Only A Lover Michelle Shocked

Holding on As only a lover can I feel him slipping Right through my hands I've got to let him go I've got to let it be I've got to let him find Some peace of mind As only a lover As only a

The Incomplete Image (4/4 Troubadour) Michelle Shocked

Last seen hitching down the Whitehorse Highway Picking on a guitar And waiting on a ride He'd been running on steam since he was sixteen Now the Daddy wants to see the boy before he dies Did I tell

Fogtown Michelle Shocked

It was a red sun rising early in this ghetto A full moon was rising late last night But you would not know, no you was fast asleeping You only see this city in the broad daylight In the broad daylight

Over The Waterfall Michelle Shocked

I thought I knew what I was doing I was wrong Mistakes I've made and lived to tell I tell them in a song I knew a river wide and deep Her banks were very tall At one end was a mountain stream

Secret to a Long Life Michelle Shocked

Billy Barlow was a poor boy That's why he robbed the Union Grove Bank He was a sweet talking ladies man That's what he'd have ladies all to think Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's

Cold Comfort Michelle Shocked

And I know it's cold comfort They found him a guilty man But it don't feel like justice And it was not a first offense Heavy drink was on his breath Her death was on his hands Now you must look

A Child Like Grace Michelle Shocked

A child like Grace I wish you could've seen her face How bright that sunflower shone! With a child like Grace running all around this place It should be said, "my, how you've grown..."

Eddie Michelle Shocked

This boy named Eddie Used to set the fields on fire He's the only boy I know who dared to name his desire In a county where the dairymen all had milking machines Yeah, Eddie was the only one to separate

Ballad Of Penny Evans Michelle Shocked

My name is Penny Evans and I've just turned twenty-one A young widow in the war that's been fought in Vietnam And I have two infant daughters and I do the best I can And now they say the war is over

Graffiti Limbo Michelle Shocked

Lay down your burdens Lay down your cares The Holy Virgin, she's gonna greet you up there With a big can of spray paint, yeah And a big blank wall And I can guaran-damn-tee you There ain't no cops

You Take The Cake Michelle Shocked

Yes, it's true You take the cake And the candles too Happy birthday, Baby Happy birthday to you Made a wish and blew You take the cake And the candles too (Happy birthday, Baby.

One Piece At A Time Michelle Shocked

a car worth at least a hundred grand I'd get it one piece at a time And it wouldn't cost me a dime You'll know it was me when I come through your town I'm gonna drive around in style I'm gonna

Arkansas Traveler Michelle Shocked

Only comes up to here on me ducks. Hey farmer! When you gonna fix that leakin' roof?

Live And Learn Michelle Shocked

We've got a lot of bad apples, a lot of damn snakes We need a lot of room, we're gonna make some mistakes It takes a whole lotta livin' to make us feel at home Then sit back and watch the garden grow

Laundry Day Michelle Shocked

When she hung her laundry out to dry She squinted into a clear blue sky But the weather's changed and I know why Like bleach stains rain clouds roll on by Right as ruin the raindrops fell Big

The Bitter Pill Michelle Shocked

Hey the bitter pill Took all I can stand The bitter pill You know I took it like a man Better find a cure I can't take no more The remedy to kill The bitter pill Doctor I know 'bout my reputation

Who Cares? Michelle Shocked

I see a sign that says 'Hotel' I walk in and I ring the bell Look up at a cobweb My eyes open wider When I see the grin of a Cheshire spider I walk on out I see a sign that says 'County Jail'

The Chain Smoker Michelle Shocked

He sits on the front porch To watch the sun go down A pile of cigarette butts Gathering on the ground He'd been a chain smoker for sixty years Both his fingers were stained and brown But what the

Forgive To Forget Michelle Shocked

Possessed by pain Bitter tears I'm crying again I don't know when I lost the will to live And I found the will to forgive But the more I forgive The more I forget Holding on to the past Is my only

The Hard Way [Private Music album version] Michelle Shocked

If I was smart I would take your advice But I am not and so I have to think twice Never a lesson have I learned Without first being burned I was about to tell you the truth All the mistakes of

Wobbly Blood Michelle Shocked

Haywood "Big Bill" to the history books He'd gone down the mines at the age of nine And he'd learned to loathe profit by rook Been a cowboy too for a time...

Disoriented (lament for the trust territories) Michelle Shocked

Disoriented, dazed, confused Oh I am lost but I have nothing to lose Wearing my soul in the holes of my shoes Disoriented Disoriented Perspective's vanished now there's only points of view Then

Poor Boy Michelle Shocked

Listen to me people It's a sad tale that I tell He was bound for heaven But the poor boy went to hell He was a poor boy He was a poor boy He was a poor poor boy In our hearts there was no joy

Waiting For A New Deal Now Michelle Shocked

Franklin Roosevelt said in 1932 "If you elect me this is what I'm gonna do If you can't get a square meal I'm gonna give you a new deal" And I'm waitin' for a new deal now Waitin' for a new deal

Blackjack Heart Michelle Shocked

I got a blackjack heart Now what you wanna bet I'm over twenty-one And your match you've met I got a blackjack heart I will cut you cold You got to tell me what you want Do you hit or do you hold

Homestead Michelle Shocked

Almost got me a coyote today A lowdown skunk of a dog, I say I fired my gun as he slunk away But he'll be back again You know, it ain't been easy since my husband died A widow woman at thirty-five

Necktie Michelle Shocked

There was a naked man standing in an alley And he weren't wearing no clothes A naked man was standing in an alley And he wasn't wearing no clothes He said, "All that I need, I do believe, Is a pair

Contest Coming (Cripple Creek) Michelle Shocked

Sybil sits in a rocking chair Chewing tobacco and spitting out cares Sound of a fiddle floating thru the air From the Jones boy across the holler From the Jones boy across the way Backwoods folks

Desperados Waiting For A Train (Red River Valley) Michelle Shocked

We was friends, me and this old man Like desperados waiting for a train Just like desperados waiting for a train He was a drifter, a driller of them oil wells An old school man of the world He taught

Russian Roulette Michelle Shocked

I need this hopeless feeling Like I need a hole in my head Give up my whole days wages To get this hole in the wall I call a holster that is empty Just a gun to the head I am a holy roller I'm

Secret Admirer Michelle Shocked

She's got a sweet little asset That can take her places Where they don't recall names But they remember faces She knows how to use those feminine graces She spends a lot of time by the swimming

Lucky Dog Michelle Shocked

I'm a Lucky Dog And all I know I'm one for the money And I'm two for the show I'm a Lucky Dog With a pedigree I've been lifted up For the world to see I'm a Lucky Dog I'm a man's best friend

Stranded In A Limousine Michelle Shocked

He was a mean individual He had a heart like a stone Oh, he was a natural crazy man and better off left alone Well, he stopped one night at a traffic light And when that light turned green He was

Will the Circle Be Unbroken Michelle Shocked

Traditional Will the circle be unbroken By and by Lord, by and by There's a greater home a-waiting In the sky Lord, in the sky I was standing on the corner On one dark and cloudy day When I

If Love Was a Train Michelle Shocked

If love was a train I think I would ride me a slow one One that would ride through the night making every stop, huh If love was a train I would feel no pain and I would never get off, no sir Oh, I'd

The Midnight Special Michelle Shocked

Well, you wake up in the mornin' You hear the big bell ring And when you get down to the table It's the same damn thing Knife and fork is on the table, woo Ain't nothin' in the pan And if you says a

Prodigal Daughter (Cotton Eyed Joe) Michelle Shocked

What's to be done with a prodigal son?

Looks Like Mona Lisa Michelle Shocked

If she had it to do all over again It would be a photograph She would have a wide grin But no, it was an artist with a longing loving style So when the paint was dry all that remained was a faint

Streetcorner Ambassador Michelle Shocked

I keep a pile of pennies in the pocket of my pants I pay my toll to the sidewalk troll My entrance fee to street romance Oh streetcorner ambassador this city treats you well Supplies the finest newsprint

The Hep Cat Michelle Shocked

He's a bop bop beat Aw, he's so cool He's so hep He ain't nobody's fool I'm talking about a hep cat He's so bop bop beat He's been around, cats He's wise to the street He's wise to the street

Crying Shame Michelle Shocked

Crying shame That's what it is It's a crying shame Mmmm, it's a crying Can't you see me crying Shame Crying shame Crying shame I know I hurt you bad I hurt you Baby It's a crying shame Crying

The Cement Lament Michelle Shocked

It was that kind of misting rain It was that kind of night Nothing was wrong It just wasn't right It weren't the blues It weren't low rent It was just a cement lament All these late night

Come a Long Way Michelle Shocked

I've come a long way I've come a long way I've gone 500 miles today I've come a long way I've come along way And never even left L.A.

Why Do I Get The Feeling? Michelle Shocked

You take my hand in yours You give a little squeeze I'm so glad to see we both agree I've been meaning to tell you these things for such a long while And it really means a lot to see your sympathetic

When I Grow Up Michelle Shocked

up I want to be an old woman Oh, an o-o-o-o-old, an old, old woman Then I think I'm gonna find myself an old man Then I think I'm gonna marry myself that old man An old, an old, an old, an old, a

Lovely Rita Michelle Shocked

Lovely Rita meter maid Nothing can come between us When it gets dark you tow my heart away Standing by the parking meter When I caught a glimpse of Rita Filling in a ticket in her little white book

Jump Jim Crow (Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah *) Michelle Shocked

Jump Jim Crow Jump Jim Crow How do you, do you walk so slow Like a little red rooster with one trick leg Look like you the one laying the egg I don't know when but it'll be real soon Going down

Winter Wheat Michelle Shocked

have lost my patience Waiting for the clouds of dust the custom cutter brings Well, the foreman called to say He would be here any day With his convoy of threshing machines Now what would make a

Silver Spoon Michelle Shocked

If you're asking me to name this tune I may say it's 'Silver Spoon' or I may smile and say 'hey, hey' You know, I never really found a way To talk about the things you said about me Aw yeah, but

Soul Searching Michelle Shocked

I've been soul searching Out in the cold Gold mining In the pits of my soul My hidden treasure Will give me so much pleasure And the monkey-man behind his bench I'm gonna loosen my ties with a