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“ Thirty two teeth in a jawbone / Alabama cryin for none / Before I have to hit... ”
“ I was born in the desert Raised in a lion's den / I was born in the desert Raised in a lion's... ”
“ Sleepy alligator in the noonday sun / Sleepin by the river just like he usually... ”
“ I told Althea I was feeling lost / Lacking in some direction / Althea told me upon... ”
“ Lay down my dear brother, lay down and take your... ”
“ Well this job I've got is just a little too hard, / Running out of money, Lord, I need more... ”
“ I had a hard run / Running from your window / I was all night running, running... ”
“ Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call? / Big boss man, can't you hear me when I... ”
“ Well my mama told me, my papa told me too, / Now my mama told me, papa told me... ”
“ When the last rose of summer pricks my finger / And the hot sun chills me to the... ”
“ All of my friends come to see me last night / I was laying in my bed and... ”
“ Bringing me down, / I'm running aground / Blind in the light of the interstate cars. / Passing me... ”
“ A man and a woman come together as strangers / When they part they're usually strangers... ”
“ Arabian wind, The needle's eye is thin, The ships of state sail on... ”
“ Look out of any window / any morning, any evening, any day / Maybe the sun is... ”
“ Fare you well my honey / Fare you well my only true one / All the birds that were... ”
“ There are times that you can beckon / There are times when you must... ”
“ Come all you pretty women / with your hair hanging down / Open up your windows... ”
“ This old engine / makes it on time / Leaves Central Station / at a quarter to nine / Hits River... ”
“ I went down one day, I went down one day to see a Gypsy woman, / Just one old day, yes I... ”
“ Look for awhile at the China Cat Sunflower / proud-walking jingle in the midnight... ”
“ A pistol shot at 5 o'clock / The bells of heaven ring / "Tell me what you done it... ”
“ Well I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life / Run me out in the cold rain and... ”
“ Cosmic Charlie how do you do / Truckin' in style along the avenue / Dum de dum de do da lee... ”
“ Your rain falls like crazy fingers / Peals of fragile thunder keeping... ”
“ No, no! She can't take your mind and leave / I know it's just another trick she's got up her... ”
“ I can't stay much longer, Melinda, The sun is getting... ”
“ Hey, comin' out around the world be ready for a brand new... ”
“ I'd rather be in some dark hollow where the sun don't ever... ”
“ Dark star crashes / pouring its light / into ashes / Reason tatters / the forces tear loose / from the... ”
“ Since it cost a lot to win / and even more to lose / You and me bound to spend some... ”
“ Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune, something to make us all feel... ”
“ In the timbers of Fennario / the wolves are running round / The winter was so hard and... ”
“ Sitting in Mangrove Valley chasing lightbeams / Everything wanders from baby to... ”
“ Don't ease, don't ease, don't ease me in. / I've been all night long commin' home, don't ease me... ”
“ When I was just a little young boy, / Papa said "Son, you'll never get... ”
“ Good, good morning, so good to see you weren't just a dream of... ”
“ I been balling a shiny black steel jack-hammer, / been chippin' up rocks for the great... ”
“ Out in the West Texas town of El Paso I fell in love with a Mexican /... ”
“ My time coming, anyday, don't worry about me, no / Been so long I felt this way, I'm in no hurry... ”
“ Right outside this lazy summer home / you ain't got time to call your soul a critic... ”
“ Inside you're burnin' I can see clear through / Your eyes tell more than you mean them... ”
“ Long distance runner, what you standin' there for? / Get up, get out, get out of the... ”
“ Carve your name / Carve your name in ice and wind / Search for where / Search for where the rivers... ”
“ In another times forgotten space / Your eyes looked from your mother's... ”
“ Voices slide down off the mountain, sunlight turning red / Falls on the earth and it... ”
“ Goin' down the road feelin' bad. / Goin' down the road feelin' bad. / Goin' down the road feelin'... ”
“ Well, I was feelin' so bad, asked my family doctor 'bout what I... ”
“ Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with... ”
“ Moses come ridin' up on a quasar / His spurs were jingling, the door was... ”
“ Rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb, you know better but I know... ”
“ Well I was drinkin' last night with a biker / And I showed him a picture of... ”
“ Paradise waits, on the crest of a wave, her angels in... ”
“ Wake of the flood, laughing water, forty-nine, / Get out the pans, don't just stand there... ”
“ You told me goodbye, how was I to know / you didn't mean goodbye, you meant please don't let me... ”
“ You said you was hurtin', almost lost your mind; / 'Cause the man you love, hurts you all the... ”
“ I know you, rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone; / I know you, rider, gonna miss me when I'm... ”
“ I need a woman 'bout twice my age / A lady of nobility, gentility and... ”
“ Little girl lost / In a forest of dreams. / It's a dark old wood / And it's damp with... ”
“ Up on the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I'll take my... ”
“ If I had the world to give, I'd give it to... ”
“ Annie laid her head down in the roses. / She had ribbons, ribbons, ribbons, in her long brown... ”
“ We can share the women / We can share the wine / We can share what we got of... ”
“ Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans, / Way back in the woods among the... ”
“ Well, there ain't nobody safer than someone who doesn't... ”
“ Well you know Katie Mae is a good girl / Folks say she don't run around at... ”
“ Gonna hop in the hack then turn on the key, / Pop in the clutch, let the wheels roll... ”
“ Awoke today, felt your side of the bed; / The covers were still warm where you been... ”
“ Loose Lucy is my delight, she come runnin' and we ball all... ”
“ If I had a gun for every ace I have drawn, / I could arm a town the size of... ”
“ Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train, / Feeling nearly faded as my... ”
“ Me and my uncle went ridin' down, / South Colorado, West Texas bound. / We stopped over in Santa... ”
“ On the day when I was born Daddy sat down and... ”
“ My baby gives me the finance blues, Tax me to the limit of my... ”
“ Once upon a time there was an engineer. / Drove a locomotive both far and... ”
“ Walk me out in the morning dew my honey, / Walk me out in the morning dew... ”
“ I take a little powder, take a little salt, put it in my shotgun, I go... ”
“ My brother Esau killed a hunter / Back in 1969 / And before the killing was... ”
“ Last leaf fallen bare earth where green was born, / Black Madonna two eagles hang against a... ”
“ Please don't dominate the rap, jack, if you've got nothing new to... ”
“ I wanna tell you how it's gonna be, you're gonna give your love to... ”
“ Been all around this whole round world, / Lord, I just got back to... ”
“ Why I married me a bad girl, tell you the reason why / Bad girls will even do things on the... ”
“ I went down to the mountain, I was drinking some... ”
“ Firefly, can you see me? / Shine on, glowing, brief and brightly / Could you imagine? One summer... ”
“ South of Market in the land of ruin / You get all manner of action / Tinsel tigers in The Metal... ”
“ Some folks trust to reason / Others trust to might / I don't trust to... ”
“ Out on the edge of an empty highway, howling at the blood on the... ”
“ Just like Jack the Ripper, just like Mojo Hand, / Just like Billy Sunday, in a shotgun ragtime... ”
“ If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine / And my tunes were played on the harp... ”
“ Boots were of leather, a breath of cologne / the mirror was a window she sat by... ”
“ Julie catch a rabbit by his hair / Come back steppin' like to walk on... ”
“ This must be heaven, tonight I cross the line. / You must be the angel, I though I might never... ”
“ As I was walkin' 'round Grosvenor Square / Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the... ”
“ You tell me this town ain't got no heart. Well, well, well, you can never... ”
“ Went to see the captain, strangest I could find, / Laid my proposition down, laid it on the... ”
“ Mississippi River so big and wide, blond haired woman on the other... ”
“ Beautiful lie / You can pray / You can pay / Till you're buried alive / Blackmailer... ”
“ Oh, smokestack lightnin', shinin' just like gold / Why can't you hear me cryin'... ”
“ 1948, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town / Stagger Lee shot Billy... ”
“ Standing on the moon / I got no cobweb on my shoe / Standing on the moon / I'm feeling so alone and... ”
“ All the years combine, they melt into a dream, / A broken angel sings from a... ”
“ Sugar magnolia, blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't... ”
“ Gazing at the fire, burning by the water / Before he speaks the world around us... ”
“ Cold iron shackles, ball and chain, / Listen to the whistle of the evenin'... ”
“ While you were gone / these spaces filled with darkness / The obvious was... ”
“ Let my inspiration flow / in token lines suggesting rhythm / that will not forsake... ”
“ Inspiration, move me brightly / light the song with sense and color, / hold away... ”
“ The other day they waited, the sky was dark and... ”
“ [Instrumental]... ”
“ Spanish lady come to me, she lays on me this rose. / It rainbow spirals round and... ”
“ And when the day had ended, with rainbow colors blended, / Their minds remained... ”
“ High green chilly winds and windy vines / In loops around the twisted shafts of... ”
“ See that girl, barefootin' along, / Whistlin' and singin', she's a carryin'... ”
“ There's mosquitoes on the river Fish are rising up like birds / It's been hot for seven weeks... ”
“ I feel tears welling up from down deep inside, / Like my heart's got a big... ”
“ Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free / Dizzy with... ”
“ Till the morning comes, it'll do you fine. / Till the morning comes, like a highway... ”
“ To lay me down, once more / to lay me down with my head in sparklin'... ”
“ Must be getting early, clock are running late. / Paint my love a morning sky, it's all... ”
“ Truckin' got my chips cashed in. Keep truckin', like the do-dah... ”
“ Without a warning you broke my heart, takin' it baby, tore it... ”
“ Red and white, blue suede shoes, I'm Uncle Sam, how do you... ”
“ Blue light rain, whoa unbroken chain, / Looking for familiar faces in an empty window... ”
“ Well the first days are the hardest days / don't you worry any... ”
“ The judge decreed it, the clerk he wrote it. / Clerk he wrote it down... ”
“ Wake up little Susie, wake up. Wake up little Susie, wake... ”
“ We don't own this place, though we act as if we... ”
“ Winter rain, now tell me why, Summers fade, and roses die. / The answer came; the wind and... ”
“ Morning comes, she follows the path to the river... ”
“ Waves of violet go crashing and laughing / The rainbow winged singing birds fly 'round the... ”
“ Shaking in the forest, what have you to fear? / Here there may be tigers, to punch you in the... ”
“ The news is out, all over town that you've been seen, out runnin'... ”