God ain't in his heaven, something ain't right. I hear church bells ringing in the middle of the night. They're dragging a man by his insides. Through the broad daylight.
They're downsizing John's department. His hours got cut. But he does the best he can. And who's the richer man?. He picked up some work on Tuesdays. Mowing the lawns at a high school in Arlington.
My Body'S Bruised, Is Getting Paralized. A Mind'S Breakdown That Can'T Be Synchronized. Out Of My Eyes I Can'T Choke Back My Tears. Begging For Help Right Now To Survive.
I never stop in one place long till life starts closin' in. Then a night wind beckons and I'll go running with the wind. Well I grew up an orphan boy no one to call my own.
Rooster Hill. by Ronnie Rogers. . Last saturday night on rooster hill. I lost 4 one hundred dollar bills. came home with my champion cock cut all to pieces.
There's a baby in Minneapolis that I ain't never seen. And I guess he'd never guess that I'm his dad. And there's a woman up in east St Louis she'll make one hell of a wife.
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.
I was born on the banks of the river grew up in a floatin' shack. Old Man River was my front yard we had snakes and frogs out back. I learned to cry to a steamboat whistle I cut my teets on a pal of a cat.
I'm running out of room, don't make me say it. There is nothing left in me, don't make me. Too much for hotel rooms, don't make me say it. Sleeping pills, don't make me.
I guess she put her blue dress on. And walked out late last night. Left one silk stocking. Dangling from the bedside light. . I sobered up and called her name.
Pretty little one, how has it all begun?. They're teaching you how to walk but you're already on the run. Little one, what you gonna do?. Little one, honey, it's all up to you.
Well sometimes I will. Then again, I think I won't. Whoa, sometimes I will. Then again, I think I won't. Sometimes I do. Then again, I think I don't. Ah well, I looked at my watch.
Well you might be right when you tell me. I'll find better love. But I'll never find a better friend. Well if you tell me you're not that anymore. Then this is the bitter end.
Written by danny kirwan.. . Oh my girl you were damn damn pretty. Sleepy-eyed from the ram jam city. Oh don't you hide. Oh come inside. By the side of a truck stack waitin'.
Help me escape this feelin' of insecurity. I need you so much but I don't think you really need me. But if we all stand up in the name of love. And state the case of what we're dreamin' of.
Pain, I guess it's a matter of sensation. But somehow you have ways of avoiding it all. In my mind I have shot you and stabbed you through your heart.
well now if you see my rooster. ask him to stay. if you see my rooster. won't you ask him to stay hey hey. . well now if you see my sister. drive her away.
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah. . You ain't got music if you ain't got the muscle, oh, yeah. Ain't seen nothin' 'til you're down and you're rotten, oh, yeah. You ain't got nothing until you hit rock bottom, h, yeah.
You're my ride, I'm out my window. It's alright if you've got candy-o. You're so cool and not much older. But you know how to drive, baby you're my ride.
I really might seem retarded. But i really wanna see you again. Want nothing but to be your friend. So i could see you again. . If i feel a bit disregaurded.