Not So Far To Go Kelly Joe Phelps

Ginger dyed her hair red to it her name Burny pocked his arms with a pack of camel lights Long sleeves outdoors to keep the kids from crying And ginger climbed the high wire just to make them cheer.

Rusting Gate Kelly Joe Phelps

Tried my hand at company, wine poured out for two Blue charade that I have made while lying next to you Take the next thing home, my dear, leave me to my ways The only clothes that seem to fit are the

Wandering Away Kelly Joe Phelps

year I meant it when I told her I loved her and I did And I meant when I said goodbye Grabbed my suitcase and my kid We'll find another place to call home for a while Oh I get to itching I don't know

Circle Wars Kelly Joe Phelps

a baby in the backlot Just as Carl's dreams kick in tight The light keeps stuttering hailstones between the boughs of a maple So many voices in a one man night And he starts to see the fool behind the

Worn Out Kelly Joe Phelps

Wonder flood the valley, tunnel feed the soil Free advice with constant wit, never to recoil Bums rush o'er the high grass field with shoes of plastic lace That untie at the first step, not the last that

Flash Cards Kelly Joe Phelps

caught hard on the line Fights for his own life When a boat breaks free of the tether and floats away in the wind The throw was aimed at a distant pine Winnin' the war by landin' down on the other side So

Go There Kelly Joe Phelps

I could hear them singing like they are gonna fall out Raising hands and hoping, Singing, bringing in the sheets soldiers marching by I want to go there when I die Eyes open wide like a little boy I wonder

Without The Light Kelly Joe Phelps

Where my sorrow goes, there I'll be Water runs up through my door And washed me clean of my childhood Dirt on the floor, a reminder Well I can't tell you I'm not at all afraid Crossing that river again

Don Quixote's Windmill Kelly Joe Phelps

Jenny keep the closet warm I'll need somewhere to hide Bees are swarming around my head Digging in my side They laugh and taunt and prod me Tear at the walls around me Here in my eternal shell I laugh

Hobo's Son Kelly Joe Phelps

One cold summer night sally slipped away Door left open wide not a word to say Hard luck took its toll I can't blame her none Not today might be here tomorrow She knew better fare when a girl at home Hope

Fleashine Kelly Joe Phelps

shoeshine man of fifteen Brings the house in with a smile All twelve teeth tell myriad stories One upon one and one The breath in his hand waving Drives the gypsy woman mad She loves him anyway Has told him so

Mr. My Go Kelly Joe Phelps

saddle Oh I'm knee deep in salt and shoe grease Whipping the leather with a fine toothed crack All the words are candy, rot out my brain With a nail twisting front hot here Nail twisting hot front up to

Many A Time Kelly Joe Phelps

heart torn asunder My legs buckle under me I have one promise and I have one prayer Only believe Thou gonna be saved All I can offer is one wayward sinner Confused and surrounded by wavering faith Let me go

Knock Louder Kelly Joe Phelps

night One little tossed off glance I don't know if you were there But I felt the rod impale me, my body growing wide As you climbed up on the ladder and made your home inside I'm the same and then I'm not

Taylor John Kelly Joe Phelps

Taylor had a wife, she was married to the mirror Make her glass-eyed lover buy a drink and then another round 'Round the kitchen table lined with cigarettes from years ago Last night one fell onto the

Cardboard Box Of Batteries Kelly Joe Phelps

A pencil sharpened with a putty knife A pretty girl as a pretty nun Maybe you wake and think this is great I just want somewhere to run. The walls blend into ceilings, the faces disappear.

Capman Bootman Kelly Joe Phelps

is again Capman bootman Lay it down horizontal lean slip a finger across the bar Whip the high note frantic Skip the manic songwriter's pulled-down rhyme Then leave'em hanging halfway home Surprise is not

Roll Away The Stone Kelly Joe Phelps

morning here as I look at across a worn out plain Early one morning here as I look at across a worn out plain Dust bowl memories you can hear me shout Dust bowl memories you can hear me shout I want to

It's James Now Kelly Joe Phelps

table, dusty beside card tricks and games Yeah, one by one he cuts the names from the back of the daily news Laying side by side they make quite a company of men Yeah, and all the things they've done and not

Jericho Kelly Joe Phelps

It was not two days, a night and a day I look back at the man he was before a sorry stranger banged up on the shore your warm arms tore the walls down. the devil with the damn things anyway they were of

Cypress Grove Kelly Joe Phelps

I'd rather be buried way down in some cypress grove I'd rather be buried way down in some cypress grove To have me a woman that I can't control your knee-bone gone aching and your body sure getting

Footprints Kelly Joe Phelps

soul Morning cares for no tomorrow Morning cares for no tomorrow You can look but you won't find me I know the footprints show the way that I've gone Having any more, it surely won't be mine I've gone far

Tommy Kelly Joe Phelps

Tommy had a watch, a good kind of watch It wouldn't tell time if you asked it Didn't have a face, just an ear and an eye To see him with Tommy stole candy from the corner store And gave it to the mice

Beggar's Oil Kelly Joe Phelps

mustard seed is (has been said) All that men will need A filthy boy in a Bowery lane Under the times in a drowning rain Stealing bits of sleep again Has heard this common creed Grows into the tallest tree To

Katy Kelly Joe Phelps

Katy's down by the cellar door Calls for me to go Back down to the clover Singing soft and low Singing soft and low My little one's mother is Holding him and crying She hears Katy call my name And I can

Hosanna Kelly Joe Phelps

Hey brother don't you sing so quiet, no I need a beacon to guide me through the night Oh let me hear your hosanna Come on and let me hear your prayer I'm going down to the city, I got a home there Oh my

Window Grin Kelly Joe Phelps

Watch it bounce like water, meat under the stone Throw up a leg and try to beg your way back home Smell the coffee boil in the corner pot Everything\'s in it but I can\'t make it stop \"I ain\'t been

Waiting For Marty Kelly Joe Phelps

Bourbon soda over ice, in the basement shade Got it made, no one here, just the beer man's dog Howling at the moon heat gnawing on a bone Waiting for marty to get home.

Train Carried My Girl From Town Kelly Joe Phelps

Where were you when the train left town I was standing on the corner, my head hanging down I be crying hey, train carried my girl away I be crying hey, that train carried my girl away from town Ashes to

Slingshot Professionals Kelly Joe Phelps

Fifty year old walking stick worn through the lion's head Carrid proud like a saber on a limestone statuette The little's can't decide which to lust for, which to desecrate Imagination sits with the marbles

Sail The Jordan Kelly Joe Phelps

When that trouble is getting hard up here You and I know better to tell there Get on a boat, sail the Jordan and jump in the river and drown Deeper and deeper as my mother shall feel the pain And her child

Piece By Piece Kelly Joe Phelps

"Piece by lonely piece the mountainside tumbles away Back down to the river bottom lined with pocket worry stones A hundred years in hand worn smooth by long grandmother nights Sitting by the rocking chair

That's Alright Kelly Joe Phelps

My soul gonna sit up in the kingdom, that's alright You can rebuke me, throw me around, but that's alright I'm going to the holy town And my soul gonna sit up in the kingdom, that's alright I went down

River Rat Jimmy Kelly Joe Phelps

one that looks like jimmy lord he scares me the most River rat jimmy and Jehoshaphat Playing boyhood mumbly peg a six inch bowie blade Out the top of my red wing kickers and down a muddy slippery grade To

Gold Tooth Kelly Joe Phelps

through the floor The breath has gone away from this house It's a dog in the car in the winter A hotel window in a hurricane A furnace exploding down in the cellar, by the jars My dream will come back to

When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder Kelly Joe Phelps

other shore And the roll is called up yonder I'll be there On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise And the glory of his resurrection share When all the saints will gather to

Goodnight Irene Kelly Joe Phelps

Sometime I live the country Sometime I live in town Sometime I have a grave notion To jump into the river and drown Quit your ramblin' quit your gamblin' Quit staying out late at night Stay at home

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Kelly Joe Phelps

There's one kind of favor I'm gonna ask of youThere's one kind of favor I'm gonna ask of youThere's one kind of favor I'm gonna ask of youSee that my grave is kept cleanDig my grave with a silver s...

Old Black Joe the kelly family

Old Black Joe (Kelfam/Kelfam) Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay, Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away, Gone from the earth to a better land I know, I hear their gentle

Joe Hill Luke Kelly

In Salt Lake, Joe, says I Him standing by my side 'They framed you on a murder charge' Says Joe, 'I never died' Says Joe, 'I never died.'

Kate Kelly The Whitlams

So you just keep on drinking And you try to forget How they strung up Joe Byrne To the jail house door He looked just like a marionette He was dead for two days And I'll tell you no lies With the press

Who's That R. Kelly

[Fat Joe & R. Kelly:] What? Keep going baby! [Fat Joe] Whoo! Whoo! Terror Squad! Uh, uh-huh Rockland! Joe Crack, the are [R.

God Will Take Care Of You David Phelps

"You don't say a word, but I know you're so afraid Trying hard to take a step of faith You're so confused and you're so alone Standing face to face with the unknown Every need you have God already knows

You Are Not Alone R. Kelly

Has gone, I\'m still all alone How could this be, you\'re not here with me You never said goodbye, someone tell me why Did you have to go and leave my world so cold?

With His Love - Sing Holy David Phelps

Who am I that the Son of God would shine on me And bring His light into my dark Even though I'm a runner and I like to hide He found His way into my heart So I sing Holy to the Lamb of God who made

With His Love - Sing Holy (LP Version) David Phelps

Who am I that the Son of God would shine on me And bring His light into my dark Even though I'm a runner and I like to hide He found His way into my heart So I sing Holy to the Lamb of God who made

You Are Not Alone (Bonus Track) R. Kelly

[Michael Jackson cover - Bonus Track] Has gone, I\'m still all alone How could this be, you\'re not here with me You never said goodbye, someone tell me why Did you have to go and leave my world

Far Jammers Joe Williams

got me showin' through So I can't wait to get next to you (So come on over)Don't let it take too long I'm ready to put it on You need some ginseng For your ping ping So we can do it!

Legacy Of Love David Phelps

His hands were rough and calloused and his shoes were old and torn And the lines that framed his smile were lines so well and deep and worn. So what will be remembered of what he left behind?

Heart of the Matter Joe Cocker

just not real, It's time to make that motion, to find that higher feel Let's get into the heart that matters, find out what you need Cannot love you better, won't you help me please My love can't go any