Once there was a giving tree who loved a little boy.And everyday the boy would come to playSwinging from the branches, sleeping in the shadeLaughing all the summer’s hours away.A...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Well, when I was a boy,I played in a band,The virtuoso of the slide trombone.I always thought that I possessedA perfectly golden mellow tone.But then one night things got tight and...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
How did I hurt that woman?She never done me wrongI run away and left her forA redhead Amazon.I got no brains, I got no sense.I never had no class.So I'm goin' down to TexasAnd be o...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Ooh, ooh, I gotta get rid of this band.They're rockin' too hard for a country music man.I preach 'em and I teach 'em but they don't understand.I tell you folks, I gotta get rid of ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
It was a drizzly, drinkin' Nashville nightAnd everything was wrong.My beer was flat and the jukebox cranked outSomebody else's song.I turned my head and down the barStarin' straigh...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Mama mama me oh myI don't want no catfish eyesI don't want no lizard spleensGimme greasy grit gravy and gizzard greensGreasy grit gravy and gizzard greensBig fat pie and mobo beans...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Sweet Mother Michigan, Father SuperiorComing down from Mackinaw and Sault Ste. MarieBlue water HuronRolls down to Lake Erie-o, falls into OntarioAnd runs out to seaThe great lakes ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Now Francisco and Bernardo, they was guardin’ the castle,Leanin’ on their spears, not lookin’ for no hassle,Havin’ themselves a brew or two,When out in the night they hear ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Now whenever life is looking dark and mean
I have myself and espresso
And then I kinda sit back and like dig the scene
And maybe have myself another espresso
And there's a chick in...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Help me mama... she's touching my heartAnd I just can't keep her away.Stop her, mama... I can't let it start.Mama, please make her go away.Stop her mama... she's starting to speak....Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein