Aimless Love John Prine

He's just a small fry, a bit too gun shy To have his heart touched without a glove He looks at strangers as potential dangers Trying to steal his aimless love Love has no mind, it can't spell unkind It's

John Prine Low

I verified the mathand double-checked the syntaxI tried to heal your bodybut it just kept coming backyou never had a chanceI thought I was a poetI had so much to saybut now I want to see the bloodI...

Love, Love, Love John Prine

He stumbled through the alley with his long coat on Nothing but a bottle in his hand She sat in her apartment lonesome to the bone Wondering what had happened to her man [Chorus] Love, love, love, love

Only Love John Prine

You may live alone and close your eyes Some folks do You may dream a dream that's twice your size All night through When the morning comes who's to tell your dreams to Only you [Chorus] Only love, love

Out Of Love John Prine

Barley malts and does eat oats and little girls are lively And your liveliness has left me in a brew So I'm sitting here just drinking beer 'Cause there's nothing else to do And when I'm out of love, I'm

Donald And Lydia John Prine

(CHORUS:) F C But dreaming just comes natural G C Like the first breath from a baby, F C Like sunshine feeding daisies, G C Like the love hidden deep in your heart.

They'll Never Take Her Love From Me John Prine

If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares There is still one smiling face the Gods would see But she'll walk along beside me up those golden stairs Oh, they'll never, ever take her love from

Somewhere Someone's Falling In Love John Prine

Well, I got time on my hands and I got you on my mind And the moon and the stars up above There's a warm summer breeze Blowing down through the trees And somewhere someone's falling in love Well, if this

People Puttin' People Down John Prine

wear a frown And people who are kings - sometimes they wear a crown But all the people who don't fit Get the only fun they get From people puttin' people down People puttin' people down People without love

The Torch Singer John Prine

night club was burning From the torch singer's song And the sweat was floodin' her eyes The catwalk squeaked 'neath the bartender's feet And the smoke was too heavy to rise She sang of the love

Souvenirs John Prine

And I hate reading old love letters For they always bring me tears. I can't forget the way they robbed me, Of my sweetheart's souvenirs.

Christmas In Prison John Prine

CHORUS The search light in the big yard swings round with the gun and spotlights the snowflakes like the dust in the sun it's Christmas in prison there'll be music tonight I'll probably get homesick I love

Maureen, Maureen John Prine

Maureen, Maureen, There's a hole in between where we come from And the things that I'm thinking Ain't necessary the things that I say I may have lied to myself But I tried to tell God how I love you But

Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness John Prine

you done You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness You're out there running just to be on the run Well I got a heart that burns with a fever And I got a worried and a jealous mind How can a love

If She Were You John Prine

Well, everytime I try to love another I never know exactly what to do I'd like to tell her just how much I want her And I could find the way if she were you Her eyes may shine for me and not another, Her

Unwed Fathers John Prine

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" From a teenage lover, to an unwed mother Kept

Me, Myself And I John Prine

party you'll see me when I was just a child In a room full of happy with a heart so meek and mild And that child will meet a ghost that will haunt him oh so bad From a family of confusion pretending love

Bad Boy John Prine

I got a way of Fallin' in love With angels that don't shove You into thinkin' that you are committing a sin I've been a bad boy again.

The Great Compromise John Prine

some folks, they call me a card Cause I left her at the drive-in that night Well, I'd ruther have names thrown at me Than to fight for a thing that ain't right Chorus Well, she writes all the fellas love

Dear Abby John Prine

G C G Dear Abby, Dear Abby; My feet are too long, D My hair's falling out and my rights are all wrong. G C G My friends they all tell me I've no friends at all, D G Won't you write me a letter, won...

Take The Star Out Of The Window John Prine

Robert was a sailor For the best years of his life His captain was his mother And the ocean was his wife Only fresh out of the cradle Life's one and only spring He was sworn to do his duty And got ...

The Late John Garfield Blues John Prine

weight Wind blown scarves in top down cars All 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

The Frying Pan John Prine

come home from work this evening There was a note in the frying pan It said fix your own supper babe I run off with the Fuller brush man [Chorus:] And I miss the way she used to yell at me T...

Rocky Mountain Time John Prine

The station was empty The trains were all gone I reached in my pocket And I wanted for dawn [Chorus:] The clock played drums And I hummed the sax And the wind whistled down The railroad t...

Everybody John Prine

While out sailing on the ocean While out sailing on the sea I bumped into the Savior And He said pardon me I said "Jesus you look tired" He said "Jesus so do you, Sit down son 'Cause I got s...

Sour Grapes John Prine

I don't care if the sun don't shine But it better or people will wonder No matter if it never quits rainin' Except the kids are afraid of the thunder Say sour grapes You can laugh and stare ...

Billy The Bum John Prine

Billy, the bum lived by the thumb And sang of the hobo's delight He'd prove he could run Twice as fast as the sun By losing his shadow at night Now he loved every girl In this curly headed wo...

Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You John Prine

Oh I get drunk most every night, seems like all we do is fight The more I drink, the less I feel blue Sometimes I feel like an awful fool Spendin' my life on an old bar stool And yes I guess th...

Clocks And Spoons John Prine

Clocks and spoons and empty rooms It's raining out tonight What a way to end a day By turnin' out the light Shoot the moon right between the eyes I'm sending most of me to sunny country side ...

Diamonds In The Rough John Prine

While walking out, one evening, Not knowing where to go Just to pass the time away Before we held our show I heard a little mission band Playing with all their might I gave my soul to Jesus ...

Middle Man John Prine

I was sitting in a diner With a girl named Flo She wouldn't say yes But she couldn't say no She said,?Darling, can I get a middle man?? She was engaged to a fellow On the lay a way plan Bu...

Wedding Day In Funeralville John Prine

It's wedding day in Funeralville Your soup spoon's on your right The King and Queen will alternate With the refrigerator light They'll be boxing on the TV show The colored kids will sing Ho...

Way Down John Prine

[Chorus:] Way down Way down it must be I can't stop this misery It must be way down Spring is just a smile away Laughing at a summer day Turn around Look at fall Winter, hear my lonely ca...

My Own Best Friend John Prine

I'm beginning to like you But, you know that ain't right 'Cause you'll just twist and twist and twist Till I'm all crooked inside You'll take all you gave me Like it never was there And I t...

Forbidden Jimmy John Prine

Forbidden Jimmy Has got a mighty sore tooth From biting too many dimes In a telephone booth He's got half of his bootlace Tied to the dial Thank you operator For getting Jimmy to smile "C...

That Close To You John Prine

Like a bolt of lightning, like a bolt of thunder Like a cloudy day, down at the zoo Like a drowning man that will never go under That close to you, yeah, that close to you In the middle of th...

He Was In Heaven Before He Died John Prine

There's a rainbow of babies Draped over the graveyard Where all the dead sailors Wait for their brides And the cold bitter snow Has strangled each grass blade Where the salt from their tear...

Sweet Revenge John Prine

I got kicked off Noah's ArkI turn my cheek to unkind remarksthere was two of everythingbut one of meand when the rains came tumbling downI held my breath and I stood my groundand I watched that shi...

Please Don't Bury Me John Prine

When my soul Went thru the ceiling And on up into heaven I did ride When I got there they did say John, it happened this way You slipped upon the floor And hit your head And all the angels say Just before

Blue Umbrella John Prine

Feelings are strangeespecially when they come trueand I had a feelingyou'd be leaving soonso I tried to rearrangeall my emotionsbut it seems the sameno matter what I do.Chorus:Blue umbrellarest upo...

Often Is A Word I Seldom Use John Prine

I know that you're sadI know that you're lonelyyou lie awake 'till way past whenI want you to knowthat I'm leaving you onlycause I might not get the chance again.CHORUS:I'm cold and I'm tiredand I ...

Grandpa Was A Carpenter John Prine

Oh, Grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every dayNo particular reason, he just dressed that wayBrown neck tie, matching vest, both his wing tip shoesBuilt a closet on our back porch, put a penny...

The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) John Prine

Last night I saw an accidenton the corner of Third and Greentwo cars collidedand I got excitedjust being part of that sceneit was Mrs Tom Walkerand her beautiful daughterPamelawas driving the carth...

Mexican Home John Prine

It got so hotlast night I swearyou couldn't hardly breatheheat lightning burnt the skylike alcoholI sat on the porchwithout my shoesand I watched the cars roll byas the headlights racedto the corne...

A Good Time John Prine

Time was oncejust a clock to meand life was just a booka biographysuccess was somethingyou just had to beand I would spend myself unknowinglyand you know that I could have mea million more friendsa...

Nine Pound Hammer John Prine

This nine pound hammerIs a little too heavyBuddy for my sizeBuddy for my sizeSo I'm going on the mountainJust to see my babyAnd I ain't coming backNo I ain't coming backChorus:Roll on buddyDon't yo...

Common Sense John Prine

You can't live togetherYou can't live aloneConsidering the weatherOh my, how you've grownFrom the men in the factoriesTo the wild kangarooLike those birds of a featherThey're gathering togetherAnd ...

Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard John Prine

The last time that I saw herShe was standing in the rainWith her overcoat under her armLeaning on a horsehead caneShe said Carl, take all the moneyShe called everybody CarlMy spirit's brokeMy mind'...

Saddle In The Rain John Prine

I wish, I hope, I wonderWhere you're at sometimesIs your back against the wall?Or just across the lineHave you been standing in the rainReciting nursery rhymes?Trying to recallSome long lost kind o...

Sam Stone John Prine

Sam Stone came home,To the wife and familyAfter serving in the conflict overseas.And the time that he served,Had shattered all his nerves,And left a little shrapnel in his knees.But the morhpine ea...