I've heard misfortune blossoms And wasted ways before me by the cause Of givin' someone time enough for spendin' Love only borrowed And I've placed myself
From a Cajun diner to Carolina Sick in the mornin' to see the town doctor Life and Agatha Christie in a Trailway back from New Orleans Who dunnit, who
Candles in the window Flashin' through the night In a room upstairs is a woman In my mind all dressed in white Words wrapped up in losin' Hammered to
seen you hangin' outta window strugglin' to the trees swingin' for the younguns they gonna catch a sweeter breeze got uncle davey's letters hunched
when ev'rything's in place and ev'rybody's free gonna sit right down and wonder why this happened to me i got troubles on my mind on the table blessed
I'm a fatcat losin' in the lean ol' times got my fatback slappin' outta my time ya make the phone keep ringin' in my ear fine i'm a fatcat losin' to
I see you in the backyard so sweet and so small i been workin' ev'ry day for what's been missin' all along you gonna fix up my problems you gonna fill
I have a task at hand thinkin' of you is fine so kindly make your plans use my back and arms make me straight and tall. you always think of me through
There's a sound in the distance i know all too well and the voices inside me my heart cannot tell the singin' i long for has been taken from me unspoken
hangin' timbers creak the pain welcomin' the feastin' bats and the company safely waits in hannah's tradin' post. the sweet breath of an outside chance
She took a seat by the window and covered her face as the tears rolled down i heard her whisper johnny, oh johnny why did you leave me alone the old
she was sixteen handy with a needle and thread she danced to the beatles in '65 he was dark and handsome maybe seventeen they made love one night one
gonna tell ya a tale 'bout livin' in a helluva neighborhood next ta town folks round here drink alotta cheap wine and stay crazy mosta the time people
chorus i aint got what i want it's never enough but i got what i need you dont have to call i aint got what i want you have it all. now aint ya glad
steps bowed up and the hurricane chimes to the wind kickin' up and the sun beatin' down aint no rain in sight bone dry in the valley and nobody smiles
