If Love Was a Train Michelle Shocked

If love was a train I think I would ride me a slow one One that would ride through the night making every stop, huh If love was a train I would feel no pain and I would never get off, no sir Oh, I'd

Desperados Waiting For A Train (Red River Valley) Michelle Shocked

From this valley they say you are going We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile For they say you are taking the sunshine That has brightened our path for a while Come and sit by my side if

Hello Hopeville Michelle Shocked

Down at the Cold War Institute They were signing new recruits He went down to the station in his three piece suit Now she had cried for him to stay But there was nothing more to say As she was waving

Looks Like Mona Lisa Michelle Shocked

If she had it to do all over again It would be a photograph She would have a wide grin But no, it was an artist with a longing loving style So when the paint was dry all that remained was a faint

Fogtown Michelle Shocked

It was a red sun rising early in this ghetto A full moon was rising late last night But you would not know, no you was fast asleeping You only see this city in the broad daylight In the broad daylight

See The Sea Michelle Shocked

If you could see what I see in the sea You'd say the sea is a swell place to be Even more if you see what I saw on the shore You'd never would see it the same as before Well you know there are

Streetcorner Ambassador Michelle Shocked

company They drink the finest of liqueur at the A Train Embassy And it's toss into the old tin cup A shiny copper penny Sing along that old refrain "Can you spare just a little change, man?

Last Love Michelle Shocked

She got bells on her ankles and a stud in her nose For us to entangle was wrong I suppose Her family reunion, a time and a place And I could see eight good years disappear from her face And love

Strawberry Jam Michelle Shocked

Saturday morning found me itching To get on over to my grandma's kitchen [And what you gonna do, honey] The sweetest little berries was cooking up right And then we'd put them in a canning jar and

Blackberry Blossom Michelle Shocked

Can you tell me what happened to the blossom The blackberry blossom when summertime came The blackberry blossom, well the last time I saw one Was down in the bramble where I rambled in the spring

My Home Is On The Water Michelle Shocked

Well I wish I was a catfish swimmin' in the deep blue sea Oh I wish I was a catfish swimmin' in the deep blue sea I wish I was a catfish swimmin' in the deep blue sea I would swim across the water and

Come a Long Way Michelle Shocked

I've come a long way I've come a long way I've gone 500 miles today I've come a long way I've come along way And never even left L.A.

A Child Like Grace Michelle Shocked

A child like Grace I wish you could've seen her face How bright that sunflower shone! With a child like Grace running all around this place It should be said, "my, how you've grown..."

Homestead Michelle Shocked

Almost got me a coyote today A lowdown skunk of a dog, I say I fired my gun as he slunk away But he'll be back again You know, it ain't been easy since my husband died A widow woman at thirty-five

Stillborn Michelle Shocked

Midnight and Yolanda has a long walk home Midwife in a hard labor, the baby was stillborn Still the mother asked to hold the child that never cried rocked it gently softly keening a plaintive lullaby

Waters Wide Michelle Shocked

Traditional The water is wide I can't cross over And neither have I Have I wings to fly Oh give me a boat That will carry two And both shall row My Love and I Oh love is gentle Yes and love

Goodnight Irene Michelle Shocked

Sometimes I live in the country Sometimes I live in the town Sometimes I get a great notion To jump in the river and drown Irene goodnight Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene Goodnight Irene I'll

Silver Spoon Michelle Shocked

If you're asking me to name this tune I may say it's 'Silver Spoon' or I may smile and say 'hey, hey' You know, I never really found a way To talk about the things you said about me Aw yeah, but

Who Cares? Michelle Shocked

I was walking down an old dirt road I was feeling out and down I was taking it out on an old tin can When I came up on an old ghost town Doors hanging on one hinge You know the scene The background's

What Can I Say? Michelle Shocked

Little children did I tell you how the mockingbird Called the animals together try to say a few words But the squirrels began to chatter and the bees began to buzz Just the way it is, just the way

Wobbly Blood Michelle Shocked

Finn Hall meeting of prisoners wives He felt the rapture rising in him hot He begged her to take him for a ride on high To catch a few cutthroat trout He knew her intended was in that bull-pen sty

Mouth Of The Mississippi Michelle Shocked

Ah the River I think I was twelve No wait I must have been eighteen Me and my father we had us a time And had us a hurricane, or two I don't remember but that's when I knew It was right then that

Ballad of Patch Eye and Meg Michelle Shocked

Remembering back when I was a kid I'd sneak down to the docks Watch the old men carving wood I'd watch the sailors tying knots But the thing I remember best was grey-haired old Patch Eye And the

Home On The Range Michelle Shocked

Traditional Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam And the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day Home, home on the range

Little Billie Michelle Shocked

Little Billie sure could sing the blues "Ain't nobody's business if I do" Tending drinks behind the bar Pour cheap whiskey from a Chivas jar Turn to water what was wine Down at the Home of the Second

Poor Boy Michelle Shocked

Listen to me people It's a sad tale that I tell He was bound for heaven But the poor boy went to hell He was a poor boy He was a poor boy He was a poor poor boy In our hearts there was no joy

Weaving Way Michelle Shocked

You had a little drink Your friends have all gone Leaving you to find your weaving way home What more can I do?

Anchorage Michelle Shocked

Alaska She said: Hey girl it's about time you wrote It's been over two years you know, my old friend Take me back to the days of the foreign telegrams And the all-night rock 'n rollin' Hey Chel, we was

The Hard Way [Private Music album version] Michelle Shocked

If I was smart I would take your advice But I am not and so I have to think twice Never a lesson have I learned Without first being burned I was about to tell you the truth All the mistakes of

Necktie Michelle Shocked

There was a naked man standing in an alley And he weren't wearing no clothes A naked man was standing in an alley And he wasn't wearing no clothes He said, "All that I need, I do believe, Is a pair

V.F.D. Michelle Shocked

Me and my friend and this boy named Eddie We was bored one afternoon We was sitting in the hay It was a hot Texas day And we was playing with matches like some kids do We would throw our matches

Secret Admirer Michelle Shocked

She's got a sweet little asset That can take her places Where they don't recall names But they remember faces She knows how to use those feminine graces She spends a lot of time by the swimming

Over The Waterfall Michelle Shocked

I thought I knew what I was doing I was wrong Mistakes I've made and lived to tell I tell them in a song I knew a river wide and deep Her banks were very tall At one end was a mountain stream

Sleep Keeps Me Awake Michelle Shocked

Oh, I've been worried 'bout you, lollie I think the least that you could do was Phone to say you'd be late Sleep keeps me awake all night Yeah, I wonder where she is right now Well I told her if

One Piece At A Time Michelle Shocked

have it by the time I retired So I'd get me a car worth at least a hundred grand I'd get it one piece at a time And it wouldn't cost me a dime You'll know it was me when I come through your town

Stranded In A Limousine Michelle Shocked

He was a mean individual He had a heart like a stone Oh, he was a natural crazy man and better off left alone Well, he stopped one night at a traffic light And when that light turned green He was

The Cement Lament Michelle Shocked

It was that kind of misting rain It was that kind of night Nothing was wrong It just wasn't right It weren't the blues It weren't low rent It was just a cement lament All these late night

Hold Me Back (Frankie & Johnny) Michelle Shocked

Frankie was a good woman Everybody knows She gave her loving man Johnny a hundred dollar bill Just to buy one suit of clothes Frankie went down to the barroom She ordered herself one glass of

Too Little Too Late Michelle Shocked

Too little too late Don't you tell me how it used to be I've seen the record and it clearly reads "To date: too little too late" Too little too late Don't you talk about the way things was Bringing

Eddie Michelle Shocked

This boy named Eddie Used to set the fields on fire He's the only boy I know who dared to name his desire In a county where the dairymen all had milking machines Yeah, Eddie was the only one to separate

Must Be Luff Michelle Shocked

Well I'm admitting I was drifting When I came into your harbor But I feel my spirits lifting Like a wind just off to starboard bow Now I know I swore that I would love no more But you hauled in,

Graffiti Limbo Michelle Shocked

Lay down your burdens Lay down your cares The Holy Virgin, she's gonna greet you up there With a big can of spray paint, yeah And a big blank wall And I can guaran-damn-tee you There ain't no cops

Fever Breaks Michelle Shocked

Try and forget it and yet it keeps you awake Live to regret it when the fever breaks Lighting up a cigarette even the slow hand shakes But it's a cold sweat when the fever breaks If there is no

The Incomplete Image (4/4 Troubadour) Michelle Shocked

Last seen hitching down the Whitehorse Highway Picking on a guitar And waiting on a ride He'd been running on steam since he was sixteen Now the Daddy wants to see the boy before he dies Did I tell

Waiting For A New Deal Now Michelle Shocked

Franklin Roosevelt said in 1932 "If you elect me this is what I'm gonna do If you can't get a square meal I'm gonna give you a new deal" And I'm waitin' for a new deal now Waitin' for a new deal

Black, Brown And White Michelle Shocked

This little song I'm singin' to ya You know that it's true If you are black and have to work for a livin' This is what they say to you They say, well if you are white, you alright And if you are

Change The Name Michelle Shocked

And things were especially rough up in the state of Arkansas when it was very seriously proposed to change the name of the state.

Yamboree Queen Michelle Shocked

Well it seems that one time Gilmer, that's my hometown in Upshur County, was the largest grower of yams. Sometimes called sweet potatoes.

The Titanic Michelle Shocked

(It was 1912 and the Titanic was gonna take her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City and the great black boxer, Jack Johnson, he's heavyweight champion of the world.

Cold Comfort Michelle Shocked

And I know it's cold comfort They found him a guilty man But it don't feel like justice And it was not a first offense Heavy drink was on his breath Her death was on his hands Now you must look