So I Can Take My Rest Lyrics

I crossed the desert on a dining carIn the spring of ninety-oneI met some people drinking at the barThey were laughing having funI told 'em that I hadn't heard the jokeThat was so ...Read Full Lyrics

I'm a high straight in PlainviewA side bet in IdalouAn' a fresh deck in New DealYeah some call me high handAnd some call me low handBut I'm holding what I am the wheel'Cause I'm pa...Read Full Lyrics

When the sun goes down on the wild frontierthe stars come out so bright and clear.That big round moon shines down from above.The wind sings a tune on this night right for love.I ho...Read Full Lyrics

You take off from work a bit earlyThe boss doesn't care if you stayThe guard with the key has to check your IDBut he'd just as soon blow you awayThe cops have stopped ten miles of ...Read Full Lyrics

The north wind blows a prairie fire across the open plainA light shines on the granite stone where someone carved my nameSister find the preachermanDaddy call the lawThings have go...Read Full Lyrics

Daddy had a Buick and Mama loved to rideDaddy like to drive it and Mama liked to glideFour white walls constantly in motionfrom the Great Smoky Mountains to the California ocean,Tw...Read Full Lyrics

I worked the rigs from three 'til midnightOn the Corpus Christi BayI'd get off and drink 'til daylightSleep the mornin' awayI had a plan to take my wagesLeave the rigs behind for g...Read Full Lyrics

I gave up the fast lane for a blacktop county road.Just burned out on all that talk about the motherlodeI traded for a songbird and a bigger piece of sky.When I miss the good old d...Read Full Lyrics