Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore John Prine

While digesting Reader's Digest In the back of a dirty book store, A plastic flag, with CUM on the back, Fell out on the floor.

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

Maureen, Maureen John Prine

they said he wouldn't hurt us But he got me real nervous and mean He was fat and he stank And God knows that he drank more than we do So I shot him in the first class Then I bailed out and ran home to you

Souvenirs John Prine

They can't be won at carnivals for free. Well it took me years to get those souvenirs, And i don't know how they slipped away from me. Broken hearts and dirty windows Make life difficult to see.

Common Sense John Prine

You can't live together You can't live alone Considering the weather Oh my, how you've grown From the men in the factories To the wild kangaroo Like those birds of a feather They're gathering together

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

Hello In There John Prine

We had an apartment in the city Me and Loretta liked living there And it'd been years since the kids had grown A life of their own, left us alone John and Linda live in Omaha And Joe is somewhere on the

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 want

People Puttin' People Down John Prine

People who are sad - sometimes they 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

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

He Was In Heaven Before He Died John Prine

with the tide And I smiled on the Wabash The last time I passed it Yes, I gave her a wink From the passenger side And my foot fell asleep As I swallowed my candy Knowing he was in Heaven

The Great Compromise John Prine

victim of the great compromise Well, we'd go out on Saturday evenings To the drive-in on Route forty-one It was there that I first suspected She was doin what she'd already done She said, Johnny, won't you

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

Illegal Smile John Prine

When I woke up this morning, things were lookin' bad Seem like total silence was the only friend I had Bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won And it was twelve o'clock before I realized That

Often Is A Word I Seldom Use John Prine

I know that you're sad I know that you're lonely you lie awake 'till way past when I want you to know that I'm leaving you only cause I might not get the chance again.

Saddle In The Rain John Prine

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 nursery rhymes?

Black Flag Ektomorf

Black flag, we raise the black flag Black flag, we raise our black flag Black flag, we raise the black flag We are, we are the oppressed We ask our question Like no one answers Our bitterness, it turns

The Bottomless Lake John Prine

that they took Well, I heard all about in a restaurant And I read it in a history book They rented a car at the Erie Canal But the car didn't have no brake Said ma to pa "My God this car Is gonna fall into

Bad Boy John Prine

I been a bad boy I been long gone I been out there I never phone home I never gave you not one little clue where I'd been I've been a bad boy again.

A Good Time John Prine

Time was once just a clock to me and life was just a book a biography success was something you just had to be and I would spend myself unknowingly and you know that I could have me a million more friends

Paradise John Prine

Cho: And Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, Down by the Green River where paradise lay? Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in askin'; Mr.

Middle Man John Prine

Darling, can I get a middle man?? She was engaged to a fellow On the lay a way plan But she carried all her money In a coffee can She said,?Darling, can I get a middle man??

Sam Stone John Prine

But life had lost it's fun, There was nothing to be done, But trade his house that he bought on the GI bill, For a flag-draped casket on a local hero's hill.

Grandpa Was A Carpenter John Prine

was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails and planks He was level on the level, shaved even every door And voted for Eisenhower 'cause Lincoln won

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 they

Nine Pound Hammer John Prine

nine pound hammer Is a little too heavy Buddy for my size Buddy for my size So I'm going on the mountain Just to see my baby And I ain't coming back No I ain't coming back Chorus: Roll on buddy Don't you

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

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

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

Dear Abby John Prine

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't you give me a call. C D G Signed, Bewildered.

Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness John Prine

You come home late and you come home early You come on big when you're feeling small You come home straight and you come home curly Sometimes you don't come home at all Chorus: So what in the world's come

I Just Want To Dance With You John Prine

I don't want to be the kind to hesitate Be too shy, wait too late I don't care what they say other lovers do I just want to dance with you I got a feeling that you have a heart like mine, So let it show

Be My Friend Tonight John Prine

I give you my picture. It didn't fit your frame Be my friend tonight Be my friend tonight. Be my friend tonight. Ill sleep on the couch. You can leave on that light.

Quiet Man John Prine

Strolling down the highway with my shoes in my hand I don't talk much I'm a quiet man Beauty and silence both run deep And running like crazy while you are alseep Chorus: You got news for me,I got nothing

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

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

Way Down John Prine

How ya' gonna get sunshine Peeking thru Venetian blinds Don't you know all that fear Begins and ends the same place Here Way down...

Sweet Revenge John Prine

CHORUS: Take it back take it back oh no, you can't say that all of my friends are not dead or in jail through rock and through stone the black wind still moans sweet revenge sweet revenge without fail.

Spanish Pipedream John Prine

soldier on my way to Montreal Well she pressed her chest against me About the time the juke box broke Yeah, she gave me a peck on the back of the neck And these are the words she spoke Chorus: Blow up your

Love, Love, Love John Prine

the end of time Like the couple that stands on top of the wedding cake [Chorus] If I should live to a ripe old age The only lesson I may ever learn Is to not stand so close to the flame of love Unless you

Billy The Bum John Prine

legs and a childhood disease Left Billy just a bum in his dreams And he was just a gentle boy A real florescent light Cried pennies on Sunday morning Laughs nickels on Saturday night And your

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

Aimless Love John Prine

For there are some folks they think that love chokes And it ties and keeps them from being free Love has no mind it can't spell unkind It's never seen a heart shaped like a valentine For if love knew you

They'll Never Take Her Love From Me John Prine

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 me What a fool I was to go and break the trust she gave And watch her love turn into

Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard John Prine

rain With her overcoat under her arm Leaning on a horsehead cane She said Carl, take all the money She called everybody Carl My spirit's broke My mind's a joke, And getting up's real hard Chorus Don't you

Start John Legend

What goes underneath your armor Underneath your clothes Do you know?

God Is Dead vision divine

Alright then, you got it Come to me, my faithful sons Angels, close the gates of Heaven Seal them \"Seven Seven Seven\" Let \'em get just what they want Don\'t you call my name, I won\'t answer

The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) John Prine

CHORUS: They don't know how lucky they are they could have run into that tree got struck by a bolt of lightning and raped by a minority.

Marry Me St. Vincent

Marry me, John, marry me, John I\'ll be so good to you You won\'t realize I\'m gone Marry me, John, marry me, John I\'ll be so sweet to you You won\'t realize I\'m gone You won\'t realize I\'m

Mexican Home John Prine

It got so hot last night I swear you couldn't hardly breathe heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol I sat on the porch without my shoes and I watched the cars roll by as the headlights raced to the