Steve Earle piosenki

The old man loaded up everything that he owned On a wagon and headed out West The old woman fearlessly faced the unknown 'Cause she figured he knew what was best And they settled down hard on a government grant With six mouths to feed and forty acres to plant...

I was walkin' down the street In the town where I was born I was movin' to a beat That I'd never felt before So I opened up my eyes And I took a look around I saw it written ‘cross the sky The revolution starts now Yeah, the revolution starts now The...

I was eight years old when my granddaddy died He that showed me the signs I still miss him sometimes Been a long time ago but his words still ring true Whatever you do be a seeker All these years I have wandered and wherever I roamed I was never alone or...

On Mardi Gras day the Tennessee kid Awoke in a puddle Of his own worst fears Haunted by the ghost Of vague remembrance No corporeal beast he could name So the kid invoked Lucifer himself With oaths most grievously discourteous And charged him submit Forthwith...

In the blue of the evenin' when the sun is low There's a shadow that creeps across my cell block floor And it comes to remind me what I'm in here for No I'm not admittin' that I done the crime I'm only gettin' down to doin' time And the passin' of days is no c...

In the middle of the night In the middle of a lonely night Stands alone in the pale moonlight Screams out in defiance He's got no one to turn to You could talk 'til you turn blue He'd just turn his back on you Ain't no compromising 'Cause he's totally...

Late in the evening Just about to lay down Was there at your backdoor Did you hear a strange sound, girl? Honey I just saw your light Here I come baby It's the usual time of night I can't help but want you Ever since I known ya I would never hurt you I don't...

I got out of work and I headed for the neighborhood beer joint I sat around and had a beer with the boys like I always do Well I didn't have nothin' to say anyway there ain't no point There's just something 'bout a Monday that always makes me blue Well it...

You're here, you're gone I'm still hangin' on This game ain't nothin' new You've changed your mind So many times But I'm still in love with you I'll think it over when you're walkin' out the door Why'd you go and leave me sad and blue And if you knew...

This city won't wash away This city won't ever drown Blood in the water and hell to pay Sky tear open and pain rain down Doesn't matter 'cause come what may I ain't ever gonna leave this town This city won't wash away This city won't ever drown Ain't t...

I'm running down this highway Don't remember where I slept last night I just remember halfway through the night I woke up stiff with fright I dreamed there was no asphalt I dreamed there was no gasoline Felt like a rat caught in some nowhere town I woke up and...

Time has come today Young hearts can go that way Can't put it off another day I don't care what others say They say we don't listen anyway Time has come today The rules have changed today I have no place to stay Thinking about the subway The love has...

Won't say I love you, babe, Won't say I need you, babe, But I'm gonna get you babe And I will not do you wrong. Living's mostly wasting time And I'll waste my share of mine But it never feels to good, So let's don't take to long. You're soft as glass And I'm a...

Everyone in Nacogdoches knew Tom Ames would come to some bad end Well the sheriff had cought him stealin' chickens and such By the time that he was ten And one day his daddy took a ten dollar bill And he tucked it in his hand He said I can tell you're hea...

In the darkest hour of the longest night If it was in my power I'd step into the light Candles on the altar, penny in your shoe Walk upon the water - transcendental blues. Happy ever after 'til the day you die Careful what you ask for, you don't know 'til you...

The clouds didn't look like cotton They didn't even look like clouds I was underneath the weather All my friends look like a crowd The swimmin' hole was full of rum And I tried to find out why All I learned was this, my friend You got to swim before you fly I...

Back in the hills when we were only kids Love shined like a diamond in your eyes I swore I'd never hurt you - then I did Now I'm all alone with all my lies I promised that I'd never be untrue I'd never make you cry The only promise that I didn't break W...

I come to you with empty hands I guess I just forgot again I only got my love to send On Valentine's Day I ain't got a card to sign Roses have been hard to find I only hope that you'll be mine On Valentine's Day I know that I swore that I wouldn't forget I wro...

I grew up in a military town Waitin' on the sky to fall Everybody I knew hangin' around Wonderin' what to do when the draft board called Lookin' back, it musta been a miracle How I ever grew up at all To sing about livin' in a military town Waitin' on the...

Here comes the night, day brings no light For wrong or right I'm here waiting on you Words cut too deep, old ghosts won't sleep But they'll never keep me from waiting on you Breathing out, breathing in Holding out, giving in Doing with or without For a...