Cowboy Junkies LYRICS

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Cowboy Junkies - At The End Of The Rainbow - lyrics

Again,
At the end of the rainbow
Again,
No gold to be found
Just this cold unmade bed
The last 3 words you said
And this buzzing on the telephone line
Paris, well, there is fog on the seine
Amsterdam still courses through my veins
All these dark crazy sights,
Wouldnt be so bad
If I could just taste your breath once again
Honey I saw your daddy
Lying by the roadside
His feet sticking out of a sack
Honey theyll be calling
To tell you that your daddy
Never will be coming back
Again
At the end of the rainbow
Again,
No words to be found
Just this voice sad and alone
Me wishing I was home
And the silence on the telephone line

Cowboy Junkies - Bad Boy - lyrics

(larry williams)
A bad little boy moved into the neighborhood
He wont do nothin right just a-sittin got to look so good
He dont wanna go to school and learn to read and write
Just sits around the house and plays that rock n roll music all night
Well, he put thumbtacks on teachers chair
Put chewing gum in lil girls hair
Now junior, behave yourself!
Buys every rock n roll book on the magazine stand
Every dime that he gets, oh is off to the juke box man
Well, he worries his teacher till shes a-ready to poop
From rockin and a rollin spinnin in a hula-hoop
Well, his rock n roll has gotta stop
Juniors head is hard as rock
Now junior, behave yourself!
Gonna tell your mama youd better do what she said
Get to the barber shop and get that hair cut off your head
You shoot the canary and you fed it to the neighboors cat
You gave the *****er spaniel a bath in mothers laundromat
Well, your mama said its gotta stop
Juniors head is hard as rock
Now junior, behave yourself!

Cowboy Junkies - Black Eyed Man - lyrics

Black eyed man he took the blame
For the poisoning of the well
They found this shoes by the pulley
They found his fingerprints all over the pail
Black eyed man Im warning you
The people around here
Will not be fooled by a simple line or two
Yes your honour I do solemnly swear
That I saw him late last night,
Dancing barefoot, bathed in light
And reaching for every star in sight
Yes I did go to him,
But completely against my will
And yes he did things to me
Things of which I dream of still
Black eyed man Im warning you
What I say is what youll do
To hell with love and truth
I always meant to say Im sorry
For all the things I said and did
sorry, I feel better now, do you?
But you promised me the sky
And fell short a star or two
What else did you expect me to do?
Black eyed man he took the blame
For the poisoning of the well
They found his shoes by the pulley
They found his fingerprints all over the pail
With a noose around his neck,
Cicadas trilling everywhere,
He says to the people gathered round him,
it aint the water thats not right around here
Black eyed man Im thirsty dear
Be a love and bring some water here
Drawn fresh from the well

Cowboy Junkies - Angel Mine - lyrics

He searched for those wings that he knew
That this angel should have at her back
And although he cant find them
He really dont mind
Because he knows theyll grow back
And he reached for that halo that he knows
That she had when she first caught his eye
Although his hand came back empty
Hes really not worried
cause he knows it still shines
I cant promise that Ill grow those wings
Or keep this tarnished halo shined
But Ill never betray your trust
Angel mine
I search all the time on the ground
For our shadows cast side by side
Just to remind me that I havent gone crazy
That you exist and are mine
And I know that your skin is as warm and as real
As that smile in your eyes
But I have to keep touching and smelling
And tasting for fear its all lies
I cant promise that Ill grow those wings
Or keep this tarnished halo shined
But Ill never betray your trust
Angel mine
Last night I awoke from the deepest of sleeps
With your voice in my head
And I could tell by your breathing
That you were still sleeping
I repeated those words that you had said
I cant promise that Ill grow those wings
Or keep this tarnished halo shined
But Ill never betray your trust
Angel mine

Cowboy Junkies - Baby Please Don't Go - lyrics

Now, baby, please dont go
Now, baby, please dont go
Now, baby, please dont go back to new orleans
You know I love you so, you know I love you so
You got me waiting here
You got me waiting here
Before a ...
Baby, please dont go
Baby, please dont go
Dont you call my name
Dont you call my name
Well you got me way down here
On a ball and chain
Oh, baby, please dont go
Oh, baby, please dont go
Now, baby, please dont go
Now, baby, please dont go
Now, baby, please dont go back to new orleans
You know I love you so, you know I love you so
...no, dont go

Cowboy Junkies - Bea's Song - lyrics

Speed River at my feet running low and flat
I'm sitting here burning daylight,
thinking about the past
and that distance out there
where the earth meets the sky
The slightest move and this river mud
pulls me further down
John's at my side, but he's sitting on firmer ground
John says I look at the moon and the stars
these days more often than I look into his eyes
and I can't disagree so I don't say nothing
I just stare on past his face at Venus rising,
like a shining speck of hope hanging over the horizon
With each passing year that I sit here
that horizon seems to inch just that much nearer
and all that appears on it seems as clear as spit
But if there's on thing in my life
that these years have taught
it's that you can always see it coming
but you can never stop it
Speed River at my feet running low and flat
I'm sitting here burning daylight,
thinking about the past
and that distance out there
where the earth meets the sky
The slightest move and this river mud
pulls me further down
John's at my side,
but he's not noticing that I'm drowning
The slightest move and this river mud
pulls me further down
John's at my side,
but he's not noticing that I'm drowning

Cowboy Junkies - Blue Eyed Saviour - lyrics

Where'd You Go My Blue Eyed Saviour
Where'd You Go My Darling One
Lying On That Field Of Honour
Not Sure What You're Waiting On
And She Won't Let Him Through The Door
Her Mind Is Ticking Through Those Tumbling Years
The One's He Promised He'd Be There For
She Says, "hope: The Belief That Loved Ones Will Never Die"
I've Never Heard Such Nonsense
I've Never Heard Such Lies
What To Do With Our Sputtering Engine
What To Do With Our Fading Star
Leaving Us To Wander Freely
Trying To Find Out Where We Are
And I Can't Bear To See Him Go
There Is Just Too Much Left On The Table
There Has Been Too Much Left Alone
She Says, "hope: The Belief That Loved Ones Will Never Die"
I've Never Heard Such Nonsense
I've Never Heard Such Lies
Listen To My Wide Eyed Bundle
Listen To Them Assail The Night
Lost Again In Their Caves Of Wonder
Leaving Us Alone Outside
And I Can Barely Stand The Simple Pleasure
Each Breath Carrying Just A Little More Weight
As I Bend To Adjust The Comforter
I Think, "hope: The Belief That Loved Ones Will Never Die"
I've Never Heard Such Nonsense
I've Never Heard Such Lies

Cowboy Junkies - 'cause Cheap Is How I Feel - lyrics

Its the kind of night thats so cold, when you spit
It freezes before it hits the ground
And when a bum asks you for a quarter, you give a dollar
If hes out tonight he must be truly down
And Im searching all the windows for a last minute present
To prove to you that what I said was real,
For something small and frail and plastic, baby,
cause cheap is how I feel
Half moon in the sky tonight, bright enough
To come up with an answer
To the question why is it that every time I see you
My love grows a little stronger
But your memory leaves my stomach churning,
Feeling like a lie about to be revealed,
But Ill horde all this to myself
cause cheap is how I feel
Its not the smell in here that gets to me its the lights
I hate the shadows that they cast,
And the sound of clinking bottles is the one sure thing
Ill always drag with me from my past
I think Ill find a pair of eyes tonight, to fall into
And maybe strike a deal
Your body for my soul, fair swap
`cause cheap is how I feel

Cowboy Junkies - Blue Guitar - lyrics

I wish I had a blue guitar,
A blue guitar to play all night long.
Singing songs of loss and love.
Singing songs till morning comes.
Ghosts in the basement
Screams from the kitchen
I tell you folks Im leaving.
Seems I can already hear the door slammin.
I tell you folks I think Im leavin.
Goodbye to the highway
Goodbye to the sky
Im headed out goodbye, goodbye.
Goodbye to the highway
Goodbye to the sky
Im headed our goodbye, goodbye.
I wish I had a blue guitar,
A blue guitar to play all night long.
I wish I had a blue guitar,
A blue guitar to let you know somehow
You are not needed now.

Cowboy Junkies - A Horse In The Country - lyrics

The money would be pretty good
If a quart of milk were still a dollar
Or even if a quart of milk were still a quart
And the hours, well, I dont mind
How they creep on by like an old love of mine
Its the years that simply disappear that are doing me in
Guess I married too young,
Yeah, nineteen was just too young,
But sometimes you meet someone
And your guts just burn
Its not that I dont love him anymore
Its just that when I hear him
Coming through that front door
My heart doesnt race like it did once before
But Ive got a horse out in the country
I get to see him every second sunday
He comes when I call him,
Yeah, he knows his name
One day Ill saddle up
And the two of us will ride away
This weather I could almost stand
If the sun would shine a little brighter
Or even if the sun would shine at all
But lately it just seems to me
That this life has lost its mystery
And these cold fall mornings seem to bite
Just a little bit harder
And all my friends have settled down
Become their mothers and their fathers
Without a sound
Except for cathy,
She bought a one-way subway ticket
And left us all behind
But Ive got a horse out in the country
I get to see him every second sunday
He comes when I call him,
Yeah, he knows his name
One day Ill saddle up
And the two of us will ride away
This town wouldnt be so bad
If a girl could trust her instincts
Or even if a girl could trust a boy
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