Abilene Lyrics

Dave Alvin/Chris Gaffney (Blue Horn Toad Music, bmi/Calhoun Street Music/Ensaga Songs, bmi, Administered by Bug Music) Johnny gave Joe his first cigarette And Joe lit the filter a...Read Full Lyrics

Dave Alvin (Blue Horn Toad Music, bmi) Baby black sky Black sky is all I see Yeah baby black sky Black sky is all I see Please stand beside me baby Shine your light for me. Well ...Read Full Lyrics

Dave Alvin (Blue Horn Toad Music, bmi) Well when I was a young boy I used to slip away Down to the ashgrove To hear the old blues men play There was Big Joe and Lightnin' And Reve...Read Full Lyrics

Dave Alvin (Blue Horn Toad Music, bmi) There's a black-haired girl Sittin' behind the bullet-proof glass And she takes my money Before I go and pump some gas As the cold rain fall...Read Full Lyrics

Traditional, Arranged by Dave Alvin (Blue Horn Toad Music, bmi, Administered by Bug Music) Blackjack David came a-ridin' through the wood Singin' so loud and merry His voice was a...Read Full Lyrics

Hot air hangs like a dead man From a white oak tree People sitting on porches Thinking how things used to be Dark night Dark night The neighborhood was changing Strangers moving i...Read Full Lyrics

Dave Alvin (Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI, Administered by Bug Music) Standin' barefoot in your kitchen door Listenin' to the soft evenin' rain Watchin' you dryin' off from your show...Read Full Lyrics

The man in the bed isn't me Now I slipped out the door and I'm runnin' free Young and wild like I'll always be But the man in the bed isn't me And these tremblin' hands, they...Read Full Lyrics

Dave Alvin/Tom Russell (Blue Horn Toad Music, bmi, and Frontera Music, ascap, administered by Bug Music) I'm just tryin' to make a livin' I'm an old man at thirty-nine With two ki...Read Full Lyrics

She's waiting for me when I get home from work But things just ain't the same She turns out the light and cries in the dark Won't answer when I call her name (chorus) On ...Read Full Lyrics