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.
Ay yo. . It's 6 AM and I'm drinkin' a brew,. 6:45 still thinkin' of you. Thinkin who, wanna give they love to you. Better than the only black kid in the 'bu ?.
She tells you she loves you, calls you her man. But you're only just a small part of her plan. One minute she'll make you feel just like a king. The next make you crazy and forget how to sing.
I always knew that the secrets could hurt me. I never knew it was yours that would kill me. I never tried to be yours to take care of. You never said you were mine to beware of.
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.
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather. Whiplash girl, child in the dark. Comes in bells, your servant, don't forsake him. Strike, dear mistress and cure his heart.
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.
Things could be lazy. If they werent so crazy. I wasnt following you. Running in circles wont find me no purpose. Its right here with you and what I do.
It's a sunny day outside. Lovely sunny day outside. Happy butterfly outside. I'm locked up inside. . I don't know if I can hear another tale. Of how amazing you can be.
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.
Continued the waiting, tearing at the wing. (I lost a friend). A terrible plaything broken on a swing. (I lost a friend). Kept boxes of old days when you were afraid.
She don't claim to be the perfect one. And I don't claim to be Sir Lancelot. We ain't sure when we're positive. . It's likely that we'll sit here scratching our heads.
Quittin' time quittin' time like a big dollar bill a waitin' on a little thin dime. Quittin' time quittin' time wanna find my baby by the docks at quittin' time.
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.
Went away. Haven't seen you in a while. How've you been?. Have you changed your style, and do you think. That we've grown up differently?. Don't seem the same.
Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the waters. Put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea. Take a look at yourself, then you can look at others differently.
I got sleep in my eyes and my bones ain't tellin' lies. Wish this rig could drive itself I'd rest a while. Can't go too fast or slow why I keep drivin' I don't know.
Not for nothing. (Star fucker, yeah). Not for nothing. (Star fucker, sucker). . Not for nothing. (Star fucker, baby). Move your stuff in. (Happiness ends).
She gave herself to me. She's gone away from me. Where is the heartbeat coming from?. Lost is the heartbeat where I come from. . Lie awake when the morning comes and I taste the fear.