95 South 95 South 95 South from Portland Maine When am I ever gonna see you again 95 South 95 South 95 South tryin to whistle a tune Potholes deeper that the c...

The rivers are swollen We got a flood on our hands Get out the buckets and the pots and pans Mama put the pictures In the old wooden boat Billy get the baby And...

I have stumbled on the plains Staggered in the wind Stood at a crossroad or two Cried to a river Swept to the sea All just to get to you I have flagged a yello...

All My Love Baby turn the key All My Love Say you'll stay by me All My Love Close your eyes and yawn Well, I been lookin' at you For an hour or two But I can't ...

I been workin on the farm Just me and my brother Jack Choppin a sea of cotton Till I thought Id break my back Everything changed When my daddy got hurt Our live...

There she was, Way down South She scared me to death She Knocked me out Chrous: Are you listening Lucky? Are you listening Lucky? Are you listening Lucky? She ...

Do you know why the trees bend At the west Texas border? Do you know why they bend Sway and twine? The trees bend because of the wind Across that lonesome borde...

In a border town when the lights go down And the Ranchero Radio plays You wont find me around in the lights of the town I'll be out where the day meets the shad...

1) Bet me your last nickel that the neon shines tonight Bet me on a night like this I will treat you right Now don't tell me your troubles it just ain't worth t...

Well I gave all my money to the banker this month Now I got no more money to spend She smiled when she saw me comin' through that door When I left she said, "Co...

The carnival is closed for the winter The gates are full of nails All my belongings in a camper truck In front of some Hell Hole Motel The rides are wrapped in...

Hey operator, cancel the phone call I hear somebody knockin' at the door Lookie here it's Loretta And she never looked better Her arms full of groceries from th...

River's on the rise, crows are in the skies Look at that big yellow cornbread moon Now that you're lookin' Do you feel something cookin'? Look at that cornbread...

Hey, Whistle Man, what's that on the track? Looks like a crawdaddy sunnin' on his back Hey, Whistle Man, why don't he run? Looks like he's darin' this train to ...

Chorus They call me the Crazy Lemon I'm crazywildfree, for a while I can't help what they think I was born that way I'll be a little crazy till my dyin' day Jus...

(Jimmie Gilmore) Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night? Well Dallas is a jewel, oh yeah, Dallas is a beautiful sight And Dallas is a jungle but Dallas g...

(Joe Ely) There's a flood in the suburbs Where will all the water go I'm down at your shack Hangin' on to your back door You tell me you're the kind That likes...

(Joe Ely) Dame tu mano Dame tu mano The night is cheap like a velvet painting The streets are wet but it ain't been raining Dame tu mano Dame tu mano A mile of...

I'm Just sittin' here wonderin' The world's gone to hell And we blame someone else For the trouble we're in In a big Easy Chair At the TV we stare While the wor...

I got your letter in the mailbox, honey Love flys, when your far away When I get home I'll give you all a my money Don't Put a Lock on My Heart Don't Put a Loc...

(Butch Hancock) Down On The DragDown On The Drag Where Some Low Down Son Of A Bum Even Stole My Sleepin Bag Left Me Standin At The Newstand Readin want ads in ...

I was standing at the end of the very longest line between everywhere and nowhere I could not make up my mind stole enough to keep me honest, walked a crooked m...

(Joe Ely) I'm a Drivin' Man I'm a Drivin' Man I'm a travelin' light, roarin' thru the night I'm a Drivin' Man I'm a Risin Sun I'm a Risin Sun My love is true,...

(Joe Ely) Drivin' to the Poorhouse in a Limosine Livin' on soda-pop and nicotine Brushin' off the glitter from a 2nd-Hand suit Lookin' for a Marks-A-Lot to pol...

(Dave Alvin) Every night about this time She's waiting for a man It could be me or it could be you Who'll touch her with their hands Someone left her long ago ...

(Joe Ely) Everybody Got Hammered Last Ni-i-i-i-ight Everybody Got Hammered Last Night Everybody down the hall Got Nailed to the wall Everybody Got Hammered Las...

I'm ridin through the middle of some god forsaken town Dark figures from the shadows, they're tryin to cut me down Some hero of the hour needs a rival of some k...

I keep my fingernails long So they Click when I play the piano I keep my fingernails long So they Click when I play the piano I'm gonna keep 'em that way Till t...

For your love I'd rope the moon Put it in a blender Mix up a concoction bound to make you surrender I'd bite the brand off a buckin' Brahma Bull I'd rob me a gi...

Carlos Saragosa left his home in Casas Grandes when the moon was full He had no money in his pocket, just a locket of his sister framed in Gold He headed for el...

Hello, my babe I'm back to stay You're sure wearing fine pretty things But where is your ring, your ring and chain I gave you last summer in the fallin' rain? ...

My great great Grandfather Prospected for gold In the wilds of Alaska In the Yukon cold My great Grandfather Fought the Civil War On the side of the South In th...

Walkin' on the shore Feelin' mighty bad These have been the worst Ol' blues I ever had So far Since you've gone So far Clouds around my brain How can I drain T...

Well you can call out the sheriff and the highway patrol There's a fool on the road careening out of control Hard liquor, fast women, Lord, I can't leave 'em be...

Verse 1: Leaving California She is on my mind I left her back in Travis County Crying to a clothesline Steel guitar on the radio, Cuttin' slow and mean I broug...

1) Reeling cross the mossy swamp Texarkana Louisiana listening to the engine thump Nerves are shattered, what does it matter if the rain pitter patters down the...

You sure look fine tonight, in the beer sign light Why did you seem surprised when I saw through your disguise All your friends were there and no one had a care...

I Ain't Been Here Long I ain't sung my song But light the road and kiss me on my way About leavin' I ain't strong But darlin' before long You'll close your eyes...

I woke up this mornin I was half insane And I didn't even know it I didn't even know it I went back to bed I knew I had been framed Cause I didn't even do it I ...

Smoke from a downshift blows across the grain And the blackbirds are flyin across the golden plain Im goin back to where it was I came I got to find ol Joe befo...

Well I left my home out on the great High Plains Headed for some new terrain Standin' on the highway with my coffe cup A' Wonderin' who was gonna pick me up I h...

I'm a working On the line Six days at a time With a shovel and a spade I'm digging for the shade But I keep getting paid the same 1) Been working for a man and ...

1) I opened the blinds in a Texas Motel room When the sun blasted in I Saw It in You I been a rollin' and a ramblin' all over Creation Rollin' down the highway ...

If I have to lose you, to lose you I'll forever wonder why For then I would refuse you, refuse you And that would be a lie But if I choose to love you, love yo...

I'll be your fool I'll be your lovin' loser, I'll be your ridicule I'll be the one you make fun of When all your plans fall through Because you shure need a foo...

Travelin' down this weary road Travelin' down this weary road Travelin' down this weary road A troubled min'd is a heavy load Travelin' down this weary road Ho...

Im on the run again Im on the run again Runnin from the pleasure Runnin from the pain Runnin from the voices Whore callin my name And Im feelin like the wild wi...

O weary me I'm broke as a man can be My bills are all due, I got holes in my shoe Bill collectors, they won't let me sleep If I Could Teach My Chihuahua To Sin...

If you were a bluebird, honey, you'd be a sad one I'd give you a true word but you've already had one If you were a bluebird, you'd be crying You'd be flying ho...

Imagine Houston in the middle of July Hotter than a pistol on a saturday nite Your baby's on the front porch with a bamboo fan As you pull up to the curb in you...

Well I woke up wonderin' 'Bout what you said last night When you wanted me to say in my own kind a way What it was that our love was like It's a little like a ...

He was a canvas back'd scatter brain from jazz street He had a 65 chevy and and a surfer shirt full a parakeets It's a dead-end road by Love Canal where the moo...

Well, Johnny come in last night Man he was an awful sight The Bartender said, "Hey Johnny! There'll be no band tonight" "The piano-man's drunk, He been down in ...

You're afraid to lose your cover Afraid to bare your soul Like an Alfred Hitchcock lover Who slowly goes out of control Your love is like the city Only shines ...

You're afraid to lose your cover Afraid to bare your soul Like an Alfred Hitchcock lover Who slowly goes out of control Your love is like the city Only shines ...

You're afraid to lose your cover Afraid to bare your soul Like an Alfred Hitchcock lover Who slowly goes out of control Your love is like the city Only shines ...

As I was rolling across the Mississippi I stopped there and I cried No use for a man to keep a mighty river All dammed up inside I jumped bail from the Sweetwat...

(Joe Ely) As I was screaming into New Orleans I seen a woman on a motorbike She captivated my immagination With her LIPSTICK IN THE NIGHT Well the look in her...

(Joe Ely) Oh no! What to do? How did I get on this train? Locked in a boxcar With the Queen of Spain "You pour the sweet wine I'll play the tambourine Would Yo...

With your fan belt slippin' and your bare tires squealin' Every time you hit the road you think you're rich You're Lord of the Highway but the way you been driv...

(Joe Ely) Love is the beating of hearts Like distant drums in the dark Love gives and love takes away True love will meet you half way Hearts tell you things ...

Down to the quarter there you go MADAME WOE Down to Canal where the red lights glow MADAME WOE Take some of your lonliness and lay it on me It's a tough ol way ...

It's a hot and a rockin' street All-right, all-right Burns my jumpin' feet Tonight, tonight Lightnin' flies are shinin' All-right, all-right Mardi Gras' unwindi...

Bringing in the New Year's Eve alone The glitter of the party life turns my face to home Lovers and acquaintances all through the land Celebrate a grain of time...

Walking in this city Ain't got a friend All I meet is strangers With no time to lend Buildings and the steeples Aimed for the sky Looking oh, so lonely Lonely ...

Me and Billy the Kid never got along I didn't like the way he cocked his hat And he wore his gun all wrong We had the same girlfriend And he never forgot it She...

Me and Billy the Kid never got along I didn't like the way he cocked his hat and he wore his gun all wrong We had the same girlfriend and he never forgot it She...

Please understand me everything's all right I just musta notta gotta lotta sleep last night I was high flyin' down Riverside Drive Rockin' to the radio man ali...

My Baby Thinks She's French My Baby Thinks She's French She plays a spanish guitar At the coffee bar She's takin' self-defence My Baby Thinks She's French She ...

Out a my window, 'round my back You can see the full moon slidin' down the railroad track Sixty miles an hour, my babys holdin' tight I'm crazy to be on this hi...

The doors flew back and in they came A tough bunch of cowboys, thirsty They said to the waitress, "Honey what's your name?" "And Mama, won'cha bring us whiskey?...

My Daisy she's crazy Just like she seems She climbs into bed and covers her head And sneaks into my dreams My Daisy she's lazy Don't do nothin' but play While ...

All of my love, all of my kissin' You don't know what you've been a missin' Oh boy, when you're with me, oh boy I want the world to see that you were meant for ...

I ain't been sleepin' I ain't been eatin' I been on pins and needles waitin' by the phone You better call me You better call me I been on pins and needles waiti...

(Pierce, Joe Ely, T J Nabors) She rides a horse named Las Grimas through deserted railway stations Blood red lips through a cloud of dust in her quest for the ...

In the cool of the evening She calls me to dance My back's about broken From choppin' the plants My soul is so thirsty, I can't sleep at night She walks in my d...

Well a poor boy's got one thing on a rich man, honey He's got time to feel, He don't have to deal with all his money So if you want me, ya gotta take me just th...

Well a poor boy's got one thing on a rich man, honey He's got time to feel, he don't have to deal with all his money So if you want me, ya gotta take me just th...

(Butch Hancock) I got a road hawg on my mind Move over, baby, look out I'm comin' through You're on the side of the road, I got a load on my mind And I'm bring...

"Damn this sand," sang the rambler "Damn this hand," sang the gambler Nobody's satisfied With the road they chose to ride Oh Let it Go, Roll Again Damn these c...

(Butch Hancock) Carmen must have been the Devils daughter At least he taught her how to wear her clothes And the boys folled her to the slaughter Where they fe...

I went down to the races to watch my pony run Down to the races to watch my pony run Lookin at the faces, lookin for the fastest one I took my money, money Id ...

I saw her in the barrio In the town where the brothers fought Across the river from the Moorish Mosque That the Spanish Christians bought Her hair was dressed b...

Saint Valentine drove a red Continental With a headlight out and a dent in the side He said it wasn't his; it was only a rental But he drove it every single nig...

Here's a little ditty 'bout Screamin Blue Jillions It was a stormy night there was a cyclone comin' In a back street shack was a young boy strummin' Born and ra...

You say you want drama I'll Give you drama You say you want muscle I'll give you nerve You want sugar Would you settle for honey? You want romance Would you set...

She collected Gun-slingers, first-stringers, dead-ringers She just needed more She collected Dance hallers, Know-it-all-ers, Wreckin-ball-ers She just needed mo...

Waiting for the train to France I hung my head in shame Feeling for all purposes like a man without a name Adios that's all she said I knew it had to be But she...

Baby like the night life She can't tolerate the quiet life She got a shakin' fever Ain't nobody don't believe her She gotta get the gettin' tonight She gotta ge...

This highway's like a girl I knew You climb into her car She takes you many places She leaves you where you are Her ribbons are all a tangle Her breath is long...

I met her in old mexico She was laughing sad and young In a smokey room no-one could see All the poets they agreed Spanish is a loving tongue but She never spok...

One day I went and left my home out in the West Said I was headed for the Silver City All along the line I was dreaming all the time Dreaming of the shining Sil...

CHORUS Sister, soak the beans I'll be comin Home to Chop the Onion Mama, light the stove It'll take a while for the cornbread to get done I'll be comin' home I'...

He had hair black as a fiberglass speedboat The morning air was crisp as a brand new bank note He swaggered like a surfer on a Louisiana dirtbike He swerved li...

Come here with me I wanna slow you down I wanna smear the moonlight in your skin And put Orion in your crown Let it all go I know that you're beat That truck st...

(Butch Hancock) I was standin at a big hotel Wishin everybody well But if anybody paid me any mind it was hard to tell A big policeman on his beat Pulled his p...

Mighty River, Muddy as Sin Troubled Waters, Like the shape I'm in Would you open your Screen Let a poor boy in If I come back Home Off the Streets of Sin Off ...

Now, Right now, Look at the place I` m in, When i think about things that i could have done It´s impossible for me tp pretend But i see it now as the lights gro...

How many times did you Tell me "I need you"? How many times did I Try to belive you (That ain't enough) How many roads did I Ride just to find you How many fir...

Because you walked - that lonesome valley Because I met - you in your town Because you saw - stars in the alley Because the street - light, you, did crown Beca...