Payback Time Lyrics

On the twelfth of April, 1861, Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, thus beginning the bloodiest conflict in American History--620, 000 dead---more tha...Read Full Lyrics

From a town in Louisiana on the wrong side of the tracks, Came a rowdy Ragin Cajun by the name of Rupernac, He was harder than a hickory long and thinner than a rail, He was faster...Read Full Lyrics

We were down on our luck in Houston We were broke and we were needin' a job We got a gig in this joint on the wrong side of town And it was just about as rough as a cob One night t...Read Full Lyrics

I traced my footprints through the sands of yesterday Back the way I came I was returning And then I saw me standing just across the river Just across the bridge that I’d left bu...Read Full Lyrics

Come all ye young cowboys and listen to me And don't waste your life on that ol' hanging tree And don't think that size ever makes man small You find out it's nothing at all ...Read Full Lyrics

I remember you back in nineteen fifty-six; You had all the moves and you knew all the tricks; You left all the ladies in a hell of a fix, When your voice took wings. Then you'd sh...Read Full Lyrics

Some people call it rock, some people call it roll Some people call it boogie, some people call it soul You can call it what you want, but it don't mean a thing When the drummer st...Read Full Lyrics

This ain't nothing but a little bitty town Roll up the sidewalks everything's shut down But down on the corner they're still hanging around Cause it's Saturday night down south Cl...Read Full Lyrics

Well you pass around the pipe and you all get high Never even stop and wonder why Maybe it's because you wanna die Maybe it's just he the way things have to be You stay up late an...Read Full Lyrics

The house lights blaze the spotlights dim and the encore fades away We've got five hundred miles to go and another show to play But there's a few old diehard fans still hanging out...Read Full Lyrics