Far From Me John Prine

drove her insane But it weren't just the music playing It was me that she was trying to blame.

Take The Star Out Of The Window John Prine

of the cradle Life's one and only spring He was sworn to do his duty And got blood on his highschool ring Chorus: And it's hello California Hello Dad and Mom Ship ahoy Your baby boy Is home from

Rocky Mountain Time John Prine

down The railroad tracks Hey three for a quarter One for a dime I'll bet it's tomorrow By Rocky Mountain time I walked in the restaurant For something to do The waitress yelled at me

Mexican Home John Prine

CHORUS: Mama dear your boy is here far across the sea waiting for that sacred core that burns inside of me and I feel a storm all wet and warm not ten miles away approaching my Mexican home. My God!

John Prine Low

I verified the mathand double-checked the syntaxI tried to heal your bodybut it just kept coming backyou never had a chanceI thought I was a poetI had so much to saybut now I want to see the bloodI...

Saddle In The Rain John Prine

of mind Peace of mind Try spending the night sometime All alone in a frozen room Afterneath you've lain Your Saddle in the rain I dreamed they locked God up Down in my basement And he waited there for me

Angel From Montgomery John Prine

I am an old woman named after my mother My old man is another child that's grown old If dreams were lightning thunder was desire This old house would have burnt down a long time ago Chorus: Make me an

The Great Compromise John Prine

the great compromise Well, we'd go out on Saturday evenings To the drive-in on Route forty-one It was there that I first suspected She was doin what she'd already done She said, Johnny, won't you get me

They'll Never Take Her Love From Me John Prine

If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares There is still one smiling face the Gods would see But she'll walk along beside me up those golden stairs Oh, they'll never, ever take her love from

Souvenirs John Prine

I hate graveyards and old oawn shops, For they always bring me tears. I can't forgive the way they robbed me of my childhood souvenirs. Memories, they can't be boughten.

Sweet Revenge John Prine

I got kicked off Noah's Ark I turn my cheek to unkind remarks there was two of everything but one of me and when the rains came tumbling down I held my breath and I stood my ground and I watched that ship

Pretty Good John Prine

Well, he calls me up twice a year Just ask me how'd it go Pretty good, not bad, I can't complain Actually everything is just about the same I met a girl from Venus, and her insides were lined in gold Well

The Torch Singer John Prine

The night club was burning From the torch singer's song And the sweat was floodin' her eyes The catwalk squeaked 'neath the bartender's feet And the smoke was too heavy to rise She sang of

Common Sense John Prine

You can't live together You can't live alone Considering the weather Oh my, how you've grown From the men in the factories To the wild kangaroo Like those birds of a feather They're gathering together

Blue Umbrella John Prine

Chorus: Blue umbrella rest upon my shoulder hide the pain while the rain makes up my mind well, my feet are wet from thinking this thing over and it's been so long since I felt the warm sunshine just give

Lulu Walls John Prine

One evening getting dark We first met at the park Just sitting by the fountain all alone I lifted up my hat And then began to chat She said she'd allow me to see her at her home Chorus: Such a star I've

Maureen, Maureen John Prine

Maureen, Maureen, I shot a doctor last night on the airplane Well, they said he wouldn't hurt us But he got me real nervous and mean He was fat and he stank And God knows that he drank more than we do

Me, Myself And I John Prine

Well, tonight I'll throw a party And I know who I'll invite There's a strange and lonely person With whom I'll spend this night There'll be no old sad memories To haunt me till I die In that room there'll

Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore John Prine

They're already overcrowded From your dirty little war. Now Jesus don't like killin' No matter what the reason's for, And your flag decal won't get you Into Heaven any more.

The Frying Pan John Prine

come home from work this evening There was a note in the frying pan It said fix your own supper babe I run off with the Fuller brush man [Chorus:] And I miss the way she used to yell at me

My Own Best Friend John Prine

I'm beginning to like you But, you know that ain't right 'Cause you'll just twist and twist and twist Till I'm all crooked inside You'll take all you gave me Like it never was there And

The Late John Garfield Blues John Prine

Black faces pressed against the glass Where rain has pressed it's weight Wind blown scarves in top down cars All share one western trait Sadness leaks through tear-stained cheeks From winos to

People Puttin' People Down John Prine

People who are sad - sometimes they wear a frown And people who are kings - sometimes they wear a crown But all the people who don't fit Get the only fun they get From people puttin' people down People

Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness John Prine

the sound of loneliness You're out there running just to be on the run Well I got a heart that burns with a fever And I got a worried and a jealous mind How can a love that'll last forever Get left so far

Wedding Day In Funeralville John Prine

Got so, so many troubles Can't even tell wrong from right I'm gonna comb my hair Darn my socks, tip my hat and say goodnight It's wedding day in Funeralville What shall I wear tonight?

He Was In Heaven Before He Died John Prine

There's a rainbow of babies Draped over the graveyard Where all the dead sailors Wait for their brides And the cold bitter snow Has strangled each grass blade Where the salt from their tears

Unwed Fathers John Prine

In an Appalachian, Greyhound station She sits there waitin', in a family way "Goodbye brother, tell mom, I love her Tell all the others, I'll write someday" From a teenage lover, to an unwed mother Kept

Paradise John Prine

Cho: And Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, Down by the Green River where paradise lay? Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in askin'; Mr.

Aimless Love John Prine

It's never seen a heart shaped like a valentine For if love knew him, it'd walk up to him And introduce him to an aimless love I been out walking, kinda pillow talking To anyone that has the time for me

My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight John Prine

hard times come a-knocking at the door Then my old Kentucky home good night Weep no more, my lady Oh, weep no more, today We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home For the old Kentucky home far

Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian John Prine

Well, I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket For the land of the tall palm tree Aloha Old Milwaukee, Hello Waikiki I just stepped down from the airplane When I heard her say, "Waka waka nuka licka

Donald And Lydia John Prine

(CHORUS:) F C But dreaming just comes natural G C Like the first breath from a baby, F C Like sunshine feeding daisies, G C Like the love hidden deep in your heart.

Forbidden Jimmy John Prine

Forbidden Jimmy Has got a mighty sore tooth From biting too many dimes In a telephone booth He's got half of his bootlace Tied to the dial Thank you operator For getting Jimmy to smile

Slow Boat To China John Prine

Lets take a slow boat to china. leave from south carolina Lets take our time and go the long way On a junk boat to thailand with your hand in mine hand I sure hope we got something to say Well, this old

Christmas In Prison John Prine

CHORUS: Wait awhile eternity old mother nature's got nothing on me come to me run to me come to me, now we're rolling my sweetheart we're flowing by God!

Grandpa Was A Carpenter John Prine

stores and banks Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails and planks He was level on the level, shaved even every door And voted for Eisenhower 'cause Lincoln won the war Well he used to sing me

Six O'Clock News John Prine

C'mon, baby, spend the night with me All around the schoolyard playing all the games Running, laughing back and forth the kid with two first names Stranger in the closet, lock the diary The past is running

If She Were You John Prine

Well, everytime I try to love another I never know exactly what to do I'd like to tell her just how much I want her And I could find the way if she were you Her eyes may shine for me and not another, Her

Quiet Man John Prine

Strolling down the highway with my shoes in my hand I don't talk much I'm a quiet man Beauty and silence both run deep And running like crazy while you are alseep Chorus: You got news for me,I got nothing

Dear Abby John Prine

G C G My friends they all tell me I've no friends at all, D G Won't you write me a letter, won't you give me a call. C D G Signed, Bewildered.

Please Don't Bury Me John Prine

When my soul Went thru the ceiling And on up into heaven I did ride When I got there they did say John, it happened this way You slipped upon the floor And hit your head And all the angels say Just before

Spanish Pipedream John Prine

She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol And I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal Well she pressed her chest against me About the time the juke box broke Yeah, she gave me a peck on the

Clocks And Spoons John Prine

Clocks and spoons and empty rooms It's raining out tonight What a way to end a day By turnin' out the light Shoot the moon right between the eyes I'm sending most of me to sunny country side

Often Is A Word I Seldom Use John Prine

Tell me, where did the weekend go? Tell me, where did the weekend go? Went like thunder, felt like snow. Went like thunder, felt like snow.

Linda Goes To Mars John Prine

I just found out yesterday that linda goes to mars Every time I sit and look at pictures of used cars She'll turn on her radio and sit down in her chair And look at me across the room, as if I wasn't there

Illegal Smile John Prine

When I woke up this morning, things were lookin' bad Seem like total silence was the only friend I had Bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won And it was twelve o'clock before I realized That

A Good Time John Prine

Time was once just a clock to me and life was just a book a biography success was something you just had to be and I would spend myself unknowingly and you know that I could have me a million more friends

That Close To You John Prine

lightning, like a bolt of thunder Like a cloudy day, down at the zoo Like a drowning man that will never go under That close to you, yeah, that close to you In the middle of the night You'd ask me

Bad Boy John Prine

I've been a bad boy again Now I've been a bad boy again And all the trouble that I'm in Makes me a bad boy again I've been a bad boy again Now I've been a bad boy again And all the trouble that I'm in

Everybody John Prine

While out sailing on the ocean While out sailing on the sea I bumped into the Savior And He said pardon me I said "Jesus you look tired" He said "Jesus so do you, Sit down son 'Cause I got