Mr. Charlie
I take a little powder I take a little salt I put it in my shotgun And I go walking out Chooba chooba (chooba chooba) Wooly Bully (wooly bully) Looking high (looking high) Looking low (looking low) Gonna scare you up and shoot ya ‘Cause Mister Charlie told me so I won’t even take your […]
Whisper My Name
Now you’ve been gone so long I’ve been so blue I’m lyin here cryin and thinkin of you My heart has been broken and twisted with pain For someone else holds you And whispers your name The day you left me and said We were through I begged and I cried and I pleaded with […]
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
Señor, señor, do you know where we’re headin’? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon? Seems like I been down this way before Is there any truth in that, señor? Señor, señor, do you know where she is hidin’? How long are we gonna be ridin’? How long must I keep my eyes glued to the door? […]
Old Mexico
The border is nowhere is in site And I got me a feeling I won’t be seeing it tonight But I’ll ride on as fast I can go Freedom waits for me in Old Mexico There’s a pretty senorita waitng there With mysterious eyes and wavy black hair She always welcomes me to her door […]
Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down
Well, I’ve been all around this whole wide world Been down to sunny Alabam My mama always told me, Son Never let your deal go down Don’t let your deal go down Don’t let your deal go down Don’t let your deal go down Till your last gold dollar is gone Well, the last time […]
Pyramid Country
Instrumental
Last Train To Clarksville
Billy Strings plays an instrumental version
I’m Still Here
Now trains are runnin’ towards each other Shotguns are pointed at my head Tornado clouds are formin’ o’er the crossroads H-bombs are fallin’ towards my bed But I’m still here I’m still here. Now, how ’bout that? My city may be fallin’ But I’m still here The assassination squad has got their orders Repossession man […]
I Only Exist
No I’m not living I only exist How much longer can I go on like this You broke my heart and tortured my mind I’ve lost you darling you’re long gone this time My home is broken you wrecked my young life You left me here alone to cry These tears that are flowing will […]
Sitting in Limbo
Sitting here in limbo, like a bird without a song Sitting here in limbo, but I know it won’t be long Well, they’re putting up resistance But I know my faith will lead me on Sitting here in limbo waiting for the tide to flow Sitting here in limbo, knowing that I have to go […]
Ole Slew Foot
High on the mountain tell me what you see Bear tracks, bear tracks lookin’ back at me Better get your rifle boy before it’s too late Cause the bear’s got a little pig and headed through the gate He’s big around the middle and he’s broad across the rump Runnin’ ninety miles an hour takin’ […]
Doin’ My Time
On this old rock pile with a ball and chain They call me by a number not a name, Lord, Lord Gotta do my time, gotta do my time With an aching heart and a worried mind When that old judge looked down and smiled Said I’ll put you on that good road for a […]
Ernest T. Grass
Instrumental
Tipper
Instrumental
East Virginia Blues
I was born in East Virginia North Carolina I did go There I courted a fair young maiden But her age I did not know Oh her hair was dark and curly And her cheeks were rosy red On her breast she wore a lilly Where I longed to lay my head Molly dear, go […]
Blue Virginia Blues
Have you ever been to Richmond in November When the cold Virginia rain is coming down Friends I’m here to tell you it’s no pleasure When you’re all alone and a stranger to this town. Don’t take me wrong I do like East Virginia And Richmond’s full of hospitality Except for one Virginia girl I […]
All Fall Down
Whirly pig is comin’ Whirly pig is comin’ Whirly pig is comin’ We’ll all fall down Hide it in the mornin’ Hide it in the mornin’ Hide it in the mornin’ We’ll all fall down You’ll be laying in the daffodils A-rollin’ in the clover There’s a warbler in the holler And the Whirly pig […]
The White Dove
In the deep rolling hills of old Virginia There’s a place that I love so well Where I spent many days of my childhood In the cabin where we loved to dwell White dove will mourn in sorrow The willows will hang their heads I’ll live my life in sorrow Since mother and daddy are dead We were all […]
Reuben’s Train
Well, Reuben Made A Train And He Put It On A Track Hear That Whistle Blow A Hundred Miles Oh Me, Oh My Hear That Whistle Blow A Hundred Miles I Spent Last Night In Jail Nobody To Go My Bail Lord How it Sleeted And Snowed Oh Me, Oh My Lord How It […]
End Of The Rainbow
I reach my goal at the end of the rainbow If the sun will shine on me once more If time don’t change my mind about you For me they’ll be no rainbow My goal is just to be with you But you are the devil in disguise If time don’t change my mind about […]
John Hardy
John Hardy was a desperate little man He carried two guns every day He shot down a man on that West Virginia line You oughta seen John Hardy getting away You oughta seen John Hardy getting away John Hardy stood in that old barroom So drunk that he could not see And a man walked […]
Likes Of Me
See outside the rain it pours the lightning flashes the thunder roars Woman you’d stand a better chance at tryin’ to tame the elements Rather than try to tame my soul Or think your love could ever hold to the likes of me It ain’t I wouldn’t like to stay live my life in an […]
Cassidy
I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream I can tell by the mark he left, you were in his dream Ah child of countless trees Ah child of boundless seas What you are, and what you’re meant to be Speaks his name, though you were born to me Born to […]
Streamline Cannonball
This long steel rail a short crosstie I’m on my way back home I’m on a train the king of them all that Streamlined Cannonball She moves along like a cannonball like a star in its heavenly flight This lonesome sound from the whistle you love as she travels through the night I can see […]