Dreadful Wind & Rain

There were two sisters came walkin’ down the stream Oh the wind and rain The one behind pushed the other one in Cryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain Johnny gave the youngest a gay gold ring Oh the wind and rain Didn’t give the oldest one anything Cryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain […]

Down The Road

Now down the road just a mile or two Lives a little girl named Pearly Blue About so high and her hair is brown The Prettiest thing boys in this town Now anytime you want to know Where I’m going, down the road Get my girl on the line You’ll find me there most any […]

Down In The Valley To Pray

As I went down in the valley to pray Studyin’ about that good old way And who shall wear the stary crown Good Lord, show me the way Oh fathers let’s go down Let’s go down come on down Oh fathers let’s go down Down in the valley to pray As I went down in […]

Down In The Hollow

Went down in the hollow Where the wild redtails fly And the oaks and the sycamores Reach up to the sky The old river was Clear outta sight Back to a time On a cold southern night Way up in the hills In the woods dark and deep The light and the shadows Silently creep […]

Down By The River

Be on my side. I’ll be on your side, baby. There is no reason for you to hide. It’s so hard for me staying here all alone, When you could be taking me for a ride. She could drag me over the rainbow, Send me away. Down by the river, I shot my baby. Down […]

Doorstep Of Trouble

I’m standing on the doorstep of trouble, Standing on the doorstep of pain, Watching that sun roll over that hill, I’m wondering where my good love has been, Lord, Lord, I’m wondering where my true love has been I’m sitting on my blue doorstep crying, Looking at the sidewalk at my feet, Wondering why my […]

Dooley

Dooley was a good ole man He lived below the mill Dooley had two daughters And a forty-gallon still One gal watched the boiler The other watched the spout And mama corked the bottles And ole Dooley fetched ’em out. Dooley slippin’ up the holler Dooley try to make a dollar Dooley give me a […]

Don’t This Road Look Rough & Rocky

Darling, I have come to tell you Though it almost breaks my heart But before the morning darling We’ll be many miles apart Don’t this road look rough and rocky Don’t that sea look wide and deep Don’t my baby look the sweetest When she’s in my arms asleep Can’t you hear the night birds […]

Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright

Well, it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe If’n you don’t know by now And it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe It’ll never do somehow When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window, and I’ll be gone You’re the reason I’m a-traveling on […]

Do What’s Right

When you love somebody, love them When you help somebody, help them Don’t hold back Give it everything you got I know right from wrong Baby won’t you do what’s right You know what to do, just do it You got nothing to lose, lose it Don’t hold back Give it everything you got I […]

Dire Wolf

In the timbers of Fennario the wolves are running round The winter was so hard and cold, froze ten feet ‘neath the ground Don’t murder me, I beg of you don’t murder me Please don’t murder me I sat down to supper, ’twas a bottle of red whiskey I said my prayers and went to […]

Dig A Little Deeper In The Well

Dig dig a little deeper in the well boys Dig a little deeper in the well If you want a good cool drink of water You gotta dig a little deeper in the well. My daddy used to tell me don’t be fooled by what you see If you want to get to the heart […]

Different Days

Staring at the pictures of the runaways on the wall Seems like, these days, you couldn’t run away at all And even if you did, what you got to run away to Just another drunk daddy with a white man’s point of view I can see you in my mind’s eye, catching light Sleep beside […]

Devil In A Sleeping Bag

We were headed home in Austin Caught pneumonia on the road Taking it home to Connie and the kids A wheel ran off and jumped a railroad Then ran through a grocery store If you want to buy a bus I’m taking bids And the devil shivered in his sleeping bag He said traveling on […]

Deep River Blues

Let it rain, let it pour, let it rain a whole lot more ‘Cause I got them deep river blues Let the rain drive right on, let the waves sweep along ‘Cause I got them deep river blues My old gal’s a good old pal, and she looks like a water fowl When I get […]

Deep Elem Blues

When you go down in Deep Elem Just to have a little fun Better have fifteen dollars When that policeman come Oh sweet mama Daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama Daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues When you go down in Deep Elem Put you money in your pants Those Deep Elem […]

Dear Mr. Fantasy

Dear Mister Fantasy play us a tune Something to make us all happy Do anything take us out of this gloom Sing a song, play guitar Make it snappy You are the one who can make us all laugh But doing that you break out in tears Please don’t be sad if it was a […]

Deal

Since it cost a lot to win And even more to lose You and me bound to spend some time Wondering what to choose Goes to show, you don’t ever know Watch each card you play and play it slow Wait until that deal come round Don’t you let that deal go down, no, no […]

Dark Star

Dark star crashes Pouring its light into ashes Reason tatters The forces tear loose from the axis Searchlight casting For faults in the clouds of delusion Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds Mirror shatters In formless reflections of matter Glass hand dissolving To ice petal flowers […]

Cypress Grove Blues

I would rather be buried in some cypress grove I would rather be buried in some cypress grove To have some woman, Lord, that I can’t control And I’m goin’ away now, I’m goin’ away to stay And I’m goin’ away now, I’m goin’ away to stay That’ll be all right, pretty mama, you gonna […]