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
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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
We made Oklahoma a little after 3
Randy, his brother Bob and my old gmc
We had some moonshine whisky
And some of Bob's homegrown
We were so messed up we didn't know
If we were drun...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen
Summer Sunday evenings around the old home place
I would play my guitar sister'd sing along
Sister's smile would always light up my daddy's face
When they'd get to dancing, they'd ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen
I'm tired to the bone
My back is to the wall
I've been on my own
So long I can't recall
Take me in your arms tonight
Hold me to your breast
Tell me it will be alright
So I can tak...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen
I climbed the mountains and I swept the plains
I crossed the border and I broke my chains
I walked the back roads 'til my shoes wore through
I'm still without you without you
I li...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen
I am the king of burning daylight, and holdin' my own
I've been doin', alright, leaving well enough alone
My Daddy told me, I was lazy, my momma said, I love you too
I kind of Lik...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Robert Earl Keen