I gave up the fast lane for a blacktop county road.. Just burned out on all that talk about the mother lode. I traded for a songbird and a bigger piece of sky..
I slipped through your fingers into the clouds. Ran down the concrete hallways. Pushed through the crowds.. I watched by the water. Reached for the sun.
First of the month. Brings back the notion. Of a big round white dance hall. On a cool summer night. Red cherub faces set black shoes in motion. To the oompa pa rythem of a German delight.
I'm long past hungry. I need a bed. I got some real wild things. Runnin' through my head. Oh Rosie, don't forget me now. . I've been to Tulsa. And New Mexico.
I crossed the Mississippi,. Turned south at San Antone. A bowie knife, a woolen coat,. A grip bag on my arm. It's all somebody needs to make it through the land.
The man outside he works for me, his name is Mariano. He cuts and trims the grass for me he makes the flowers bloom. He says that he comes from a place not far from Guanajuato.
Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk. At our Christmas party. We were drinkin' champagne punch and homemade eggnog. Little sister brought her new boyfriend.
What the hell is wrong with me?. I can't do nothin' right?. I sleep away the whole day long. And I stay awake all night.. . I'm fightin' things that I can't see.
Fire one up and you toss one down. Everybody knows you been downtown. Been downtown late last night. Busted your head in a barroom fight. Fightin with your brother fightin with your wife.
You say you're clearing out, the devil's in your eyes. No time to walk, no time to talk, no time for long goodbyes.. The ticket's in your hand, you've made that final call,.
Down the hill. Through the light. Past the city jail. I watch and walk. Every night. I wondered who to tell. . How can I tell my father?. Hes been gone all these years.
There were lean times, they were tough. There were mean times they were rough. And the good times didnt outweigh the bad. I was sad you were bitter. But you were no quitter.
In a year that is not now. From a place unknown. I travel on the mountain roads. Looking for someone. . Sewn inside my vest, a letter. Tells me where and when.
Then there was the time. I saw the great Hank Williams singing on the stage in Philadelphia,. Pennsylvania and he was all dressed up in drag. From his rose red lips to his rhinestone hips he belted.
She said she never really loved you. Guess ya knew it all along. Still you're willing to take the blame. For everything that went wrong. Now there's an ugly little pistol on the table.
Its been five years come this autumn, she remembers well the day. The day the fever got him, and took him far away. Far away from always knowing that the love they shared was true.
I had a horse. named Bad Luck. She weren't good lookin'. but she sure could buck. . Chorus. Yahoo hey hey. Yippee yi cy yey. . I put my mama on her. She threw her in the air.
I climbed the mountains and I swept the plains. I crossed the border and I broke my chains. I walked the back roads 'til my shoes wore through. I'm still without you without you.
We made Oklahoma a little after 3. Randy, his brother Bob and my old GMC. We had some moonshine whisky. And some of Bob's homegrown. We were so messed up we didn't know.
It's midnight on the interstate and I'm flying like a bird. I was talking to a friend of mine, he said. "Have you heard the word?". "I've got some people comin' by to celebrate the show,.