I can’t wait, wait for you to change your mindIt’s late, I’m tryin’ to walk the lineWell, it’s way past midnightAnd there’s some people all aroundSome on their way up, some on their way downThe air burns and I’m tryin’ to think straightAn’ I don’t know how much longer I […]
How many roads must a man walk down,before you call him a man?How many seas must a white dove fly,before she sleeps in the sand?And how many times must a cannon ball fly,before they’re forever banned?The answer my friend is blowing in the wind,the answer is blowing in the wind.How […]
Bye and bye, I’m breathin’ a lover’s sighI’m sittin’ on my watch so I can be on timeI’m singin’ love’s praises with sugar-coated rhymeBye and bye, on you I’m casting my eye I’m paintin’ the town – swinging my partner aroundI know who I can depend on, I know who […]
Well, today has been a sad ol’ lonesome dayYeah, today has been a sad ol’ lonesome dayI’m just sittin’ here thinkingWith my mind a million miles away Well, they’re doing the double shuffle, throwin’ sand on the floorThey’re doing the double shuffle, they’re throwin’ sand on the floorWhen I left […]
Well, they’ll stone you when you’re trying to be so goodThey’ll stone you just like they said they wouldThey’ll stone you when you’re trying to go homeThen they’ll stone you when you’re there all aloneBut I would not feel so all aloneEverybody must get stoned Well, they’ll stone you when […]
May God bless and keep you always,May your wishes all come true,May you always do for othersAnd let others do for you.May you build a ladder to the starsAnd climb on every rung,May you stay forever young,Forever young, forever young,May you stay forever young. May you grow up to be […]
Mama, take this badge off of meI can’t use it anymore.It’s gettin’ dark, too dark for me to seeI feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door. Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s doorKnock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s doorKnock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s doorKnock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door Mama, put my […]
I’m a-walkin’ through the summer nightsThe jukebox playing lowYesterday everything was goin’ too fastToday it’s moving too slow. I got no place left to turnI got nothing left to burnDon’t know if I saw youIf I would kiss you or kill youIt probably wouldn’t matter to you anyhowYou left me […]
The seasons they are turnin’ and my sad heart is yearnin’To hear again the songbird’s sweet melodious toneWon’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone? The dusky light, the day is losingOrchids, poppies, black-eyed SusanThe earth and sky that melts with flesh and boneWon’t you meet me out in […]
Gonna walk down that dirt road‘Til someone lets me rideGonna walk down that dirt road‘Til someone lets me rideIf I can’t find my babyI’m gonna run away and hide. Well, I’ve been pacin’ ’round the roomHopin’ maybe she’d come backPacin’ ’round the roomHopin’ maybe she’d come backWell, I’ve been praying […]
Well, my heart’s in the highlands, gentle and fairHoney suckle bloomin’ in the wildwood airBluebells blazin’ where the Aberdeen waters flowWell, my heart’s in the highlands, I’m gonna go there whenI feel good enough to go. Windows were shakin’ all night in my dreamsEverything was exactly the way that it […]
Well, I had to go down and see a guy named Mr. GoldsmithA nasty, dirty, double-crossin’, back-stabbin’ phony I didn’t wanna have to be dealin’ withBut I did it for you and all you gave me was a smileWell, I cried for you – now it’s your turn to cry […]
Summer days, summer nights are goneSummer days and the summer nights are goneI know a place where there’s still somethin’ going on I got a house on a hill, I got hogs all out on in the mudI got a house on a hill, I got hogs out lying in […]
Up on the withe varendaShe wears a nektieand a panama hetHer passport shows a face>>From another time and placeshe looks nothin’ like thatAnd all the remnats of herrecent past are scatterd in the wild windshe walks across the marblefloorwhere a voice from the gambling room iscllin’ her to come on […]
High water risin’ – risin’ night and dayAll the gold and silver are being stolen awayBig Joe Turner lookin’ East and WestFrom the dark room of his mindHe made it to Kansas CityTwelfth Street and VineNothing standing thereHigh water everywhere High water risin’, the shacks are slidin’ downFolks lose their […]
