Artist: Shakey Graves
Lyrics of Artist: Shakey Graves
Lyrics of Artist: Shakey Graves
[Lyric] Late July Early Version (Shakey Graves)
[Intro] Bubububabo gold digger took my money yeah Dipped my heart and hands in honey Oh snake Lady done stole my savings Told gold digger she was having my babies Well, gold digger swung, snake lady fell over I took Gold Digger up to Chapel Hill Well I married her fast, murdered her young Took my money back and made my run Bubububabo bus driver,...Learn MorecountryShakey Graves[Lyric] Pansy Waltz Demo (Shakey Graves)
[Intro] "How do you catch a unique rabbit" "How?" "Unique up on him" "Ohhhh" "How do you catch a tame rabbit" "How?" "The tame way, unique up on it" "Ohhhh" [Verse 1] Well he's out of season, out of sync Oh lord, what must his family think And you must be getting his feathers wet Well, she always seems to be the talk Until she drops him like a...Learn MorecountryShakey Graves[Lyric] Bullys Lament feat. Isaac Gillespie Morgan Heringer (Shakey Graves)
[Verse 1] Poor Lanky Lenny was too tall to be lost and found Too big for the cages at the city pound Oh what will we do, what will we do for fun and for free It seems the roads are growing wider and wider most every day Oh I used to love the drive but now I stay off the lanes What is the use of looking out if there's nothing to see [Chorus] Oh but...Learn MorecountryShakey Graves[Lyric] Word Of Mouth Early Version feat. Isaac Gillespie (Shakey Graves)
Well I see a girl that's blue like the sea When I go to sleep you know that she sees me, too Oh yeah just standing around like the popular kids Just hoping Saint Peter will let us in too He says, "If you value your life, stay off the drugs If you value the drugs, stay off the map If you value them maps, you'd better travel, son And if you don't...Learn MorecountryShakey Graves[Lyric] The Daily All (Shakey Graves)
[Intro] About like youth and like, she was like uhh She was uhhh, she was like Ya'll better enjoy your youth cause' like old age takes it all away Mother nature, she was like, mother nature has taken it away And she was saying all these like really crazy things And like, it was so weird, then I started getting freaked out Because i was singing...Learn MorecountryShakey Graves[Lyric] The Night Interlude (Shakey Graves)
So, it must've been, um, 2009 And I was supposed to play a show My friend Tommy who ran the venue, it was his birthday And someone had took him a couple of these Pre-wrapped little Reese's Cup chocolates And had sort of implied that they were special And so, he was like, "I think these are mushroom chocolates I don't know, do you wanna do this...Learn MorecountryShakey Graves[Lyric] Oh The Reign (Shakey Graves)
[Spoken] Get a job hippie! [Verse 1] Oh the reign Yeah, world don't turn purple just for you Yeah oh the reign, Ooh ooh ooh Remember me, from years past Days and fronts [Chorus] Behind the pack we stayed every day Don't expect much from the rest of your life Trailing behind oh no no And the animals sang Give us a chance [Instrumental] [Verse...Learn MorecountryShakey Graves[Lyric] Years Ago Interlude (Shakey Graves)
I'm sometimes a little sorry I got rid of all my guns I said, I had a nice collection I had a beautiful .45 I had a, I had a Colt .45 I had a .45 automatic I had a P38, Walther P38 And a Luger, in its original holster with two original clip and the belt Well, they were part of my collection On one day, some guy tried to mess with my old lady And I...Learn MorecountryShakey Graves[Lyric] The Shepherd Interlude (Shakey Graves)
I, I don't think that it's ever fated in a person that you'll write some music You know, your life events dictate And situations dictate what you create Kinda whatever you do I, I sort of think of it all kinda like this I mean, all the songs that I have written I feel like I just, just captured out in the wild I've never set out trying to be the...Learn MorecountryShakey Graves[Lyric] The Teacher Interlude (Shakey Graves)
You can tell when something has character And has some sort of like, it wants to be played, you know And, uh, that guitar did not want to be played by me initially (Oh, interesting) It would like, dive out of tune It would stay in tune and then it would just like Like one string just decided, just fly out of tune and I was like, "What in the...Learn MorecountryShakey Graves[Lyric] Lonely Hill Alt-Version (Shakey Graves)
[Intro] Alright, here we go [Verse 1] It's a tall mountain but well worth the climb Yeah well worth the climb Oh and, girl, it's a long road but well worth the ride Yeah dodododo [Chorus] Oh if I've unlocked the keys Then my life will be easy [Verse 2] One day you'll just hurry up and die And that will be the one day That you just don't ask...Learn MorecountryShakey Graves[Lyric] The Haunted Guitar Interlude (Shakey Graves)
Alright, so the question is, "Who is Jay Manley?" Because, for me, Jay Manley was this guitar This haunted, this haunted guitar Um, so, Jay was in my mind, as a child, um, as was My grandmother's boyfriend was always around, sweet old man Um, didn't have really any other family And always talked about jazz and playing guitar And that's kind of when...Learn MorecountryShakey Graves