Too Little Too Late Michelle Shocked

Too little too late Don't you tell me how it used to be I've seen the record and it clearly reads "To date: too little too late" Too little too late Don't you talk about the way things was Bringing

You Take The Cake Michelle Shocked

Happy birthday, Baby Ain't no doubts or maybe We're singing this song Just for you Yes, it's true You take the cake And the candles too We're so glad to know ya Here's our chance to show ya

Peach Fuzz Michelle Shocked

Peach Fuzz had a friendly face Too friendly for his own good Used to hang out at Ricky's Place It was a bar in the neighborhood A gay boy lit his cigarette But they called 'em fags cause that's

Arkansas Traveler Michelle Shocked

How do you get to Little Rock? Listen stranger, you can't get there from here. Hey farmer! Thought you said that mud-hole weren't very deep? Only comes up to here on me ducks. Hey farmer!

What Can I Say? Michelle Shocked

Little children did I tell you how the mockingbird Called the animals together try to say a few words But the squirrels began to chatter and the bees began to buzz Just the way it is, just the way

Strawberry Jam Michelle Shocked

Saturday morning found me itching To get on over to my grandma's kitchen [And what you gonna do, honey] The sweetest little berries was cooking up right And then we'd put them in a canning jar and

See The Sea Michelle Shocked

just like you and me And you know there are whales, there are whales in the sea And they spout and they spurt from the top of their heads And they never get sleepy or lay down to bed They sing little

Cold Comfort Michelle Shocked

Her death was on his hands Now you must look into his eyes For your consolation prize And I know that's cold comfort You held your father in your arms While you cry like a baby But you were too

The Hard Way [Private Music album version] Michelle Shocked

didn't make it home on time But you would have thought I was only lying And it's, oh, the troubles I've known I seem to learn everything the hard way I'm not old enough to be on my own But I'm much too

Laundry Day Michelle Shocked

the lack of trying Who can predict a hurricane Without a single drop of rain The wind is proud but the weather's vain And laundry day will never be the same The storm clouds came but it was too

33 R.P.M. Soul Michelle Shocked

Consecrate your soul Or there's gonna be hell to pay You've got them where they live Come the Judgement Day Father, forgive our sins Mother, forgive us too Forgive but don't forget They never

Memories of East Texas Michelle Shocked

clay backroads And I mean to tell you my friend They weren't no easy roads You had to watch out for all the curves Down by Kelsey Creek And detour through the Lindsay's pasture When the water ran too

Stillborn Michelle Shocked

has never shined so bright, the night so dry and clear Crickets and cicadas consolations in the air In the air Yolanda's husband wakes the children He dresses them for school "Your mother was up late

Little Billie Michelle Shocked

Little Billie sure could sing the blues "Ain't nobody's business if I do" Tending drinks behind the bar Pour cheap whiskey from a Chivas jar Turn to water what was wine Down at the Home of the Second

Sleep Keeps Me Awake Michelle Shocked

Oh, I've been worried 'bout you, lollie I think the least that you could do was Phone to say you'd be late Sleep keeps me awake all night Yeah, I wonder where she is right now Well I told her if

Crying Shame Michelle Shocked

Crying shame Crying shame I know I hurt you bad I hurt you Baby I know it's a crying shame Crying shame Crying shame I know I hurt you Happened too many times Happened too many times I promise

One Piece At A Time Michelle Shocked

the very next day when I punched in With my big lunch box and the help of my friend I left that day with a lunch box full of gear I've never considered myself a thief But GM wouldn't miss just one little

Fogtown Michelle Shocked

It was a red sun rising early in this ghetto A full moon was rising late last night But you would not know, no you was fast asleeping You only see this city in the broad daylight In the broad daylight

Down On Thomas St. Michelle Shocked

Café Most folks there are black but the songs are all blue Most folks are black but the songs are all blue You know, most folks are black but, hey, I was there So there's some white folk too

Lagniappe Michelle Shocked

Down in the Vieux Carre All you got to say is 'lagniappe' When you want just a little bit more Than you have bargained for For the thirteenth donut in the bakers dozen To give it to your pretty

Contest Coming (Cripple Creek) Michelle Shocked

sides from the middle Backwoods folks is old and brittle But they sway like a tree to the sound of a fiddle From the Jones boy across the holler From the Jones boy across the way You can hear him late

Secret Admirer Michelle Shocked

She's got a sweet little asset That can take her places Where they don't recall names But they remember faces She knows how to use those feminine graces She spends a lot of time by the swimming

Streetcorner Ambassador Michelle Shocked

ambassador keeps highbrow company They drink the finest of liqueur at the A Train Embassy And it's toss into the old tin cup A shiny copper penny Sing along that old refrain "Can you spare just a little

The Cement Lament Michelle Shocked

It was that kind of misting rain It was that kind of night Nothing was wrong It just wasn't right It weren't the blues It weren't low rent It was just a cement lament All these late night

Worth the Weight Michelle Shocked

Hand me down my old ball and chain It's worth the weight if I never have to see you again I'm running late but at least I'm running I've been down this road a time or two You know, nothing has

Prodigal Daughter (Cotton Eyed Joe) Michelle Shocked

shame to the family name The return of the prodigal daughter Singing, oh Cotton Eyed Joe Went to see a doctor and I almost died When I told my mama, Lordy, how she cried Me and my daddy were never too

God Is A Real Estate Developer Michelle Shocked

But at least the floor is there And the rent is not due 'til the first So save one last dance for the Savior When that final Hail Mary is said Life is a dancehall That's why we've got all those Little

Necktie Michelle Shocked

Necktie, necktie Wowwww, my, my, wooooo, necktie Now, now, now when I die won't you bury me In a pair of black dress shoes Oh, put a fine fur coat upon my back Put a string of cultured pearls too

Lovely Rita Michelle Shocked

Lovely Rita meter maid Nothing can come between us When it gets dark you tow my heart away Standing by the parking meter When I caught a glimpse of Rita Filling in a ticket in her little white book

Eddie Michelle Shocked

his desire In a county where the dairymen all had milking machines Yeah, Eddie was the only one to separate the cream Eddie and his father let the cows come home They was out in the pasture in a late

Fever Breaks Michelle Shocked

man's wake Bring out the winding sheets as the fever breaks A slow and painful death ends faster than the eye can see Taking your last breath feels like Eternity Catching a cool breeze across a late

Why Do I Get The Feeling? Michelle Shocked

You take my hand in yours You give a little squeeze I'm so glad to see we both agree I've been meaning to tell you these things for such a long while And it really means a lot to see your sympathetic

Lucky Dog Michelle Shocked

Lord" (Thankyou Lord) But when times are bad (What do ya think I'm gonna say) I say "Hallelujah" It is my faith It is my faith that leads me on Oh and yes, it's gravy, just gravy And a sweet little

Campus Crusade Michelle Shocked

with old Brother Jed Now she's fighting the Holy War The Campus Crusade Every Spring they seem to invade Oh my God, it's the lunatic fringe on parade (Here's what she'd say now) She'd say "I too

Flying Lesson Michelle Shocked

Oh best-beloved With a little bit of patience And imagination We learn to fly Now hold out your hands Spread up your fingers See how they are feathers And your arms are wings Now flap your

Desperados Waiting For A Train (Red River Valley) Michelle Shocked

desperados waiting for a train Just like desperados waiting for a train He was a drifter, a driller of them oil wells An old school man of the world He taught me how to drive his car when he's too

Graffiti Limbo Michelle Shocked

Ah, you can have your little style wars, boys Yes, and you can keep your little dance But those crazy writers they don't stand a ghost of a chance No, it's 'Colar them cons' That's what Mayor Koch

Tabloid Michelle Shocked

it's in the Star It's not how you live your life it's who you are Not trying to warn ya Just trying to scare ya Trial by media is trial by error And matters of fact have no weight Long live the late

Last Love Michelle Shocked

far from being ruined Is all that remains of this honeymoon Love must have it's dance Last love will always glance And long for lost romance But where does the love go when it goes away Like little

Weaving Way Michelle Shocked

You had a little drink Your friends have all gone Leaving you to find your weaving way home What more can I do?

Juicy Lucy Michelle Shocked

talks to aliens, yeah Juicy Lucy phone home Juicy Lucy oh she's gone man Juicy Lucy, Juicy Lucy Juicy Lucy got shred, Juicy Lucy got ripped Must have been one hell of an acid trip yeah Takin' little

Come a Long Way Michelle Shocked

was sinking into the sea But a ball of fire inside of me Was burning my motor and driving me hard Past the big hair on the Boulevard And up Mulholland where I made the scene Like the one that took little

Drip Dry Michelle Shocked

my knees and I cry Drip dry I drip dry Drip, drip dry I drip dry It's true I never learned to pray in an ordinary way I must say this I will never deny When my soul is in despair I say this little

Old Paint Michelle Shocked

Tie my bones to his back, turn our faces to the west And we'll ride the prairie that we love the best Ride around, ride around real slow They're fiery and snuffy and rarin' to go Ride around, little

Jump Jim Crow (Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah *) Michelle Shocked

Jump Jim Crow Jump Jim Crow How do you, do you walk so slow Like a little red rooster with one trick leg Look like you the one laying the egg I don't know when but it'll be real soon Going down

Wobbly Blood Michelle Shocked

Haywood "Big Bill" to the history books He'd gone down the mines at the age of nine And he'd learned to loathe profit by rook Been a cowboy too for a time...

Black, Brown And White Michelle Shocked

This little song I'm singin' to ya You know that it's true If you are black and have to work for a livin' This is what they say to you They say, well if you are white, you alright And if you are

The Bitter Pill Michelle Shocked

reputation Still all and all I been a good patient Give me the medicine doctor Give me a nurse If I don't get better quick I need a hearse Its some kind of virus Some kind of bug All I know I need a little

Cleveland Michelle Shocked

Come on I'll bet you two or three" They say "You got them there shoes Right on your feet" They say, "I bet I know How many children your father had" They say, "I bet I know How many little brats

If Love Was a Train Michelle Shocked

down on her tracks Hey, if love was a train I'd throw my body right down on her tracks If love was a train I would feel no pain as she rolled right down my back Right down to my back (Well this little