James River Blues Lyrics

Leave my suitcase by the car I'll bring it in in the mornin' Stack my guitar case just inside the door Pet the dog too tired to wag his tail Check the mail and walk on down the ...Read Full Lyrics

I'm goin' where the water rolls, Moses knows the way To my tin roof shanty by the railroad sign where the whistle blows for days Where the mountains bare the face, of an injun br...Read Full Lyrics

Born upon the Blue ridge, at the Carolina line Baptized on the banks of the New River Brought upon bluegrass and clear moonshine And tough as iron but a heart soft as leather Levi,...Read Full Lyrics

Times they ain't like nothing they use to be From Rocky Mount to northeast Tennessee Where the river flows with a dusty coal disease And the babies whine cause they can't find noth...Read Full Lyrics

Poor Mr. Deavel From up in Clarksdale Shot his brother with a pop, pop, pop Spent 20 yrs of hard time, before he saw the light Now he's preaching on the corner of a Mississippi Sat...Read Full Lyrics

Well she drug me down Tossed me round Slammed my name all over town My good gal ain't no good to me She makes true love more like misery Now I'm walkin' hunched I get drunk a bunc...Read Full Lyrics

Were you there when the man from Atlanta was Murdered in Memphis? Did you see him laying at the Lorraine Motel? Did you hear them say that the cia is witness To the murder of a man...Read Full Lyrics

Chug-along, chug-along, like the old Virginia Creeper, Down among the Mountain Laurel, I'm a gonna meetcha, Baby stoke my fire, So we can make it home tonight! A come along, come ...Read Full Lyrics

When the summer is come and gone As the leaves fall on the lawn I think about pleasures pass me bye And I am thinking of my old home And the love I left behind No I couldn?t I go...Read Full Lyrics

Built a little shanty by the Cumberland River But the rainstorm started and the water did rise Wildcat winds and ten foot rollers lordy Bless my soul, it was a hell of a ride Eyes ...Read Full Lyrics