I sat down to my supper
T’was a bottle of red whiskey
I said my prayers and went to bed
That’s the last they saw of me
Daddy made whiskey, and he made it well,
cost 2 dollars, you know, it burned like hell
well, a couple shots of whiskey,
women round here start looking good…
Come all you pretty women, with your hair a-hangin’ down…
I need a woman 'bout twice my height
Statuesque, raven-dressed, a goddess of the night.
The night falls so quiet, its close on the heels of the day…
One watch by night
One watch by day
If you get confused
Listen to the music play
Water bright as the sky from which it came
And the name is on the earth that takes it in
I’d rather drink muddy water , sleep in a hollow log
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free,
Dizzy with eternity.
Paint it with a skin of sky,
Brush in some clouds and sea,
Call it home for you and me.
If I knew the way, I would take you home.
Help on the way
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Just help me get to Houston town
There are people there who care a little 'bout me
And they won’t let the poor boy down
Bringing me down, I’m runnin’ aground, blind by the light of the interstate cars…
Chicago, New York, Detroit and it’s all on the same street.
Nothing shaking on Shakedown Street
Used to be the heart of town
Don’t tell me this town ain’t got no heart
You just got to poke around
broken heart don’t feel so bad
you ain’t got half of what you thought you had
rock your baby to and fro
not too fast and not too slow
Now the race is on and here comes pride up the back stretch
Heartaches are going to the inside
My tears are holding back, trying not to fall
Maybe the sun is shining, birds are singing,
No rain is falling from a heavy sky.
taught the weeping willow to cry, cry, cry
taught the clouds how to cover the clear blue sky