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

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...

Common Sense John Prine

grown From the men in the factories To the wild kangaroo Like those birds of a feather They're gathering together And feeling Exactly like you They got mesmerized By lullabies And limbo danced In pairs Please

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

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

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

Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard John Prine

yard Come back to us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard Selling bibles at the airports Buying quayludes on the phone Hey, you talk about A paper route She's a shut in without a home God save her, please

Slow Boat To China John Prine

leave from south carolina Lets take our time and go the long way On a junk boat to thailand with your hand in mine hand I sure hope we got something to say Well, this old boats go no sail so won't you please

Be My Friend Tonight John Prine

Well, I won't do nothing wrong till you say its right Come on darling, be my friend tonight Oh, come on honey, be my friend tonight Please, be my friend tonight.

Far From Me John Prine

As the cafe was closing on a warm summer night And Cathy was cleaning the spoons The radio played the hit parade And I hummed a long with the tune She asked me to change the station Said the song just

Souvenirs John Prine

I hate graveyards and old oawn shops, For they always bring me tears. I can't forgive the way they robbed me of my childhood souvenirs. Memories, they can't be boughten.

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

Me, Myself And I John Prine

Well, tonight I'll throw a party And I know who I'll invite There's a strange and lonely person With whom I'll spend this night There'll be no old sad memories To haunt me till I die In that room there'll

Blue Umbrella John Prine

Chorus: Blue umbrella rest upon my shoulder hide the pain while the rain makes up my mind well, my feet are wet from thinking this thing over and it's been so long since I felt the warm sunshine just give me

Christmas In Prison John Prine

CHORUS: Wait awhile eternity old mother nature's got nothing on me come to me run to me come to me, now we're rolling my sweetheart we're flowing by God!

Lulu Walls John Prine

One evening getting dark We first met at the park Just sitting by the fountain all alone I lifted up my hat And then began to chat She said she'd allow me to see her at her home Chorus: Such a star I've

Grandpa Was A Carpenter John Prine

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 the war Well he used to sing me

Six O'Clock News John Prine

C'mon, baby, spend the night with me All around the schoolyard playing all the games Running, laughing back and forth the kid with two first names Stranger in the closet, lock the diary The past is running

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

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

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.

The Torch Singer John Prine

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 that left her And of the woman that she'll never be Made me

Spanish Pipedream John Prine

She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol And I was just a 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

Maureen, Maureen John Prine

Maureen, Maureen, I shot a doctor last night on the airplane Well, 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

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

The Great Compromise John Prine

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 get me

Often Is A Word I Seldom Use John Prine

Tell me, where did the weekend go? Tell me, where did the weekend go? Went like thunder, felt like snow. Went like thunder, felt like snow.

Angel From Montgomery John Prine

I am an old woman named after my mother My old man is another child that's grown old If dreams were lightning thunder was desire This old house would have burnt down a long time ago Chorus: Make me an

Linda Goes To Mars John Prine

I just found out yesterday that linda goes to mars Every time I sit and look at pictures of used cars She'll turn on her radio and sit down in her chair And look at me across the room, as if I wasn't there

Pretty Good John Prine

Well, he calls me up twice a year Just ask me how'd it go Pretty good, not bad, I can't complain Actually everything is just about the same I met a girl from Venus, and her insides were lined in gold Well

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

That Close To You John Prine

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 the night You'd ask me

Bad Boy John Prine

I've been a bad boy again Now I've been a bad boy again And all the trouble that I'm in Makes me a bad boy again I've been a bad boy again Now I've been a bad boy again And all the trouble that I'm in

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

Nine Pound Hammer John Prine

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 roll so slow Well, tell me

Saddle In The Rain John Prine

of mind Peace of mind Try spending the night sometime All alone in a frozen room Afterneath you've lain Your Saddle in the rain I dreamed they locked God up Down in my basement And he waited there for me

The Late John Garfield Blues John Prine

has pressed it's 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

Sweet Revenge John Prine

I got kicked off Noah's Ark I turn my cheek to unkind remarks there was two of everything but one of me and when the rains came tumbling down I held my breath and I stood my ground and I watched that ship

The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) John Prine

It was a four way dilemma we all arrived the same time I yielded to the man to the right of me and he yielded it right back to mine well, the yield went around and around and around till Pamela finally

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

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

Well, I went to the bank this morning And the cashier he said to me,

Middle Man John Prine

I could open me up a lemonade stand Send all the kids off to Pakistan Make flo happy If I can Jerry Mahoney and Johnny B.

Way Down John Prine

The air is thin and the sky is fat I'm gonna buy me a brand new hat Wear it out and go insane Christ, I hope it never rains Way down...

Take The Star Out Of The Window John Prine

only spring He was sworn to do his duty And got blood on his highschool ring Chorus: And it's hello California Hello Dad and Mom Ship ahoy Your baby boy Is home from Vietnam Don't you ask me

Rocky Mountain Time John Prine

down The railroad tracks Hey three for a quarter One for a dime I'll bet it's tomorrow By Rocky Mountain time I walked in the restaurant For something to do The waitress yelled at me

Mexican Home John Prine

CHORUS: Mama dear your boy is here far across the sea waiting for that sacred core that burns inside of me and I feel a storm all wet and warm not ten miles away approaching my Mexican home. My God!

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.

Aimless Love John Prine

It's never seen a heart shaped like a valentine For if love knew him, it'd walk up to him And introduce him to an aimless love I been out walking, kinda pillow talking To anyone that has the time for me

I Just Want To Dance With You John Prine

invented dancing for, I just want to dance with you I want to dance with you Hold you in my arms once more That's what they invented dancing for, I just want to dance with you I caught you lookin' at me