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I was ridin' number nine Headin' south from Caroline I heard that lonesome whistle blow Got in trouble had to roam Left my gal and left my home I heard that lonesome whistle blow Just a kid actin' smart I went and broke my darlin's heart I guess I was too you...

Well, the diamonds fades quickly when matched to the face of Maria All the harps they sound empty when she lifts her lips to the sky the brown of her skin makes her hair seem a soft golden rainfall that spills from the mountains to the bottomless depths of...

Ribbons of love, please keep me true sane Until I reach home on the morrow Never, never to wander again I'm weak and I'm weary of sorrow London to Dublin, Australia to Perth I gazed at your sky, I tasted your earth Sung out my heart for what it was wort...

Mister gator he's a-glidin' down the bayou Mister buzzard he's a-slidin' through the air Mister turtle be a-hittin' the highway I ain't goin' nowhere I ain't leavin you love, babe I ain't leavin you love, babe Not for heaven above, babe I ain't leavin you lov...

You live on your hill so high and so lonely You toss out your bread crumbs to those down below They think you're a king, believe me it's only Because they're too blinded to know Your castle is dingy and dirty and dismal Your carpets are faded, your walls are...

We met in the springtime when blossoms unfold The pastures were green and the meadows were gold Our love was in flower as summer grew on Her love like the leaves now has withered and gone. The roses have faded, there's frost at my door The birds in the mornin...

A few announcements for the people who just came in The other people have heard it five times already, I'm sure The restrooms are upstairs Pay phone's upstairs Pool table's upstairs Foosball's upstairs Cigarette machine's upstairs (Now, wait wait wait, we're n...

At my window Watching the sun go Hoping the stars know It's time to shine Daydreams Aloft on dark wings Soft as the sun streams At days decline Living is laughing Dying says nothing at all Baby and I are laying here Watching the evening fall Time flows Throu...

I seen you drivin' 'round In your brand new automobile I see you drivin' 'round Babe, in your brand new automobile You're lookin' happy baby with your handsome Your handsome driver at the wheel Well, come on, get me Baby, let's go and have some fun I just wan...

Your eyes seek conclusion in all this confusion of mine Though you and I both know it's only the warm glow of wine That's got you to feeling this way, but I don't care, I want you to stay And hold me and tell me you'll be here to love me today Children are d...

Well, I been up the Mississippi to the Manitoba line I've been downstream to the Gulf of Mexico Followed the sun out west to Californ And there just ain't no place left for me to go Spent a lonesome month in Maine and a year in Louisian Packed my bags and hit...

Well Billy went down to the battleground To find a little trinket he could call his own Didn't see nothin' lying around He decided he'd dig awhile Well he dug her up and he dug her down 'Fore too long he found some bones Poor little Billy couldn't make a sound...

Oh babe, don't lie lonesome after I'm gone Don't mourn your young life away Just lower me down with a prayer and a song Just 'fore the breaking of day Just 'fore the breaking of day Well, it's a life worth the living but we all gotta die All your crying...

Big blond mama, Lord Apartment 213 Where she moves like a cobra snake And she treats me like a king Roll me over easy, mama Oh, roll me over slow Do your best to please me, Lord And I'm bound to take you with me when I go I got a Nashville woman, Lord She ca...

I got a black widow spider for mama, Lord Got a diamond-backed rattler for pa Well, I got me a woman down in New Orleans Got a friend in Arkansas Got a morning full of make believe Got an evening full of time I've got the hands, pretty lady Gonna make you gr...

I gotta guitar all my own I gotta quarter for the telephone I ain't headed down this highway all alone One two three and maybe four Honey they're knockin' on my door I know you're gonna miss me when I'm gone Got no daddy but I got a ma Think she lives in Arka...

My home is in the blue ridge mountains My home is in the blue ridge mountains My home is in the blue ridge mountains And I ain't comin' back here anymore I had me a mother that could pray, boys She prayed for me both night and day, boys And I tore down every...

Blue wind's blown my dreams away My darling's flown and she's gone to stay All I got now is yesterday And I don't know what to do I guess I'll go downtown and see Just what downtown can do for me Maybe set my lonesome free Or maybe let me go I loved her true...

I got a brand new companion Man, I'm gonna do my best this time I got a brand new companion Man, I'm gonna do my best this time You know she cools me with her breathin' Chases away those howlin' bottles of wine She fits just like my guitar Man, she's near as...

Brother flower, are you listenin'? Let me sing a song for you Brother flower, petals glistenin', In the bashful mornings dew Brother flower, when the sun shines And the dew has flown away If you don't mind weak and wrong rhymes Brother flower, may I stay? B...