Got a house full of walls And utility bills, every Monday the company calls Got a nice bed to sleep on And a chest of drawers where I keep those dreams
You ain't but a fire on my sad estate Burning my house to the ground High and meadow, oh how she rides me Out in the meadow where the taxis don't ride
One more kiss 'fore I go One more night and day Breath all heavy and slow One shot, one beer and a kiss before I go I'll miss those nights at the bar
See all the rain on the street The way the cars shine And the scotch that she drinks With her lips so fine And her shoulders go weak As she closes her
me home to the peaceful valley Down the winding rivers the city of souls I've grown so tired and my heart's too heavy To walk any longer to your cities
Pa drove to town yesterday to pick out a grave He found the lot where she'd lay Then he drove to old man Ed Sederdoms's place To find him some peace
Oh gal, oh gal, with your darkened eyes Kindle the wood, prepare the fire And don't fail me now Oh gal, oh gal, with your darkened soul Kindle the wood
move along I worked hard for every little bit I got And got lucky once on some advice Met a dark haired girl that the Mississippi moon Musta left by mistake one night
with cotton and fine slow gin Oh, Jacksonville, how you burn in my soul How you hold all my dreams captive Jacksonville, how you play with my mind Oh, my heart goes back, suffocating on the pines In Jacksonville
Go and get the gun 'Cause it's only getting worse Go and fill it up With silver bullets 'Cause I can't see the sun But I know it's gone away And I can
Laura lays on the foot of bed Mimics a news with a telephone cord Doctor's on the phone Then she hangs up and says "I ain't never gonna see winter again
My love is gone Well, if I hadn't cheated While you were gone The well that we'd been drinking from Wouldn't have dried and turned cold My days are empty My nights
Trains moan in my sleep when I'm tryin' to go to bed Movin' way to slow for whatever that they be carryin' I've been workin' hard ever since I was a kid
I can be taught but I'm not learning Over and over, I lose I make mistakes to get so sorry I can't unwind like yarn from a spool I'm a little shaky,
and fine slow gin Oh Jacksonville, how you burn in [burden?] my soul How you hold all my dreams captive Jacksonville, how you play with my mind Oh my heart goes back, suffocating on the pines In Jacksonville
I go One more kiss 'fore I go One more night and day Breath all heavy and slow One shot, one beer and a kiss before I go I'll miss those nights at the
: See the rain on the street The way the cars shine And the scotch that she drinks With her lips so fine And her shoulders go weak As she closes her