Sometimes my soul gets weary and my mind begins to wonder. And like that old train 'The Hummingbird' it goes to Alabama. They say home is where the heart is and mine is down in Dixie.
They say my tears come from the bottle that stands beside me all the time. But I wonder if they know the sorrow that always overtakes the wine. I drink to find forgetful valleys where I can leave old memories behind.
Well I was born in a tumbled down shack one quarter of a mile from a railroad track. Mama was a drifter daddy was a bum and they didn't want a little hobo son.
I've been a lot of places and I've seen a lot of faces. I've crossed a lot of bridges and I've even branded through. But when I look behind me the only thing that blinds me.
Grab you stuff and let's go;. it's Saturday night,. time to bowl!. Put the pins in a row;. I'll bowl a strike,. before I get old!. Two a.m. down at the alley,.
Pour me hard liquor over soft music at a table with only one chair. From the first lonely song till the last drop is gone she'll be hanging round somewhere.
Well, once I was a slave at the sawmill. Talk about a poor boy, talk about a poor boy. Never saw a dollar bill. . Well, my work was so hard at the sawmill.
Melody Thornton:. . Oh tonight I'm craving a bite of blood. It ain't right hanging over my head ya tainted love. How could it be that all the love I had was in and out?.
When marimba rhythms start to play. Dance with me, make me sway. Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore. Hold me close, sway me more. . Like a flower bending in the breeze.
Melody Thornton:. There's a place downtown,. Where the freaks all come around.. It's a hole in the wall.. It's a dirty free for all.. . When the dark.
Was that just a dream I had. A thought in my mind. Oh baby, Id have to say that it feels. That way most of the time. . Cause I look around me now. And this is whats real.
[Verse 1]. It's been said and done. Every beautiful thought's been already sung. And I guess right now here's another one. So your melody will play on and on, with best we own.
The more I think I know, the less I do. I guess I need a change of attitude. So many times Ive thought that I knew best. Guess Im no better than the rest.
Ooh. . The plan. Was to let me down gently. I know. The game. Was to call it temperary. Oh. . Boy be carefull what you wish for. Cause you might get that and so much more.
Verse 1. I have known, I have known these strings, to break, do you?. I have known, I have known to feel, erased, do you?. . Is this the way. You're feelin today.
I was loud and a little sad. She was visiting from Atlanta, Georgia. She had come to spend the summer with me. I thought she was very pretty. We would kiss and hold hands.
Crack the sky, this castle will hold you high until you come down. Like a lie of love from a broken son with your throat full of dust. . Are you still calling out her name?.
juliet, juliet. where are you now. could there be one more time, juliet. juliet, it's hard to get. it seems so long. since you came when I called, juliet.
Suzanne was the jewel keeper. In a word she stole all the jewels. And she took them to a foreign land. Which was strictly against all the rules. ANd she wore them all proudly.
Give me your eyes I'll let you see what I see. Bring your uncaring mind, the selfishness no need. . We're searching for a better view - All is taken up by popular few.