John Deere Tractor

Hey momma here’s a letter from your son well I think my city days are done Ma and it ain’t been three weeks since I came Hey momma I do remember what you said say your prayers before you go to bed son and remember city women ain’t the same I’m like a John Deere […]

The Preacher & The Bear

Yeah here come the preacher ha ha Well the preacher went out a huntin’ it was on one Sunday morn It was against his religion but he took a shotgun along He got him a mess of mighty fine quail and one old scraggly hare But on the way home he crossed the path of […]

Things We Said Today

You say you will love me If I have to go You’ll be thinking of me Somehow I will know Someday when I’m lonely Wishing you weren’t so far away Then I will remember Things we said today You say you’ll be mine, girl Till the end of time These days such a kind girl […]

All Time Low

Black heart sun rides the sky Now your eyes are running dry Oh, like the space around me I take my spot in time Who knows, who is both your best friend and brother When everyone’s deserted you Who’d shoot first and ask questions later If any body’s messed with you Pretty soon, we’ll all […]

Will You Be Loving Another Man?

Now will you love me little darling When I’m in some other land? And you know I can’t be with you Or will you be loving another man? Will you be loving another man Will you be loving another man When I return will you be waiting Or will you be loving another man Now […]

Fearless

You say the hill’s too steep to climb Chiding You say you’d like to see me try Climbing You pick the place and I’ll choose the time And I’ll climb the hill in my own way Just wait a while for the right day And as I rise above The tree-line and the clouds I […]

Mission In The Rain

I turn and walk away Then I come round again Looks as though tomorrow I’ll do pretty much the same I must turn down your offer But I’d like to ask a break You know I’m ready to give anything For anything I take Someone called my name you know I turned around to see […]

Black Clouds

Black clouds rollin’ up the valley Black clouds coverin’ up the sun Black clouds rollin’ up the valley How can I be sure that you’re the one? Rivers rushin’ through the canyon Rivers rollin’ through the hills Rivers rushin’ through the canyon I got a restless heart I can’t keep still See this path we’re […]

Purple Strain (Earl’s Song)

Time’s on our side now, yes it is And I’ll find the rising tide now, yes I will Yellow green strands, and purple strains Just a little moss to ease the pain Sunlit sweetness in a puffy white cloud Too much fun for the law to allow Go ahead brother give it one more try […]

Restless Wind

As I ramble around on the outskirts of town Visions from the past fill my mind I remember the day that you went away And each and every tear that I cried Autumn chill cuts the air Leaves blow through the sky I feel your spirit everywhere I can hear you sigh…Restless wind I look […]

Midnight On The Highway

Midnight on the highway and the stars are all aglow And it seems I’m always drivin, and I miss my darlin’ so Midnight on the highway, big bright moon above It lights the white lines for me, all the way home to my love Can’t you hear the wheels a hummin’ as we roll on […]

In Case You Ever Change Your Mind

(I’ll be waiting till the end of time In case you ever change your mind In case you ever change your mind) She came down from the mansion on the mountain She kissed you and she handed you a line I begged you not to go I said darling don’t forget me In case you […]

Freeborn Man

I was born in the Southland Twenty some odd years ago I ran away for the first time when I was four years old I’m a free born man My home is on my back I know every inch of highway Every foot of back road Every mile of railroad track I got a gal […]

Believe

No matter how hard I try You keep pushing me aside And I can’t break through There’s no talking to you It’s so sad that you’re leaving It takes time to believe it But after all is said and done You’re gonna be the lonely one Oh, oh Do you believe in life after love? […]

Planet Caravan

We sail through endless skies Stars shine like eyes The black night sighs The Moon in silver dreams Falls down in beams Light of the night The Earth a purple blaze Of sapphire haze In orbit always While down below the trees Bathed in cool breeze Silver starlight breaks Dawn from night And so we […]

Brain Damage

The lunatic is on the grass The lunatic is on the grass Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs Got to keep the loonies on the path The lunatic is in the hall The lunatics are in my hall The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day the paper boy brings […]

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Somewhere over the rainbow way up high There’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true Someday I’ll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far Behind me Where troubles […]

Ready For The Times To Get Better

I’ve got to tell you I’ve been rackin’ my brain Hopin’ to find a way out I’ve had enough of this continual rain Changes are comin’, no doubt It’s been a too long time With no peace of mind And I’m ready for the times To get better It’s been a too long time With […]

Red Wing

Billy played this as an instrumental   There once was an Indian maid, A shy little prairie maid, Who sang all dat, a love song gay, As on the plain she’d while away the day; She loved a warrior bold, This shy little maid of old, But brave and gay, he rode one day To […]

I’m Goin’ Fishing

I walked down the hill about twelve a clock I sat right down on a great big rock I looked down the water en blessed my soul I seen a great big catfish jumpin’ that hole I’m a gonna fishin ’cause everybody’s fishing And I’m a gonna fishing too You bet your life That your […]

Crawdad Hole

You get a line and I’ll get a pole , honey You get a line and I’ll get a pole babe You get a line and I’ll get a pole we’ll go down to the crawdad hole honey, sugar baby mine Sit on the bank til my feet get cold honey Sit on the bank […]

Georgia Buck

My name is Georgia Buck Never had no luck Always been treated this away boys Always been treated this away Georgie Buck is dead The last thing he said “Don’t put no shortnin’ in my bread.” Georgie Buck is dead The last thing he said “Don’t put no shortnin’ in my bread.” Down the road […]