Your life is so familiar that it feels like most of mine The heart that's kept so close to me gets closer all the time The habit of your laughter and the way it feels so near Has shown me that I know your laugh in every sound I hear Rooms would look much better if they had you standin' in them Jealous of the rooms whose floors can feel your weight...Learn More

The rain came down on a tin roof Hardly a sound was left from the birthday party The kitchen light fell asleep on a bedroom floor Me and her were talking softer Than all the time before I lost her Picture sat on top of the chest of drawers One red rose in the Bible Pressed between the Holy alphabet Probably wouldn't believe you, if you told me But...Learn More

Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair She made the Woolworth counter shine And Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer And they'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime And they'd sing Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now Dance a little closer tonight Dance a little closer to me, 'cause it's closing...Learn More

In an Appalachian Greyhound station She sits there waiting in a family way "Goodbye brother, tell Mom I love her Tell all the others I'll write someday" From a teenage lover to an unwed mother Kept undercover like some bad dream While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered They run like water through a mountain stream In a cold and gray town, a...Learn More

The last time that I saw her She was standing in the rain With her overcoat under her arm Leaning on a horsehead cane She said, "Carl, take all the money" She called everybody Carl My spirit's broke, my mind's a joke And getting up's real hard Don't you know her when you see her? She grew up in your backyard Come back to us Barbara Lewis Hare...Learn More

[Verse 1] Between now and quittin' time Between then and six A.M Catch me climbing out Of a deep, deep pit Hanging on by a thread That could be cut in an instant Folks come around and lower buckets [Chorus] What can a poor kid do To keep busy Because I still want to love this little world I didn't realize I was hanging out with Mr. Chill You be...Learn More

[Verse 1] Standing barefoot on a cold wood floor Looking out the window of my back door If it keeps on raining I think the whole damn house is going to float away The alarm was buzzing at the break of dawn My husband's asking, "Is the coffee on?" And easy's getting harder every day [Verse 2] I'll drop the baby off at school at nine And bust the...Learn More

Looking out my window, staring through the pain I can't see the rainbow for the rain Someday I'll forget you, life goes on they say But they don't know what's standing in my way There's a wall of tears I've got to get over Got to stop thinking of you, got to learn not to love you I know the sun will shine I'm gonna be fine but until then The rains...Learn More