Went out last night to take a look around Met little Sadie and I blowed her down Went right home, went to bed Forty-four smokeless under my head Woke up the next morning about half past nine The hacks and the buggies all standing in line The gents and the gamblers standing all around Taking little Sadie to her burying ground Well I began to think...Learn More

Well if you go down to Deep Elem, put your money in your shoes Women in Deep Elem got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama, your daddy's got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama, your daddy's got them Deep Elem blues Once I had a girlfriend, she meant the world to me She went down to Deep Elem, now she ain't what she used to be Oh sweet mama, your...Learn More

All I know is something like a bird within her sang All I know she sang a little while and then flew on Tell me all that you know I'll show you Snow and rain If you hear that same sweet song again, will you know why? Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passing by Laugh in the sunshine Sing, cry in the dark Fly through the night Don't cry...Learn More

In the timbers of Fennario the wolves are running round The winter was so hard and cold, froze ten feet 'neath the ground Don't murder me, I beg of you don't murder me Please don't murder me I sat down to supper, 'twas a bottle of red whiskey I said my prayers and went to bed, that's the last they saw of me Don't murder me, I beg of you don't...Learn More

Take this hammer and carry it to the captain Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone Take this hammer and carry it to the captain Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone I don't want your cold iron shackles Round my leg, round my leg, round my leg I don't want your cold iron shackles Round my leg, round my leg,...Learn More

I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds Didn't get to sleep that night till the morning came around Set out running but I take my time A friend of the devil is a friend of mine If I get home before daylight I just might get some sleep Tonight I ran into the devil babe, he loaned me twenty bills I spent the night in Utah in a cave up...Learn More

Been all around this whole round world And I just got back today I work all the week, honey, and I give it all to you Honey baby what more can I do Oh babe, it ain't no lie Oh babe, it ain't no lie Oh babe, it ain't no lie You know this life I'm living is mighty high One old woman, Lord, in this town Keep a-telling her lies on me Wish to my soul...Learn More

They sat together in the park As the evening sky grew dark She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones 'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he’d gone straight And watched out for a simple twist of fate They walked along by the old canal A little confused, I remember well And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin'...Learn More

Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble Ancient footprints are everywhere Well you can almost think that you're seein' double On a cold dark night on the Spanish Stairs Got to hurry on back to my hotel room Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece She promised she'd be right there with me When I paint my masterpiece Oh, the hours...Learn More

Saturday night, I got married Me and my wife settled down Now me and my wife are parting Going to take another walk downtown Irene, goodnight Goodnight, Irene, goodnight Goodnight, Irene Goodnight, Irene I'll see you in my dreams Sometimes I live in the country Sometimes I live right here in town Sometimes I get a fool notion I'm gonna jump off...Learn More

If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung Would you hear my voice come through the music? Would you hold it near, as it were your own? It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung I don't know, don't really care Let there be songs to fill the air Ripple in still...Learn More

Reach for the sun, catch hold of the moon They're both too heavy but what can you do? Reach for the stars, smack into the sky You don't want to live but you're chicken to die Chicken to die Run, run, run for the roses Sooner it opens, the quicker it closes Man, oh, man, oh friend of mine All good things in all good time All good things in all good...Learn More