Much further off than inevitable Halloween's they game Sky King is come, and Wilma's done Uncertain, as it is uneven Give us this day hors d'oeuvres in bed As we forgive those who have dressed up against us And need us not enter inflation But a liver, onions, and tomatoes For wine on a shingle, and a mower And a story for your father All right...Learn More

Whirly pig is comin' Whirly pig is comin' Whirly pig is comin' We’ll all fall down Hide it in the mornin' Hide it in the mornin' Hide it in the mornin' We’ll all fall down You’ll be laying in the daffodils A-rollin' in the clover There’s a warbler in the holler And the Whirly pig is over He’s a bangin' on my roof Probably eatin' up the...Learn More

Now I had a teacher when I went to school She loved the river, and she taught about it too I'se a pretty bad boy, but she called my bluff With her great big collection of steamboat stuff Oh, yeah She had log-books and bells and the things like that And she knew the old captains and where they were at She rode the Alabama and the Gordon C. Green As...Learn More

Where can you go to see the country music stars? That’s what we come to Nashville for No one comes around to play the pinball machines Nobody eats at Linebaugh’s anymore Now the Opry’s gone and the streets are bare Ernest Tubb’s record shop is dark And the drunks are gone from the Merchant’s Hotel Everybody’s gone to the park Where can you go to...Learn More

Late last night when my Willie come home And I heard this mighty rapping on the door Slipping and a sliding with his new shoes on Willie don't you rap no more Oh me, oh my What's going to become of me I's downtown, just a fooling around Mama don't you cry for me I know just what you promised me Not more than three weeks ago You promised that...Learn More

Well a faint silhouette to my left, fainter still to my right Even the searchlights long white spear can't find the buoys tonight Running right where I thought I should be running But somehow I got turned around All the time I thought I was going up-river, I was really going down Kentucky pool made a fool out of me I thought I was running on the...Learn More

There's a big hill Behind the water wheel And I got no place to go Tumble down Rumble bound 'Cause I got no place to go All alone Got no home Got no place to go So the rain may come again It's the same old refrain What's your name? Please explain, have you got no place to go? All alone Got no home I got no place to go Stumble on Sing a along I...Learn More

Bonfire on the bank, hard bend to the right On the lower Mississippi, full moon tonight Where the Spanish moss, hangs from the trees Down in Louisiana on Christmas Eve That muddy water, (that muddy water) Never quite comes clear (never quite comes clear) When I try to give a reason (when I try to give a reason) Why I wanta be here, (why I wanta be...Learn More

[Spoken] Alright, now this is a song about phonograph records Don't leave your records in the sun They'll warp and won't be any good for anyone Don't leave your records in the sun They get all wavy and they just won't run They just won't play, just won't play, just won't play Just won't play, just won't play, just won't play Just won't play, just...Learn More

Dream, I dream a dream of you A tiny dancer in a field of blue A pointed toe Tchaikovsky play To bend you down so lowly It's your raven hair that makes me mad Your insane eyes that make me sad The California feeling and the Mississippi smile That makes me come on slowly It's trying to be real cool and soft So I won't take the chance and turn you...Learn More

Well I thought I heard that Natchez whistle blow I thought I heard that Natchez whistle blow It blowed so low It blowed so sweet I was laying on my bed down on Toulouse street Well,I thought I heard that Natchez whistle blow Well,I thought I heard that Natchez whistle blow Well, I thought I heard that Natchez whistle blow She blowed so low She...Learn More

Well I dream of a girl and a steering wheel steamboat A pilothouse stove and engine room brass Hanging on a post by the main deck stairway Long hair skippin' in the Mississippi dew Oh the river run wide, run deep, run muddy The river run long after I am gone With the steamboat wheeling on a big wide bend Just skippin' in the Mississippi dew Well...Learn More