16 Horsepower

we met in the springtime when the blossoms unfold the pastures green and the meadow gold our love was in flower as the summer grew on her love like the leaves have all withered and gone roses have faded and there's frost at my door the bird of the morning wont...

I've grown tired, of the words of the single man Hangin' lifeless on his every word - O man You don't understand dear man The little angel held out her hand Sayin' father, father I love you O praise Jesus I got her Ok yeah billygoat an we'll play farm I didn...

unseen down lane come petrified velvet close to me i imagined you some place else you who told me the truth outside and so forth and so on i saw in your face you did not remember mine lost in my backwood you woke and found me there setting the woods on fire ru...

I can sense it all around me There's somethin' in this room It ain't magic nor no witchcraft No bitch on no broom Look see his bones are gone He done left the grave The grip of death it could not hold him down no It's for him that I rave My knees was made...

Walkin' up with winkin' eyes Seen that tight-lipped grin I could tell from a mile away Boy you weren't my kin You best put a bridle on bridle on that tongue Save your breath for breathin' buddy An run - run Who's that feller next to me With the big house grin...

Ain't none ever seen the face of his foe no He ain't made of flesh & bone He's the one who sits up close beside you An when he's there you are alone Every man is evil yes an every man a liar An unashamed with the wicked tongues sing In the black sou...

No man ever seen the face of his foe no He ain't made of flesh and bone He's the one who sits up close beside you And when he's there you are alone Every man is evil yes and every man's a liar Unashamed with the wicked tongues sing In the black soul cho...

i changed my mind and looked no better hard of hart blind blind to his higher art my frustration my anger in disguise i slip under i slip under quiet he spots me anyhow chalk up my name you burn my bridges for me to a dry and clackin stalk i swallow stone they...

Listen closely to me now my darlin' girl There's one who's out to have you An jus his breath will burn your curls Don't you fret You needn't bother Don't you fret Here comes the father yet Whatcha doin' up atop my roof Creepin' cross them shingles You 'bout s...

All the widows watch Through all window sills Hair raisin' in every room Up the street come a walkin' chill An' you ask for nothin' 'Cept to be by my side See my tears, good father Will they wash it away All my dirt from your holy feet No, I don't be...

Lovely lovely Carol Sue I see the heel of the father Crush the head of the serpent for you And that beast who found His way up to your room You know the one the one Who's colors are never true Yeah you do Yet all the while 'neath His banner you did stand 'Nea...

Hey mister with your iron feet yeah Never waver from your path You think you got a way with something boy See his hand feel his staff O you gottaway with words alright An quite a way with the ladies Your thoughts are troubled As you hang a left There ain't no...

Just as sure as that suns gonna shine When he comes at his table I will dine Just as sure as that dog's gonna whine In my heart no longer will I pine Just as sure as by evil you are torn The sky will open up an an angel blow his horn An down come Jesus lookin...

The devil's brand is on my bones An from inside the holy ghost groans Sure as shootin' the undertaker knows He lays the headstones in endless rows Ye one an all we croak like a raven It's the dead an the dyin' we're cravin' Ye one an all Follow the man tall He...

I dug on down - for to see my true love She is the only - girl I will speak of Yes I went on down for to get my girl An free her from the Devil's World I hear the sound of her heart a pound in Fear was the hole boy that she wer found in The tears of my Lord Y...

I can see clearly From my diamond eyes, I'm going to the mountain with the Fire Spirit No-one will accept all of me So the Fire...will stop Up through the streets And the gunfire of cars, I'm going to the mountain with the Fire Spirit No-one will take all of...

word by word she spoke to me hidden neath a mess of bygone linnen she listens as to dry a thousand tongues my love is thin and thinning some cherised flower flutters through gentleborn beloved you kindness always kindness always i hear the sound the sound she...

I surely knew it was a trap ye Yet my hands they would not listen I shoulda known your word was flap Comin' out all sweet an drippin' O so where could I go - yes but to the Lord I been to your house an' see what you adore I left there stiff - stiff as a board...

Fire is the color of my true love's hair Near to the father sits his golden chair By prayer and petition to the king on his left Light is the burden that I bear So enchanting are these lovely chains that bind you 'Neath their deadly weight The Lord's eye did...

Your sympathy is my simple joy Your bossom my mobile home Free from the thunder That tore me asunder - I have you as my own And I hold you over rolling on the floor Naked you say this is the day Let's sing an dance some more And there's love sore love in your...

There ain't nothin' that ain't in my way An like the fool I am for my own gain I pray You say you found, a way back inside my closet Ol' bones upon bones an joints upon sockets Yep yey I am an honest man when I ain't lying I am a living man when I commence t...

Don't let your mind do all your walking Boy you'll stumble every time That road I seen the devil stalking Dealin' only with the dyin' Go let the door hit em Where my hound dog shoulda bit em Leave him open, leave em there I don't care But baby don't look dow...

I'm diggin' you a shallow grave An to the sun your face I'll raise I'm diggin' you a shallow grave One hundred buzzards buzzin' I seen death hangin' from the tallest tree Eyes closed no lookin' back at me Ye they came an took him in the night The one who kis...

Come to my house an we'll pick bones There hands outside ready with stones Come to my yard I got whiskey an chairs We'll sit on the porch As the good men stare You ain't never spoke true I shake an angry fist at you You are not needed here To help me feel lo...

i look for him in everywhere in everywhere i found him not exhausted i sleep in steppe in the dream my gray horse spoke to me find me neath the killing cliff find me neath the killing cliff hang my skull on the old larch tree carve from its wood a two string...

on from here walkin dreams awake i think not i think not the sky comes king blown in every direction and of no country i am straw it is no mystery i know my way from here iron sharpens iron crooked wooden and peacock black i have your feathers slung across m...

I seen ya in your red room laughin' With your shinin' coffee can So many wrongs all kinds a goins on Held my head an ran I hid and did a bit more lookin' Saw ya dancin' on the pine porch creakin' Mouth open an doors down wide Here's what was inside I seen wha...

Little Johanna girl of my prairie Help me fill this house with living words Further up and further in Let tem fly from our lips Just like birds All that dark woods from Pakistan The glory the glory lodged inside Strive to enter the narrow gate To the fountain...

trim your dress, trim your dress trim your dress in the parasol style if you have hips, if you have hips trim your dress in the parasol style trim your dress, trim your dress trim your dress in the parasol style go to sleep, go to sleep go to sleep in your...

To Hell with boys creepin' up slowly Swingin' them shovels 'round Diggin' up words of pleasure From evil hollow ground O - an here's one now girl The devil is in his eye You'd better start stirring up soil boy Or hear e'r you'll lye Whispered to you in the d...

Wicked, wicked From the mouth I spout - o Lord Don let these thoughts come out My knees they knock and my feet they fail The thoughts I think I see your face turn pale Take my hand an you will see - the one in the wayback Take my hand an' you will be the one a...

High fiddle high fiddle low fiddle low There's a ghost bound in my soul High fiddle high fiddle low fiddle low There's a cold blade on my crow A crooked in my walk a stumble in my talk Is what I'm after little girl Metal on the red overcast in head I'm goin' d...

Nothin' 'round here to me that's sacred 'Cept you, yeah you Nothin' 'round here to me that matters 'Cept you, yeah you You're the one that reaches me You're the one that I admire Every time we meet together I feel like I'm on fire Nothin' matters to me And th...

early one days morning i came upon a fine young horse i mounted up and led him onward he was gray as the sky above as the sky above i slept down by the river and what a sad dream i had i'm afraid my love it must be true today i will go and leave you today i w...

The chill of coffeeville She's in those hills still Kindness of her face so white The chill of coffeeville Lord pray it be your will That she dwell in your house tonight As one with spirit yes She goes where it goes What my little girl sees from the sill Nob...

Is anything as lovely to me As the truth in love I'll take it over freedom any day It brings me ever an this time to my knees An on my knees I run away Yes I know your sticks an stones they They will easily break these bones an An all my words come back to ha...

Well hey I been down that a way With a dream on my arm Yet me an my love we could not stay We heard voices of children An by little hands were led astray All the boughs bend for us All the earth awaits thee All the stones they will cry out An every tongue con...

Are ya listenin' boy the man he hung see You've heard it said that's what he done for me Did ya hear that girl - the man he calls your name You best go to him it's he not me can loose your chains Then we'll commence to walk sometime in prison shoes We'll walk...

Are you weary my friends Of my comin' 'round Draggin' my chains 'cross your floor You once had a stained glass look in your eye Well, not any more The train moves fast As I walk this track Carryin' sin in my sack Same in the front as it is in the rear He's tak...

Everybody knows my business in this town Lips are loose the whole way 'round Where I go I leave a trail Hell to heaven don't never fail Hell to heaven don't never fail Everybody knows my movement in this town I chase my tail, yea I'm a fuckin' clown But to y...

Blue Ruthie Lingle take me home Sad eyed Suzanna take me home Legs, thighs an navel You're the only one Leah Samantha take me home Black eyed Rebecca take me home Here buxom Gretta take me home The curse of those red lips o me Goddess Samantha take me home...

I'm a rompin' dead boy on a long road What opened up my eyes to this I'm just trying to keep 'em closed Hey feller what ya got in that sac Is it somethin' fer me? A little knowin' is a dangerous thing boy Please take it from me 'Cause I'm gone for today boys...

O the sky grey orange An the walls stained blue An I laid right down on golden satin with you Into sweet dark circles of beautiful eyes I go round O Lord I go round Will you tell me once again Cream white skin You are my friend I seen you walkin'...

Tonight you've caught your breath You've lost your American spirit If only I could catch my death Just give me long enough to fear it Her talk ain't like the other girls She takes my livin' at a glance We hear the locust rasp back and forth An through our tho...

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o sinnerman where will you run to sinnerman where will you run to sinnerman where will you run to all on that day run to the mountain the mountain wont hide you run to the sea the sea will not have you and run to your grave your grave will not hold you all on...

Self sent a twister A tearin' after me Gonna bust my house to splinters An take all that's dear to me You say you saw it comin' yeah But still you did not flee I was too weak I couldn't move Held by growth of a tree An yes I fell upon that rock I di...

Oh come sit down an' give me your word That i'll be a man someday an' I'll hurt These tremblin' (?) around me This boy that I am It's up here for thinkin' And down there for dancin' Not the other way around Apples in the summertime Peaches in the fall...

I guess you didn't hear me When I told you for the first time Well don't you worry It won't be the last All I need a floorboard An a wooden shoe Step aside an let my lady through Hey foot, straw foot Low we lay 'em down Hey foot, straw foot Up an back around...

The strong man he will kneel down Whalst angels strip him of cloak and crown Through bitter lips come vile breath He is the last one to confess There will be no pity for him We must kill him where he stands No there will be no mercy for him Nor for any of hi...

See my love cut down the lane Sways and grinds ooh, That's your play Ya Treat me like your prayers Though I'm alone Yer drivin' me to pray, "Trouble" I'm undone Hold me up Will ye be my doll? Hold me up 'Till the sun it cometh down I didn't want it no Blood i...

When they poured across the border I was cautioned to surrender This I could not do I took my gun and vanished I have changed my name so often I have lost my wife and children But I have many friends And some of them are with me An old woman gave us shelter...

I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger Traveling through a world of woe Ain't no sickness, toil, nor danger In that bright land to which I go I'm goin' there to see my father Said he'd meet me when I come I'm only goin' over Jordan I'm only goin' over home...