Lumberlung Slobberbone

she brings me water and it always tastes so good She brings me flowers from the woods Stays here in this house with me when I know she'd rather leave Stays with me as I sleep And she helps me nurse my lumberlung

Placemat Blues Slobberbone

Get up from the table and just walk awayThere's nothing for me anywayNo reason that I should stayWhere's the place at the table for folks like me?There's not one that I can seeNot one I can seeUsed...

Trust Jesus Slobberbone

Traveling salesman, the road was his love as heCarved a path through all the struggle and the strife of thisGreat big nation falling to its kneesOh lord, pleaseGive us the strengthThe World Book wa...

Gimme Back My Dog Slobberbone

It was mine before I met youIt was mine before I'd let you come closer and hold it and know itThe way you once knew meIt was mine before you knew meIt was mine before you'd chose me and use me and ...

That Is All Slobberbone

All this talk of fire, of gumption and directionLeave you reaching for some kind of resurrection as toWho you thought you were and who you thought you'd beThey'll say it's the trying not the being,...

Josephine Slobberbone

They say he's trouble waiting to happenLike he's a bottle filled with gasolineI say he's waiting, but not for troubleI say he's waiting for JosephineAnd he cruised on the weekends just to be seenAn...

Lazy Guy Slobberbone

I'm a lazy guyI'm amazed at the way some people try and try and tryTo erect and then perfect some kind of proof that they're alive before they dieWell not me, 'cause I'm a lazy guyAnd I'm amazed at...

Bright Eyes Darkened Slobberbone

You say that love is everythingThen you turn around and sing about all your painful momentsHow in the end they didn't care for the memories you sharedYour despair and inner tormentYeah well wait a ...

Some New Town Slobberbone

Got in your car, you never turned aroundAnd I hope you're happy in your new townAnd I hope you live where nothing goes wrongAnd the bars stay open all night longHope you live where everyone's happy...

Pinball Song Slobberbone

Six weeks on the road now, I'm feeling kind of spentThere's a few things I need and ones a friendA few good games of pinball and a double whiskey sourI'll rinse it with a beer and repeat againYou k...

Barrel Chested Slobberbone

I'm broken down and barrel chested againSome people try for all their lives but they never make a dentYou hang around broke, bored and restless againStrung out stripped of all your pride with all y...

Lame Slobberbone

Now everything's fine,But I'm still gonna whineYou've got eyes that shine,But they aren't mine unless I pay for them in fullAnd that's the ruleAnd I guess that's coolBut I ain't no fool,And I won't...

Engine Joe Slobberbone

Why ya gotta go and sell your soul?Why ya gotta talk about Engine JoeLike he's some guy in a fairy tale book?Everybody knows that he just cooksBaked beans and brisket in a BBQ standOn the dirty sid...

Front Porch Slobberbone

Driven to silence, but I'm drowning in sinMy mandolin hangs on the wall once againI can't seem to find the right words from within,But I won't be looking for longThere comes a time when nothing see...

I'll Be Damned Slobberbone

Well I've seen you hanging around for awhile,And I wish that you'd just go awayCause I've been stuck in this old town for awhile,And this town has seen it's better daysAnd I'll be damned if I'll le...

Billy Prichard Slobberbone

Wally got lost in a patch of weeds,and they found his body floating in the reedsHe said he'd gone fishing with the boy from across the creekNow here you come waking with a smile on your faceSay you...

Little Drunk Fists Slobberbone

Little drunk fists across the tip of my chinGuess I should've known that they'd be there againLittle drunk fists across the width of my jawGets sometimes to where I just don't feel them at allThat'...

Get Gone Again Slobberbone

I'm so sick of writingSongs about screwing upNo matter how much I fall down,It seems it's never enoughNo matter how much good luckThrows itself my way,I find some way to ruin it;Fall down again the...

Your Excuse Slobberbone

Gunned down in the middle of things,this thing between you and meI had no clue, and neither did you,of anything so unforeseenYou're damn right, you can't fightthe need to be your own friendBut it g...

Haze Of Drink Slobberbone

I'm lost in my own townI wonder why none of my friends come around anymoreThat's for sure, any moreI'd like to swing by and pick you upI'll put you in the back of my pick-up truckAnd we'll go door ...

One Rung Slobberbone

Now it's 3 AM,And the walls are closing inI can hear them whisper, "That fool,He's done it again" The air has turned cold,But I can't reach my windowSo I lay here twisted, and IPray for the dreams ...

Sober Song Slobberbone

Hey I been drinkin', I bet you couldn't tellThe way I'm stinkin', as if you couldn't smellBut what I'm thinkin', you just can't ever tellAnd that's the way that I want it to stay.And now I'm sinkin...

Whiskey Glass Eye Slobberbone

Hey I been drinkin', I bet you couldn't tellThe way I'm stinkin', as if you couldn't smellBut what I'm thinkin', you just can't ever tellAnd that's the way that I want it to stay.And now I'm sinkin...

No Man Among Men Slobberbone

Mother-scratchin', chicken-shittin', onion gravyFightin' with the woman's 'bout to drive me crazy:Swears to holy God there ain't none more lazyAnd I'm headed out the door 'cause I know she's rightB...

Shoot You Dead Slobberbone

When I first saw your face, it turned my whole world upside-downYou put my heart into a headlock and through it on the groundYou stood, stomped stepped on it and kicked it all aroundLike some empty...

I Can Tell Your Love Is Waning Slobberbone

Not much in this trailer, nowA picture book, remote control, and a cookie jar shaped like a cow,A macrame??frame, 'round a picture of me,Sittin' in a pool of stale beer, on a black and white T.V.Th...

Ruin Your Day Slobberbone

It's not something I say to youAnd it's not something I have to doIt's just the urge to tell you once to go to hellBut I guess that if I don't it's just as well.I've never been a vindictive guyBut ...

Stumblin' Slobberbone

So I picked a fight with Jesus Christ, now I'm thinkin' I was wrong'Cause when you pick a fight with the Prince of Peace, you won't last for longIt's a one-lane highway straight to Hell ...And I dr...

16 Days Slobberbone

16 DAYS For sixteen days, I've stayed in this bedroomAnd this Indian Summer, It's made me sickI don't use the phone, I don't write no lettersAll I can do is lay here and sweatAnd this wretched hous...

Little Sister Slobberbone

My sister sent me to come and get you in,It's time to take your dinner and you know you're to come in when your called.I can see you up on the highest limbAnd the sky looks to be stormin' and you'l...

Tilt-A-Whirl Slobberbone

Have you ever been drivin' home, late at nightAnd found yourself enraptured by a captivating siteThe mystical allure of blinkin', twinklin', twirly lightsShinin' in your baby's eyes can seem so rig...

Dunk You In The River Slobberbone

So it seems I pissed you offAnd can throw a fit, fuss, holler and spit ...Cuss and bitch and scoffAnd true, if I were in your shoes,I'd do the same, my friend,Then I'd dunk you in the river once ag...

Springfield, IL. Slobberbone

Springfield, IllinoisI left you standing by the state house stairsA little bit annoyed, but completely unawareOf anything you saidTo give me pause as to what goes on inside your headWas there somet...

Stupid Words Slobberbone

Come and sit a little closer nowI wanna see your face in front of mineWish I could get behind those eyes somehowI'd see what you see, I wonder what I'd find When I looked in my eyesWould I see some...

Write Me Off Slobberbone

Communication's staticky but somehow you still find Through all of my jackassery a reason not to mindAnd this is not some act, no calculation on my partI pretty good with endings, but I don't know ...

Sister Beams Slobberbone

Sister beams with girlish pride and a smile worn ear to earA lifetime's dream, a wedding scene, her precious day draws nearAn empty home and a life alone, that's all she's ever fearedYesterday her ...

Butchers Slobberbone

Ben grew up to be the butcher not by choice, it's just the lot in life he foundBut he makes a decent living, feeds his family and the people of the townBut there's no dreams brought to fruition, ju...

Sweetness, That's Your Cue Slobberbone

What's that smell you ask, I think I knowIt's the smoldering of expectations long let goWould you suggest you might affect some change?Or are you banking that one decent poke might stoke the flames...

Find The Out Slobberbone

FIND THE OUTWorking hands and a gentle heartBeacon-like to those in the darkHis wife and family headed home, a flash of chromeA pothole's teeth makes tires slideTo shoulders too thin to abideA slee...

Down Town Again Slobberbone

The kids are loud, the house it stinksHe cracks a beer and pours another drinkSays he needs some time to thinkHindsight askewed, today's the dayShe'll be home soon, the kids'll be okayHe finds the ...

Live On In The Dark Slobberbone

Once you eyes they shone like flashlights, fountains of clarityAnd the most alkaline of batteries were you and meFree of failure, flicker or fadeYeah but depending where you're from too much daylig...

Back Slobberbone

When I find my way backEveryone will seeHow much I have missed themAnd how much they mean to meWhen I find my way backEveryone will knowHow much I love them so When I find my way backNo one will de...

Meltdown Slobberbone

Ten minutes to meltdown, I'm having a drinkAnd I don't think you care, no I don't even thinkAbout you or the hands that you say you don't loveAs you hold them so tight while the sky up aboveOpens u...