This is the place where I met my Lucy Jones I marked it well with a sacred stack of stones I'll be here when she comes back in town From overseas she's been traveling 'round A letter came from my sweetheart Lucy Jones She said she's fine but I shouldn't try to phone- Her anymore, calling costs too much It ended there in sighs and quite...Learn More

[Verse 1] All the waters run out And you sit there wet There's a high-speed chase On the TV set And I think to myself— "Why hate the winter?" The fireplace glows On the snow outside You've a towel around your head Words in your eyes They're the words I would say If only I was braver [Chorus] But it's much too cold To run like a dog all alone So...Learn More

[Verse 1] The house can get cold When there's no one to share The sun in the kitchen The creak on the stairs The pictures of friends Crooked blurs on the walls The pot of hydrangea Alone in the hall You were a breeze idly passing me by Dropped in my lap like a stone from the sky When I come home now you're waiting right there To offer an apple, a...Learn More

[Verse 1] One drop of poison Spilled on your gown One drop of danger Set your legs running Don't kiss a leper By closing one eye Don't give a hand To the one you can't follow [Chorus] But you know I say Everything you gave to me When we shared a bed And you were loaning me secrets [Verse 2] Don't break the bottle Stumbling around Don't cut...Learn More

[Verse 1] Don't tell me all the shit you've done How you push your luck with everyone 'Cause you're mean upbringing's left you a mess Don't tell me all the shit you'd say If some fool jerked you around thataway You ain't done half of what you confess [Chorus] That ain't you As far as I can tell That ain't you Although you wear it well That ain't...Learn More

[Verse 1] There's a rooster, a hen A black dog by my kid in the yard And I've tattooed the head Of the woman I've wed on my arm We sit on the lawn And she winks and she yawns at the sound That the setting sun makes as it lights up the lake And goes down [Chorus] And you ease my troubles with your hands Like the night puts a calm on the...Learn More

[Verse 1] It was warm in the jailhouse when Brown fell asleep A bootful of liquor he borrowed He dreamed he was colored and waiting to meet The rich man drawing tomorrow Headful of cotton, a scent in his nose A white coat of paint on the steeple Sharp pins and needles, he cursed as he woke The smug sleeping town and its people Sheriff Brown bit...Learn More

[Verse 1] There are times that walk from you Like some passing afternoon Summer warmed the open window of her honeymoon And she chose a yard to burn But the ground remembers her Wooden spoons, her children stir her Bougainvillea blooms [Chorus 1] There are things that drift away Like our endless numbered days Autumn blew the quilt right off the...Learn More

[Verse 1] Won't you sit down for a while? I been admiring your smile Now your eyes curl when you grin Over your tonic and gin [Chorus] This woman is Harder than the frozen ground We don't trust a soul Soft enough to have a crush We give up control Elizabeth do you see me tonight? [Verse 2] I'll be the first to admit That I spend my time trying to...Learn More

[Verse 1] Did the fighting begin With a knock on your chin? With the dirt on your clothes Or the blood from your nose? [Chorus] Did you curse his name And the woman who gave him the same? Would it make you feel much better To show him the ground? [Verse 2] Do you think you'd be weak? If you both turned the cheek There's a cloud in the sky Blocks...Learn More