Тексты песен «Robert Earl Keen»

Standin' down on Main Street Across from Mr, Blues In my faded leather jacket And my weathered Brogan shoes A chill north wind was blowin' But the spring was comin' on As I wondered to myself Just how long I had been...

Up this morning Before the sun Fixed me some coffee and a honey bun Jumped in my pickup Gave her the gas I'm goin' out to catch a five pound bass Down by the lake side Just off the ramp All them people sleeping in...

Days full of rain, skys comin' down again I get so tired of these same old blues, same old song Baby, it won't be long 'fore I be tyin' on My flyin' shoes, flyin' shoes Till I be tyin' on my flyin' shoes Spring only...

Strapped my guns and courage on; set my cattle free Rolled a smoke and I made a vow no more to be reviled Combed her hair and laid her out; pretty as you please Watched the fire light up the night; cryin' like a child...

Dave Alvin She's waiting for me when I get home from work But things just ain't the same She turns out the light and cries in the dark Won't answer when I call her name Chorus On the stairs I smoke a cigarette alone...

This old porch is just a big ol' red and white Hereford bull Standin' under a mesquite tree in Agua Dulce, Texas He just keeps on playin' hide and seek with that hot August sun He's sweatin' and a pantin' 'cause his...

We were at the Rhythm Room In Scottsdale Arizona It was in the summertime it must have been '02 We got there way too early and we sat around for hours Loaded in when the man came down And the smushball game was through...

I left Houston, Texas on a Gulf Coast Hurricane I was blown down by tornadoes, washed up by the rain Well, my pappy wasn't happy with me, he told me to go So I stole my daddy's Cadillac and I headed down the road I had...

In the corner of the barroom Lives the ghost of Langston Hughes Heas takina notes and smokina cigarettes Sippina slowly on his booze Got them goina nowhere blues And on the stage beneath the spotlight Woody Guthrie...

Gravitational forces The time is 8:45 Fifteen minutes shy of competing the 4-hour sound check It usually takes an hour and a half The room reminds me of a putt putt golf course A twenty foot crimson alien stands in the...

We were standin' on a mountain top Where the cactus flowers grow I was wishin' that the world would stop When you said we'd better go We took a rowboat 'cross the Rio Grande Captain Pablo was our giude For two dollars...

There is a Barbie doll in the gravy boat up on mom's TV set An angel made of Styrofoam holds Rita's cigarette Santa waves an empty beer in his plastic hand Everyone is here again, it's Christmas time again You know the...

Standin' here, beside this freeway, wishing I was high Wondering why she said she loved me, then she said goodbye I'm down to my last dollar in these faded old blue jeans So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans Her...

She was a honky tonker and he was a family man And she showed him her gold teeth when he'd hold her little hand And they met out on the highway at the Paradise Motel lounge On Saturday nights, when things weren't right...

Got no time to shoot the breeze got no time to blow, Excuse me mister if you please I gotta go Born one morn on the day of the dead in a bombed out bungalow My mama kissed my cheek and said I gotta go I gotta go...

Out my door the leaves are falling The cold wild wind will come Sweethearts walk by together But I still miss someone I go out on a party To look for a little fun But I find a darkened corner 'Cause I still miss...

Have you got a minute? A little time that we can spend Open up and let me in Share some memories People in a hurry Everyday goes by so fast No one takes the time To ask how it used to be I wanna know, did your father...

I wonder where my baby is tonight I wonder where my baby is tonight That street lamp ainat sayina The moon is out of sight I wonder where my baby is tonight I love her more than roses love the sun I love her more than...

You never liked this place that we've been livin' all along So you packed up your things and bought a one way ticket home Leavin' never hurts as much as bein' left behind I would change my life, I would make it right I...

Good times come and they go The rain will fall, the wind will blow Through it all you gotta know I'll do what I can do To protect you, right or wrong Heal the hurt 'til the hurt is gone I'll be right where I belong...