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Jerry Jeff Walker - Backsliders Wine - lyrics

Michael Martin Murphy
As the rain ruins my alibi
I'm down to tellin' you my red-eyed mind
It's not the sun bright path
That called me from my home
It's just that fine Backslider's wine
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My momma sings out in my memory
Son, don't take that black eyed shine
Fight for your rights
But, son don't fight for right
And do not drink Backslider's wine
But I took myself for a kind and loving soul
'Til I found my face, face down on the bar room floor
I was crying Jesus what have they done to me
I cannot drink Backslider's wine no more
CHORUS
As the rain ruins my alibi
I'm down to tellin' you my red-eyed mind
It's not the sun bright path
That called me from my home
It's just that fine Backslider's wine

Jerry Jeff Walker - Broken Toys - lyrics

There's not much to say for what was mine today
But when tomorrow comes, I'll make my way
Had planned to build a dream or two today
But everything I tried turned out mistakes
Won't stay down long, tomorrow is my day
Casting nets catch dreams; try for what seems to be
Bend that willow round and shape things as I see
Finding that some cards are drifting in the sea
And no matter how I play them, they'll trick me
That was his day, tomorrow I'll be free
Today played unfair; left me hung up, nowhere
And though it tries to break me I don't care
Tried to bring my ship in tow to land somewhere
Today is just another chance that's left me there
Broken toys today, tomorrow's my repair
There's not much to say for what was mine today
Won't stay down long, tomorrow is my day

Jerry Jeff Walker - Bad News - lyrics

John D. Loudermilk
Yeah, well, I picked peaches in Georgia,
And I've lumberjacked in Maine
Been hired and fired and been in jail,
In 'bout every state you can name
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Hell, I'm bad news honey, bad news every place I go
'Cause I'm always getting into trouble
Leavin' them girls early - hate to see me go
They say bad news is like wildfire, 'n good news comes too slow
They always call me wildfire wherever I go
Chorus
You know they tried to hang me in Oakland, tried it in Frisco too
I wouldn't choke, I broke the rope, they had to let me go
Chorus

Jerry Jeff Walker - About Her Eyes - lyrics

Keith Sykes
About her eyes, now they're misty shinin'
About her hair, it's long and clean
About her face, now it's soft and smiling
But you can't trace her thoughts 'cause they can't be seen
When she flows by you so gently
She brings a breeze that just cleans the air
When she speaks it's barely a whisper
That tries to hide but you know it's there
She smiles at you and it sends you sailin'
It sweeps you yonder along in the night
You glide with ease and you hardly feel it
But you tell you're driftin' in a moments flight
When she leaves you become quite drowsy
So you recline in your easy chair
She's left you there to think in silence
About her eyes, her face, and her hair

Jerry Jeff Walker - Boogie Mama - lyrics

Bobby Rambo
Just like the weather in Texas, you put me through too many changes
You don't give a damn, for no livin' man
And I doubt there's one that would claim you
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Hey boogie mama, rock 'n roll queen, wild and strangest I've ever seen
Get your leg sweaty and shake it at me
It's ladies night tonight, you know your drinking for free
We were pickin' at the Frontier, Mama, sippin' on a long cold beer
Now much to my surprise, someone I didn't recognize
Walked in and the whole place got stuffy
Chorus
Now you heard about the honky-tonk women,
And the places that they hang out and hang in
But there'll never be a gal like my old Caledonia
She put you home on the ranges, yeah

Jerry Jeff Walker - Carry Me Away - lyrics

Bobby Rambo
I'm on my way - got a gig in Austin today
I'm loaded to the gills listenin' to the wheels
Carry me away
Won't you lift this yoke from around my throat
Take another toke till I cough and choke
Let it carry me away
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Cause if dreamin's for dreamers, well, then I'm dreamin' my life away
Dreamin' a dream and I'm dreamin' of you
Let it carry me and see me through the day
Gotta get up before you get down
Somebody help me get on board
Chorus

Jerry Jeff Walker - Alright Guy - lyrics

Todd Snider
You know just the other morning I was hanging around in my house
I had that new book with pictures of Madonna *****
I was checkin' it out
Just then a friend of mine came through the door
Said she never pegged me for a scumbag before
She said she didn't ever wanna see me anymore
And I still don't know why
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I think I'm an alright guy
I think I'm an alright guy
I just wanna live until I gotta die
I know I ain't perfect but God knows I try
I think I'm an alright guy
I think I'm alright
Now maybe I'm dirty and maybe I smoke a little dope
But it ain't like I'm going on T.V. and tearing up pictures of the Pope
I know I get wild I know I get drunk
But it ain't like I gotta lot of bodies in my trunk
My old man used to call me a no good punk
And I still don't why
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You know just the other night these cops pulled me over outside a bar
They turned on their lights and said hey kid get out of the car
I was only joking when I called 'em a couple of dicks
But still they made me do the stupid human tricks
And now I'm stuck in this cell with a bunch of dumb hicks
And I still don't why
Chorus (x2)

Jerry Jeff Walker - Bad Girl - lyrics

Jerry Jeff Walker
Hey let me tell you 'bout a girl I know
Billie Courntey, she's the belle of Bandera, Texas
Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know back there in my hometown
She's the kind I like to go dancing with when the sun goes down
One time she rode her horse into the cowboy bar
She mostly like to go camping underneath the stars
She's got a reputation as a girl who likes to go to far
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She ain't a bad girl, she likes to do bad things
She ain't a wild child, she just takes wild flings
She really isn't nothing but her daddy's girl
Who grew up kind of horsy in a cowboy world
Just when you think you know her
She turns around and goes her own way
There's thing about the girl I like and things about her I don't lik
I know she got divorced and had to pack 'er up and move back home
I know she loves to cook and sew up her own things
And though she's separated, wears her wedding ring
There's time she stays out all night, but mostly she goes home alone
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She got a hickey on her neck, but what the heck she's flesh and blood
Now telling me she's sexy just like telling Noah about the flood
I know her voice is husky on the telephone
I know she loves to drive fast and sing Elvis songs
She says sleazy don't mean easy, buddy back off when you're coming on
Chorus
Just when you think you know her, she turns around and goes her own way
Just when you think you know her, she turns around and goes her own way

Jerry Jeff Walker - Blues In Your Mind - lyrics

Jerry Jeff Walker
Away back down the line you slipped and fell behind
And you never got back up, you never went on
But your head looked back at what you lost
If you could turn your head around it would help a lot
But there you sit with the blues on your mind
It keeps you stumblin' all the time
If only you could get together more often
Get together with yourself for real
Instead of just goofin'
So that everything you do you're into it all by yourself
But there you sit with the blues in your mind
Waitin' for somebody to say you're right
Tryin' to find somebody to take your life
You stepped outside and you were feelin' fine
There's new things you must do
But all those people make it hard to know who you are
And they're bound that they should say what you should do
And there you sit with the blues in your mind
That keeps you stumblin' all the time
If only you could get together more often
Get together with yourself for real
Instead of just goofin'
So that everything you do you're into it all by yourself
But there you sit with the blues in your mind
Waitin' for somebody to say you're right
Tryin' to find somebody to take your life

Jerry Jeff Walker - Candles And Cut Flowers - lyrics

Jerry Jeff Walker
She likes candles and cut flowers, rearranging them for hours
And as she's lost in thought, I see the girl she was
I watch her standing in the kitchen,
Snipping stems off with her scissors
And humming out a love song, like she always does
Then the flowers go in vases that appear in all the places
That gives the world around her, a little woman's touch
And she's the kind of woman, every woman wants to be like
And every man like me can't live without
Next she changes out the candles that have melted on the mantles
From the party that she hosted, just some nights ago
Then the round one on the piano, its unusual for the deep glow
That emanates inside it, when the wick is low
And the tall ones by the window, that she likes because the soft glow
Gives the room a feeling that she's not alone
And when she's not around you, you feel like something's missing
But the candles and the flowers say she's there
She likes dinners with old friends, late-night calls that come from girlfriends
She'll listen and tell them, if they're wrong or right
Later on she'll draw a hot bath, light a candle, play some soft jazz
Melt down in the bubbles, and the candlelight
Before bed she likes some white wine, says it helps her mind to unwind
As she reads a little while and drifts off in the night
And as she lies there sleeping, I can't believe she loves me
But when she says she loves you, you feel loved
She likes candles and cut flowers, rearranging them for hours
And as she's lost in thought, I see the girl she was
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