Sweet home of Mine – Lonesome Mounteneers

 

My mind drifts back to my home in the valley

That cabin beneath those tall green pines

The sound of the water at the foot of the mountain

Oh, how I long for that sweet home of mine

 

Refrein:

But here I lay on this cold hard bed

With old memories running trough my head

They locked me up in Jail and threw away the key

For killing a man way down in Tennessee

 

I wish I could be on the top of that mountain

With a big bottle of cold moonshine

I lay right down and forget my worries

Oh how I long for that sweet home of mine

 

Refrein

 

When I get out of this lonely prison

It’ll feel so good to leave it all behind

I do all the things that I’ve been a missing

Oh how I long for that sweet home of mine

 

Refrein

Tequila Sunrise – The Eagles

 

It's another tequila sunrise

Starin' slowly 'cross the sky, said goodbye

He was just a hired hand

Workin' on the dreams he planned to try

The days go by

 

Ev'ry night when the sun goes down

Just another lonely boy in town

And she's out runnin' 'round

 

She wasn't just another woman

And I couldn't keep from comin' on

It's been so long

Oh, and it's a hollow feelin' when

It comes down to dealin' friends

It never ends

 

Take another shot of courage

Wonder why the right words never come

You just get numb

It's another tequila sunrise,this old world

still looks the same,

Another frame, mm...

Steel Rails – Alison Krauss

 

Steel rails, chasing sunshine round the bend

Winding through the trees, like a ribbon in the wind

I don't mind not knowing what lies down the track

Cause I'm Looking out ahead, to keep my mind from turning back

 

It's not the first time I've found myself alone and known

If I really had you once, then I'd have you when I'm gone

Whistle blows, blowin' lonesome in my mind

Calling me along that never ending metal line

 

Steel rails, chasing sunshine round the bend

Winding through the trees, like a ribbon in the wind

I don't mind not knowing what lies down the track

Cause I'm Looking out ahead, to keep my mind from turning back

 

Sun is shining, through the open boxcar door

Lying in my mind with the things I've known before

I've lost count of the hours, days, and nights

The rhythm of the rails keeps the motion in my mind

 

Steel rails, chasing sunshine round the bend

winding through the trees, like a ribbon in the wind

I don't mind not knowing what lies down the track

Cause I'm Looking out ahead, to keep my mind from turning back

In Your Light - Jon Allen

 

When the sun is gone away

In the darkness of the night

I don't have to look too hard to see

That I'm living in your light

 

When I look into your eyes

It all makes perfect sense to me

I didn't know that I could feel this way

I am happy just to be

 

In your light, in your light

There's no shadow, there's no darkness

 

I don't feel alone without you

'Cause I’m living in your light

 

When I wake up to your face

You don't have to say that it's alright

When I feel you lying here by me

I know I'm living in your light

 

In your light, in your light

There's no shadow there's no darkness

 

I don't feel alone without you

'Cause I'm living in your light

 

In your light, in your light

There's no shadow, there's no darkness

 

I don't feel alone without you

'Cause I'm living in your light

 

 

Teach Your Children - Graham Nash                                                                                                

 

You, who are on the road

Must have a code

That you can live by.

And so, become yourself

Because the past

Is just a goodbye.

 

Teach your children well

Their father's hell

Did slowly go by

And feed them on your dreams

The one they picks

The one you'll know by.

Don't you ever ask them why

If they told you, you would cry

So just look at them and sigh

And know they love you.

 

And you (Can you hear and)

Of tender years (Do you care and)

Can't know the fears (Can you see we)

That your elders grew by (Must be free to)

And so please help (Teach your children)

Them with your youth (You believe and)

They seek the truth (Make a world that)

Before they can die (We can live in)

Teach your parents well

Their children’s hell

Will slowly go by

And feed them on your dreams

The one they picks

The one you’ll know by.

 

Don’t you ever ask them why

If they told you, you would cry

So just look at them and sigh

And know they love you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windy Harbour – Pete Abbot

 

I'm standing on the beach at Windy harbour

Looking out across the open sea

I remember being here once with my Father

On a summer evening 1963

And he said "Son, take a look on the horizon

There's a world beyond I long for you to see

But if you ever sail across the ocean

Remember son this day you had with me"

 

He said, "Life is a game

Win or lose it's all the same

You live and you die

Just don't let it pass you by

You have choices to make

You have chances to take

You will laugh, you will sing and you will cry

But don't let a moment pass you by"

 

So I'm standing here again at Windy Harbour

Looking out once more across the sea

But this time it is me who is the Father

And younger eyes are looking up to me

And I said "Son, take a look on the horizon

There's a world beyond that I have never seen

But I hope one day you'll sail across that ocean

To all the places I have never been"

"You see life is a game

Win or lose it's all the same

You live and you die

Just don't let it pass you by

You have choices to make

You have chances to take

You will laugh, you will sing, and you will cry

But don't let a moment pass you by

 

Remember, life is a game

Win or lose it's all the same

You live and you die

Just don't let it pass you by

You have choices to make

You have chances to take

You will laugh, you will sing, and you will cry

Spread your wings and you will fly

But don't let a moment

Not one precious moment

Don't let a moment pass you by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel

 

I'm sittin' in the railway station

Got a ticket for my destination

On a tour of one night stands

My suitcase and guitar in hand

And every stop is neatly planned

For a poet and a one man band

 

Homeward bound

I wish I was

Homeward bound

Home, where my thought's escaping

Home, where my music's playing

Home, where my love lies waiting

Silently for me

 

Everyday's an endless stream

Of cigarettes and magazines

And each town looks the same to me

The movies and the factories

And every stranger's face I see

Reminds me that I long to be

 

 

 

Homeward bound

I wish I was

Homeward bound

Home, where my thought's escaping

Home, where my music's playing

Home, where my love lies waiting

Silently for me

 

Tonight I'll sing my songs again

I'll play the game and pretend

But all my words come back to me

In shades of mediocrity

Like emptyness in harmony

I need someone to comfort me

 

Homeward bound

I wish I was

Homeward bound

Home, where my thought's escaping

Home, where my music's playing

Home, where my love lies waiting

Silently for me

Silently for me

Silently for me

 

The Chain of love – Clay Walker

 

He was driving home one evening,

In his beat up Pontiac

When an old lady flagged him down,

Her Mercedes had a flat

He could see that she was frightened,

Standing out there in the snow

'Til he said I'm here to help you ma'am,

By the way my name is Joe

 

She said I'm from St. Louis,

And I'm only passing through

I must have seen a hundred cars go by,

This is awful nice of you

When he changed the tire,

And closed her trunk

And was about to drive away,

She said how much do I owe you

Here's what he had to say

 

You don't owe me a thing, I've been there too

Someone once helped me out,

Just the way I'm helping you

If you really want to pay me back,

Here's what you do

Don't let the chain of love end with you

 

 

Well a few miles down the road,

The lady saw a small cafe

She went in to grab a bite to eat,

And then be on her way

But she couldn't help but notice,

How the waitress smiled so sweet

And how she must've been eight months along,

And dead on her feet

 

And though she didn't know her story,

And she probably never will

When the waitress went to get her change,

From a hundred dollar bill

The lady slipped right out the door,

And on a napkin left a note

There were tears in the waitress's eyes,

When she read what she wrote

 

You don't owe me a thing, etc…

 

That night when she got home from work,

The waitress climbed into bed

She was thinkin' about the money,

And what the lady's note had said

As her husband lay there sleeping,

She whispered soft and low

Everything's gonna be alright, I love you, Joe

 

Lost little children - Tim O'Brien

 

Where are my mama and daddy

They came a long time before me

Now we've come on the steamship Atlantic

From our home far across the stormy sea

 

I have their letter in my pocket

They said we would meet on the pier

But the day it is now almost over

With the darkness and cold drawing near

 

Chorus:

Will they know their lost little children

As they look for my face in the crowd

It's been so long since they've seen me

And I wonder if they'll know me now

 

We gave them our four pounds and twenty

One last look at the green rocky shore

They told us the new world has plenty

But we'd never see Sligo anymore

Will they know their lost little children

As they look for my face in the crowd

It's been so long since they've seen me

And I wonder if they'll know me now

 

Hold to my hand little brother

Be brave and try not to cry

We have a good father and mother

And soon we'll be safe by their side

 

Will they know their lost little children

As they look for my face in the crowd

It's been so long since they've seen me

And I wonder if they'll know me now

 

chorus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come and sit by the River - Charles Roehrig

 

I can see that you're ready to go home

There's some TV show that you're missing

But you know how an old man loves to talk

And he needs someone who will listen

 

Chorus:

Come and sit by the river with me for a while

And I'll tell you a story that's true

Of when I was a boy playing here on the shore

And the grass was so green and the water so blue

 

Well our hose stood right over there

Of course they took it down for the highway

I can see my mamma's tears, we'd been there for twenny years

And you know we would still if I had my way

 

In those days you could often find me here

With the rest of the neighbourhood children

There was so much we could do, there was fishing, swimming too

There was always some raft that we were building

 

Chorus

Many years I have watched this river flow

Rolling down from the hills to the ocean

I have seen the waters high almost fast and rushing by

I have seen it nearly dry and without motion

 

Now at last you can see what it has come to

So we've prospered but poisoned the waters

Now the tunes have all been played and the piper must be paid

Not by us but our sons and daughters

 

Chorus 2x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trains I Missed – Balsam Range

 

Here's to the trains I missed

The loves I lost

The bridges I did n’t burned

The rivers I never crossed

Here's to the call I didn't hear

The signs I didn't heed

The roads I didn't take

The maps that I just couldn't read

 

It's a big old world but I've found my way

And the hell and the hurt lead me straight to this

Here's to the trains I missed

 

I've been a clown, I've been a fool

And i pushed on every chance

I searched far and wide trying to crawl out of God's hands

There were stones i didn't throw

And hearts i didn’t break

And a little hope that i held onto with a  silver shining thread of faith

It's a big old world but I've found my way

And the hell and the hurt lead me straight to this

Here's to the trains I missed

 

Here's to this place I've found

The love I've known

The earth and the sky

That I call home

Here's to the things I believe are bigger than me

And the moments I find myself right where I'm suppose to be

 

It's a big old world but I've found my way

And the hell and the hurt lead me straight to this

 

It's a big old world but I've found my way

And the hell and the hurt lead me straight to this

Here's to the trains I missed

 

 

 

 

Fox on the Run - Tom T. Hall

 

(Chorus)

She walks through the corn leadin' down to the river

Her hair shone like gold in the hot mornin' sun

She took all the love that a poor boy could give her

And left me to die like a fox on the run

 

Like a fox, like a fox, like a fox on the run

 

Now everybody knows the reason for the fall

A woman tempted me down in Paradise’s Hall

This woman tempted me and took me for a ride

Like a lonely fox, I need a place to hide

 

(Chorus)

 

We'll drink a glass of wine,  to fortify our soul

We'll talk about the world and the friends we used to know

I see a string of girls who have put me on the floor

The game is nearly over and the hounds are at my door

 

(Chorus)

 

Letter To Home - Glen Campbell

 

You might think there's some big reason why I took this time to write

The cards and letters there's been to few of those

But I just stopped to realize how long that I've been gone

But there's a few small things I need to know

 

Dear Daddy, do the whippoorwill still echo through the night

Does the sound of silence squeeze the morning light

Has Grandda caught the big one, in the pond just down the road

I miss you so

 

Instumental

Well the years keep slipping by me like the miles out on the road

But I don't guess I'll change my way of life

There's no harm in holding memories but please tell me if you can

I need to bring them old times back inside

 

Dear Mama, can you still find the dipper in the stars

And do the roads still go for hours without cars

And does the frost still shine for morning on the grass outside the door

Just like before, Tell me more

 

Is sister planning marriage sometime soon

Can you still reach out and almost touch the moon

And do the old songs still ring out through the hills for days and days

Love always

 

Country Roads - John Denver

 

Almost heaven, West Virginia

Blue Ridge Mountains

Shenandoah River -

Life is old there

Older than the trees

Younger than the mountains

Growin' like a breeze

 

Country Roads, take me home

To the place I belong

West Virginia, mountain momma

Take me home, country roads

 

All my memories gathered 'round her

Miner's lady, stranger to blue water

Dark and dusty, painted on the sky

Misty taste of moonshine

Teardrops in my eye

 

Country Roads, take me home

To the place I belong

West Virginia, mountain momma

Take me home, country roads

I hear her voice

In the mornin' hour she calls me

The radio reminds me of my home far away

And drivin' down the road I get a feelin'

That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

 

 

 

 

Country Roads, take me home

To the place I belong

West Virginia, mountain momma

Take me home, country roads

 

Country Roads, take me home

To the place I belong

West Virginia, mountain momma

Take me home, country roads

Take me home, now country roads

Take me home, now country roads

 

 

 

 

 

 

El Condor Pasa – Simon & Garfunkel

 

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail

Yes I would

If I could, I surely would

Hmm mmm

 

I'd rather be a hammer than a nail

Yes I would

If I only could, I surely would

Hmm mmm

 

Away, I'd rather sail away

Like a swan that's here and gone

A man gets tied up to the ground

He gives the world its saddest sound, its saddest sound

Hmm mmm

 

I'd rather be a forest than a street

Yes I would

If I could, I surely would

 

I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet

Yes I would

If I only could, I surely would

 

 

 

A Week From Today – Blue Higway

 

Time is a funny thing you know

No matter where you are it comes and goes

I've lived my life one day at a time

Time is all I've had and all I know

 

Home is a state of mind it's said

Four walls and a roof inside your head

To some it might seem strange,

but I'm too damn old to change

Now the warden says the state requires my bed

 

It's been fifty years since they sent me here

I had forty-nine more to go

But a week from today

They'll open this gate for good

And I'll have to walk away

But Lord knows I'd stay if I could

 

I won't last a day out there alone

This prison cell's the only home I've known

The world outside has changed,

but the one inside's the same

I'll have to find a way to get back home

Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

 

It's late in the evening; she's wondering what clothes to wear.

She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blonde hair.

And then she asks me, "Do I look all right?"

And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight."

 

We go to a party and everyone turns to see

This beautiful lady that's walking around with me.

And then she asks me, "Do you feel all right?"

And I say, "Yes, I feel wonderful tonight."

 

I feel wonderful because I see

The love light in your eyes.

 

And the wonder of it all

Is that you just don't realize how much I love you.

It's time to go home now and I've got an aching head,

So I give her the car keys and she helps me to bed.

 

And then I tell her, as I turn out the light,

I say, "My darling, you were wonderful tonight.

Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight."

Piano Man - Billy Joel

 

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday

The regular crowd shuffles in

There's an old man sitting next to me

Makin' love to his tonic and gin

 

He says, "Son, can you play me a memory

I'm not really sure how it goes

But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete

When I wore a younger man's clothes."

 

La la la, di da da

La la, di da da da dum

 

Sing us a song, you're the piano man

Sing us a song tonight

Well, we're all in the mood for a melody

And you've got us feelin' alright

 

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine

He gets me my drinks for free

And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke

But there's someplace that he'd rather be

He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."

As the smile ran away from his face

"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star

If I could get out of this place"

 

Oh, la la la, di da da

La la, di da da da dum

 

Now Paul is a real estate novelist

Who never had time for a wife

And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy

And probably will be for life

 

And the waitress is practicing politics

As the businessmen slowly get stoned

Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness

But it's better than drinkin' alone

 

Sing us a song you're the piano man

Sing us a song tonight

Well we're all in the mood for a melody

And you got us feeling alright

 

It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday

And the manager gives me a smile

'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see

To forget about life for a while

And the piano, it sounds like a carnival

And the microphone smells like a beer

And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar

And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"

 

Oh, la la la, di da da

La la, di da da da dum

 

Sing us a song you're the piano man

Sing us a song tonight

Well we're all in the mood for a melody

And you got us feeling alright

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blueridge Mountain Girl - Third Tyme Out

 

Verse 1

 

It was high upon a Blue Ridge mountain

Where I first had the taste of sweet love

It was there where the mountain laurels blossom

I fell in love with my Blue Ridge mountain girl

 

Chorus

And the wind blows cold across my shoulder

And the sun shines dim through the pines

In my heart you’ll be a special flower

Oh I love you my Blue Ridge mountain girl

 

 

 

 

 

 

Verse 2

 

Will you share my love for you sweet darling

Will it age like the Carolina pines

Every time I put my arms around you

I fall in love with my Blue Ridge mountain girl

 

 

And the wind blows cold across my shoulder

And the sun shines dim through the pines

In my heart you’ll be a special flower

Oh I love you my Blue Ridge mountain girl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caledonia - Dougie MacLean

 

I don't know if you can see, the changes that have come over me

In these last few days, I've been afraid that I might drift away

And I've been tellin old stories, singing songs

That made me think about where I came from

And That's the reason why I seem so far away today.

 

 

CHORUS :

Oh but let me tell you that I love you

And I think about you all the time

Caledonia your callin me and now I'm goin home

But if I should become a stranger

You know that it would make me more than sad

Caledonia you, ve been everythin I've ever had.

 

Well I've been moved, and I've kept on movin

Proved the points that I needed proovin

Lost the friends I needed loosin

Found others on the way

I have kissed the girls and left them cryin

Stolen dreams yes there's no denying

Travelled hard with contience flyin

Somewhere with the wind

 

CHORUS

Now I'm sitting here, before the fire

The empty room the forest choir

Flames that couldnt get any higher

They've withered now there gone

But I'm steady thinking my way is clear,

And I know what I will do tomorrow

When the hands I've shaken and the kisses flown I will dissapear.

 

CHORUS 2x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colleen Mallone – Hot Rize

 

It's been ten years and three since I first went to sea

Since I sailed from old Ireland and home

But those hills lush and green were a part of my dreams

When I dreamed of my Colleen Malone

 

On the day I returned to my sorrow I learned

That the angels had called her away

To a grave on a hill overlooking the mill

That's the place where she's sleeping today

 

Chorus:

   As the soft breezes blow through the meadow I go

   Past the mill with the moss covered stone

   Up the pathway I climb through the woods and the vines

   To be with my Colleen Malone

 

She was faithful each day as I sailed far away

There was no one but me that she loved

I remember those eyes soft and blue as the skies

And her heart was as pure as a dove

 

Chorus

 

All the years of my life I will not take a wife

I will live in this valley above

Planting flowers around in this soft gentle ground

That is holding my Colleen Malone

 

Chorus 2x

Moonshiners Dauhgter - Hayseed Dixie

 

It was a lovely day for a wedding

And the folks were all dressed in black

When she said "I do," I said "me too"

With a shotgun pointed at my back

 

Chorus:

I married a moonshiner's daughter

How could I go wrong?

'Cause the moonshiner's daughter cooks up corn and water

And makes me liquor all night long

 

Well, the preacher was as drunk as he could get, lord

And her brothers and her dad were too, of course

Her mom whispered in my ear, "if she don't satisfy you, dear

Just come on down and get you some at the source."

 

Chorus

 

Went for  our honeymoon in Nashville

Got a room down on Dickerson Pike

When the desk clerk, he asked me, "how old is she?"

I said, "old enough to know just what I like"

 

Chorus

 

Streets of London - Ralph McTell

 

Have you seen the old man

In the closed-down market

Kicking up the paper,

with his worn out shoes?

In his eyes you see no pride

Hand held loosely at his side

Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news

 

Chorus

So how can you tell me you're lonely,

And say for you that the sun don't shine?

Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London

I'll show you something to make you change your mind

 

Have you seen the old girl

Who walks the streets of London

Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?

She's no time for talking,

She just keeps right on walking

Carrying her home in two carrier bags.

 

Chorus

 

In the all night cafe

At a quarter past eleven,

Same old man is sitting there on his own

Looking at the world

Over the rim of his tea-cup,

Each tea last an hour

Then he wanders home alone

 

Chorus

 

And have you seen the old man

Outside the seaman's mission

Memory fading with

The medal ribbons that he wears.

In our winter city,

The rain cries a little pity

For one more forgotten hero

And a world that doesn't care

 

Chorus

 

Grandma's Feather Bed - John Denver

 

When I was a little bitty boy

Just up off-a floor

We used to go down to Grandma's house

Every month end or so

We had chicken pie and country ham

And homemade butter on the bread

But the best darn thing about Grandma's house

Was her great big feather bed

 

It was nine feet high and six feet wide

Soft as a downy chick

It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese

Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick

It'd hold eight kids, four hound dogs

And a piggy we stole from the shed

We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun

On Grandma's feather bed

 

After the supper we'd sit around the fire

The old folks'd spit and chew

Pa would talk about the farm and the war

And Granny'd sing a ballad or two

I'd sit and listen and watch the fire

Till the cobwebs filled my head

Next thing I knew I'd wake up in the morning

In the middle of the old feather bed

 

It was nine feet high and six feet wide

Soft as a downy chick

It was made from the feathers of forty'leven geese

Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick

It'd hold eight kids, four hound dogs

And a piggy we stole from the shed

We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun

On Grandma's feather bed

 

Well I love my Ma, an' I love my Pa

Love Granny and Grandpa too

Been fishing with my uncle, I wrestled with my cousin

I even kissed Aunt Lou oooh

But if ever had to make a choice

I guess it ought to be said

That I'd trade them all plus the gal down the road

For Grandma's feather bed

 

It was nine feet high and six feet wide

Soft as a downy chick

It was made from the feathers of forty'leven geese

Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick

It'd hold eight kids, four hound dogs

And a piggy we stole from the shed

We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun

On Grandma's feather bed

Rocky Top - Osborne Brothers

 

Wish that I was on old Rocky Top

Down in the Tennessee hills

Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top

Ain't no telephone bills.

 

Once I had a girl on Rocky Top

Half bear the other half cat

Wild as a mink but sweet as soda pop

I still dream about that.

 

Rocky Top you'll always be

Home sweet home to me

Good ole Rocky Top, Rocky Top, Tennessee

Rocky Top, Tennessee.

 

Once two strangers climbed old Rocky Top

Looking for a moonshine still

Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top

Reckon they never will.

 

Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top

Dirt's too rocky by far

That's why all the folks on Rocky Top

Get their corn from a jar.

 

Rocky Top you'll always be

Home sweet home to me

Good ole Rocky Top, Rocky Top, Tennessee

Rocky Top, Tennessee.

 

--- Instrumental ---

 

I've had years of cramped up city life

Trapped like a duck in a pen

All I know is it's a pity life

Can't be simple again.

 

Rocky Top you'll always be

Home sweet home to me

Good ole Rocky Top, Rocky Top, Tennessee

Rocky Top, Tennessee.

 

Rocky Top, Tennessee...

 

 

 

 

 

Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show

 

Headed down south to the land of the pines

And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline

Starin' up the road

Pray to God I see headlights

 

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours

Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers

And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh

I can see my baby tonight

 

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Rock me mama any way you feel

Hey mama rock me

Rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Rock me mama like a south-bound train

Hey mama rock me

 

Runnin' from the cold up in New England

I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband

My baby plays the guitar

I pick a banjo now

 

Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now

Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave

But I ain't a turnin' back

To livin' that old life no more

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Rock me mama any way you feel

Hey mama rock me

Rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Rock me mama like a south-bound train

Hey mama rock me

 

Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke

I caught a trucker out of Philly

Had a nice long toke

But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap

To Johnson City, Tennessee

 

And I gotta get a move on before for the sun

I hear my baby callin' my name

And I know that she's the only one

And if I die in Raleigh

At least I will die free

 

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Rock me mama any way you feel

Hey mama rock me

Rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Rock me mama like a south-bound train

Hey mama rock me

 

 

 

Cabin on the Hill – Bill Monroe

 

Tonight I'm alone without you my dear

It seems there's a longing for you still

All I have to do now is sit alone and cry

In our little cabin home on the hill

Chorus:

Oh, someone has taken you from me

And left me here all alone

Just to listen to the rain beat on my window pane

In our little cabin home on the hill

 

I hope you are happy tonight as you are

But in my heart there's a longing for you still

I just keep it there so I won't be alone

In our little cabin home on the hill

 

Chorus

 

Now when you have come to the end of the way

And find there's no more happiness for you

Just let you thoughts turn back once more if you will

To our little cabin home on the hill

 

Chorus

Lonesome Pine - Blue Highway

 

There's a path back in the mountains

To that one room house, where I was born

Even now the memories linger

My mama's smile so soft and warm

 

Chorus:

Lonesome pine I can hear you calling

Calling me back to my home

Where the fox and hound through the hills are roaming

Lonesome pine calling me home

 

It's been so long since I left that cabin

In search of wealth fortune and fame

Late at night when I'm alone and lonely

I still hear my daddy call my name

 

Chorus

 

Someday soon I'm gonna travel

Back to the land that I love best

In the stillness of the mountains

I will find sweet peace and rest

Footprints in the Snow – Bill Monroe

 

Now some folks like the summertime when the they can walk about

Strolling through the meadow green it's pleasant there, no doubt

But give me the wintertime when the snow is on the ground

For I found her when the snow was on the ground

 

Chorus:

I traced her little footprints in the snow

I found her footprints in the snow,

I bless that happy day when Nellie lost her way

For I found her when the snow was on the ground

 

I dropped into see her there was a big round moon

Her mother said she just stepped out but would be returning soon

I found her little footprints and I traced them through the snow

And I found her when the snow was on the ground

 

Chorus

 

Now she's up in Heaven, she's with the angel band

I know I'm going to meet her in that promised land

But every time the snow falls it brings back memories

For I found her when the snow was on the ground

 

Chorus  2x

Erase the Miles - Third Tyme Out

 

Do you miss me in Carolina

Well I miss you in Tennessee

Do you wish I was there beside you

Well I wish you were here with me

 

I know its not the ideal situation

My heart's become a part of the band

It's a common hazard in the occupation

You know I'll love you just as much as I can

 

So I'll dream til I hear you love me

And I'll hope til I see your smile

Wish I could hold you forever

And somehow erase all the miles

 

Well tommorrow its Pennsylvania

Then its on to the city of sin

I'll hold to your love and to your memory

Until I can see you again

 

So I'll dream til I hear you love me

And I'll hope til I see your smile

Wish I could hold you forever

And somehow erase all the miles

 

Wish I could hold you forever

And somehow erase all the miles

 

Age - Jim Croce

 

I've been up and down and around and 'round and back again

I've been so many places I can't remember where or when

And my only boss was the clock on the wall and my only friend

Never really was a friend at all

 

Chorus:

I've traded love for pennies, sold my soul for less

Lost my ideals in that long tunnel of time

I've turned inside out and around about and back and then

Found myself right back where I started again

 

Once I had myself a million, now I've only got a dime

The diff'rence don't seem quite as bad today

With a nickel or a million, I was searching all the time

For something that I never lost or left behind

 

Chorus

 

And now I'm in my second circle and I'm headin' for the top

I've learned a lot of things along the way

I'll be careful while I'm climbin' 'cause it hurts a lot to drop

When your down nobody gives a damn anyway

 

Chorus

 

Thirty years of Farming - Fred Eaglesmith

 

There's a little white note on a gate by the road

That a man put up yesterday

And when we saw it we all ran out

Just to see what it had to say

And when we read it our eyes filled with tears

And they fell to the cold hard clay

Something 'bout a mortgage

Something 'bout foreclosure

Something 'bout failing to pay

 

Oh, and on the post by the general store

They've put up a little sign

An auction sale, day after tomorrow

At the end of the Lincoln Line

Thirty years of farming

Thirty years of heartache

Thirty years of day to day

Oh, my Daddy stopped talking

The day the farm was auctioned

There was nothing left to say

 

Oh, my Mama's tears fell freely down

As she walked amongst the flowers in the yard

And every number the auctioneer called

Was like a blow to her precious heart

And every number the auctioneer called

Meant another thing was sold that day

Till everything was auctioned

And we stood there watching

As they loaded it and drove it away

 

Oh, and on the post by the general store

They've put up a little sign

An auction sale, day after tomorrow

At the end of the Lincoln Line

Thirty years of farming

Thirty years of heartache

Thirty years of day to day

Oh, my Daddy stopped talking

The day the farm was auctioned

There was nothing left to say

 

At the day's first dawning

We awoke this morning

There was nothing for us to do

Nothing in the granary

No hay in the mow

No cattle, no tractor, no tools

So we loaded up the car

With the clothes that we wore

And the few things we managed to save

Mama read from The Book

We took one last look

And then we drove away

 

Oh, and on the post by the general store

They've put up a little sign

An auction sale day after tomorrow

At the end of the Lincoln Line

Thirty years of farming

Thirty years of heartache

Thirty years of day to day

Oh, my Daddy stopped talking

The day the farm was auctioned

There was nothing left to say

Oh, my Daddy stopped talking

The day the farm was auctioned

There was nothing left to say

 

 

 

 

I still cry – Ilse de Lange

 

I'm making flowers out of paper

While darkness takes the afternoon

I know that they won't last forever

But real ones fade away too soon

 

I still cry sometimes when I remember you

I still cry sometimes when I hear your name

I said goodbye and I know you're alright now

But when the leaves start falling down I still cry

 

It's just that I recall September

It's just that I still hear your song

It's just I can't seem to remember

Forever more those days are gone

 

I still cry sometimes when I remember you

I still cry sometimes when I hear your name

I said goodbye and I know you're alright now

But when the leaves start falling down I still cry

 

I still cry sometimes when I rememeber you

I still cry sometimes when I hear your name

I said goodbye and I know you're alright now

But when the leaves start falling down I still cry

But when the leaves start falling down I still cry

The Fields of Athenry - Pete St. John

 

By a lonely prison wall

I heard a young girl calling

Micheal they are taking you away

For you stole Trevelyn's corn

So the young might see the morn.

Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.

 

Chorus:

Low lie the Fields of Athenry

Where once we watched the small free birds fly.

Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing

It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.

 

By a lonely prison wall

I heard a young man calling

Nothing matters Mary when you're free,

Against the Famine and the Crown

I rebelled they ran me down

Now you must raise our child with dignity.

Chorus

 

By a lonely harbor wall

She watched the last star falling

As that prison ship sailed out against the sky

Sure she'll wait and hope and pray

For her love in Botany Bay

It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.

 

Chorus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of New Orleans - Steve Goodman

 

Ridin' on the City of New Orleans

Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail

Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders

Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail

 

All along the south-bound odyssey

The train pulls out at Kankakee

And rolls along past houses, farms and fields

Passin' trains that have no names

And freight yards full of old black men

And the grave-yards of the rusted automobiles

 

Good morning America, how are you?

Say don't you know me, I'm your native son

I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans

And I'll be gone five-hundred miles when the day is done

 

Dealin' cards with the old men in the club car

Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score

Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle

Feel the wheels grumblin' 'neath the floor

 

And the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers

Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel

Mothers with their babes asleep, rockin' to the gentle beat

And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel

Good morning America, how are you?

Say don't you know me, I'm your native son

I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans

I'll be gone five-hundred miles when the day is done

 

Night time on the City of New Orleans

Changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee

Halfway home, we'll be there by mornin'

Thru the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea

 

But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream

And the steel rails still ain't heard the news

The conductor sings his songs again

The passengers will please refrain

This train has got the disappearin' railroad blues.

 

Goodnight America, how are you?

Say don't you know me, I'm your native son

I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans

I'll be gone five-hundred miles when the day is done

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Darby's Castle - Kris Kristofferson

 

See the ruin on the hill where the smoke is hanging still

Like an echo of an age long forgotten;

There's a story of a home crushed beneath those blackened stones

And the roof which fell before the beams were rotten.

 

Cecil Darby loved his wife, and he laboured all his life

To provide her with material possessions;

And he built for her a home of the finest wood and stone

And the building soon became his sole obsession.

 

Oh, it took three hundred days for the timbers to be raised

And the silhouette was seen for miles around;

And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky -

But it only took one night to bring it down,

When Darby's castle tumbled to the ground.

 

Though they shared a common bed there was precious little said

In the moments that were set aside for sleeping:

For his busy dreams were filled with the rooms he'd yet to build

And he never heard young Ellen Darby weeping.

 

Then one night he heard a sound, as he laid his pencil down,

And he traced it to her door and turned the handle;

And the pale light of the moon through the window of the room

Split the shadows where two bodies lay entangled.

 

Oh, it took three hundred days for the timbers to be raised

And the silhouette was seen for miles around;

And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky -

But it only took one night to bring it down,

When Darby's castle tumbled to the ground.

 

 

There is a Time - R. Dillard & M. Jayne or Bobby

 

There is a time for love and laughter

the days will pass like summer storms

the winter wind will follow after

but there is love and love is warm

 

Chorus:

There is a time for us to wander

when time is young and so are we

the woods are greener over yonder

the path is new the world is free

 

There is a time when leaves are falling

the woods are gray the paths are old

the snow will come when geese are callin'

you need a fire against the cold

 

Chorus

 

So do your roaming in the springtime

you'll find your love and summer sun

frost will come and bring a harvest

and you can sleep when the day is done

 

Chorus

 

Time is like a river flowing

With no regrets as it moves on

Around each bend the shining morning

And all the friends we thought were gone

 

There is a time for us to wander

when time is young and so are we

the woods are greener over yonder

the path is new the world is free

 

The path is new the world is free...

The path is new the world is free...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let it Be – The Beatles

 

When I find myself in times of trouble

Mother Mary comes to me

Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

 

And in my hour of darkness

She is standing right in front of me

Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

 

Let it be, let it be

Let it be, let it be

Whisper words of wisdom

Let it be

 

And when the brokenhearted people

Living in the world agree

There will be an answer, let it be

 

For though they may be parted

There is still a chance that they will see

There will be an answer, let it be

 

Let it be, let it be

Let it be, let it be

Yeah, there will be an answer let it be

 

 

Let it be, let it be

Let it be, let it be

Whisper words of wisdom

Let it be

 

Let it be, let it be

Let it be, yeah, let it be

Whisper words of wisdom

Let it be

 

And when the night is cloudy

There is still a light that shines on me

Shine on until tomorrow, let it be

 

I wake up to the sound of music

Mother Mary comes to me

Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

 

Yeah, let it be, let it be

Let it be, yeah, let it be

There will be an answer, let it be

 

Let it be, let it be

Let it be, yeah, let it be

Whisper words of wisdom

Let it be

 

Second Cup Of Coffee - Gordon Lightfoot

 

I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the day

I'm thinking of the lady who got lost along the way

And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone

I'll be reaching for the bottle Lord, before this day is done 

 

I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the day

The room was filled with laughs as we danced the night away

But my sleep was filled with dreaming of the wrongs that I have done

And the gentle sweet reminder of a daughter and a son

 

Sitting alone, my friends have all gone home

You never know when they'll come dropping in

Thinking of girls with their fingers in my curls

Too young to understand how love begins

 

I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the dawn

The radio is playing a soft country song

And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone

 I'll be reaching for the bottle Lord, before this day is done

 

Sitting alone, my friends have all gone home

They never were around when I needed them

Thinking of girls with their fingers in my curls

Too young to understand how love begins

 

I'm on my second cup of Coffee and I still can't face the day

I'm thinking of the lady who got lost along the way

And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone

I'll be reaching for the bottle Lord, before this day is done 

And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone

I'll be reaching for the bottle Lord, before this day is done

 

 

The Weight – The Band

 

I pulled in to Nazareth, I was feeling about half past dead.

I just need some place where I can lay my head.

"Hey, Mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?"

He just grinned, shook my hand, "No" was all he said.

 

Take a load off, Fanny, Take a load for free.

Take a load off, Fanny.

And...  you put the load right on me.

 

I picked up my bag.  I went looking for a place to hide.

When I saw Carmen and the devil walking side by side.

I said, "Hey, Carmen, come on. Let's go downtown."

She said, "I got to go, but my friend can stick around."

 

(refrain)

Go down, Miss Moses, there's nothing you can say.

It's just old Luke, and Luke's waiting on the judgement day.

"Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?"

He said, "Do me a favor, son, won't you stay and keep Anna Lee company."

 

(refrain)

Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fog.

He said, "I will fix your rack, if you'll take Jack my dog."

I said, "Wait a minute, Chester. You know I'm a peaceful man."

He said, "That's okay, boy.  Won't you feed him when you can?"

 

(refrain)

Get your Canonball now, to take me down the line.

My bag is sinking low, and I do believe it's time

To get back to Miss Fanny.  You know she's the only one

Who sent me here with her regards for everyone.

 

(refrain)