Beneath Still Waters ( Emmylou Harris )

Beneath still waters there's a strong undertow The surface won't tell you what the deep waters know Darling I'm saying I know something's wrong Beneath still waters your love is gone Even a fool could see That you'll soon be leaving me But each and …

Bloom ( The paper kites )

[] [] In the morning when I wake And the sun is coming through, Oh, you fill my lungs with sweetness, And you fill my head with you. Shall I write it in a letter? Shall I try to get it down? Oh, you fill …

Born To Run ( Emmylou Harris )

Well I never did crawl and I never did toe that line No man is a master to me I ain't that kind I just put on my traveling shoes If you wanna win you just can't lose the time Or stay behind Well I …

Brand New Heartache ( Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris )

A guy moved into town I ain't seen you around I feel a brand new heartache coming on It happened once before when a guy moved in next door I feel a brand new heartache coming on W-hy can't I trust in you W-hy do …

Cancelled Check ( Beck )

I hate to do this But you're a pain in the neck I thought you knew this You're handing me a cancelled check You're so helpless Your girlfriends think you're a saint I'll give you a quarter I'll keep my judgements to myself And I …

Come pick me up ( Ryan Adams )

[] [] When the call your name Will you walk right up With a smile on your face [] Or will you cower in fear In your favourite sweater With an old love letters [] I wish you would [] I wish you would [] …

Country Trash ( Johnny Cash )

I got a crib full of corn and a turning plow But the ground's too wet for the hopper now I got a cultivator and a double tree And a leather line for the haw and gee Let the thunder roll and the lightning flash …

Don't Take It Away ( Conway Twitty )

I been looking for you all night long darling You've got to talk to me I wanna tell you how wrong I've been And I won't do it again You know that woman didn't mean a thing to me I hope I don't embarrass you …

Easy From Now On ( Emmylou Harris )

There he goes gone again Same old story's gotta come to an end Loving him was a one way street But I'm getting off where the crossroads meet It's a quarter moon in a ten cent town Time for me to lay my heartaches down …

Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven ( Loretta Lynn )

Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die Once upon a time there lived a man and his name was Hezekiah He walked with God both day and night but he didn't wanna die He cried oh Lord please let me live …

Fire Away ( Chris Stapleton )

Honey load up your questions and pick up your sticks and your stones And pretend I'm a shelter for heartaches that don't have a home Choose the words that cut like a razor And all that I'll say Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiire away Take your best shot Show …

Firecracker ( Ryan Adams )

Black birds slow and softly Breaks a glass of wine Broken bluesy whisper Sing to me tonight Well everybody wants to go forever I just wanna burn up hard and bright I just wanna be your firecracker Maybe be your baby tonight And maybe be …

Harrisburg ( Josh Ritter )

Romero got married on the fifth of July In our Lady of Immaculate Dawn Could have got married in the revival man's tent But there ain't no reviving what's gone Slipped like a shadow from the family he made In a little white house by …

Heartbreak Hill ( Emmylou Harris )

Long long time ago when we were young You swore to me I'll be the one I'll be the one you love but we had to part You asked me to wait for you and keep you in my heart Keep you in my heart …

Heartland Feelings ( Beck )

Old Man Johnson got his head in his hand Makin' his way across state in a fiddlin' band With his hair all down in his eyes And the microphone all covered with flies. When he gets done playin' goes back to his room Climbs into …

Heaven Only Knows ( Emmylou Harris )

Every night it's the same I feel your heart turn cold as rain And know that you'll be gone again I hear the front door close You say you got to go downtown I guess there's someone else you've found So why you're still coming …

Heaven Or Hell ( Willie Nelson )

Well sometimes it's heaven and sometimes it's hell Sometimes I don't even know Sometimes I take it as far as I can And sometimes I don't even go My front tracks're found for a cold water well And my back tracks're covered with snow Sometimes …

Help Me ( Johnny Cash )

Lord, Help me walk Another mile, just one more mile; I'm tired of walkin' all alone. Lord, Help me smile Another smile, just one more smile; You know I just can't make it on my own. I never thought I needed help before; I thought …

Here's A Quarter Call Someone Who Cares ( Travis Tritt )

You say you were wrong to ever leave me alone Now you're sorry you're lonesome and scared And you say you'd be happy If you could just come back home Well Here's a quarter call someone who cares Call someone who'll listen and might give …

Hummingbird ( Wilco )

His goal in life was to be an echo Riding alone, town after town, toll after toll A fixed bayonet through the great southwest to forget her She appears in his dreams But in his car and in his arms A dream can mean anything …

I Don't Want To Lose You Yet ( Steve Earle )

Baby, it's a cold, hard world out there, Broken-hearted peo ple eve ry where; Takin' whatever love they get, I don't wanna wind up like that, so Baby throw your arms around my neck, Lay your pretty head against my chest, Listen to one heartbeat …

If This Is Goodbye ( Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler )

My famous last words Are laying around in tatters Sounding absurd Whatever I try But I love you And that's all that really matters If this is goodbye If this is goodbye Your bright shining sun Would light up the way before me You were …

If This Is Just A Game ( David Allan Coe )

If I give my love to you girl will I get love in return Or will I just get a fire for as long as it will burn I'm not looking for a lover I don't even want a friend I want this to last …

If You Were The Woman And I Was The Man ( John Pine, Cowboy Junkies )

[] If you were the woman and I was the man Would I send you yellow roses Would I dare to kiss your hand? In the morning would I caress you Like the wind caresses the sand If you were the woman and I was …

Infamous Angel ( Iris Dement )

Last night before I went to sleep my knees dropped to the floor I turned my eyes up to the sky and I prayed please help me Lord You know I've sowed my wild oats and now the fun's all gone And then I heard …

Lost River ( Michael Martin Murphey )

There's a Lost River that flows In a valley where no one goes Where the wild water's rush Rumbles deep in the hush Gone far from there now Lord I'll get back somehow To where the white water winds In the shadow of the pines …

Modesto ( Beck )

You came, you went, My mind it got a dent, I couldn't make my rent, 'Cause all my cash was lent, This town is filled, With thousand dollar bills, Laminated songs, Contaminated loans, Well we eat about fifteen times a day, Staring through a bag …

My Least Favorite Life ( Lera Lynn )

[] this is my least favorite life the one where you fly and I don't A kiss holds a million deceits and a lifetime goes up in smoke this is my least favorite you who floats far above earth and stone the nights that I …

My Winding Wheel ( Ryan Adams )

Well night time let her through, Yeah I'm talking to you, I wanna see her, Precious little thing With eyes that dance around without their clothes So buy a pretty dress Wear it out tonight For anyone you think could out do me Or better …

Oh My Sweet Carolina ( Ryan Adams )

I went down to Houston and I stopped in San Antone I passed up the station for the bus Was trying to find me something but I wasn't sure just what Man I ended up with pockets full of dust So I went on to …

Old Friends ( Willie Nelson, Roger Miller, ... )

Old friends pitching pennies in the park Playing croquet till it's dark old friends Mmmm old friends swapping lies of life and loves Pitching popcorn to the doves old friends mmmmm Old friends looking up to watch a bird Holding arms to climb a curb …

Old Hippie ( The Bellamy Brothers )

He turned thirty-five last Sunday in his hair he found some gray But he still ain't changed his lifestyle he likes it better the old way So he grows a little garden in the back yard by the fence He's consuming what he's growing now-a …

One Of These Days ( Emmylou Harris )

I won't have to chop no wood I can be bad or I can be good I can be any way that I feel one of these days Might be a woman that's dressed in black Be a hobo by the railroad track I'll be …

Pain and Misery ( Marty Robbins )

Well when I come home this morning was still too dark to see I could tell that baby wasn't sleepin' next to me She's gone and left me where to I guess I'll never know I only know her leavin's brought pain and misery to …

Rowboat ( Beck )

Rowboat, row me to the shore She don't wanna be my friend no more She dug a hole in the bottom of my soul She don't wanna be my friend no more Pick me up, gimme some food to eat In your truck, goin' no …

Singer Of Sad Songs ( Waylon Jennings )

Widow Jones couldn't make it on her own Frank was electrified leaving six kids half grown In her misery she sent for me the Singer of Sad Songs And I sympathized and eulogized Frank Jones And she cried Singer of Sad Songs I need your …

Speed of the sound of loneliness ( Nanci Griffith, John Prine )

[] [] You come home late and you come home early You come on big when you're feeling small You come home straight and you coe home curly Sometimes you don't come home at all. So what in the world's come over you And what …

Tennessee Rose ( Emmylou Harris )

Well it's a sweet dream That keeps me close to you dear And it's a sad thing That we're apart I'm blue dear And there are times now I thank the heavens up above When I'm with the one that I love Now there are …

T for Texas ( Waylon Jennings )

Well T for Texas T for Tennessee T for Texas T for Tennessee T for Thelma the gal that made a wreck out of me I'd rather drink muddy water And sleep all night in a hollow log I'd rather drink muddy water And sleep …

That's Enough ( Johnny Cash )

Well now I heard that you been talking bout me really I don't mind I know you try to block my progress a lot of the time Well the mean things you said don't make me feel bad Cause I can't miss a friend that …

Thoroughfare Gap ( Stephen Stills )

Sometimes I consider my pace, I'm reminded of a train gathering speed, for the climb to the pass In whose shadow it all really lies, a small metal wagon approaching, the ever present ascending rise; to the southern mountains Reeling and snaking and leaping, it …

Till I Gain Control Again ( Emmylou Harris )

Just like the sun over the mountain top You know I'll always come again You know I love to spend my morning time Like sunlight dancing on your skin I've never gone so wrong as to telling lies to you What you've seen is what …

Trouble On The Line ( Loretta Lynn )

I can't understand a word your saying We've got a bad connection on our minds Communication's one thing we never seem to find Oh Lord I'm sorry but there's trouble on the line All I get is static when we're talking You say my line …

Walk On Out Of My Mind ( Waylon Jennings, Bobby Emmons )

I hear the echo of your footsteps They're right in step with marching time Since you walked out of my life and out of my world Please walk on out of my mind I know you're hiding there in the darkness And it's got me …

Wayfaring Stranger ( Emmylou Harris )

I am a poor wayfaring stranger While traveling through this world of woe Yet there's no sickness toil nor danger In that bright world to which I go I'm going there to see my Father I'm going there no more to roam I'm only going …

Wheels Of Love ( Emmylou Harris )

The wheels of love turn around and around Keep on rolling till you've found The perfect partner somebody just right To have and hold every day and every night So she's halfway to Texas with all of your dreams The world ain't as bad as …

When I Stop Dreaming ( Emmylou Harris )

When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life The first time I've ever have wanted to die Was the night when you told me you loved someone else And asked me if I …

When The Stars Go Blue ( Ryan Adams )

Dancin where the stars go blue Dancin where the evening fell Dancin in your wooden shoes In a wedding gown Dancin out on 7th street Dancin through the under ground Dancin little Marionette Are you happy now Where do you go when youre lonely? Where …

Yellow Roses ( Dolly Parton )

Hello you said the day we met handing me a yellow rose You asked me out and to your surprise and to mine I said I'd go I thought it so romantic and I found you sweet and bold Though we'd only met I still …

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