The Monument Valley

It's all about where you put the horizon. Said the Great John Ford to the young man rising. You got to frame it just right and have some luck of course.

The Fourth Night Of My Drinking

On the first night of my drinking I was looking for my keys. I was half-blind and stinking and bloody at the knees. I had a built-in-fever and bright red cheeks.

The Home Front

The hours creep across the face. As she paces across the floor. She can't even get to sleep since Tony went to war. She feels bitch-slapped and abandoned.

The Flying Wallendas

And they fell from the skies with the greatest of ease. And they landed on the ground under tents and trapeze. And they were told that they fell with such beauty and grace.

The Deeper In

By the time you were born there were four other siblings. With your Mama awaiting your daddy in jail. Your oldest brother was away at a home. And You didn't meet him til you were nineteen years old.

The Fireplace Poker

The Reverend had his wife done in. By a guy I knew in high school. He and a friend should do her in. And make it look like a robbery. . "Here's money, son, go buy a gun.

The Day John Henry Died

I watched the rain; it settled in. We disappeared for days again.. Most of us were staying in, lazy like the sky.. The letters flew across the wire filtered through a million liars..

The Buford Stick

Now Sheriff Buford Pusser's gotten too big for his britches. With his book reviews and movie deals. Down at the car lot making public appearances. For breaking up our homes and stills.

The Company I Keep

My Mama told me, your life is such a wreck. Your dumber than dog shit is what my Daddy said. I was just thirteen when they showed me the door. I keep their picture but don't look at it no more.

The Boys From Alabama

Well, they caught you smoking grass and the judge threw the book. I can see a little opportunism in your look. You can take it from me, boy. You can take it from a crook.

Than Man I Shot

That man I shot,. He was trying to kill me. He was trying to kill me. He was trying to kill me. That man I shot I didn't know him. I was just doing my job, maybe so was he.

That Man I Shot

That man I shot,. He was trying to kill me. He was trying to kill me. He was trying to kill me. That man I shot I didn't know him. I was just doing my job, maybe so was he.

Tails Facing Up

Me and my brother's old lady went out and got stinking,. She solved her curiosities about me by the railroad tracks.. She said I reminded her of him before he started drinking.

Tales Facing Up

Me and my brother's old lady went out and got stinking,. She solved her curiosities about me by the railroad tracks.. She said I reminded her of him before he started drinking.

The Clearing [single Version]

True Blue

I live up in the mountain. where all the snakes have legs.. The hoot owls talk in english. and the roasters lay square eggs. . Oh I'm a truthful fellow.

Thanks

Ooh Ohh Ahh Ahh. . No one loves like you can. No one, you're someone. That I can depend on. You changed my life. Now I have life brand new. It's all because of you.

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Tumbling Tumbleweeds. . See them tumbling down. Pledging their love to the ground. Lonely but free I'll be found. Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds.

The Wayward Wind

Oh, the wayward wind is a restless wind. A restless wind that yearns to wander. And I was born the next of kin. The next of kin to the wayward wind. .

The Night

The stars only come out at night. They show me that there's more than life on earth. So far they are from me. Yet somehow show me I'm free. . The sky is so wide.