Going to Georgia

Had a dream the other night when everything was still Thought I saw my Georgia belle comin’ down the hill Goin’ to Georgia, Goin’ there to stay Goin’ to Georgia, Wor’y my life a way Beefsteak when I’m hungry whiskey when I’m dry Cornbread when I’m hard up sweet heaven when I die Going to Georgia, […]

Muskrat

Muskrat, oh, muskrat, what makes you smell so bad? Layin’ around the farmer’s house eatin’ up all he had, eatin’ up all he had Eatin’ up all he had, boys, eatin’ up all he had Muskrat, oh, muskrat, I’ll track him through the sand Muskrat, oh, muskrat, gonna catch him if I can, catch him […]

About a Girl

I need an easy friendI do, with an ear to lendI do think you fit this shoeI do, but you have a clue I’ll take advantage whileYou hang me out to dryBut I can’t see you every nightFree (I do, I do) I’m standing in your lineI do hope you have the timeI do pick […]

Something in the Way

Underneath the bridge, tarp has sprung a leakAnd the animals I’ve trapped have all become my petsAnd I’m living off of grass, and the drippings from my ceilingIt’s OK to eat fish ’cause they don’t have any feelings Something in the way, hmm-mmmSomething in the way, yeah, hmm-mmmSomething in the way, hmm-mmmSomething in the way, […]

Waymore’s Blues

Well, I woke up this mornin’ it was drizzlin’ rain Around the curve come a passenger train Heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan Jimmy he’s dead, he’s been a long time gone Been a long time gone, a long time gone If you want to get to heaven, gotta D-I-E You gotta put on […]

Richard Petty

One of these days, I’ll wake up tired of the life I’m living and feel inspired to get off my ass and be on my way One of these days out wake up steady and ready-to-go like Richard Petty I’m a-gonna wake up and change my ways one of these days One of these days […]

Seven Weeks in County

I’ve got seven weeks in County, but I won’t blame The Man I’ve won and lost some poker chips But don’t blame the hand It’s been seven years of famine, But I never blamed the land Just give me peace and quiet, Boss I’ll take it where I can My only enemy Is out to […]

A-Roving on a Winter’s Night

A-roving on a winter’s night And a-drinking good old wine Thinking about that pretty little girl That broke this heart of mine She is just like a bud of rose That blooms in the month of June Or like some musical instrument That’s just been lately tuned Well, perhaps it’s a trip to some foreign […]

Uncloudy Day

Oh, they tell me of a home far beyond the skies Oh, they tell me of a home far away Oh, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise Oh, they tell me of an uncloudy day Oh, the land of cloudless day Oh, the land of an unclouded day Oh, they […]

I’m Bound to Ride

Coming down from Tennessee riding on the line Thinking about the girl of mine couldn’t keep from crying Honey babe I’m bound to ride Don’t you want to go Riding on a streetcar looking o’er the town Eating saltine crackers ten cents a pound Working on a railroad saving all I can Looking for that […]

Harbor of Love

There’s coming a time on the great judgement morning When the Savior will welcome you home Will you be prepared for the journey to heaven On the great ship that carries God’s chosen ones home Oh the waters’ so deep on the river of Jordan And the light shines so bright from heaven above And […]

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty [Former version:] That good ship […]

Windows

On these vacant streets of nightfall Try to fool myself, I don’t know where I’m goingAnd these gutters that I’m walking The reflection of a thousand windows glowing Some are laughing, some are crying Some are yawning as I quickly pass them by Something moving back behind I hear a bumping, or a sneeze, sometimes a sigh All those […]

We Are The Champions

I’ve paid my dues Time after time I’ve done my sentence But committed no crime And bad mistakes‒ I’ve made a few I’ve had my share of sand kicked in my face But I’ve come through And I need to go on and on, and on, and on We are the champions, my friends And […]