Hanging Around
Drivin’ along with my radio on feelin’ good Ain’t got no lady but maybe I’m thinkin’ I could I slept all day nothing to do And I don’t see the world goin’ by And I don’t even have to try I’m just hangin’ around, oh yeah Thought I was cool When I dropped out of […]
Guitar In My Hands
You don’t love me, the same There ain’t a guitar in my hands You don’t love me, the same There ain’t a guitar in my hands When I’m without it, you don’t know me You don’t claim me as your man Clear to me baby now I understand You only love me if there’s a […]
Groundhog
Shoulder up your gun, and whistle up your dog Shoulder up your gun, and whistle up your dog Off to the woods for to catch a groundhog Oh, groundhog! Run here, Sally, with a ten-foot pole Run here, Sally, with a ten-foot pole To twist this whistle-pig out of his hole Oh, groundhog! Here comes […]
Ground Speed
Instrumental
Gotta Travel On
I’ve laid around and played around this old town too long Summers almost gone, winters coming on I’ve laid around and played around this old town too long And I feel like I’ve gotta travel on Poppa writes to Johnny but Johnny can’t come home Johnny can’t come home, no, Johnny can’t come home Poppa […]
Gotta Jibboo
Mama sing sing when she gotta jibboo Papa sing gotta jibboo Mama sing sing when she gotta jibboo Papa sing gotta jibboo too Mama sing sing when she gotta jibboo Papa sing gotta jibboo Mama sing sing when she gotta jibboo Gotta jibboo and you keep on drinking too Too, too, too Mama sing sing […]
Goodbye Old Pal
Along about round-up time, in Texas way out West I lost a friend and a pal, boys, I laid him down to rest I weeped and moaned over his grave and to me boys, it was sad ‘Cause I knew down beneath that mound lay the best pal I ever had Oh-de-lady-ay, de-oh-lady-oh, de-ladie-ey My […]
Good Times Bad Times
In the days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a man And now I’ve reached that age, I’ve tried to do all those things the best I can No matter how I try, I find my way into the same old jam Good times, bad times, you know I’ve had […]
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
I’m gonna lay down my old guitar Gonna lay down my old guitar Oh I wish I could tie it to my side And take it along with me There’s no one to cry for me There’s no one to cry for me I’ve wandered so far away don’t you see And there’s no one […]
Going To The Races
I’m goin’ to the races To see my pony run And if I win any greenbacks We’re gonna have some fun They say we can’t get married They say I’m not worthy of you They don’t know what they’re talking about They don’t know what we’ve been through I’m goin’ to the races To see […]
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad, hey hey hey, yeah Don’t wanna be treated this a way Going where the climate suits my clothes I’m going where the climate suits my clothes Going where the climate suits my clothes Don’t wanna be treated […]
Give The Fiddler A Dram
Billy plays this as an instrumental. The original had lyrics. Also of note: Billy plays this as part of a fiddle medley–with “Whistling Rufus” and “Ragtime Annie.”
Ginseng Sullivan
About three miles from the back town yard The river curves on down Not far south of the town depot Sullivan’s shack was found Up on the higher ground. You could see him every day Just walking down the line With his old brown sack across his back Long hair down behind Speaking his worried […]
Joseph’s Dream (Get No Better)
Just when you think it can’t get no better then it does It’s always so much better than it ever was Seems like all the good things come at once, yes they do And just when you think it can’t get no better then it does Well he caressed her breast she hie di died […]
Funky President
Funky, nasty Hey! listen to the man! Payback! Cold blooded! People people We gotta get over before we go under People people We gotta get over before we go under Hey country, didn’t say what you meant Just changed the brand new funky president Stock market going up, jobs going down There ain’t no funky […]
Funky Bitch
Every time I see her, she got new fancy clothes Every time I see her, she got new fancy clothes She took up all my money And threw poor me out the door Lord now standing there, ain’t got nowhere to go Lord now standing there, ain’t got nowhere to go I’ve been down in […]
Funk #49
Uh, sleep all day, out all night, I know where you’re going. I don’t that’s a-acting right, You don’t think it’s showing. A-jumpin’ up, fallin’ down, Don’t misunderstand me. You don’t think that I know your plan, What you try’n to hand me? Out all night, sleep all day, I know what you’re doing. If […]
Frosty Morn
Instrumental
Friend Of The Devil
I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds Didn’t get to sleep that night till the morning came around Set out running but I take my time A friend of the devil is a friend of mine If I get home before daylight I just might get some sleep Tonight I ran […]
Friend And A Friend
I set out long ago Didn’t give a thought to all the rogues and robbers on the road Cuz if I had a chance I know I had to take it So for the longest time I spent a string of lonely nights in the back of a Ford Econoline You wake up feeling low […]
Freight Train
Billy plays an instrumental version of this song
Freebird
If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be traveling on now ‘Cause there’s too many places I’ve got to see. But if I stayed here with you, girl, Things just couldn’t be the same. ‘Cause I’m as free as a bird now, And this bird you cannot change. And […]
Franklin’s Tower
In another time’s forgotten space Your eyes looked from your mother’s face Wildflower seed on the sand and stone May the four winds blow you safely home Roll away the dew Roll away the dew Roll away the dew Roll away the dew I’ll tell you where the four winds dwell In Franklin’s tower there […]
Four Sticks
Oh, baby, it’s crying time Oh, baby, I got to fly Got to try to find a way Got to try to get away ‘Cause you know I gotta get away from you, babe Oh, baby, the river’s red Ah, baby, in my head There’s a funny feeling going on I don’t think I can […]