Why Henry Drinks Drive-By Truckers

Them stories that you tell me are so hard to swallow You said, "Go to hell", but I know you'd just follow The future's closing in quicker than you think And hanging with you I know why Henry drinks Those

The Day John Henry Died Drive-By Truckers

That hammer rang out through the night the day John Henry died.

Truckers Atlas modest mouse

Truckers Atlas I'm going to Colorado to unload my head I'm going to New York City and that's in New York,friends I'm going to Arizona sex on the rocks all warm and red and we bled and the writing

Zip City Drive-By Truckers

"Your Daddy was mad as hell He was mad at me and you As he tied that chain to the front of my car and pulled me out of that ditch that we slid into Don't know what his problem is Why he keeps dragging

Late For Church Drive-By Truckers

I walk past pews I can tell they think I'm a sinner I hear them whisper while I'm watching my shoes The only seat left is right up front I'm not a bit surprised The back is soft but the seat is hard Why

Margo and Harold Drive-By Truckers

I don't want to see why Harold's now skinny. I don't want to see Margo's bikini. So if they call, tell them you ain't seen me or that I'm in too much pain. Harold and Margo, taking aim.

Days Of Graduation Drive-By Truckers

I guess that's why Bobby had his lights off, Tear-assing threw the back part of town and those deserted country roads where me and Bobby tear-assed so many times before.

The Tough Sell Drive-By Truckers

She's a beauty, yes sir she is, said EZ Dan Fifty five, a bad age, smelling of Brut from Fabrege' and sweat EZ Dan don't bathe a lot these days And why the hell should he anyway?

Panties In Your Purse Drive-By Truckers

t mean it By the way I rolled my eyes When you said,"It wasn?

The Living Bubba Drive-By Truckers

I wake up tired and I wake up pissed Wonder how I ended up like this I wonder why things happen like they do But I don't wonder long 'cause I got a show to do I'm sick at my stomach from the A.Z.T.

Loaded Gun In The Closet Drive-By Truckers

loaded gun in the closet And another one in the dresser drawer Just in case the one in the closet Didn't make a big enough hole She has breakfast ready every morning And his lunch in a box sitting out by

Where The Devil Don't Stay Drive-By Truckers

the twenty-niners It didn't take a hole in the ground to put the bottom in their face Back in the thirties when the dust bowl dried And the woods in Alabama didn't see no light My Daddy played poker by

Puttin' People On The Moon Drive-By Truckers

Huntsville, They puttin' people on the moon So I took to runnin' numbers for this man I used to know And I sell a few narcotics and I sell a little blow I ain't getting rich now but I'm gettin' more than by

John Henry Harry Belafonte

John Henry he could hammer, He could whistle, he could sing He went to the mountain early in the mornin'' Just to hear his hammer ring, Lord, Lord Just to hear his hammer ring.

John Henry Sonny Terry

When John Henry was a little baby, sitting on his daddy's knee, Pointed he figured out a little piece of steel, "Steel's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord, steel's gonna be the death of me, Well

The Deeper In Drive-By Truckers

By the time you were born, there were four other siblings With your mama awaiting your daddy in jail And your oldest brother was away at a home And you didn't meet him 'til you were nineteen years old

Sink Hole Drive-By Truckers

I've always been a religious manI've always been a religious manBut I met the banker and it felt like sinHe turned my bailout downThe banker man, he let into meLet into me, let into meThe banker ma...

Hell No, I Ain't Happy Drive-By Truckers

I’ve seen just how much I can stand One night in Kansas City, we thought about killing a man Seen my number fly by on Interstate Ten Seen the mountains of Montana at Seven AM.

Marry Me Drive-By Truckers

Well my daddy didn't pull out, but he never apologizedRock and Roll means well, but it can't help tellin' young boys liesA baby on the ways a good enough reason to get you out aliveGet you out with...

My Sweet Annette Drive-By Truckers

Child, as I look in your eyesYou know my life seems like a minuteThere I find living proofOf all the wonder life hold in itIn the past I thought I had to learnAny good that comes from this life we'...

Outfit Drive-By Truckers

You want to grow up to paint houses like meA trailer in my yard till you're 23You want to be old after 42 yearsKeep dropping the hammer and grinding the gearsWell, I used to go out in a MustangA 30...

Heathens Drive-By Truckers

Ain't nobody got to know what I done And I never hear a single word you say When you tell me not to have my fun It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone And I don't need to be forgiven By

Sounds Better In The Song Drive-By Truckers

When I saw her standing thereWith her bright eyes and shining hairShe was looking back at meSome are meant to singSome are meant to talkAnd some aren't meant to say a thingWhen she opened up her mo...

Your Daddy Hates Me Drive-By Truckers

I know your Daddy hates meAnd I got a room in hell reservedI know he wants to kill meAnd it's the least that I deserveBut I always loved his daughterThat's something that I know you knowJust someti...

Careless Drive-By Truckers

Be careful that you don'tUse up your ninth oneWe all were careless onceWe all were careless onceIt can be too much funJust going round onceIt all can slip awayOne banana peel awayYou left this big ...

When The Pin Hits The Shell Drive-By Truckers

same one you're gonna answer to When the pin hits the shell Well, your sister's been blaming everybody And I don't blame her man, I guess I'd do the same If you were my brother, man, I'd probably stand by

Do It Yourself Drive-By Truckers

My Daddy called me on a Friday morningSo sad to tell me just what you've doneYou tried so hard to make us all hate youBut in the end you was the only oneSick, tired, pissed and wiredYou never thoug...

Decoration Day Drive-By Truckers

anymore But I know the caliber in Daddy's chest I know what Holland Hill drives The State let him go, but I guess it was best 'Cause nobody needs all us Lawsons alive Daddy said one of the boys had come by

Tornadoes Drive-By Truckers

The clouds started forming, five o'clock pmThe funnel clouds touched down five miles north of RussellvilleThe siren's were blowing, clouds spat rainAnd as the thing came through, I swear, it sounde...

Carl Perkins' Cadillac Drive-By Truckers

Life ain't nothing but a blending up of all the ups and downsDammit Elvis, don't you knowYou made your Mama so proudBefore you ever made that record, before there ever was a SunBefore you ever lost...

The Sands Of Iwo Jima Drive-By Truckers

George A. was at the movies in December '41They announced it in the lobby what had just gone onHe drove up from Birmingham, back to the family's farmThought he'd get him a deferment, there's was mu...

The Boys From Alabama Drive-By Truckers

We gonna take you up to McMary county TennesseeBack in the days when Sheriff BufordBusted around things around thereSheriff Buford PusserWas tryin to clean up McMary county TennesseeFrom all them b...

Cottonseed Drive-By Truckers

coat and another one in my boot I drove a big ole Cadillac, bought a new one anytime I pleased And I put more lawmen in the ground than Alabama put cottonseed I spent a few years on vacation, sanctioned by

The Buford Stick Drive-By Truckers

Now Sheriff Buford Pusser's gotten too big for his britchesWith his book reviews and movie dealsDown at the car lot makin' public appearancesFor breakin' up our homes and stillsI know he likes to b...

Daddy's Cup Drive-By Truckers

to make them run and he knew one day he would See his name in victory lane and engraved on that cup Just like all them other crazy fools with racing in their blood He would put me on his lap when he'd drive

Never Gonna Change Drive-By Truckers

Let this be a lesson to you, girlDon't come around where you know you don't belongThey're riding on the avenue and probably coming after youAnd they all look mean and strongMean and strong like liq...

Lookout Mountain Drive-By Truckers

Come walk with me through endless timeSee what has been and what the future seesShare the wisdom of the old world that has passedStep in a life that's yet to be bornYou spill the bloodEternal soulI...

Goddamn Lonely Love Drive-By Truckers

Sister, listen to what your daddy says Don't be ashamed of things that hide behind your dress Belly up and arch your back Well I ain't really fallin' asleep I'm fadin' to black And you could come to me by

Bulldozers and Dirt Drive-By Truckers

I met your mama when I was sixteenYou couldn't have been anymore than threeShe caught me stealing y'all's color TVShe called the cops and they arrested meShe was the wildest thing I'd ever seenThe ...

Nine Bullets Drive-By Truckers

My roommate's gun got nine bullets in itNine bullets in my roommate's gunMy roommate's gun got nine bullets in itGonna find a use for every last oneOne for the love who chose to betray meA real fin...

Uncle Frank Drive-By Truckers

They powered up the city with hydro-electric juiceNow we got more electricity we can ever useThey flooded out the hollow and all the folks down there moved outBut they got paid so there ain't nothi...

Box of Spiders Drive-By Truckers

Gran Gran keeps a box of spidersSays they're on me when I sleepWaiting in the out-house for meUnderneath the seatGreat-grandmothers 'bout ninety-sevenShe is sure when she gets to heavenOld St. Pete...

One of These Days Drive-By Truckers

If I had a dime for every timeI heard my old man say one of these daysI wouldn't be like my old man todayTalking 'bout places that he'd beenBack in his younger days that he was gonna go backTo agai...

The Company I Keep Drive-By Truckers

they showed me the door I keep their picture but don't look at it no more My first wife told me, you need to get a life My third wife told me to get another wife I brought a bottle and the van's parked by

The President's Penis Is Missing Drive-By Truckers

(NEWS FLASH!!!) (scene: the press corps have descended upon the White House, a spokesperson begins to speak:)They looked in the White House and Capitol HillThey looked everywhere for Buffalo BillWe...

Tales Facing Up Drive-By Truckers

Me and my brother's old lady went out and got stinking, She solved her curiosities about me by the railroad tracks.

Love Like This Drive-By Truckers

dawn But your mama she'll be calling, if she ain't knocking on the door And it won't take me long to remember what I brought that bottle home for And we'll all get to fighting, just like we always do By

Mrs. Dubose Drive-By Truckers

she's paid to be around Condemned and scared for all she knows You better look at the road when you pass she gonna fix you with that evil eye unless your hotdin' your old man's hand you better pass on by

Zoloft Drive-By Truckers

All my family problems disappeared over nightWe're all taking Zoloft and everything is fineMy sister's teen angst just flew out the windowMama's so happy she laughs all the timeUsed to have trouble...

The Night G.G. Allin Came To Town Drive-By Truckers

We were bored, there was nothing going on.Might as well stay at home and drink until we pass out again.Then drink some more when the morning comes.Memphis was sinking into the Mississippi.We were d...