I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Leon Russell

"Hear the lonesome whippoorwill He sounds to blue to fly The midnight train is a-winding low I'm so lonesome I could cry I've never seen a night so long When time keeps crawling by The moon is gone behind

My Cricket Leon Russell

I was just thinking about you today And the evening we slept in the mountains But I cannot get through to you, find words to say to you Darling you're so far away.

Hummingbird Leon Russell

Sometimes I get impatient But she cools me without words And she comes so sweet and softly My hummingbird and have you heard That I thought my life had ended But I find that it's just begun Cause she

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry Leon Russell

Well, I ride on a mail train, babe, can't buy a thrill I've been up all night, leanin' on a window sill Well, if I don't make it to the top of the hill If I don't make it, you know my baby will And them

Shootout On The Plantation Leon Russell

in the blackboard jungle With his Elvis Presley hair Yeah, the drummer's got the drum, the colonel's got the gun And Junior's only got a knife, he'd better run It's a shootout on the plantation, it's so

She Thinks I Still Care Leon Russell

"Just because I asked a friend about her, Just because I spoke her name somewhere, Just because I dialed her number by mistake today, She thinks I still care.

My Father's Shoes Leon Russell

What can I say to this town of my woe When it looks up to me for the answers You've got trust in his eyes and so gentle sun weed What all the words I can say Can I tell him of my life And can it be you

Back To The Island Leon Russell

Now the day is gone and I sit alone and think of you, girl What can I do without you in my life?

The Window Up Above Leon Russell

I've been living a new way Of life that I love so But I can see the clouds are gathering And the storm will wreck our home For last night he held you tightly And you didn't even shove This is true for

This Masquerade Leon Russell

too far away From being close together from the start We tried to talk it over But the words got in the way We're lost inside this lonely game we play Throughts of leaving disappear Every time I

Hurtsome Body Leon Russell

When I first saw you down in Tennessee I knew you were the only girl for me And when you sang your song it made me happy (yes it did) But you took my money and you took my old car And you ran straight

Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Leon Russell

"Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms I'll lay around this shack 'Til the mail train comes back An' I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms I ain't gonna work on the railroad (You

Magic Mirror Leon Russell

Standing by the highway Suitcase by my side No place I want to go Just thought I'd hitch a ride Many people look my way And many pass me by In moments of reflection I wonder why To the theives I'm a bandit

Roll Away The Stone Leon Russell

Well it's such a strange world that I'm living in She was my woman and she was my friend But I was wrong again.

Wild Horses (Remastered 1995) Leon Russell

Childhood living is easy to do The things you wanted I bought them for you Graceless lady you know who I am You know I can't let you slide through my hands Wild horses couldn't drag me away Wild, wild

A Six Pack To Go Leon Russell

Hey, Mister Bartender Please don't be so slow I got time for one more round And a six pack to go Tomorrow mornin's Sunday I'm gonna be feelin' low So please, please, bartender I wanna six pack to go I've

LONESOME AND A LONG WAY FROM HOME Eric Clapton

LONESOME AND A LONG WAY FROM HOME by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell Out on an open highway, Such a lovely day but something's wrong. Something, something's gotta be wrong.

A Song For You Leon Russell

"I've been so many places in my life and time I've sung a lot of songs, I've made some bad rhyme I've acted out my life in stages With ten thousand people watching But we're alone now and I'm singin' this

If the Shoe Fits Leon Russell

"Can you get us in free My girlfriend and me We like the songs, but we hate to pay Can I have your guitar Can I ride on your car Can you give me a role to play Can I have an autograph Can I sit in your

Stranger In A Strange Land Leon Russell

How many days has it been Since I was born How many days until I die Do I know any ways That I can make you laugh Or do I only know how to make you cry When the baby looks around him It's such

Truck Drivin' Man Leon Russell

I stopped at a roadhouse in Texas A little place called Hamburger Dan I heard that old jukebox started playin' THe song about a 'Truck Drivin' Man' Well the waitress then brought me some coffee

Queen Of The Roller Derby Leon Russell

Gonna tell you a story that you wont believe But I fell in love last friday evenin With a girl I saw on a bar room t.v. screen Well I was just gettin ready to get my hat When she caught my eye and I put

Lady Blue Leon Russell

Well you're showing me a diff'rent side Even asked if the flame has died You're getting used to me baby But you just a-wait and see lady 'Cause I've been in love before And I love you a whole lot more

Bluebird Leon Russell

, I'm lost in the night The icy wind is howling out your name And desolation lingers like a fog The fire is growing dimmer in the wind I'm out in the rain The moon has gone behind the cloud again And I

Can't Get Over Losing You Leon Russell

(Mary:) Can I hear the other part too?

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Leon Russell

I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it, I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it, I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin', I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin

Beware Of Darkness Leon Russell

I've been so many places In my life and time I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhymes I've acted out my life in stages With ten thousand people watching But we're alone now An' I'm singing this

I'll Sail My Ship Alone Leon Russell

We've been sweethearts for so long But now you say we're thru The love we shared is now a memory I have built a ship of dreams And planned them all for you But now I guess what is to be, will be CHORUS

Delta Lady Leon Russell

"Woman of the country Now, I found you Longing in your soft And fertile delta And I whisper sighs To satisfy your longing For the warm and tender Shelter of my body Oh, you're mine delta lady Your mine

Of Thee I Sing Leon Russell

Hung up in a Pennsylvania mining town Got down to Boston in time for tea Don't know exactly just what's going down Better hang around until I see.

Crystal Closet Queen Leon Russell

All I took with me was my healing music, Preaching every step that I could. You ain't heard my rock and roll music, You ain't never seen nothing like me.

Uncle Pen Leon Russell

the caller hollered, ""Do-se-do"" They knew it was time for Uncle Pen to go Late in the evening about sundown High on the hills and above the town Uncle Pen played the fiddle, lord, he had it ring You could

Home Sweet Oklahoma Leon Russell

When I was a young man barely seventeen I went on out to Hollywood chasing my dream And dusty Oklahoma was all I'd ever seen And I was getting older The memories of the greyhound Fade and quickly pass

Alcatraz Leon Russell

Now lay me down on market street I'm lookin' for some spare change A coast guard ship has been lookin' for me I might have to change the name Here comes Uncle Sam again With the same old bag of beans Local

She Smiles Like A River Leon Russell

So I try just to be her lover And I hope she understands When I hurt her or make her crazy That I'm just an ordinary man. Yeah she smiles just like a river Flowing softly to the sea.

Think Of Me Leon Russell

So now it seems this world has turned on you The night now burns a deeper shade of blue It feels there's nothing left that you can do Think of me, remember me When those you thought were friends have cut

I Put A Spell On You Leon Russell

I put a spell on you Because you're mine. You better stop The things that you're doin'. I said, "Watch out!"I ain't lyin', yeah!

Sweet Emily Leon Russell

There's a lady I know, and I'm lucky to say, She's a woman in every way.

Pisces Apple Lady Leon Russell

know what to do, lordy When you tell him how bad it's been He said you oughta get away To the English countryside This cryin' won't help you now boy Why don't you look how many tears you've cried When I

If I Were A Carpenter Leon Russell

If I were a carpenter And you were a lady Would you marry me anyway Would you have my baby If a tinker were my trade Would you still find me Carryin' the pots I made Followin' behind me Save my love through

It's A Hard Rain Gonna Fall Leon Russell

I saw a black branch drippin', with blood all around it I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin' I saw a white ladder all covered with water I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were

Lost Highway Leon Russell

"I'm a rolling stone, I'm all alone and lost For a life of sin, I have paid the cost Oh, when I pass, all the people say ""There goes another boy walkin' down the lost highway"" Just a deck of cards and

Prince Of Peace Leon Russell

Try and judge me only by my time and changes And not mistaken words, for I say many Listen only to my song and watch my eyes There's not much time to spill, there's hardly any Well, look at all the children

Out in the Woods Leon Russell

Well I'm going down, Going down a hard road Just don't know, don't know where I've been But I think I've been walking, I'm walking round in circles Can't even find a friend Woah, my love, my love she's

Me and Baby Jane Leon Russell

Janie was my first love we shared the pains of school she offered me a balance for awhile and she gave me innocents I seemed like less a fool she always had a line to make me smile but we seperated early

Roller Derby Leon Russell

I'm up in Oakland on a Saturday night Lord, I said I just didn't feel right Goodnight, ladies all around But the right one hadn't found me such a bad night I didn't feel right Then a friend came over '

Cajun Love Song Leon Russell

go down to Thibodeaux tonight Go roun', go roun', lil' Alice blue gown We'll soon be together on the bayou sundown We'll jaw jambalaya, and sing all night long Me and my baby and a Cajun love song Now I

The Ballad Of Mad Dogs And Englishmen Leon Russell

It's a hippie commune bonafied But Okies and Limeys, curtain climbers Stones and future Dominoes Know which way the wind blows Stolen cola no one knows The shadow do But it's still a shady crew 'Cause I

The Battle Of New Orleans Leon Russell

They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.

Dixie Lullaby Leon Russell

from Africa It's that Dixie lullaby And blind Willie Time, he had a dime shoe shine Stand down on Beale Street And Willie would stop and say "Hello" To all the shoes he'd meet "Why are you so