Once Lyrics

(Mark Erelli) The sun goes down, the sun comes up Black coffee fills a paper cup Every morning it gets harder to remember The days all seem to pass this way Nothing much to do or ...Read Full Lyrics

(Mark Erelli) Wish I could say that I didn't know If we held on too tight or just let it all go Thinking maybe we'd profit from time spent alone We must have been crazy back then ...Read Full Lyrics

(Mark Erelli) I'm going down that pilgrim highway Though none can say for certain where it leads I believe someday I'll reach a place Where all my burdens shall be released So of...Read Full Lyrics

(Mark Erelli) If my smile Ever fails to make you swoon If my kiss Doesn't send you to the moon If my arms Hold no charms There's no need for alarm Don't reveal how you feel Just p...Read Full Lyrics

(Jonathan Kingham & Mark Erelli) She was the parson's only daughter And a poor sharecropper's dream Her voice as sweet as falling water From the cool clear mountain stream We came...Read Full Lyrics

The weatherman warned me Stay off the road tonight If you know what's best Mercury is falling There's a storm rolling in From the Midwest He called for two feet of snow So I turne...Read Full Lyrics

(Bill Morrissey) You've traveled the river From end to end Never found a true love Anywhere you've been Never broke a heart That wouldn't mend On such a lovely summer night Hands...Read Full Lyrics

We are passing this world on to our kids From the moment that they climb out of their cribs We try to teach them well And show them they are loved But in the end all we can do Is h...Read Full Lyrics

(Trad., arr. By Mark Erelli) When the sun goes back And the first quail calls Follow the drinking gourd The old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom Follow the drinking gour...Read Full Lyrics

(Mark Erelli) The government man Started building his dam Then he told us it was all for the best 'Cause they were tearing it down They were drowning our town In the name of progr...Read Full Lyrics