When The Night Falls (With Ry Cooder) (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

As the night falls As the sun starts to sink And the street lights blink on The town's yawning I climb down my stairs To the empty avenue And follow my shadow till morning Cause when the night falls, it

Trap Door (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

humble You're no longer humble It's a funny thing about life You've got to give up your life to be alive You've got to suffer to know compassion You can't want nothing if you want satisfaction Tonight the

Hula Hoop (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

Way up in the hierarchies Mr Big picks up his horn Floats a note down through the lowlands And another star is born Then he turns another billion And he deals a little porn You're all gonna be geniuses

Pressure (With Mick Ronson) (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

I was once obsessed with being cool, being no one's fool Breaking every rule Winning every duel I tried to hide behind my pride and so I lied Even when I told the truth And it's a lot of pressure From

Fatally Beautiful (With Pete Townshend) (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

She was born in the back of a '44 Ford And raised in a foster home Her guardian made sexual connection with her Before she was even grown When she was fifteen, she fell in love With a boy who had a fast

After All These Years (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

I heard you saw her again last evening I heard you'd been with her for two or three days I still have her picture taped to my mirror Does she still look the same after all these years I remember her as

The Sixties (With Mick Ronson & Pete Townshend) (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

brokers aren't in at ten They're all strung out on heroin Baseball players aren't so square They've got beards and stringy hair Car dealers don't just sell drive trains They sometimes also deal cocaine When

Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

A kiss on the hand may be quite continental But diamonds are a girl's best friend A kiss may be grand But it won't pay the rental on your humble flat Or help you at the automat Men grow cold as girls grow

The Murder Weapon (With Mick Ronson & Masakazu Yoshizawa) (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

It can kill from any distance But you never see it strike There isn't any warning, no blinding flash of light It hits you when your back's turned Or when your eyes are closed There isn't any shelter and

Baby Fall Down (With Steven Soles) (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

Baby fall down Baby fall down Baby fall down She once inspired terror She made people faint But now the faces scare her That crawl the wall paint The pressure's been too much for her The girl's gone mad

Stunned (With Stan Lynch & Andy Williams) (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

I saw you walking like a ghost Along the boulevard I'd seen your face from coast to coast It must be hard The sky was cold as fiberglass The streets as grey as guns Your eyes looked like a photograph And

Shut It Tight (With Richard Thompson) (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

I find it hard sometimes to say the way that I feel I do the very things I hate to do I act like a child and I'm afraid of what is real So I try to cover up the truth I stumble like a drunk along this

I Wish You Could Have Seen Her Dance (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

She wore a low cut black satin dress Slit up the front and down the back She wore black high heeled shoes With laces that went up her ankles She wore black velvet gloves With rhinestone bracelets around

Hefner And Disney (With Pete Townshend & Masakazu Yoshizawa) (2006 Remastered) T-Bone Burnett

Somewhere between Never Neverland and Wonderland In a land called Never Wonderland There lived a beautiful wealthy young divorcee With a checkered past and a bad memory Who should probably remain nameless

Simple Tools Ry Cooder

My wife used to say she couldn`t understand Why I make my living working with my hands She met a junk bond daddy and he broke up my home He made his living on the telephone Daddy spied my darling

Dreamer Ry Cooder

I wonder would you like to meet a dreamer Would you share a glass or two Of red red wine and you might find I`m a simple one like you What do you drive I like Chevrolet They don`t make them like they used

Lord Tell Me Why Ry Cooder

Lord tell me why a white man ain`t worth nothing in this world no more Lord tell me how you `spect me to stand up tall and proud I did just what you told I done everything you said But the way I`

Footprints In The Snow Ry Cooder

the ground Now, I traced her little footprints in the snow I found her little footprints in the snow I bless that happy day when Nellie lost her way 'Cause I found her when the snow was on the ground

John Lee Hooker For President Ry Cooder

When I first came to town people I was walkin` down Pennsylvania Avenue I heard a lot people talking `bout the White House I decided I`d drop in there that night And when I got there I said man what`s

Baby Joined The Army Ry Cooder

Lt was on a Friday evening wasn`t nobody `round I was sitting by my window watching tbe sun go down My baby came up to me saying daddy I got news for you I have been recruited and there ain`t nothing

The Way We Make A Broken Heart Ry Cooder

Just a one more kiss He'll have to miss This night with you Now you're guilty of this secret love as I am too You'll get used to telling lies And feeling sorry when he cries Now that the strings are attached

Billy The Kid Ry Cooder

(G) I'll sing you a true song of (D) Billy the (G) Kid I'll (D) sing the record of (G) deeds that he did Way out in New Mexico a long time (D) ago When a (G) man's only friend was his (D) own forty- (G

Brother Is Gone Ry Cooder

We met old Satan down where the two roads crossed Just me and brother Dave by my side It was in the prairie town of Wichita We shook hands with Satan on a deal that night You will be exalted in the

Nobody Ry Cooder

"When life seems full of clouds and rain And I am full of nothin' and pain Who soothes my thumping, bumping brain, umm? Nobody!

Suitcase In My Hand Ry Cooder

When I was still a kitten, daddy told me, Son, There's just one thing that you should know As through this world you ramble and through this world you roam Just take this little suitcase when you go And

Cardboard Avenue Ry Cooder

Well, thank you for the drink my friend, that's alright with me Let's drink to the workingman, wherever he might be Remember what he stood up for and the struggles he went through Then let us take a little

Going to Tampa Ry Cooder

Goodbye my honey farewell my baby Don't look for me around convention time I'm bound for Tampa in the great state of Florida To see some distinguished friends of mine Mitt and Rick and the pitbulls the

Sherry (2006 Remastered LP Ver.) Frankie Valli, The 4 Seasons

Sherry, Sherry baby Sherry, Sherry baby She e e e e e ry baby She e rry, can you come out tonight She e e e e e ry baby She e rry, can you come out tonight Why don't you come out to my twist party Come

Police Dog Blues Ry Cooder

All my life I've been a travellin' man All my life I've been a travellin' man Stayin' alone and doing the best I can I ship my trunk down to Tennessee Ship my trunk down to Tennessee It's hard to tell

Get Rhythm (With Larry Blackmon) Ry Cooder

Get rhythm when you get the blues Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues Get a rock 'n' roll feelin' in your bones Get taps on your toes and just get gone Get rhythm when you get the blues Little shoeshine

The Girls From Texas Ry Cooder

Well, I met a girl from Texas 'bout a year ago Hadn't known her for too long when I had to let her go You see, she had a razor, was ten inches or so And every night you'd hear her knocking at my door She

Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean Ry Cooder

(Ry Cooder) Hey, mama, don't you treat your daughter mean Hey, mama, don't you treat your daughter mean 'Cause you treat her so mean and she's only sweet sixteen It was late last Friday evening, when

No Hard Feelings Ry Cooder

This land should have been om land You took it for your land You got a use for every stream and tree When I go up the highway old trees are dying up that way You pump out the water and sell it back

Humpty Dumpty World Ry Cooder

Our God looked down what did He see The work of His mighty hand Saying if this world should end it wouldn`t hinder me As I contemplate the works of man I made man and woman I gave them simple tools And

Christmas Time This Year Ry Cooder

Our boys and girls will be here soon coming home from war I`m so glad it`s Christmas time this year But they`lI be going back to war again I fear Can`t they stay for Christmas time this year Now Johnny

Teardrops Will Fall Ry Cooder

(E) I read your letter and (A) tears filled my (E) eyes All of your promises fading, was (B7) nothing but (E) lies So I turned your photograph over, (A) face to the (E) wall And when I (A) dim the (E)

Primitives T-Bone Burnett

Primitives dress in feathers and masks To scare away their enemies The frightening thing is not dying The frightening thing is not living Scientists guess which is worse we will ask The medicine or the

I'm Drinking Again Ry Cooder

(Ry Cooder & Jim Keltner) Yes, it's me and I'm drinking again Tell everybody I'm drinking again Doctor said it'd kill me But he didn't say when Have mercy, I'm drinking again Yes, it's me and I'm

Gypsy Woman Ry Cooder

From out of nowhere, through a caravan, around the campfire light Came a lovely woman in motion with hair as dark as night Her eyes were like those of a cat in the dark And she hypnotized me with love

Stand by Me Ry Cooder

(G) When the night is come and the (Em) land is dark And the (C) moon is the (D7) only light we'll (G) see I won't be afraid, (Em) I won't be afraid Just as (C) long as you (D7) stand by (G) me (G) Stand

The Wall Street Part of Town Ry Cooder

I'm walkin' if it takes all night Hopin' that we can make things right And I'm lookin' for the Wall Street part of town I'm standin' in the pourin' rain Tryin' to throw off my chains And I'm lookin' for

Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now Ry Cooder

In the town of Louisville they got a man they call Big Bad Bill I want to tell you he sure was tough and he certainly did strut his stuff He had folks all scared to death when he walked by they held their

Dirty Chateau Ry Cooder

I had a maid she used to come in days Made the bed and mopped the fIoor She didn`t Iike my rowdy ways And she ain`t coming back na more You waste all your precious time Ltalian movies and Portuguese wine

If There's a God Ry Cooder

Republicans changed the lock on heaven`s door Keys to the kingdom don`t fil no more The poor working man Iike me and you If we ain`t got money we won I get through If there`s a God I think He`s got to

El Corrido De Jesse James Ry Cooder

The outlaw Jesse James was up in heaven With old friends around the kingdom throne Boys I was branded as a bandit and bank robber But I never tumed a family from their home We`re sworn to pass no judgments

I Need A Woman Ry Cooder

It's been raining in my mouth all day Dripping down to my clothes My patience it is wearing thin Got a fire inside my nose Searching for the truth the way God designed it The truth is I might drown before

It's All Over Now Ry Cooder

"Well, baby used to stay out, all night long She made me cry and she did me wrong She had my nose open, that's no lie The table's have turned, now it's her turn to cry Because I used to love her, but it's

UFO Has Landed In The Ghetto Ry Cooder

(Ry Cooder & Jim Keltner) Lonesome outerspace invader blasting through the night Tuning in the soul music on the satellite All that low-down funky rhythm makes him jump and shout Just got to find that

Across the Borderline Ry Cooder

There's a place where i've been told Every street is paved with gold And it's just across the borderline And when it's time to take your turn Here's one lesson that you must learn You could lose more than

Johnny Porter Ry Cooder

Johnny Porter was the oldest in his family And I remember he was almost twenty one Y'know I can't quite explain the situation But he broke into his father's truck and stole a gun Mother running down the