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?

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.

Disoriented (lament for the trust territories) Michelle Shocked

it's wearing right through Disoriented Disoriented Oh you fly east but they say you're flying west Where any atoll will do for the test Well I am sure that by now you have guessed I feel this way

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

The Hard Way [Private Music album version] Michelle Shocked

truth All the mistakes of my wasted youth Why I didn't make it home on time But you would have thought I was only lying And it's, oh, the troubles I've known I seem to learn everything the hard way

Silent Ways Michelle Shocked

When you asked me "Michelle, do you love me?"

Contest Coming (Cripple Creek) Michelle Shocked

Sybil sits in a rocking chair Chewing tobacco and spitting out cares Sound of a fiddle floating thru the air From the Jones boy across the holler From the Jones boy across the way Backwoods folks

Jump Jim Crow (Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah *) Michelle Shocked

You can't touch a tarbaby, everybody knows Smiling all the while wit de bone in de nose That's the way the story goes That's the way my story goes Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Zip-A-Dee-Aye My, oh my, what

Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Michelle Shocked

so broken-hearted She said "Mama, got to go, got to get outta here I gotta get out of town, I'm tired of hangin' around I gotta roll on between the ditches" This is an ordinary story about the way

No Sign of Rain Michelle Shocked

run dry Looking to the sky, waiting for a change No sign of rain And if I find life beyond the Interstate Past the rusting rails and the cattle grates Maybe I will call from a truckstop on my way

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

Drip Dry Michelle Shocked

woman inside Oh the secret to my power comes in my darkest hour I fell down on my knees and I cry Drip dry I drip dry Drip, drip dry I drip dry It's true I never learned to pray in an ordinary way

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

Soul Searching Michelle Shocked

I've been wound up so tight today Somebody said I couldn't sing Does he have something to say Or is getting in the way his thing I don't mean to be angry I won't let it confuse me I won't allow

Good News Michelle Shocked

you Now we know what we know Still you do what you do But it cannot stand When my God is through For when two or more do gather In His name He will be there So we listen for an answer "Make a way

Ballad of Patch Eye and Meg Michelle Shocked

old tattoo Or the brown-haired, blue-eyed 'Meg' He told me a story about his wooden leg As he sat there spinning yarns Once he lost it to a mamba snake Down in the Amazon Another time it was way

Little Billie Michelle Shocked

Just then a man turned to me and said, "I bet when you die you wish they'd bury you this way?" "Yeah, your right.")

(Making the Run to) Gladewater Michelle Shocked

You tuck your jeans in your boots (that's what you do) You slap your gimme-cap on You turn the country music radio station louder than you oughta But it's okay, you're on your way Ohh, you lost the

See The Sea Michelle Shocked

the bottle that now was his home If you could see what I see in the sea You would say the sea is a swell place to be Even more if you seen what I saw on the shore You'd never see the sea the same way

One Piece At A Time Michelle Shocked

psycho-billy-Cadillac, come on This is the Cottonmouth, negatory on the cost of this machine there Red-rider, you might say I went right up to the factory and picked it up Yeah, it's cheaper that way

Russian Roulette Michelle Shocked

I need this hopeless feeling Like I need a hole in my head Give up my whole days wages To get this hole in the wall I call a holster that is empty Just a gun to the head I am a holy roller I'm pla...

Can You See It In Me Michelle Shocked

I can see it in the sunshine I can see it in the sea I can see it in the skyline Can you see it in me And I can taste it in a fine wine Travelled far from overseas And I believe that you could be...

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 se...

Campus Crusade Michelle Shocked

Sister Cindy used to be a disco queen 'Til she come to Jesus and now she's saved Out on the West Mall with old Brother Jed Now she's fighting the Holy War The Campus Crusade Every Spring they seem...

No Wonder Michelle Shocked

It's no wonder the sun Waits outside your window at the break of day As if to say "Come out to play Let's have some fun" And it's no wonder No wonder the sun Foolish of me, I know I did believe t...

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 bee...

Peach Fuzz Michelle Shocked

Peach Fuzz had a friendly face Too friendly for his own good Used to hang out at Ricky's Place It was a bar in the neighborhood A gay boy lit his cigarette But they called 'em fags cause that's w...

The Bitter Pill Michelle Shocked

Hey the bitter pill Took all I can stand The bitter pill You know I took it like a man Better find a cure I can't take no more The remedy to kill The bitter pill Doctor I know 'bout my reputation...

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 ...

New Orleans Michelle Shocked

Crescent moon over Crescent City Sweat's a' pourin' and the girls are gritty Joints are jumpin' Changin' lights Dancin' naked through the night Trombone Shorty's in the street Drums are rollin' ou...

Tabloid Michelle Shocked

Sittin' on a subway Reading all about it Another bold faced lying headline I don't doubt it This fascination with character assassination When all you really have in life is your reputation It's ...

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 ...

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...

I Will Be Your Friend Michelle Shocked

When evening shadows fall And old friends don't return your call Just call on me my old friend My number's still the same And I will answer when it rains You can call on me I will be your friend ...

When I Grow Up Michelle Shocked

When I grow up I want to be an old woman When I grow up I want to be an old woman Oh, an o-o-o-o-old, an old, old woman Then I think I'm gonna find myself an old man Then I think I'm gonna marry ...

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 pai...

Arkansas Traveler Michelle Shocked

Traditional Hey farmer! You been livin' here all your life? Not yet. Hey farmer! Where does this road go? Been livin' here all my life, it ain't gone nowhere yet. Hey farmer! How do you get to L...

Walking To New Orleans Michelle Shocked

I get back to New Orleans I've got no time for talking I've got to keep walking New Orleans is my home That's the reason why I'm going I'm walking to New Orleans I'm walking to New Orleans Michelle

God Is A Real Estate Developer Michelle Shocked

God is a real estate developer With offices 'round the nation They say one day he'll liquidate His holdings up on high I say it's all speculation He may be an absentee landlord Yeah, this may be ...

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 backgrou...

Black Widow Michelle Shocked

Time is red Time is deadly Time under glass Time will tell Time will tell The tale of the widow Who walks her web Mourning the night Mourning the dead Mourning the dead Aw, did you lose him to a...

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. Now he wante...

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, y...

Cleveland Michelle Shocked

Cleveland you should hear What they've been saying 'bout you You should really hear What they've been saying 'bout you Oh when you're not around Oh man they really put you down Man you are the tal...

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 Wher...

If Love Was a Train Michelle Shocked

tracks Hey, if love was a train I'd throw my body right down on her tracks If love was a train I would feel no pain as she rolled right down my back Right down to my back (Well this little old Michelle

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 ...

Old Paint Michelle Shocked

Traditional I ride an old paint, lead an old dam Going to Montana to throw a hoolihan They feed in the coolies and they water in the draw Their tails are all matted, backs are all raw Ride around...

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 lull...

Streetcorner Ambassador Michelle Shocked

I keep a pile of pennies in the pocket of my pants I pay my toll to the sidewalk troll My entrance fee to street romance Oh streetcorner ambassador this city treats you well Supplies the finest ne...