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 seemsWoke up this mornin’ and […]
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 awhile I don’t carry dead […]
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 the mudGot a long haired […]
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 inshe smilesand walks the other […]
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 possessions – folks are leaving […]
Shadows are fallin’ and I’ve been here all dayIt’s too hot to sleep and time is runnin’ awayFeel like my soul has turned into steelI’ve still got the scars that the sun didn’t healThere’s not even room enough to be anywhereIt’s not dark yet but it’s gettin’ there. Well, my sense of humanity has gone […]
Come gather ’round friendsAnd I’ll tell you a taleOf when the red iron pits ran plenty.But the cardboard filled windowsAnd old men on the benchesTell you now that the whole town is empty. In the north end of town,My own children are grownBut I was raised on the other.In the wee hours of youth,My mother […]
"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief,"There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief.Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,None of them along the line know what any of it is worth." "No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,"There are many here […]
I got my back to the sun ’cause the light is too intenseI can see what everybody in the world is up againstYou can’t turn back – you can’t come back, sometimes we push too farOne day you’ll open up your eyes and you’ll see where we are Sugar Baby get on down the roadYou […]
Every step of the way we walk the lineYour days are numbered, so are mineTime is pilin’ up, we struggle and we scrapeWe’re all boxed in, nowhere to escape City’s just a jungle, more games to playTrapped in the heart of it, trying to get awayI was raised in the country, I been workin’ in […]