one traffic light in front of the high school. kids in the parking lot fixing to lie to. an old worn-out deputy, don't even carry a gun. . there's a car full of pillbillies looking to score.
standing in line at the grocery store. it's February, as cold as it gets. there's a little girl in front of me with no coat on. her mama's buying tampons and cigarettes.
chorus. knocked up, shame shame. i'mma gonna ruin my family name. here comes what granny's been dreadin'. a bellyful of baby and a shotgun wedding. hand-me-down crib and a pick-up truck.
i'd be better off red. if all the things i've learned would just fall out of my head. 'cause a blade of bluegrass left a scar on my neck and it ain't quit hurtin' yet.
you finally find someone and you lose yourself. ain't it somethin' when a heart finds a home. it's so real and so right, then it's wrong. then you gotta fight to get along.
She's smooth as the gravel on a roadside creek bank. Sweet as the flower on a knotty pine casket. She's hot as the fire on the end of a cigarette. Rich as a church's Wednesday night basket.
had my suitcase packed for a trip to hell. when the Lord played a song on an old church bell. the devil just stood there tappin' his tow, saying. "hurry up girl, we gotta go".
chorus. tear this poorhouse down when you know how to build it back, hammer and nail between your heart and your hometown 'til you can carry this country on your back.
You watched her pack her bags. She would soon be on her way. Following some rich kid to L.A.. . Auburn hair was flowing. Right down past her knees. You watched her turn her back on Tennessee.
Momma I wonder sometimes how I ever got by. running wild driving you crazy and telling you lies. . You turned to Jesus when my ways were too much to bare.
Blues stay away from me. Blues why don't you let me be. Don't know why. A You keep on hounting me. . Love was never meant for me. True love was never meant for me.
Moon light shinging on the grassy meadow, looks like dimands shinging in the night.Whipperwills singing in the white. oaks, Coondogs barking in the bright moon light..
D. My life is almost over,. A7 D. I'll rest where the sweet water flows,. Beside a peaceful river,. A7 D. Ne-ver more sorrows to know.. (Chorus). D. Beautiful heaven awaits me,.
D. My life is almost over,. A7 D. I'll rest where the sweet water flows,. Beside a peaceful river,. A7 D. Ne-ver more sorrows to know.. (Chorus). D. Beautiful heaven awaits me,.
I wonder if it's raining in the mountains. I wonder if the old town looks the same. And if the church is there beside the river, could I go back and find where Momma lays? Does life still go to sleep just after sunset? Are the berries still as big on the vine? Do old men sit and talk about the old days? They way they did in 1949..
We moved here from somewhere when I was fourteen. Worked this poor ground for bacon and beans. Landlord told me, hard times is near. Didn't mean a thing 'cause they're already here.
We moved here from somewhere when I was fourteen. Worked this poor ground for bacon and beans. Landlord told me, hard times is near. Didn.
I read a book about a man. Who never went to school. He could tell you more things about life. Than any man ever knew. . He didn't study to be a carpenter.
I read a book about a man who never went to school. He could tell you more things about life than any man ever knew. He didnt study to be a carpenter, the things He could build.
GLORY GLORY (HALLELUJAH) (SINCE I LAID MY BURDEN DOWN). . REFRAIN:. Glory glory, hallelujah. Since I lay my burden down. Glory glory, hallelujah. Since I lay my burden down.