Talkin At The Texaco James McMurtry

Well if you're lookin' for a good time You're a little bit late We rolled up the sidewalks At a quarter to eight It's a small town We can't sell you no beer It's a small town, so May I ask what

Crazy Wind James McMurtry

This magic world, this magic world This magic world, it inspires With the faith that I was born with In my schooling in the forges Time has lost its power to do its worst But I don't mean to bore you With

Shining Eyes James McMurtry

McMurtry When a telephone rings in an empty room Does it make a sound When I get back from the east coast Will you still be around Well that's hard to say Doesn't look that way Pigeons on the sidewalk

Fuller Brush Man James McMurtry

When I was maybe three or four The Fuller Brush man would knock at the door He'd always tell me, "Boy, you're gonna miss the fun! Time you're old enough the honky-tonks'll all be gone."

Don't Waste Away James McMurtry

'Cause I know you foster few illusions, suffer no fools You don't leave much to chance But you're out past the breakers, driftin fast I can see it at a glance You've been a long time locked inside Long

Where'd You Hide The Body James McMurtry

You look across the table with those guilty eyes So many mornings now I shouldn't be surprised When you lash out at me and you scream out in the night What could you have done to get in such an awful fright

Too Long In The Wasteland (Live Version) James McMurtry

Hear the trucks on the highway, And the tickin' of the clocks There's a ghost of a moon in the afternoon, Bullet holes in the mailbox Bullet holes in the mailbox, Keyholes in my mind Too long in the wasteland

Too Long In The Wasteland James McMurtry

Hear the trucks on the highway, And the tickin' of the clocks There's a ghost of a moon in the afternoon, Bullet holes in the mailbox Bullet holes in the mailbox, Keyholes in my mind Too long in the wasteland

Save Yourself James McMurtry

You couldn't get what you were after After all was said and done Amid the echoes of the screams and the laughter Cracking the blinds to the noonday sun Running out of room, tugging at the tether Old desires

Down Across The Delaware James McMurtry

world Falls away in the rearview mirror We'll mend our wounds and wait out the winter Down across the Delaware We get along in a manner of speaking We barely have to speak at all Small talk over

Candyland James McMurtry

Ugly pictures on the wall Traffic outbound slowing to a crawl Evening papers on the manicured lawns It never ceases it just goes on and on The people next door don't mind at all They've got 'em a spiked

Song For A Deck Hands Daughter James McMurtry

McMurtry He'd always whistle Jolie Blonde On his way out the back door on a Friday night So many times he just stayed gone Rarely did he try to treat your mama right Shut off the tractor with the field

Outskirts James McMurtry

Light snow falling On the muffler shops and the lumber yards The streets are slick as glass Ditches lined with stranded cars The tow trucks are busy Dealing with the evening rush I might have picked a

Rayolight James McMurtry

The streets are emptied out and silent Standing here all stupified and stunned You Say you need a rayolight Had enough of my blinding insight Well I guess I can't blame you none Whatever it is won't go

Off And Running James McMurtry

Answer me when I call to you What became of the life I knew Tell me why I can't be free Tell me what you expect of me I'm so down about it I can't sleep at night I sit watching the bugs as they bounce

Angeline James McMurtry

Angeline, Angeline, darker nights I've never seen I don't love these East Texas pines Where I can't find my sleep in the shadows so deep And dark as the doubts in my mind Freight train on the trestle

Poor Lost Soul James McMurtry

McMurtry You heard the bright lights calling Many years ago You never came back crawling How you hung in there I don't know You're at home in the big town You got it all figured out Back home they can't

Safeside (Live Version) James McMurtry

Down in Piedras Negras you gotta watch yourself There's a whole lotta hungry people lookin to share some wealth And when the oilfield's busted and the peso takes a dive Stay off the side streets if you

Good Life James McMurtry

Got two cars and a chainlink fence Got insurance for accidents Nevermind what I don't know I dream of places I won't ever go But I lead a good life Yeah, I lead a good life 'N every Sunday we're out at

Levelland James McMurtry

Flatter than a tabletop Makes you wonder why they stopped here Wagon must have lost a wheel or they lacked ambition one On the great migration west Separated from the rest Though they might have tried

Painting By Numbers James McMurtry

The gates of the schoolyard are padlocked and chained to keep all the children in out of the rain the art teacher's preaching the virtues of pastel shades you pay no attention but it won't hurt your grades

Terry James McMurtry

McMurtry Terry's off the track Sent him away and he won't be back for a while Fifteen years old One night he lost control Straight shots Staggered out to the parking lot Someone called him names He was

Melinda James McMurtry

shoes are soaking through 'Cause the weeds are wet and I haven't yet made any sense of you All the midnight angels Fold their wings by dawn The same old wild-eyed strangers sit and watch em till they're

Rachel's Song James McMurtry

Must be a cold front coming Cause I saw the eastbound C&O And the coal cars were dusted with a half inch of snow And that boy'll drive me crazy Don't know what I'll do with him School will be out tomorrow

Hands Like Rain James McMurtry

Slowly crawling 'cross the floor Comes a shadow through the window From the house next door And the dust specks dancing In the last of the light One more evening passing She walked on tiptoes On a gravel

Vague Directions James McMurtry

This place you say you're looking for That's a place I used to know Don't know the number of the road But I can tell you how to go Head on down 'till the pavement ends Used to go back there now and then

Where's Johnny James McMurtry

Young Johnny, he really had a way He did his homework on the school bus And he always got an A And the girls liked Johnny More than anyone 'cept maybe Elton John Later on in high school He couldn't keep

Choctaw Bingo James McMurtry

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I'm Not From Here James McMurtry

soon someday It's been a few years since I got here Seen 'em come and I've seen 'em go Crowds assemble, they hang out awhile Then they melt away like an early snow Onto some bright future somewhere Down the

One More Winter James McMurtry

You come back now, looking for a clue Expecting everybody to fall all over you If you missed it so, this one-light town Why'd you go and leave with the snow coming down?

Storekeeper James McMurtry

chorus No shoes, no shirt, no service Reads the sign on the front screen door Your friends 011 moke me nervous You best keep 'em out of my store I don't moke no bones about it I don't need your barefoot

Right Here Now James McMurtry

know my mind It won't be long a wandering I remember a ball game I watched as a kid Neglecting my homework as I often did Joe Namath scored on a seven-yard run His knees barely held him, but they got the

Two Pump Texaco Diamond Rio

He sees 'em come He sees 'em go From the island of his Two pump Texaco There's a rusted out Rambler up on the rack And a pile of bald Goodyear's out in the back He meets families on vacation, bikers

Born Of Frustration James

movie of who you are and where you're from Born of frustration Caught upon the webs you spun Where's ther confusion A vision of what life is like Show the movie that doens't deal in black and white Talk

Security Etta James

"Security, yeah yeah I want some security I want security, yeah Without it I'm at a great loss Yes I am, now Security, yeah, yeah And I want it any cost, yes I do now Oh Don't want no money now Don't want

Money Talks (Album Version) Rick James

When you're out walkin' and money's talkin' Just stop and listen to what's it's sayin' Don't need a dollar to be a scholar Drop all your money and don't you holler When you hold the cash and the dough

Money Talks Rick James

When you're out walkin' and money's talkin' Just stop and listen to what's it's sayin' Don't need a dollar to be a scholar Drop all your money and don't you holler When you hold the cash and the dough

Young Folks (From Jo While Live Lounge) James Blunt

share it didn't lead nowhere i would go along with someone like you it doesn't matter what you did who you were hanging with we could stick around and see this night through and we don't care about the

Last Chance Texaco Rickie Lee Jones

A long stretch of headlights Bends into I-9 Tiptoe into truck stops And sleepy diesel eyes Volcanoes rumble in the taxi And glow in the dark Camels in the driver's seat A slow, easy mark But you

Amy Jane (Album Version) James Bonamy

Amy is another name for love in my house 'Cause to me she is everything the word is about I hear other lovers talkin' like they've got something special But tell me how that can be when I've got Amy, I've

Ghetto Life Rick James

was young and crazy In the ghetto Didn't know what my life would be In the ghetto I was dumb and oh so lazy In the ghetto Something had a spell on me In the ghetto You wanna know what I'm talkin' bout

Spinning Wheel James Brown

What goes up must come down Spinning Wheel got to go 'round Talkin' 'bout your troubles It's a cryin' sin Ride a painted pony Let the Spinning Wheel spin You got no money, you got no home Spinning Wheel

Heavens (Live At Warrington) James

I've been sittin' on top of these rocks Watchin' the waters rise Everyone that I have loved has gone floating by I've been praying for the king of the world To come and rescue me from a clan that's lost

James Billy Joel

James... we were always friends, From our childhood days And we made our plans, And we had to go our seperate ways. I went on the road You pursued an education.

Laid (Live At GLR) James

This bed is on fire with passionate love The neighbors complain about the noises above But she only comes when she's on top The therapist said not to see you no more She said you're like a disease without

Sound (Live At Warrington) James

Hey Your father sins Your mothers mood swings To perfection Fall into a spin Shed another skin Strip away all of your protection Laugh at the wonder of it all But not so loud you break the fall And you

James O.A.R.

I've counted my blessings, the rest are for you. Please listen close for a while. And breathe, breathe, deep for me James. Don't you feel that you're free now from pain?

Lullaby James

Since your mother cast her spell Every kiss has left a bruise You've been reading too much meaning from existence Now your head is used and sore And the forecast is for more Memories falling, like falling

Sunday Morning James

Sunday morning, praise the dawning Its just a restless feeling by my side Early dawning, Sunday morning Its just the wasted years so close behind Watch out, the worlds behind you Theres always someone

Park Bench People José James

I see an old man sittin' on a park bench lookin' in the skies when he can see the mouth-stench of the range of the people walkin' and talkin' nonsense In the park I see a man sittin' there with a newspaper