She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol And I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal Well, she pressed her chest against me About the time
I wish, I hope, I wonder, where you're at sometimes Is your back against the wall or just across the line? Have you been standing in the rain reciting
She don't like her eggs all runny She thinks crossin' her legs is funny She looks down her nose at money She gets it on like the Easter Bunny She's my
Here's the story of a man and his family And a big trip that they took Well, I heard all about in a restaurant And I read it in a history book They rented
In an Appalachian, Greyhound station She sits there waitin', in a family way "Goodbye brother, tell mom, I love her Tell all the others, I'll write someday
While digesting Reader's Digest in the back of a dirty book store A plastic flag, with gum on the back fell out on the floor Well, I picked it up and
I'm goin' down to the Greyhound Station gonna get a ticket to ride Gonna find that lady with two or three kids and sit down by her side Ride 'til the
I saw you all dolled up Singing a song in your pickup truck You put me on a morning train You put me on a morning train Ain't no need to explain You put
Way up on Bear Creek, watching the sun go down Way up on Bear Creek, watching the sun go down Well, it makes me feel like I'm on my last go 'round Well
Well, I once knew a man who was going insane He let love chase him right up a tree It took the police and a fire truck just to bring him back down Oh,
Back before I was a movie star Straight off of the farm I had a picture of another man's wife Tattooed on my arm With a pack of Camel cigarettes In the
She is my everything From her sun tanned shoulders Down to the freckles on her wedding ring Her feet is so warm They can melt the snow in the early spring
A man came to our house I believe it was yesterday I would have invited him in But I didn't have a lot to say His anticipation Of me opening the door
The moon is down All over town The forecast is gray Now that she's gone away The stars in the skies Fell out of her eyes They shattered when they hit
You and me, sittin' in the back of my memory Like a honey bee buzzin' 'round a glass of sweet Chablis Radio's on, windows rolled up and my mind's rolled
As the cafe was closing on a warm summer night And Cathy was cleaning the spoons The radio played the hit parade And I hummed along with the tune She
share one western trait Sadness leaks through tear-stained cheeks From winos to dime-store Jews Probably don't know they give me These late John Garfield
Some humans ain't human Some people ain't kind You open up their hearts And here's what you'll find A few frozen pizzas Some ice cubes with hair A broken