Back To The Wall Steve Earle

Back To The Wall (Steve Earle) Well sometimes in the evenings I start to get that feeling Like I'm empty inside I know I'm doin' good now but tonight I'm headed downtown Down by the riverside I

Tom Ames' Prayer Steve Earle

Everyone in Nacadoches knew Tom Ames would come to some bad end Well the sheriff had cought him stealin' chickens and such by the time that he was ten And one day his daddy took a ten dollar bill and he

Christmas In Washington Steve Earle

Christmas In Washington (Steve Earle) It's Christmastime in Washington The Democrats rehearsed Gettin' into gear for four more years Things not gettin' worse The Republicans drink whiskey neat

No. 29 Steve Earle

No. 29 (Steve Earle) I was born and raised here this town's my town Everybody knows my name But ever since the glass plant closed down Things round here ain't never been the same I got me a good

The Other Kind Steve Earle

The Other Kind (Steve Earle) I woke up this morning and I took a look around at all that I got These days I've been lookin' in the mirror and wondering if that's me lookin' back or not I'm still

I Ain't Ever Satisfied (Live) Steve Earle

I was born by the railroad tracks Well the train whistle wailed and I wailed right back Well papa left mama when I was quite young He said now "One of these days you're gonna follow me son" [Chorus

Taneytown Steve Earle

Taneytown (Steve Earle) I went down to Taneytown I went down to Taneytown To see what I could see My mama told me never go But I'm almost 22 years old Sometimes I fear this holler swollow me

Sweet Little '66 Steve Earle

Now I'm a pretty big man around this town I got me the hottest little Chevy around My sweet little '66 She got a yellow front fender and a gray one on the back But my income tax is comin' and I'm gonna

Good Ol Boy (Gettin' Tough) Steve Earle

I got a job but it ain't nearly enough A twenty thousand dollar pickup truck Belongs to me and the bank and some funny talkin' man from Iran I left the service and got a G.I. loan I got married bought

Someday Steve Earle

Someday (Steve Earle) There ain't a lot that you can do in this town You drive down to the lake and then you turn back around You go to school and you learn to read and write So you can walk into

Nowhere Road Steve Earle

Nowhere Road (Steve Earle, Reno Kling) There's a road, in Oklahoma Straighter than a preacher Longer than a memory And it goes, forever onward Been a good teacher For a lot of country boys like

Telephone Road Steve Earle

Telephone Road (Steve Earle) My brother Jimmy, my other brother Jack Went off down to Houston and they never come back Mama wasn't gonna let her baby go yet But there ain't nobody hirin' back in

Fearless Heart Steve Earle

Fearless Heart (Steve Earle) Don't you worry bout what you've been told Cause honey I ain't even close to cold It's kinda soon to fall in love again But sometimes the best that you can do is just

Regular Guy Steve Earle

Regular Guy (Steve Earle) I'm just a regular guy Never get rich, but I always get by I got me a wife and a couple a kids I done pretty much like my daddy did He always did the best that he could

Until The Day I Die Steve Earle

Until The Day I Die (Steve Earle) Back in the hills when we were only kids Love shined like a diamond in your eyes I swore I'd never hurt you - then I did Now I'm all alone with all my lies I promised

If You Need A Fool Steve Earle

If You Need A Fool (Steve Earle) Darlin', I could tell we're through That leavin' look's all over you I'll be waitin' here no matter what you do Call me if you need a fool Go and find another guy

Someday (Live) Steve Earle

There ain't a lot that you can do in this town You drive down to the lake and then you turn back around You go to school and you learn to read and write So you can walk into the county bank and

Waiting On You Steve Earle

Waiting On You (Steve Earle, Richard Bennett) Here comes the night, day brings no light For wrong or right I'm here waiting on you Words cut too deep, old ghosts won't sleep But they'll never keep

Dixieland Steve Earle

Dixieland (Steve Earle) I am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man and I come from County Clare And the Brits would hang me for a Fenian so I took me leave of there And I crossed the ocean in the "Arrianne

Ellis Unit One (Album Version) Steve Earle

I was fresh out of the service It was back in 82 I raised some Cain when I come back to town I left to be all I could be Come home without a clue Now, I married Dawn and had to settle down So I hired on

Guitar Town Steve Earle

Guitar Town (Steve Earle) Hey pretty baby are you ready for me It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone With the radio blastin' and the bird dog

The Unrepentant Steve Earle

The Unrepentant (Steve Earle) In the middle of the night In the middle of a lonely night Stands alone in the pale moonlight Screams out in defiance He's got no one to turn to You could talk ‘til

Texas Eagle Steve Earle

Texas Eagle (Steve Earle) My Grandaddy was a railroad man When I was young he took me by the hand Dragged me to the station at the break of dawn Said "boy I got to show you somethin' 'fore it's

Tecumseh Valley Steve Earle

Tecumseh Valley (Townes Van Zandt) The name she gave was Caroline The daughter of a miner And her ways were free and it seemed to me The sunshine walked beside her She come from Spencer 'coss the

Angel Is The Devil Steve Earle

Angel Is The Devil (Steve Earle) [1992] Everybody call her angel she's no stranger to the devil I know His mark is on her body His fire's burnin' in her soul When we're makin' love he's laughin

When I Fall Steve Earle

When I Fall (Steve Earle) Late at night on some dark deserted highway On my way to another lonesome town I thought I might see the first light of a new day As it lay like fool's gold on the ground

South Nashville Blues Steve Earle

South Nashville Blues (Steve Earle) I went downtown, it was just to ease my pain I ended up out walkin' in the rain I took my pistol and a hundred dollar bill I had everything I needed to get me

The Mountain Steve Earle

The Mountain (Steve Earle) I was born on this mountain a long time ago Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal When you rose in the mornin' before it was light To go down in

Yours Forever Blue Steve Earle

Yours Forever Blue (Steve Earle) Since you left me baby I've been true to you I don't run around with every gal in town The way I used to do I'm startin' over new Yours forever blue I wrote you

Copperhead Road Steve Earle

Copperhead Road (Steve Earle) Well my name's John Lee Pettimore Same as my daddy and his daddy before You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here He only came to town about twice a year He'd buy a

Mercenary Song Steve Earle

Mercenary Song (Steve Earle) [1974] Me and Bill there we both come from Georgia Met Hank out in New Mexico We're bound for Duranqo to join Pancho Villa We hear that he's payin' in gold I guess

The Rain Came Down Steve Earle

The Rain Came Down (Steve Earle, Michael Woody) The old man loaded up everything that he owned On a wagon and headed out west The old woman fearlessly faced the unknown 'Cause she figured he knew

Transcendental Blues Steve Earle

Transcendental Blues (Steve Earle) In the darkest hour of the longest night If it was in my power I'd step into the light Candles on the alter, penny in your shoe Walk upon the water ?

More Than I Can Do Steve Earle

More Than I Can Do (Steve Earle) I'm trying hard to let you go But it's more than I can do And every day or two I wind up right back where I started I'm trying not to let you know That I'm still

West Nashville Boogie Steve Earle

West Nashville Boogie (Steve Earle) I was born in the city I was born in the city And I was raised up right around here Daddy's down in the workhouse Daddy's down in the workhouse Daddy's down

Cadillac Steve Earle

Cadillac (Cadillac Holmes) Everybody's out to get me See it in their eyes Hardly see the way they look at me When I go cruisin' by Cadillac, Cadillac I'm a Coupe de Ville built for thrill Cadillac

N.Y.C. Steve Earle

(Steve Earle) He was standing on the highway Somewhere way out in the sticks Guitar across his shoulder Like a 30 ought six He was staring in my headlights When I come around the bend Climbed up

Ben McCulloch Steve Earle

Ben McCulloch (Steve Earle) [1975] We signed up in San Antone my brother Paul and me To fight with Ben McCulloch and the Texas infantry Well the poster said we'd get a uniform and seven bucks a

You're Still Standin' There Steve Earle

Well, I've spent my life following Things I cannot see But just when I catch up to them They slip away from me Now, I've been down a thousand trails I've never walked before I found out that, without

Hometown Blues Steve Earle

Hometown Blues (Steve Earle) [1977] I wish I'd never come back home It don't feel right since I've been grown I can't find any of my old friends hangin' 'round Won't nothin' bring you down like

Jerusalem Steve Earle

I woke up this mornin' and none of the news was good And death machines were rumblin' 'cross the ground where Jesus stood And the man on my TV told me that it had always been that way And there was

Here I Am Steve Earle

Here I Am (Steve Earle) Here I Am On my way Down another road I've have paved With every good intention I've saved And hearts that I broke As for me I got scars For every mile I've traveled so

Billy Austin Steve Earle

Billy Austin (Steve Earle) My name is Billy Austin I'm Twenty-Nine years old I was born in Oklahoma Quarter Cherokee I'm told Don't remember Oklahoma Been so long since I left home Seems like

Feel Alright Steve Earle

Feel Alright (Steve Earle) I was born my papa's son A wanderin' eye and a smokin' gun Now some of you would live through me Lock me up and throw away the key Or just find a place to hide away

Billy And Bonnie Steve Earle

Billy And Bonnie (Steve Earle) Billy was 17 and mean as hell Bonnie said she was 30, it was hard to tell Billy met Bonnie on a Saturday night At the dirt track races, it was love at first sight

Johnny Come Lately Steve Earle

Johnny Come Lately (Steve Earle) I'm an American, boys, and I've come a long way I was born and bred in the USA So listen up close, I've get something to say Boys, I'm buying this round Well it

The Week Of Living Dangerously Steve Earle

The Week Of Living Dangerously (Steve Earle) I got out of work and I headed for the neighborhood beer joint I sat around and had a beer with the boys like I always do Well I didn't have nothin' to

Feel Alright (Album Ver.) Steve Earle

I was born my papa's son A wanderin' eye and a smokin' gun Now some of you would live through me Then lock me up and throw away the key Or just find a place to hide away Hope that I'll just go away That

Long, Lonesome Highway Blues Steve Earle

Long, Lonesome Highway Blues (Steve Earle) Bound down that long, lonesome highway just as far as I can go ‘Til I outrun your memory I can't go home ‘cause I can't face another day alone Now that

You Know The Rest Steve Earle

You Know The Rest (Steve Earle) Moses went up to the mountain To see what he could see Well he come down talking 'bout a burning bush Says 'This is how it's gonna be' He's scared to death You