Lies

Lies, dripping off your mouth like dirt Lies, lies in every step you walk Lies, whispered sweetly in my ear Lies, how do I get out of here? Why, why you have to be so cruel? Lies, lies, lies I ain’t such a fool! Lies, lies in my papa’s looks Lies, lies in my history […]


Country Honk

I’m sittin’ in a bar tippling a jar in Jackson And on the street the summer sun it shines There’s many a bar-room queen I’ve had in Jackson But I just can’t seem to drink you off my mind It’s the honky tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues I laid a divorcee […]


She Smiled Sweetly

Why do my thoughts loom so large on me? They seem to stay, for day after day And won’t disappear, I’ve tried every way But she smiled sweetly She smiled sweetly She smiled sweetly And says don’t worry Oh, no no no Where does she hide it inside of her? That keeps her peace most […]


Break The Spell

In the winter when the cold comes And the wind blows with a scornful spite And the hard ground feels barren And the forest is deathly quiet And the whole world lies sleeping There’s a gypsy all dressed in white Put my hand out, ask the question Here’s the silver, do you have the gift […]


Monkey Man

I’m a fleabit peanut monkey All my friends are junkies That’s not really true I’m a cold Italian pizza I could use a lemon squeezer What you do? But I’ve been bit and I’ve been tossed around By every she-rat in this town Have you, babe? Well, I am just a monkey man I’m glad […]


Luxury

I want a real fine car, fly Miami too All the rum, I want to drink it, all the whiskey too My woman need a new dress, my daughter got to go to school I’m working so hard, I’m working for the company I’m working so hard to keep you in the luxury You can’t […]


Rock And A Hard Place

The fields of EdenAre full of trashAnd if we beg and we borrow and stealWe’ll never get it backPeople are hungryThey crowd aroundAnd the city gets bigger as the country comes begging to town CHORUSStuck between a rockAnd a hard placeBetween a rock and a hard place This talk of freedomAnd human rightsMeaans bullying and […]


No Expectations

Take me to the station And put me on a train I’ve got no expectations To pass through here again Once I was a rich man and Now I am so poor But never in my sweet short life Have I felt like this before You heart is like a diamond You throw your pearls […]