Тексты песен «Steve Earle»

I went downtown, it was just to ease my pain I went downtown, it was just to ease my pain I ended up out walkin' in the rain I took my pistol and a hundred dollar bill I took my pistol and a hundred dollar bill I had...

You know that it's been such a long time, honey Since I've been ridin' next to you I ain't a-waitin' in no long line, honey You know, I'm only passin' through Well, I got here without warning Well, I'm leavin' in the...

New jersey turnpike ridin' on a wet night 'neath the refinery's glow, out where the great black rivers flow License, registration, I ain't got none, but I got a clear conscience 'bout the things that I done Mister state...

I'm thinkin' 'bout givin' up this ramblin' round Hangin' up my highway shoes Lately when I walk they make a hollow sound And they carry me away from you Every night I lay my body down My empty arms just leave...

Never hit seventeen When you play against the dealer You know that the odds Won't ride with you And never leave your woman alone With your friends around to steal her She'll be gamled and gone Like summer wages And...

I'm a pretty big man around this town I got me the hottest little Chevy around Sweet little '66 She got a yellow front fender and a gray one on the back But my income tax is comin' and I'm gonna paint her black Sweet...

Wading through the waste stormy winter And there's not a friend to help you through Trying to stop the waves behind your eye-balls Drop your reds drop your greens an blues Chorus: Come on, come on down, sweet virginia...

You can turn off and on more times Than a flashin' neon sign When you want you're bad But you can be so kind Just take it or leave it Don't tell your friend Just what you're gonna do now You take it or leave it, it's...

I went down to Taneytown I went down to Taneytown To see what I could see My mama told me never go But I'm almost 22 years old Sometimes I fear this holler swollow me She ran off to Gettysburg Went off with that new...

The name she gave was Caroline the daughter of a miner And her ways were free and it seemed to me The sunshine walked beside her She come from Spencer 'coss the hill She said her Pa had sent her 'Cause the coal was low...

My brother Jimmy, my other brother Jack Went off down to Houston and they never come back My mama wasn't gonna let her baby go yet now But there ain't nobody hirin' back in Lafayette I'm workin' all week for the Texaco...

My Grandaddy was a railroad man When I was young he took me by the hand Dragged me to the station at the break of dawn Said "boy I got to show you somethin' 'fore it's gone" She was blue and silver - she was...

Long ago and far away In a land no map can find There lived in long forgotten days A boy who never cried He was his mother's only child So she never wondered why Until the news spread far and wide Of a boy who...

(steve earle's version) The first time I laid eyes on you I checked myself right out of this world One thing will bring me back from this heart attack And that's your sweet lovin', girl Ooh, your huggin' and kissin'...

About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war I saw my first pistol in the general store In the general store, when I was thirteen I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen So l asked if I could have one...

Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk Of a day -I-ay-I-ay I met a little girl and we stopped to talk Of a fine soft day -I-ay And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do 'Cause her hair was black and her eyes...

I work the graveyard shift - stay up all night long You'll wake up someday And find your good gal gone If you don't treat your baby right She'll come see me Some lonely night When the sun goes down And the...

Beggin' your pardon there stranger You look like you're new to this town We're a long way away from the beach here You won't see many gringos around Well I come from West Colorado And I've wandered this world...

Tell me a story 'bout a fella with a crazy dream Everybody tells him that it won't amount to anything He fires the shot heard around the world He wins the prize and he gets the girl That's the kind of story I...

Travelin now On the low highway Three thousand miles To the Frisco Bay Cross the rivers wild And the lonesome plains Up the coast and down And back again Saw empty houses on a dead end street People linin up for...