Plain Gold Ring Lyrics

It was back in '32 when times were hardHe had a Colt .45 and a deck of cardsStagger LeeHe wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hatHad a '28 Ford, he had payments on thatStagger ...Read Full Lyrics

The wintergreen, the juniperThe cornflower and the chicoryWell all of the words you said to meAre still vibrating in the airThe elm, the ash and the linden treeThe dark and deep, e...Read Full Lyrics

I don't believe in an interventionist GodBut I know, darling, that you doBut if I did, I would kneel down and ask HimNot to intervene when it came to youOh, not to touch a hair on ...Read Full Lyrics

One morn I awakenedA new sun was shiningThe sky was a KingdomAll covered in bloodThe moon and the starsWhere the troops that lay conqueredLike fruit left to witherPoor spiritual fo...Read Full Lyrics

She was a catch,We were a matchI was the match that would fire up her snatchThere was a catchI was no matchI was fired from her crutchNow I sit around and watchThe mermaids sun the...Read Full Lyrics

As I walk these narrow streetsWhere a million passing feet have tromped before meWith my guitar in my handSuddenly, I realize nobody knows meWhere yesterday the multitudeScreamed a...Read Full Lyrics

I don't believe in an interventionist GodBut I know, darling, that you doBut if I did, I would kneel down and ask HimNot to intervene when it came to youOh, not to touch a hair on ...Read Full Lyrics

Say goodbye, my one true loverAnd we'll steal a lover's songHow it breaks my heart to leave youNow the carnival has goneOh my love, the dawn is breakingAnd my tears are falling rai...Read Full Lyrics

And what costume shall the poor girl wearTo all tomorrow's partiesA hand-me-down dress from who knows whereTo all tomorrow's partiesAnd where will she go and what shall she doWhen ...Read Full Lyrics

It began when they come took me from my homeAnd put me in Dead RowOf which I am nearly wholly innocent, you knowAnd I'll say it againI am not afraid to dieI began to warm and chill...Read Full Lyrics