I got a girl that ain't got no home. She ain't very fat just skin and bones. She don't cast no shadow because she's so thin. Never knows where she going but she knows were she's been.
This nine pound hammer. Is a little too heavy. Buddy for my size. Buddy for my size. . So I'm going on the mountain. Just to see my baby. And I ain't coming back.
Full blown silence in an empty room. A former bride and a former groom. A folding table and a folding chair. A folded hand of poker there. All new directions must go everywhere.
I'm beginning to like you. But, you know that ain't right. 'Cause you'll just twist and twist and twist. Till I'm all crooked inside. . Then you'll take all you gave me.
Morning Train. John Prine. . I saw you. All dolled up. Singing a song in your pickup truck. You put me on a morning train. You put me on a morning train.
Far away over the sea. There's a river that's calling to me. That river she runs all around. The place that I call my hometown. . There's a valley on the side of the hill.
I'm gonna get on that old turnpike and I'm gonna ride. I'm gonna leave this town 'til you decide. Which one you want the most, them Opry stars or me. Milwaukee here I come from Nashville, Tennessee.
I was sitting in a diner. With a girl named Flo. She wouldn't say yes. But she couldn't say no. She said "Darling, Can I get a middle man?". She was engaged to a fellow.
I was sitting in a diner. With a girl named flo. She wouldn't say yes. But she couldn't say no. She said "darling, can I get a middle man? ". She was engaged to a fellow.
It got so hot, last night, I swear. You couldn't hardly breathe. Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol. I sat on the porch without my shoes. And I watched the cars roll by.
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Maureen, Maureen,. I shot a doctor last night on the airplane. Well, they said he wouldn't hurt us. But he got me real nervous and mean. He was fat and he stank.
One evening getting dark. We first met at the park. Just sitting by the fountain all alone. I lifted up my hat. And then began to chat. She said she'd allow me to see her at her home.
He stumbled through the alley with his long coat on. Nothing but a bottle in his hand. She sat in her apartment lonesome to the bone. Wondering what had happened to her man.
I can't work late. Although I need the money. Gotta get home to my lovin' honey. She'll be there waitin'. Waitin' impatiently. Love is on a roll, love is on a good roll.
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Long Monday. © John Prine & Keith Sykes. . You and me. Sittin' in the back my memory. Like a honey bee. Buzzin' 'round a glass of sweet Chablis. Radio's on.
(Originally named "Jumpin Jehosaphat"). . Jehosaphat the mongrel cat. Jumped off the roof today. Some would say he fell but I could tell. He did himself away.
I just found out yesterday that Linda goes to Mars. Every time I sit and look at pictures of used cars. She'll turn on her radio and sit down in her chair.
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