He must be nervous, my name isn’t Jack And I really don’t come from El Paso But I’m glad to meet you, he’ll be right back With a bar towel to wipe up this queso Cowboy cool, honky tonk fool As a friend there’s no one more true And I don’t think he’s crazy cause there’s nothing crazy About a man going crazy for you I’d ask you to dance but you’re...Learn More

Blackbird cackling in the courtyard Wisteria growing all twisted against the wall My true companions for the past two weeks – Memories, that’s all You want me to take you back Like a shark attack No baby, I don’t need another chance To suffer and rise again I don’t intend to take any advice That sets me up for sacrifice Somebody else can save your...Learn More

The town he was from Is a place called Kingdom Come With a sandy riverbank And a funny name— It’s the one place on this earth He still drove from Fort Worth Cause Kingdom Come is so far away It stays the same I’m going back to Kingdom Come Back to the place I’m from Look across the water, walk on the air Finding things I lost somewhere I’m going...Learn More

I first heard that sound on a small-town sidewalk Where a jukebox poured music out the door of a café Hank Williams and Elvis, Patsy Cline and Willie All wound some gold on the steel of Jimmy Day There’s a woman crying for her hard scrabble cowboy A spice wind from the desert in the steel ringing true One murmur sweet goddess would do One murmur...Learn More

There’s a lotta nowhere out there She had compassion for the worst and the least In a town without a doctor Without a future, without a priest Words she said came alive in my head Like holy wine “You’re gonna break through, break through Break through and shine.” She gave me shelter And I never had to explain How a stray bolt of lightning Left me...Learn More

Same wind blowing stronger Weather vane spins tight Something breaks but it won’t break off Slaps on the roof all night Her old man told him White and black “Change direction, she’s not for you You’re on the wrong track.” He won’t change, he won’t change No way, that boy, no way, he won’t change Old man told her, “I don’t like him seeing you I...Learn More

Middle of the night you forget about the sun But it’s still gonna rise See – there it is Fractured in these eyes Stays cold all evening The field at dawn is covered in dew – A glint of light diamond bright For each of you You know, he believed Being linked together makes us sane And he was the kind Who loved to build that chain He always had some...Learn More

The day is gone like it’s supposed to be Darling what’s wrong? You can talk to me I can say the things that soothe you I can sing a lullaby If you tell me why you’re tied in knots Or if at least you try Did you hear that? It’s a Texas Nightingale And live oaks whisperin adieu No one’s written anything That comes even close to you Take off your...Learn More

There are three pawn shops in Harrison, Arkansas Where I found this guitar Felt like singing a phrase or two Never thought I’d get this far They played Johnny Cash on cassette At the funeral home Someone called out, “Amen.” This is the way we lay our people down Until they rise again Darlin come home to this Arkansas mountain We’ll take you up the...Learn More

She lives up on the third floor Comes down after hours And though she speaks to no one You sense her charm and powers She smiles across the flickering light Sorrow in her face No one knows the lady in lace Chandelier light goes back forever In the mirror down the hall Sometimes she waltzes with her lover Though no one’s there at all You hear the...Learn More

The days add up if I have it right The days add up to hours One hour of light after midnight tears our Shrouds and brings the showers I could go a week without eating Take a pretty good shot to the head But I know you're thinking of leaving Guess I’ll go back to the dead Taxi coming filled with doubt Headlights shinin blue flame Call my name drag...Learn More