I lit it out from Reno. I was trailed by twenty hounds. Didn't get to sleep last night. 'Til the morning came around. . Set out runnin' but I take my time.
You sit there a-crying, crying in your beer. You think you got troubles, my friend listen here. Don't tell me your troubles, I've got enough of my own.
Come all you young fellows so young and so fine. And seek not your fortune way down in the mine. It will form like a habit and seep in your soul. Till the stream of your blood flows as black as the coal.
Cats on the blacktop, birdie in the treetop,. Someone plays guitar that sounds like clarinet.. I ain't ready to go to bed,. I think I'll take a walk downtown instead..
Mama said, "Don't go near that river,. Don't be hanging around old Catfish John.". Come in the morning I'd always be there,. Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn..
Standing on the corner, I didn't mean no harm. When a police come, he took me by the arm. Was down in Memphis, corner of Beale and Main. Said "hey big boy, you better tell me your name".
I started out from Memphis with two dollars and a dime,. I started out from Memphis, boys, with two dollars and a dime,. But I landed in old Hazard, boys, I did not have a shine --.
Money, who needs it. Let me live a life free and easy. Put a toothbrush in my hand. Let me be a travelling man. I'm a roadrunner, baby. Roadrunner. Roadrunner.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down. After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down. We're gonna cause talk and suspicion. Give an exhibition.
One Sunday morning, in the driving rain. Around the bend came a passenger train. In the cabin stood Casey Jones. Noble engineer but he's dead and gone (note 2).
Cheeks as red as the blooming rose. Eyes of the deepest brown. You are the darling of my heart. Stay till she sun goes down. . Shady Grove, my little love.
I've got no plans while you and your new man are having fun. Now I'm close and you've got both hands on your gun. . Does he send you kisses when you're texting him?.
VERSE ONE. I've been waiting, but you're here now, and I don't wanna hear another sound, but... your breathing on the phone, don't tell me you're alone..
The sun is peeking over the ocean. And I can't remember how this felt. But now I know you have to blur the lines. We're waiting for fate to open up our eyes.
Have you told her son about the alcohol and medicine. Or the wasted days while friendships frayed. Where you could barely carry your weight. . Flip the lights down or pretend you're not alone.
I am the vein you can't expose. Can you live with what you've chosen. And I'm choosing. To sleep it off another week. Pray thy lord my soul to keep. And I'm keeping this.
(They said a rain's coming). It's been coming down all day out there. (And all evening). It's not letting up. (I'm not leaving). If home is where the heart is.
You called me out. And now I'm showing bloodied and broken. But I'll still sing for you. You called me out. But if you're looking for love. In the oceans you might find.
Have you ever seen stars like these. With a night like this wishin' it could last for weeks. And I'm convinced that soon you'll see. These summer leaves turn to a winter breeze.
I'll write you letters. Detailing everything I've done. From late night drinks. To the interstates. But nothing can be as fun. As the cigarettes. The coffee shops.