Music
High Lonesome (1976)
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Billy The Kid
In the southern part of Texas, east and west of El Paso
Where the mighty Franklin Mountains guard the trail to Mexico
There's a new-made widow crying and a hearse a-rollin' slow
I guess the devil's passed this way again.
There's a lathered sorrel stallion running through the Joshua trees
And a young man in the saddle with his coat tails in the breeze.
He's got a six gun on his right hip and a rifle at his knees
And he's dealing in a game that he can't win.
[Chorus:]
Poor Billy Bonney, you're only 21,
Pat Garrett's got your name on every bullet in his gun.
Every notch you carve on your six gun
Has a bloody tale to tell.
You're a mile ahead of Garrett and a step outside of Hell.
Those fancy clothes you're wearin' and the women in your bed
Can't take away the traces of the men that you've left dead
As you ride across the badlands with a price upon your head
And now the Wheel of Fortune starts to turn.
Your reputation's grown 'til it's the biggest in the land
And there ain't a lot of people left who want to call your hand
And I guess you'll go down shootin' and like all branded men
When you shake hands with the devil you get burned.
[Chorus:]
Poor Billy Bonney, you're only 21,
Pat Garrett's got your name on every bullet in his gun.
Every notch you carve on your six gun
Has a bloody tale to tell.
You're a mile ahead of Garrett and a step outside of Hell. -
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Carolina
Carolina I hear you calling
I just have to close my eyes and I'll be there
Carolina I hear you calling
I can almost touch the mountains in your hair
When I left my home in Carolina
I never thought that things would get this far
I was only seventeen when I struck out in New Orleans
Trying to do or die on my guitar
Well I always thought someday I'd be returning
But I kept drifting with that same old traveling wind
Can I still call you home
or have I stayed away too long
Carolina would you have me back again
Carolina I hear you calling
I just have to close my eyes and I'll be there
Carolina I hear you calling
I can almost touch the mountains in your hair
Carolina I hear you calling
I just have to close my eyes and I'll be there
Carolina I hear you calling
I can almost touch the mountains in your hair
Carolina I hear you calling
I just have to close my eyes and I'll be there
Carolina I hear you calling
I can almost touch the mountains in your hair
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High Lonesome
Just you and me and a little white pup
Sittin' here waiting for the sun to come up
To keep the chill away
Drinkin' our coffee at the first crack of dawn
Watchin' a doe while she nuzzles her fawn
It's my favorite time of the day
[CHORUS:]
High Lonesome
God don't ever let this mountain change
High Lonesome
I hope you will always stay the same
Sometimes in the evening when everything's still
Sweet mountain music floats over the hill
On a laurel-scented breeze
Sometimes when nightbirds are scolding the mist
I think I might know where heaven is
It's just above the trees
[CHORUS]
High Lonesome
God don't ever let this mountain change
High Lonesome
I hope you will always stay the same
Watchin' my summertimes turnin' to falls
Seein' my song growing honest and tall
Keeps me satisfied
If I live forever or I die today
All I would ask is you just let me lay
Here on this mountainside
[CHORUS]
High Lonesome
God don't ever let this mountain change
High Lonesome
I hope you will always stay the same -
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Running With the Crowd
Come all ye young cowboys and listen to me
And don't waste your life on that ol' hangin' tree
And don't think that size ever makes a man small
You find out it's nothing at all
They know a tension when the old words are said
'Don't cheat in poker and don't lose your head'
Lost cowboys are human and bullets kill dead
Six guns don't make a man tall
'Cause it's all so easy to run with the crowd
And they're a damn good bunch of cowboys
Makes a man feel proud
Do a honest day's work for the money you spend
Be fast with the ladies and slow with the man
Be kind to your horses and true to your friends
And treat every mother's son fair
Don't stay in town late on a Saturday night
Don't let no one tease you into a fight
'Cause when they're saddled with guns
There ain't nobody right
It's a short trail that leads to nowhere
'Cause it's all so easy to run with the crowd
And they're a damn good bunch of cowboys
Makes a man feel proud
'Cause it's all so easy to run with the crowd
And they're a damn good bunch of cowboys
Makes a man feel proud -
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Right Now Tennessee Blues
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Roll Mississippi
Lyrics are not available -
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Slow Song
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Tennessee
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Turned My Head Around
When I was very young my daddy took me on his knee
"Son, there's some things I wanna learn ya
Before you get away from me"
"Don't let nobody boss you much
And keep your money clean
Treat a woman like a lady
And your lady like a queen"
But I didn't know what he was talking about
I didn't know what he was trying to say
'Til I got out in this mean old world
And you can turn my head around the other way
When I was eighteen a lady picked me up
From off of the street
She put a new suit on my back
And new boots on my feet
I said, "Thank you, kind lady.
What do you want in return?"
She said, "Young man, put yourself in my hands
And you're damn sure gonna learn"
But I didn't know what she was talking about
I didn't know what she was trying to say
'Til she took me in the back room
And she turned my head around the other way
Right along about this time
The story is rather sad
It was about the time that I turned 21
I thought that I was bad
Then I cussed out this old man
Down here in the beer joint late one night
He said, "Son, if you wanna talk you talk
But if you wanna fight, let's fight"
But I didn't know what he was talking about
I didn't know what he was trying to say
'Til he took me out in the parking lot
And he turned my head around the other way
'Til he took me out in the parking lot
He turned my head around the other way