Moonlight

The seasons they are turnin’ and my sad heart is yearnin’To hear again the songbird’s sweet melodious toneWon’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone? The dusky light, the day is losingOrchids, poppies, black-eyed SusanThe earth and sky that melts with flesh and boneWon’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone? The air […]


Dirt Road Blues

Gonna walk down that dirt road‘Til someone lets me rideGonna walk down that dirt road‘Til someone lets me rideIf I can’t find my babyI’m gonna run away and hide. Well, I’ve been pacin’ ’round the roomHopin’ maybe she’d come backPacin’ ’round the roomHopin’ maybe she’d come backWell, I’ve been praying for salvationLayin’ ’round in a […]


Highlands

Well, my heart’s in the highlands, gentle and fairHoney suckle bloomin’ in the wildwood airBluebells blazin’ where the Aberdeen waters flowWell, my heart’s in the highlands, I’m gonna go there whenI feel good enough to go. Windows were shakin’ all night in my dreamsEverything was exactly the way that it seemsWoke up this mornin’ and […]


Cry A While

Well, I had to go down and see a guy named Mr. GoldsmithA nasty, dirty, double-crossin’, back-stabbin’ phony I didn’t wanna have to be dealin’ withBut I did it for you and all you gave me was a smileWell, I cried for you – now it’s your turn to cry awhile I don’t carry dead […]


Summer Days

Summer days, summer nights are goneSummer days and the summer nights are goneI know a place where there’s still somethin’ going on I got a house on a hill, I got hogs all out on in the mudI got a house on a hill, I got hogs out lying in the mudGot a long haired […]


Black Diamond Bay

Up on the withe varendaShe wears a nektieand a panama hetHer passport shows a face>>From another time and placeshe looks nothin’ like thatAnd all the remnats of herrecent past are scatterd in the wild windshe walks across the marblefloorwhere a voice from the gambling room iscllin’ her to come on inshe smilesand walks the other […]


High Water

High water risin’ – risin’ night and dayAll the gold and silver are being stolen awayBig Joe Turner lookin’ East and WestFrom the dark room of his mindHe made it to Kansas CityTwelfth Street and VineNothing standing thereHigh water everywhere High water risin’, the shacks are slidin’ downFolks lose their possessions – folks are leaving […]


Not Dark Yet

Shadows are fallin’ and I’ve been here all dayIt’s too hot to sleep and time is runnin’ awayFeel like my soul has turned into steelI’ve still got the scars that the sun didn’t healThere’s not even room enough to be anywhereIt’s not dark yet but it’s gettin’ there. Well, my sense of humanity has gone […]