My roots are deeper than the bones, the others My colors that change with the sun My branches, we?re higher Than anything on the hillside On the day that
Never woulda hitch hiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love Never woulda caught the train to Louisian' if it hadn't been for love Never woulda run
There's a light on in the kitchen where I've been losin' sleep It seems to me since you've been gone the dark got twice as deep My mind tries to forget
There are walls made of paper, and walls made of stone and some that are made out of livin' alone I built a wall no one could break down locked up my
Been up and down this lonesome highway coast to coast and back again I just had to do things my way had to go against the wind Cause I?ve been dreaming
I cannot wait for dawn to break I must be on my way before I pass this way again be many a dark dark day The sheriff does not know my face he does not
Well, Judge looked down gave me fourty days instead of the fine that I could not pay said walk right you'll soon be home cross the line and you're on
Won't you bury me beneath the tree where my family lies where my family lies let the fog lay low on the mountain high hear the willow cry hear the willow
Theres a place in a piney hollow that no one but me can find some choctaw built it in the hillside stone by stone in a simpler time Its a holy place
I'm a cool 3 lbs of cold blue steel I shoot even deader than the way I feel made to fit right in your hand why i'll never understand I coulda been a
Those midnight tears find me in the darkness they make a moanful sound no one sees and no one hears my midnight tears fallin' down My friends wonder
Drinkin dark whiskey, tellin' white lies one leads to another on a Saturday night don't you cross your heart unless you hope to die drinkin dark whiskey
I keep waitin' for you to want me like you always did before but ya pass right by like you don't know me I guess that train don't stop here anymore
If you can't be good be gone don't tell my love it don't belong you got no right to do me wrong if you can't be good be gone you say one thing and mean
Through the window pane a voice comes callin' like a whisper on the wind it's just a sound of a memory talkin' another lonesome night that never ends
I know our days are heaven sent lord knows I know not where they went shake my head and I wonder how I'll ever get to heaven now An angel came one winter
My roots are deeper than the bones the others my colors they change with the sun my branches we?re higher than anything on the hillside on the day that