Marathon Cowboy Junkies

yellow legal pad Blue Windsor knots framed by basic black Resplendent tables Great forests of paper plates Carrying the weight of the world Saps every ounce of your strength In training to run a marathon

Cowboy junkies lament Townes Van Zandt

Cowboy junkies lament by Townes Van Zandt Baby hit the back door breathin' real heavy said the boys in the alley wouldn't leave her alone Mama did her make-up in a terrible hurry She finally got

Hard To Explain Cowboy Junkies

Hard To Explain Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) If it ain't one thing I tell you it's always another I wonder why I started treating you like a step-brother Love is hard to explain

Angel Mine Cowboy Junkies

He searched for those wings that he knew that this angel should have at her back. And although he can't find them he really don't mind because he knows they'll grow back. And he reached for that h...

Anniversary Song Cowboy Junkies

Anniversary Song Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) Have you ever seen a sight as beautiful as that of the rain-soaked purple of the white birch in spring?

Misguided Angel Cowboy Junkies

Yeah I said "Momma he's crazy and he scares me But I want him by my side Though he's wild and he's bad and sometimes just plain mad I need him to keep me satisfied" I said "Papa don't cry cause it...

Take Me Cowboy Junkies

Take me to the river and we'll watch the water roll Take me in your warmth and you'll fill my empty soul Come on and take me take me, take me Come on and take me take me, take me Take me to the oce...

Baby Please Don't Go Cowboy Junkies

Now, baby, please don't go Now, baby, please don't go Now, baby, please don't go back to New Orleans You know I love you so you know I love you so <Interlude> You got me waiting here You got ...

Just Want To See Cowboy Junkies

I don't want to be no patch on no quilt (I just want to see...) Tear-stained stitching linking memories to guilt (I just want to see...) I don't want to be no hair on no wall (I just want to see......

To love is to bury Cowboy Junkies

I buried him down by the river Cause that's where he liked to be And every night when the moon is high I go there and weep openly He and I were married By this river 'neath this willow tree And wi...

Sweet Jane Cowboy Junkies

Anyone who's ever had a heart Wouldn't turn around and break it and anyone who's ever played a part Wouldn't turn around and hate it Sweet Jane, sweet Jane Sweet, sweet Jane You're waiting for Jimm...

Powderfinger (Neil Young Cover) Cowboy Junkies

Look out, Mama, there\'s a white boat coming up the river, with a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail I think you\'d better call John \'cause it don\'t look like they\'re here to delive...

Crossroads Cowboy Junkies

I went to the crossroads fell down on my knee I asked the Lord above me for mercy "Save Bob, if you please" Standing standing on the crossroad Yeah, I try to flag a ride Don't nobody seem...

Powderfinger Cowboy Junkies

Look out, Mama, there's a white boat coming up the river, with a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail I think you'd better call John 'cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the...

Postcard Blues Cowboy Junkies

Especially with my head pounding and lying helpless in my bed I long for you and your expert hands To ease this white heat from my head And you would boast that you knew All the pressure points ins...

State Trooper Cowboy Junkies

New Jersey Turnpike Riding on a wet night 'neath the refinery's glow Down where the great black river flow Licence, registration I ain't got none But I got a clear conscience 'bout the things that ...

I Don't Get It Cowboy Junkies

Breaking away to the other side I wanna make sense of why we live and die I don't get it, I don't get it I ask my friends if they understand They just laugh at me and watch another band They don't ...

Cold Tea Blues Cowboy Junkies

Cold Tea Blues Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) If I pour your cup, that is friendship If I add your milk, that is manners If I stop there, claiming ignorance of taste, that is tea But

Decoration Day Cowboy Junkies

I had a man who's good and kind in his way Yeah I had a man sweet and kind in his way Lord, he died and he left me and I sing the blues on every decoration day Lord I was standing standing 'round m...

Working On A Building Cowboy Junkies

Working On A Building Cowboy Junkies (The Trinity Session) Working on a building, a Holy Ghost building For my Lord, for my Lord If I was a drunkard I tell you what I'd do I would quit my drinking

Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis) Cowboy Junkies

I only want to say That if there is a way I want my baby back with me 'cause he's my true love my only one don't you see? And on that fateful day Perhaps in the new sun of May My baby walks back in...

Murder, Tonight, In The Trailer Park Cowboy Junkies

Murder tonight in the trailer park Mrs. Annabelle Evans found with her throat cut after dark Her pockets turned inside out her dresser drawers turned upside down Anna's neighbour, Peg, identifies t...

Forgive Me Cowboy Junkies

They tell me God forgives you for almost anything you do They tell me God forgives you for almost anything you do Well, if that's the case that's the case I think I'm going to kill that man Then dr...

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Cowboy Junkies

Hear the lonesome whippoorwill His song's too blue to fly The midnight train is a-winding low I'm so lonesome I could cry I've never seen a night so long When time keeps crawling by The moon is gon...

Ring On The Sill Cowboy Junkies

Ring On The Sill Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) She placed her ring on the sill, dishes piled high She's on the front porch step and the air smells like snow She's thinking of the siege

Mining For Gold Cowboy Junkies

We are miners, hard rock miners To the shaft house we must go Pour your bottles on our shoulders We are marching to the slow On the line boys, on the line boys Drill your holes and stand in line 't...

Hunted Cowboy Junkies

Emma's in a part of town where she doesn't recognize the streets named for famous native sons and out of every crevice comes creeping a threat in her direction Lucy's outside her home heading towar...

Dreaming My Dreams With You Cowboy Junkies

Dreaming My Dreams With You Cowboy Junkies (The Trinity Session) I hope that I find what I'm reaching for The way that it is in my mind I hope that I won't be that wrong anymore and maybe to have

Crescent Moon Cowboy Junkies

Crescent Moon (michael Timmins) Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) Reach a hand to the crescent moon grab hold of the hollow If she sits in the palm of the left that moon will be fuller tomorrow

A Horse In The Country Cowboy Junkies

(Michael Timmins) 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 don't mind how they creep on by like an...

Walking After Midnight Cowboy Junkies

Walking After Midnight Cowboy Junkies (The Trinity Session) I was walking after midnight Yeah, out in the moonlight The way we used to do I'm always walking after midnight Searching for you I'm

Seven Years Cowboy Junkies

Seven Years Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) Haven't seen the sun for seven days November's got her nails dug in deep Haven't seen my son for seven years and the chances are we'll never

The Post Cowboy Junkies

Cold Tea Blues Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) If I pour your cup, that is friendship If I add your milk, that is manners If I stop there, claiming ignorance of taste, that is tea But

Shining Moon Cowboy Junkies

Don't the moon look pretty Shining down through the trees Don't that shining moon look pretty, baby Shining down through the trees You know I can see my baby When he can't see me <Interlude> ...

Me And The Devil Cowboy Junkies

Early this morning he knocked on my door Early this morning he knocked on my door I said "Hello, Satan I believe it's time to go" Me and The Devil are walkin' side by side Me and The Devi...

Pale Sun Cowboy Junkies

Pale Sun Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) Fifty miles from Dakota territory Cheyenne scalp hangs from his belt Found him alone washing in the Bighorn a steady aim and he bagged his game

First Recollection Cowboy Junkies

First Recollection Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) My first recollection is a day in December black iron steam engine covered in ice like some Precambrian monster moaning and snorting

Floorboard Blues Cowboy Junkies

Look under his floorboards Mama I don't trust his silly grin He's got a beat-up Rambler Nebraska plates, and I ain't getting in I don't like the way his pinky ring picks up the dashboard light or h...

200 More Miles Cowboy Junkies

Atlanta's a distant memory Montgomery a recent birth And Tulsa burns on the desert floor Like a signal fire And I got Willy on the radio A dozen things on my mind And number one is fleshing out Th...

This Street, That Man, This Life Cowboy Junkies

(Michael Timmins) This street holds its secrets like a cobra holds its kill This street minds its business like a jailer minds his jail That house there is haunted That door's a portal to hell Thi...

White Sail Cowboy Junkies

White Sail Cowboy Junkies (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) Raise a white sail if you love me a black sail if you don't Seal me up in an impregnable tower or surround me with an impassable moat I've heard

Musical Key (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

My mother sang the sweetest melody although she never sang in a musical key I'd hear her through the house My name called out loud My mother sang the sweetest melody My mother's hands were always c...

Blue Moon Revisited Cowboy Junkies

I only want to sayThat if there is a wayI want my baby back with me'cause he's my true lovemy only one don't you see?And on that fateful dayPerhaps in the new sun of MayMy baby walks back into my a...

I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive Cowboy Junkies

I'll never get out of these blues aliveNo, I'll never, I'll never get out of these blues aliveWell he gone and left meI don't know what I'll do the rest of my lifeDrinking black coffee and smoking ...

Oregon Hill Cowboy Junkies

The hoods are up on Pine Street,rear ends lifted tooThe great-grandsons of General Robert E. Leeare making love with a little help from STPTheir women on the porches comparing alibisGreasy eggs and...

Something More Besides You (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

One foot strands before the cribthe other by the casketA question formed upon stilled lipsis passed on but never askedI guess I believe that there's a pointto what we doBut I ask myself is theresom...

A Common Disaster Cowboy Junkies

A candle burning for everything I've ever wantedA tattoo burned for everything I've ever wanted and lostI had a long list of names that I kept in my back pocket,but I've cut it down to one and your...

Hold On To Me (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

If you offered me a shade of bluewould I return it saying that it was toodark or light?Or would I see it for the precious thingthat it might one day be?Hold on to meIf you offered me a point of vie...

Come Calling (His Song) (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

The stillness here,Like what he sometimes finds inside her,Hits so hard it can steal your breath foreverHe sometimes wondersIs the sum of their lives togetherHim on the floor and her lost to a mind...

Just Want To See (Album Version) Cowboy Junkies

I don't want to be no patch on no quilt(I just want to see...)Tear-stained stitching linking memories to guilt(I just want to see...)I don't want to be no hair on no wall(I just want to see...)Bloo...