This World Dreams Of Cowboy Junkies

More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Vengeance has been tasted Hatred cultivated Its an old game. Everyone gets fatter, People choose what matters There's no shame.

200 More Miles Cowboy Junkies

of mine I've got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line Before I sleep But there'll be no warm sheets or welcoming arms To fall into tonight In Nashville there's a lighter In a case for all to see

Marathon Cowboy Junkies

To-do lists on a long yellow legal pad Blue Windsor knots framed by basic black Resplendent tables Great forests of paper plates Carrying the weight of the world Saps every ounce of your strength

Dreaming My Dreams With You Cowboy Junkies

Dreaming My Dreams With You Cowboy Junkies (The Trinity Session) I hope that I find what I'm reaching for The way that it is in my mind I hope that I won't be that wrong anymore and maybe to have

Southern Rain Cowboy Junkies

The flies have quit their buzzing Even Bear has stopped his barking They all sense something brewing Up the James and headed this way Bobby sips his morning coffee Says Have you finished with the funnies

First Recollection Cowboy Junkies

First Recollection Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) My first recollection is a day in December black iron steam engine covered in ice like some Precambrian monster moaning and snorting

Seven Years Cowboy Junkies

Seven Years Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) Haven't seen the sun for seven days November's got her nails dug in deep Haven't seen my son for seven years and the chances are we'll never

Cowboy junkies lament Townes Van Zandt

Cowboy junkies lament by Townes Van Zandt Baby hit the back door breathin' real heavy said the boys in the alley wouldn't leave her alone Mama did her make-up in a terrible hurry She finally got

Now I Know (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

Now I know, now I know what it means to be broken Now I know, now I know what it means to be bared You in the chair perceptibly sinking I'm on my knees once again made aware of the world out there Grief

Just Want To See Cowboy Junkies

Loved ones buried, empty days of waiting (I just want to see what kills me) Tommy, darling, come to bed we'll try and sleep away this sadness These memories, too, are bound to die so our dreams

Just Want To See (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

Loved ones buried, empty days of waiting (I just want to see what kills me) Tommy, darling, come to bed we'll try and sleep away this sadness These memories, too, are bound to die so our dreams will have

Floorboard Blues Cowboy Junkies

bone Check under his floorboards Mama 'cause that razor's not just a threat to me He'll be slicing tiny crescents from your heart, without laying a sweaty palm to your cheek Don't accuse me of

This Street, That Man, This Life Cowboy Junkies

(Michael Timmins) This street holds its secrets like a cobra holds its kill This street minds its business like a jailer minds his jail That house there is haunted That door's a portal to hell This

To love is to bury Cowboy Junkies

I buried him down by the river Cause that's where he liked to be And every night when the moon is high I go there and weep openly He and I were married By this river 'neath this willow tree And

A Horse In The Country Cowboy Junkies

(Michael Timmins) The money would be pretty good if a quart of milk were still a dollar or even if a quart of milk were still a quart And the hours, well, I don't mind how they creep on by like

Postcard Blues Cowboy Junkies

Especially with my head pounding and lying helpless in my bed I long for you and your expert hands To ease this white heat from my head And you would boast that you knew All the pressure points

Come Calling (His Song) (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

in tatters These days he's drinking for the pleasure of falling And he's falling for the pleasure of pretending That she's sitting by the window waiting For him to come calling If i could fix me up a

Come Calling (Her Song) (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

in tatters These days he's drinking for the pleasure of falling And he's falling for the pleasure of pretending That she's sitting by the window waiting For him to come calling If i could fix me up a

White Sail Cowboy Junkies

White Sail Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) Raise a white sail if you love me a black sail if you don't Seal me up in an impregnable tower or surround me with an impassable moat I've heard

Angel Mine (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

He searched for those wings that he knew that this angel should have at her back And although he can't find them he really don't mind because he knows they'll grow back And he reached for that halo that

Angel Mine Cowboy Junkies

He searched for those wings that he knew that this angel should have at her back. And although he can't find them he really don't mind because he knows they'll grow back.

Hold On To Me (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

If you offered me a shade of blue would I return it saying that it was too dark or light? Or would I see it for the precious thing that it might one day be?

Ring On The Sill Cowboy Junkies

Ring On The Sill Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) She placed her ring on the sill, dishes piled high She's on the front porch step and the air smells like snow She's thinking of the siege

I Don't Get It Cowboy Junkies

Breaking away to the other side I wanna make sense of why we live and die I don't get it, I don't get it I ask my friends if they understand They just laugh at me and watch another band They don't

Bea's Song (River Song Trilogy: Part II) (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

Speed river at my feet running low and flat I'm sitting here burning daylight, Thinking about the past And that distance out there Where the earth meets the sky The slightest move and this river mud Pulls

Don't Need You Cowboy Junkies

There's Heaven, then there's somewhere else And those that fall between The cracks and land upon their feet With the rhythm of the King But most they sway from side to side Just to keep the story lit And

Lonely Sinking Feeling (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

on me He says, 'I'm seeing those doubt filled questioning eyes and I can't believe it's true' With her head in her hands she sighs, 'It's me, not you' Just when I thought that I'd discovered the joy of

Something More Besides You (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

This morning I awoke, the bed warm where it once was cold Small blessings laid upon us Small mysteries slowly unfold Yet I still wonder is there a point to what we do?

Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis) Cowboy Junkies

And on that fateful day Perhaps in the new sun of May My baby walks back into my arms I'll keep him beside me forever from harm You see I was afraid to let my baby stray I kept him too tightly

Hunted Cowboy Junkies

Emma's in a part of town where she doesn't recognize the streets named for famous native sons and out of every crevice comes creeping a threat in her direction Lucy's outside her home heading towards

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Cowboy Junkies

his face and cry <Interlude> Have you ever seen a robin weep When leaves have turned to brown Like me he's lost his will to live I'm so lonesome I could cry <Interlude> The silence of

Murder, Tonight, In The Trailer Park Cowboy Junkies

Annabelle Evans found with her throat cut after dark Her pockets turned inside out her dresser drawers turned upside down Anna's neighbour, Peg, identifies the body lets out a hollow kind of sound

Sweet Jane Cowboy Junkies

Wouldn't turn around and hate it Sweet Jane, sweet Jane Sweet, sweet Jane You're waiting for Jimmy down in the alley Waiting there for him to come back home Waiting down on the corner and thinking of

Me And The Devil Cowboy Junkies

Early this morning he knocked on my door Early this morning he knocked on my door I said "Hello, Satan I believe it's time to go" Me and The Devil are walkin' side by side Me and The

I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive Cowboy Junkies

I'll never get out of these blues alive No, I'll never, I'll never get out of these blues alive Well he gone and left me I don't know what I'll do the rest of my life Drinking black coffee and smoking

Crescent Moon Cowboy Junkies

Crescent Moon (michael Timmins) Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) Reach a hand to the crescent moon grab hold of the hollow If she sits in the palm of the left that moon will be fuller tomorrow

Anniversary Song Cowboy Junkies

Anniversary Song Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) Have you ever seen a sight as beautiful as that of the rain-soaked purple of the white birch in spring?

Hard To Explain Cowboy Junkies

Hard To Explain Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) If it ain't one thing I tell you it's always another I wonder why I started treating you like a step-brother Love is hard to explain

Oregon Hill Cowboy Junkies

The hoods are up on Pine Street, rear ends lifted too The great-grandsons of General Robert E.

Speaking Confidentially (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

Speaking confidentially the fire that burnt inside of me has turned to ash the tortured tree that grows beside the anguished sea Speaking confidentially Speaking metaphorically the earth I trust beneath

Forgive Me Cowboy Junkies

for almost anything you do They tell me God forgives you for almost anything you do Well, if that's the case that's the case I think I'm going to kill that man Then drop down on my knees Well, this

Misguided Angel Cowboy Junkies

he scares me But I want him by my side Though he's wild and he's bad and sometimes just plain mad I need him to keep me satisfied" I said "Papa don't cry cause it's alright And I see you in some of

Musical Key (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

soft And like her eyes they would caress with every touch She would listen to my chatter as if every word I spoke mattered She'd hold me close and whisper in my ear She'd say, 'girl you are a part of

Brothers Under The Bridge Cowboy Junkies

man, that dry brush'll light Billy devon got burned up in his own campfire one winter night We buried his body in the white stone high up along the ridge Me and the brothers under the bridge Had enough of

Blue Moon Revisited Cowboy Junkies

And on that fateful day Perhaps in the new sun of May My baby walks back into my arms I'll keep him beside me forever from harm You see I was afraid to let my baby stray I kept him too tightly by my side

A Common Disaster Cowboy Junkies

A candle burning for everything I've ever wanted A tattoo burned for everything I've ever wanted and lost I had a long list of names that I kept in my back pocket, but I've cut it down to one and your

Cold Tea Blues Cowboy Junkies

Cold Tea Blues Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) If I pour your cup, that is friendship If I add your milk, that is manners If I stop there, claiming ignorance of taste, that is tea But

The Post Cowboy Junkies

Cold Tea Blues Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) If I pour your cup, that is friendship If I add your milk, that is manners If I stop there, claiming ignorance of taste, that is tea But

Mining For Gold Cowboy Junkies

Just let me give you real street shit to rap in yo' shit with We clap yo' seat we whyle this heat Keep bouncin up and down these streets So nod yo' head and Break yo' neck nigga!

Two Soldiers Cowboy Junkies

Just then the order came to charge for an instant hand touched hand They sayed "aye" and away they rode that brave and devoted band Straight was the course to the top of the hill and the rebels they shot