Shaky Ground Uncle Tupelo

It's a long way to heavenIt's a short way to hellPainkillers won't helpWhen the weight's not yourselfThey're poisoning the airFor personal wealthIt's a long way to heavenIt's a short way to hellI d...

Slate Uncle Tupelo

in memory of a miner who dragged himself to work and worked himself to deathworking for someone else we follow each other around on shaky ground his life had become to him worthless in many ways an expired

John Hardy Uncle Tupelo

to die Now I'm ready to die" Well, I've been to the east and I've been to the west I've been the whole world round I've been to the north and I've been to the south Now I'm going to my hanging ground

Factory Belt Uncle Tupelo

can see it on faces Parcel at your door You know there ain't no chance our respect is no more Looks like it's time to lay this burden down Stop messing around Don't want to hurry to the grave in the ground

Punch Drunk Uncle Tupelo

lost sight of ground never been so down nothing here to stand on it's a war-weary road another faceless tombstone nothing here to stand on I turn to face the wind may never get out forever caught in a

New Madrid Uncle Tupelo

I've been a moonshiner for seventeen long years and I spent all my money on whiskey and beer and I go to some hollow and set up my still if whiskey don't kill me Lord, I don't know what will and I...

I Wish My Baby Was Born Uncle Tupelo

wish, I wish my baby was born And sittin' on its papa's knee And me, poor girl And me, poor girl, were dead and gone And the green grass growin' o'er my feet I ain't ahead, nor never will be Till t...

Looking For A Way Out Uncle Tupelo

a great crowd has now gatheredall around the jail todayto see me executedand hear what I do saynow I must hang this morningfor the murder of Lilli Schullwhom I so cruelly murderedand her body shame...

Fall Down Easy Uncle Tupelo

these lines don't work on methey won't on youdidn't knew the cards were on the tablejust can't stand to see things turn out wrongno way to make things rightnever promise anything anymoreso god damn...

Nothing Uncle Tupelo

I don't know what you've been throughYou might think that I don't careBut I doAnd I've tried to understandI've tried to understand your abuseBut you've got no excuseAnd there's no use in lovin'Anyo...

Postcard Uncle Tupelo

been traveling around somecrossing people's pathssome they stand right in your wayothers like to watch you passbeen trying to memorizeall the different liesthat people must tell themselves each nig...

D. Boon Uncle Tupelo

do you remember, remember D. Boonpart of what he was is a part of me nowand if you think back, where would he bewhere would I be if time had allowedthis isn't written for any one manit's about meth...

True To Life Uncle Tupelo

I've been searching and you've been goneOut looking for the shortest path to the one that you're onAnd I've already seen all I wanna seeCome on, let's take the long cutI think that's what we needWh...

Cold Shoulder Uncle Tupelo

come, all you coalminerswherever you may beand listen to the storythat I relate to theemy name is nothing extrabut the truth to you I tellI am a coalminerand I'm sure I wish you wellI was born in o...

Discarded Uncle Tupelo

do you remember, remember D. Boonpart of what he was is a part of me nowand if you think back, where would he bewhere would I be if time had allowedthis isn't written for any one manit's about meth...

If That's Alright Uncle Tupelo

I wish, I wish my baby was bornsitting on his papa's kneeand you, poor girl, were dead and gonegreen grass growing over theeI'm not no saint, nor I never shall be'til the sweet apple growsfrom the ...

Sauget Wind (A Side) Uncle Tupelo

Satan, your kingdom must come downSatan, your kingdom must come downI heard the voice of Jesus saySatan, your kingdom must come downgonna pray until they tear your kingdom downgonna pray until they...

Watch Me Fall (Demo) Uncle Tupelo

my Lord told his disciplesafter I'm risen and goneyou'll meet with troubles and trialsbear your rebukes and scornsmy warfare will soon be endedmy race is almost runmy warfare will soon be endedand ...

Looking For A Way Out (Demo - Fast Ver.) Uncle Tupelo

a great crowd has now gatheredall around the jail todayto see me executedand hear what I do saynow I must hang this morningfor the murder of Lilli Schullwhom I so cruelly murderedand her body shame...

If That's Alright (Demo - Fast Acoustic Ver.) Uncle Tupelo

I wish, I wish my baby was bornsitting on his papa's kneeand you, poor girl, were dead and gonegreen grass growing over theeI'm not no saint, nor I never shall be'til the sweet apple growsfrom the ...

Graveyard Shift Uncle Tupelo

Hometown, same town bluesSame old walls closing inOh what a life a mess can beI'm sitting here thinking of you once againWon't you talk to meWell, time won't wait, better open the gateGet up and st...

That Year Uncle Tupelo

The thousand times I lived before were just in my dreamsWell, I woke up to realize it didn't mean a thingI've seen several better places, several better timesSomehow those memories got left behindG...

Before I Break Uncle Tupelo

On liquor I spend my last dimeSunday morning, 8amCursing myself againDrinking like this one might be my lastMemories of making jokesToo much beer and talk-show hostsOne of them that's fading fastHe...

Whiskey Bottle Uncle Tupelo

Persuaded, paraded, enebriated, and downStill aware of everything life carries on without'Cause there's one too many faces with dollar sign smilesGot to find the shortest path to the bar for a whil...

Outdone Uncle Tupelo

Everything's fine for now, no one's really laughingEverything's just all right, or is it now? up to the round, but keep moving onYou can cut the cord now, just dragging alongNow there's too many pe...

Train Uncle Tupelo

A quarter after twoSittin' in my car, watchingWaiting on a trainNinety-seven flatcarsLoaded down with troop trucks and tanksRolling byI'm twenty-one, and I'm scared as hellI quit school, I'm health...

Life Worth Livin' Uncle Tupelo

This song is sung for anyone that's listeningThis song is for the broken-spirited manThis song is for anyone left standingAfter the strain of a slow, sad endIt seems everybody wants what someone el...

Flatness Uncle Tupelo

Beer makes you wearyBut you need something to get alongYou stare at the flatnessBeside the dark homeThey'll not hear you whisperThis isn't where it endsYour hand holds a bottleThat has become your ...

So Called Friend Uncle Tupelo

Never again, your so called friendWill leave you sick and dryThis friend has a nameKnows the gutter and shameThis so called friend of you and I?, the long-term goalsAre to leave this friend behindH...

We've Been Had (Live) Uncle Tupelo

some folks find that their role in lifeis to fail at everything they trywhile other folks see but not like methere's one thing that they're damn good atgather around you allcome around and seethose...

No Depression Uncle Tupelo

All my daydreams are disastersShe's the one I think I loveRivers burn and then run backwardsFor her, that's enoughThey all come from New York CityAnd they woke me up at dawnShe walked with me to th...

Screen Door Uncle Tupelo

Down here, where's we're atThe weather changes, that's the way it goesSometimes it snows, when everything's wrongSometimes it snows, but when it does, it doesn't last longDown here, where we're atA...

Gun Uncle Tupelo

if you find yourself standingat the end of your linelooking for a piece of somethingmaybe a piece of mindfed up, lost, and run downnowhere to hold ontired of, take your place at the end sonwe'll ge...

Still Be Around Uncle Tupelo

Sidetracked down the middleNever saw it coming, what a surpriseIt's been a wonderElectricity tells a storyIt's a sound getting near as fear is watching youIt's watching you closeYou can fight it, b...

Looking For A Way Out (Acoustic Version) Uncle Tupelo

a great crowd has now gatheredall around the jail todayto see me executedand hear what I do saynow I must hang this morningfor the murder of Lilli Schullwhom I so cruelly murderedand her body shame...

Watch Me Fall Uncle Tupelo

my Lord told his disciplesafter I'm risen and goneyou'll meet with troubles and trialsbear your rebukes and scornsmy warfare will soon be endedmy race is almost runmy warfare will soon be endedand ...

Sauget Wind Uncle Tupelo

Satan, your kingdom must come downSatan, your kingdom must come downI heard the voice of Jesus saySatan, your kingdom must come downgonna pray until they tear your kingdom downgonna pray until they...

Black Eye Uncle Tupelo

do you fear this man's inventionthat they call atomic powerare we all in great confusiondo we know the time or hourwhen a terrible explosionmay rain down upon our landleaving horrible destructionbl...

Moonshiner Uncle Tupelo

when you find you can't somehowmake it like all the restyou won't need to scrounge aroundfor someone elsetorn between the unknownand the place that you call homeand the life you want but have never...

Fatal Wound Uncle Tupelo

disengaged, we're forsaken nowcommunication does sufferthe moral stare of Big Brothernot a chance, no compromisebattling the barrier of beliefnot to try anymoredon't want to murder the only memory ...

Grindstone Uncle Tupelo

take my picture off the wallit don't matter to me at allsaid I was headed for a fallbut you wanted me to crawlgive back my TVit don't mean that much to mewhile you're giving back my thingsgive me b...

The Long Cut Uncle Tupelo

I don't see you through the windshieldI don't see you in faces looking back at mealcohol doesn't have much that matters to saycan't imagine where you and time to kill will staywhen the bible is a b...

Chickamauga Uncle Tupelo

he had a black eyehe was proud oflike some of his friendsit made him feel somewhere outsideof everything and everywhere he'd beenlike his brothershe emptied himselfand played it safelike their fath...

Coalminers Uncle Tupelo

You'd never leave on your ownWhere you're from and where you're goingI know these things like I know you hate me nowCatch yourself in mid-air thinkingYour dreams can never be boughtI couldn't help ...

Wait Up Uncle Tupelo

I can only sing it loudalways try to sing it clearwhat the hell are we all doing heremaking too much of nothingor creating one unholy messan unfair study in survival, I guessbut it always comes dow...

Criminals Uncle Tupelo

doesn't matter what you've saidor what you've donewhen you've lost your headyou're looking for a new oneyour heaven looks just like my hellbeautiful as far as I can tellyour heaven looks just like ...

Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down Uncle Tupelo

Satan, your kingdom must come downSatan, your kingdom must come downI heard the voice of Jesus saySatan, your kingdom must come downgonna pray until they tear your kingdom downgonna pray until they...

Atomic Power Uncle Tupelo

You threw out the pastWhen you threw out what was mineThroughout the yearsIt was hard to make it lastAnodyneNo sign of reconciliationIt's a quarter past the endFull moon from on highAcross the boar...

Lilli Schull Uncle Tupelo

John Hardy, he was a desperate little manCarried two guns every dayShot a man down by the West Virginia lineThey saw John Hardy get awayThey saw John Hardy get awayThey cornered John Hardy on the T...

Warfare Uncle Tupelo

are you surprised it's mehope I didn't wake anybodyhoney, please wait up for meI miss you more than I need sleepguess I'll let you goeven though I don't want tohoney, please wait up for meI need yo...