Song For A Deck Hands Daughter James McMurtry

McMurtry He'd always whistle Jolie Blonde On his way out the back door on a Friday night So many times he just stayed gone Rarely did he try to treat your mama right Shut off the tractor with the field

Rachel's Song James McMurtry

Must be a cold front coming Cause I saw the eastbound C&O And the coal cars were dusted with a half inch of snow And that boy'll drive me crazy Don't know what I'll do with him School will be out tomorrow

Hands Like Rain James McMurtry

Slowly crawling 'cross the floor Comes a shadow through the window From the house next door And the dust specks dancing In the last of the light One more evening passing She walked on tiptoes On a gravel

Choctaw Bingo James McMurtry

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Where'd You Hide The Body James McMurtry

in such an awful fright Is it all that bad that you think I shouldn't see Well who you gonna talk to if you can't tell me (chorus) Where'd you hide the body Where'd you stash the loot Just keep your hands

Don't Waste Away James McMurtry

Is that smile for me? Did You come by it honestly? Can I show you around? Can I help you tear your fences down?

Talkin At The Texaco James McMurtry

Well if you're lookin' for a good time You're a little bit late We rolled up the sidewalks At a quarter to eight It's a small town We can't sell you no beer It's a small town, so May I ask what

Terry James McMurtry

McMurtry Terry's off the track Sent him away and he won't be back for a while Fifteen years old One night he lost control Straight shots Staggered out to the parking lot Someone called him names He was

Poor Lost Soul James McMurtry

McMurtry You heard the bright lights calling Many years ago You never came back crawling How you hung in there I don't know You're at home in the big town You got it all figured out Back home they can't

Vague Directions James McMurtry

This place you say you're looking for That's a place I used to know Don't know the number of the road But I can tell you how to go Head on down 'till the pavement ends Used to go back there now and then

Down Across The Delaware James McMurtry

"Bills are paid but it makes no difference To the gods that seem to rule our home Heat shut off for no known reason This old building's got a mind of its own I can tell your footsteps on the stairs

Good Life James McMurtry

Got two cars and a chainlink fence Got insurance for accidents Nevermind what I don't know I dream of places I won't ever go But I lead a good life Yeah, I lead a good life 'N every Sunday we're out at

Rayolight James McMurtry

The streets are emptied out and silent Standing here all stupified and stunned You Say you need a rayolight Had enough of my blinding insight Well I guess I can't blame you none Whatever it is won't go

I'm Not From Here James McMurtry

I'm not from here I just live here Grew up somewhere far away Came here thinking I'd never stay long I'd be going back soon someday It's been a few years since I got here Seen 'em come and I've seen 'em

Angeline James McMurtry

Where I can't find my sleep in the shadows so deep And dark as the doubts in my mind Freight train on the trestle rolling east towards the Natchez Like the one I got off of so long ago Outside of a

Where's Johnny James McMurtry

Young Johnny, he really had a way He did his homework on the school bus And he always got an A And the girls liked Johnny More than anyone 'cept maybe Elton John Later on in high school He couldn't keep

Fuller Brush Man James McMurtry

Momma had no sense with cars She drove a Sunbeam and she drove it hard Left her stranded time and again Didn't matter, you could do that then And they danced on the rooftops Let their hearts run wild Such

Shining Eyes James McMurtry

McMurtry When a telephone rings in an empty room Does it make a sound When I get back from the east coast Will you still be around Well that's hard to say Doesn't look that way Pigeons on the sidewalk

Levelland James McMurtry

Flatter than a tabletop Makes you wonder why they stopped here Wagon must have lost a wheel or they lacked ambition one On the great migration west Separated from the rest Though they might have tried

Safeside (Live Version) James McMurtry

Down in Piedras Negras you gotta watch yourself There's a whole lotta hungry people lookin to share some wealth And when the oilfield's busted and the peso takes a dive Stay off the side streets if you

One More Winter James McMurtry

You come back now, looking for a clue Expecting everybody to fall all over you If you missed it so, this one-light town Why'd you go and leave with the snow coming down?

Melinda James McMurtry

play And the ghosts that kept me out all night We can chase em all away And the talk of those that wonder And the talk of those that curse Let em have their thrill, they'll need it We'll be no more for

Right Here Now James McMurtry

If somebody's calling, it don't mean a thing If I don't feel like talking, I'll just let it ring I Move along slowly and I watch my back And you tell me I'm crazy, but I don't believe that No, I'm right

Too Long In The Wasteland (Live Version) James McMurtry

Hear the trucks on the highway, And the tickin' of the clocks There's a ghost of a moon in the afternoon, Bullet holes in the mailbox Bullet holes in the mailbox, Keyholes in my mind Too long in the wasteland

Too Long In The Wasteland James McMurtry

Hear the trucks on the highway, And the tickin' of the clocks There's a ghost of a moon in the afternoon, Bullet holes in the mailbox Bullet holes in the mailbox, Keyholes in my mind Too long in the wasteland

Outskirts James McMurtry

Light snow falling On the muffler shops and the lumber yards The streets are slick as glass Ditches lined with stranded cars The tow trucks are busy Dealing with the evening rush I might have picked a

Candyland James McMurtry

Ugly pictures on the wall Traffic outbound slowing to a crawl Evening papers on the manicured lawns It never ceases it just goes on and on The people next door don't mind at all They've got 'em a spiked

Crazy Wind James McMurtry

, I'm just laughing at myself I can look so strong yet feel so insecure I'm not crazy, I'm just laughing at myself Even when I look so strong, I feel so small This is the face that I was born with In a

Save Yourself James McMurtry

bores you flat to tears He sends you flowers and birthday cards He tries so hard and he's out of here 'Cause it's all you can handle just to stay okay You don't need nobody's pain You've got no room for

Storekeeper James McMurtry

on the front screen door Your friends 011 moke me nervous You best keep 'em out of my store I don't moke no bones about it I don't need your barefoot blues I con damn sure do without it I keep a

Painting By Numbers James McMurtry

have to tell you you don't call the shots you jump when they say jump and you don't ask how high 'cause painting by numbers they know you'll get by painting by numbers they know you'll get by you take a

Off And Running James McMurtry

I'm out here in the open air And I can't find it anywhere And I'm so lost without it It was such a part of me I guess I'll get along How hard can it be?

A Song For James Ellegarden

can you hear me Nobody wants to sing my song Nobody wants to be my guide Nobody wants to help me out Nowhere I can run and hide Nobody wants to take my hands But I wanna take your hands Yes I

Daughter The smashing pumpkins

Hands that offer Hands that take Someone's daughter Taking me, take me away In the water Just like a snake Someone's daughter Hidden love, slip away And you feel you've been abused For your

Rythmic Dreams James

For a love you dream A dreamer still For you love a dream A dreamer still For you dream A love too bad to meet Where your song is all The wait is still And your song is of Your rage will steal I relax

Reuben James Kenny Rogers

Reuben James In my song you'll live again And the phrases that I rhyme Are just the footsteps out of time From the time when I knew you Reuben James Reuben James, all the folks around Madison County

Something In The Way She Moves (Live At The Colonial Theatre / 2007) James Taylor

We are riding on a railroad, singing some else's song Forever standing by the cross road. Take a side and step along. We are sailing away on a river to the sea. Maybe you an me can meet again.

Riding on a Railroad James Taylor

We are riding on a railroad, singing some else's song. Forever standing by that crossroad, take a side and step along. We are sailing away on a river to the sea. Maybe you and me can meet again.

Still (4AD Session) Daughter

I'll wrap up my bones And leave them Out of this home Out on the road Two feet standing on a principle Two hands longing for each others warmth Cold smoke seeping out of colder throats Darkness falling

Millworker James Taylor

Now my grandfather was a sailor He blew in off the water My father was a farmer And I, his only daughter Took up with a no good millworking man From Massachusetts Who dies from too much whiskey And leaves

Migration James Taylor

Distant hands in foreign lands are turning hidden wheels, causing things to come about which no one seems to feel.

Harry's Song Barclay James Harvest

There's a little bit of you and some of me There's a little bit of everything you see But you don't know why Harry cried There's a time right after love when you feel low Like a bird with perfect wings

Still Daughter

Two feet standing on the principle two hands lonely for each other\'s warmth cold smoke seeping out of colder throats darkness falling, leaves nowhere to go.

Hands On Deck Waking Ashland

All hands on deck, dont abandon the ship Youll never know what it could have been All hands on deck, my ship is sinking Dont let me go, dont let me drown A step to the right to your own rhythm And what

Little James Oasis

little james we're all the same always seem to look to us we weren't meant to be grown ups thank you for your smile You make it all worth while to us live for your toys even though

Little James Oasis

little james we're all the same always seem to look to us we weren't meant to be grown ups thank you for your smile You make it all worth while to us live for your toys even though they make

Sun On The Moon James Taylor

I've been talking to a friend of mine, he says making money's just a waste of time. He's a lazy gent, he don't pay no rent, he's all bent out of shape from living in a tent.

I Know What I'm Here For James

What a life, a trick of light Then everything returns to the sea You can have whatever you want But are you disciplined enough to be free?

Song For You Far Away James Taylor

around me are at it again god only knows how they do it one to another then back again something keeps putting them through it me i've been watching more than fifteen years and it hasn't changed a

Highway Song James Taylor

Father, let us build a boat and sail away, there's nothing for you here. And brother, let us throw our lot out upon the sea. It's been done before.