I've been loving you a long time Down all the years, down all the days And I've cried for all your troubles Smiled at your funny little ways We watched
I've seen those signs a million times The chill that clouds your eyes The light that shines black as a coal Deep down in the mind And I'm hungry, and
Do you remember that sunny day? Somewhere in London In the middle of nowhere Didn't have nothing to do that day Didn't wanna do nothing anyway You got
I met a gin soaked barroom queen in Memphis She tried to take me upstairs for a ride She had to heave me right across her shoulder Cause I just can't
They wear green And they are beautiful And their hearts are filled with love They're as pure as any lily And as gentle as the dove They'll sing and cheer
As Dorothy Parker once said to her boy friend, "Fare thee well," As Columbus announced when he knew he was bounced, "It was swell, Isabelle, swell,"
(feat. Steve Earl) I'm an American, boys, and I've come a long way, Born and bred in the USA So listen up close, I've got something to say Boys, I'm
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The devil moon took me through the alley Down by the Kardomah and the Centrale To the Mews running through the backstreets Where the Blacks sold fire
In search of a good life the Pilgrims set sail Then all through the new land they blazed their brave trails The iron horse speeding down freshly-laid
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today. Madam, Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today. She is sorry to be delayed, but last night down
The City of Light is dimmed now by the winter, No gut full of wine could keep out this frost We'll shiver and sigh by the ice on the river Ask the dull
I'll be with them asleep or dreaming I'll be there when they wake up screaming At the hour of death I will nurse them To have a moment more to curse
you, Bastard Landlord be damned, Who needs one more house like a beach needs more sand, I'll stay here till I'm done only nobody knows, How God can let one man treat others
On the fourth of July eighteen hundred and six We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For the grand city
The cadillac stood by the house And the yanks they were within And the tinker boys they hissed advice 'Hot-wire her with a pin' Then we turned and shook
Of all the money that e'er I spent I've spent it in good company And all the harm that ever I did Alas it was to none but me And all I've done for want
