My folks own the land round here And our big old house now for some fifty odd years We'd all seen a few rough days But I never dreamed I'd watch it all get swep...

Scarred, scourged, tattered Vessels frayed and frail The shield of faith is battered But it will not lie down To let defeat prevail Pounding with a vengeance H...

I received a letter, like so many others Mama said, "How's life in the city? My your sister's grown And you just missed those awful dixie storms Thank God they'...

Stand up and take it, it's all I can do Am I the worse for trying, neither useless nor improved With my heart wide open, sometimes I feel so small I've got my h...

Should I go north? No Should I go south? No Should I go west? No Should I go east? Yeah I know where my love is My love is east of Eden Ohh, east of Eden You ...

I was mindin my business like a good girl should A little too careful for my own good It was just like living life in the dark 'Till somethin jumped up and it g...

Nobody knows about inspiration Where it may hide or it's destination Forever seeking the fire of its presence And when it finally hits in its struggles and fits...

Some men get up every morning And put on a pre-pressed suit And in some stately office Behind a desk they pay their dues Some men make an honest buck Some hust...

Look at all the happy people See their faces change As you walk into the room Hundresds of years In the eyes of strangers Make the back of your neck burn Free t...

Look at all the happy people See their faces change As you walk into the room Hundresds of years In the eyes of strangers Make the back of your neck burn Free t...

Well alright, you gave it all up for a dream Fate proved unkind, to lock the door and leave no key You're unsure, Well baby I'm scared too When the world crushe...

All ill-fated sorts Who sleep on doorways and in alleyways Take a stumble to the corner There's heavenly music played No more taking recreation With your dark ...

Sweet sweet baby mine I want you 'round me all the time Cause you know you make my soul sing And the bells in my heart go chime chime chime Sweet sweet baby mi...

You can trip smug smiling in your worn-out shoes Cast away the rhythm of eternity's fugue Grapple with the tongue of hope till it abandons you But you can't den...

This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue The angels beckon me from heaven's open door And I can'...

Honey, why you always smile When you see me hurt so bad? Tell me what I did to you, babe That would make you act like that? Well, I've been your fool before, h...

I wish you never even loved me It makes it so hard to live without love Now I know, you're often thing of me Sometimes I feel you so close by that It takes all ...

You are the light in my dark world You are the fire that will always burn You are the light, you are the light You are the light in my dark world Oh how you sh...