At a red hot truck stop with a dirt floor parking lot. A waitress named Shirley. Poured him some coffee and she said. "Hello stranger where're you going?.
Mr. Uncle Josh. Would you kindly play me some deep southern blues on that hound-dog guitar there. Ah, now that's what I'm talkin' about. Yeah.. . Marty Robbins - El Paso; Waylon Jennings - Ramblin' Man; Roger Miller - King of the Road; Merle Haggard - The Way I Am. Now that's what I'm talkin' about..
I paid the bank note, the car note, an' yes, I paid the 'phone bill too.. An' then I turned around an' I found that the house note's due.. Well, I'd love to take you out like I said I would, honey,.
Well there's a rainbow. At the end of every storm, ooh. . When trouble and trials stand in your way. When you get weary, too weary to pray. Look to the sky and reach for his arm.
When I was a young man. I thought I knew everything. But I didn't know nothing, till I found you. I used to get around some,. I thought I'd seen everything.
I am a lonesome pilgrim, far from home. And what a journey I have known. I might be tired and weary, but I am strong. 'Cause pilgrims walk, but not alone.
Give me my cycle and a star-filled sky above. And a good lookin' woman with a heart full of love. I'll go to any honky tonk in any old town. 'Cause I am the wild one and I'll never settle down.
I am a lonesome pilgrim, far from home. And what a journey I have known. I might be tired and weary, but I am strong. 'Cause pilgrims walk, but not alone.
Newspaper boy makin' his rounds. Spreadin' the word all over town. Drivin' his car just as fast as it will go. . There's papers in the driveway, papers in the yard.
Here comes the Gospel story of Noah's Ark. . When God looked down on this whole world. His heart was heavy and sad. The world He'd made and the man He'd loved.
We're talking Tupelo was about a fast train. Headed toward the world like a mad hurricane. When he finally hit the ground, he tore us all apart. He was born to be a light in the dark.
There's a girl trying to steal my heart. And I'm tempted. Even though she can tear it apart, I'm tempted. In her eyes there's mystery,. Every time she smiles at me.
What do you want? What do you need?. What have you done? Do you want to be free?. Are you losing the battle? The battle with sin.. Well the Master is waiting. Waiting to come in..
I'm tired of walking down that lonesome road. I'm tired of walking down that lonesome road. It's a mighty hard travelin' and a heavy load. . I swing that hammer and I draw a low straight line.
Well I went to town last Friday night (Tear the woodpile down). I raised cain with all my might (Tear the woodpile down). Took along that gal of mine (Tear the woodpile down).
Baby, close that suitcase, let's turn this thing around. We've got everybody talking all over town. But if you have to leave, well, keep one thing in mind.
Its all coming back to me today. All of the bait. The god of email wants me to stay. I should obey. My father told me "Go for the pay" (go for the pay, oh no).
They call me a little wound-up. See, I'm upset because I've always been stuck. But I don't know what it is I'm without. Guess I'm in love with always feeling down.
She was young once. girl of the bohemian kind. in the cold bright dawn. we watched her grow. . Wisdom had begun. season when the river was high. on the grey stone lawn I walked alone.
Out one day, walking one day. Out one day with you, hallelujah. We found a wood with trolleys on wheels. Rolling all around the hills, hallelujah. . And just as soon as it had slipped into sleepy dusk.