40 Years Lyrics

[Verse 1: Jason Eady] Well, I still remember that night when I met you The moon was hanging lonesome in the sky And you said you'd break my heart if I let you It turned out to ...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] The old man leaned over and he asked me: "What's got you lookin' so down?" I said, "There's problems at home, some things you wouldn't understand" Said, "Son I've see...Read Full Lyrics

Well, they sing about Jesus, they sing about Jones And they sing of American pride But they're all too damn clean, polished like stones And they won't sing about cheatin' and li...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] I heard the judge ask the jury, "which one's the one to go?" And I heard 'em say my name and why I'll never know They unchained my feet, they unshackled my hands And ...Read Full Lyrics

God don't make me go back to Jackson The sky turns black every time I do Heaven don't like the way I'm living God don't make me go back to Jackson the sky turns black every time I ...Read Full Lyrics

Five is the first one, fifteen's the worst The years that I remember fly behind me in a blur Thirteen took forever, sixteen wouldn't end Twenty nine's the perfect time to start all...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well the waters of Bristol were comin' up fast Faster than they said it would We all had to run, we had to get out fast Faster than we thought we could [Chorus] W...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well I was eighteen workin' on a road crew in Georgia And he was a Vietnam vet from Tennessee He held the posts while I drove the hammer Rain or shine, side by side, ...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well I came up here to Calaveras County Lookin' for a place to call home All those ghosts where I'd been, they finally found me And I been out here wanderin' alone ...Read Full Lyrics

Down in Louisiana I got too much to lose Down in Louisiana I got too much to lose I spent twenty years of living with these old Cane River blues I work at tending farming, Jacob i...Read Full Lyrics