Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

How many times have I read farewell lines In the things that you never seemed to say? How many times have I read those last lines And wondered why it ended this way? Words of goodbye and all those loving lines I must have been blind. And it seems to me...

When I want you in my arms When I want you and all your charms Whenever I want you All I have to do is dream Dream, dream, dream When I feel blue in the night And I want you to hold me tight Whenever I want you All I have to do, is dream I can make...

Mosquitoes buzzin' ‘round my head Spanish moss for my bed I very seldom see dry land 'Cause I'm an alligator man. I hunt the 'gators all night long I sell their hides and then I'm gone I take the bill to Bayou Sam Who loves that tall 'gator man. Let’...

I beg your pardon, mama, what did you say? My mind was drifting off on Martinique Bay. It's not that I'm not interested, you see; Augusta, Georgia is just no place to be. I think Jamaican in the moonlight. Sandy beaches, drinking rum every night. We got...

Don't mind me I'm half crazy about you I don't mean to doubt you But ooh I got an anxious heart You been gone so damn long That it seems I've fallen for a bad dream I guess I got an anxious heart Ooohh, put me away Tell me I don't deserve you But y...

Fresh scrubbed baby, momma's kiss on his cheek Steps off the greyhound with money for a week. A wild eyed innocent, he knows no fear It takes more than heroes to survive down there. In the badlands, the badlands, the badlands Well if you've got the bulle...

Baltimore, can you be in town tomorrow? Baltimore, I got no money for this call. Baltimore, I don't think I can hold my sorrow any longer in Baltimore, I feel I'm up against a wall Baltimore, can you find me in this city now? Baltimore, I don't know ho...

In 1814 we took a little trip, Along with colonel jackson down the mighty mississip. We took a little bacon and we took a little beans, And we fought the bloody british in the town of new orleans. We fired our guns and the british kept a comin', There wa...

Nothing in this world such a pure delight As a fais-do-do on a Saturday night Work your tail off all week long But forget about your troubles with a party and a song Boy I love those old time tunes They can tickle your senses like a Cajun moon Creole fo...

Bows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons evrywhere I've looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on evryone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way I've looked at c...

Buy for me the rain, my darling, buy for me the rain; Buy for me the crystal pools that fall upon the plain. And I'll buy for you a rainbow and a million pots of gold. Buy it for me now, babe, before I am too old. Buy for me the sun, my darling, buy for m...

Candy man, he's been and gone My Candy man, he's been and gone My Candy man, he's been and gone Now I love everything in this Godalmighty world, God knows I do. Peppermint stick, got a little brass band I got a peppermint stick, I got a little brass band...

Hey baby, it's beginning to feel Like we've been spinning our wheels Hangin' round this town too long. Why don't we catch a ride? Sail away on the outbound tide? It's time that we be movin' on. Let's catch the next dream outta here Close our eyes and...

Darling, what are we goin' through? It's no secret what I do Always through revolving doors Each time's harder than before. What goes around comes around I'll be with you when I can I know it's hard to understand But I am a circular, I am a circular ma...

Come here girls and listen to my noise Don't you marry an Arkansas boy Marry a feller from Tennessee, eat Cornbread, and 'lasses and sassafras tea Cornbread, and 'lasses and sassafras tea. Traveled all over this whole wide world Eat a lotta cookin' from...

Merry-go-rounds and burial grounds are all the same to me Horses on post and kids and ghosts are spirits that we ought to set free Then city slicker pickers got a lot of slicker licks than me But ridin' the range and acting strange is where I want to be....

You wanted to be street wise Went and got involved Now you're trapped and helpless Problems you can't solve. One side and the other There's no shelter in a crossfire. Had to play with big boys Grew up much too fast They ran and left you facing Thing...

Daddy was a sailor, join the Navy, see the world Daddy was a sailor, boy, he liked the pretty girls. Taught me how to dance, taught me that jitter bug groove Taught me how to make romance, my daddy taught me how to move. Daddy was a lover, he traveled al...

Dance the night away Dance the night away Dance the night away Dance the night away Babe, you know I hate to see you cryin' The last thing on my mind is to make you blue And goodness knows I'm just not into lyin' Babe, you can't believe I'm into you...

It's as dark as a dungeon way down in the mine... [SPOKEN:] I never will forget one time when I was on a little visit down home in Ebenezer, Kentucky. I was a-talkin' to an old man that had known me ever since the day I was born, and an old friend of the f...

Diggy Liggy Li and Diggy Liggy Lo They fell in love at the fais-do-do The pop was cold and the coffee *chaud For Diggy Liggy Li and Diggy Liggy Lo Diggy Liggy Li loved Diggy Liggy Lo Everyone knew he was her beau No body else could ever show So much lo...

I saw your face across the room Caught me like a favorite tune Talking about my girl on the radio (Ooh ooh) I knew I had to say hello. A special moment Wonderin' what lies ahead Was about to make my move When she took my arm and said ... We oughta ta...

Thought a girl was a girl and then Found myself in love again I've been in love a time or two But it never happened like it did with you Do you feel it too? Well, my heart just went for a ride Certain feelings you just can't hide I thought I knew a thi...

Give it time, my love's on the line We're heading separate ways I never thought it would come to this And I can't find the words to say Do you feel the way that I do Do you feel the way that I do I need you to feel like I do tonight Blue skies like th...

I left you cryin' at the DC station I had a little spendin' change, Lord knows I had determination If you want the good life, you got to make it big So I left you waiting, so I could go out and dig in this big old world. But now I'm down in Texas, ain't g...

You say you're confused And all of your friends asking you why You act like you do The faster you run, the farther you're behind It goes to show, take it easy slow I think you'll like what you find, hey hey. You paint on your face Eager to please and t...

Every night I go to bed Afraid I'm gonna die Prayin' to the sky That I'll survive Morning's when I wake up The sunlight in my eyes I turn and wonder why I'm still alive So every now and then I steal away To the place I know far away You can find m...

Even fat boys can make it in Santa Monica Where the white surf meets the sand You don't have to play the harmonica Or be in a rock and roll band. There's Dolores and Betty and Eunice and Ann Frolicking daily at the beach They're lying out there half-bak...

All alone in a sleepless night Passing time with a runaway moon talkin' to myself Wishing I was somewhere else It's been too long since I held you girl Twice a thousand miles But my heart won't beat alone I need the love I left behind Hold back the d...

Sat here by this stony brook until the grey day turned to dust When up swam a fish with a children's book thought that I was lost. He was on his way to the salmon hop, that's where they go to breed Saw me sitting on this log and thought I'd like to read....

Pick up on a little lovin' It just might do you good I'm not bound to runnin' around I wouldn't if I could I can't say tomorrow Until I see the light I'll spend the rest of my life With you tonight So if I promise to love you forever Would you let m...

Sweet Marie, better than the rest She can't dance Eyes on fire, she's a little wired I think I see my chance So I talk to her, talk to her All she can say is goodbye. Hey hey hey, hey I don't need this Hey hey hey, why don't I mind? Who's acting stupi...

At sixteen she quit high school to make a fortune in the Promised Land She got a job behind the counter in an all-night hamburger stand She wrote faithfully home to mama, "Now mama don't you worry none" From small things, mama, big things one day come It w...

So you found me again Well, this ain't gonna be nothin' like before Before tonight we couldn't be friends Find a bar and talk old times until they closed the door. Well, I'd even take you home But I'd rather leave alone I don't want to get caught in you...

Good night, my love Pleasant dreams, sleep tight my love May tomorrow be sunny and bright And bring you closer to me. Before you go There's just one thing I'd like to know Is your love still wrong for me Or has it grown old ? If you should awake in t...

Come and listen to my story if you will I'm gonna tell About a gang of fellers from down at nashville First I'll start with old Red Foley doin' the "chattanooga shoe" We can't forget Hank Williams with them good old "lovesick blues" It's time for Roy Acuf...

Well hand me down that can o' beans Hand me down that can o' beans Hand me down that can o' beans I'm throwin' it away Out the winder go the beans Out the winder go the beans Out the winder go the beans I had a lucky day Mary, my Mary, my swee...

Long ago the brothers fought But still the tears are shed So here we stand no wiser than before Still the hunter rules the hearts of men Whether I'm right or I'm wrong Too weak or strong Sure seems plain to me Too young or old Too shy or bold We all...

Long ago it seemed to me I had it made I had a little money, I had my little honey One day her feelings strayed to another guy And I lost everything but a hurt her memory brings. Heartaches in heartaches, teardrops on teardrops That's all I've known sinc...

Well, if the river was whiskey and I was a duck Fly to the bottom and I'd never come up Oh, baby, how long have I got to wait? Well, can I get you now or must I hesitate? Well, I ain't no doctor but a doctor's son I'll do the doctoring ‘til the doctor co...

Hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin' How's about cookin' somethin' up with me? Hey, hey sweet baby, don't you think maybe We could find us a brand new recipe? I got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill And I know a spot right over the hill There's soda pop...

Ever think about your high school friends All the kids that you knew back when If you'd pass'em on the street today You just might see they've gone a different way Lovely Linda was a friend of mine Dressed to kill she always looked sure fine We all thou...

I'm standing here and hoping for you Holding my door open for you now Ask just what you will of me I'll bend just like a willow tree And now I'm holdin' Holdin' my door open to the wind Well seven times she came to me And each time seemed the same to m...

Well I left my home down on the rural route I told my paw I'm going steppin out and get the Honky tonk blues, Yeah the honky tonkblues Well lord I got 'em, I got the ho-on-ky tonk blues. Well I went to a dance and I wore out my shoes woke up this mornin wis...

When you are sad and lonely and have no place to go Call me up, sweet baby, and bring along some dough And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin' honky tonkin', Honey Baby We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town. When you and your baby have a fallin'...

In a package that comes in the mail everyday I received my headache and failed to relay All the things that I'm constantly hoping to say To those who we all hold so dear. I once had the knack but it didn't last long The last time I had that, it wasn't th...

Christopher Robin and I walked along Under branches lit up by the moon Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore As our days disappeared all too soon But I wandered much further today than I should And I can't find my way to the three-acre wood So help me...

I am a pilgrim and a stranger Travelling through this wearisome land I've got a home in that yonder city, good lord And it's not, not made by hand I've got a mother, sister and a brother Who have gone this way before I am determined to go and see them,...

I walk in silence when He comes This feeling when His spirit leads me on If a dog should bark and the night is rough I take it as a sign to climb above This city to the hill among the clouds Where I can see my Savior now He's waiting with His palm to me...

I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord, I saw the light I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin I wouldn't let my Dear Saviour in Then Jesus came like an angel in the night Pra...

I went to a dance with my sister Kate; Everybody there thought she danced so great; I realized a thing or two, When I got wise to something new: When I looked at Kate, she was in a trance, And then I knew it was in her dance; All the boys are going...

'Twould been better for us both had we never In this wide and wicked world had never met, For the pleasure we've both seen together I'm sure, love, I'll never forget. Oh, I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes Who is sailing far over the sea. I'm thinking...

Stare up at me, momma, like ya used to Weather's kind of cold but I don't care Fatten up that ol' Rhode Island rooster It's gettin' to feel like fall at the county fair Well, there's a Jaybird flyin' home to Mobile Sleepin' in your cornfield for a while...

She never seems to say alot But I know she's got alot to say She keeps her feelings to herself But I know she's feeling more that way She don't have to talk to me Of love that never dies I can see her feelings In her eyes And in her eyes You can see...

It's been raining here in Long Beach The dampness in the air Tends to straighten out my hair Against my wishes But the traces of a song reach My tattered ear once more Lend me courage to ignore The smell of fishes I was a drunken lout, I ran about Wi...

Jamaica was a lovely woman, I played her well As we lay in the tall grass where the shadows fell Hiding from the children so they would not tell We would stay there 'til her sister rang the evening bell. Jamaica, say you will You help me find a way to fi...

Goodbye Joe, me gotta go down the Bayou Me gotta go, pool the pirogue down the Bayou My Yvonne, sweetest one, me oh my oh Son of a gun, we gonna have big fun on the Bayou. Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin' The kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the doze...

When you walk, do you take the short way home? Call you up, does it sound like you're alone? Dressin' up, are you lookin' good for me? Dancin' close, are your eyes where they should be? I can feel it comin' over me (comin' over me) Somebody, help me Jea...

Jesse James was a man Who had killed many men But he came to his death at last He stepped along on the floor With little Robert Ford And Jesse was shot out on the sly Oh, Jesse, Jesse had a wife A lady all her life And children she raised to be grown...

Joshua come back home to the island Everyone dance in the street Joshua come back home to the island Happiness be complete. Mothers will talk again to their son Happy the talk is no longer in one While Stephen begins and John sped the story on. Joshua...

Well there's a dark and a troubled side of life. There's a bright and a sunny side too. But if you meet with the darkness and strife, The sunny side we also may view. Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, Keep on the sunny side of life. It w...

Leigh Anne Leigh Anne I don't want to need you like I do Leigh Anne Leigh Anne Hard to stay away from something as fine as you Will I be the one you love enough Or just another angel I can't touch Leave me in between that will never do Leigh Anne L...

Started out a younger man Just to sail the oceans wide Take a look at some other lands Maybe find myself a bride I soon found out how hard A sailor's life can be Now there's only one thing that I Ever want to see Lights across the bay Lights across...

The milk truck brings the sun up The paper hits the door The subway shakes my floor And I think about you It's time to face the emptiness Of another lonely day Baby, it's so hard Living without you Yes, it's so hard It's so hard It's so hard Livin...

There's no such thing as sleep for jealous fools And being jealous about someone like you Is sort of foolish too The life you choose is the life you want I guess Losin' you might be the best thing yet The longest day I live I'll still be sufferin' from t...

I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost, For a life of sin, I have paid the cost. When I pass by, all the people say "Just another guy on the lost highway." Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine And a woman's lies make a life like mine. Oh, the day w...

Since she was seventeen, I was her guy She was the light of my life Well, of all the silly games we used to play Love was the first thing we prized. So unexpectedly became a thief I heard these things happen but never to me Left me walking in shadows, s...

I don't need the same excuses All this talk is really useless You run for cover Everytime I'm close to you Don't want to hear about the others There's something here we should discover Let's make a little magic Before the night is through Oh, you've...

Melissa, I knew I just had to kiss ya Heaven knows what I had in mind When my eyes went blind And you had to take me home Because I could not find my way Mimi, you make my glasses steamy Heaven knows that I'll take a chance On a girl from France Just...

I've been thinkin' about the river And my years there on the other side It's gotten me wishin' I hadn't come back home 'Cause the pieces just don't fall in line. This town's a stranger and it's left me far behind. Mississippi rain, you keep falling down...

Music blows from the radio like the wind And it fits you like a glove And the towns roll by beneath the midnight sky again But it's you I'm thinking of Mother of love Open your eyes and see the spot I'm standing in Mother of love Let me ride I could...

Been in business and I been in love I used to fly high like a turtle dove I had the blues many a time Just a girl on a poor boy's mind I got the mournin' blues Oh so bad Mama come a-kiss me They're the worst I ever had A nickel's worth of grease and...

I knew a man, Bojangles and he danced for you In worn out shoes Silver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pants The old soft shoe He jumped so high He jumped so high Then he'd lightly touch down I met him in a cell in New Orleans, I was Down and out He...

Cry, cry, cry whoa-uh-oh-oh-oh-oh Cry, cry, cry whoa-uh-oh-oh-oh-oh There is a story yeah That I must tell Of two lovers That I bewail Now they must cry, cry, cry whoa-uh-oh-oh-oh-oh Their blues away (Cry cry cry their blues away) Her name was Sue y...

Well, you can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em, Yes, there's something mighty necessary 'bout 'em, A woman will give you the blues, she'll have you pullin' Out your hair, and wearin' out your walkin' shoes. Well they just keep naggin', until yo...

There's a song in your eye that's as blue as the sky And just looking at you keeps me singing it There's this music and wine don't it sparkle and shine And it's one for your money and two to quit. And every day it's getting less hard to be Never together...

I said a hey, hey, hey yeah I said a hey, hey, hey yeah. Come on everybody, take a trip with me Well, down the Mississippi down to New Orleans They got the Honey Suckle's bloomin' on the Honey Suckle vine And love is a-blooming there all the time. You...

This Nine Pound Hammer, Is a little too heavy, For my side, baby for my side. I'm a-goin' to the mountain, Gonna see my baby. But i ain't comin' back, No. I ain't comin' back. Roll on, buddy, Don't ya roll so slow. How, can I roll, When my wheels w...

All my love, all my kissing You don't know what you've been a-missing Oh boy, when you're with me Oh boy, the world will see that you were meant for me. All my life, I've been a-waiting Tonight there'll be no hesitating Oh boy, when you're with me Oh b...

Fire on the asphalt, L.A. freeway Santa Anna windstorm, come blow me away 'Cause this rearview mirror could use some adjustment Some other reflection, some other place. Oh, Cumberland, I'm a faithful son No matter where I go, I hear you calling me The M...

Well look a-yonder comin' Comin' on down the track Well look a-yonder comin' Comin' on down the track It's the Orange Blossom Special Bringin' my baby back Well talk about her ramblin' She's the fastest train on the line Well talk about her travellin'...

Watch out when they start to twist Hold tight with a leather fist That's what my daddy told me How to ride the bulls. There's a jingle in my jeans, Short places inbetween; I'm leaving Tennesee with a push and pull. Ten-four, buddy, come on back. Horse...

I know not where on earth to find you I don't know how or where to start I only know I'm here without you And there's pins and needles in my heart. The days and nights are growin' longer Since first you said that we must part But now I know I can't forg...

I've known for a long time The kind of girl you are And a smile that covers teardrops The way your head yields to your heart Of things you've kept inside That most girls couldn't bear Well, I've known you for a long time But I've just begun to care Y...

I just talked to the weatherman It's gonna rain on me today I dropped my bubblegum in the sand And I had to throw it away I got out of bed, scratched my watch and wound my head I'm so mixed up that I can't think I'm gonna put a bar in the back of my car...

The little things that you say and do Make me want to be with you Rave on, it's a crazy feeling And I know it's got me reeling When you say that I love you Rave on The way you dance and hold me tight The way you kiss when we say goodnight Rave on, it's a cr...

If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it's all true Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe. Someone like you makes it hard to live without somebody else Someone like you makes it e...

Ain't no place you can hide that I can't find you Ain't no place you can get where I won't see Lets you forget, my dear, let me remind you Girl, you may as well resign yourself to me. Ain't no door you can lock that I can't get through Ain't no place you...

She saved him from whiskey Was his constant companion You'd see them out riding at dawn She gave him his reasons To shoulder the seasons Now when you see him He's riding alone She'd lay down beside him To touch him or guide him Turn 'round his head...

I've got ripplin' water to wake me To the mornin', my woman and love And tall pine trees are pointing us easily To heaven above Blue spruce flaming on the grate in the evening Takes the chill away fine Cut the telephone line And the story's the same...

Rock me, baby, rock me all night long Rock me, baby, rock me all night long Well, rock me, baby, until my back ain't got no bone. Roll me, like a wagon wheel Roll me, baby, like a wagon wheel I want you to roll me, baby, ... Spin me, spin me, spin me l...

Seems like ten years ago Though today my mind is slow Me and Mickey Craig Were running west from Idaho Robbed a bank to get some bread Seems like fifteen men lay dead In a path that led us straight To Santa Rosa Now and then ol' Mick'd say Boy, at h...

I meant to call her name I meant to take her hand I meant to be the same and understand Just what was happening in the evening Between the princess and the prince I can't be bothered now And I can't eat or drink I can't remember how I used to think Wh...

Once I had a heart cold as ice and love to me was only for fun And I made a mark for each broken heart like nuches on the but of a gun Once I had a track on my sleeve and a reputation all over town I was heartless and cold and wherever I go I shut down...

Who's gonna give a job to old slim carter, Who's gonna give a man a place to say. Who do you know that needs an old tired out rodeo man Who do you know nowadays needs a gun hand Who needs a gunhand I heard he was born somewhere in south dakota His mama...

You've got to be the rich man You keep your momma worrying They say that life's a bitch, man So you run and you run and you run. Got to be the fat man To keep the pretty woman happy ’Cause if she get's the itch, man She'll run and she'll run and she'll...

Tell me Just one more time the reason why you must leave Tell me once more why you're sure you don't need me Tell me again but don't think you'll convince me You said About fallin' in love again you'd rather be dead When someone breaks your heart you cr...

Well, you say it’s a matter of etiquette but I know it's a matter of time Before you drop your defenses, tell me just what's on your mind I've been watching all night from an arm's length and, baby, you're drivin' me wild What can I do? Got my heart set on...

Don't forget me little darlin' while I'm growin' old and gray Just a little thought before I'm goin' far away I'll be waitin' on the hillside where the wild red roses grow On the sunny side of the mountains where the ripping waters (fall/flow). Now Don't f...

Take me back Ooh, baby, won't you take me back tonight You gotta face the fact I still love you Take me back, let's get it right I need a lesson in the ways of love Sometimes I lose my head, what am I thinkin' of I was crazy to have doubted you And lik...

Those heartaches now are on their way What makes you want to be that way You cheated on me and you lied You’ve put teardrops in my eyes. I found out what they say is true I hope someday that you’ll be blue And then you’ll know, dear, why I try With the...

Along about eighteen twenty-five I left Tennessee very much alive And I never would have gotten through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been a-ridin' that Tennessee stud I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa And one of her brothers was a bad outlaw I...

I thought I'd give my love to anyone today But when it came to you one thing was for sure Well I know your little games and I don't wanna play It's like takin' sick when nobody knows the cure You come on like the princess of the junior prom Always part o...

You promised to love me to the end of the world And I built a world just for two; Now I'm alone at the end of the world What good am I without you? Gone are the vows that we made by the stars Gone like a bolt from the blue; Darlin' I'm lost at the end o...

Way back in the hills, when a boy, I once wandered Buried deep in her grave lies a girl that I love She was called from this earth, a jewel for heaven More precious than diamonds more precious than gold. When a girl of sixteen, we courted each other She...

If you go down to the woods today You're sure of a big surprise. If you go down to the woods today You'd better go in disguise. For ev'ry bear that ever there was Will gather there for certain, because Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic....

Well, I've been out walking, And I don't do too much talking these days... These days... These days, I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do And all the times I've had the chance to... Well, I've stopped my rambling, And I don't do t...

Hey! Well, she was down on the corner, she looked so tough Can't get any closer with her dressed up Somewhere her boyfriend's hangin’ around Too close for comfort and I can't stop now. Well, she's got the freeze on, I put the heat on Now the two are da...

She's a young one Hard to find Can't be shaken Or handed a line Her eyes are loaded Point at you With a look That's too good to be true She takes your daydreams No concern All your night times You toss and you turn So independent Never alone S...

Feelin' kinda sad and lonely I lost my sweet one and only Gonna find my baby, I don't mean no maybe Gonna find her Gonna find my baby, gonna bring her home with me She said that she would never leave me Now she's gone away and it grieves me I was fast...

I decided just to make my mind up suddenly today Something moved me to play the game again I’ve been trying not to believe what my friends have said to me But it’s truly Truly right Truly right as rain There’s another place yet to go before I loose the...

From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shore From the green ol' Smoky Mountains to the south lands by the shore She's mighty tall and handsome and she's known quite well by all She's the regular combination of the Wabash Cannonball Listen to the ji...

Way downtown just foolin' around Took me to the jail It's oh me and it's oh my No one to go my bail It was late last night when Willie came home I heard him a-rapping on the door He's a-slipping and a-sliding with his new shoes on Mamma said Willie don...

What goes on in your heart? What goes on in your mind? You are tearing me apart When you treat me so unkind What goes on in your mind? The other day I saw you As I walked along the road But when I saw him with you I could feel my future fold It's so...

You don't have to tell somethin' Baby, that I already know And you can't really tell me nothin' All you got to do is let it show Well, you got yourself in a sticky situation Friends are gettin' few and hard to find Well, you can't really tell me nothin'...

She's fast asleep on the sofa There's nothing but snow on TV I'm bleary-eyed and not much to show for Another night on the town acting free. Lord knows I've seen this old movie Too many times before But whenever those demons get to me It's not long ‘ti...

Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair With the roses so red and the lilies so fair And the myrtle so bright with the emerald hue The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue Oh I'll dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay I will ch...

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Let me tell you 'bout Willie the weeper Willie the weeper was a chimney sweeper He had the hop habit and he had it bad Listen while I tell you 'bout a dream he had. Hi-de-hi-de-hi (Hi-de-hi-de-hi) Ho-de-ho-de-ho (Ho-de-ho-de-ho) Willie went to a hop-joi...

They say don't go on wolverton mountain If you're looking for a wife 'cause clifton clowers has a pretty young daughter He's mighty handy with a gun and a knife. Her tender lips are sweeter than honey And wolverton mountain protects her there The bears...

Who did you say it was brother? Who was it fell by the way? When whiskey and blood run together Did you hear anyone pray? I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother I didn't hear nobody pray I heard the crash on the highway But, I didn't hear nobody pray....

You are my flower That's blooming in the mountain so high You are my flower That's blooming there for me When summertime is gone and snow begins to fall You can sing this song and say to one and all So wear a happy smile and life will be worthwhile F...

I can see in your face That you've run a long race And you'd like to sit down For a while Well, if this is the case You'll be leaving this place Why have you put me On this trial Oh, you can't stop lovin' me now Oh, you can't stop lovin' me now Don...

Honey you don't know my mind I'm lonesome all the time Born to lose a drifter that's me You can travel for so long then a rambler's heart goes wrong Baby you don't know my mind today Heard the music of a rail slept in every old dirty jail And life's too...

Here we go sailin' low Bet your mom and papa, baby, will never know We're steppin' by the river where the woodchucks go Down by the Yukon Railroad When the sun come up, we go down You can have your partners and your foolin' around Spendin' my time on th...