Down Across The Delaware James McMurtry

In another town what would fetch a good living Here is barely hand to mouth So I'm going out and get a U-Haul trailer Drag it down the turnpike south Where the Garden State gives way to the real

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

Where'd You Hide The Body James McMurtry

You look across the table with those guilty eyes So many mornings now I shouldn't be surprised When you lash out at me and you scream out in the night What could you have done to get in such an awful fright

Painting By Numbers James McMurtry

The gates of the schoolyard are padlocked and chained to keep all the children in out of the rain the art teacher's preaching the virtues of pastel shades you pay no attention but it won't hurt your grades

Rayolight James McMurtry

down easy Keeps on rearing its ugly head again But I could use a rayolight Had enough of this mindless fight Right now we're both too tired to win (chorus) I propose we shed these clothes And rest this

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

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

I'm Not From Here James McMurtry

back soon someday It's been a few years since I got here Seen 'em come and I've seen 'em go Crowds assemble, they hang out awhile Then they melt away like an early snow Onto some bright future somewhere Down

Levelland James McMurtry

their best They never caught the sun So they sunk some roots down in the dirt To keep from blowin' off the earth Built a town around here And when the dust had all but cleared They called it Levelland

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

Storekeeper James McMurtry

chorus No shoes, no shirt, no service Reads the sign 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

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

Off And Running James McMurtry

Answer me when I call to you What became of the life I knew Tell me why I can't be free Tell me what you expect of me I'm so down about it I can't sleep at night I sit watching the bugs as they bounce

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

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

Angeline James McMurtry

Angeline, Angeline, darker nights I've never seen I don't love these East Texas pines 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

Melinda James McMurtry

shoes are soaking through 'Cause the weeds are wet and I haven't yet made any sense of you All the midnight angels Fold their wings by dawn The same old wild-eyed strangers sit and watch em till they're

Save Yourself James McMurtry

You couldn't get what you were after After all was said and done Amid the echoes of the screams and the laughter Cracking the blinds to the noonday sun Running out of room, tugging at the tether Old desires

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?

Fuller Brush Man James McMurtry

When I was maybe three or four The Fuller Brush man would knock at the door He'd always tell me, "Boy, you're gonna miss the fun! Time you're old enough the honky-tonks'll all be gone."

Don't Waste Away James McMurtry

Can I help you tear your fences down?

Right Here Now James McMurtry

know my mind It won't be long a wandering I remember a ball game I watched as a kid Neglecting my homework as I often did Joe Namath scored on a seven-yard run His knees barely held him, but they got the

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

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

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

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

Crazy Wind James McMurtry

This magic world, this magic world This magic world, it inspires With the faith that I was born with In my schooling in the forges Time has lost its power to do its worst But I don't mean to bore you With

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

Choctaw Bingo James McMurtry

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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

Good Life James McMurtry

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 the

Delaware Perry Como

CHORUS Don't let the stars get in your eyes Don't let the moon break your heart Love blooms at night, in daylight it dies Don't let the stars get in your eyes Or keep your heart from me For some

The Lake James

He said I must be dreaming But I thought I heard the sound The sound that lovers make As they drop down from the window Quiet as cats, across the courtyard Moving from shadow to shadow Past the guards

James River Cracker

Intro & break: Dm-ddim-f-c Dm-ddim-f-c Dm-ddim-f-c G Dm-g-dm-g Dmyou come across ddim the f james river c Dm a-for a ddim needle, and a f spoon c Dm but would you ddim come across the f james river c To

Lost A Friend James

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Glow James Blunt

Under this skin, It’s playing like a drum beat in the dark. The light within, Is burning somewhere deep down in my heart. Let the feelings out. When the lights go down Can you feel it now?

Cheap Champagne Georgie James

Falling, falling down again. Watch your, watch your step. They're lying the traps along the avenues. Believe the boulevard's a mess. And they sell us pretty pills to take the pain away.

Brother Rapp James Brown

your hand across your lap Get yourself together I'm ready I'm ready, hey Sit down, baby And put your hand Your hand across your lap Let me sit down And listen to my rap I wanna write, good God The Soul

The Promised Land James Taylor

Straddled that Greyhound and rode it into Raleigh and on across Caroline. We stopped in Charlotte but we bypassed Rockhill, we never was a minute late.

Fall In Love With Me James

Ease your lips into a velvet kiss While I enfold you Move your hands across this promised land The seekers guided by the pole star Say the words why don't you say the words I have been waiting

James The Bangles

James The Bangles I knew it'd turn out like this I'm keeping one foot on the train And I must be a masochist To ever have taked up with you James It sounds familar that tone in your voice You're

James bangles

I knew it'd turn out like this I'm keeping one foot on the train And I must be a masochist To ever take up with you, James.

Seminole Wind (Album Version) James Taylor

Ever since the days of old Men would search for wealth untold They'd dig for silver and for gold And leave the empty holes And way down south in the Everglades Where the black water rolls and the saw grass

Falling Down James

Baby's on the lamb tonight Her skies all full of stars And love's just something that always goes wrong That looks and smokes like Ava Gardner Baby's gonna blow your lights Adjust your back - lit charm

Where Angels Hang Around James Otto

A hundred miles out of Little Rock Windshield full of rain I-40 eastbound drivin' while I pray She's asleep in the backseat Holdin' tight to her teddy bear She's got her daddy's smile and her momma's hair

Belfast To Boston James Taylor

There are rifles buried In the countryside for The rising of the moon, May they lie there Long forgotten till They rust away into the ground.

Sit Down James

I'll sing myself to sleep A song from the darkest hour Secrets I can't keep Inside of the day Swing from high to deep Extremes of sweet and sour Hope that God exists I hope I pray Drawn by the undertow

Stagger Lee James Brown

The night was clear and the moon was yellow And the leaves came tumbling down I was standing on the corner when I heard my bulldog bark He was barkin' at the two men who were gamblin' in the dark It was

Afro Lover James

Everybody wants to be happy Everybody wants more money Everybody wants more loving Everybody wants the same thing I came across the border through the east and the west divide The land between the trenches