

written by Kate Wolf Lucinda Williams vocals/acoustic guitar Ron De La Vega bass Nina Gerber acoustic guitar Sally Van Meter dobro Chri...

Oh my little honey bee I'm so glad you stung me You've become my weakness Now I've got your sweetness All up in my hair Honey bee I swear We make quite a pair ...

just a shakin' in my knees just a cold chill don't know what it is some call it a thrill just a lump in my throat just hot blood don't know what it is some call...

Howlin' at midnight, winter creepin' in Feel like I've gone and lost my best friend My best friend, lost my best friend This car's headed down the wrong track a...

written by Chester Burnett Gurf Murlix guitar John Ciambotti bass Donald Lindley drums Juke Logan harmonica Oh, I asked him for water, he gave me ga...

Written by Lucinda Williams I envy the wind That whispers in your ear That howls through the winter That freezes your fingers That moves through your hair And ...

Gurf Morlix guitar John Ciambotti bass Donald Lindley drums Jim Lauderdale background vocals Skip Edwards keyboards Pat Quinn background vocals ...

John Ciambotti bass guitar Donald Lindley drums Charlie Sexton guitar Roy Bittan accordion Buddy Miller guitar Steve Earle acoustic guitar ...

I lost my lover, Come set me free, Come fill me up, With extacy, Surround my heartbeat, With your fingertips Unbound my feet, Untie my wrists, Come into my worl...

Why'd I turn on you and say those things I didn't mean 'em Wish you were bringing your love back to me Instead of leavin' But if wishes were horses I'd have a ...

I'm crying jailhouse tears And I've been trying all these years I'm trying to ride things out but now I've shifted gears And we're both crying jailhouse tears ...

good-bye joe me gotta go me oh myo me gotta pole the beruea down the bayou my yvonne sweetest one me oh myo son of a gun we're gonna have big fun on the bayou (...

written by ?Lucinda Williams from CARWHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD (Mercury Records CD) i don't want you anymore cause you took my joy i don't want you anymore you t...

I was down in Savannah Eatn' Cream and Bannanas When the heat just made me faint I began to get crosseyed I thought I was lost I'd begun to see things as they a...

written by Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams lead vocals and acoustic guitar Mickey White acoustic rhythm and lead guitars, harmony vocals Rex Bell ...

There'll never be a spring so perfect again You'll never see a yellow so rich The grass will never be quite as green And there'll never be a kiss like your kiss...

I didn't know what love meant before I didn't know what you had waiting for me in store I didn't know that I'd be finding out so much more About the knowing and...

You feel so good, Lafayette, now I've come to greet you Tell all my friends I've come back again I couldn't stay away, I was gone only a day But I'm comin' back...

written by Lucinda Williams Buddy Miller guitar John Ciambotti bass guitar Donald Lindley drums Charlie Sexton dobro guitar Roy Bittan acco...

We closed that bar And we closed that town And the sun looked different Comin' up than it did goin' down That was long ago Do you still love me? Or do you hate ...

I'm learning how to live/without you/in my life/ I'm learning how to live/without you/in my life/ I'll take the best of what you had to give/ I'll make the most...

it's okay you don't have to be afraid there's nothing to worry about cuz we got it made it's just a simple matter of letting me into love if you let that feelin...

Its ok??¦you don't have to be afraid There's nothing to worry about cause we got it made It's just a simple matter of??¦ letting me into your love If you let th...

Gurf Morlix guitar/background vocals Duane Jarvis guitar John Ciambottio bass Donald Lindley drums Jim Lauderdale background vocals Gia Ciambottio bac...

Little Darling Pal Of Mine Lucinda William Chorus: My little darling, oh how, I love you How I love you, none can tell In your heart you love another Little da...

[Chorus:] My little darling, oh how, I love you How I love you, none can tell In your heart you love another Little darling, pal of mine [Chorus] Many a day,...

It's clear you have a death wish And from what I hear, your latest dish Lives for you and scares you half to death You bend over backwards to make a statement ...

Written by Lucinda Williams Chorus: Lonely girls, lonely girls Lonely girls, lonely girls Heavy blankets, heavy blankets, heavy blankets Cover lonely girls S...

Refrain: Louisiana man with a style his own, Not like some other men I've known, With his cowboy boots and his hats he wore so well; Caught me eye on the very f...

On The Red River, on Bayou Pierre Rosalee worked in White's Grocery I'd get in trouble for goin' down there She'd give me corn pops for free Little red bike ou...

Honey, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know ...

I keep drinkin' malted milk1, try'n to drive my blues away I keep drinkin' malted milk, try'n to drive my blues away Baby, you just as welcome to my lovin', as ...

I keep drinkin' malted milk, try'n to drive my blues away I keep drinkin' malted milk, try'n to drive my blues away Honey, you just as welcome to my lovin', as ...

Mama You Sweet I love you Mama you sweet I love you Mama you sweet I love you Mama you sweet I love you Mama you sweet I love you Mama you sweet With an ocean i...

Maria, you're still wild and restless And I can just see ya ridin' in a rodeo You might even make it down to Texas Or you might head out west to New Mexico So p...

Won't you be my chauffeur Won't you be my chauffeur I wants him to drive me I wants him to drive me downtown Yes he drives so easy I can't turn him down But I ...

John Ciambotti bass guitar Donald Lindley drums Gurf Morlix guitar/harmony vocal Steve Earle acoustic guitar Michael Smotherman organ...

I've been waiting for you to come back Since you left Minneapolis Snow covers the streetlamps and the windowsills The buildings and the brittle crooked trees De...

Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead Wanderin' round from door to door Th...

Hey, Mama, when you leave Don't leave a thing behind I don't want nothin' I can't use nothin' Take care into the hall And if you see my friends Tell 'em I'm fi...

I was born in Louisiana, I was raised in Algiers And everywhere I been, the peoples all say Ain't nothing in rambling, either running around Well, I believe I'l...

Just another one night stand Just another man to forget Just another empty hand With nothin' left to bet It doesn't really matter what i say There's no one here...

written by Lucinda Williams Once in awhile we might pass on the street We nod we smile and we shuffle our feet Making small talk standing face to face Hands in...

Overtime That's what they all tell me That's what they say to me Overtime Your blue eyes, your black eyelashes The way you looked at life In your funny way I gu...

Overtime That's what they all tell me That's what they say to me Overtime Overtime That's what they all tell me That's what they say to me Overtime Your blue ...

[intro] Is it too much to ask? I want a comfortable bed that won't hurt my back Food to fill me up And warm clothes and all that stuff Shouldn't I have this, ...

Peopletrying to tear us apart Trying to rip out my heart People talkin' People talkin' Livin' is full of misery and pain Somebody called you a dirty name Keep ...

When Daddy told me what happened I couldn't believe what he just said Sonny shot himself with a 44 And they found him lyin' on his bed I could not speak a sing...

Okay, this is in G When leaders can't be trusted And hero's let us down And innocence lies rusted Frozen beneath the ground And the destitute isolated We've a...

You got a lot of nerve to say you are my friend When I was down you just stood there grinnin' You got a lot of nerve to say you got a helping hand to lend You j...

it weighs a lot, it costs a lot and it's worth a whole lot more but it's not something you could afford anyway cuz you weren't careful with my love you lost the...

when Daddy told me what happened, I couldn't believe what he just said Sonny shot himself with a 44 and they found him lyin' on his bed I could not speak a sing...

Pyramid of tears Pyramid of tears Pyramid of tears, I see you cry Her dress don't hide her age Not like mama said it would And her smile fades away Just like d...

I got ramblin', I got ramblin' on my mind Little boy, little boy, I got ramblin' on my mind I hate to leave you, baby, but you treat me so unkind I got mean th...

I got ramblin', I got ramblin' on my mind Little boy, little boy, I got ramblin' on my mind I hate to leave you, baby, but you treat me so unkind I got mean th...

You are a rarity Your eyes say wisdom Your skin says frailty Your mouth says listen Your voice a cello Your words speak volumes In and out around flow Like Leo...

You've got a sense of humor You're a mystery I heard a rumor You're making history Photographic dialogues Beneath your skin Pornographic episodes Screaming sin...

I found the love I've been looking for It's a real love, it's a real love Standing up behind an electric guitar It's a real love, it's a real love And all the ...

Just to sit and talk The way we used to do It just breaks my heart That I can't get close to you If our eyes should meet Somewhere down the road Will you stop ...