The money goes out, the bills come in
Round and round we go again
I come close but I never win
I'm stuck on the treadmill
Another day of punching steel
Till my arm's too numb to f...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
When you thought I was winning the game
You came and snuffed out the flame
You thought you finished me off
But you just made me strong
Each time you dealt me a blow
Each time you b...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Sweet thing, believe me
You'll never deceive me
You stared me down without blinking
That's when I really started thinking
You must have been running around
You must have been runn...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
I wish this life of twists and turns would end
And I could find my way back home again
But where's home? But where's home?
I've been so long away
I'll make it back someday
But wher...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Got her ducks all in a row
Got her bags all packed to go
She'll find some other poor pilgrim who's braver
At least she looked me in the eye
With her less than fond goodbye
That's o...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
She walks the straight and narrow
She does what the Good Book says
She walks the straight and narrow
She got eyes in the back of her head, boys
Eyes in the back of her head
And wh...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Northern winds will cut you
Northern girls will gut you
Leave you cold and empty
Like a fish on the slab
She is like a snow goose
Pale and rare and footloose
Will the joys that te...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
I've seen trouble from every direction
My old head is peppered with grey
I could never resist life's temptations
They just seemed to fall in my way
I've had wives and I treated the...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Oh, I can lick you fairly, squarelyGive your head a mighty crackMake your nose bleed down your shirt frontWith one hand behind my back.Toorah loorah, toorah loorahToorah loorah, to...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
1 2 3 4You can see me down your way, I'm the tic-tac manIn the distance, far away, I'm the tic-tac manWhen the going's firm to goodWhen it's muddy underfootTrying to be understood,...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson