I crossed the Mississippi,
Turned south at San Antone
A bowie knife, a woolen coat,
A grip bag on my arm
It's all somebody needs to make it through the land
Walk the night, travel ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen
The first of the month
Brings back the notion
Of a big round white dance hall
And a cool summer night
Red cherry faces set black shoes in motion
To the oom pa pa rythym of a German...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen
Streets are almost empty, shops are closed down
There's not a soul left in the bar to tell my troubles to
Think I'll walk down to the river that runs just south of town
I hate like...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen
I'm long past hungry
I need a bed
I got some real wild things
Runnin' through my head
Oh Rosie, don't forget me now
I've been to Tulsa
And New Mexico
Still got Tucson and
Colorado...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen
I slipped through your fingers into the clouds
Ran down the concrete hallways
Pushed through the crowds.
I watched by the water
Reached for the sun
Why did I bother
What's done is ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen
I gave up the fast lane for a blacktop county road
Just burned out on all that talk about [Incomprehensible]
I traded for a songbird, a bigger piece of sky
When I miss the good old...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen
A smokin', long black Cadillac; the engine's winding down
He parked it up on the sidewalk like he owned the whole damn town.
I saw him talking to some chick through a thick ghost o...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen
(Robert Earl Keen/Bill Whitbeck)
One day after twenty-five years
Head of service at the local Sears
Helen Walker put her pencil down and walked away
And all they found was a littl...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen
Out along the road to no return
Silence rules the day and knows no friend
The troubled past and all her tribe adjourn
To watch your dreams unravel in the wind
Chorus
But each new ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen
It's midnight on the interstate and I'm flying like a bird
I was talking to a friend of mine, he said
"Have you heard the word?"
"I've got some people comin' by to celebrate the sh...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen