Clear cross the country rollin' on the big highway Clear cross the country rollin' on the big highway So long to Louisiana, hello Frisco bay Well the sun down south, sure got her hold into me Yeah the sun down south, sure got her hold into me And I'll be feelin' much better, under the shade of a redwood tree Indian summer, got a cold fog rollin'...Learn More

I am ready, ready as anybody can be I am ready, ready as anybody can be Well I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me I got an axe handle pistol on a graveyard frame That shoot tombstone bullets, wearin' ball and chain Drink TNT, smoke dynamite I hope some screwball starts a fight 'Cause I'm ready, ready as anybody can be Well I'm ready for...Learn More

I remember she came up suddenly And caught me by surprise I turned the latch and found her Awaiting just outside She seemed to come from nowhere With the wind and the blowing rain She was bold as thunder The night of the hurricane Don't you want shelter from the bad weather? Don't you want shelter From the bad weather, babe? Are you not fearful...Learn More

Burning with a passion turning into greed The wandering fever caught ahold of me Breaking out across the ocean to far away lands Where people speak in tongues I don't understand Coming and going Going till I was gone I never meant to hurt you, baby I never meant you wrong Rambled like a story In a tug boat captain's song The delta took me winding...Learn More

Neon lights don't ever dim In the kind of bars that never close In a back room game T-Jim yelled "St. Gabriel, I'm gonna steal the show!" He slapped his cards down on the table Said "Boys, I got me a winning hand" But the sight that made ole T-Jim tremble Was the king that took his land Mister meet your new landlord I heard you knockin' upon my...Learn More

Father heard the cries of all his kin "Please" they begged him, "Tell us once again" About the fire that burns in every man Look into the eyes upon the land See the flame that kindles all it can Feel its passion breathe in every man Find the center Find the center The center of light and truth in every man Up against the wall we'll surely...Learn More

There are faces everywhere but I walk on In the street the people don't look real to me Again I am knocking on the door But nobody's home Am I the victim of some kind of sorcery? When you're away, time passes slowly When you're away, I feel so cold When you are gone There's a space you leave empty When you're away from me I hear voices everywherе...Learn More

What makes a mother have to cry all day Since her daughter moved away? And what makes papa interrupt her prayers So he can put a curse on the boy he swears? Common-law love Common-law love Napoleonic Code come to push or shove And baby's shacking up in common-law love What makes a family cringe and groan Whenever they hear that pesky phone? And...Learn More

Hear they call me, crazy fool For throwin' in with the, likes of you Well I read your letter, I read your letter this morning I read your letter, I read your letter this morning You said "You do what you want to Got only one life babe" [?] is open wide, for takin' in all your pack of lies Well I read your letter, I read your letter this morning I...Learn More

Hand to hand, arms to arms For every heart that's breaking But not giving in to hating Life for life and soul for soul For every loved one's name That's lost in the name of saving May all that is Bless you one and bless you all Under gun on our planet Spinning like a cannonball Face to face and back to back For every confrontation and changing of...Learn More

You know you got trouble when you call on the phone A stranger tell you that your baby ain't home Oh boy 'bout to get a blues attack Baby's on the sly, sneakin' behind your back You know you got trouble when you knock on the door Another one slams at the back of the porch Oh boy 'bout to get a blues attack Baby's on the sly, sneakin' behind your...Learn More

Two roads runnin' One up and one down On them both forever Hell bent and glory bound When I reach the crossing Through it on the Big Screen And I'm outward bound But never in vain Two doors open One in and one out For trouble I've been through Both more than I can count When I reach the crossing I'll see it all again And I'm outward bound But...Learn More