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Steve Earle - Another Town - lyrics

One of these days when my minds made up
And Im sick and tired of hangin around
Ill be on my way in a cloud of dust
On the road to another town
Once upon a time I loved this house
Now Im thinkin bout burnin it down
And Ill be long gone when the fire burns out
On the way to another town
To see another city in another light
With my past behind me and my future bright
One of these days when Ive had enough
Buddy, you aint gonna see me around
Just as soon as I get my courage up
Gonna take it to another town
I used to walk these streets with my head held high
Now Im always lookin down at the ground
But I see my feet on the outbound side
Of a road to another town
And Im gonna tell everybody I know
Yeah Im gonna spread it around
That theres a great big world out there where I go
On the road to another town
To see another city in another light
With my past behind me and my future bright
One of these days when my minds made up
And Im sick and tired of hangin around
Ill be down that road in a cloud of dust
On the way to another town

Steve Earle - Annie, Is Tonight The Night - lyrics

Here I am again, now, acting like a crazy fool
Every time I get to rockin, I always run into you
I never did understand why you want to be so cruel
Well, annie, is tonight the night?
Do you think the moon is right?
You dont have to tell me you will
Just say that you might
I know you told me once
I guess you coulda told me twice
I guess I keep hopin some day youre gonna treat me nice
Im tryin to get next to you
Cold as ice
Well, annie, is tonight the night?
Do you think the moon is right?
You dont have to tell me you will
Just say that you might
Now Im not fool enough thinkin Im the only one
Got me comin and a-goin till Im about to come undone
Not tryin to find love
Im lookin for a little fun
Well, annie, is tonight the night?
Do you think the moon is right?
You dont have to tell me you will
Just say that you might
Well, annie, is tonight the night?
Do you think the moon is right?
You dont have to tell me you will
Just say that you might

Steve Earle - All Of My Life - lyrics

I guess I dont get out too much
If it wasnt enough I hear all these voices
Always tellin me that Im bad
But its all in my head - like all those scary noises
Chorus
Ive been waiting all of my life
All of my life
Ive been waiting all of my life
All of my life
Some nights when Im laying in bed
Wish I was dead - and I know youd never miss me
But I know where you go when you dream
Strange as that seems cause I never even kissed you
Chorus
Everybody wants to be somebodys somethin
Aint nobody wants to be blue
Aint nobody anywhere ever loved nothin
Half as much as I love you
Somebody somewhere said love is a prison
But no one really wants to be free
Id have to be crazy to ever think someone
Could love a nobody like me
Im here alone in the dark
But I know where you are
cause I can hear you breathin
Come a little closer youll find
You were meant to be mine
cause youre the only reason
Chorus x 2

Steve Earle - Angry Young Man - lyrics

Got a lot of memories tied up in this place
So much time spent in so little space
What looked like the world through the eyes of a child
Kind of closes in on you after awhile
Its a place to grow up and a place to grow old
You keep your mouth shut and you do what youre told
I told mama the day that I ran
This aint no place for an angry young man
Mama if you could see me right now
Youd be so sure you failed me somehow
Mama you never could understand
There aint no peace for an angry young man
A cheap hotel a long way from my home
So many people make you feel so alone
Dreams die easy out here in these streets
And hearts grow cold in the city heat
I aint never been the patient kind
I got to live like I please or die tryin
At a filling station with a gun in my hand
The only way for an angry young man
Got a lot of memories tied up in this place
Tonight theyre starin me right in the face
A lonely grave on the outskirts of town
Its three in the morning, aint no one around
Just like a ghost I come out of the night
But Ill be gone before the morning light
Mama I hope that you understand
This aint no place for an angry young man

Steve Earle - A Little Bit In Love - lyrics

I dont fall in love as a rule
Because it always makes me look like a fool
Well, it keeps me up late
I cant concentrate
And I pride myself on keepin my cool
But I got to admit
Im just a little bit in love with you
Now, I dont want you gettin me wrong
Because I dont sit up at night by the phone
Well, if you come around
I let my guard down
And I just cant seem to leave you alone
But Ill get over it
Im just a little bit in love with you
Well, I tell myself that a little bit of love
Cant hurt a big man like me
But I never have heard of a little heart ache
And baby, thats whats scarin me
So dont you get your hopes up if I call
Because I always catch myself when I fall
But I got to admit
That Im a little bit in love with you
So dont you get your hopes up if I call
Because I always catch myself when I fall
But I got to admit
That Im a little bit in love with you
Oh, honey, thats all you get
Im just a little bit in love with you

Steve Earle - Angel Is The Devil - lyrics

Everybody call her angel
Shes no stranger to the devil I know
His mark is on her body
His fires burnin in her soul
When were makin love
Hes laughin at us down below
Shes the devil I know
Chorus
Shes the devil I know
Shes the devil I know
Said she come from heaven
Angel is the devil I know
Shes the devil I know
Now shes the kind a woman
Keep you comin back for more
Got the kind of face
You swear you seen someplace before
Coulda` been your mamma
Coulda been a mexican whore
Shes the devil I know
Now shed drag you straight to hell
I can tell and I think Ill just go
Yeah the devil sent her here
To deliver me body and soul
Yeah and every inch she drags me down
Im closer to the glow
She`s the devil I know

Steve Earle - A Country Song - lyrics

A country song left the farm
As the young man marched to war
Became a sound heard clear around the world
From a lonely soldiers guitar
Who had never been so far before
For mom and dad and a special little girl
And cutting through the quiet like a whistle in the night
A train of memories and even city boys could ride
Chorus:
Mountain high, valley low
Proud and strong, a country song
Meanwhile cross the water
The mothers and the daughters
Were working in the defense factories
All up and down the line
The machines and women whined
A country song as blue as the sea
That stretched so far between
Like the prayers and the dreams
Of the men who where fighting to keep their country free
Chorus
Though it seemed to take forever
They were finally back together
And the young men took a restless look around
cause it seemed the world unfolded
And the land just couldnt hold em
So they headed for the cities and the towns
They could feel the homefires glow
As they gathered around the radio
To hear the grand old opry as the weekend rolled around
Chorus
Theres a kid out on the highway
Who says hes got some dues to pay
So he set out with a guitar and a dream
He dont look much like a cowboy
But he swears hes gonna make some noise
Change a tune or two in tennessee
Though his hands had never worked the land
His granddad was a railroad man
He sang him jimmie rodgers songs as he sat upon his knee
Chorus x 2

Steve Earle - Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? - lyrics

Its the same old tune,fiddle and guitar
Where do we take it from here
Rhinestone suits and new shiney cars
Weve been the same way for years
We need to change
Somebody told me when I got to nashville
Son you finally got it made
Old hank made it here, were sure that you will
But I dont think hank done it this way
I dont think hank done it this way
Ten years down the road, making one night stands
Speeding my young life away
Tell me one more time just so I understand
Are you sure hank done it this way
Did ol hank really do it this way?
Ive seen the world with a five piece band
Looking at the back side of me
Singing my songs and one of his now and then
But I dont think hank done it this way
No I dont think hank done it this way.

Steve Earle - Amerika V. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do) - lyrics

(Steve Earle)
Look at ya
Yeah, take a look in the mirror now tell me what you see
Another satisfied customer in the front of the line for the American dream
I remember when we was both out on the boulevard
Talkin' revolution and singin' the blues
Nowadays it's letters to the editor and cheatin' on our taxes
Is the best that we can do
Come on
Look around
There's doctors down on Wall Street
Sharpenin' their scalpels and tryin' to cut a deal
Meanwhile, back at the hospital
We got accountants playin' God and countin' out the pills
Yeah, I know, that sucks – that your HMO
Ain't doin' what you thought it would do
But everybody's gotta die sometime and we can't save everybody
It's the best that we can do
Four score and a hundred and fifty years ago
Our forefathers made us equal as long as we can pay
Yeah, well maybe that wasn't exactly what they was thinkin'
Version six-point-oh of the American way
But hey we can just build a great wall around the country club
To keep the riff-raff out until the slump is through
Yeah, I realize that ain't exactly democratic, but it's either them or us and
And it's the best we can do
Yeah, passionely conservative
It's the best we can do
Conservatively passionate
It's the best we can do
Meanwhile, still thinkin'
Hey, let's wage a war on drugs
It's the best we can do
Well, I don't know about you, but I kinda dig this global warming thing...

Steve Earle - Arianne - lyrics

Its getting light, its getting late
And Ive looked everywhere and called her name
Her dad the doctors down
The sheriffs standing round
Arianne
We sat by the rivers edge
I slipped in and she slipped off her dress
She stepped cautiously
Into that shining stream
Arianne
Theres a place that I can go
Where her memory still flows
It cuts a deeper path
With every season past
Arianne
I can see her as she sleeps
A face as still as that river is deep
Leaves are turning round
White arms, hair of brown
Arianne
Theres a place that I can go
Where her memory still flows
It cuts a deeper path
With every season past
Arianne
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