Once upon a time there as an engineer
Drove a locomotive both far and near
Accompanied by a monkey that would sit on a stool
Watching everything the engineer would do
One day t...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Dave Rawlings Machine
Ruby, let down your golden hair
When I'm standing at the bottom of your stairs
Ruby, I can see your TV on
But the people there, they flicker and they're gone
So let down your...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Dave Rawlings Machine
There's no beginning to the story
A bookshelf sinks into the sand
And a language learned, forgot in turn
Studied once again
It's a shocking bit of footage
Viewed on a shitty T...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Dave Rawlings Machine
I won’t get drunk no more, no more; the old refrain it shines with use
While you sop your bread in barley wine and mop your floor in tobacco juice
So they kicked you out of par...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Dave Rawlings Machine
Met her on a harvest moon once upon a time in the Midwest
She told me as we stole away that she was freer than all the rest
With her hair cut like a farm boy and her cards so clo...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Dave Rawlings Machine
Sweet tooth, crying shame
Sweet tooth, crying shame
Sweet tooth, crying shame
Gotta feed a sweet tooth ten times a day
Just to hear the wind blowing on a windy day
Cairo is ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Dave Rawlings Machine
I hit the weekend just like a freight
I got there early - I couldn't wait
I made a friend or two along the way
You want the details, but what can I say
There's the ballerina, t...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Dave Rawlings Machine
Young boy done me bad when he did you wrong
Young boy done me bad I went and did you wrong
And I got high
Lord I got high
I got a bone to pick with you
And I'm sure you know i...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Dave Rawlings Machine
I’m looking for the last, the last pharaoh
When night falls on the land
I’m looking for the last, the last pharaoh
I’m gonna lay him down if I can
I thought I heard tha...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Dave Rawlings Machine
Whistles blowing, people get on trains
Without knowing where they're going
Someone's daughter, someone's sister, someone's teacher going down the road
With a body, a handker...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Dave Rawlings Machine