Henson Cargill

(Big John Big John) Every mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive He stood six foot six and weighed 2-45 Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip Everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John (Big John Big John) Big Bad John (Big John) Nobod...

I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles Such are promises all lies and jest Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest When I left home and my family I was no more...

When the morning sun streaks across my room Lord I'm wakened up from another dream of you And I'm on the road once again it seems That all I've left behind is a chain of broken dreams But you know I love you yes I love you oh how I love you I wish this love w...

I look out on the grave of New York City And to see some children playing in the snow Central Park in winter should look pretty But New York ain't a place for kids to grow And my mem'ry takes me back again to winters that I've seen Fields and wooden hills wher...

Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central Monday morning rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Three conductors twenty-four sacks of mail All along the southbound odyssey the train rolls out of Kankakee Rolls along past houses farms and fields...

Coming on strong coming on strong I can feel the heartaches coming on strong I can feel the teardrops the pain and sorrow Ever since she's been gone they've been coming on strong Pain come on in hello sorrow I see you're back again Teardrops glad you dropped...

It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch And it's knowing I'm not shacked by forgotten words and bons And the ink stains that have dried upon so...

Some people say I'm a no count others say I'm no good But I'm just a natural born travelin' man I'm doin' what I think I should poor boy I'm doin' what I think I should Hey I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar spend it as fast as I can For a wailin' so...

It's true you have me twisted around your finger it seems that's where I belong You know how to hold me to thrill me and control me Just enough to keep me hangin' on oh oh oh just enough to keep me hangin' on My heart is like a yo-yo on a string I'm tied to y...

Two broken hearts lonely looking like houses where nobody lives Two people each having so much pride inside neither side forgives The angry words spoken in haste such a waste of two lives It's my belief pride is the chief cause and a decline In the number of h...

And you're much more than a lover to me I like having you around Everybody loves one thing or another it's a natural thing to do But there's more to it when you love them people You have to love and like 'em too And you're much more than a lover to me no truer...

Things I learned in hobo jungle were things they never taught me in a class room Like where to find a hand out while bummin' through Chicago in the afternoon Hey I'm not braggin' or complainin' I'm just talkin' to myself man to man This ol' mental fat I'm chew...

Sometimes too much fuel can smother up the fire And sometimes too much love can strangle that desire I held her too tight till the feeling was gone Oh I wish I'd known enough about love to leave love enough alone Sometimes a single tear can speak a tousand li...

I didn't see no sense in me just sittin' here and draggin' out the pain There's nothin' you can say or do to ever make me want for you again You say I've turned my back on you I'm running out but baby that's a lie It just don't take me long to say goodbye I t...

She would meet me in the morning on my way down to the river Waitin' patient by the chinaberry tree With her feet already dusty from the pathway to the levee And her little blue jeans rolled up to her knees And I'd paid her no attention as she tagged along bes...

Just as much as ever I need you and want you to be here Just as much as ever I love you, and always will, my dear Even though we two are parted My feelings for you never drop For loving you is something I started And don't know how to stop Just as much as ev...

Let me be a little kinder let me be a little blinder To the faults of those about me let me praise a little more Let me be when I am weary just a little bit more cheery Think a little more of others and a little less of me Let me be a little braver when tempt...

Livin' on free food tickets water in the milk from the hole in the roof Where the rain comes through what can you do uh Tears from little sister cryin' cause she doesn't have a dress without a patch For the party to go oh but you know she'll get by Because she...

Little kids sleepin' with rats in their bed well it's none of my business It's been a long time since they've been fed but it's none of my business Some more bad news from Vietnam and China's playin' with a great big bomb I better take a pill to stay dumb caus...

How old do you think I am he asked and I said well I didn't know He said I turned sixty five about eleven months ago I was sittin' in Miami pouring blended whiskey down When this old grey black gentleman was cleanin' up the lounge There wasn't anyone around c...

I peeked in to say goodnight and I heard my child in prayer Send for me some scarlet ribbons scarlet ribbons for my hair All the stores were closed and shuttered all the streets were dark and bare In our town no scarlet ribbons scarlet ribbons for her hair Th...

I know it seems you've finally won her over That you've taken her from these two arms of mine But a taste of your love only makes her thirsty And she still comes to me to pour the wine She still comes to me when she gets lonely When another's love has stopped...

Today the train pulled out of here that stops in my hometown And the one I love is waiting for won't be there to step down Right now they're braidin' rope to hang a man who's not to blame Back home my love is waitin' she thinks I'm on that train She'll be the...

Come here and look through the window Marie Open the shutters tell me what you see Was that his knock that I heard on the door Or is it six white horses coming up the road Come here and touch me and say that it's alright You know that to my eyes the days are...

Skip a rope, skip a rope Oh, listen to the children while they play Ain't it kind of funny what the children say? Skip a rope Daddy hates mommy, mommy hates dad Last night you should have heard the fight they had It gave little sister another bad dream She wo...

Two Allegheny engines broke the silence of the morning Cause whisper jets don't whisper when they take your world away The one that I was living for flew out and she was glad That's too bad cause she's all I've ever had And there she goes on that seven-forty-s...

There was a tall oak tree that loved a bubblin' brook And the bubblin' brook loved a mountain high And the mountain high loved the sky above The creator looked down and saw everything was loved loved loved Then he picked up a bone and a piece of mud He made a...

A cryin' man prays for a peace in his land then raises his arm and closes his hand To strike the face of the woman he wed children the number one prophet said This generation shall not pass till all these things will be fulfilled and done This generation shall...

Today I started loving you again And I'm right back where I've really always been I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend And today I started loving you again What a fool I was to think I could get by With only these few million tears I've c...

Hey I'm like a cloud driftin' from town to town And each new love just helps me on my way And no one woman's ever gonna tie me down When one gets too close I just back up and say I gotta be walking on new grass singing a new song Tomorrow there's no telling wh...

Welcome to my world won't you come on in Miracles I guess still happen now and then Step into my heart leave your cares behind Welcome to my world built with you in mind Knock and the door will open seek and you will find Ask and you'll be given and find this...

With pen in hand you signed your name today at five I'll be on that train And you'll be free and I will be alone so alone If you think we can't find the love we once knew If you think I can't make everything up to you Then I'll be gone and you'll be on your ow...