House of the Rising Sun Lyrics

There's a little girl playing in the gardenShe thinks that she's alone and no one seesBut the beauty of it allAs the daisy petals fallIs the wish she's made that's whispered in the...Read Full Lyrics

When I was a young man courting the girlsI played me a waiting gameIf a maid refused me with tossing curlsI'd let the old earth take a couple of twirlsAnd I'd ply her with tears in...Read Full Lyrics

Lately I've been picking up strange vibrationsI hear my music now on oldies stations"Put out a CD called "the best of what I was"My picture's on the cover and no one knowsJust when...Read Full Lyrics

The paint is old and peelingThe shutters show some cracksThere's a heavy limb on the apple treeThat's got to be cut backThere's some water in the cellarA little sagging in the floo...Read Full Lyrics

[VERSE 1]In the year of the yellow cabIn the shadow of the great world warThe third kid grandmom hadCame into this worldOn a rolling farm in MarylandWhen Wilson was the PresidentAn...Read Full Lyrics

Memory moves us past each otherTime is a ribbon without endLove is the lesson we keep learningDeath but a moment we must spendLast week as I made our lunchWe talked of yesterdaysI ...Read Full Lyrics

If you could read my mind You'd know how hard I tried But losing was not my plan And I can't understand With all those tears I cried I should have realized That I'd never hold you ...Read Full Lyrics

Late in the evening, out on the square A man in a raincoat, standing there. We met by the lamp where the newsboy cried. He stole my heart with his laughing eyes. Mmmmm He took me ...Read Full Lyrics

Each day I live I want to be A day to give The best of me I'm only one But not alone My finest day Is yet unknown I broke my heart Fought every gain To taste the sweet I face the ...Read Full Lyrics

Musically, this one has a sort of overblown, heavenly quality to it. But lyrically, it's another story of a guy getting himself into a bad relationship That he can't get out of. ...Read Full Lyrics