A Change Is Gonna Come
I was born by the river in a little tent Oh, and just like the river I’ve been running ever since It’s been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gon’ come, oh yes, it will It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die ‘Cause I don’t know what’s […]
99 Years (Is Almost For Life)

The courtroom was crowded the judge waited there My mother was crying when I left my chair The sentence were sharpful they cut like a knife For ninety ninety years folks is almost for life I dreamed of the whistle I heard the bells ring My sweetheart was coming some good news to bring I […]
20/20 Vision

He says that I’m all right I know he’s lying I’m losing my sight He should have examined the eyes of my mind 20/20 vision and walking round blind With my eyes wide open I lay in my bed If wasn’t for dying I wish I was dead This is my punishment Death is too […]
16/16
Instrumental
Paul & Silas

Paul and Silas bound in jail- all night long Paul and Silas bound in jail- all night long Paul and Silas bound in jail- all night long Who shall deliver for me That old jail it reeled and rocked- all night long That old jail it reeled and rocked- all night long That old jail […]
Fireball
Instrumental
No More To Leave You Behind

Riding at night through the wind and rain Trying to find my way home This weary traveller’s been gone to long I return, never more to roam I’ve seen big city lights and miles of highway White lines they never seem to end But they light the way to a beautiful place Back to see […]
New Camptown Races

Instrumental
(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window?
How much is that doggie in the window? The one with the waggly tail How much is that doggie in the window? I do hope that doggie’s for sale I must take a trip to California And leave my poor sweetheart alone If he has a dog, he won’t be lonesome And the doggie will […]
Rocky Top

Wish that I was on old Rocky Top Down in the Tennessee hills Ain’t no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top Ain’t no telephone bills Once I had a girl on Rocky Top Half bear the other half cat Wild as a mink but sweet as soda-pop I still dream about that Rocky Top you’ll always […]
Angel Band

My latest sun is sinking fast, my race is nearly run My strongest trials now are past, my triumph has begun Oh, come Angel Band come and around me stand Oh bear me away on your snow white wings to my immortal home Oh bear me away on your snow white wings to my immortal […]
Dark Hollow

I’d rather be in some dark hollow Where the sun don’t ever shine Than to be home alone, knowing that you’re gone Would cause me to lose my mind So blow your whistle freight train Take me far on down the track I’m going away, I’m leaving today I’m going but I ain’t coming back […]
Ridin’ That Midnight Train

I’m riding on that midnight train My head is hanging low Them awful blues will follow me Wherever I may go No matter what I say or do You’re never satisfied I’ve tried I’ve tried so many times So I’m leaving you now goodbye I’m riding on that midnight train My head is hanging low […]
A Robin Built A Nest On Daddy’s Grave

Springtime is coming in the mountain by river on a hill where daddy lay all the song birds were singing and a robin build a nest on daddy’s grave I planted dad a rose some time ago and oh that Rose how it did grow Springtime has come I’m glad to say and a robin […]
Cheap Tequila

Cheap perfume, sweet perfume Lonely smell that fills the room Roses in your low-rent tomb A picture made of cheap perfume Sad old rag, sad young hag Clothes that hide the early sag Sequins on a lame bag The sparkles of a sad old rag. Drink up and be happy Live just for today Drown […]
The Devil Came From Kansas
The Devil came from Kansas. Where he went to I can’t say Though I teach I’m not a preacher, and I aim to stay that way There’s a monkey riding on my back, been there for some time He says he knows me very well but he’s no friend of mine I am not a […]
If You’re Ever In Oklahoma
If you’re ever in Oklahoma You better move around at night ‘Cause they don’t like no transportation Slipping by in-and-out of sight And they don’t care about Dallas, Texas And they don’t care about Wichita If you’re ever in Oklahoma You better move around the law They got fines and they got plenty They’ll hold […]
Blue Mule

Riding with the wind She’s come and gone again Some say she came from Georgia Some say from Tennessee But there never was another like my old blue mule Lord knows there’ll never be She could jump right over a mountain She could outrun a diesel train Her mother was that blue ox, babe She […]
Roll On Buddy, Roll On

I’m going to that east pay road I’m going to that east pay road I’m going to the east I going to the west I’m going to the one that I love best Roll on, buddy, roll on Roll on, buddy, roll on You wouldn’t roll so slow If you knew what I know So […]
Walk On Boy

I was born one mornin’ The rain a-pourin’ down Heard my mammy say to my pappy “Let’s call him John Henry Brown” Walk on boy walk on down the road Ain’t nobody in this whole wide world A-gonna help you carry your load I left my mammy and pappy Just about the age of ten […]
Train, Train

Well, train, train, take me on out of this town Train, train, Lord, take me on out of this town Well, that woman I’m in love with, Lord, she’s Memphis bound Well, leavin’ here, I’m just a raggedy hobo Lord, I’m leaving here, I’m just a raggedy hobo Well, that woman I’m in love with, […]
Train 45

Billy Strings plays the instrumental version and often adds it to the end of his original “On the Line.”
Tennessee

You have heard and read about the state of Tennessee Down in the southern states is where I want to be Where the valleys are so green And the mountains are so tall You will know just what I mean When you hear them say “y’all” Tennessee (Tennessee) I hear you calling me (I hear […]
Brown’s Ferry Blues

Hard luck papa comin’ down the lane Mama give him back his walkin’ cane Lord, Lord, I got them Brown’s Ferry blues Thrown it away and he went to town To see that woman and now he’s down Lord, Lord, I got them Brown’s Ferry blues Hard luck papa gettin’ too tired If he don’t […]