folk

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 We Never Meet Again ( Johnny Cash )

Soon we'll come to the end of life's journey And perhaps we'll never meet anymore Till we gather in Heaven's bright city Far away on that beautiful shore If we never meet again this side of Heaven As we struggle through this world and its …

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 …

I Got A Name ( Jim Croce )

Like the pine trees lining the winding road I've got a name, I've got a name Like the singing bird and the croaking toad I've got a name, I've got a name And I carry it with me like my daddy did But I'm living …

I Got Stripes ( Johnny Cash )

On A Monday I Was arrested (Uh Huh) On A Tuesday They Locked Me In The Jail (Oh Boy) On A Wednesday My Trial Was Attested On A Thursday They Said Guilty And The Judge's Gavel Fell I Got Stripes Stripes Around My Shoulders I …

I Gotta Get Drunk ( Willie Nelson )

Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it Cause I know just what I'm gonna do I'll start to spend my money calling everybody honey And I'll wind up singing the blues I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck And …

I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling ( Bill Monroe )

Our little girl taken sick one evening As she walked home from school And then her deathbed soon claimed her It made us so sad and so blue Then she called me close to her bedside And whispered these words soft and low Tell mommy …

I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You ( Tom Waits )

[] Well, I hope that I don't fall in love with you 'Cause falling in love just makes me blue, Well the music plays and you display your heart for me to see, I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for …

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight ( Bob Dylan )

Close your eyes, close the door, You don't have to worry any more. I'll be your baby tonight. Shut the light, shut the shade, You don't have to be afraid. I'll be your baby tonight. Well, that mockingbird's gonna sail away, We're gonna forget it. …

I'll have to say I love you in a song ( Jim Croce )

Well, I know it's kind of late I hope i didn't wake you, But what I got to say can't wait I know you'd understand Ev'ry time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong So I'll have to say I love …

I'll Never Find Another You ( Sonny James, The Seekers )

There's a new world somewhere they call the Promised Land And I'll be there someday if you will hold my hand I still need you there beside me no matter what I do For I know I'll never find another you. There is always someone …

I Look in People's Windows ( Taylor Swift )

[] I had died the tiniest death I spied the catch in your breath Out, out, out, out, out, out Northbound I got carried away As you boarded your train South, south, south, south, south, south A feather taken by the wind blowing I’m afflicted …

I Miss A Lot Of Trains ( Tom T. Hall )

When the train pulls in the station you'll be waiting by the track You're having trouble sleeping nights you want me to come back But that old train will roll on by you'll know I never came Cause I sleep good and miss a lot …

I'm Like A Bird ( Nelly Furtado )

You're beautiful, that's for sure You'll never ever fade You're lovely, but it's not for sure That I won't ever change And though my love is rare Though my love is true I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away I don't know where my …

I'm Your Man ( Leonard Cohen )

If you want a lover, I'll do anything you ask me to And if you want another kind of love, I'll wear a mask for you If you want a partner take my hand Or if you want to strike me down in anger, here …

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 …

In Hell I'll Be In Good Company ( The Dead South )

[] [] [] Dead love couldn't go no further Proud of and disgusted by her Push shove, a little bruised and battered Oh Lord, I ain't comin' home with you My life's a bit more colder Dead wife is what I told her Brass knife …

Into The Mystic ( Van Morrison )

[] We were born before the wind Also younger than the sun 'Ere the bonny boat was won As we sailed into the mystic Hark, now, hear the sailor's cry Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and spirit fly Into the …

Into White ( Cat Stevens )

I built my house from barley rice Green pepper walls and water ice Tables of paper wood, windows of light And everything emptying into white. A simple garden, with acres of sky A brown-haired dog mouse If one dropped by Yellow delanie would sleep well …

In your eyes ( Ben Harper )

Love, I get so lost, sometimes Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart When I want to run away I drive off in my car But whichever way I choose I come back to the place you are And all my instincts, they return …

I See Fire ( Ed Sheeran )

Oh, misty eye of the mountain below Keep careful watch of my brothers' souls And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke Keep watching over Durin's son If this is to end in fire Then we should all burn together Watch the flames …

I shall be released ( Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan )

They say everything can be replaced Yet every distance is not near So I remember every face Of every man who put me here. I see my light come shining From the west unto the east. Any day now, Any day now, I shall be …

I Shall Not Be Moved ( Johnny Cash )

Glo-ry hal-le-lu-jah I shall not be moved An-chored in Je-ho-vah I shall not be moved Just like a tree that's planted by the wa-ters I shall not be moved In His love abiding I shall not be moved And in Him con-fid-ing I shall not …

Isis ( Bob Dylan )

[] I married Isis on the fifth day of May, But I could not hold on to her very long. So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong. [] I came …

Island In The Sun ( Harry Belafonte )

This is my island in the sun Where my people have toiled since time begun. I may sail on many a sea Her shores will always be home to me. Oh, island in the sun, Willed to me by my father's hand All my days …

It Doesn't Matter To Him ( John Grant, Sinéad O'Connor )

[] [] If I think about it I am successful as it where I get to sing for lovely people all over this lovely world And I am no where near as awkward as I was when I was younger I guess I'm one of …

It's Easier ( John Grant )

[] [] I don't know who I thought I was, I guess I tried to love you, Because I thought I could afford, to take the risk and take a chance, I do not know who I thought I was fooling, I must have felt …

It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines ( Tom T. Hall )

The Iowa weather was thirteen below I had come to Des Moines for a radio show I awoke in the evening from a traveler's sleep With notions of something to eat The old elevator slipped down past the floors My head and my eyes said …

I've got this friend ( The Civil Wars )

I've got this friend, I don't think you know him He's not much for words, He's hidden his heart away Oh I've got this friend, A loveless romantic All that he really wants, Is someone to want him back Ohhh, if the right one came …

I've Seen the Land Beyond ( Beck )

From these shores where we belong I have seen the land beyond Where the lord is strange and strong I have seen the land beyond There's no telling who'll be dead When the pale horse is turning red And their tongues will burn in vain …

I Walk The Line ( Johnny Cash )

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you're mine I walk the line I find it very very easy to be true …

I Want You ( Bob Dylan )

The guilty undertaker sighs, The lonesome organ grinder cries, The silver saxophones say I should refuse you. The cracked bells and washed-out horns Blow into my face with scorn, But it's not that way, I wasn't born to lose you. I want you, I want …

I Was There When It Happened ( Johnny Cash )

There are some people who say we cannot tell Whether we are saved or whether all is well They say we only can hope and trust that it is so But I was there when it happened and so I guess I oughta know Yes …

I will wait ( Mumford & Sons )

I came home Like a stone And I fell heavy into your arms These days of dust Which we've known Will blow away with this new sun And I'll kneel down Wait for now And I'll kneel down Know my ground I will wait, I …

I Wont Be Home No More ( Hank Williams )

Well you're just in time to be too late I tried to but I couldn't wait And now I've got another date So I won't be home no more You're just in time to miss the boat So don't take off your hat and coat …

Jackass ( Beck )

I been drifting along in the same stale shoes Loose ends tying the noose in the back of my mind If you thought that you were making your way To where the puzzles and pagans lay I'll put it together, It's a strange invitation When …

Jack Daniels If You Please ( David Allan Coe )

Jack Daniels if you please knock me to my knees You're the only friend there has ever been That didn't do me wrong Jack Daniels if you please knock me to my knees You can kill this pain that's driving me insane Since my baby's …

Jackson ( Johnny Cash, June Carter )

We got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout We've been talking bout Jackson ever since the fire went out I'm going to Jackson I'm gonna mess around Yeah I'm going to Jackson look out Jackson town Well go on down to Jackson …

Jesus Christ ( Woody Guthrie )

Jesus Christ was a man who travelled through the land, A hard working man and brave. He said to the rich, "Give your goods to the poor." But they laid Jesus Christ in His grave. Jesus was a man, a carpenter by hand. His followers …

Jolene ( Dolly Parton, Lay Low )

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene! I'm begging of you, please don't take my man. Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene! Please don't take him, just because you can. Your beauty is beyond compare, with flaming locks of auburn hair. With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green. Your …

Jolene (Ray Lamontagne) ( Ray Lamontagne )

cocaine flame in my bloodstream sold my coat when I hit spokane bought myself a hard pack of cigarettes in the early mornin' rain lately my hands, they don't feel like mine my eyes been stung with dust and blinds held you in my arms …

Just The Other Side Of Nowhere ( Johnny Cash )

I come from just the other side of nowhere To this big time lonesome town They got a lot of ice and snow here Ain't half as cold as all the people I've found Everywhere I try to go here Somebody's always trying bring me …

Kate ( Johnny Cash )

Well, I saw you with another it made me lose my mind Shot you with my thirty eight and now I'm doing time And you put me here you put me here Well there's no need to doubt it there ain't no two ways about …

Killing the Blues ( Robert Plant, Alison Krauss )

Leaves were falling just like embers In colors red and gold they set us on fire Burning just like a moonbeam in our eyes Somebody said they saw me Swinging the world by the tail Bouncing over a white cloud. Killing the Blues Now I …

King and Lionheart ( Of Monsters and Men )

Taking over this town, they should worry But these problems aside I think I taught you well That we won't run, and we won't run, and we won't run. And in the winter night sky ships are sailing Looking down on these bright blue city …

Kiss Me (Ed Sheeran) ( Ed Sheeran )

[] Settle down with me, cover me up, cuddle me in.[] Lie down with me and, and hold me, in your arms. And your heart's against my chest, your lips pressed to my neck. And I'm falling for your eyes, but they don't know me …

Kneeling Drunkard's Plea ( Johnny Cash )

Lord have mercy on me Was the kneeling drunkard's plea And as he knelt there on the ground I know that God in Heaven looked down I went down by an old country church I saw the drunkard stagger and lurch And as he reached …

Knockin' on heaven's door ( Guns N' Roses, Bob Dylan )

Mama, take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore. It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on …

Kodachrome ( Paul Simon )

When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school. It's a wonder I can think at all. and though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none. I can read the writing on the wall Kodachro - oh - ohme They …

Lakehouse ( Of Monsters and Men )

Oh I miss the comfort of this house. Where we are, where we are, Where we are, where we are. The floor under our feet whispers out: 'Come on in, come on in, where it all begins.' Can you chase this fire away? Can you …