Rocky Raccoon
Now somewhere in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon And one day his woman ran off with another guy Hit young Rocky in the eye Rocky didn’t like that He said, “I’m gonna get that boy” So one day he walked into town Booked himself a room […]
Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms
Roll in my sweet baby’s arms Roll in my sweet baby’s arms Lay around the shack ’til the mail train comes back And I’ll roll in my sweet baby’s arms I ain’t gonna work on the railroad I ain’t gonna work on the farm Lay down the shack ’til the mail train comes back And […]
Red House
There’s a Red House over yonder That’s where my baby stays There’s a Red House over yonder, baby That’s where my baby stays Well, I ain’t been home to see my baby, in ninety nine and one half days. ‘Bout time I see her, Wait a minute something’s wrong here The key won’t unlock the […]
Red Mountain Wine
I ain’t got no worries, I ain’t got no home I ain’t got no body To call all my own But I’m satisfied With nothing to do Just bum for a dime Drinking red mountain wine Some people like me Some people don’t Some women love me lord But some women won’t But I’m satisfied […]
Reverend
Couple beers with the reverend Am I safe from the night? More money to the system Am I free from the fight? I left myself behind in my home town Went looking for a new place, you won’t find me around I made peace with my country Though I never could believe Somebody else’s struggle […]
Riders On The Storm
Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Into this house we’re born Into this world we’re thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out on loan Riders on the storm There’s a killer on the road His brain is squirmin’ like a toad Take a long holiday Let your children play If […]
Right Place, Wrong Time
I been in the right place But it must have been the wrong time I’d of said the right thing But I must have used the wrong line I been in the right trip But I must have used the wrong car My head was in a bad place And I’m wondering what it’s good […]
Riding Out The Winter
Well I’m riding out the winter Bracing for the snows Got my blankets and my car Going see how it goes Going to leave the interstate Find shelter from the streets I’m just riding out the winter Trying to make ends meat I got a few choice friends And we pass it around A joke, […]
River Of Death
Oh the river of death lies just before me Can I find a place that I can cross Or will I be in sin forever Oh Lord don’t let my soul be lost Oh I wanna walk with Christ my savior For he’s the one that’ll guide me on All through my life I’ve been […]
Ragtime Annie
Instrumental
Raleigh & Spencer
Raleigh and Spencer are burning down No there ain’t no liquor in town No there ain’t no liquor in town Whatcha gonna do to wet them lips When the whole darn town runs dry When the whole darn town runs dry I been all around this whole wide world I been down to Memphis Tennessee […]
Ralph’s Banjo Special
Instrumental
Randall Collins
Fifteen dollars is my gain, fifteen is my draw Randall Collins is my name, down in Arkansas Rollin’ dice in the railroad yard, won’t get’cha too much, Jack Workin’ on that section gang will surely break your back Fifteen dollars is my gain, fifteen is my draw Randall Collins is my name, in the state of Arkansas Hidin’ out by […]
Rank Stranger
I wandered again to my home in the mountains Where in youth’s early dawn I was happy and free I looked for my friends, but I never could find them I found they were all rank strangers to me. Everybody I met (everybody I met) Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a […]
Rascal
I’ve been hurt and f*cked up too Many years ago Hoping I could come up quick Along the broken road Well I hustled and found a plug Front me extra, show me love Now I’m flexing in a Wraith They hating on me too And every sleepless night Led me to where I am B*tches […]
Raw Hide
Instrumental
Ready To Believe
I’m ready, ready to believe in love again I’m ready, ready to believe in love again Happy to be home when the buds are blooming Candy hanging on the vine Been running ’round too fast and Too slow at the same time I’m ready, ready to believe in love again (I’m ready, ready to believe […]
Street People
Hanging out with the street people they got it down Hanging out with the street people drifting from town to town Got a job at a nursery, but they just didn’t like what I grow They called the man and ran me off and said don’t come back no more Hanging out with the street […]
Sugar Hill Ramble
Instrumental
Summertime
Summertime, and the living is easy. Fish are jumping, and the cotton is high. Oh, your daddy’s rich, and your ma is good-looking. So, hush, little baby, don’t you cry. One of these mornings you’re gonna rise up singing. Yes, you’ll spread your wings and you’ll take to the sky. But ’til that day, baby […]
Summertime Blues
Well, I’m a gonna raise a fuss, I’m gonna raise a holler About workin’ all summer just to try an’ earn a dollar Everytime I call my baby, to try to get a date My boss says, no dice, son, you gotta work late Sometimes I wonder what I’m gonna do ‘Cause there ain’t no […]
Sunny Side Of The Mountain
Now don’t forget me little darling while I’m growing old and gray Just a little thought before I’m going far away I’ll be waiting on the hillside where the wild red roses grow On the sunny side of the mountain where the rippling waters fall Now don’t forget about those days we courted many years […]
Swannanoa Tunnel
Asheville junction, Swannanoa Tunnel All caved in, baby, all caved in I’m going back to that Swannanoa Tunnel That’s my home, baby, that’s my home When you hear my watchdog howling Somebody around, baby, somebody around When you hear that hoot owl squalling Somebody dying, baby, somebody dying Last December I remember The wind blowed […]
Sweet Leaf
Alright now! Won’t you listen? When I first met you didn’t realize I can’t forget you for your surprise You introduced me to my mind And left me wanting you and your kind Oh yeah! I love you oh you know it My life was empty forever on a down Until you took me showed […]