Tim O'Brien piosenki

When I first came to Louisville, my fortune there to find There was a maiden there from Lexington, was pleasing to my mind Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips like arrows pierced my breast And the name she bore was Flora, the lily of the west Well I courted lovely...

The seeds of this war were sewn in our father's time And every bomb will plant some more fear and hate Let's break this chain of history before it gets too late How many men will choose to run with the mad dog How many more will have to die at his bloody hand...

May God's bless and keep you always, May your wishes always come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung, May you stay forever young. May you grow up to be righteous, May you gr...

Left the cold and rain behind, I drove out west to Memphis South across the Mississippi line, I rolled my window down Big river runnin' on my right, turtles on the banks a walkin' Don't know how far I'm gonna get tonight, forty-nine keep on talkin' [Chorus] S...

Well I wish I was in London Or some other seaport town I'd set my foot on a steamboat And sail the ocean round Chorus While sailin' around the ocean, sailin' around the sea I'm thinking of handsome Molly wherever she might be Remember oh dear Molly wh...

Hard Year Blues I tried to tell you that we?d make it through somehow You wouldn?t listen and I wouldn?t blame you now I ain?t got money but I sure got bills to pay I roll my cigarettes a little smaller every day Chorus: It?s been a long hard year Tha...

It?s not as if I didn?t know better, her innocent look and a scented letter It looked like love but it felt like a memory Sometimes a young girl wants a ticket out and a gambler on a roll looks good no doubt But if you think you?re winnin? you don?t even k...

I?m happy to raom, I can find my way through the mountains To the ocean foam But if I had a map to show me the way to your heart dear I?d follow it home I?m makin? my way through the dim lit streers of the old town Nowhere to go Wonderin? if the scenes...

he fiddles're squeekin' the guitars're speakin' the piano plays a jelly-roll The man on the drum is out from dumb and the bassman he plays from his soul The tables're quakin' and your nerves're shakin' but you keep on beggin' for more You keep a havin' your fu...

I begged her not to go, said I could not live without her She said don't be dramatic, you'll survive She drove away, the sky turned gray I cried all night about her I'm still breathin' but her leavin' hurts more Each day I'm alive If I can't live without her,...

So long she's been alone now her tears have dried No more she's thinkin' of him Her love has died Calling and reaching, lookin' through hungry eyes Scenes change and rearrange, lookin' through hungry eyes I knew the two of them When they were young She seeme...

I like the way you cook, the whole production How you serve it up, the whole seduction of the Color and the smell, the presentation of the Texture on the tongue, I get impatient To taste a little more, little more, little more, a little more I like to watch y...

Last night on the mountain, I gave my horn a blow Echos started comin' back from long, long ago A foggy cloud was risen, I felt you all around In the air that I was breathin', you sang in every sound [Chorus] I'm not gonna forget you, I'm always gonna know yo...

Born in the mountains, many years ago Climbed these hills and valleys through the rain and snow I've seen the lightning flashin', heard the thunder roll I've endured, I've endured, how long must one endure Barefoot in the summer, on into the fall Too many mo...

Lay down, Your sweet and weary head. Night is falling. You have come to journey?s end. Sleep now, and dream Of the ones who came before. They are calling, From across a distant shore. Why do you weep? What are these tears upon your face? Soon you will see. A...

John Riley came from Galway town in the years of the Irish hunger And he sailed away to America when the country was much younger Now the place was strange and work was scarce And all he knew was farming So he followed his other Irish friends to a job in the U...

God sent Jonah down to Ninevah land To preach the gospel to the wicked men And to repent his wicked ways I'm gonna overthrow the city in forty days' Chorus God moved in the wind storm, he rose in the wind storm He troubled everybody in mind So Jonah went dow...

I have a friend lives up in Portland, I stayed there with him one time He had a new a pair of high-top sneakers, didn't fit him but they fit me fine I laced up his Converse sneakers, we drove down the California line After we played a little gig in Chico, he h...

I had to leave her when I done her wrong Figured I can come back before too long And too soon as I moved out, you started comin' around Just like an old friend to kick me when I'm down Seems you got the story on the rumor mill She had a billionaire uncle, she...

I try to travel around with less and less Tried them all and the simple way is the way that's best I save a lot of time not havin' to choose What color shirt I wear or which pair of shoes I don't need the guitar to sing my song Wherever I land, I'll always get...