When you’re alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go downtown
When you’ve got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know, downtown
I picked up my bag,
I went lookin’ for a place to hide…
When I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin’ side by side…
I said, “hey, Carmen come on, lets go downtown”
She said, “I gotta go but, my friend can stick around.”
Here comes the woman
With the look in her eye
She’s raised on leather
With flesh on her mind
Words are weapons sharper than knives
Makes you wonder how the other half die
Devil inside
The devil inside
Every single one of us
The devil inside
Holy water cannot help you now
See I’ve come to burn your kingdom down
And no rivers and no lakes can put the fire out
I’m gonna raise the stakes, I’m gonna smoke you out
Seven devils all around you
Seven devils in my house
See they were there when I woke up this morning
I’ll be dead before the day is done
There were seven Spanish angels,
At the altar of the sun.
They were prayin’ for the lovers,
In the valley of the gun.
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared,
There was thunder from the throne.
And seven Spanish angels,
Took another angel home.
There’s one more angel in Heaven
There’s one more star in the sky
Joseph, we’ll never forget you
It’s tough but we’re gonna get by
There’s one less place at our table
There’s one more tear in my eye
But Joseph, the things that you stood for
Like truth and light never die
Showers, your love comes in showers.
And every hour on the hour
You let me feel your loving power.
There’s a rainbow over my shoulder.
When you came, my cup runneth over.
You gave me your heavenly love.
And if one night you hear crying from above,
It’s ‘cause heaven must be missin’ an angel;
Missin’ one angel, child,
'Cause you’re here with me right now.
-“BB”-
There’s a rainbow 'round my shoulder
And a sky of blue above
How the sun shines bright
The world’s all right
'Cause I’m in love
There’s a rainbow 'round my shoulder
And it fits me like a glove
Let it blow, let it storm
I’ll be warm
'Cause I’m in love
Oh, the moonlight’s fair tonight along the Wabash,
From the fields there comes the breath of newmown hay.
Through the sycamores the candle lights are gleaming,
On the banks of the Wabash, far away.
Well now listen to the jingle
To the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland
Through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine
And the lonesome hoboes call
No changes can be taken
On the Wabash Cannonball
Do you hear that whistle down the line?
I’m thinking that’s engine number 49
She’s the only one that’ll sound that way
On the Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe
See the old smoke rising round the bend
I reckon that she knows she’s going to meet a friend
Folks around these parts get the time of day
From the Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe
I came down from Butte, Montana, for a little change of scene,
And I stopped to stay in Santa Fe, where I met a pretty queen.
Hair of gold, eyes of blue, lips like cherry wine
She’s the prettiest gal I ever known
And I’m gonna make her mine.
Mississippi Queen
You know what I mean
Mississippi Queen
She taught me everything
Went down around Vicksburg
Around Louisiana way
Where lived the Cajun Lady
Aboard the Mississippi Queen
My brother Bill and my other brother Jack
Belly full of beer and a possum in a sack
Fifteen kids in the front porch light
Louisiana Saturday night
Tell me is the crack of the pool balls, neon buzzin’?
Telephone’s ringin’, it’s your second cousin
Is it the barmaid that’s smilin’ from the corner of her eye?
Magic of the melancholy tear in your eye
Makes it kind of quiver down in the core
‘Cause you’re dreamin’ of them Saturdays that came before
And now you’re stumblin’
You’re stumblin’ onto the heart of Saturday night
Saturday night, I feel the air is getting hot
Like you baby
I’ll make you mine, you know I’ll take you to the top
I’ll drive you crazy
Saturday night, dance, I like the way you move
Pretty baby
It’s party time and not one minute we can lose
Be my baby
Worry the bottle mama, it’s grapefruit wine
Kick off your high heel, sneakers, it’s party time
The girls don’t seem to care what’s on, as long as they play till dawn
Nothin’ but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song
Drunk all the time
Feeling fine on elderberry wine
Those were the days
We’d lay in the haze
Forget depressive times
How can I ever get it together
Without a wife in line
To pick the crop and get me hot
On elderberry wine
Yes, it’s all right now
I’ve just hit my stride
Right off the bat
I’m drunk on Bluebird wine…
Bottle of wine,
Fruit of the vine –
When y’ gonna let me get sober?
Leave me alone!
Lemme go home!
Lemme go back and start over!