The Angel Lyrics

I bought a scooter and I rented a shack Out in the sun, by the railroad track I got a job and I'm a-breakin' my back Workin' and workin' for the big payback I keep a puttin' and a...Read Full Lyrics

Billy had a mistress down on 'A' an 12th She was that little somethin' that he did for himself His own little secret didn't hurt nobody Come the afternoon he'd take her wadin' Wais...Read Full Lyrics

Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks Goin' someplace there's no goin' back Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the bridge Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line s...Read Full Lyrics

Down at the court house they're ringin' the flag down Long black line of cars snakin' slow through town Red sheets snappin' on the line With this ring will you be mine The fuse is ...Read Full Lyrics

Two kids get married, same old thing Folks congratulate you, church bells ring Who's got the ring, who's gonna pay the priest Get your mama in the paper, picture or two at least A...Read Full Lyrics

Come to the door, Ma, and unlock the chain I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain There's nothin' I want, nothin' that you need say Just let me lie down for a while ...Read Full Lyrics

Sundown, sundown They're taking all the tents down. Where have you gone my handsome Billy? Sundown, sundown The carnival train's leaving town. Where are ya now my darlin' Bil...Read Full Lyrics

I got my discharge from Fort Irwin Took a place on the San Diego county line Felt funny bein' a civilian again It'd been some time My wife had died a year ago I was still tryin' to...Read Full Lyrics

My soul went walkin' but I stayed here Feel like I been workin' for a thousand years Chippin' away at this chain of my own lies Climbin' a wall a hundred miles high Well I woke up ...Read Full Lyrics

He rode the rails since the Great Depression Fifty years out on the skids He said 'You don't cross nobody You'll be all right out here kid. ' Left my family in Pennsylvania Searchi...Read Full Lyrics