Spanish Johnny drove in from the underworld last night With bruised arms and broken rhythm and a beat-up old Buick but dressed just like dynamite He tried selli...

Well papa go to bed now it's getting late Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now I'll be leaving in the morning from St Mary's Gate We wouldn't change ...

I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a cobra I was born blue and weathered but I burst just like a supernova I could walk like Brando right into...

I'll mow your lawn, clean the leaves out your drain I'll mend your roof to keep out the rain I'll take the work that God provides I'm a Jack of all trades, hone...

We are climbing Jacob's ladder We are climbing Jacob's ladder We are climbing Jacob's ladder Brothers, sisters, all Every rung goes higher and higher Every run...

You got your book baby with all your fears Let me, honey, and I'll catch your tears I'll take your sorrow if you want me to Come tomorrow that's what I'll do Li...

You got your book baby with all your fears Let me honey and I'll catch your tears Ill take your sorrow if you want me to Come tomorrow That's what I'll do Liste...

I was born down by the river Where the dirty river flows And the cool wind cut through me It cut right through my clothes And the anger and the yearning Like fe...

Jesse James and his boys rode that Dodge City Trail, Held up the midnight Southern mail, And there never was a man with the law in his hand That could keep Jess...

Jesus was an only son As he walked up Calvary Hill His mother Mary walking beside him In the path where his blood spilled Jesus was an only son In the hills of ...

When John Henry was a little baby Sittin' on his daddy's knee Said the big Ben Tuttle of the C &O Road, "The hammer's gonna be the death of thee, lord, lord The...

She drew out all her money from the Southern Trust And put her little boy on a Greyhound Bus Leaving Memphis with a guitar in his hand On a one-way ticket to th...

Ah, Kansas City Coming to get my baby back home Yeah, yeah I'm gonna Kansas city Coming to get my baby back home Yeah, yeah Well, it's a long, long, time Since ...

With you I don't hear the minutes ticking by I don't feel the hours as they fly I don't see the summer as it wanes Just a subtle change of light upon your face ...

Catlong sighs holdin' Kitty's black tooth, She left to marry some top cat, ain't it the cold truth, And there hasn't been a tally since Sally left the alley, Si...

We took the highway till the road went black We marked Truth Or Consequences on our map* A voice drifted up from the radio We saw the voice from long ago Who'l...

I wanna build me a house, on higher ground I wanna find me a world, where love's the only sound High above this road, filled with shadow and doubt I want to sho...

When i ask you if everything is alright You whisper "don't worry" and you shut out the light Now black is black in this bed we're laying And i wanna believe the...

I been watchin' you a long time Trying to figure out where and when We been moving down that same line The time is now maybe we could get skin to skin Don't kn...

Hey little girl with the red dress on There's a party tonight down in Yeah and i'm goin' if you need a ride Come on, come on, let's go tonight Well baby the dr...

I hear the guitars ringing out Ringing out down union street I hear the lead singer shouting out yeah I wanna be a slave to the beat Yeah, I want something that...

I been watchin' you a long time Trying to figure out where and when We been moving down that same line The time is now maybe we could get skin to skin Don't kn...

I hear the guitars ringing out Ringing out down Union Street I hear the lead singer shouting out yeah I wanna be a slave to the beat Yeah, I want something that...

Hey little girl with the red dress on There's a party tonight down in Yeah and I'm goin' if you need a ride Come on, come on, let's go tonight Well baby the dr...

There's a thrill upon a hill, let's go, let's go, let's go (1) There's a thrill upon a hill, let's go, let's go, let's go There's a house honey, way across tow...

We met down in the valley, where the wine of love and destruction flows There in that curve of darkness where flowers of temptation grow I left the rest for the...

You broke my heart, tore it apart Thought it was cute, thought it was smart But now I'm back and I've got the strength of ten So I got a message for you my frie...

I got lumps in my throat When I saw her comin down the aisle I got the wiggles in my knees When she looked at me and sweetly smiled Well there she is again Stan...

A letter come blowin' in On an ill wind Somethin' 'bout me and you Never seein' one another again And what I knew had come Stars struck deaf and dum Like when w...

Once I thought I knew Everything I needed to know about you Your sweet whisper, your tender touch But I didn't really know that much The joke's on me, but it's ...

Out where the creek turn shallow and sandy And the moon comes skimmin' away the stars When the mesquite comes rushin' over the hilltops Straight into my arms St...

Last night I stood at your doorstep Trying to figure out what went wrong You just slipped something into my palm and you were gone I could smell the same deep ...

Live performance Well, I dreamed I was a gypsy riding the land With a tambourine and a gypsy queen And a rainbow caravan Happy old land sailor, yeah, that's wha...

They call him Mr Outside Cause he don't care Mr Outside He's just havin' his fun Mr Outside He's just looking out for No 1 Well Mr Outside All your money and y...

My name is frank davis, drive up Dixie 109 I was out on Highway 17, just south of the camden line It was down there in heart of Wilsonville, where I met my fate...

The ragamuffin gunner is returnin' home like a hungry runaway He walks through town all alone--"He must be from the fort," he hears the high school girls say Hi...

I got a coin in your palm I can make it disappear I got a card up my sleeve Name it and I'll pull it out your ear I got a rabbit in the hat If you wanna come an...

Well you can go out with him Play with all of his toys But takin' care of you darlin' Ain't for one of the boys Oh there's somethin' in your soul That he's gonn...

Been on a barbed wire highway 40 days and nights I ain't complainin', it's my job and it suits me right I got a sweet soft fever rushin' around my head I'm gonn...

Mary queen of Arkansas, it's not too early for dreamin' The sky is grown with cloud seed sown and a bastard's love can be redeeming Mary, my queen, your soft hu...

I got seven pictures of Buddha The prophet's on my tongue Eleven angels of mercy Sighin' over that black hole in the sun My heart's dark but it's risin' I'm pul...

(Each year many die crossing the deserts, Mountains and rivers of our southern border In search of a better life Here I follow the Journey backwards, from the ...

Bring it down, band! Now , I just came here tonight to say I just wanna say I just wanna say Merry christmas baby, you surely treat me nice Merry christmas bab...

Woke up this morning, there was a chill in the air Went to the kitchen, my cigarettes were lying there Jacket hung on the chair, the way I left it last night Ev...

"Mrs McGraw," the seargent said, "would you like a soldier Of your son, Ted? With a scarlet coat and a big cocked hat, Mrs McGraw wouldn't you like that?" With...

Bobby's got a gun that he keeps beneath his pillow Out on the streets your chances are zero Take a look around you (come on now) It ain't too complicated You're...

Well I sought gold and diamond rings My own drug to ease the pain that living brings Walked from the mountain to the valley floor Searching for my beautiful rew...

Last night I dreamed that I was a child Out where the pines grow wild and tall I was trying to make it home through the forest Before the darkness falls I heard...

I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer ...

You treated me hard and made my heart ache I know you're only human, and men they make mistakes Your life with her turned to black And now you want our love bac...

in the room where fortune falls on a day when chance is all in the dark of fierce exile (fears exile?) i felt the grace of your smile honey you're my lucky day...

When they opened up the strip I was young and full of zip, I wanted a place to call my own And so I made the race, and staked me out a place, And settled down a...

Billy, he's down by the railroad tracks Sittin' low in the back seat of his Cadillac Diamond Jackie, she's so intact She falls so softly beneath him Jackie's he...

It was on the day the cowboys were abandoned from the ranch (It was on the day the cowboys were banned from the range) Middle touch world as a master (Metal tou...

Well, we bursted out of class Had to get away from those fools We learned more from a 3-minute record, baby Than we ever learned in school Tonight I hear the ne...

If I could, I surely would, Stand on the rock where Moses stood, Pharoah's army got drowned, Oh, Mary don't you weep Oh Mary don't you weep no more, Oh Mary do...

Old Dan Tucker was a fine old man, Washed his face in a fryin' pan, Combed his head with a wagon wheel, Died with a toothache in his heel So get out the way, o...

Woke up this morning my house was cold Checked out the furnace she wasn't burnin' Went out and hoped in my old Ford Hit the engine but she ain't turnin' We've g...

If the sun should fall from the skytomorrow If the rain brings the tears to your eye, I would share your sorrow But you must go if you can't take the heat, our ...

He was born a little baby on the Appalachian Trail At six months old he'd done three months in jail He robbed a bank in his diapers and his little bare baby fee...

Where the river runs black I take the schoolbooks from your pack Plastics, wire and your kiss The breath of eternity on your lips In the crowded marketplace I ...

I though I heard the Captain say, Pay me my money down, Tomorrow is our sailing day, Pay me my money down Oh pay me, oh pay me, Pay me my money down, Pay me or ...

Jamie rides in high boots Braves the bank and wades in the river Holds his gun above the water And crosses to the shore Now, the Christian Army awaits you And ...

You may think I'm foolish For the foolish things I do You may wonder how come I love you When you get on my nerves like you do Well baby you know you bug me The...

[opens very soft and slow, to the tune of MonaShe's the One] I got a date with the preacher's daughter She give me life she bring me water Every Sunday I watch...

On our block all of the guys call her flamingo Cause her hair glows like the sun And her eyes can light the skies When she walks she moves so fine like a flamin...

I've been working real hard, trying to get my hands clean, Tonight we'll drive that dusty road from Monroe to Angeline, To buy you a gold ring and pretty dress ...

Don't you know that I danced, I danced till a quarter to three With the help, last night, of Daddy G He was swingin on the sax like a nobody could And I was dan...

There's a wonderful world where all you desire And everything you've longed for is at your fingertips Where the bittersweet taste of life is at your lips Where ...

I was tryin' to find my way home But all I heard was a drone Bouncing off a satellite Crushin' the last lone American night This is radio nowhere, is there any...

If there's something you need That you just don't have Well just don't sit there Feeling bad Come on now get up Try and understand Just raise you hand Baby here...

Well, brunettes are fine, man Blondes are fun But, when it comes to getting the dirty job done, I'll take a red-headed woman, a red-headed woman Yeah, a red-hea...

She took off her stockings I held 'em to my face She had your ankles I felt filled with grace "Two hundred dollars straight in Two-fifty up the ass" she smiled...

Rhiannon rings like a bell thru the night and wouldn't you love to love her? she rules her life like a bird in flight and who will be her lover? all your life ...

Billy got out of prison but he wasn't right Some like to drink or gamble, Billy liked to fight He tracked back to his home state of Maryland Went to his mom's m...

Well, hurry up hurry up, here we go c'mon let's hit the road Here we go Rockin' all over the world Well, giddy up giddy up and get away we're goin' crazy and w...

(I'm a soldier!) (I'm a soldier!) We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground We've been traveling...

Now if I were a queen and a ruler of nations, With diamonds and jewels profound Well, I'd rather know that I had salvation Than to know my reward Would be Satan...

You may have diamonds You may have pearls You may think you got it baby Over all the other girls But honey you ain't got nothing And I'll tell you why If you're...

The doorbell was ringing, I couldn't ignore it no more Who can it be now knockin' at my screen door One hand held my beer and the other my remote Didn't take to...

One One One, two, three, four Great morning light splits through the shade Another day older and closer to the grave I'm closer to the grave and come the dawn ...

With her killer graces and her secret places That no boy can fill with her hands on her hips Oh and that smile on her lips Because she knows that it kills me Wi...

The Missouri, she's a might river Away you rolling river The red man's camp lies on her borders Away, we're bound away across the wide Missouri A white man lov...

Hey baby Well she's vicious as a razor Resting on your mainline She's brutal as an ace Laid on the table at just the right time She's like a devil-woman But she...

With her killer graces and her secret places That no boy can fill with her hands on her hips Oh and that smile on her lips Because she knows that it kills me Wi...

(A mother dies leaving her young son To come to terms with the loss In remembrance of Fiona Chappel, For her sons Tyler and Oliver) I was barely 13 years old ...

I found me a little girl and I settled down in a pretty little town we got married and promised never to part then I fell victim to a restless heart and I feel ...

Crazy Janey and her mission man Were back in the alley tradin' hands 'Long came Wild Billy with his friend G-Man All duded up for Saturday night Well, Billy sla...

Well surprise, surprise, surprise Yeah surprise, surprise, surprise Well surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes And let your love shine down Well surprise,...

Do you like good music ? Sweet soul music ? How must I strike her Sometime Oh yeah Spotlight out on this ring Sing and laugh-laugh-laugh Sing and laugh-laugh-l...

Last night I dreamed we was running through the outlands Tears streaming, your pretty face all a wreck (I held your daddy's gun in my tremblin' hands And down t...

Tell me why you cried And why you lied to me Tell me why you cried And why you lied to me Well I gave you everything I had But you left me sitting on my own Di...

Teardrops on the city Bad Scooter searching for his groove Seem like the whole world walking pretty And you can't find the room to move Well everybody better mo...

Well they built the Titanic to be one of a kind, but many ships have ruled the seas They built the Eiffel Tower to stand alone, but they could build another if ...

The moonlight dances on her face I got my lips ???? I'm living the life of a lie It was for me, for me that she died That's What you get for loving me (repeate...

The angel rides with hunchbacked children, poison oozing from his engine Wieldin' love as a lethal weapon, on his way to hubcap heaven Baseball cards poked in h...

Tom Joad he got out the old McAlester Pen He got his parole After four long years on a man killing charge Tom Joad come walkin' down the road, poor boy Tom Joad...

September 23, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Nine The Big Fifty The Big Fifty That's what you are today From New Jersey to California shores Your music opened all...

The night rushes in through the door Kids running across the floor Those guys aim it'll tear this town down And blow it into the sea Man that's alright with me ...

Word of the trouble spread around One day a man came to my town I was in the kitchen when my pa let him in He shook my hand, said, "The Klan's your friend" Was...