Tom Traubert's Blues Lyrics

Sticks and stones will break my bonesBut I always will be trueAnd when your mama is dead and goneI'll sing this lullaby just for youSo what becomes of all the little boysWho never ...Read Full Lyrics

There's a crooked street in Houston townIt's a well born path I've traveled downNow there's ruin in my name, I wish I never got off the trainI wished I'd listened to the words you ...Read Full Lyrics

Sticks and stones will break my bonesBut I always will be trueAnd when your mama is dead and goneI'll sing this lullaby just for youSo what becomes of all the little boysWho never ...Read Full Lyrics

Dot King was whittled from the bone of CainWith a little drop of poison in the red red bloodShe need a way to turn around the bendShe said I want to walk away and start over againT...Read Full Lyrics

There's a crooked street in Houston townIt's a well born path I've traveled downNow there's ruin in my name, I wish I never got off the trainI wished I'd listened to the words you ...Read Full Lyrics

I got the style but not the graceI got the clothes but not the faceI got the bread but not the butterI got the window but not the shutterBut I'm big in JapanI'm big in Japan, hey, ...Read Full Lyrics

I had a good home but I leftI had a good home but I left, right, leftThat big fucking bomb made me deaf, deafA Humvee mechanic put his Kevlar on wrongI guarantee you'll meet up wit...Read Full Lyrics

Well you gassed her upBehind the wheelWith your arm around your sweet oneIn your OldsmobileBarrelin' down the boulevardYou're looking for the heart of Saturday nightAnd you got pai...Read Full Lyrics

The Whirligig Beetles are wary and fast with an organ to detect the ripplesThe Arachnid Moths lay their eggs inside other insects along the borders of fieldsOr roads in clusters of...Read Full Lyrics

Well they call me William The PleaserI sold opium, fireworks and leadNow I'm telling my troubles to strangersWhen the shadows get long I'll be deadNow her hair was as black as a bu...Read Full Lyrics