Lucinda Williams

You can't depend on anything really There's no promises there's no point There's no good there's no bad In this dirty little joint No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock Rosedale Mississippi Magic City Juke Joint Mr. Johnson sings over in a corner...

All of my love has been taken for granted I've been fair but you've been underhanded I've been disgraced but I can't bear to face it 'Cause the truth is my heart has been abandoned I was hoping for Heaven but baby I ain't blind This ain't the first time...

Am I too blue for you? Am I too blue? When I cry like the sky Like the sky sometimes Am I too blue? Is the night too black? Is the wind too rough? Is it at your back? Have you had enough? Do you miss my touch? Do you wanna stay? Do you have so muc...

Last time I saw you, you had dirt under your nails Your eyes were glassy and you looke so pale You said my life has become a livin' hell Ain't no enough money to pay my bills Everything is wrong Everything is wrong Got a friend with a needle stuck in h...

Are you alright? All the sudden you went away. Are you alright? I hope you come back around someday. Are you alright? I haven't seen you in a real long time. Are you alright? Could you give me some kind of sign. Are you alright? I looked around me and you were...

Can't put the rain back in the sky Once it falls down, please don't cry Rain turns the dirt into mud Warm and messy, like your love Can't force the river upstream When it goes south, know what I mean? Nothin' will make me take you back Are you down bab...

Come on, Come on, Come on Kill the rats in the gutter Sings the voice in the choir Bring your Father and your Mother Sing it higher and higher Shake the clammy hand Repeat the 23rd psalm Make you understand Where it was you went wrong Voices from tapes Shouti...

In the awakening, in the awakening I will shoulder my troubles and Harness my ride In the awakening, in the awakening I'll roll nothin' but doubles, Sevens and nines In the awakening, in the awakening I will lick my wounds, I will kiss the sky In the awakenin...

That's for what I couldn't tell, you are [?] You get those flavors That's around me, you go much easily And you act like you don't mean I can be so powerful, as a mess becomes ahead Yeah I got my prescription I change the channel I start my subscription...

Everything is goin' wrong It's not right anymore We can't seem to get along The way we did before Sun is hangin' in the sky Sinkin' low and so am I Just for the love of someone And a big red sun How'm I gonna lose These big red sun blues Big red sun big red...

Go away bitter memory I feel finally you stay away from me But I was wrong, you're still strong Go away bitter memory Yeah go away bitter memory You keep on botherin' me Why won't you let me be You made my cry, why won't you die Go away bitter memory...

We were blessed by the minister who practiced what he preached We were blessed by the poor man who said that heaven was within reach We were blessed by the girl selling roses who showed us how to live We were blessed by the neglected child who knew how to forg...

Go find a jukebox and see what a quarter will do I don't wanna talk I just wanna go back to blue Feed's me when I'm hungry and quenches my thirst Loves me when I'm lonely and thinks of me first Blue is the color of night When the red sun Disappears from the s...

You weren't born to be abandoned And you weren't born to be foresaken You were born to be loved You were born to be loved You weren't born to be mistreated And you weren't born to be misguided You were born to be loved You were born to be loved You weren't b...

Wear your anger well inside For all the world to see A heavy cloak a one glove tan And no humility You stand inside the garden And feast on black cherries And swallow the mana from heaven And spit out the seeds You spread your anger and sharp edge knife Cut...

Sometimes press them tenders I'm never truly land And all your expectation I never truly care You'll never safe on, or come up with other reason You've been weak and I take a bad decision Burning bridges, Burning bridges it down Burning bridges Burni...

I had to go back to that house one more time To see if Camellias were in bloom For so many reasons it's been on my mind The house on Belmont Avenue Built up on cinderblocks off of the ground What with the rain and the soft swampy land By the sweet honeysuckle...

You talk about the junk you do like you talk about climbing trees You live the life of a little kid with bruises on your knees You will never cop to the damage that's been done But you will never stop 'cause it's too much fun Now you want somebody to be yo...

You're just a little rough around the edges Tough as nail, made of stone But that's exactly what I expected 'Cause baby, you're one piece of work You're smart as a whip though you can be a handful You're always right some of the time And I know we fight...

Told you baby one more time Don't make me sit all alone and cry Well it's over I know it but I can't let go I'm like a fish out of water A cat in a tree You don't even want to talk to me Well it's over I know it but I can't let go He won't take me back when I...

Sittin' in the kitcken a house in Macon Loretta's singing on the radio Smell of coffee eggs and bacon Car wheels on a gravel road Pull the curtains back and look outside Somebody somehere I don't know Come on now child we're gonna go for a ride Car wheels on...

I changed the lock on my front door so you can't see me anymore And you can't come inside my house, and you can't lie down on my couch I changed the lock on my front door I changed the number on my phone so you can't call me up at home And you can't say those...

In the doorway soaking wet It's raining cats and dogs There's nothing for us to regret The fire needs more logs You manage to crack a smile The sky is big and open You stay for just a little while The vows have all been broken [Chorus:] Circles and X's by yo...

Before I trust you again Before you use me again Before I lust for you again Before you confuse me again It'll be a cold, cold day in hell It'll be a cold, cold day in hell Before I run with you again Before you drag me down again Before I have fun wi...

I tried so hard, my dear, to show that you're my every dream Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart Another love befo...

Dude I'm so over you You don't even have a clue All you did was make me blue You didn't even make me, come on! You're so self-involved You're in some kind of fog You're hung up on your hog You didn't even make me, come on! You think you're in hot demand But...

You're a mean mistreater, mama, you don't mean me no good You just a mean mistreater mama, you don't mean me no good I can't blame you, baby, I'd be the same way if I could You know in the mornin', baby, when I come in, knocked on your door You had a nerve to...

Compassion Have compassion for everyone Even if they dont have what seems concede Theres always a sign Always a sign Always a sign For those who encounter Have compassion Even if they dont want it What seems that nice? Is always a sign Always a sig...

This wall divides us We're on two different sides But this wall is not real How can it be real It's only made of concrete and barbed wire Concrete and barbed wire Concrete and barbed wire It's only made of concrete and barbed wire Back in Algiers my darling...

Please, please convince me Please, please, please convince me Tell me so it makes sense to me How much better it's all gonna be And please, please, please convince me Please, please, please convince me Tell me so I understand Talk to me and hold my hand And...

Thundering news hits me like a snowball Struck in my face and shattering Covering me in a fine powder and mist And mixing in with my tears And I'm 57 but I could be 7 years old, Cos I will never be able To comprehend the expansiveness Of what I've just learne...

Everybody's had a few Now they're talking about who knows who I'm going back to the Crescent City Where everything's still the same This town has said what it has to say Now I'm after that back highway And the longest bridge I've ever crossed over Pontchartra...

Think you never know me When you turn and walk away You think I don't know the troubles You face everyday I know all about the things That cuts you like a knife Yes I know about the dark side of life Souls on your shoes are almost worn thru You've been running...

I was called to the rowing banks by the water to bathe in the river of truth The river tried to pull me under and refused to turn me loose I was called to read from the bible of life, I read from beginning to end Every page and every line, still I could not...

I been lookin for my old man I can't find him nowhere I think I'll go Chicago And look around over there If I can't find him Go back on the river and sit right down That man keep a worryin' poor me I'm gonna jump overboard and drown My man, he come s...

Open up the doors of heaven, let me in I think I'm finally tired of living, let me in I'm gonna walk in the glory and tell everyone my story Open up the doors of heaven, let me in I try to live my life in a righteous way I try to do my best from day to d...

You can drop down, Daddy Let your Mama see You got something, baby That keeps on worrying me Well, my mama won't allow me To fool around late at night Said: "You may be too young Some men might not treat you right" Well, the Jack of Diamonds Told th...

Sun came up it was another day And the sun went down you were blown away Why'd you let go of your guitar Why'd you ever let it go that far drunken angel Could've held on to that long smooth neck Let your hand remember every fret Fingers touching each sh...

There's a sadness so deep the sun seems black And you don't have to try to keep the tears back Well you don't have to try to keep the tears back 'Cause you couldn't cry if you wanted to You couldn't cry if you wanted to You couldn't cry if you wanted to...

You think you got problems You don't know the half of it. I hear you talk about you're millions, and your politics You wanna cross the poverty line Then you come have a look around So why you don't come find me - on east side of town You think you're mi...

Baby, sweet baby, you're my drug Come on and let me taste your stuff Baby, sweet baby, bring me your gift What surprise you gonna hit me with [Refrain:] I am waiting here for more I am waiting by your door I am waiting on your back steps I am waiting in my c...

You got the power to make this mean old world a better place You got the power to make this mean old world a better place People say they hate you, try to kill you, while they're grinning in your face But you got the power to make this mean old world a bett...

I can't feel my love anymore I can't feel my love anymore Mystery and the splendor Don't thrill me like before I can't feel my love anymore I don't want to talk to anyone I don't want to talk to anyone All the words that used to work Are melted in the sun And...

Early in the morning, the factory whistle blows A man rises from bed and puts on his clothes He takes his lunch and walks out in the morning light It's the working, the working, just the working life Through mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain...

There's a little more faith and grace To help me run this race That's all, that's all, all I need That's all, that's all I need Just a little more faith and grace Is all that I'll need My burden seems hard to bear No one to help me share But I know I can make...

Some think a fancy funeral will be worth every cent But every dime or nickel is money better spent Better spent on groceries or covering the bills Instead of little luxuries and unnecessary frills Lovely yellow daffodils and lacy pillow fringe Pretty little a...

All of these foolishness in my life All of these foolishness in my life That means that what I do in my time Is none of your business, all are mine All of these foolishness All of these foolishness in my life All of you liars in my life All of your lia...

Baby, see how I been living Velvet curtains on the windwos to Keep the bright and unforgiving Light from shining through Baby, I remember all the things we did When we slept together In the blue behind your eyelids Baby, sweet baby Traced your scent through...

I would risk the serpent's bite I would dance around with seven I would kiss the diamond back If I knew it would get me to heaven 'Cause I want to get right with God Yes, you know you got to get right with God I would burn the soles of my feet Burn the palms...

What a beautiful thought I am thinking Con-cerning a great speckled bird Remember her name is re-corded On the pages of God's Holy Word. All the other birds are flocking 'round her And she is despised by the squad But the great speckled bird in the Bible Is o...

Don't wanna see you again or hold your hand Cause you don't really love me you're not my man You're not my man oh you're not my man Go back to Greenville just go on back to Greenville You scream and shout and you make a scene When you open your mouth you never...

Hush a wild violet Hush a band of gold Hush you're in a story I heard somebody told Tear the promise from my heart Tear my heart today You have found another Oh, baby, I must go away So hang down your head for sorrow Hang down your head for me Hang down...

Lucinda Williams lead vocals and acoustic guitar Mickey White acoustic rhythm and lead guitars, harmony vocals Rex Bell electric bass and harmony vocals Andre Matthews electric rhythm, lead and slide guitars Ira Wilkes drums Mickey Moody pedal steel guitar Mal...

How long have you been hangin' around Your eyes fixed to the cement ground Your heart is warm, your hands are cold You know the truth, but the story gets old You stood on the corner for a long time People passin' by you gave you nickels and dimes They think yo...

He sleeps all alone on Second Street With a roof over his head and food to eat But he can hardly make it day to day cause Everything he wants is six blocks away six blocks away He's got a regular job and it pays the rent In a donut shop on 3rd and 10th But he...

Gonna make it right, gonna make it right up in heaven [4x] Gonna see my mother, gonna see my mother up in heaven [4x] I'll understand, I'll understand when I get to heaven [4x] Gonna talk to god, gonna talk to god up in heaven [4x] Gonna make my heaven, go...

When I was young, my mama told me She said child, take your time Don't fall in love too quickly before you know your mind She held me round the shoulders In a voice so soft and kind She said love can make you happy and love can rob you blind Here in Californi...

Oh my little honey bee I'm so glad you stung me You've become my weakness Now I've got your sweetness All up in my hair Honey bee I swear We make quite a pair Oh my little honey bee Oh my little honey bee I'm so glad you stung me Buzz around your hive now Yo...

You will never win wonderful charm But I love to hold ya in my arms Only you can fill me like you do So hold that kiss for a long long while You know why I love you honey child I love to hear you whisper low You know you really thrill me so Only you can fill...

Just a shakin' in my knees, just a cold chill Don't know what it is, just call it a thrill Just a lump in my throat, just hot blood Don't know what it is, some call it love Well I saw you out in your car You had the top down, you were drivin' real slow Well I...

Come to my House of Earth if you would like For me to give your old time feelings back Come here to my house of good rich earth if you Would like me teach your wife a thing or two Come here to this legal illegal place for joys And teach your wife this way to...

Howlin' at midnight, winter creepin' in Feel like I've gone and lost my best friend My best friend, lost my best friend This car's headed down the wrong track again I ain't got nobody, I'm nobody's girl Gonna get in my Mercury and drive around the world Aroun...

Oh, I asked him for water, he gave me gasoline Oh, I asked him for water, he gave me gasoline I asked him for water, he gave me gasoline I went down to the depot looked up on the board I went down to the depot looked up on the board Saw that train a running bu...

I cared for you Dared to do What I was never prepared to do I've talked you down Driven you around All but followed you underground I've defended you Commended you I've seen it through to the end with you I've supported you Encouraged you Comforted and cons...

I envy the wind That whispers in your ear That howls through the winter That freezes your fingers That moves through your hair And cracks your lips And chills you to the bone I envy the wind I envy the rain That falls on your face That wets your eyelashes And...

I drove my car in the middle of the night I just wanted to see you so bad The road was dark but the stars were bright I just wanted to see you so bad It didn't matter what my friends would say I was gonna see you anyway I just wanted to see you so bad I just w...

You've been living on the jazz side of life Carrying your pain in your back pocket and a sharp edge knife And somebody told me there's a man you've been seeing But I know he ain't your lover and I know he ain't your friend And I can tell by the way you look Y...

I think I lost it Let me know if you come across it Let me know if I let it fall Along a back road somewhere Money can't replace it No memory can erase it And I know I'm never gonna find Another one to compare Give me some love to fill me up Give me...

The tears you see Within my eyes Don't mean That I'm sad and blue No one has told me of your lies I'm cryin' 'Cause I'm so happy I found you It was sad This heart of mine I fail in everything I do You love me Sunshine I'm cryin' 'Cause I'm so happy I found yo...

If my love could kill, if my love could kill I would kill this, I would kill this Slayer of wonder, slayer of words Murderer of poets, murderer of songs Who robbed me of your memory Robbed me of your time Made her way into the symphony Of your beautiful mind,...

When you go, you let me know if there's a heaven out there When you leave me here to grieve in pain and despair I've seen the face of hell, I know that place pretty damn well But when you go, you'll let me know if there's a heaven out there On the day you fly...

Why'd I turn on you and say those things? I didn't mean 'em Wish you were bringin' your love back to me Instead of leavin' But if Wishes were horses, I'd have a ranch Come on and give me another chance Come on and give me Come on and give me Come on and give...

Ridin' down the highway Goin' to a show Stop in all the by-ways Playin' rock 'n' roll Gettin' robbed Gettin' stoned Gettin' beat up Broken boned Gettin' had Gettin' took I tell you folks It's harder than it looks It's a long way to the top If you wanna rock '...

I'm so tired of these broken skies I'm so tired of the love and the pain from people eyes I can't wait til I can go away And it's gonna rain again today Don't know why I'm still in pain All these night only get me down And this is forever my town And i...

All the way to Jackson I don't think I'll miss you much All the way to Jackson I don't think I'll miss you much Once I get to Lafayette I'm not gonna mind one bit Once I get to Lafayette I'm not gonna mind one little bit Once I get to Baton Rouge I won't cry a...

I'm crying jailhouse tears And I've been trying all these years I'm trying to ride things out but now I've shifted gears And we're both crying jailhouse tears They say I broke the law Now everything's broken down Babe, I know what I saw I know you went downto...

Well, goodbye, Joe, Me gotta go, me oh my oh Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou Well, Jambalaya, crawfish pie, fillet gumbo 'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher...

I don't want you anymore Cause you took my joy I don't want you anymore You took my joy You took my joy I want it back You took my joy I want it back I'm gonna go to west memphis and look for my joy Go to west memphis and look for my joy Maybe in w...

I was down in Savannah Eatn' Cream and Bannanas When the heat just made me faint I began to get crosseyed I thought I was lost I'd begun to see things as they ain't. As the relatives gathered to see what's the matter The doctor came to see was I fine. But the...

Can you relieve me, baby Take your heart from your sleeve And put it on the line, Put it right here beside mine. I can't seem to read you most of the time Don't you know that I need you Will you ever be mine Love is a gamble, I knew it from the start Whoever's...

There'll never be a spring so perfect again We'll never see a yellow so rich The grass will never be quite as green And there'll never be a kiss like your kiss There will never be a summer so complete We'll never see a palette like this Berries will never tas...

I didn't know what love meant before I didn't know what you had waiting for me in store I didn't know that I'd be finding out so much more About the knowing and the knowing is all there is About yes and yes, this is it I didn't know I didn't know what precio...

Oh, my sweet Lafayette, how I'm going to miss you. You feel so good, Lafayette, now I've come to greet you Tell all my friends I've come back again I couldn't stay away, I was gone only a day But I'm comin' back to my sweet Lafayette I'm goin' down to Lafayet...

He had a reason to get back to Lake Charles He used to talk about it He'd just go on and on He always said Louisana Was where he felt at home He was born in Nacogdoches That's in East Texas Not far from the border But he liked to tell everybody He was from Lak...

We closed that bar And we closed that town And the sun looked different Comin' up than it did goin' down That was long ago Do you still love me? Or do you hate me? I wouldn't know I haven't seen you Lately We could have died Dancing in each other's arms Or dr...

I'm learning how to live Without you in my life I'm learning how to live Without you in my life I'll take the best of what You had to give I'll make the most of what You left me with I'm learning how to live They say the best is still yet to come But the tas...

It's okay you don't have to be afraid There's nothing to worry about Cuz we got it made It's just a simple matter of Letting me into love If you let that feeling come over you Than there's nothing more that you can do Just let it go Let it go If it's love yo...

There are things about you that make me wanna scream and shout There are things about you that make me wanna lock you out But there's a little thing that drives me wild Something that happens every time you smile I can't get over the lines around your eyes Lin...

Your R & B records your music books Your sense of humor and your rugged good looks I see you now at the piano Your back a slow curve Playing Ray Charles and Fats Domino While I sang all the words Little angel little brother Your bad habits and your attitud...

[Chorus:] My little darling, oh how, I love you How I love you, none can tell In your heart you love another Little darling, pal of mine [Chorus] Many a day, with you I've rambled Happiest hours, with you I've spent Thought I had your heart forever Now I fin...

It's clear you have a death wish And from what I hear, your latest dish Lives for you, and scares you half to death You bend over backwards to make a statement Hang from the rafters and lick the pavement Split your lip and barely catch your breath Your lovel...

Lonely girls, lonely girls Lonely girls, lonely girls Heavy blankets, heavy blankets, heavy blankets Cover lonely girls Sweet sad songs, sweet sad songs, sweet sad songs, Sung by lonely girls Lonely girls, lonely girls Lonely girls, lonely girls Pretty hai...

[Refrain:] Louisiana man with a style his own, Not like some other men I've known, With his cowboy boots and his hats he wore so well; Caught me eye on the very first day And I never will forget the way He played guitar and he sang just like an angel. Thought...

In deep south When I was growing up Looking back on sweetness Looking back on the rough The sun going down Crickets at night Amour sounds And mosquito bites Swatting at a fly Hearing the neighbors talk It's so hot you could fry An egg on the sidewalk Outsid...

Whippoorwill's singing Soft summer breeze Makes me think of my baby I left down in New Orleans I left down in New Orleans Magnolia, you sweet thing You're driving me mad Got to get back to you, babe You're the best I ever had You're the best I ever h...

On The Red River, on Bayou Pierre Rosalee worked in White's Grocery I'd get in trouble for goin' down there She'd give me corn pops for free Little red bike out on the main road Lucky little girl Little red bike out on the main road Lucky little girl Early i...

Honey, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow I'...

I keep drinkin' malted milk1, try'n to drive my blues away I keep drinkin' malted milk, try'n to drive my blues away Baby, you just as welcome to my lovin', as the flowers is in May Malted milk, malted milk, keep rushin' to my head Malted milk, malted milk, k...

I love you, Mama you sweet I love you, Mama you sweet I love you, Mama you sweet I love you, Mama you sweet I love you, Mama you sweet With an ocean in my spirit And cracks on my lips And scars in my heart And this burden on my hips Ocean becomes heavy and t...

Cowboys ain't easy to love and harder to hold They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levis And each night begins a new day If you don't understand him and he don't die young He'll probably just ride away Mamas...

Maria, you're still wild and restless And I can just see ya ridin' in a rodeo You might even make it down to Texas Or you might head out west to New Mexico So pack up all of your belongings A pick-up will take you where you wanna go You can ride out when you...

Won't you be my chauffeur Won't you be my chauffeur I wants him to drive me I wants him to drive me downtown Yes he drives so easy I can't turn him down But I don't want him But I don't want him To be ridin' his girls To be ridin' his girls around So I'm gonn...

Back in Memphis she was a pearl She was everyone's favorite girl Now her eyes have a vacant stare What she wouldn't give to be livin' back there She married a man when she left home She wanted someone she could call her own He was good to her when he wasn't dr...

Once we rode together In a metal firecracker You told me I was your queen You told me I was your biker You told me I was your everything Once I was in your blood And you were obsessed with me You wanted to paint my picture You wanted to undress me You wanted t...

I've been waiting for you to come back Since you left Minneapolis Snow covers the streetlamps and the windowsills The buildings and the brittle crooked trees Dead leaves of December Thin skinned and splintered Never gotten used to this bitter winter I've been...

Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead Wanderin' round from door to door They don't have no place to go Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead Some peo...

Hey, Mama, when you leave Don't leave a thing behind I don't want nothin' I can't use nothin' Take care into the hall And if you see my friends Tell 'em I'm fine Not usin' nothin' Almost burned out my eyes Threw my ears down to the floor I didn't see nothin'...

I was born in Louisiana, I was raised in Algiers And everywhere I been, the peoples all say Ain't nothing in rambling, either running around Well, I believe I'll marry, oooo, wooo, Lord, and settle down I was walking through the alley with my hand in my c...

Give me one more day To turn things around Give me one more day To get my feet on the ground To dig in my heels And settle down Give me one more day To turn things around Give me one more day To come up with a plan Give me one more day To see if I can Find my...

Just another one night stand Just another man to forget Just another empty hand With nothin' left to bet It doesn't really matter what i say There's no one here to blame I'll just close the door and walk away Let down once again I can't even say you lied to m...

Once in awhile we might pass on the street We nod we smile and we shuffle our feet Making small talk standing face to face Hands in our pockets cause we feel so out of place Our paths may cross again in some crowded bar We feel a little lost cause we've drift...

Overtime That's what they all tell me That's what they say to me Overtime Your blue eyes, your black eyelashes The way you looked at life In your funny way I guess out of the blue You won't cross my mind And I'll get over you Overtime Your pale skin, your sex...

Is it too much to ask? I want a comfortable bed that won't hurt my back Food to fill me up And warm clothes and all that stuff Shouldn't I have this, Shouldn't I have this? Shouldn't I have all of this, and Passionate kisses Passionate kisses, whoa ohh oh Pa...

People...trying to tear us apart Trying to rip out my heart People talkin' People talkin' Livin' is full of misery and pain Somebody called you a dirty name Keep on walkin' Keep on walkin' I love you more than this cruel world will ever know I wanna be your...

When Daddy told me what happened I couldn't believe what he just said Sonny shot himself with a 44 And they found him lyin' on his bed I could not speak a single word No tears streamed down my face I just sat there on the living room couch Starin' off into sp...

There's a place in my heart, I got room to spare There's a place in my heart, I'll make room for you there Even though you make me blue, I got room enough for you No matter what you do I want you to know that You have a place in my heart You'll always have so...

When leaders can't be trusted And hero's let us down And innocence lies rusted Frozen beneath the ground And the destitute isolated We've all been forgotten And the the fruit trees we planted Are withered and rotten The abuse and magnificent Suffer from infe...

You got a lot of nerve to say you are my friend When I was down, you just stood there grinning You got a lot of nerve to say you got a helping hand to lend You just wanna be on the side that's winning You say I let you down, you know it's not like that I...

It weighs a lot, it costs a lot And it's worth a whole lot more But it's not something you could afford anyway Cuz you weren't careful with my love You lost the key to the door of my heart Now there's a price you have to pay You can shop around and look aroun...

I was [?] as God is the witness, a crowdie bar when nobody could hear Now I travel throw the world with no occasion And I do, I do it all by my own sweet sell I need protection from the power of your love I need protection from the [?] I need protection...

We all make mistakes sometimes And I have made my share of mine But if I have to, I'll walk the line Just to prove my love You know I'd give everything I've got And I what I'd give would be a lot I would smooth out all the rough spots Just to prove my love L...

Pyramid of tears Pyramid of tears Pyramid of tears, I see you cry Her dress don't hide her age Not like mama said it would And her smile fades away Just like daddy said it could No, things don't come so easy Not when you turn twenty five And to blow...

I got ramblin', I got ramblin' on my mind Little boy, little boy, I got ramblin' on my mind I hate to leave you, baby, but you treat me so unkind I got mean things, I got mean things on my mind I got mean things, I got mean things on my mind I hate to leave y...

You are a rarity Your eyes say wisdom Your skin says fraility Your mouth says listen Your voice a cello Your words speak volumes In and out, around flow Like Leonard Cohen's Since you were invented Since you came along No one's even attempted To come close t...

You've got a sense of humor You're a mystery I heard a rumor You're making history Photographic dialogues Beneath your skin Pornographic episodes Screaming sin 'Til its real live bleeding fingers Broken guitar strings You are my Prince Charming Draped in ve...

I found the love I've been looking for It's a real love, it's a real love Standing up behind an electric guitar It's a real love, it's a real love And all the time I was thinking no way And all the time I never thought I'd say I found the love I've been lookin...

Just to sit and talk The way we used to do It just breaks my heart That I can't get close to you If our eyes should meet Somewhere down the road Will you stop and be sweet Or will you just walk on I thought things would stay the same I thought things were ri...

He can't rescue you Can't pull the demons from your head Can't lull you from your sleepy bed He can't rescue you He can't protect you From the powers that will be The hours of insanity He can't protect you He can't change you Change the summers of your beaut...

Won't you scratch my itch sweet Annie Rich And welcome me back to town Come out on your porch or I'll step into your parlour And I'll tell you how it all went down Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels And a good saloon in every sin...

Not a day goes by I don't think about you You left your mark on me it's permanent a tattoo Pierce the skin and the blood runs through Oh my baby The way you move it's right in time The way you move it's right in time It's right in time with me I stand o...

You don't have to prove Your manhood to me constantly I know you're the man can't you see I love you Righteously Why you wanna dis me After the way you been kissin' me After those pretty things you say And the love we made today When you run your han...

Well, I'm rollin' along the highway Livin' the life I'm used to I thought about you all the way from Little Rock to Houston And now I can't seem to get you off my mind But your tied to somebody else I think about you all the time And I just can't help myself...

How many times Have you heard someone say If I had his money I'd do things my way How little they know That it's so hard to find One rich man in a hundred With a satisfied mind Once I was living In fortune and fame And everthing I could dream of To get a star...

How did you come up with a day and time You didn't tell me you'd changed your mind How could I have been so blind I didn't know you'd changed your mind When you made the decision to get off this ride Did you run out of places to go and hide Did you know every...

You're the one, you're my shinin' star You're the one I've been waitin' for Let's fly away To some foreign country Where nobody knows who we are I wish I had a ship to sail the waters I wish I had about a hundred dollars But I just stand With this glass in my...

You wait in the car on the side of the road Lemme go and stand awhile, I wanna know you're there but I wanna be alone If only for a minute or two I wanna see what it feels like to be without you I wanna know the touch of my own skin Against the sun, against th...

As you walk along the sidewalks of the city You see a man with hunger in his face And all around you crumbling buildings and graffiti As you bend down to tie your shoelace Sirens scream but you don't listen You have to reach home before night But now the sun...

He sleeps all alone on Second Street With a roof over his head and food to eat But he can hardly make it day to day cause Everything he wants is six blocks away six blocks away He's got a regular job and it pays the rent In a donut shop on 3rd and 10th But he...

I met my enemy today Baby sends the little one out to play Enemy shot two of my buddies down Baby rides the little one on the Merry-go-round By my post, I'm standing guard Baby hopes for roses in the front yard I don't know my enemy's name Baby takes the litt...

Somebody, somewhere Don't know what he's missin' tonight It must have all started With that darn'd old Late Show It made me so lonely and sad And to make it all better, I kept getting bluer With each little drink that I had So I tuned in a DJ Who played ever...

If I had my way I'd be in your town I might not stay but at least I would've been around Cause there's something about what happens when we talk Something about what happens when we talk Does this make sense It doesn't matter anyway Is it coincidence or...

Something wicked this way comes The lights are orange, you never know He'll fall a bomb stone Something wicked this way comes He is high on the wings With grass burning your feet And the most up on the stones Something wicked this way comes The world...

Something to strut hit all your feelings babe Tell me what you want me to do Is my constructive cry, as much as I cry babe Tell me what you want me to do We gotta stand right on each other We gotta try harder babe I got stad right by you And you gotta...

Did they lay down a law and lock up your heart I'm gonna have to steal your love Some laws should be broken from the start I'm gonna have to steal your love You ain't about to give it up for no one I'm gonna have to steal your love I don't need a knife, I don...

I know I shouldn't but I want you so bad I know it couldn't be but I want what we had I know our love is gone and I can't bring it back Still I long for your kiss Still I long for your kiss I know it's over cause you told me so I tried to leave but I can't let...

I can't keep walkin' down the street 'Fore some pretty daddy start breakin' down with me Stop breakin' down Please, please, stop breakin' down I got the stuff that'll bust your brains out, baby Make you lose your mind These no good men love to ape and clown T...

Thank you for giving me a place to keep my love I don't need anything special, none of that stuff I'm a stowaway in your heart and that's enough Thank you for giving me a place to keep my love Thank you for giving me a place to close my eyes You don't have to...

I can't seem to make it through Sunday I can't seem to make it through Sunday Monday through Saturday I get by just fine Every other day of the week I feel alright But I don't know why I don't know why I can't seem to make it through Sunday I can't se...

Who would have ever guessed I would be here where I am like this With you, my dear My sweet, sweet, sweet love To drink my words in And make each moment become A celebration My breath is yours to share Everything in me And of me is yours forever If only for yo...

See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world The breath from your own lips, the touch of fingertips A sweet and tender kiss The sound of a midnight train, wearing someone's ri...

You run yourself ragged tryin' to be strong You feel bad when you done nothin' wrong Love got all confused with anger and pride So much abuse on such a little child Someone you trusted told you to shut up Now there's a pain in your gut that you can't get rid o...

Up-rooted and restless, I paid the cost I've been a mess, misguided and lost But I've been so blessed since our paths have crossed That's why I'm crying tears of joy In my own little world since I was sixteen Little miss playgirl making the scene Then you too...

Afraid to love and afraid to give Just because of what it might cost us But love can never, never live Without the pain, the pain of loss Life's never fair and it can be rough And it can turn and play cruel tricks on us And just when we think we've had enough...

I know this road like the back of my hand Same with the stations, only FM band Farms and truck stops, firework stands I know this road like the back of my hand Southern secrets still buried deep Rooting and restless 'neath the cracked concrete If you wh...

Sylvia was working as a waitress in Beaumont She said "I'm moving away, I'm gonna get what I want I'm tired of these small town boys, they don't move fast enough I'm gonna find me one who wears a leather jacket and likes his living rough" So she saved her tips...

This old guitar taught me to sing a love song, It showed me how to laugh and how to cry. It introduced me to some friends of mine and brightened up some days. It helped me make it through some lonely nights. What a friend to have on a cold and lonely night Th...

It's been a month of Sunday's since I laid eyes on you Have you changed your ways or have you even tried to I wish I could kill all this worry and regret But I am haunted still by the things I can't forget It's hard to take, this old heartache It's drivi...

You say there's always gonna be this thing Between us days are filled with dreams Scorpions crawl across my screen Make their home beneath my skin Underneath my dress stick their tongues Bite through the flesh down to the bone And I have been so fuckin' alone...

The air is getting hotter There's a rumbling in the skies I've been wading through the high muddy water With the heat rising in my eyes Every day your memory grows dimmer It doesn't haunt me like it did before I've been walking through the middle of nowhere Tr...

Hide your background, hide your fame Hide your given middle name Swallow your pride, swallow your pills In your house up in the hills Leave your husband, leave your wife Keep on runnin' your whole life Sweep your dirt under the rug Fix your hurt with a little...

Unlock my love And set me free. Come fill me up With ecstasy. Surround my heartbeat With your fingertips. Unbound my feet. Untie my wrists. Come into my world Of loneliness, And wickedness, And bitterness. Unlock my love. Unsuffer me. Take away the pain. U...

Decide I'm gonna make myself A little something to eat Get can down off the shelf Maybe a ittle something sweet Haven't spoken to no one Haven't been in the mood Pour some soup, get a spoon and Stir it up real good I go out with a friend Maybe a little music...

Walk on Come on girl, walk on Walk on Come on girl, walk on You got the world in the palm of your hand You gotta make 'em understand That you're the lead singer in the band So walk on Come on girl, walk on They don't make em any sweeter than you An...

[Chorus:] Well, well, well, here it is again The way I feel is down but then You know if you toss a stone in a river It sinks to the bottom, it won't rise up either Hey, hey, hey, this here's a test And it may not be the last I tell you what, I have to wonder...

Come out West and see The best it'll ever be I know you won't stay permanently But come out West and see Climb up on a rock And stretch out in the sun And close my eyes and let My imagination run I'm tracing your initials in the shining sand I'm counting out...

[?] found on the river Swelters on the night I want it so and I figure it out how crew that terrible sound And somebody gone away with murder and a car full of fence Well that's the way we do things in West Memphis But if they lock the music I whistle to...

I shudder to think What it would mean If the president wore pink Or if a prostitute was queen What would happen then How would the world change If thick became thin And the world was rearranged If the rains brought down the moon And daylight was feare...

I've been out of luck, I've been talked about I've been locked up, I've been shut out I've had some bad dreams, I've been filled with regret I've made a mess of things, I've been a total wreck I've been disrespected, been taken for a ride I've been reject...

Where - where is my love Where - where is my love Is my love in Helena Eating sweet potato pies Sure as hell won't be tellin ya Even as much as a little white lie Is my love in Tupelo Whisperin down the blues Knowing things he shouldn't know And givin away w...

Which will you go for Which will you love Which will you choose from From the stars above Which will you answer Which will you call Which will you take for For your one and all Tell me now Which will you love The best Which do you dance for Which makes you...

I would rather suffer sweet silent solitude Deathly defiant from drowning out Filthy sounds stumbling, ugly and cruel Between the lips of your beautiful mouth Deep down within me words move in phases Frozen and still until they decide To melt and drip over th...

Words Fell Like roses at our feet When you let me see you cry Your silent lips against my cheek Words Fell On a night as black as coal Your kisses traveled deep Your eyes pierced my soul Words Fell Words Fell In another place and time We lived within the wood...

If we lived in a world withought tears How would bruises find The face to lie upon How would scars find skin To etch themselves into How would broken find the bones If we lived in a world without tears How would heartbeats Know when to stop How would blood kn...

You told me you love me Said you wanna be with me You told me you love me Said you wanna be with me You looked right in to my eyes And said I'm not like the other guys You looked right in to my eyes Said I'm not like the other guys I know what I think I saw...

Wrong number, nobody here by that name Wrong number, nobody here by that name I ain't heard a word since I don't know when So don't even bother to dial it again Wrong number Wrong number Wrong apartment, nobody here by that name Wrong apartment, nobody...

You always find a way to hurt my pride If I'm not cryin', you're not satisfied I don't know why you want to hurt me so But if you're tryin' to break my heart, You don't have very far to go You don't have very far to go before the heartaches begins I alr...