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I left New York in 1949To go across the country without a bad blame dimeMontana in the cold cold fallFound my father in the gambling hallFather, Father where you been?I've been out...Read Full Lyrics

Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you'Cause falling in love just makes me blueWell the music plays and you displayYour heart for me to seeI had a beer and now I hear youCa...Read Full Lyrics

Well you hate those diesels rollin'And those Friday nights out bowlin'When he's off for a twelve hour lay over nightYou wish you had a dollarFor every time he holleredThat he's lea...Read Full Lyrics

Hey Charley I'm pregnantLiving on 9th StreetRight above a dirty bookstoreOff Euclid AvenueI stopped taking dopeAnd I quit drinking whiskeyAnd my old man plays the tromboneAnd works...Read Full Lyrics

Well, I pulled on trouble's braidsAnd I hid in the briars out by the quick mudStayin' away from the main roadsPassin' out wolf tickets downwind from the blood houndsAnd I pulled on...Read Full Lyrics

Depot, depot, what am I doing here?Depot, depot, what am I doing here?I ain't coming, I ain't goingMy confusion is showingOutside the midnight wind is blowing Sixth AvenueI'm gonna...Read Full Lyrics

The door was open, I was seethingYour mother burst in it was freezingShe said it looks like it's trying to rainI was lost, I felt sea sickYou convinced me that he'd leftYou said ke...Read Full Lyrics

She wore red shoes by the drugstoreAs the rain splashed the nickelSpilled like chablis along the midwayThere's a little blue jayIn a red dress, on a sad nightOne straw in a root be...Read Full Lyrics

The broken glassAnd the rusty nailsWhere the violets growSay goodbye to the railroadAnd the mad dogs of summerAnd everything that I knowWhat some men will do here for diamondsWhat ...Read Full Lyrics

Warm beer and cold women, I just don't fit inEvery joint I stumbled into tonightThat's just how it's beenAll these double knit strangers withGin and vermouth and recycled storiesIn...Read Full Lyrics