John Prine piosenki

So long we've been married Life's burdens we carried Though faith kept us humble and made our love true But plans that we make up Someone seems to break up Oh, darlin', what else can we do? We may have to leave here To find peace of mind, dear Someplace where...

Loretta, she's a barroom girl, wears them sevens on her sleeve Dances like a diamond shines, tells me lies I love to believe Her age is always 22, her laughing eyes are hazel hue Spends my money like waterfalls, loves me like I want her to Loretta, won't...

I Can't work late Although I need the money Gotta get home to my lovin' honey She'll be there waitin' Waitin' Impatiently Love is on a roll, love is on a good roll Ah, love is on a roll Ah, love is on a good roll I'm a songwriter A professional dreamer Mostl...

He stumbled through the alley with his long coat on Nothing but a bottle in his hand She sat in her apartment lonesome to the bone Wondering what had happened to her man [Chorus] Love, love, love, love Nobody ever understands All the things that go, Between a...

One evening getting dark We first met at the park Just sitting by the fountain all alone I lifted up my hat And then began to chat She said she'd allow me to see her at her home Chorus: Such a star I've never seen She's as pretty as the queen She's as perfect...

Maureen, Maureen, I shot a doctor last night on the airplane Well, they said he wouldn't hurt us But he got me real nervous and mean He was fat and he stank And God knows that he drank more than we do So I shot him in the first class Then I bailed out and ran...

Well, tonight I'll throw a party And I know who I'll invite There's a strange and lonely person With whom I'll spend this night There'll be no old sad memories To haunt me till I die In that room there'll be a bottle And me, myself and I In that room there'll...

It got so hot, last night, I swear You couldn't hardly breathe Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol I sat on the porch without my shoes And I watched the cars roll by As the headlights raced To the corner of the kitchen wall [Chorus:] Mama dear Your boy...

I was sitting in a diner With a girl named Flo She wouldn't say yes But she couldn't say no She said "Darling, Can I get a middle man?" She was engaged to a fellow On the lay a way plan But she carried all her money In a coffee can She said "Darling, Can I get...

I'm gonna get on that old turnpike and I'm gonna ride I'm gonna leave this town 'til you decide Which one you want the most them Opry stars or me Milwaukee here I come from Nashville, Tennessee Milwaukee is where we were before we came here Working in a brewe...

I saw you all dolled up Singing a song in your pickup truck You put me on a morning train You put me on a morning train Ain't no need to explain You put me on a morning train Hey, hey, Brother Ray What'd you mean by, what'd I say You put me on a morning train...

Far away over the sea There's a river that's calling to me That river she runs all around The place that I call my hometown There's a valley on the side of the hill And flowers on an old windowsill A familiar old picture it seems And I'll go there tonight in...

I'm beginning to like you But, you know that ain't right 'Cause you'll just twist and twist and twist Till I'm all crooked inside Then you'll take all you gave me Like it never was there And I think that I might, No! I know Yes, I will help you there 'Cause ....

Full blown silence in an empty room A former bride and a former groom A folding table and a folding chair A folded hand of poker there All new directions must go everywhere Big round people in a cool little square You can't cut it with a boat or a plane Man it...

This nine pound hammer Is a little too heavy Buddy for my size Buddy for my size So I'm going on the mountain Just to see my baby And I ain't coming back No I ain't coming back [Chorus:] Roll on buddy Don't you roll so slow Well, tell me how can I roll When t...

I got a girl that ain't got no home She ain't very fat just skin and bones She don't cast no shadow because she's so thin Never knows where she going but she knows were she's been She Never knows where she going but she knows were she's been The girl I love a...

I know that you're sad I know that you're lonely You lie awake 'till way past when I want you to know That I'm leaving you only 'Cause I might not get the chance again. [Chorus:] I'm cold and I'm tired And I can't stop coughing Long enough to tell you all of...

If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air Quaint little villages here and there You're sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod If you like the taste of a lobster stew Served by a window with an ocean view You're sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod W...

Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine "How old do you think I am," he said? I said, well, I didn't know. He said, "I turned 65 about 11 months ago." I was sittin' in Miami, pouring blended whiskey down When this old gray, black gentleman was cleaning...

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The emblem of suffering and shame; And I love that old cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain. So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down; I wil...