Shady Grove, my little love
Shady Grove, I say
Shady Grove, my little love
I'm bound to go away

Cheeks as red as blooming rose
And eyes are the prettiest brown
She's the darling of my heart
Sweetest lil' girl in town

I wish I had a big fine horse
And corn to feed him on
And Shady Grove to stay at home
And feed him while I'm gone

Went to see my Shady Grove
Standing in the door
Her shoes and stockin's in her hand
And her little bare feet on the door

When I was a little boy
I wanted a Barlow knife
Now I want little Shady Grove
To say she'll be my wife

(Chorus)

My love's an ocean, you better not cross it
Yeah, I've been the distance and I need some rest
Yeah, I had somebody once and damn if I lost her
I've been running like a man possessed

[Chorus]
I don't scare easy
Don't fall apart when I'm under the gun
You can break my heart and I ain't gonna run
I don't scare easy for no one

[Verse 2]
Yeah, I'm a loser at the top of my game
I should've known to keep an eye on you
Now I got a sky that ain't never the same
Yeah, I got a dream that don't ever come true

[Chorus]
I don't scare easy
Don't fall apart when I'm under the gun
You can break my heart and I ain't gonna run
I don't scare easy for no one

[Verse 3]
Sun going down on a canyon wall
I got a soul that ain't never been blessed
Yeah, and I'm a shadow at the back of the hall
Yeah, I got a sin I ain't never confessed

[Chorus]
I don't scare easy
Don't fall apart when I'm under the gun
You can break my heart and I ain't gonna run
I don't scare easy for no one
I don't scare easy
Don't fall apart when I'm under the gun
You can break my heart and I ain't gonna run
I don't scare easy for no one

An orphan of the storm
She moved to Houston
To live below
That copper colored sky
Louisiana girl
Born into losing
The skyline of the city
Made her cry

(Chorus)
So lord send me down
A fallen angel
With a miracle to perform
And I ain't the kind
Who gives up
But I'm so tired of rain
Lord I'm just an
Orphan of the storm

She'd lived there before
When she was using
Now she's standing on
The same old street again
Yeah that hurricane
It blew her back to Houston
Had to give into
The devil's howling wind

(Chorus)

Now somewhere down the line
There must be salvation
She thought it through
20 years ago
But sin spoke
A constant invitation
It was in her veins
And wouldn't let her go

(Chorus 2x)

Well, I pulled out of Pittsburgh
I'm rollin' down the Eastern Seaboard
I've got my diesel wound up
She's running like she never did before
There's a speed zone ahead, all right
I don't see a cop in sight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight

I've got ten forward gears
And a Georgiea overdrive
I'm taking little white pills
My eyes are open wide
Well I just passed a 'Jimmy' and a 'White
I've been passin' everything in sight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight

Well it seems like a month
Since I kissed my baby good-bye
Could have a lot of women
But I'm not like some other guys
I could find one to hold me tight
But I could never believe it's right
Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight

Well the I.C.C. is checking down the line
I'm a little overweight and my log's three days behind
But nothing bothers me tonight
I can dodge them scales all right
Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight

Well my rig's a little old
That don't mean she's slow
And the smoke's rolling black as coal
Well my hometown's coming in sight
If you think I'm happy you're right
Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight

[Verse 1]
Crystal river
Got a woman on the other side
Crystal river
Got a woman on the other side

[Chorus]
And nothin' can touch me here
Nothin' can touch me here
Nothin' can touch me here
On crystal river

[Verse 2]
I love her
I swear by the diamond sky
I love her
I swear by the diamond sky

[Chorus]
And nothin' can touch me here
And nothin' can touch me here
And nothin' can touch me here
On crystal river

[Verse 3]
I'm dreamin'
Dreamin' where the water's wide
Crystal river
Got a woman on the other side

[Chorus]
And nothin' can touch me here
Nothin' can touch me here
No, nothin' can touch me here
On crystal river

[Verse 4]
She's sleeping
Sleeping by the waterside
She's sleeping
Out there on that bank she lies

[Chorus]
And nothin' can touch me here
Nothin' can touch me here
No, nothin' can touch me here
On crystal river

Oh Maria
Hey Maria with your kind eyes
Laugh through the day time. Night comes, she cries
I am just a rider on this rough road
Driving some smoke up from old Mexico

Oh Maria, whiskey and rye. Walking up the stairs with a man twice her size
If I had money, I'd buy her a rose. Dress her in gold from her head to her toes

Yeah Maria sparkles like sunlight on a lake. Every time she passes by, it's all that I can take. Maria, oh oh oh. Maria, oh oh oh

Oh Maria stays out of the sun. Waits for the rain to fall down on her tongue. Hey Maria, give me a smile. Let me come over and stay for awhile

Yeah Maria sparkles like sunshine on a lake. Every time she passes by, it's all that I can take. Maria, oh oh oh. Maria, oh oh oh

Maria, oh oh oh. Maria, oh oh oh

Yeah Maria, send me a smile. Let me come over and stay for awhile

This is a good street
We never walked it
You never held my hand as we crossed it
We never stopped along here to light a cigarette
This is a good street

This is a good house
It wasn't our home
It never scuffed you here on this threshold
I never waited for you by the window
This is a good house

This is a good room
You never slept here
You can't betray the faith that is kept here
And then no more tears will be wept here
This is a good room

This is a good bed, we never laid here
You can't erase the love that was made here
And a love that's love will not fade here
This is a good bed

This is a good heart and you can't take it
You can bend it, bruise it and shake it
But no my dear you can't break it
This is good heart

This is a good bed

This is a good room

This a good house

This is a good street
This is a good street
This is a good street

Well, my daddy took me campin'
Out under the stars
Left me by the fire
While he hit the bars
And I broke my finger
On a trailer hitch
Mamma called daddy
That son of a bitch, alright

Well a hundred miles to go
You draggin' your ass
I'm in a Japanese car
That ain't gonna last
And you forever drivin'
On the wrong side of the road
Wearing dungarees
That your mother stole
(Chorus)
Well my mamma loved me
But my daddy don't
I'm tryin' to work it all out
But I probably won't
I got a woman waiting
At the top of the stairs
It's the wrong thing to do
But I don't care

Well she was blond and tall
She was 23
Born into the world
To get the best of me
And she never paid back
Half what she stole
She wanted my money
So I gave her my soul

(Chorus)


Well I was flying half mast
On the 4th of July
In a bar in Lake City
With a western tie
And I was thinkin' hard
About changin' my name
And headed for Miami
When the daylight came

(Chorus)

Darlin' you know I'm leavin' in the mornin'
And it's true I might not be comin' back
But you don't need to go into mournin'
Because for love you will never lack

'Cause you're the Queen of the Go-Go Girls
You're laughin' while you work
But I don't ever seem to get the joke
You're smilin' at all the guys
In the shadows where they lurk
Gazing through their cigarette smoke

Well I've had a good time hangin' with you baby
In your fantasy world I've learned a lot
And I can't say that I won't miss you baby
And all the royal treatment that I got

Well, I guess I'll be goin' now I'm leavin'
But I won't forget the way you treated me
Don't give me too much of that cryin'
I know you'll be happy that you're free

'Cause you're the Queen of the Go-Go Girls
You're laughin' while you work
But I don't really see what's so funny
You're smilin' at all the guys
In the shadows where they lurk
So I'll just have to see you later honey
Yeah you're smilin' at all the guys
In the shadows where they lurk
So I'll just have to see you later honey

Wish I was a June apple
Hanging on a tree
Every time my true love pass
Take a bite of me
Take a bite of me my love
Take a bite of me
Every time my true love pass
Take a bite of me
You ride the old grey mare
I'll ride the roan
You get there before I do
Leave my gal alone
Train on the island
Heard that whistle blow
Thought I heard my true love say
Yonder comes my beau
Going 'cross the mountain
I'm going in a swing
And when I get to the other side
I'll hear my true love sing
Don't you hear that banjo sing
I wish that gal was mine
Can't you hear that banjo sing
I wish that gal was mine
Charlie he's a nice young man
Charlie he's a dandy
Charlie he's a nice young man
Feeds the girls on candy
Goin' down to the river to feed my sheep
Going down to the river Charlie
Going down to the river to feed my sheep
Feed them on Barley

Catfish pie in gris gris bag
I'm the lover of the bayou
Pack your doorstep with a half wet rag
I'm the lover of the bayou
I was raised and swam with the crocodile
Snake-eye taught me the Mojo style
Sucked and weaned on chicken bile
I'm the lover of the bayou

I learned the key to the master lock
Learned to float in the water clock
Learned to capture the lightning shock
I'm the lover of the bayou
And I got cat's an' teeth and hair for sale
I'm the lover of the bayou
And there are zombies on your tail
I'm the lover of the bayou

I cooked a bat in a gumbo pan
I drank the blood from a rusty can
Turned me into the Hunger Man
I'm the lover of the bayou, yeah

I see her riding, see her riding every day
I see her riding, see her riding every day
Well, she's my Topanga Cowgirl
Comes at sunset every day

Pacific Ocean between the rocks and the sky
Pacific Ocean between the rocks and the sky
And my Topanga Cowgirl waves her hand as she rides by

It's Golden Hour for the shoot-down on the sand
It's Golden Hour for the shoot-down on the sand
Yes, and my Topanga Cowgirl holds the reins in her right hand

My Topanga Cowgirl
My Topanga Cowgirl

I'm a bootleg flyer, and I work alone
I'm a radar hider, turn your head and I'm gone

Gonna set her down easy on a dirt road. I'm gonna land her on sand. Moonshine on the Redwood Forest with money across my hand

I'm a bootleg flyer, oh oh oh

I'm a bootleg flyer, cargo in the back
I'm a tree-top glider, I never leave the track

Thrown over napalm, I've flown under fire and I go rain or sun
In a world where no one knows me, I'm a motherless son

I'm a bootleg flyer, oh oh

I'm a bootleg flyer, and I work alone
I got wings for hire, drop my load and I'm gone

I'm a bootleg flyer and I work alone
I'm a tree-top glider. Drop my load and I'm gone

That woman
Lives in a house of stone
You better not cuss
You better not roam

She'll put you out
On your ass all alone
That woman
Lives in a house of stone

Fair lady
Give a drunkard a chance
Got a brand new suit
I got two pair of pants

Easy on the eyes
And I love to dance
I could dance right now
If you give me the chance

I'm waiting for a man
But he hasn't shown
I'm on the corner freezing
Through my bones

Give me one more week
I'll make good that loan
To that woman
Up in that house of stone

The deacons in her church
Say to leave me alone
They say my brain
Is in the twilight zone

And maybe I sin
But I ain't high tone
I'm after that girl
In that house of stone

I'm after that girl
In that house of stone