Down at the bottom of that dirty ol' river. Down where the reeds and the catfish play. There lies a dream as soft as the water. There lies a bluebird that's flown away.
Chico says, Man, I see no way. I just can't go back to this bed I made. No more dusk 'til dawn, no more new disguise. No more children's questions I answer with lies.
I had an old hen she had a wooden leg. Best old hen that never laid an egg. Laid more eggs than any hen around the barn. Another dirink of whiskey wouldnt do me any harm.
I been climbin up a mountain since the day that I was born. It's been so long of a journey and I'm feelin kinda tired and worn. Tired and worn, tired and worn.
When you look out your window and see her runnin' away. You start addin' things up, how you let her down. Now she's makin' you pay, by runnin' away. .
There in the paper as plain as day I saw. Your face was smilin' and lookin' my way it said. You beat the odds in some game. Five thousand dollars and fame.
Its a celebration. In the cresent city. On the day that christ was born. Mistletoe hangin everywhere,light everywhere. Decor on every pole. lets take a horse and carriage ride.
Oh listen to the train. Comin down the line. Tryin to make up all of her lost time. From Buffalo to Washington. . I'm gonna wash my jumper. Starch my overalls.
You don't have to be from the country to eat catfish and cornbread. you just have to love it, and drop it in a muffin tin. the cities and the suburbs still need to be fed.
Calamity Jane had a dream. it wasn't a pyramid or a scheme. she wasn't a hero or a fiend. slipping through quicksand by her own means. . Calamity Jane had it made.
You say you'll call when the time is right, yeah right. You must think there's something better. You just haven't met her. I should put my life on hold and wait.
I'm 13 years old, I hate your guts. And I got a zip gun, I got a reefer. I've been screwing since I was 9. And I can make you or break you with charm.
See how the rain falls from the sky. Drifting down. From your high mountain's eye. But don't look surprised, you're going home. . Yeah you're leaving L.A..
His lonely is only. A blank space in my hallway. On the wall way between the hanging. Of paintings of lonely that ain't lonely at all. . Hey, the Art Mob's out tonight.
Cocktails for three. Oh, it's gettin' to me. Yeah, passin' afternoons. Sittin' in these cocktail rooms. . Yeah, from nine to five, I'm in the pink. 'Cause after work we go for a drink.
Well, I drove down to El Paso on my business. Well, I was just another executive workin' for the bank. When I crossed that border line, I dropped my business.
Well, I guess you must have had a change of heart. You don't treat me like you did at the start. Your campaign of love was quite a work of art. Now I guess you must have had a change of heart.
I been drinking so much I can't sing straight. I gotta hope that it's not too late. To say the only thing that I've ever had. Was here in my own two hands.
Dad says he`ll miss his daughter. He give me a hug and a quarter. So proud lookin` forward to knowin`. Says give him a call when i get where i`m goin`.
Been waitin' all week for Saturday night. Now the day is finally here. Got the swags in the back and the barbecue pack. The five dollar suits and beer.