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In the graveyard
Graveyard
It's a new game, causing pain
You know I've got you on my brain
It's the kind of hell you'll never know
Girls like you just turn me cold
But I guess you found my weaker side
Resistance, God how I tried
But I've got it bad I must confess
To tell the truth I've done my best
But you treat me like poison
Even with the lights on
Guess I might as well be dead
Oh, I'm in the graveyard
Tried whiskey to ease your hex
It made it worse, my life's a wreck
The pills I took to numb my pain
Only brought visions of you again
I'd put the noose around my neck
But the way I feel, I'd probably break
Love must be an evil curse
I've tried to fight, It just gets worse
Your love is like an endless hell
What you do to me you know too well
You won't give me the time
I'm on the firing line
Convicted and disposed
You look but eyes are closed
Out On A Wire
Get some sticks and a set of wheels
Get to where it's going on
I'll bet with strange that's just like me
I can feel like I belong
Gettin' it straight - gettin' it set
Maybe someday they won't forget
That I'm out on a wire
I tried so hard to be like
To fit into your plans
But school for me and reality
Are hard to understand
Gettin' it cut - getting it straight
Being on time without being late
I'm out on a wire
It's tough for you to think like me
In a life with your demands
Your rules and laws just crowd me in
I've got nowhere left to stand
You've pushed and held, am I so wrong
To break away and go beyond
I'm out on a wire
Can't Help Falling In Love
(Weiss, Peretti & Creatore)
Wise men say only fools rush in
but I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I say would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes some things are meant to be
take my hand, take my whole life, too
for I can't falling in love with you
Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes some things are meant to be
take my hand, take my whole life, too
for I can't falling in love with you
for I can't falling in love with you
Parchment Farm (Allison)
I'm sitting over here on Parchman farm.
I'm sitting over here on Parchman farm.
I'm sitting over here on Parchman farm,
Ain't never done no man no harm
Well, I'm putting that cotton in a never-full sack.
Well, I'm putting that cotton in a never-full sack.
Well, I'm putting that cotton in a never-full sack,
A twelve-gauge shotgun at my back.
I'm sitting over here on Parchman farm.
I'm sitting over here on Parchman farm.
I'm sitting over here on Parchman farm,
Ain't never done no man no harm.
These are the original Mose Allison lyrics... don't know what Fred makes out of it sometimes!
Dead In The Saddle
You used to carry the flag
You were the soldier
You used to head the point
You were the older
You used to fight for peace
War was no stranger
You used to walk the line
Right into danger
The wind cries
Dead in the saddle
You used to hold me up
When you were younger
You had the coldest eyes
They put me under
You weren't they only one
Who felt like crying
You weren't the only one
Who felt like dying
The wind dries
Dead in the saddle
You used to stare the night
For distant thunder
You used to have a look
That made me wonder
You held the hand of death
When you rode into battle
As you rode like the wind
You could hear deaths rattle
The wind cries
Dead In the saddle
Hey Joe (Public Domain)
Hey Joe
Where you going with that gun in your hand
Hey Joe
Where you going with that gun in your hand
Going down to shoot my old lady
You know I caught her messing around with another man
Going down to shoot my old lady
You know I caught her messing around on me
Hey Joe
I heard that you shot your old lady down
Hey Joe
I heard that you shot your old lady down
Yes I did, I shot her her
You know, I caught that girl messing around town
Yes I did, I shot her her
You know, I caught that girl messing around town
I took out my gun,
Then I shot her
I shot her
Hey Joe
Where you gonna run to now
Hey Joe
Where you gonna run to now
Where you gonna go
Ain't no hangman gonna
Get a rope around me
Ain't no hangman gonna
Get a rope around me. (no one gonna)
Goin' way down south
Way down to Mexico way
Goin' way down south
Way down where I can be free
Don't Burn The Fires
Running away, I knew I was wrong
I's tried to fit in where I didn't belong
Wearing their clothes, playing their games
Being a part of that urban decay
Don't burn the fires, I'm never coming home
When the morning sky was cold and grey
I could hear the whispers of my own mistakes
Those warning eyes, that final touch
No one seemed to care that much
So don't burn the fires, I'm never coming home
And when I'd reached my destination
I thought someday I might return
Cause deep inside was the need
to feel the home fires burn
But a faltering voice merely whispered
My name as if we'd never expected to
hear it again, and my heart grew
cold to that indifferent sound
as I slowly laid the receiver down
Where Did I Go Wrong
My eyes on the fire
It's burning me down
I tried to walk away but
that's all over now
I promised you'd be
The better part of me
But when I cut the ties
I thought I'd be free
And when I tried to tell you
That I would soon be gone
So tell me babe
Where did I go wrong?
I followed that dream
The one fools only seek
I thought the world of you
But, I thought more of me
Remember Me
I clutched at the broken strings
As you let go of me
And in my darkest hour
I never thought you'd set me free
And now that you've gone beyond
You think I don't belong
It's not easy to pretend
Remember me
I was in the crowded season
When the leaves began to fall
I was in the mainline then
You were up against the wall
I couldn't see the end was near
You told me what I wanted to hear
It was easy to pretend
Remember me
And as I walked away
The changes that I saw
At once I was sure you'd made it
Just to see me crawl
And I remember you
Sooner or later I swear
I'll be taken on that long hard ride
Down to those sunset towers
Where you can hear lost angels cry
Falling like fire and rain
Back to my seeds again
It's so easy to pretend
Remember me
I remember you
I Hate The Blues
You know my life would be easy
If people would leave me alone
Stop steppin' on my fingers
That I've been working to the bone
Maybe then I could come back to you
God damn I hate the blues
I've tried to put them I a bottle
Some people put' em in their arm
Either way they're gonna kill you
Slowly eat away your heart
If only I could stop the thought of you
God damn I hate the blues
I never learned to listen
To the promises I made
I never thought you'd stay away
leaving me to take the blame
I never thought you'd follow through
God damn I hate the blues
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