When I Was Drinking Lyrics

I am holding half an acre Torn from the map of Michigan And folded in this scrap of paper Is a land I grew in Think of every town you've lived in Every room, you lay your head And...Read Full Lyrics

Leave my station where I stood To lay for a while with you I got shadows snapping at my tail Who say I'm no damn good But that's just halfway through All that I'm good for is you ...Read Full Lyrics

There's a lazy eye that looks at you And sees you the same as before When you lay beside me every night Though now you are with me no more I can still see the hem of your dress And...Read Full Lyrics

Night like a river, banks are steep Carry my burden, bury my worry deep It's like she told me some time ago There's plenty for harvest, then the cold winds blow I could live a long...Read Full Lyrics

Broken moon in the sky Enough to pull up our eyes From the ground where we hide From the ground where we hide Gonna waste some time with you And let this world go Keep my heart id...Read Full Lyrics

The sidewalk bends where your house ends Like the neighborhood is on its knees You're surrounded by a chain link fence That keeps me out but let me see Well, I come by most every ...Read Full Lyrics

Blue sky and yellow sun Paint the streets and the avenues You float over everyone In your rings and your wing-tip shoes [Chorus] Well I can't say I'll know you when You come aroun...Read Full Lyrics

Gonna build me a log cabin on a mountain so high So I can see my darling as she goes passing by Oh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird and she warbles as she flies But she never says c...Read Full Lyrics

I'm not a sailor I'm not so strong out of my shoes Dragging like anchors Over the ocean Pearls in the sky strung 'round the moon Pointing to you So I'll sail till morning Or I'll...Read Full Lyrics

Someone's waving Someone's counting Someone's leaving There's fifty dollars on this pony Chase him down these tracks Well, won't nobody take my business I'll teach you how to come...Read Full Lyrics