Joe Ely piosenki

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 words can't say In darkness or light of day As far as I can discern Love asks for love in return Baby, I know...

Please understand me everything's all right I just musta notta gotta lotta sleep last night I was high flyin' down the riverside drive Rockin' to the radio man alive Stopped into a joint bought a round of booze Hot dog I got a buzz in my shoe Please understa...

The doors flew back and in they came A tough bunch of cowboys, thirsty They said to the waitress, „Honey what's your name? Mama, won'cha bring us whiskey?” The waitress Her eyes rolled in her head And no one took a single breath When she turned to them and s...

I ain't been sleepin', I ain't been eatin' I've been on pins and needles, waitin' by the phone You better call me, you better call me I've been on pins and needles, waitin' by the phone You better call me or I'll go crazy I ain't been tryin', I feel like dyin...

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 dreams, brings me delight I was born to the workers to toil and to strife My father before me he work...

"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 caves", sang the jailer "Damn these waves", sang the sailor Nobody's satisfied with the road they ch...

You say you want drama I'll give you drama You want muscle I'll give you nerve You want sugar Would you settle for honey? You want romance Would you settle for love? Would you settle for love? Would you settle for love? Would you settle for love Or do you ne...

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 more She just needed more She had cars, clothes and health She just needed more She had looks, spare...

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 get the gettin' while the gettin' is right She said,"Oh, oh, oh, boys, can't you rock this joint I g...

Met her in old Mexico She was laughing sad and young In a smokey room no-one could see Her favorite poets all agreed Spanish is a loving tongue But she never spoke Spanish to me She was born in Monterey And all the Christmas songs were sung The padre knew wh...

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've had enough, I'm done with self-denial Can't you hear me moan? Set the table, I'll be there in a while W...

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 dirt bike He swerved like a trucker on the Dallas Turnpike They were sleepless in love, they were lovers They were lovers...

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 the streets of sin, the streets of sin If I come back home would you let me in? If I could hitch a ri...

You might call it sad confusion You might even call it off But once you called me more than just your friend Now there's more to what I'm thinkin' Then the Mississippi Line And Tennessee's not the state I'm in You call me up at midnight To explain your wherea...

Because you walked that lonesome valley Because I met you in your town Because you saw stars in the alley When the street light, you, did crown Because I saw you lift your head Because you knew I was watching you Because there was nothing to be said That's wh...

I'm going out where the lights don't shine so bright I'm going out where the lights don't shine so bright When I get back, you can treat me like a Saturday night I'm glad to see you coming, I'm glad to see you go She once told me now, „Glad to see you coming...

My heavy heart pounds hard tonight down this highway in the wind The windshield wipers clean away the tears I cry within The love I've thrown away, I know I'll never feel again And I, I'm just twistin' in the wind Some one cut me down from here I can't prove...

Up on the ridge, I seen a rider passin' by Up on the ridge, I seen a rider passin' by I heard thunder in the distance I seen the lightning in his eye Up on the ridge, I gotta tangle with my fate Up on the ridge, I gotta tangle with my fate Details must be dea...

When you're ready for steady to go dancin', romancin' Grab your sweetheart and jump in your car Drive right on down to the bright side of town You'll be glad you don't have to drive far You'll be happy you don't have to go far Park your pick-ups and Cadi...

I been workin' all my life tryin' to beat the company clock In a Louisiana gravel pit, breakin' up rock My baby's had enough, she's packin' up and leavin' She says you're workin' for the man and you ain't breakin' even Workin' for the man and you ain't breakin...