Somewhere out there in the world tonight Just out of my reach I hear your heart beat Comin' in loud and clear tonight Poundin' in my brain Callin' out your name...

I went downtown, it was just to ease my pain I went downtown, it was just to ease my pain I ended up out walkin' in the rain I took my pistol and a hundred dol...

I'm thinkin' 'bout givin' up this ramblin' round Hangin' up my highway shoes Lately when I walk they make a hollow sound And they carry me away from you Every n...

Now I'm a pretty big man around this town I got me the hottest little Chevy around My sweet little '66 She got a yellow front fender and a gray one on the back ...

Wading through the waste stormy winter And there?s not a friend to help you through Trying to stop the waves behind your eye-balls Drop your reds drop your gree...

The name she gave was Caroline the daughter of a miner And her ways were free and it seemed to me The sunshine walked beside her She come from Spencer 'cross t...

Long ago and far away In a land no map can find There lived in long forgotten days A boy who never cried He was his mother?s only child So she never wondered wh...

About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war I saw my first pistol in the general store In the general store, when I was thirteen Thought it was the fin...

Beggin' your pardon there stranger You look like you're new to this town We're a long way away from the beach here You won't see many gringos around Well I come...

(Steve Earle) Tell me a story 'bout a fella with a crazy dream Everybody tells him that it won't amount to anything He fires the shot heard around the world He...

"I woke up this morning and I took a look around at all that I got These days I've been lookin' in the mirror and wondering if that's me lookin' back or not I'm...

When I'm sad and blue And I'm feeling all alone There's a place that I go to That no one knows Where no matter what I do Won't nobody put me down That's why I'm...

I was walkin' down the street In the town where I was born I was movin' to a beat That I'd never felt before So I opened up my eyes And I took a look around I s...

I was eight years old when my granddaddy died He that showed me the signs I still miss him sometimes Been a long time ago but his words still ring true Whatever...

I'm running down this highway Don't remember where i slept last night I just remember halfway through the night I woke up stiff with fright I dreamed there was ...

(Joseph Chambers, Willie Chambers) Time has come today Young hearts can go that way Can't put it off another day I don't care what others say They say we don't...

Won't say I love you babe Won't say I need you babe But I'm gonna get you babe And I will not do you wrong Living's mostly wasting time And I'll waste my share...

Everyone in Nacadoches knew Tom Ames would come to some bad end Well the sheriff had cought him stealin' chickens and such By the time that he was ten And one ...

In the darkest hour of the longest night If it was in my power I'd step into the light Candles on the alter, penny in your shoe Walk upon the water transcenden...

I come to you with empty hands I guess I just forgot again I only got my love to send On Valentine's Day I ain't got a card to sign Roses have been hard to fin...

Here comes the night, day brings no light For wrong or right I'm here waiting on you Words cut too deep, old ghosts won't sleep But they'll never keep me from w...

This is the best time of the day—the dawn The final cleansing breath unsullied yet By acrid fume or death's cacophony The rank refuse of unchained ambition And ...

I was born in the city I was born in the city And I was raised up right around here Daddy's down in the workhouse Daddy's down in the workhouse Daddy's down in...

All you wanted was a one night stand The fire, the wine, and the touch of a man I fell in love an ruined all your plans What'll you do about me? Imagine the fa...

(Steve Earle) Dear Graciela, I'm writin' this letter Deep in the night and I'm all alone It's nearly breakin' my heart to tell you I'm so far away from home I ...

Well, it's 8 o'clock in Boise, Idaho I'll find my limo driver Mister, take us to the show I done made some plans for later on tonight I'll find a little queen A...

When will we be married, Molly, when will we be wed When will we be bedded in the same bed? When will we be married, Molly, when will we be wed When will we be ...

Where I lead me I will travel Where I need me I will call me I'm no fool, I'll be ready, God knows I will be And in the meantime make a little money, buy a litt...

I'm goin' out on the highway Listen to them big trucks whine I'm goin' out on the highway Listen to them big trucks whine White freight liner Won't you steal aw...

(Lowell T George) I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow I'm drunk and dirty, don't ya know, And I'm still willin' Out on the road late last night, Seen...

I've spent my life following things I cannot see And just when I catch up to them, they slip away from me I've been down a thousand trails I've never walked bef...

Since you left me baby I've been true to you I don't run around with every gal in town The way I used to do I'm startin' over new Yours forever blue I wrote yo...