Sorrow's Child Lyrics

It was back in '32 when times were hardHe had a Colt forty-five and a deck of cardsStagger Lee He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hatHad a '28 Ford, had payments on thatSta...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

Take a little walk to the edge of townAnd go across the tracksWhere the viaduct loomsLike a bird of doomAs it shifts and cracksWhere secrets lie in the border firesIn the humming w...Read Full Lyrics

Pass me that lovely little gunMy dear, my darling oneThe cleaners are coming, one by oneYou don't even want to let them startThey're knocking now upon your doorThey measure the roo...Read Full Lyrics

Well, I lived with oneWell, I lived with one, I lived with two,I even lived with a thirdI wanna tell you about number oneHe was a miserable shitwringing turdLike he reminded me of ...Read Full Lyrics

As so with that, I thought I'd take a final walkThe tide of public opinion had started to abateThe neighbors, bless them, had turned out to be all talkI could see their frightened ...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

Just running scared each place we go so afraid that he might showJust running scared what would I do if he came back and wanted youJust running scared feeling low yeah running scar...Read Full Lyrics

They call me The Wild RoseBut my name was Elisa DayWhy they call me it I do not knowFor my name was Elisa DayFrom the first day I saw her I knew she was the oneShe stared in my eye...Read Full Lyrics

Last night I lay tremblingThe moon it was lowIt was the end of loveOf misery and woe Then suddenly above meHer face buried in lightCame a vision of beautyAll covered in white Now t...Read Full Lyrics