What the hell was I doing there in that fast food parking lot? They say I robbed the restaurant and a Memphis cop got shot I was trying to feed my habit
In the rush of the river and the roar of the crowd You can't hear the silence calling When it's merely a whisper of a cloud In a crazy storm that pulls
I heard the music long ago, songs that rent the air Fading in and out at night while I was lying there Voices soft and lonely and later rock and roll
I've heard enough from pundits, I've heard our leaders speak I tell you now I'd rather talk to the people in the streets 'Cause you don't know someone
You walked the line all your life You never thought you'd have to change it You're always there to give advice You never thought you'd have to take it
Pour me a drink, light me a cigarette Help me forget the things that I've done Pour me a drink then pour me another one To keep out this cold wind that
She was a party girl, now the party's over She was a beauty and that's changing too Now she's barefoot and having babies She was a party girl, now the
You ran up against the rain everyday of your short life Suffered for your muse without complaining Never heard you swear life isn't fair but it doesn'
This house is full of memories that aren't mine Pieces, I thought I would clear out over time Life takes over, I get ahead of myself I turn around and
Tequila after midnight drives loneliness away Makes strangers all around you look familiar And tequila after midnight makes you feel so warm Makes you
They were the loving kind She was black and he was white In Virginia, nineteen fifty eight They found love amongst the hate Well, the law said they could
Oh, my family grew cotton and cotton was all we knew Butter came from butter beans and it all went in a stew We lived off our victory garden and the neighbors
We walk along the Hudson when it snows here in Manhattan We've lived our lives so out of place You touch my cheek and I do wonder how this happened That
My mother came to America Sailed through the harbor of hopes and of dreams Back in the Thirties with the streets paved in gold And the sky laced with
I am a backseat driver from America They drive to the left on Falls Road The man at the wheel's name is Seamus We pass a child on the corner he knows
Sonny Curtis Breakin rocks in the hot sun I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won I needed money and I had none I fought the
Griffith/Littlefield I have traveled far to be sitting here with you And I will leave this place alone That's a sad and simple truth There is so little
Clark She was standin' on the gone side of leavin' She found her thumb and stuck it in the breeze She'll take anything that's goin' close to somewhere