Brother, My Cup Is Empty Lyrics

On Jubilee Street there was a girl named BeeShe had a history, but she had no pastWhen they shut her down the Russians moved inI am too scared, I'm too scared to even walk on pastS...Read Full Lyrics

I thought I'd take a walk todayIt's a mistake I sometimes makeMy kids lay asleep in bedMy wife lay wide-awakeI kissed her softly on the browI tried not to make a soundBut with ston...Read Full Lyrics

Looka yonderLooka yonderLooka yonderA big black cloud comeA big black cloud comeOh, comes to TupeloComes to TupeloYonder on the horizonYonder on the horizonStopped at the mighty ri...Read Full Lyrics

On the first day of May I took to the roadI'd been staring out the window most of the morningI'd watched the rain claw at the glassAnd a vicious wind blew hard and fastShould have ...Read Full Lyrics

As the snow fliesOn a cold and grey Chicago mornA poor little baby child is born in the ghettoAnd his mama criesCause there's one thing that she don't needIs another little hungry ...Read Full Lyrics

I've searched the holy booksI tried to unravel the mystery of Jesus Christ, the SaviorI've read the poets and the analystsSearched through the books on human behaviorI traveled thi...Read Full Lyrics

Look-a look-a yonder (3x)Well the sun done goneThe captain can't hold her (3x)The way I do nowAda got a gold mine (3x)Way above her kneesThe shiv (?) is golden (3x)Above her kneesL...Read Full Lyrics

The wintergreen, the juniperThe cornflower and the chicoryWell all of the words you said to meAre still vibrating in the airThe elm, the ash and the linden treeThe dark and deep, e...Read Full Lyrics

I don't believe in an interventionist GodBut I know, darling, that you doBut if I did, I would kneel down and ask HimNot to intervene when it came to youOh, not to touch a hair on ...Read Full Lyrics

All the towers of ivory are crumblingAnd the swallows have sharpened their beaksThis is the time of our great undoingThis is the time that I'll come runningStraight to youFor I am ...Read Full Lyrics