Sweet Promises Lyrics

The only thing I really own is what you see me wearing on my back The only friends I've ever known are the kind you meet along a railroad track The kind you bum tabacco from and vi...Read Full Lyrics

I'm a western North Carolinean made of stone and red place oil I got Cherokee blood deep within me when I was born it began to boil Well I left my home across the mountains to see ...Read Full Lyrics

Well I've been from Boston to la seen Boulder Dam and Frisco Bay Into New York City and Washington Seen Montreal and Saskatchewan and Rhode Island And I've worked in three all nigh...Read Full Lyrics

Well I left home at a crack of dawn just about a year ago I thumbed my way cross the usa and I learned a lot I didn't know The Primised Land that I thought I'd find was always just...Read Full Lyrics

Tonight it's been six lonely days since you called me to tell me we're through To think just last week you loved me so but that was forever ago I've cried all my tears sure there's...Read Full Lyrics

I know she's gonna get me back when I get home again Cause she pretends to get upset when I call her little girl And as we lie there trying to outlove each other Knowing there neve...Read Full Lyrics

She didn't have to marry down so far Fool with raising babies, or drive an older car She didn't have to give so much, and be so underpaid Lord I don't know how she's living, with t...Read Full Lyrics

Beside the cottonfield I was born underneath the tree was my home A flock of geese flew overhead Wind from the wings fall down to me come go with us that's my way It grieves me muc...Read Full Lyrics

Got the blues in Batton Rouge walked a mile or two then caught her eye I got out in Memphis she smiled at me and slowly said goodbye She asked me if I'd like to tag along a little ...Read Full Lyrics

You stood by me whenever times were bad and never once did I hear you complain You always made the best of what little bit we had And held your head up proud to wear my name And th...Read Full Lyrics