She's a rocker She takes after me And she's a roller Runs in the family She's a rock 'n roll baby A real gone twister But I'm telling you, Mister Don't you mess...

Upshur County's drier than an empty bottle Since the Mormon's come to town And to run out of beer means a run to Gladewater Highway 79 thirty miles on down Now...

Consecrate your soul Or there's gonna be hell to pay You've got them where they live Come the Judgment Day Father, forgive our sins Mother, forgive us too Forg...

A child like grace I wish you could've seen her face How bright that sunflower shone With a child like grace Running all around the place It should be said, "M...

I took the time to write to my old friend I walked across that burning bridge I mailed my letter off to Dallas but Her reply came from Anchorage, Alaska She sa...

Hey farmer, you been livin' here all your life, not yet Hey farmer, where does this road go? Been livin' here all my life, it ain't gone nowhere yet Hey farmer,...

Traditional Hey farmer! You been livin' here all your life? Not yet Hey farmer! Where does this road go? Been livin' here all my life, it ain't gone nowhere ye...

Michelle Shocked (Poly Gram Songs, Inc) Time is red Time is deadly Time under glass Time will tell Time will tell The tale of the widow Who walks her web Mourni...

Michelle Shocked (Poly Gram Songs, Inc) Can you tell me what happened to the blossom Blackberry blossom when the summertime came? The blackberry blossom, oh th...

I know it's cold comfort They found him a guilty man But it don't feel like justice And it wasn't a first offense Heavy drink was on his breath Her death was o...

kicked in his door at 5 AM "I've come for my bike" I told the repo man My 920's gonna take me far today You can travel for miles and never leave LA I've come a...

Sybil sits in a rocking chair Chewing tobacco and spitting out cares Sound of a fiddle floating thru the air From the Jones boy across the holler From the Jones...

Sybil sits in a rocking chair Chewing tobacco and spitting out cares Sound of a fiddle floating through the air From the Jones boy across the holler From the J...

This boy named Eddie used to set the fields on fire He's the only one I know who dared to name his desire In a county where the dairy men all had milking machin...

Try and forget it yet it keeps you awake Live to regret it when the fever breaks Lighting up a cigarette even the slow hand shakes But it's a cold sweat when th...

Oh, Best Beloved, With a little bit of patience, And imagination, We learn to fly So, hold up your hands, Spread out your fingers, See how they all feather, An...

Michelle Shocked (Poly Gram Songs, Inc) There was a red sun rising early in this ghetto Full moon was rising late last night But you would not know, no you wer...

Michelle Shocked (Poly Gram Songs, Inc) There was a red sun rising early in this ghetto Full moon was rising late last night But you would not know, no you wer...

God is a real estate developer with office around the nation They say one day he'll liquidate his holdings up on High I say it's all speculation He may be an a...

Lay down your burdens Lay down your cares The Holy Virgin She's gonna greet you up there With a big can of spray paint With a big blank wall And I can guaran-d...

Down at the Cold War Institute They were signing new recruits He went down to the station in his three piece suit Now she had cried for him to stay But there wa...

Frankie was a good woman Everybody knows She gave her loving man Johnny a hundred dollar bill Just to buy one suit of clothes Frankie went down to the barroom ...

Almost caught me a coyote today A lowdown skunk of a dog I say I fired my gun as he slunk away But he'll be back again It ain't been easy since my husband died...

If Love Was a Train If love was a train I think I would ride a slow one One that would ride thru the night Making every stop If love was a train I would feel no...

How do you, do you walk so slow Like a little red rooster with one trick leg Look like you the one laying the egg I don't know when but it'll be real soon Going...

If she had it to do All over again It would be a photograph She would have a wide grin But no, it was an artist With a longing, loving style So when the paint ...

If she had it to do All over again It would be a photograph She would have a wide grin But no, it was an artist With a longing loving style So when the paint wa...

Michelle Shocked (Poly Gram Songs, Inc) Memories of East Texas and those pine-green rolling hills Covered in the springtime with golden daffodils Rowing on Sand...

I'm admitting I was drifting When I came into your harbor But I feel my spirits lifting Like a wind just off the starboard bow Now, I know I swore I would love ...

She's a rocker she takes after me And she's a roller runs in the family She's a rock and roll baby a real gone twister But I'm telling you mister Don't you mess...

When I leave this town you will not see me cry An East Texas town with all the wells run dry Looking to the sky, waiting for a change No sign of rain And if I ...

Send me a dozen long stem roses I tell you what I will do I'll bend them into a crown of thorns And send it right back to you Your love, love, love Don't keep ...

I thought I knew what I was doing I was wrong Mistakes I've made and lived to tell I tell them in a song I knew a river wide and deep Her banks were very tall ...

Michelle Shocked (Poly Gram Songs, Inc) Remembering back when I was a kid, I'd slip down to the docks To watch the old men carving wood, watch the sailors tyin...

Michelle Shocked (Poly Gram Songs, Inc) Remembering back when I was a kid, I'd slip down to the docks To watch the old men carving wood, watch the sailors tyin...

Michelle Shocked (Poly Gram Songs, Inc) Remembering back when I was a kid, I'd slip down to the docks To watch the old men carving wood, watch the sailors tyin...

And now he is the Prince of Darkness He holds old friends in such high esteem He sees a red town and wants it painted black For the Catholic girls at Halloween ...

Michelle Shocked (Poly Gram Songs, Inc) What's to be done with a prodigal son? Welcome him home with open arms Throw a big party, invite your friends Our boy's...

What's to be done with a prodigal son? Welcome him home with open arms Throw a big party, invite your friends Our boy's come back home When a girl goes home wi...

He turned the rock, He turned the rock He turned the rock into living water He turned the rock, He turned the rock He turned the rock into a flowing fountain H...

All you hypocrites and liars In the temple seeking gain All you senators and lawyers With your motives to explain All you victims and you heroes Your petitions...

Billy Barlow was a poor boy That's why he robbed the Union Grove Bank He was a sweet talking ladies man That's what he'd have ladies all to think Oh the secret...

Billy Barlow was a poor boy That's why he robbed the Union Grove Bank He was a sweet talking ladies man That's what he'd have ladies all to think Oh, the secre...

Michelle Shocked (Poly Gram Songs, Inc) Shaking hands and fingers that do tremble Soldier's joy has been a bitter pill Though in battle a brave man I resemble ...

Shaking hands and fingers that do tremble Soldier's joy has been a bitter pill Though in battle a brave man I resemble Alone, I am a coward without will Here's...

When you asked me, "Michelle, do you love me?" I didn't know what to say so I just laid down beside you and I loved you in a silent way And when you asked me t...

Sleep comes creeping in At four in the morning Sneaking up the stairs Shoes in her hands Don't you know what time it is? I've been worried about you, lollie I ...

Midnight and Yoland has a long walk home Midwifing a hard labor the baby was stillborn Still the mother asks to hold the child that never cries Rocks it gently ...

Saturday morning found me itching To get on over to my grandma's kitchen [And what you gonna do, honey] The sweetest little berries was cooking up right And the...

I keep a pile of pennies In the pocket of my pants I pay my toll to the sidewalk troll My entrance fee to street romance Oh Streetcorner ambassador This city tr...

I keep a pile of pennies In the pocket of my pants I pay my toll to the sidewalk troll My entrance fee to street romance Oh Streetcorner ambassador This city tr...

Consecrate your soul Or there's gonna be hell to pay You've got them where they live Come the Judgement Day Father, forgive our sins Mother, forgive us too For...

It was that kind of misting rain It was that kind of night Nothing was wrong It just wasn't right All these late night alleys All these late night alley cats I...

Too little too late Don't you tell me how It used to be I've seen the record and it Clearly reads "To date: Too little too late" Too little too late Don't yo...

You had a little drink Your friends have all gone Leaving you to find Your weaving way home What more can I do? There's a chance that I may Have to stand back ...

You had a little drink Your friends have all gone Leaving you to find your weaving way home What more can I do? There's a chance that I may Have to stand back a...

When I grow up I want to be an old woman When I grow up I want to be an old woman Oh, an o-o-o-o-old, an old, old woman Then I think I'm gonna find myself an o...

I was walking down an old dirt road I was feeling out and down I was taking it out on an old tin can When I came upon an old ghost town Doors hanging on one hi...

I seem to have lost my patience Waiting for the clouds of dust the custom cutters bring The foreman called to say, he would be here any day With his convoy of t...