The Be Good Tanyas piosenki

It was on one fine March morning I bid New Orleans adieu. And I was on the road to Jackson town, my fortune to renew, I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain, Which filled my heart with longing for the lakes of Pontchartrain. I sat on board...

Wound up drunk again on Robson St. Strange cuz we always agreed At the start of every evening That's the last place I wanna be Coffee drinkers dressed in black with no sugar They don't give me no respect They say look her comes another one And I don't k...

Horses in the meadow Chickens in the stable If you'll be my one true love I'll love you when I'm able Oh I'll love you when I can Well I'll build a little cabin Way back in the pines Yonder come a little black bear With honey on his mind Oh come be m...

Some blues are just blues Mine are the lonesome blues Some blues are just blues Mine are the lonesome blues All the birds flew south for the winter Left me these lonesome blues My baby left me Hitched a train down south My baby left me Hitched a trai...

If you ever feel lonesome And you're down in San Antone Just beg, steal, or borrow Two nickels or a dime, call me on the phone Oh, I'll meet you at Alamo Mission And we will say our prayers The Holy Ghost and the Virgin Mother will heal us As we kneel...

You said to yourself that we did not love you All of the years didn't mean nothing You told yourself we would not forgive you Mistakes that you made would keep us separated Comin' home hard day done Comin' home hard day done Don't you know it's your la...

Lonesome is I, I wished I could die Nobody cares for me Lonesome is I, I wished I could die Nobody cares for me It was a bright moon light night, the moon shining bright When you and I made love Your heart wasn't true, I'll say unto you I moaned like a...

I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee I'm goin' to Louisiana my own true love for to see It rained all night the day I left, the weather was bone dry And the sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna, don't you cry Oh Susanna, don't you cry for me I co...

Run away to the seashore It doesn't matter anymore It doesn't matter anymore Words dry up and fly away With the passing of the days Eventually you just let the stone fall I dreamed that I saw you You were down at the corner store You were looking thr...

In spite of everything around me I hit the floor and my feet kept moving I looked forwards and never backwards I was out the door like a rollin' soldier Impossible to keep a straight line Too young to keep these bitter hearts And all around me, somebody...

Ain't lookin' forward and I ain't lookin' back Aint' lookin' forward and I ain't lookin' back Lordy, seem like every hour sure gon' be my last Minutes feel like hours hours feel like days Minutes feel like hours and hours feel like days well the wind is a-ris...

Out Of The Wilderness (Trad.) Tell me how did you feel, when you come out of the wilderness? How did you feel, when you come out of the wilderness? How did you feel, when you come out of the wilderness? Lean and lonely lord Well, I felt like shouting, w...

Well I married me a wife She gave me trouble all my life She ran me out in the cold rain and snow Rain and snow, rain and snow She ran me out in the cold rain and snow She came a runnin on down the stairs Combin' back her long yellow hair And her cheek...

Well, who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot? Who's gonna glove your hand? Who's gonna kiss your red ruby lips? And who's gonna be your man? Is that you Reuben? Reuben, where have you been so long? Is that you Reuben? Reuben, where have you been so l...

well i ain't gonna marry neither settle down i'm gonna sit right here 'till i tear this barrel house down ain't no use a weepin' and there ain't no need to cry because you got a home just as long as i got mine well i loves you baby and i'll tell the...

Rudy lives on the borderline Between civilisation and basic survival The summertime treats him fairly well But the wintertime is a bitter cold rival It's wintertime now in Georgetown And the streets come alive with the Christmas lights And Rudy sleeps o...

I'm a ship, I'm a ship, I'm a ship Out on the sea None of my love Floating wild come back to me So I write you a letter, I'll write you a letter With this here pen Don't make me wait, don't make me wait 'Cause I'm your friend I'm in love with the gar...

Song For R. (Samantha Parton) You see people coming from all sides With their broken hearts and hollow eyes And you try to love but it's easier to hate When the seed that was planted was watered too late Oooh oh child Oooh oh child Your roots stretch...

Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird She warbles as she flies She never hollers coo coo till the fourth day Of July Gonna build me log cabin On a mountain so high So I can see Willie as he goes on by Well I've played cards in Texas And I've played cards...

Took a walk in my neighborhood Two in the morning By the Skytrain Station The streets were full of junkies and homeless And they all wanted something They all wanted something And what am I supposed to do? There are too many of you Too many of you...